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Simple Plan to make a cameo appearance in a new movie ‘Summertime Dropouts’

by Dominika | Sep 3rd, 2018 | 4 comments

A newly released press release about an upcoming “pop-punk musical film” called ‘Summertime Dropouts’ just revealed that Simple Plan are tied to the movie by making a small cameo in it.

Assuming from the film’s synopsis, it seems Simple Plan might be playing themselves – and their scenes are being filmed this week. It is currently however unknown whether their songs will be featured on the film’s soundtrack or not. Check out what the movie is about:

The film inspired by the music of a pop punk band of the same name, captures the story of a group of friends following their dreams and fighting for a chance to play on Warped Tour. We deliver a fun and timely message that can resonate with young and old alike. Some social topics that the film covers are the fact that life’s worth living, there is more to life than just everyday-buzz, and standing up to bullying.

– Summertime Dropouts –

Besides making a cameo appearance in the movie, from the already released images and videos, published by some of the actors on their Instagrams, we can already tell that Simple Plan might play a key role as the pop-punk idols to the young bands who’s story this movie follows.

For instance, we can find Simple Plan promo pictures plastered all over the wall in a rehearsal scene, published by actor Takaya Abdou Lloyd (@tacairo), while actor Nicholas Podany can be seen wearing a rather old-school Simple Plan t-shirt (at least judging by the font on the logo) in a picture published by his co-star Aaron Courteau (@aaronjosephcourteau):

Summertime Dropouts continues filming this week in Minnesota and its premiere is currently being planned for the summer of 2019.

Simple Plan score with 2 albums on Rock Sound’s “100 Best Pop-punk Albums” list!

by Dominika | Aug 16th, 2018 | no comments

For the past few days, the British magazine Rock Sound has been slowly revealing the results of their recently featured online poll, which asked music fans to vote for the best pop-punk album. Over 26 000 people voted in and decided the final positions on the list, which has now revealed to us that the public voted not just one, but two Simple Plan albums amongst the 100 Best Pop-Punk Albums!

The best-standing of their albums on this list is their debut album ‘No Pads, No Helmets… Just Balls’, which ranks at no. 31, surpassing other classics like Jimmy Eat World’s ‘Bleed American’, The All-American Rejects’ ‘Move Along’ or The Offspring’s ‘Americana’!

The second Simple Plan album featured on this list is their subsequent record ‘Still Not Getting Any..’ which ranked a little lower – at no. 67!

What a great result! It definitely serves as a reassurance that Simple Plan’s music is still very much deep-seated into the minds of music fans and has clearly made an impact on the industry.

Previously, Simple Plan’s No Pads album was featured on a list published by Kerrang back in 2015, where it placed as the 26th “Greatest Pop-Punk Album Ever”. Similarly in 2017, Rolling Stone called this album 33rd “Greatest Pop-Punk Album Of All Time”.

‘I’m Just A Kid’ should be Warped Tour’s anthem according to Travis Clark (We The Kings)

by Dominika | Aug 5th, 2018 | no comments

With Warped Tour saying goodbye and farewell with today’s very last show, Alternative Press asked a number of artists, who appeared on the tour, which song best describes the atmosphere of Warped and could be considered its “national anthem”.

Many band members put their two cents in on this topic in the video, leaving quite a number of songs as the best contenders for a possible Warped anthem. Sebastien Lefebvre from Simple Plan for example named Pennywise’s ‘Bro Hymn’ as the most appropriate song for a Warped anthem [Seb appears around mark 10:25 in the video].

But our favorite tip for the anthem of Warped definitely came from Travis Clark, the lead singer of We The Kings, who had some very nice things to say about Simple Plan, who’s song ‘I’m Just A Kid’ he’d personally like to see up for this title. Check out the full video at the end of this article, but first, have a look at what Travis said about SP below:

‘If I had to pick one song of We The Kings that I thought was a Warped Tour anthem, it would be a song called ‘Check Yes Juliet’, which is our very first song, you know, that we ever kinda put out and promoted. But a song for the whole tour… I think Simple Plan’s ‘I’m Just A Kid’, which I think was written like 16 years ago for them, or 17 years ago. And it just totally encompasses Warped Tour at its core, where we’re all just kids that love music. And I hear them play it, and people just lost their minds. It’s a really cool thing to be a part of something with, you know, people that I love. I love Simple Plan to death – they are our brothers. And it’s definitely a Warped Tour anthem. Everytime I hear it, I get kinda giddy inside.’

– Travis Clark (We The Kings) –

Lead singers of Tonight Alive and State Champs name SP amongst their favorite Warped memories in new Billboard article

by Dominika | Aug 5th, 2018 | no comments

To commemorate Warped Tour coming to its close (with today actually being the very last Warped Tour day), Billboard released a new article entitled “Goodbye, Warped Tour: 21 Bands Relive Their Favorite Festival Memories in Their Own Words”.

From our point of view, it’s certainly very interesting to see how much of a footprint Simple Plan have left not only in the hearts of Warped attendees, but also in the bands that took part in the final cross-country tour. For example, the lead singers of both Tonight Alive/b> and State Champs mentioned Simple Plan as one of the people who’ve made their Warped memories even greater. Check out what Jenna McDougall from Tonight Alive and Derek DiScanio from State Champs said about Simple Plan below:

‘Whoever we met and toured with on Warped Tour that summer, we would often go out with the next fall or the next spring. This year Simple Plan is on the tour, and it’s not the first time that we’ve toured together. They’re really beautiful people, and it’s just this really amazing experience to ride the same wavelength as the people who’ve influenced your musical career. We used to watch Simple Plan DVDs when we had band practice when I was 15 years old. These bands seeped into our bloodstreams, and now we are out here touring with them. We’re still on completely different levels, but it is cool to be on the same lineup, eat together, and sit out on the back of the trailers every night.’

– Jenna McDougall (Tonight Alive) –

‘The small bands look up to larger bands, but those larger bands will do everything they can to help the smaller ones. Everyone is here for the right reasons. Simple Plan, who I have loved forever, on the first day of the tour [this year] came right up to us saying, “Hey, we love your band, will you guys come on stage and sing with us tomorrow?” So now I’m singing “I’m Just A Kid” with Simple Plan during shows, and I’m like a kid in a candy store up there. There is no room for egos on this tour, and that’s why it’s going to be sad to see it go. ‘

– Derek DiScanio (State Champs) –

Dave Franco quotes Simple Plan’s ‘I’d Do Anything’ in a new Netflix movie

by Dominika | Apr 14th, 2018 | no comments

Ever since 2002, Simple Plan’s first single from their debut album – the song ‘I’d Do Anything’ has been deeply engraved in the minds of millions of people and still continues to be one of Simple Plan’s most recognizable tunes.

Big thanks to our very observative reader Yva we have now found out that a reference to this song has been made in a newly released Netflix film, co-produced by Channing Tatum, called 6 Balloons, which follows the struggles of Katie (Abbi Jacobson), who’s brother Seth (Dave Franco) is addicted to heroin.

Towards the movie’s end, around its 64th minute, the two siblings get into a car, where Dave Franco’s character tries to remember the words to the song ‘I’d Do Anything’ by Simple Plan, while his sister tries to make him stop and listen to her instead.

Check out the full conversation featuring the song’s lyrics below:

Katie: When I’m with you, all I see is you.
Seth: … What song is that?
Seth: *sings* I close my eyes…
Katie: Stop it.
Seth: *continues singing* And all I see is you..
Katie: Stop!
Seth: *continues singing* I close my eyes…
Katie: Stop it. Jesus, stop!
Seth: *continues singing* I try to sleep, I can’t forget you…

– 6 Balloons –

Check out the trailer for the movie below. 6 Balloons is now available on Netflix: