Pierre Bouvier

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

Early 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 three daughters, and has been married to Lachelle Farrar since 2013.

Career
At the age of 13, 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 current 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
Pierre 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.

With Reset

 * Concerned (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)

Featuring

 * I'd Do Anything – with Mark Hoppus (From blink-182 & +44)
 * "Jet Lag" – with Natasha bedingfield
 * "Jet Lag v.f" – with Marie-Mai
 * "Jet Lag" - with Kelly Cha Chinese version
 * "Jet Lag" with Kotak
 * Summer Paradise – with Taka (Vocal from Japanese rock band One Ok Rock)
 * Summer Paradise – with Sean Paul
 * Summer Paradise – with MKTO
 * Summer Paradise – with K'naan