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Simple Plan release French version of “I Don’t Wanna Go To Bed”

by Dominika | Oct 16th, 2015 | 1 comment

Earlier this morning, Jeff Stinco appeared on the Canadian CKOI radio station, where he was set to premiere Simple Plan’s new single “I Don’t Wanna Go To Bed”. However to a huge surprise to all the fans who were listening, the song that Jeff premiered wasn’t the English version of the song that we got to hear yesterday for the first time, but a French version.

According to Bianca, who was listening to the live stream, the structure of the song is similar to Jet Lag’s French version – that is, French verses and an English chorus.

As of right now, the audio of the French version is not available anywhere, but I’m sure we’ll get to hear it in time. It is also currently unknown whether the French version will be featured on the album, but if Jet Lag’s French version is any indication, fans from France or Canada may expect it on their editions of the album, or we may also get it in the form of a bonus song.

Photos and video from Seb’s recent radio and TV appearances

by Dominika | Nov 8th, 2013 | no comments

To promote the Foundation’s upcoming benefit event that will take place in Montreal’s Corona theatre on November 12th, Sebastien visited a few radio and TV programmes in the past few days to spread the word about the event. Check out some more pictures from Seb’s visit of the CKOI radio station and also a brand new picture from BTV Montreal:

And speaking of BTV Montreal, make sure to watch the whole short interview with Sebastien there via the video below:

Sebastien’s appearance at CKOI 96.9: “EP will be released before Xmas!”

by Dominika | Nov 6th, 2013 | no comments

This evening, Sebastien Lefebvre paid a visit to a Montreal-based radio station – CKOI 96.9 to talk mostly about the band’s upcoming annual benefit event for the Simple Plan Foundation. Thanks to Sab you can check out a little recap of what Sebastien talked about:

– since Coeur de Pirate (who co-wrote Jet Lag) will be present at the Simple Plan Foundation event, Seb said she might be joining them and finally sing it live

– Simple Plan are currently writing songs for a new (5th) album

– EP will be released before Christmas

The last piece of information is very interesting at even though the release date is still to be determined (according to Chuck it should be this week), so far we only knew it was sometimes before the end of 2013 but the releasing the EP before Christmas could mean that perhaps we could be getting a new Simple Plan Christmas song!

And while we still wait for confirmation of that, make sure to check out a picture of Sebastien with the radio hosts from CKOI that was taken this evening:

Jeff Stinco reveals interesting “secrets” during interview for CKOI 96.9

by Dominika | Aug 24th, 2013 | no comments

In a recent phone interview Jeff Stinco did with Kim Rusk for her show Kim Rock on the CKOI 96.9 radio station, the Simple Plan guitarist revealed some very interesting personal stories that he has never mentioned before – including who was his first celebrity crush. You can either listen to the full interview in French here or just keep on reading because thanks to Hélène, here’s an English translation of this interview:

Kim: What was the first rock album you bought?
Jeff: I would say George Michael. It’s actually the first ever album I bought.

Kim: Good choice! What music do you listen to in your car?
Jeff: Pearl Jam “Alive”

Kim: Do you sing “Alive” in your car?
Jeff: In my shower. Nobody listens to me so I can sing very loud but sometimes I realize that the window is open and my neighbors must think: “What’s going on?” [laughs]

Kim: What is the worst song about love – the one that hurts?
Jeff: Def Leppard – “Love Bites”. That song really hurts. I don’t know why, I don’t even understand what he even says sometimes.. [laughs]

Kim: The best guitar solo you’ve ever heard?
Jeff: Guns N’ Roses – “Sweet Child O’Mine”

Kim: Who was your first celebrity crush?
Jeff: I was really young… There were not all those tv shows that are there nowadays… It took me some time to find out that Boy George was actually a man. I admit that I found him cute… [laughs]

Kim: Do you have memories to tell?
Jeff: I went to the playboy mansion and I’ve seen things that should not be seen, even for a musician.

Kim: Have you ever made love in the playboy mansion?
Jeff: No comment… [laughs]

Kim: [laughs] Thank you Jeff, you’re adorable!

Pierre and Chuck at CKOI radio station in Montreal

by Dominika | Nov 13th, 2012 | no comments

Yesterday evening, Pierre and Chuck from Simple Plan joined the hosts of the CKOI radio station in Montreal in their studio to talk a little bit about their new book and the history of the band. Here is a couple of pictures of the guys in the studio:

And below you can listen to the whole interview at CKOI, which is in French, so in case you don’t understand this language, Charbel prepared a little translation of some of it for you and you can read it under the player:

Interviewer: You guys just came back from Spain right?
Pierre: Yep we came back last night, long flight but we had a nice show there was 15 thousand people I think. Or was it 30 thousand?
Chuck: … Well 45 thousand. [laughs]
Interviewer: Not too jet lagged?
Pierre: Just a bit, I woke up at 5:30am, but we’re home so everything’s alright.
Chuck: I woke up at 9am it was perfect.
Pierre: He’s a machine! Chuck Comeau the machine. [laughs]

Interviewer: The highlight from the last 10 years?
Pierre: There was so many highlights, I could name at least 10, for instance the time we got signed by Atlantic Records or the first time we did Bell Center (sold out) in Montreal, it was intense I couldn’t sing well, I was like “Shaat ap, Shaat ap, Shaat ap” [laughs]
Chuck: Even I had problems playing, we could see our parents & friends in the crowd, the whole place was full.
Interviewer: Just earlier (before the interview), I was telling everyone that when we worked together at MusiquePlus, you once told me “One day I’ll be up there on that stage” and I replied “I bet you 20 bucks the contrary”. [laughs]

Interviewer: So Chuck your parents wanted you to be a lawyer, Seb was studied to be an engineer, what I wanna know is, how do you convince your parents that you wanna do music?
Pierre: Well you don’t give them a choice, at some point they understand that unless you end up having a huge fight and they end up kicking you out, the kid will do what he wants to do. So there was lots of disputes, of arguments, our parents kept telling us “If you guys are wasting your time, what happens then?”.
Chuck: It took lots of negotiations, for example the first time we went on tour, I was 16, and going to Vancouver in a small RV I don’t think my parents liked that idea. We were 4 back then, and we went without a tour manager, it was crazy with no supervision, we were discovering what being in a band really felt like. We would go to Calgary and no one knew us there…
Pierre: I remember our first night in Vancouver, we got robbed on the street [laughs],
Chuck: Yeah the guys was like “Hey gives us all your money”.
Pierre: Yeah the guy sees 16 year old kids on the street, I was like “He just took my 80 bucks, that was all I had for the tour” [laughs].

[after the break]
Interviewer: I just posted a picture on twitter and it’s incredible how your fans follow you there, I got many replies from your fans in France.
Chuck: Yeah in fact, Pierre’s the most followed male in Quebec!
Pierre: I think so; 250 thousand followers but yeah our fans are really intense, and we love them very much.

Interviewer: This is one the reasons why you guys love being in a band, for instance Chuck you first started playing in a band without even knowing how to play the drums!
Chuck: Yeah Pierre knew how to play a bit of guitar…
Pierre: Wow a bit? I was doing solos back then! [laughs]
Chuck: Yeah Pierre was a natural, we had a guitarist and a bassist so I was like “Alright, I’ll be the drummer” even though I didn’t know how to play the drums. We would watch Guns n’ Roses playing at Rock In Rio, and we were like “Damn how cool would it be to be on that stage?”.
Interviewer: Well this Sunday it’s gonna be a smaller stage than Rock In Rio, there’s the Simple Plan Foundation benefit event in the Science Center here in Montreal.
Chuck: Yeah it’s a bit more exclusive
Pierre: It’s one of our VIP events, we give a lot of our time with the fans, we take pictures with them, we sign stuff, we hang out with them.
Interview: Well thank you boys, it’s been 10 years and we wish you 10 more! Pierre Bouvier & Chuck Comeau from Simple Plan!