Simple Plan

Simple Plan is a pop-punk band from Quebec, Canada which was formed in 1999. The members are Pierre Bouvier, Jeff Stinco, Sébastien Lefebvre, David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau.  Simple Plan has sold more than 7 millions of discs of their first three albums.

In the beginning, some of the members formed a band called Reset, they have almost no fame, although they tried to sing with other bands to release it. As they saw no future, they separated. A few years later, they were joined again but they made some changes with the members. In this way Simple Plan formed.

Simple Plan debuted with the album ‘No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls’ in 2002 which they conquered half the world lists and they won double platinum plaques. The music was aimed at young people and teenagers.  In less than a year, the band visited five continents and they played in more than 300 shows. They also won a gold plaque in Canada and Japan. A lot of fans started to follow the group, and they could appear in a famous TV program.

In 2004, they released their second album called ‘Still Not Getting Any...’ with their famous single ‘Welcome to my life’ known around the world. The album won a platinum plaque. The reasons of the album’s name were that they weren’t getting good reviews and they weren’t getting enough respect. In this album, Simple Plan showed a dramatic style change. The style was rather rock and not punk. In this year, they started a job to young people and children who had problems with drugs, suicides, poverty...

Four years and a half later, in 2008, ‘Simple Plan’ their third album was released.  The single ‘When I’m gone’ got the 26 place in United Kingdom’s music list. They made a world tour and they made a large amount of concerts and festivals. In Quebec they made free concerts where millions of fans went. This album was in the top 10 and top 5 in a half of the world.

Their last album is called ‘Get Your Heart On!’ it was introduced in 2011. The band team up with different compositors. There are different versions of the single ‘Jet Lag’: in French, Japanese and the English original.  That is the opposite of their previous albums, it is an electrifying return to the vitality of their first two albums. The band has made two big tours. A throughout this tour we could appreciate the proximity of this band with the fans. Finally, they ended their tour in Spain, offering two shows which were attended by more than 10 000 fans where the song ‘Summer Paradise’ is the most famous.

Their next tour will be around Europe and I think that it will be a great success.