Combine all the greatest emo/alternative/pop-punk/any other nostalgic hits of the late 90s and all of 00s, bring is a few tears, a bit of dancing and a whole lot of a concert atmosphere and what you get is Emo Nite. Or else – try imagining going to a club, but they only had all your favorite pop-punk songs on. And that’s exactly that Emo Nite’s are for: bringing together emo & alternative kids of the late 90s and early 00s and promising the night of their life – sometimes with the help of a few guest DJs.
In the past, many prominent kings of the alternative scenes have graced the DJ stage of Emo Nite, such as Mark Hoppus or Alex Gaskarth… and as of last night, another familiar face has now joined the ranks of the Emo Nite guest DJs: Chuck Comeau from Simple Plan!
With the help of his friend Mike Fishkin from Idobi Radio, Chuck rocked the DJ spot at Echoplex in L.A. and had the attendees screaming all the greatest hits back at him from Good Charlotte to Simple Plan. Check out some of the pics from last night in our gallery:
Chuck also shared a number of stories from his surprise guest appearance at Emo Nite last night. See how well he did getting the crowd singing below:
Ever since 2002, CBC has been broadcasting an annual ‘battle of the books’ under the name Canada Reads. The premise of the program is that 5 panelists each choose one Canadian book and then have to defend it in a series of debates. After each debate, one book is eliminated until only one book remains. This book is then billed as the book that all of Canada should read. The publisher of the winning Canada Reads title then donates a portion of sales proceeds from the winning book to a charitable organization working in the field of literacy. The bump in sales the shortlisted books enjoy each year has come to be known as the “Canada Reads effect” and is one of the biggest boosts a Canadian book can receive.
This year’s list of books featured on Canada Reads is centered on the theme ‘One Book to Move You’ and the panelists have just been announced: Simple Plan’s drummer Chuck Comeau, who’s an avid reader, will be joining the team of panelists of Canada Reads and will be defending the book ‘Homes’ by Abu Bakr al Rabeeah and Winnie Yeung. His competing panelists include Yanic Truesdale (actor – Gilmore Girls), Lisa Ray (actress, model), Ziya Tong (TV personality) and Joe Zee (fashion stylist)
On Thursday, Chuck was in Toronto, Canada to launch the start of the Canada Reads competition and to meet the other panelists he will be debating about the chosen books with. Check out some of the pictures taken during this promo event in our gallery:
Chuck discussed his excitement over being involved with Canada Reads on his Instagram and also revealed what the book ‘Homes’, that he’s defending, is about and why everyone should give it a read. Check it out:
“Close your eyes and imagine being a 10 year-old boy in the middle of the civil war in Syria. Car bombs exploding a few blocks away from your school, snipers shooting civilians from the roof of your apartment building, bullets raining down on you as you pray…
This is the life that Abu Bark Al Rahbeeah lived in Syria until he escaped to Canada and “Homes” reads like the private diary of an innocent child stuck in a world of senseless violence.
In this strange moment in our collective history where ignorance, disinformation, racist policies and building walls have somehow become our new normal, this incredible memoir is important and timely. It will shake you to your core, open your eyes to the plight of refugees worldwide and make you feel compassion and empathy for families who are willing to risk everything for a better life. It will make you profoundly grateful that your children don’t have to fall asleep to the sound of machine guns and fighter jets. And it will remind you of what a special place Canada is, for welcoming Bark and his family with open arms.
Please go check out this book – it might just change the way you feel about your own life and the underlying love story between a father and his son will hit you so hard… “
– Chuck Comeau –
You can also check out Chuck giving a short pitch of the book below:
Four live, hour-long debates in front of a Toronto audience are set to take place from March 25th to 28th. One book will be eliminated each day of the competition until the winner is chosen on March 28th. The debates will be broadcast daily on CBC Radio One and CBC-TV, and live streamed online at CBCbooks.ca.
On February 1st 2019, many music fans turned to social media to pay their homage to one of the most important punk rock albums: Green Day’s ‘Dookie’, which was released exactly 25 years ago that day.
Not long after his last Instagram post, David Desrosiers reappeared on social media yesterday again, to celebrate the 25th anniversary of one of his favorite albums with a very heartfelt post, in which he explained his history with Green Day and how much they have managed to change his life and help his realize his true calling.
Check out what David wrote below:
“25 years ago today this record was about to change my life (and lots of other people’s) and made me realize that all I wanted to do was to play music and sing. Billie Joe Armstrong is the reason why I started singing in my bedroom when I was 13/14 years old.
At that time I was playing guitar and singing in a band that used to cover Green Day’s songs with my high school buddies playing a few shows during lunch break and stuff. I eventually joined Reset and then did a few weeks on the vans warped tour and guess who was one of the headliners on that tour in 2000.
Getting to see them play every day was a dream come true. And then after the first SP record was released we jumped on the Pop Disaster tour as the opening act for a couple weeks. Again it was unreal to be able to see them kill it every night. And I even got to hang with Billie and I straight up told him he was the reason why I sing today and he was such a gentleman. Fast forward a few years later and we were the support band on their Australian American Idiot tour. It was insane and just another dream coming true for me and I felt like was 14 all over again.
Music can keep you young that’s for sure! Of course I had to listen to it earlier today! And so did my neighbours…;-) thank you Tre Cool, Mike Dirnt and Billie Joe Armstrong for being so inspiring for many generations and still counting 25 years later!”
Reset – the punk rock band that Pierre and Chuck started back in the early 90s and also that David used to briefly sing in before being headhunted to Simple Plan – is putting out a very special release this spring! Big thanks to Anthony, who let us know that the two original Reset cassettes called ‘Concerned.’ (1995) have been remastered and will be released on March 2nd 2019 on a CD!
The only difference between the two versions of the original ‘Concerned.’ cassette was the on the second one, the song ‘Go Away’ was replaced with ‘American Way’. On the rereleased album, both songs are featured, making the album 5 tracks long in total. Check out the tracklist below:
1. Concern
2. Wagon
3. T.K.O.
4. Go Away
5. American Way
If you want to make your Simple Plan discography collection complete, you can pre-order the album already for only $10 on this website.
In the meantime, you can check out the first look at the album booklet that also features some old shots of Chuck and Pierre in our gallery.
This coming August, the members of Simple Plan will repeat their appearance at the 11th edition of the Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron charitable ice-hockey match between professional ice-hockey players and amateur enthusiasts (big thanks to Valérie for the info). The band was recently announced as the main musical guest, just like last year. SP’s set is scheduled for 9:30pm as of right now.
It is unclear whether Chuck will not only grace the stage with his presence, but also again join the players on ice, as he usually does, but we’re betting he won’t let this opportunity slide.
While certainly a hugely entertaining event, Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron is however most importantly a charitable effort, which raises funds for a number of charities. This year, donations will be handed out to the following charities: Simple Plan Foundation, Le Pignon Bleu, Leucan, Fondation Philippe Boucher and Fondation Maurice Tanguay.
The Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron event will take place at Centre Videotron in Quebec, Canada on August 8th. If you’re interested in attending the match, you can secure your tickets ($25) at Ticketmaster starting March 23rd at 10am.
Have a look at the video invite for this year’s edition of Pro-Am Gagné-Bergeron that features footage from last year’s event:
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Combine all the greatest emo/alternative/pop-punk/any other nostalgic hits of the late 90s and all of 00s, bring is a few tears, a bit of dancing and a whole lot of a concert atmosphere and what you get is Emo Nite. Or else – try imagining going to a club, but they only had all your favorite pop-punk songs on. And that’s exactly that Emo Nite’s are for: bringing together emo & alternative kids of the late 90s and early 00s and promising the night of their life – sometimes with the help of a few guest DJs.
