Editing Sum 41 (section)

===1998–2000: ''Half Hour of Power''===
{{Main|Half Hour of Power}}
In 1998, the band recorded a demo tape on [[compact cassette]] which they sent to record companies in the hope of getting a recording contract.<ref name="Exclaim Gormely"/>

From 1999 to 2000, the band recorded several new songs.<ref name="sonic1029">{{cite web|url=https://www.sonic1029.com/2017/11/24/look-infected-turns-15/|title=Does This Look Infected? Turns 15|work=Sonic1029|date=November 24, 2017|access-date=December 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230415160940/https://www.sonic1029.com/2017/11/24/look-infected-turns-15/|archive-date=April 15, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Sum 41 Plan DVD">{{cite web|first=Jon|last=Wiederhorn|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1452491/sum-41-plan-dvd-live-b-sides-monthlong-tour/|title=Sum 41 Plan DVD, Live B-Sides, Monthlong Tour|work=[[MTV]]|date=February 21, 2002|access-date=December 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230424125846/https://www.mtv.com/news/qsy4zn/sum-41-plan-dvd-live-b-sides-monthlong-tour|archive-date=April 24, 2023|url-status=dead}}</ref> The ''[[Introduction to Destruction]]'' and later the ''[[Cross The T's and Gouge Your I's]]'' DVDs both contain the self-recorded footage, which show the band performing a dance to "[[Makes No Difference]]" in front of a theatre.<ref name="sonic1029"/><ref name="Sum 41 Plan DVD"/>

After signing with [[Island Records]] in 1999, Sum 41's first EP, ''[[Half Hour of Power]]'', was released on June 27, 2000.<ref>{{cite web|first=Curtis|last=Zimmermann|url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/half-hour-of-power-mw0000066795|title=Sum 41 Half Hour of Power|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=December 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210309062856/https://www.allmusic.com/album/half-hour-of-power-mw0000066795|archive-date=March 9, 2021|url-status=live}}</ref> The first [[single (music)|single]] released by the band was "[[Makes No Difference]]", which had two different [[music video]]s.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/s/sum41_01_7q/index.jhtml|title=7 Questions with Sum41|work=[[MTV]]|access-date=February 21, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101224020529/http://www.mtv.com/bands/archive/s/sum41_01_7q/index.jhtml|archive-date=December 24, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref> The first video was put together using the video clips sent to the major label, and the second showed the band performing at a house party.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/artists/sum-41/biography|title=Sum 41 Bio|year=2007|work=[[MTV]]|access-date=January 27, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130510193953/http://www.mtv.com/artists/sum-41/biography/|archive-date=May 10, 2013|url-status=dead}}</ref> The album was certified platinum in Canada.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.cbc.ca/music/how-canada-helped-shape-pop-punk-1.6408797|title=How Canada helped shape pop-punk|work=[[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation|CBC]]|date=April 11, 2022|access-date=December 14, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230509171324/https://www.cbc.ca/music/how-canada-helped-shape-pop-punk-1.6408797|archive-date=May 9, 2023|url-status=live}}</ref>