For more than 20 years, Simple Plan has been loved for making songs about love. This year, the quartet—consisting of Pierre Bouvier (lead vocalist and bassist), Chuck Comeau (drummer), Jeff Stinco (lead guitarist) and Sébastien Lefebvre (rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist)—lifted the shroud on their sixth album Harder Than It Looks into the cultural bloodstream, and affirmed the tenor of their trajectory. Comeau tells us why everything and nothing has changed since he first sat at his kit in his basement.
You left the punk band Reset to start Simple Plan with Pierre. Looking back now, what do you think about that decision?
It was a very wise decision. We played in Reset from the ages of 13 to 19 and we loved it. At that time, we believed that band was going to be our career. We were going to make it
