Pierre Bouvier

Pierre Charles Bouvier (born May 9, 1979) is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the lead singer for pop punk band Simple Plan.

Biography

Before and partly during his musical career, Bouvier worked in a restaurant called St-Hubert in his hometown of Montreal as a cook. At age 13, he founded the punk rock band Reset with his schoolmate Chuck Comeau, in which he was the lead singer and bassist.

Dissatisfied with the artistic direction of the band, Bouvier helped establish Simple Plan, of which he is the front man and lead singer and is, along with Comeau, a principal songwriter for the band. Additionally, Bouvier was the band's original bassist until the position was yielded to David Desrosiers, when he later joined the band.

In live performance, he sometimes plays the guitar (electric and acoustic) for certain songs. He also hosted a show on MTV called Damage Control, which has since ended its run as originally planned.

Personal life

He attended College Beaubois, a high school in Montreal along with other band members Sébastien Lefebvre, Jeff Stinco and Chuck Comeau. Bouvier also has a brother, Jay Bouvier. "Save You," one of the songs on the album Simple Plan, was written for Bouvier's brother, a cancer survivor.

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