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 rock band

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 gui ...

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, Jeff Stinco, and Sébastien Lefebvre. Before and partly during his early musical career, Bouvier worked as a cook at

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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

with old schoolmates Desrosiers, Jeff Stinco, and Sébastien Lefebvre. He hosted the

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reality show '' Damage Control''.

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 electric guitars. 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) * ''

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'' (1999)

With Simple Plan

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

'' (2008) * '' Get Your Heart On!'' (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 o ...

'' (2016) * ''

Harder Than It Looks ''Harder Than It Looks'' is the sixth studio album by Canadian rock band Simple Plan, released on May 6, 2022. It is their first record in six years since ''Taking One for the Team'' (2016), and the first one without bassist David Desrosiers afte ...

'' (2022)

Collaborations and appearances

* "It's Not Easy (Being Green)" – MC Lars * "Wavin' Flag" – K'naan * "True Colors" –

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* "Too Little, Too Late" – Faber Drive (2013) * "December" – MxPx * "Take What You Give" – Silverstein (2020) *"NICOTINA" – GionnyScandal (2021) *"I Hate Everybody" – Chad Tepper (2021) *"my ex" – Chad Tepper (2022)

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