Riding on a wave of pop punk bands that emerged in the early Noughties, Simple
Plan's melodic, spiky blasts of rock angst drew comparisons with Blink-182, Good
Charlotte and Green Day as they surged from the Montreal college circuit to
worldwide album sales of over 7 million. School friends Pierre Bouvier and Chuck
Comeau first played together as teenagers in the band Reset, before being
reunited at a Sugar Ray concert and deciding to form Simple Plan. Debut album No
Pads, No Helmets... No Balls (2002) won them a cult following in their native
Canada and performances on the Warpe...