Simple Plan

Simple set up may be a pop punk band from Montréal, Québec, Canada. Since forming they need never experienced personnel changes and that they were Pierre Bouvier, Jeff Stinco, Sébastien Lefebvre, Chuck Comeau and David Desrosiers. Origin of name easy set up isn't clear. When asked, the band typically give answers within the type of jokes, together with one among them is as a result of they shaped the band as an "impromptu plan" to avoid acting at quick food restaurants. But anyway, possibly, the name "Simple Plan" is taken from the title of the movie "A easy Plan", or Piebald's song titled "Just an easy Plan".

To date they need released four studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets ... simply Balls (2002), Still Not obtaining Any ... (2004), easy set up (2008), and acquire Your Heart On! (2011). In 1996, the band shaped by Pierre Reset Bouvier, Chuck Comeau, Philippe Jolicoeur, and Adrian White. Reset toured Canada with MxPx, 10 Foot Pole, and Face to Face, though they weren't terribly successful gaining popularity. Their debut album, No Worries, was released in 1999. almost immediately, Chuck Comeau left the band to enter school. 2 years later he met along with his friends in highschool, Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre, who at that point were in their respective bands, and that they shall merge to make his own band. Meanwhile, Reset released their second album, No Limits. One day, Comeau and Bouvier met once more at the Sugar Ray concert and Bouvier left Reset to affix Comeau. David Desrosiers replaced Bouvier ago in Reset, however he left the Reset jga six months later and joined the Bouvier. This makes Bouvier will consider the vocal position, once it absolutely was doubled to fill the position still as bass vocals.

In March 2002, easy set up released their initial studio album, No Pads, No Helmets ... simply Balls that premises continued unharness of the single: "I'm simply a Kid", "I'd Do Anything", "Addicted", and "Perfect". easy set up recorded saying that they needed the album is pure pop-punk. The album's title refers to a well-liked phrase from the sports of rugby, "No pads, no helmets, just balls."
The album was originally released within the us with the contents of twelve songs, with the last song "Perfect". however the problem of bonuses and overseas editions later appeared in numerous versions with 2 further songs on twelve original songs. as an example, within the yankee edition contained a bonus track "Grow Up", and "My Christmas List", whereas the English edition contained the song "One By One" and "American Jesus" (live, a song by unhealthy Religion), together with 2 bonus video clips "I'd Do Anything" and "I'm simply a Kid".

On this album additionally contained vocals from singers from 2 alternative pop-punk bands, as in "I'd Do Anything" are vocal Mark Hoppus of Blink-182, and in "You don't Mean Anything" are vocal Joel Madden from sensible Charlotte. In 2002, the year easy set up released the album, easy set up perform in additional than three hundred performances, topping the charts "Alternative New Artist", and appeared on the japanese tour where tickets are sold out. In 2003, they appeared united major band on the Vans Warped Tour. additionally a penampilam recorded during a comedy film criticism, Punk Rock Holocaust, that killed four of them recounted. They additionally seem within the Warped Tour in 2004 and 2005. additionally in 2003, they became the gap act for the tour of "Try To Shut Me Up" belongs to Avril Lavigne. additionally a number of the tour, they additionally became the gap act for inexperienced Day and sensible Charlotte. The album sold one thousand thousand copies till early 2003 however the album has sold four million copies worldwide, creating it their most successful album commercially.

In October 2004, easy set up released their second album, entitled Still Not obtaining Any ..., which is able to be followed by the singles "Welcome to My Life", "Shut Up!", "Untitled (How may This Happen to Me?)" , and "Crazy". As mentioned previously, when writing the fabric album "No Pads, No Helmets ... simply Balls", the personnel needed the album easy set up are pure pop-punk. however now, within the method of writing the album "Still Not obtaining Any ...", they are saying that they are doing not wish to limit themselves to the punk genre, however rather permitting themselves to jot down "good music".

Based on the bonus DVD of "Still Not obtaining Any ...", throughout the creating of the album, the personnel easy set up may consider some fatherly name of this album, like "Get made or Die Trying" and "In The Zone". They selected the name "Still Not obtaining Any ..." (meaning: Still can't Get ... none) for many reasons. the explanation most famous and best represent roughly is as a result of they suppose that they are doing not get sensible ratings, Pierre Bouvier, adding that they solely get an honest assessment, that's from different Press. another excuse is that now they still don't get the respect that sensible. There are several additional reasons expressed by them, as a result of any word will very be placed on the ellipsis within the title. Chuck Comeau adds that the name of the album is "versatile".



After concerning one and a 0.5 years on tour "Still Not obtaining Any ...", they finish the tour in February 2006, to then take a brief break before beginning work on their third album. Pierre Bouvier via his official MySpace blog sites saying that he was heading for Miami on March twenty one, 2007 to figure with a producer who wasn't nonetheless known who, later known is Dave Fortman. easy set up entered the studio to start pre-production in l.  a.   on June twenty nine. On July fifteen they came back to Montreal to record their songs at Studio Piccolo, constant studio where they recorded "Still Not obtaining Any ...." once they finished recording the entire song, they kembai to Miami for mixing and mastering stage. Some finishing touches on the album performed in big apple and their album officially completed on October twenty one, 2007, though later they came back to the studio to record ulangabeberapa lyrics within the song "Generation".

"When i am Gone", the primary single from the album easy set up was released on October twenty nine, 2007. easy set up album diprodesri by Dave Fortman, known for his work with Avril Lavigne and Kelly Clarkson. On February seventeen, 2008, easy set up get their highest chart position within the UK, once 2 previous albums didn't enter the charts there. On twenty nine November 2007, easy set up, announced it might delay the discharge date of the previous album January twenty nine, 2008 to February twelve, 2008. They additionally released an album with the label "Japan version", with a further 2 songs, that was released per week earlier, on February vi, 2008. This album is that the album that the majority fail to reap success compared with the remainder of their albums.


After finishing their international promotional tour, easy set up seems on many vacation events in December 2007. On July 1, 2008, they created a free concert in Quebec town, Plains of Abraham, attracting a hundred and fifty,000 spectators to the Canada Day event. once kemabali of central and japanese Asia in late July, they went back on tour across Canada in conjunction with Faber Drive and Cute is What we tend to Aim For. Metro Station and also the All-American Rejects is truly scheduled to require half within the tour, however canceled as a result of a matter. They came back in full their second European tour on twenty eight October to twenty nine November, with Estonia and Poland for the primary time. easy set up has additionally appeared in Tel Aviv and Dubai in early December, where they performed at this concert with four personnel following the absence of bassist David Desrosiers attributable to family issues and was replaced quickly by Sébastien Lefebvre to fill the bass position.

Simple set up released their fourth album entitled Get Your Heart On! on June twenty one, 2011. The album was created by Brian Howes. On this album they collaborated with such various songwriter Claude Kelly, Rivers Cuomo of Weezer, Matt Squire, Jim Irvin, Julian Emery, and David Hodges.