|
Simple Plan is a pop-punk band that formed
in 1999 in Quebec, Canada. The band has released two albums: No Pads, No
Helmets... Just Balls (2002) and Still Not Getting Any (2004).
****
History
Simple Plan came about in stages that began
with the founding of the band Reset in 1994, a Canadian punk band, by
high-school friends Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau and Adrien White at the
age of thirteen. Reset toured around Canada with bands such as MxPx, Ten
Foot Pole, and Face to Face, but only managed to gain minor popularity.
The debut album was released in 1997. Comeau soon left to go to college,
but two years later he hooked up with Jeff Stinco and Sιbastien
Lefebvre, and again started making music. It was coincidence that
brought Comeau and Bouvier back together at a Sugar Ray concert in late
1999, and Bouvier soon left Reset and joined his old friends. David
Desrosiers replaced Bouvier in Reset, but when asked to join the
foursome, he too left the band and joined the four friends. Thus, Simple
Plan was born.
The band tours intensively, and in the
period March 2005-March 2006, will cover all six inhabited continents,
plus Japan and New Zealand. It has announced plans for a third original
CD, to be released in the fall of 2006.
Role Model Clothing
Role Model Clothing, the label that Bouvier
and Comeau are often seen sporting, was actually formed before Simple
Plan by Comeau, Bouvier, and their friend Patrick Langlois, who is now
responsible for merchandising and the web, as well as being videographer
for the band. Langlois and Lefebvre also have their own side project, a
label called Man of the Hour, which is just starting out.
Other appearances
Pierre Bouvier also appears as the host of
Damage Control, MTV's new reality television series. The band also made
an appareance on The WB's animated series What's New Scooby-Doo?, and in
the movie "New York Minute."
Simple Plan was also one of the stars in
Rockstars Have Kidnapped My Son. In this show, they took a kid named
Melvin, and helped him gain the confidence he needed throughout the rest
of his life.
Discography
Studio albums
No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls (2002) #35
US [2x Platinum], #29 AUS, #8 CAN [4x Platinum], #1 JP (2x Platinum)
Still Not Getting Any... (2004) #3 US
[Platinum], #6 AUS [2x Platinum], #4 CAN [Gold], #6 JP [Platinum]
Live albums
Live in Japan 2002 (EP) (Japanese Import)
(2002)
MTV: Hard Rock Live (CD/DVD) (2005)
Singles
From No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls.
"I'm Just a Kid" (2001) #261 US
"I'd Do Anything" (2002) #51 US
"Addicted" (2003) #7 US, #63 UK, #10 AUS
(2004 release)
"Perfect" (2004) #5 US, #6 AUS (2004
release)
From Still Not Getting Any...
"Welcome To My Life" (2004) #6 US,#4 AUS,#1
CAN
"Shut Up!" (2004) #25 US,#14 AUS,#12 CAN
"Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me)"
(2005) #8 US,#9 AUS,#3 CAN
"Crazy" (2005) #7 US,#32 AUS,#4 CAN
Soundtracks
MTV TRL Christmas "My Christmas List"
(2001)
Maybe It's Me "I'd Do Anything" (2002)
Scooby-Doo "Grow Up" (2002)
What's New Scooby-Doo? Opening song
(2002)
Clockstoppers "The Worst Day Ever" (2002)
Grind "I'm Just a Kid" (2003)
The Real Cancun "Grow Up" (2003)
The New Guy "I'm Just a Kid" (acoustic
version) (2004)
Freaky Friday "Happy Together" (2003)
Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed "Don't
Wanna Think About You" (2004)
New York Minute "Vacation" (2004)
Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen
"Perfect" (acoustic version) (2004)
Fantastic Four "Surrender" (2005)
Bad News Bears "Promise" (2005)
Cheaper by the Dozen "I'm Just a Kid"
Other releases
A Big Package for You (DVD) (19992003)
MTV: Live at Hardrock "FAN PACK" (DVD)
(2005)
* * * *
The
above biography has been copied in part or in whole
from an article on
Wikipedia.org
"The Free Encyclopedia." It has been modified under
the NGU Free Document License Section 5 in the
following manner: (1) All links within the article
have been removed, including text links such as
"[#]"; (2) The "[Edit]" text and link have been
removed [if you would like to update the article,
you may do so from the original page]; (3) the table
of Contents links and text have been removed; and
(4) all of the sections of the original article have
not been copied. All of the above text is available
under the terms of the
GNU Free Document License.
URL of Original Article:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Simple_Plan
Date Article Copied:
January 23, 2005
We
will try to replace this article with an original
biography in the near future, but we hope this will
be of help to our visitors in the mean time.
See something wrong?,
Click Here to tell us about it
|