RECAP: Simple Plan on Patrick Langlois’ show ‘Ménage à trois’

On Monday evening, the channel V in Canada aired the pre-taped special of the show Ménage à trois, which is co-hosted by one of Simple Plan’s oldest friends – Patrick Langlois. Of course, the older fans among you will remember Patrick as Simple Plan’s former merch guy, videographer, photographer, web guy and so much more. As of right now, Patrick is making it big as a TV host in Canada and in advance of the release of Simple Plan’s new record “Taking One For The Team”, he invited them to his show.

The show is obviously in French and the video is only restricted only to Canada [check it here] but just as Patrick and Seb predicted on the last episode of Man Of The Hour, I managed to get a recap of the episode for you (big thanks to Emilie!).

You can read through it below:

Pierre and Jeff talked about the new album, the song IDWTGTB, that the chorus came naturally. They spoke about how hard it is to renew themselves by bringing new things, they want a good mix between serious and fun. Pat kept making fun of Pierre’s gray hair, he said that when his wife was pregnant with his first daughter, the first gray hair appeared. They also said that the fact they have children keep their positive energy and it motivates them – it’s easier to stay young.

Chuck called David Hasselhoff’s manager to be in the video. He loved the song, he wanted to be part of the joke and he even help to get the copyright of Baywatch for the video. They talked about the critics, who are the most critical of the band. Pierre said Chuck is especially critical of himself. Sometimes it annoys others but it also inspires them to overcome this. Pierre compared Chuck to Steve Jobs for his less-friendly-side almost arrogant but it’s because he works very hard and always means well. Pat added that Chuck won’t be insulted about that but happy, being compared to Steve Jobs.

Lady Gaga, Tom Petty, The Weekend are the artists who most influenced this record.

In the show there is a segment called “90 seconds” where Pat asks as many questions as possible in 90 seconds. Pierre answered the questions:

– Who is the most talented in the band? Me
– Who sucks the most in the band? Hard to say
– Where are the most beautiful girls? Australia
– Who is the most popular with the girls? These days, David
– Of all the prices you’ve received, which one is the most valuable? A Félix, from the ADISQ in Québec
– Where would you would never go on tour? *Pierre didn’t know, Pat suggest Baghdad*
– Country where the fans scream the loudest? Brazil
– Day off on tour, sleep or visit the city? Sleep a little, visit a little
– For or against streaming sites? For
– Which of your daughters will one day take over SP? Soren
– Most beautiful place for surfing? San Diego
– After Nelly and Sean Paul, what would be the hip hop collab of your dreams? Wiz Khalifa
– How many cities have you visited? About 63
– How many shows did you do? About 2000
– How many girls have you kissed? About 2000
– Who would you exchange your career with? Patrick Langlois
– Is it easier to write a song in English or translate it to French? Write in English
– In everyday life, do you think in English or in French? In English

The concept of the show is to talk about what interests the guests. So Chuck, David and Seb talked about what they like.

Chuck’s segment is about golf

– They talk about statistics of golf. Chuck has been playing golf for 6 years now.
– Is he a better drummer or golfer? Average in both, a bit better in drums but he practices golf more.
– Sometimes Pierre and him manage to get invited to prestigious golf clubs on tour.
– They briefly talked about Chuck’s bachelor party in Vegas but Pat and Chuck didn’t remember much about it.
– Pierre and Chuck are equal in golf and they are both competitive.
– Chuck said that the most beautiful golf course is the one where he’s a member of – Lakeside in Los Angeles. Some famous people are members too – such as Justin Timberlake, Jack Nicholson or Adam Levine.
– Pierre and Chuck did a little competition of minigolf which Pierre won.

David’s segment is about motorcycles

– Before they talked about bikes, Pat’s co-host wanted to know about his passion for candles, but Pat told her that they don’t have time to ask him questions about that
– David’s passion for bikes started when he was 14
– He used to drive his friend’s motorcycle, without a license
– He’s had his license for 5 years now
– He had an accident with his bike. He met with coyotes and one of them hit his back wheel. He was driving at 90 km/h, he fell on the road but he wore all his full equipment. He was lucky, he had no scratches, nothing broken.
– He has 7-8 motorcycles
– All of his bikes have names but not the names of old girlfriends.

Seb’s segment is about geek stuff

– He loved the movie Interstellar. He loved the film so much that his wife took him to the Montreal Planetarium (where there is exhibits on space and astronomy) for their wedding anniversary.
– They talked about Lego, Star Wars, video games.
– Ideal Saturday night with his wife: playing Wii, they like lego game and Mario’s game.
– One day, he said on Twitter that he loves lego and since then many fans give him legos after shows. But there are too many so he gives them to his friends and even Benjamin (Patrick’s son).

At the end of the show the 5 guys are together. Pat asked them what song of the new album they are most proud of

Seb: Everything Sucks
Pierre: Singing in The Rain
Jeff + David: Kiss Me

This morning, Jeff Stinco visited the show of his long-time friend and former merch guy/photographer/webmaster of Simple Plan Patrick Langlois, called Ménage à trois, which airs on V Tele. Jeff came on the show to talk about Simple Plan, his restaurant business, music and travelling. In the gallery, you can have a look at some screencaps of Jeff from this show:

Thanks to Honza, here’s a full video of the interview with Jeff:

And thanks to Elsa, who prepared a recap for us, you can now also check out what the interview was about:

– Jeff did not say too much about the new album. He won’t give us a date because we all know Chuck, he wants things to be perfect.
– He also said that there are a lot of influences but in the end there will always be the SP spirit.

– The band has been together for 15 years and he said that it will always be a part of his life. At the beginning, they did not know how long the band would last so they were trying to have as much fun as they could.

– About his restaurants: apparently it was Chuck who initiated Jeff into gastronomy.
– He talked a bit about his restaurants, he mentioned his new restaurant “Mimi la Nuit”. But his favorite restaurant is Mangiafoco

– On a scale of 1 to 10, Jeff said he’d mark his charm as 7,5 (he also thinks that he is the most handsome member of SP)
– He thinks the best SP song is “Perfect”.
– If he wanted to move, it would be to Los Angeles.
– If he wasn’t with SP, he’d like to be a guitarist in U2.

– Patrick asked Jeff to complete the lyrics (of “Jet Lag” and “Your Love Is A Lie”) that he was saying and Jeff did not remember them at all
– Then, he played some flamenco and a little bit of Summer Paradise. By the way, he thinks that Summer Paradise is the easiest SP song to play on the guitar.

– They also talked about his trips: with SP, he traveled to 52-53 countries
– His favorite destination is Australia because the landscapes are beautiful and people are really really nice.
– He told little stories about his trips but the funniest was in Tokyo: The band was bored so they decided to go out. They found a karaoke but they didn’t sing because they had a show so they ordered a beer. When Jeff went to the bathroom, he saw several people, singing. Naked. He decided to enter the room and one of the Japanese looked at him and said: “Simple Plan?”. He said yes and they made him sing with them. After a time, when the rest of the band didn’t see Jeff coming back, they decided to look for him, found him and eventually joined him. Jeff said that Pierre was singing on the table while a Japanese guy was trying to remove his belt.
– Jeff also mentioned Brazil, he said that their way of life was really cool.

– He also told another funny story. He was partying with SP and Patrick in a city. Patrick stroke Jeff and they went out to talk. They ended up yelling at each other in French, which attracted a lot of people and… the cops. Which is how Jeff ended up being handcuffed to calm down. They released him about 5 minutes later thanks to an American guy that was with them. However he was very angry with Patrick for that.