The debut album from Sum 41 is 25 years old today. Let that sink in for a bit. All Killer, No Filler was a bold introductory statement for a young band to make given how many other albums released during the early 00’s were bloated with extra songs that you’d wonder how they ever made the final sequencing of the record. Yet, Sum 41 pulled off this claim of having 13 solid songs from front to back that, with the exception of maybe the bookends of the intro and “joke” song of an Iron Maiden-esque “Pain For Pleasure” as the closer, to launch their careers. “Fat Lip”, the lead single from the set, appeared to be on MTV more often than not when you turned to that channel, and was an immediate success right out of the gate for Sum 41. It made a household name out of Deryck Whibley, the charismatic frontman and primary songwriter for the band, and the rest of Sum 41 would ride this early success over an eight-album career that recently came to an end. All Killer, No Filler was a product of its own success, with the pop-punk genre being at the height of its popularity at this period of time, and it found an audience almost immediately with Sum 41’s slick brand of speedy, skater pop-punk.