Simple Plan is a French Canadian pop/rock band formed in Montréal, Québec. They began with the formation of the Canadian punk band Reset in 1993, by high-school friends Pierre Bouvier and Charles-André (Chuck) Comeau. Reset toured around Canada with bands such as MxPx, Ten Foot Pole, and Face to Face, but only managed to gain modest popularity. Soon after their debut album was released, Comeau left to go to college but two years later he hooked up with Jean-François (Jeff) Stinco and Sébastien 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 soon left the band too.
All five members grew up in Québec, Canada. The band have released three studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls (2002), Still Not Getting Any (2004) and Simple Plan (2008) as well as two live CDs: Live in Japan (2002) and MTV Hard Rock Live (2005).
Their third anticipated self-titled album, was released everywhere on February 12, 2008 and has since gone Platinum in Canada and Brazil and Gold in Mexico. |
