Pierre Charles Bouvier (born May 9, 1979) is a Canadian singer and musician best known for being the lead vocalist and studio bassist of the

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Simple Plan Simple Plan is a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 1999. The band's lineup consists of Pierre Bouvier (lead vocals, studio bass guitar), Chuck Comeau (drums), Jeff Stinco (lead guitar), and Sébastien Lefebvre (rhythm guita ...

Personal life

Bouvier was born to Réal and Louise Bouvier. He has two older brothers, Jay and Jonathan. He attended Collège Beaubois in

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, with bandmates

Chuck Comeau Charles-André "Chuck" Comeau (born 17 September 1979) is a Canadian musician and drummer, best known for being the drummer of the rock band Simple Plan. He also founded the apparel company Role Model Clothing along with his bandmate Pierre Bouv ...

, Jeff Stinco, and

Sébastien Lefebvre Sébastien Lefebvre (born June 5, 1981) is a Canadian musician, who is best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for the rock band Simple Plan. He has also released solo albums and duo work. Equipment Lefebvre currently uses Fra ...

. Before and partly during his early musical career, Bouvier worked as a cook at St-Hubert in

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. Bouvier has two daughters, and has been married to Lachelle Farrar since 2013.

Career

When Bouvier was 13 or 14 years old, he founded the punk rock band Reset with his best friend

in which he was the bass guitarist and lead vocalist. He was not happy with Reset and left the band in 1999, a year after Comeau's departure in 1998. His former bandmate David Desrosiers took his place as lead vocalist and bass guitarist. He later met Comeau at a

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concert and joined him in creating

with old schoolmates Desrosiers,

Jeff Stinco Simple Plan is a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 1999. The band's lineup consists of Pierre Bouvier (lead vocals, studio bass guitar), Chuck Comeau (drums), Jeff Stinco (lead guitar), and Sébastien Lefebvre (rhythm gu ...

, and

. He hosted the MTV reality show ''

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''.

Instruments

Bouvier is best known for owning a collection of Takamine acoustic guitars which he uses on every album and while playing live. He also owns a few of Fender

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. Since 2020, he also multitasks as bass guitarist and lead singer following departure of David Desrosiers.

Filmography

Discography

With Reset

* ''Concerned'' (Demo, 1995) * ''No Worries'' (1997) * '' No Limits'' (1999)

With Simple Plan

* '' No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls'' (2002) * '' Still Not Getting Any...'' (2004) * ''

'' (2008) * ''

Get Your Heart On! ''Get Your Heart On!'' is the fourth studio album by Canadian rock band Simple Plan, released on 21 June 2011. In some countries such as Australia and the Netherlands, the album was released on 17 June 2011. Background and production Simple Pl ...

'' (2011) * ''

Taking One for the Team ''Taking One for the Team'' is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Simple Plan. It was released on February 19, 2016 through Atlantic Records and represents the band's first full-length record in nearly five years. Following the release ...

'' (2016) * '' Harder Than It Looks'' (2022)

Collaborations and appearances

* "It's Not Easy (Being Green)" –

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* "Wavin' Flag" –

K'naan Keinan Abdi Warsame (born 1 February 1978) ( so, Keynaan Cabdi Warsame, ar, كَينَان عَبدِ وَرسَمَ ''Kaynān ʿAbdi Warsama''), better known by his stage name K'naan (), is a Somali Canadians, Somali-Canadian musician. He ...

* "True Colors" – Artists Against * "Too Little, Too Late" –

Faber Drive Faber Drive is a four-piece Juno Award-nominated Canadian pop punk band from Mission, British Columbia, formed in 2004. The band consists of lead vocalist Dave Faber, lead guitarist Jordan Pritchett, bass guitarist Jeremy "Krikit" Liddle and drum ...

(2013) * "December" –

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* "Take What You Give" – Silverstein (2020) *"NICOTINA" – GionnyScandal (2021) *"I Hate Everybody" – Chad Tepper (2021) *"my ex" – Chad Tepper (2022)

References

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Bouvier, Pierre 1979 births Living people 20th-century Canadian bass guitarists 20th-century Canadian male singers 21st-century Canadian bass guitarists 21st-century Canadian male singers Alternative rock guitarists Alternative rock singers Atlantic Records artists Canadian alternative rock musicians Canadian male guitarists Canadian male voice actors Canadian punk rock guitarists Canadian punk rock singers Canadian rock singers French Quebecers Lava Records artists Male actors from Montreal Male bass guitarists People from L'Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève Pop punk singers Reset (Canadian band) members Simple Plan members Singers from Montreal