It was one of those ‘I made it’ moments,” Baksh remembers thinking when he heard “Fat Lip,” the band’s biggest single from its debut album, in the game. At the same time, the driver, a Newfoundland native by the name of Bob Penny, yelled from the front of the bus. He eventually started a game, which began with a cinematic introduction featuring both teams entering the ice. He scurried through the menus, hearing one after another of the game’s five playable tracks that weren’t his own. But he didn’t turn on the game to lose himself in its features. It’s the one with Pittsburgh Penguins legend Mario Lemieux on the cover. At the back of the bus, Baksh turned on the game console and played the latest iteration of the EA Sports NHL franchise, NHL 2002. Baksh could’ve used the break, considering his band, Sum 41, was on its ascension to stardom after releasing its debut album, “All Killer, No Filler,” earlier that spring. An opportunity to kick back and de-stress for a moment. They’re a welcome distraction from tour life. Video games are an escape for the guitarist. On a tour bus along the West Coast in late September 2001, Dave “Brownsound” Baksh was in a brief panic.
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