For the 1993 novel and 1998 film, see A Simple Plan
Simple Plan is a pop-punk band that formed in 1999 in Quebec, Canada. The band has released two albums: No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls (2002) and Still Not Getting Any (2004). All five members are Quebecois.
Simple Plan came about in stages that began with the founding of the band Reset in 1994, a Canadian punk band, by high-school friends Pierre Bouvier, Chuck Comeau and Adrien White at the age of thirteen. Reset toured around Canada with bands such as MxPx, Ten Foot Pole, and Face to Face, but only managed to gain modest popularity. The debut album was released in 1997. Comeau soon left to go to college, but two years later he hooked up with Jeff Stinco and Sébastien Lefebvre, and again started making music. It was coincidence that brought Comeau and Bouvier back together at a Sugar Ray concert in late 1999, and Bouvier soon left Reset and joined his old friends. David Desrosiers replaced Bouvier in Reset, but when asked to join the foursome, he too left the band and joined the four friends.
When asked on where their name originates from, one band member has stated "we didn't like complicated situations, we wanted something simple," thus, the name and band Simple Plan was born. However, band members have given various responses on this point, including a liking for the movie A Simple Plan and the response that the name was only intended to be temporary, but they never thought of anything better.
The band tours intensively, and in the period March 2005-March 2006, will cover all six inhabited continents, plus Japan and New Zealand. It has announced plans for a third original CD, to be released in the fall of 2006.