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State Champs joined Simple Plan on stage on Warped Tour in Ohio

AUTHOR: Dominika | 20. July 2018 | no comments

On Wednesday night, while in Cuyahoga Falls, OH, Simple Plan pulled out the big guns with their now already traditional on-stage surprise guests during ‘I’m Just A Kid’. This time around, the band invited two members of one of the most popular current pop-punk band – State Champs.

The lead singer of State Champs Derek DiScanio and bassist Ryan Scott Graham absolutely rocked the song and later on expressed their excitement over performing with Simple Plan on social media. Check out a photo of State Champs performing with Simple Plan in our gallery and of course make sue to watch the performance on the video below:

State Champs name Simple Plan among their inspirations

AUTHOR: Dominika | 11. May 2016 | no comments

In a brand new interview for MySpace, one of the newest and uprising American pop-punk bands – State Champs – discussed the current resurgence of pop-punk and in one of the questions, the band mentioned Simple Plan as one of the bands they used to look up to.

Check out an excerpt from the interview with Tyler Szalkowski (State Champs’ lead guitarist) below:

What’s it been like to see the reunion tours of so many bands from the 2000s that obviously inspired you?

I used to wake up early and turn on the TV to watch videos of bands like Good Charlotte, Simple Plan, and all of those other guys. If you had told me back then while I was eating my cereal that I would be playing with those guys one day, I would’ve called you crazy.

State Champs will be playing Warped Tour alongside Good Charlotte this summer, however a tour with Simple Plan is still not in sight despite the fact that the members of Simple Plan have previously mentioned that State Champs are one of their favorite up-and-coming bands and that they too enjoy their music very much. But who knows what the future might bring. :)