Pierre Bouvier

This article is about the musician. For the French Olympic bobsledder, see Pierre Bouvier (bobsleigh).

Pierre Charles Bouvier MSC (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.

Pierre Bouvier
Bouvier performing with Simple Plan in 2017
Background information
Birth name	Pierre Charles Bouvier
Born	(1979-05-09) May 9, 1979 Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Pop punk alternative rock pop rock emo punk rock power pop
Occupations	Musician singer songwriter
Instruments	Vocals bass guitar percussion
Years active	1993–present
Member of	Simple Plan
Formerly of	Reset Artists Against Bullying
Spouse	Lachelle Farrar ​ (m. 2013)​
Children	2

Early life

Bouvier was born to Réal and Louise Bouvier on May 9, 1979 in Montréal, Quebec. He has two older brothers, Jay and Jonathan. At a young age he began taking piano lessons and at 9 years old took up the guitar. Prior to deciding to become a musician, Bouvier originally sought to be a marine biologist. He described his childhood as good and remained close to his family.

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.

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 Desrosiers, Jeff Stinco, and Sébastien Lefebvre. The band would go on to release six studio albums, 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), and Harder Than it Looks (2022).

He hosted the MTV reality show Damage Control.

Instruments

Bouvier owns a collection of Takamine acoustic guitars, the brand he uses on every album and while playing live. He also plays Fender electric guitars. Since 2020, he has served as bass guitarist and lead singer following the departure of David Desrosiers.

Filmography

Year	Title	Role	Notes
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
	Punk Rock Holocaust	Himself
2005	Damage Control	Himself	Host
2011	Canada Sings	Himself

Discography

With Reset

• Concerned (Demo, 1995)
• No Worries (1997)
• No Limits (1999)

With Simple Plan

Bouvier performing with Simple Plan in April 2017

• 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)
• Harder Than It Looks (2022)

Collaborations and appearances

• "It's Not Easy (Being Green)" – MC Lars (2009)
• "Wavin' Flag" – K'naan (2010)
• "True Colors" – Artists Against (2012)
• "Too Little, Too Late" – Faber Drive (2013)
• "December" – MxPx (2018)
• "Take What You Give" – Silverstein (2020)
• "NICOTINA" – GionnyScandal (2021)
• "I Hate Everybody" – Chad Tepper (2021)
• "my ex" – Chad Tepper (2022)
• ”Iconic” - Jax (2023)
• ”Don't Listen To My Voicemail” - Your Broken Hero (2024)

External links

• Pierre Bouvier at IMDb
• Pierre Bouvier on Twitter