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Simple Plan is a Canadian rock band formed in Montreal, Quebec, in 1999. The band's current lineup consists of Pierre Bouvier (lead vocals, studio bass guitar), Chuck Comeau (drums), Jeff Stinco (lead guitar), and Sébastien Lefebvre (rhythm guitar, backing vocals).

The band has released six studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls (2002), Still Not Getting Any... (2004), Simple Plan (2008), Get Your Heart On! (2011), Taking One for the Team (2016), and Harder Than It Looks (2022). The band has also released an EP titled Get Your Heart On – The Second Coming! (2013), in addition to two live albums: Live in Japan 2002 (2003) and MTV Hard Rock Live (2005).

The band performed at the Vans Warped Tour every year from 1999 to 2005, and in 2011, 2013, 2015, and 2018 and 2026. The band also performed at the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony in Vancouver, along with The X Factor Australia. In December 2012, the band performed at Mood Indigo, the college festival of IIT Bombay in Mumbai, India. In 2004, the band appeared as themselves in the film New York Minute, starring Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen. Simple Plan also performed "O Canada" at the 2016 NHL Winter Classic. Additionally, they performed the theme music for, and were featured on an episode of, What's New, Scooby-Doo?.

History

Background

Prior to forming Simple Plan, in 1993, Reset was formed by lead vocalist Pierre Bouvier and drummer Chuck Comeau when they were 13 years old. The original band members were Bouvier, guitarist Philippe Jolicoeur, Comeau, and bassist Jean-Sébastien Boileau. The original name for the band was Roach, but as another Canadian band was using this name, the band members decided to change theirs to Reset. The band's first full-length album, No Worries, released in 1997. In 1998, the band lineup changed; Comeau was unhappy with the musical direction and eventually left the group to go to college. Bouvier took Boileau's place in playing bass and a new member, Adrian White from Vancouver, replaced Comeau as drummer.

1999–2001: early years

In mid-1999, he met with high school friends and guitarists Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre who were in separate bands of their own. Comeau, Stinco, and Lefebvre formed a new band together. Bouvier was going tired of being both a singer and a bassist; in late 1999, Bouvier and Comeau reacquainted at a Sugar Ray concert to join Comeau in the band. For some time, Bouvier switched between the new group and Reset, before ultimately leaving the latter. Bassist David Desrosiers briefly filled Bouvier's position in Reset, which impressed Bouvier and Comeau. Desrosiers was interested in joining another band when he was asked to join the new outfit. He too left the band six months later to join the then-unnamed band. This allowed Bouvier, who had doubled as the band's lead vocalist and bassist, to concentrate on singing, and Stinco, who had doubled as the band's lead guitarist and backing vocalist, to concentrate on guitar.

Originally, the band did not have the name. At first, they considered naming the band Touchdown 999; later Bouvier's friends chose the name Simple Plan, derived from the 1998 film A Simple Plan.

In 2001, Simple Plan performed at Edgefest II in Toronto and the Warped Tour. The band rehearsed material at Rumble Fish Studios, before recording at Arnyard Studios in Toronto, Ontario with producer Arnold Lanni. Partway through the recording sessions, they signed to major label Atlantic Records in October 2001.