Talking about...Simple Plan!

Hi everyone!
My name is Bea, and I'm studying Advertising and Public relations in the Unav.
I'm one the three members of "All the music" blog, and I will be here publishing some interesting information about modern bands each week. We have decided to write about music, because is a common interest between us, and we think almost everybody loves listening to music from time to time. To make our posts more attractive we won't write just about an specific kind of music, but about very different styles.
 I hope you like our blog and find it interesting!

If you continue reading you will find out which is the first group I have chosen to write about...

Five guys, Too albums, Thousands of fans, Seven million copies sold all over the world. Famous and caching songs such as “I’m just a kid”, "I'd Do anything,"," "Perfect," and "Welcome to My Life." I'm sure that those of you reading our Post right now have heard about this famous and original group. I’m talking about…SIMPLE PLAN!

Welcome to Simple Plan music. Just turn the volume on, close your eyes, and listen, feel them… Experience what we like best about this cool group!

See the ripping guitars?

See the strong energy?

Feel the power that emerge from them?

Simple Plan has been running strong since forming eleven years ago, in 1999. At that time, I was just a kid…like they say in one of their famous songs…:

I woke up it was 7
I waited till 11
to figure out that no one would call
I think I got a lot of friends but I don't hear from them
What's another night all alone?
When your spending everyday on your own
And here it goes

[Chorus:]
I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Having more fun than me
Tonight...

And maybe when the night is dead, I'll crawl into my bed
Staring at these 4 walls again
I'll try to think about the last time, I had a good time
Everyone's got somewhere to go
And they're going to leave me here on my own and here it goes

I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Having more fun than me

What the hell is wrong with me?
Don't fit in with anybody
How did this happen to me?
Wide awake I'm bored and I can't fall asleep
And every night is the worst night ever

I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Nobody wants to be alone in the world.

I'm just a kid and life is a nightmare
I'm just a kid, I know that its not fair
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Nobody wants to be alone in the world
Nobody cares, cause I'm alone and the world is
Having more fun than me tonight

I'm all alone tonight
Nobody cares tonight
Cause I'm just a kid tonight…

For me, this song is actually as powerful in its expression of distress of the teenager as it is infectious in his sound. I have always loved this song, although the lyrics are not very happy. But when I was a kid, I used to listen to it and repeat it several times, loving the rhythm, without understanding a single word about what they were saying…I just used to concentrate on moving my head rapidly, feeling the guitars deep inside!

To continue with the introduction of this group, I want to present a little bit the five members of the band:

The first one is David Desrosiers, bass, backing vocals.

-His complete name is David Philippe Desrosiers,

-He was born on August 29, 1980 in Stept Iles, Quebeq, Canada.

-He is known by nicknames: Dave and Ritalin.

-Before working with Simple Plan he was employed at McDonald's.

-He has declared to have taken influences of bands such as Good Charlotte, Pope Roach, between others.


Sebastian Lefebvre is 2 ª guitar of the Canadian band.

-He is described as the shiest member of the band.

-Before being in the band he was employed as doorman at his former institute.

-Before entering the group, he was in a band called "We'd eat her".

-He is the youngest member of Simple Plan.


Pierre Burier: Vocalist of the Canadian band.

-The song "Save You" from the qualified album “Simple Plan " is about his brother Jay, who suffered from Lymphoma’s cancer in 2007. This was very difficult for Pierre, who finally over came the situation.


Chuck Comeau: In Simple Plan, Comeau, with Bouvier's help, is the principal writter of the songs.

-Sometimes it is identified as "the" writer of the band since he writes the majority of the letters, the concepts, and writes the scripts for the musical videos of Simple Plan.


Jeff:  He has declared to have received influences of bands as U2, Guns and Roses, Pink Floyd, Kiss, The Beatles, Jimmy Eat World, Blink 182, Def Leppard, Good Charlotte, Hendrix, Mest, Marvelous 3, Goldfinger, Bad Religion, Face to Face, MxPx, Green Day, between others.

-Nowadays he is married and has two children.

These five members of the band had been trying to figure out their new album. Change, of course, comes with an amount of apprehension, and the band recognized the fact they felt a little bit afraid when they began to explore this new territory.

Simple Plan started working on the new album in 2006.
The five members accept that at first, they were scared, and they didn’t wanted to mess with something that they had already worked on, and that they were sure fans would love. That was just too easy for them, as we can imagine they wanted something different, they were looking for a challenge, and they got it.

At the beginning, they weren’t sure about what they were really doing, and working on. As we can see in some interviews, articles etc, they used to make some confessions like this one: "we didn't know if we were on the right track with something cool or if we were just losing our minds."

In my opinion, they had finally created something really good and interesting, by following their feelings and desires, and forgetting about other influences and opinions. It is often said that, “all the great records come from some kind of risk.” And I think this can be really a good example.

I supposed every single fan of simple plan is happy about this new album. In my opinion, for a fan, if it’s a real one, the new style of the record is not that important. What is important for those who like their music, is to just to have the opportunity to own a new and fresh CD, have it in our bedroom, and be able to listen those new and powerful songs whenever we want.

Hope you enjoy the first post of our blog, and Simple Plan as well! see you next week!