Simple Plan is a pop punk band from Montréal, Québec, Canada. Since forming they have never experienced a change of personnel and they are Pierre Bouvier, Jeff Stinco, Sébastien Lefebvre, Chuck Comeau, David Desrosiers and. Until now they have released four studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets ... Just Balls (2002), Still Not Getting Any ... (2004), Simple Plan (2008), and Get Your Heart On! (2011).
1999: Formation of Simple Plan
In 1996 , the Reset band was formed by Pierre Bouvier , Chuck Comeau , Philippe Jolicoeur , and Adrian White. Reset toured around Canada with MxPx, Ten Foot Pole, and Face to Face, although they were not very successful gaining popularity. Their debut album , No Worries , was released in 1999. Soon , Chuck Comeau away from the band to go to college. Two years later he met with high school friends, Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre, who at that time were in their each bands, and they intend to combine to form their own band. Meanwhile , Reset released their second album, No Limits. One day , Comeau and Bouvier met back at the Sugar Ray concert and Bouvier left Reset to join Comeau. David Desrosiers replaced Bouvier ago in Reset, but he also left Reset and joined Bouvier six months later. This makes Bouvier to concentrate on vocals, after it was accredited to fill positions once the bass vocals .
Simple Plan origin of the name is unclear . When asked , the band often provide answers in the form of jokes , including one of them is because they formed the band as an " impromptu plan " to avoid working in fast food restaurants. But anyway, the greatest possibility , the name " Simple Plan " is taken from the title of the movie " A Simple Plan " , or the work of Piebald song titled " Just A Simple Plan ".
2002: No Pads , No Helmets ... Just Balls
In March 2002 , Simple Plan released their first studio album, No Pads , No Helmets ... Just Balls which continued with the release of the singles : " I'm Just a Kid " , " I'd Do Anything " , " Addicted " , and " Perfect " . Simple Plan is on record as saying that they wanted an album of pure pop - punk. The album's title refers to a popular phrase from the sport of rugby , "No pads , no helmets , just balls . "
The album was initially released in the United States with the contents of twelve songs , the last song " Perfect " . But the issue of bonuses and overseas editions later appeared in various versions with two additional songs on twelve original songs . For example , in the American edition contained a bonus track " Grow Up " , and " My Christmas List " , while the English edition contained the song " One By One " and "American Jesus " ( a live , a song by Bad Religion ) , including two bonus video clips " I'd Do Anything " and " I'm Just a Kid " .
This album also contained vocals from singers from two other pop-punk bands , as in " I'd Do Anything " vocals are Mark Hoppus of Blink - 182 , and in " You Do not Mean Anything " vocals are Joel Madden of Good Charlotte .
In 2002 , the year when releasing the album Simple Plan , Simple Plan performed in over 300 shows , topped the charts " Alternative New Artist " , and appeared on the Japanese tour where tickets are sold out . In 2003 , they performed as one of the main bands on the Vans Warped Tour. Also recorded an appearance in a comedy-criticism film , Punk Rock Holocaust , in which four of them narrated killed . They also appear in the Warped Tour in 2004 and 2005 . Also in 2003, they became the opening act for the tour " Try To Shut Me Up " belongs to Avril Lavigne. In addition some of the tour , they also became the opening act for Green Day and Good Charlotte. The album sold 1 million copies until early 2003 , but the album has sold 4 million copies worldwide , making them the most successful album commercially.
2004: Still Not Getting Any ...
In October 2004 , Simple Plan released their second album titled Still Not Getting Any ... , which will be followed by the single " Welcome to My Life " , " Shut Up ! " , " Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me ? ) " , and " Crazy " .
As mentioned previously , when writing material album " No Pads , No Helmets ... Just Balls " , the members of Simple Plan wanted a pure pop album - punk . But this time , in the process of writing the album " Still Not Getting Any ... " , they say that they do not want to limit themselves to the punk genre , but rather allow themselves to write " good music ".
Based on the bonus DVD of " Still Not Getting Any ... " , during the making of the album , the members of Simple Plan have time to think of some names fatherly this album , such as " Get Rich or Die Trying " and " In The Zone " . They chose the name " Still Not Getting Any ... " ( meaning : Still Can not Get ... none ) for several reasons . The reason most famous and best represent roughly is because they think that they are not getting good ratings , Pierre Bouvier, adding that they had to get a good assessment , ie from Alternative Press. Another reason is that at that time they still do not get the respect that good. There are many more reasons expressed by them, because any word can actually be put on the ellipsis in the title. Chuck Comeau added that the name of the album is " versatile " .
Meanwhile , in terms of music " Still Not Getting Any ... " showed a dramatic change of style of play Simple Plan . They can still keep their style to keep using downbeat lyrics combined with upbeat music , but they managed to get out of the standard pop - punk genre. Although many of the songs from this album are still feeling unstable bring a teenager like the song " I'm Just a Kid " from their previous album , in general this album 's lyrical themes tend to a deeper and more mature, as well as the music that sounds a bit more out of pure pop-punk style . Some professional judgment emphasizes the inclusion of rock elements of " classic " and " tendencies " , saying that the album " does not emphasize the pop - punk that is very active in shaping modern rock goal neatly formed and no -nonsense ".
2008: Simple Plan
After about one and a half years on tour " Still Not Getting Any ... " , the band ended most touring in February 2006 , to then take a short rest period before starting work on their third album. Pierre Bouvier 's official MySpace blog by saying that he was going to Miami on March 21, 2007 to work with a producer who was not yet known who, later known is Dave Fortman. The band entered the studio for pre - production in Los Angeles on June 29. On 15 July they returned to Montreal , to record at Studio Piccolo , the same studio where they recorded " Still Not Getting Any .... " When they finished recording the whole song , they back to Miami for the mixing and mastering stage. Some finishing touches on the album performed in New York and their album officially completed on October 21, 2007 , although later they returned to the studio to record ulangabeberapa the lyrics in the song " Generation " .
" When I'm Gone " , the first single from the album Simple Plan was released on October 29, 2007 . Simple Plan album was produced by Dave Fortman , who is famous for his work with Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson . On February 17, 2008 , Simple Plan achieved their highest chart position in the UK , after two previous albums failed to enter the charts there. On 29 November 2007 , the band announced that will postpone the release date of the album before January 29, 2008 be the date of February 12, 2008 . They also released an album with the label " Japan version" , with 2 additional songs, which was released a week earlier , on February 6, 2008 . This album is the album failed to reap the most successful when compared with the rest of their album.
After completing their promotional tour, Simple Plan played several December 2007 holiday shows . On July 1, 2008, they gave a free concert on Quebec City 's Plains of Abraham, attracting a crowd of 150,000 to the Canada Day show. After back from central and eastern Asia in late July, they are back on tour throughout Canada with Faber Drive and Cute is What We Aim for. Metro Station and the All - American Rejects were originally scheduled to take part in the tour, but was canceled for some reason. They are back on their second full European tour on 28 October to 29 November, with Estonia and Poland for the first time . The band also played Tel Aviv and Dubai in early December , where they performed at the concert with four personnel following the bassist David Desrosiers absent due to a family problem and replaced temporarily by Sébastien Lefebvre on bass.
2011: Get Your Heart On !
Simple Plan released their fourth album titled Get Your Heart On ! on June 21, 2011 . The album was produced by Brian Howes. Their album This time is the second time they collaborate with other artists from the album No Pads , No Helmets ... Just Balls with Mark Hoppus ( Blink - 182 ) and Joel Madden ( Good Charlotte ). In this album , they collaborated with Rivers Cuomo ( Weezer ) , Natasha Bedingfield , K'naan and Alex Gaskarth ( All Time Low ) . On 20 April they announced that " Jet Lag " would be the first single from this album. The song was released in the UK and France where Simple Plan collaborate with Natasha Bedingfield and Marie - Mai on each track. For promote the song , a service called " jetlag Airlines" made on their website , containing news , lyrics , playlists , and videos related to their fourth album . " Jet Lag " premiered on April 25 , while the music video was released on May 4 with Natasha Bedingfield and May 16, with Marie - Mai .