Simple Plan is a French-Canadian rock band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no lineup changes since its inception in 1999. Members include Pierre Bouvier, Jeff Stinco, Sébastien Lefebvre, David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau. They have released four studio albums: No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls, Still Not Getting Any..., Simple Plan and Get Your Heart On! with a fifth in the works expected in 2014; as well as two widely marketed live albums: Live in Japan 2002 and MTV Hard Rock Live.
They performed at the Vans Warped Tour every year from 1999–2005, in 2011 and in 2013. The band also performed at the 2010 Winter Olympics closing ceremony, along with The X Factor Australia. In December 2012, they performed at Mood Indigo, the college festival of IIT Bombay in Mumbai, India. In 2004, the band participated in the movie New York Minute, starring the Olsen twins, Mary-Kate and Ashley.
Simple Plan is strongly connected to What's New, Scooby-Doo?. They perform the theme song, and appeared as themselves in the episode "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman". Two of their songs appeared in chase scenes: "I'd Do Anything" in the episode "It's Mean, It's Green, It's the Mystery Machine", and "You Don't Mean Anything" in "Simple Plan and the Invisible Madman". Also, they contributed to the theatrical movie Scooby-Doo 2: Monsters Unleashed.
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