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| Background information | |
| Born | May 9 1979 Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Pop punk Alternative Rock Pop Rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Lead Vocals, guitar, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1995–present |
| Label(s) | Lava / Atlantic |
| Associated acts |
Simple Plan, Reset |
| Website | Bouvier's Myspace Simple Plan's Official Website |
Pierre Charles Bouvier (born May 9 1979) is a Québécois musician, who is best known as the lead singer for the Canadian pop punk band Simple Plan.
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Biography
Before and partly during his musical career, Bouvier worked in a barbecue chicken restaurant in his hometown of Montréal as a cook. At age 13, he founded the punk rock band Reset with his schoolmate Chuck Comeau, in which he was the lead singer and bassist. Dissatisfied with the artistic direction of the band, Bouvier helped establish Simple Plan, of which he is the frontman and lead singer and is, along with Comeau, a principal songwritter for the band. Additionally, Bouvier was the band's original bassist until the position was yielded to David Desrosiers, when the latter joined the band. In live performance, he sometimes plays the guitar (electric and acoustic) for certain songs. He also hosted a show on MTV called Damage Control, which has since ended its run as originally planned. He attended College Beaubois, a high school in Montreal along with other band members Sébastien Lefebvre, Jeff Stinco and Chuck Comeau (but not David Desrosiers).
Rolemodel Clothing
He is co-owner of Role Model Clothing, along with Chuck Comeau and Simple Plan's webmaster, photographer, and videographer Patrick Langlois. Role Model Clothing is a clothing line owned by Bouvier, Langlois and Comeau (who are often seen wearing the shirts on stage and in the band's music videos). The line mostly markets shirts, which invariably include the words "ROLE MODEL" in the design. Erik Chandler, from the band Bowling for Soup, is often seen wearing a Role Model shirt.
Damage Control
Damage Control was a reality television series hosted by Bouvier that first aired on MTV on March 6, 2005. On Damage Control, parents would tell their teenage son or daughter that they would be going away over the weekend, but in actuality, they are just a few houses down monitoring them with Bouvier via hidden cameras and microphones. The teenager would be placed in awkward situations, in which he/she must make decisions. Parents can earn money if they can guess what their teenager will do, and after the parents come back (usually at the worst possible moment), the teenager, still unaware of the filming, can earn money by confessing. Two seasons were filmed before any episodes aired, and no more were planned or filmed, due to the likelihood that once the episodes aired, potential subjects would quickly catch on to what was going on.
Filmography
Actor
- Damage Control.... Host (2 seasons), 2005)
- New York Minute (2004/I) .... Simple Plan
- The New Tom Green Show (1 episode, 18 July 2003)
Self
- Simple Plan: MTV Hard Rock Live (2005) (V) .... Himself
- Simple Plan: Still Not Getting Any... (2004) (V) .... Himself
- Simple Plan: A Big Package for You (2003) (V) .... Himself
Trivia
- He and the rest of the band once starred their voices as themselves in the What's New Scooby Doo? episode 'Simple Plan And The Invisible Madman'.
External links
- Pierre Bouvier at MySpace
- Pierre Bouvier at the Internet Movie Database
- Simple Plan's Official website
- Role Model Clothing website
- Damage Control's Official Page
- Official Rolemodel Clothing My Space
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| Jeff Stinco · Chuck Comeau · Pierre Bouvier · Sébastien Lefebvre · David Desrosiers | |
| Studio albums | No Pads, No Helmets... Just Balls · Still Not Getting Any... · Simple Plan |
| Live albums | Live in Japan 2002 · Live in Anaheim · MTV Hard Rock Live |
| Singles | "I'm Just a Kid" · "I'd Do Anything" · "Addicted" · "Perfect" · "Don't Wanna Think About You" · "Welcome to My Life" · "Shut Up!" · "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)" · "Crazy" · "When I'm Gone" |
| Videography | A Big Package for You |
| Labels | Lava Records · Atlantic Records |
| Related | Discography · Song list · Simple Plan Foundation · Damage Control · Role Model Clothing · Reset · Pop punk |
