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Who is it? Simple Plan manager (co-owns Coalition Entertainment Management) Where could you see him? You could see Eric for example in the DVD: ABPFY, where he says “Jeff is very hairy”. He is also on lots of pictures with SP. He said about SP: “This band works so hard. In all my years in the business, I’ve not known a band to work as hard at their own careers.”
Paul McManus
Who is it? tour manager and production manager of Simple Plan Where could you see him? Paul makes sure that everything goes swell on Simple Plan tours and that’s why you could have spotted him at the shows in the few last years and in plenty of Simple Plan videos and ptotos.
Sim K
Who is it? Simple Plan’s merchandizer and videographer Where could you see him? Sim is the one behind the desk at merch stand on every single SP show selling you t-shirts and other SP merchandise. He also records many vlogs and other videos from Simple Plan tours. He is also credited for the additional footage in A Big Package For You. And he is on Twitter too.
Frank Joly
Who is it? Simple Plan’s and Sebastien’s sound engineer Where could you see him? Frank helped Sebastien with the sound effects during Sebastien’s tour at the end of 2009. We also see him a lot tweeting pictures of him and Seb etc.
Sean Maestri
Who is it? Sebastien’s guitar tech & Chuck’s drum tech Where could you see him? Sean can be spotted mostly before Simple Plan shows, when he’s trying out all Sebastien’s guitars, making sure they are ready for the show. He is also on Twitter, where he can be seen talking to SP members a lot – @d0nkeyd0nk
Mike “Cowboy” Oskman
Who is it? Jeff’s guitar tech Where could you see him? Just like the rest of the crew, Cowboy too can be seen on stage before the show, when he’s making sure all Jeff’s guitars are ready to go. You could also see him in quite a few pictures with Simple Plan.
Jaye Murphy
Who is it? lighting director Where could you see him? Jay is always hanging out around or inside the venue where Simple Plan are about to play and mostly on the spot from where he manages the light show.
Chady Awad
Who is it? Simple Plan’s photographer and videographer Where could you see him? Chady can usually be seen running arond the stage and taking pictures of the band, and also is sometimes behind some of Simple Plan’s vlogs/videos (such as the one from the German tour in 2012).
Frank Borin
Who is it? music video, commercial and film director Where could you see him? Frank is a very close friend to Simple Plan. Mainly because he directed a lot of Simple Plan’s videoclips (I’d Do Anything, Addicted, I’m Just A Kid, Don’t Wanna Think About You, When I’m Gone, Jet Lag). You could see him on the “Making of’s”. You could also hear him in one episode of Man Of the Hour Hour, where Sebastien and Patrick called him.
Fred “Barnik” Jerome
Who is it? graphic designer for SP and RM Where could you see him? Fred appeared in few MOTH episodes (as Fred “The Cheese Guy”) and you may also know his work from Simple Plan’s official website or their merchandise. He also updates his Twitter profile
Lachelle Farrar
Where could you see her? Lachelle has appeared on lots of “making of’s” SP’s music videoclips, such as Welcome To My Life, Crazy, Untitled and When I’m Gone. You could also see her with Pierre on MMVAs. She has also accompanied Pierre on lots of shows (Brazil, South Africa etc.). She is also helping Pierre with designing women collections for Role Model.
Claude Kelly
Who is it? songwriter Where could you see him? Claude helped Chuck and Pierre co-wrote some songs for SP’s 4th album in 2010 in Los Angeles. Most of the SP fans remember him from the “I’m Black” video.
David Fortman
Who is it? producent (např. album “Simple Plan”) Where could you see him? As David is the producer of the 3rd Simple Plan’s record, you could see him on the pictures from the recording, like on this (next to Seb). David has also produced band like Evanescence or Mudwayne. He also used to be a member of a band “Ugly Kid Joe”.
Nate “Danja Handz” Hills
Who is it? co-producer of “Simple Plan” Where could you see him? Danja used to work as a right hand of Timbaland. But then he became independent and produced hits like “Promiscuous” (Nelly Furtado), “SexyBack” (Justin Timberlake) etc. He also produced few songs on the 3rd Simple Plan record. You could see him on the pictures from the recording, like for example on this one.
Andy Karp
Who is it? vicepresident of A&R for Lava/Atlantic Where could you see him? You could see Andy nearly on the beginning of the DVD: ABPFY where he amateurishly sings “Addicted” by Simple Plan. He said about SP: „SP that’s interesting, because the drummer actually called me up about three years ago pretending to be his manager. He sent me some demos and we started to talk and developed a little bit of a relationship.“
Bob Rock
Who is it? producer of “Still Not Getting Any” album Where could you see him? Bob Rock produced a number of famous artists and bands (let’s name at least few of them: Metallica, Cher, Bon Jovi, Lostprophets and of course even Simple Plan…). You could see him on the video from the recording of “Still Not Getting Any”.
Tom Cheney
Who is it? owner of the Idobi radio Where could you see him? Tom helped Sebastien and Patrick with their show Man Of The Hour, as it used to air on Idobi radio. He is also Sebastien’s and Patrick’s friend and you can see him talk to them on Twitter a lot.
Jean-Sebastien Chouinard
Who is it? guitar player Where could you see him? During the beginning of summer 2008, Jeff was expecting the birth of his second daughter Zoe, so he could not attend Simple Plan shows. At that moment Jean-Sebastien was chosen as Jeff’s replacement for about a month as the main guitar player.
José Theodore
Who is it? hockey player, who plays for Washington Capitals Where could you see him? Chuck is very proud to be a friend of this hockey star and so he tweets about Jose’s success a lot.
Patrick Langlois
Who is it? ex – webmaster of the official site / cameraman / photograph / fashion designer / model / co-owner of Role Model Clothing / Man Of The Hour Hour co-moderator Where could you see him? He is not only in nearly all the SP’s videoclips, but he is also always on tours and he is the one, who posts all the news on simpleplan.com. You could also see Patrick on the DVD: ABPFY, where a whole chapter is about him.
Patrick “Frenchie” Ouimet
Who is it? ex – SP stage tech, who helps setting up the instruments at shows Where could you see him? Frenchie has been mentioned in few Man Of The Hour Hours and he even wrote one blog on their MySpace. You can also find him on the SP shows (for example on this picture from Prague).
Delilah
Who is it? Pierre’s & Lachelle’s dog (female) Where could you see her? Pierre has mentioned Delilah in few interviews. An interesting thing about her is, that her name comes from the Plain White T’s song – “Hey There Delilah”. You could see Delilah in lots of Lachelle’s and Pierre’s pictures and in few videos as well.
Stuey
Who is it? Patrick’s dog (male) Where could you see him? Stuey has been mentioned on lots of Man Of The Hour Hours and he was always called the “studio dog”, as he spend lots of time in the studio with Simple Plan, when they were recording their third record. Patrick even started a MySpace for him.
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