Pierre Bouvier

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

Pierre Bouvier MSC
File:Pierre-SP-Beijing.jpg Bouvier performing with Simple Plan in Beijing in 2012
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
Occupation(s)	Musician singer songwriter actor
Instruments	Vocals bass guitar percussion
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Lava Atlantic
Associated acts	Simple Plan Reset Artists Against Bullying
Pierre Bouvier Spouse(s) Lachelle Farrar (m. 2013) Children 3

Pierre Charles Bouvier MSC (born May 9, 1979) is a Canadian musician, singer, songwriter and actor who is best known as the lead vocalist and bassist of the rock band Simple Plan.

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.

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
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

File:Simple Plan live 2017 6.jpg

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)

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

External links

• Pierre Bouvier at the Internet Movie Database
• Pierre Bouvier on Twitter