Ever since the release of Simple Plan’s biography ‘Simple Plan: The Official Story’, it has become a widely known fact that Chuck’s parents’ house holds a rather extraordinary amount of Simple Plan memorabilia. And all those year later, it can still manage to reveal something new every now and then – just like we’ve learned just a few days ago when Patrick Langlois, Simple Plan’s former merch guy and photo/videographer, revealed some amazing newly found photos on his Instagram.
Turns out that an old camera was recently found by Chuck’s Dad is their basement, which obviously belonged to Patrick. After getting his hands on this treasure, he found out there was still a film inside: a film that had a number of pictures of the gang from the summer of 2004, when Simple Plan were recording Still Not Getting Any at the Picolo Studios in Montreal with Bob Rock.
Check out Patrick’s retelling of how this treasure was found and what was on it below and definitely make sure to check out the never-seen-before shots of the band in our gallery:
Fast forward to 2019: I took the camera Chuck found and brought it to the shop to see if it needed a cleaning when, to my surprise, they found a roll still in it! With NO idea what might be on it, I had it developed. I didn’t have high hopes, as we opened up the camera and surely ruined a few frames, but it was exciting none the less. As you can tell by these shots, the film didn’t age too well all those years- that green tint isn’t a filter. These pictures were taken during summer 2004 at Picolo Studio in Montreal as the guys recorded their second album, “Still Not Getting Any” with Bob Rock. We used to have BBQ’s every week and it seems like that’s the last time I had the camera in my hands. 15 years ago! These pics aren’t good by any photography standards, but I think that it’s great that they even exist!”
