hi I’m Rebecca Brayton and welcome to watchmojo.com in our latest music
watchmojo.com in our latest music
watchmojo.com in our latest music interview our host stephanie gets to
interview our host stephanie gets to
interview our host stephanie gets to chat with jeff of the popular french
chat with jeff of the popular french
chat with jeff of the popular french canadian formation simple plan
canadian formation simple plan
canadian formation simple plan your wizard
your wizard
your wizard I think Pierre and Chuck are the main
I think Pierre and Chuck are the main
I think Pierre and Chuck are the main songwriters right so I guess how would
songwriters right so I guess how would
songwriters right so I guess how would you guys say each of the other m members
you guys say each of the other m members
you guys say each of the other m members besides their own instrument what do you
besides their own instrument what do you
besides their own instrument what do you guys bring to the band both musically
guys bring to the band both musically
guys bring to the band both musically lyrically everything else I think it’s
lyrically everything else I think it’s
lyrically everything else I think it’s pretty obvious that I bring the good
pretty obvious that I bring the good
pretty obvious that I bring the good looks to this band it’s to me that’s
looks to this band it’s to me that’s
looks to this band it’s to me that’s really my main contribution no I think
really my main contribution no I think
really my main contribution no I think I’m the guitar in the band so I
I’m the guitar in the band so I
I’m the guitar in the band so I definitely you know bring that you know
definitely you know bring that you know
definitely you know bring that you know element to to the full it’s a chemistry
element to to the full it’s a chemistry
element to to the full it’s a chemistry that works with the five of us you know
that works with the five of us you know
that works with the five of us you know we have to take care of you know
we have to take care of you know
we have to take care of you know business is just decisions in all 97 as
business is just decisions in all 97 as
business is just decisions in all 97 as you know the five of us doing it
you know the five of us doing it
you know the five of us doing it together and and we’re just you know
together and and we’re just you know
together and and we’re just you know high school friends you got to remember
high school friends you got to remember
high school friends you got to remember that you know and there’s a weird
that you know and there’s a weird
that you know and there’s a weird chemistry weird way of doing things but
chemistry weird way of doing things but
chemistry weird way of doing things but it’s really a five-way ban unless the
it’s really a five-way ban unless the
it’s really a five-way ban unless the way it goes and you guys are all in
way it goes and you guys are all in
way it goes and you guys are all in previous bands before simple plan so i
previous bands before simple plan so i
previous bands before simple plan so i was just wondering like how did those
was just wondering like how did those
was just wondering like how did those previous experiences affect you guys now
previous experiences affect you guys now
previous experiences affect you guys now and what do you do differently I
and what do you do differently I
and what do you do differently I actually played in a lot of bands you
actually played in a lot of bands you
actually played in a lot of bands you know and it kind of makes you a better
know and it kind of makes you a better
know and it kind of makes you a better musician you have to blow for other
musician you have to blow for other
musician you have to blow for other people and also makes you know what you
people and also makes you know what you
people and also makes you know what you want and what you don’t want from the
want and what you don’t want from the
want and what you don’t want from the bank and the past bands I was never
bank and the past bands I was never
bank and the past bands I was never satisfied because the chemistry a lot of
satisfied because the chemistry a lot of
satisfied because the chemistry a lot of those bands were made out of great
those bands were made out of great
those bands were made out of great musicians but unnecessarily friends you
musicians but unnecessarily friends you
musicians but unnecessarily friends you know and in this band it’s the opposite
know and in this band it’s the opposite
know and in this band it’s the opposite were terrible musicians but we’re great
were terrible musicians but we’re great
were terrible musicians but we’re great friends it’s cool to have people that
friends it’s cool to have people that
friends it’s cool to have people that you you know you get along with when
you you know you get along with when
you you know you get along with when you’re on the road you’re on a tour bus
you’re on the road you’re on a tour bus
you’re on the road you’re on a tour bus all the time you have to you know you
all the time you have to you know you
all the time you have to you know you have to really get along with the person
have to really get along with the person
have to really get along with the person that kind of sleeps next to you not
that kind of sleeps next to you not
that kind of sleeps next to you not literally we still have a meter you know
literally we still have a meter you know
literally we still have a meter you know in between us but that’s very important
in between us but that’s very important
in between us but that’s very important that’s what I learned did you guys
that’s what I learned did you guys
that’s what I learned did you guys expect to be this big and it’s Fame what
expect to be this big and it’s Fame what
expect to be this big and it’s Fame what you imagined it would be no when you
you imagined it would be no when you
you imagined it would be no when you start a band you’re like kind of
start a band you’re like kind of
start a band you’re like kind of throwing these dreams out David used to
throwing these dreams out David used to
throwing these dreams out David used to live right by the Bell Centre Montreal
live right by the Bell Centre Montreal
live right by the Bell Centre Montreal and I’d go there you know for dinner
and I’d go there you know for dinner
and I’d go there you know for dinner with them and we play music and then you
with them and we play music and then you
with them and we play music and then you know there’d be a hockey game and we’d
know there’d be a hockey game and we’d
know there’d be a hockey game and we’d be like dude you have to play that place
be like dude you have to play that place
be like dude you have to play that place and we’d be like someday we’ll do it and
and we’d be like someday we’ll do it and
and we’d be like someday we’ll do it and you know you want to say it too loud and
you know you want to say it too loud and
you know you want to say it too loud and you don’t want to jinx it but it did
you don’t want to jinx it but it did
you don’t want to jinx it but it did happen eventually and that’s you know
happen eventually and that’s you know
happen eventually and that’s you know that’s an achievement as far as fame
that’s an achievement as far as fame
that’s an achievement as far as fame goes it’s kind of weird to to know that
goes it’s kind of weird to to know that
goes it’s kind of weird to to know that you know people Google you once in a
you know people Google you once in a
you know people Google you once in a while and it’s kind of easy for people
while and it’s kind of easy for people
while and it’s kind of easy for people to find out you know anything about you
to find out you know anything about you
to find out you know anything about you really I guess my life is more in the
really I guess my life is more in the
really I guess my life is more in the open that it’s ever been I guess it
open that it’s ever been I guess it
open that it’s ever been I guess it comes with the territory you know you
comes with the territory you know you
comes with the territory you know you want to fill out arenas you want to play
want to fill out arenas you want to play
want to fill out arenas you want to play big shows you kind of have to be
big shows you kind of have to be
big shows you kind of have to be known you know it comes with it
what are you guys most proud of at this
what are you guys most proud of at this point in time and what do you hope to
point in time and what do you hope to
point in time and what do you hope to achieve in the future I’m most proud of
achieve in the future I’m most proud of
achieve in the future I’m most proud of just you know haven’t been together for
just you know haven’t been together for
just you know haven’t been together for like eight or nine years that’s already
like eight or nine years that’s already
like eight or nine years that’s already an achievement in itself I’m proud of
an achievement in itself I’m proud of
an achievement in itself I’m proud of the third record a lie I’m really proud
the third record a lie I’m really proud
the third record a lie I’m really proud of that record I think we’ve grown we’ve
of that record I think we’ve grown we’ve
of that record I think we’ve grown we’ve achieved you know that the kind of
achieved you know that the kind of
achieved you know that the kind of mission that we’ve accepted for
mission that we’ve accepted for
mission that we’ve accepted for ourselves which was you know let’s
ourselves which was you know let’s
ourselves which was you know let’s change let’s make this bang you know a
change let’s make this bang you know a
change let’s make this bang you know a newer sounding ban and that’s exactly
newer sounding ban and that’s exactly
newer sounding ban and that’s exactly what we did so I’m proud of that
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