There鈥檚 a natural evolution to musical groups and every group that has ever formed will eventually have an end.

Groups that may have ruled someone鈥檚 early years are not going to be around forever, but, in the case of those who truly inspired and entertained, their music will live on.

That鈥檚 almost certainly going to be the case with Sum 41.

The Canadian rock legends are performing a farewell tour after announcing that they鈥檒l be disbanding after 27 years of thrilling audiences with their distinctive, hard-driving music.

Band members Deryck Whibley, Dave Baksh, Jason McCaslin, Tom Thacker and Frank Zummo announced their final world tour and breakup as they released their eighth and final album, Heaven and Hell.

The good news is that part of that final tour will bring the band to when they take the stage at the Save-on-Foods Memorial Centre. Opening for Sum 41 are Gob and Pup.

The reasons for the breakup of Sum 41 are probably as complex as the music they produced but may have been summed up by frontman Deryck Whibley.

鈥淚鈥檓 a big believer in that the music tells you what to do,鈥� Whibley said. 鈥淥nce we finished this last album, I felt like after all these years with my 1,000 per cent focus on all day, every day, I don鈥檛 have much more of that in me to continue past this record.鈥�

鈥淚鈥檝e been in this band since I was in 10th grade, and ... I鈥檓 getting to a point where I鈥檓 thinking, I鈥檇 like to put some focus and energy into something else,鈥� Whibley said. 鈥淚 felt this is probably the best record we鈥檝e ever made, and I think this version of the band is the best we鈥檝e ever been live.

鈥淎nd I thought, what a way to just go out on this one.鈥�

Sum 41 broke onto the scene in 1999 when they signed an international record deal with Island Records and released their first EP, Half Hour of Power.

The band鈥檚 prolific career continued, although not without the kind of drama that is the hallmark of hard rock musicians.

Dave Baksh left in 2006 to work with his own band (Brown Brigade) due to what he cited as 鈥渃reative differences.鈥� He remained on good terms with the rest of the band, however, and was only replaced by an unofficial bandmate in the form of Tom Thacker.

Thacker was eventually made a full band member although Baksh returned nine years later.

Then there was the time that the band鈥檚 song March of the Dogs saw Whibley threatened with deportation, ostensibly because the song metaphorically threatened to kill the president.

And of course, there was the time the band had to be evacuated by armoured cars when they travelled to the Democratic Republic of Congo with War Child Canada.

鈥淔ighting broke out and we were waiting for it to stop, but it never did,鈥� Whibley said.

The band鈥檚 music has also continued to capture the hearts of their fans, despite the fact that it, too, has changed over the years.

In a 2004 interview, Whibley said, 鈥淲e don鈥檛 even consider ourselves punk. We鈥檙e just a rock band. We want to do something different. We want to do our own thing. That鈥檚 how music has always been to us.鈥�

And that, it seems, is how Sum 41 will leave the music scene, but not before giving Victoria a final performance of the irreverence that made them famous.

Sum 41 will appear at the Save On Memorial Centre on Jan. 10.

Tickets are available at vividseats.com/sum-41-tickets-victoria-save-on-foods-memorial-centre.