Simple Plan

Simple Plan Reflect on Their "Contentious Relationship" with Punk Rock

PUBLISHED Jul 10, 2025

In 1999, a group of kids from the suburbs of Montreal started a band that took the sound and spirit of punk rock and repackaged it with...

'Simple Plan: The Kids in the Crowd' Simplifies the Band's Triumphant Story

Directed by Didier Charette

PUBLISHED Jul 8, 2025

From their humble beginnings, Simple Plan have had to fight to be understood. Too pop for punk, too punk for pop, the Montreal five-piece...

Avril Lavigne Had the Hits, but Simple Plan Showed FEQ They Still Have Their Youthful Fire

Bell Stage, July 4

PUBLISHED Jul 5, 2025

Simple Plan and Avril Lavigne spearheaded Canada's pop-punk boom in the early 2000s, and they capped off Friday night (July 4) at the...

Simple Plan Documentary 'The Kids in the Crowd' Gets First Trailer

PUBLISHED Jun 19, 2025

I've definitely been feeling a bit nostalgic about Simple Plan lately after reading their excellent chapter in Matt Bobkin and Adam Feibel's...

"That's Punk as Hell": How Canada's Pop-Punks Defined a Generation, Critics Be Damned

PUBLISHED Jun 4, 2025

Sum 41, Simple Plan, Avril Lavigne. Any good Canadian can tell you these are internationally popular artists that hail from here at home...

Simple Plan Detail Their Upcoming Prime Video Documentary

PUBLISHED May 30, 2025

Following up on Simple Plan's announcement at the When We Were Young festival last year in Las Vegas, the Canadian pop-punk band's...

Kelowna's Rock the Lake Gets Simple Plan, the Sheepdogs, Sam Roberts Band, Down with Webster for 2025 Edition

PUBLISHED May 16, 2025

Kelowna's Rock the Lake has announced the second wave lineup heading to its eighth edition, taking place from July 11 to 13 outside...

Canadian Pop-Punk Bible 'In Too Deep' Gets Rivoli Book Launch Party

PUBLISHED May 13, 2025

Former Exclaim! editor Matt Bobkin and current contributor Adam Feibel are releasing their book 'In Too Deep: When Canadian Punks Took...