Pierre Bouvier
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Birth name | Pierre Charles Bouvier |
Born | Montreal, Quebec, Canada | May 9, 1979
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Years active | 1993–present |
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Spouse(s) | Lachelle Farrar (m. 2013) |
Children | 2 |
Pierre Charles Bouvier MSC (born May 9, 1979) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter, and actor best known for being the lead vocalist and bassist of the rock band Simple Plan.[1]
Personal life[]
Bouvier was born to Réal and Louise Bouvier. He has two older brothers, Jay and Jonathan. He attended Collège Beaubois in Pierrefonds, Quebec, with bandmates Chuck Comeau, Jeff Stinco, and Sébastien Lefebvre. Before and partly during his early musical career, Bouvier worked as a cook at St-Hubert in Montréal. 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 Chuck Comeau 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 Sugar Ray concert and joined him in creating Simple Plan with old schoolmates David Desrosiers, Jeff Stinco, and Sébastien Lefebvre.
He hosted the MTV reality show Damage Control.[2][3]
Instruments[]
Bouvier is best known for owning a collection of Takamine acoustic guitars which he uses in every album and while playing live. He also owns a few of Fender electric guitars. He also multitasks as bass guitarist and lead singer since David Desrosiers left.
Filmography[]
Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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2003 | What's New, Scooby-Doo? | Himself (voice) | Also performed the theme song with Simple Plan |
The New Tom Green Show | Himself | 1 episode | |
A Big Package for You | Himself | ||
2004 | New York Minute | Himself | |
Himself | |||
2005 | Damage Control[4] | Himself | Host |
2011 | Canada Sings | Himself | |
2021 | PAW Patrol: The Movie | Jake | (voice) |
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)
- Simple Plan (2008)
- Get Your Heart On! (2011)
- Taking One for the Team (2016)
Collaborations and appearances[]
- "It's Not Easy (Being Green)" – MC Lars
- "Wavin' Flag" – K'naan
- "True Colors" – Artists Against
- "Too Little, Too Late" – Faber Drive (2013)
- "December" - MxPx
- "NICOTINA" - GionnyScandal (2021)
References[]
- ^ "Pierre Bouvier Biography". IMDb.
- ^ Havrilesky, Heather. "I Like to Watch". Salon.com. Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 2 August 2010.
- ^ "Damage Control | Full Episodes, Photos, Episode Synopsis and Recaps". MTV. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
- ^ "Pierre | Damage Control". MTV. Retrieved 17 September 2012.
External links[]
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- 1979 births
- Living people
- 20th-century Canadian bass guitarists
- 20th-century Canadian male musicians
- 20th-century Canadian singers
- 21st-century Canadian bass guitarists
- 21st-century Canadian male musicians
- 21st-century Canadian singers
- Canadian child singers
- Canadian male guitarists
- Canadian male singers
- Canadian male voice actors
- Canadian punk rock guitarists
- Canadian punk rock singers
- Canadian rock singers
- French Quebecers
- 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