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Simple PlanSimple Plan: No Pads, No Helmets, Just BallsNo Pads, No Helmets, Just Balls (2002)Warner Music Group Reviewer Rating: 3 User Rating: Contributed by: paperlanternpaperlantern (others by this writer | submit your own) After enduring the long lines and sweltering heat, I remember finally crossing the precious gates of the 2000 Warped Tour. Wandering over to the second stage, I found a very sparse crowd and a punk-pop three piece called Reset. I knew of them because of my radio show, and after receiving their di.   After enduring the long lines and sweltering heat, I remember finally crossing the precious gates of the 2000 Warped Tour. Wandering over to the second stage, I found a very sparse crowd and a punk-pop three piece called Reset. I knew of them because of my radio show, and after receiving their disc No Limits, I had been spinning a track called "Pollution" quite heavily. They looked amazed as I was singing the lyrics to some of their tunes, as many of the openers of Warped would be. Enter 2002, and just when I was looking through my CD's and wondering the whereabouts of these Canadian punkers, I stumble upon an article on the web about a group called Simple Plan, containing ex-members of Reset. I was shocked to see that the band is already on Atlantic Records, before I have ever even heard of them. So I grab the album, based on the fact that Reset was pretty cool. Driving home, I'm rocking out to "I'd Do Anything", and laugh when I hear a familiar punk popper in the background. As the album continues, I find the songs pretty damn catchy. Sure they are all your basic run-of- the-mill cheesy punk pop, but if you take it for what its worth, the songs are pretty well structured. "The Worst Day Ever", and "I'm Just A Kid" (you know, the video with the cheerleader hottie) could get stuck in your head whether you want to admit it or not. And if you like Blink and Mest (replace the midgets with hotties, and Wasting Time looks like SP's album cover at arms length), you might enjoy this album. However as I listened closely to this record, I became more concerned. The lyrics to these songs seem like they were the ones I wrote in 7th grade math class. The song topics cover summer jobs, forgetting to study, running away from home, and strict parents. Hey but wait, in the video those dudes didn't look that young…and they are not. After perusing their bios, I see that most of the members are of legal drinking age. "Last night I had to study for this test/I forgot man I'm dead". Dude, high school should be a memory for you guys now. "Sometimes this house feels like a prison/that I cant leave behind". Then move out! My point is that maybe Atlantic had a "Simple Plan". Create a pop punk band to cater to the TRL market. It's just weird not seeing these guys on and indie anywhere. And being the same age as these guys, I know that my life has become a little more complicated than "I took my dad's car/I never thought he would find out". Musically this album is pretty catchy if you are into this genre. You'll be tapping away on the wheel. But lyrically, I just can't see any sincerity here. This can't come from that broken heart seen in the bands logo. So crank this album on the way to the beach. Just don't let the other cars get close enough to hear that you're just a kid.           Please login or register to post comments.What are the benefits of having a Punknews.org account?
i really love this band they are pure pop punk simple plan is a fucking boy band. Well played Aaron Bad. This one time, I was in a room with some boys from my school. We got a little drunk and I ended up fingering one of their assholes. I hope they die on the way to their next show. biggest pussys ever. these punk wanna-bes should do the world a favour and stop making music. I am so fucking sick of people ragging on Simple Plan because they write songs about 'kid stuff'. So what? Did you ever think maybe teenagers want to listen to music too? Maybe we need songs we can actually relate to? Huh? Not a bunch of shit about 'oh I'm so rich and famous, I have everything and you don't' or some dumb love song that I know nothing about. I'm 16, I'm too young for that kind of shit. I need songs about school, parental problems, and other teenage problems. Simple Plan writes about stuff that's important to me, stuff I care about and can relate to, that's why they're my favorite band. And to the haters, shut the fuck up already! Obviously it ain't doing any good hating on them or they would have stopped already, so just leave them alone! "People that hate our band, they will never hate me enough to make me stop, they don't phase me. I love what I do so much and they will never stop me from doing it. No matter how loud they scream, I will scream louder and I will always be there for the people that love us." -Pierre Bouvier of Simple Plan i agree with comment below simple plan, ha! they should of named it simply pop. I have NEVER seem a bigger discrace!! Simple Plan is the worst thing to happen to the radio, pop, emo and thats saying something!!!!1 boooooo Simple Plan!! this is the story of how Simple Plan made a band: a rich white boy was living in a huge house and he asked his dad from a car. his dad said no so he cried & ran away while screaming i hate you!! your the worst dad ever!! i just wanna die! then he ran to his friends and said lets play gay music. and the dream was forfilled!!! Pierre is ugly and so are you Simple Plan fans!!!! ewwwww gross gross gross. now go cut your selfs for feeling upset about me paying out your favuorite band :S SIMPLE PLAN SUCK!!!!! dude sp is gangsta and all but whining the whole time about how you're addicted to a girl is a waste of 3 and a half minutes. But I have tha album and it's pretty badass but guys come on!!!!!!!!! The person below me is a cunt. Why is it that every Simple Plan fan is unable to spell? i don't think you guys should Bitch about Simple Plan there are awsome band they at least have a better life than you haters do and they are Rocking and they hae songs everyone can relate and there are defenitly a punk band not some crappy boy band that you all think of them as. Backstreet Boys are a boy band Simple Plan are way 10 x better than Backstreet boys and they'll rock than any other lame ass pop band. and they don't give a shit about them so how about u shut up shut up cuz i dont want to hear it so SHUT THE HELL UP about they suck cuz they rock And i Love them ..... Simple Plan rock. peirre is probably french...thats pretty gay...thats probably why his band is gay... I love this CD! I think their 2nd CD is even better. How can you people complain about this CD?? I think it is great for their first CD. So stop complaining cause Simple Plan does not care, they said that they would keep playing music for their fans- for the people that care about them and like their music so shut up! Now, I know it would be stupid to complain like 3/4's of the people commenting on this album, but in all due honesty...Simple Plan fuckin' blows more than a hairdryer. you say that the drummer is worst but do you play drum? me i do and the simple plan song's are harder than green day songs. so if you don't know what you're talking about just shut up!!! OK, I love this CD. I've loved it for a couple years! You guys who are complaining how much you hate them and how SP moans and complains in their album...YOU'RE DOING THE SAME THING! You're complaining about stupid things!!!! OK, I don't know you people, and don't flip out on me for this, but I bet your lives are better than some others. And those other people might need something to cheer them up or something to complain about too (even if it's something stupid!)! So they'll sing with the CD and complain because it feels good to complain about crap in your life!!! It takes that load off your chest! how about setting their van on fire??? Three stars....you gave this album three stars? Fuck man, the only reason I gave it half of a star is because they write their own music, I respect that its better than most. But seriously I hate Simple Plan. They are making Canada look really bad. They aren't punk, they're shittier than pop, and too whiney. They have a video where they closed off a bridge and sat on it singing, what the fuck?????? That bridge is a sell-out, Simple Plan is as well. Don't get me wrong its not a bad thing for the band, i'd sell out in a second, but the music, I like money, I'll admit it, but I wouldn't go around pretending I wasn't a sellout, I'd roll everywhere in my BMW 7 series with 22 spinners and my clothes would be make of diamonds. My simple plan is this....kill simple plan, and also good charlotte, new found glory, etc. I hate that this pseudo-genre has developed it just plain sucks ass. worst. Hell ya thane! All this bubblegum "punk" makes me sick. Oh and I play drums and guitar....The guitaist sucks!!! God I'm bored of Bands just writing songs to sell. This band sounds like a carbon Copy of Blink182 who I don't really like either. I don't want an emotionless product put out by machines I WANT MUSICE BY A BAND!!!> DUDE. GO TO http://www.simpleplanrox.com/gallery/details.php?image_id=897 suckiest band EVER. I am a huge Simple Plan fan. I have only been to one concert of theirs so far and it was at Cypress Gardens on July 3 2005. I have nothing bad to say about Simple Plan. I think it is really crappy how people just talk crap about them when you dont even know them. Remember DONT JUDGE A BOOK BY ITS COVER. I really like the music they write because I am a 17yr old teenage girl who can relate to mostly all their songs. Hey but all I have to say is when no one is there for them I will be.. and ps.. David is sooooooo hott and soo is Pierre.. simple plan isn't one of those stupid boybands like the backstreet boys-they aren't metrosexuals who pamer themselves!! simeple plan plays instruments and write their own music...i don't know what nsync or the backstreet boys do that...i don't care, either... simple plan isn't 12 year old girl's music!! people of all ages listen to them! and what the hell do you have against 12 year old girls anyway, huh? (don't worry-i am older than that) Fuck simple plan. All they do is bitch all Simple Plan does is whine in every song, its so annoying hearing about how pathetic and sad the lead singers life is (i would put his name but i dont care enough to look it up) i'm tired of these bands trying to be "punk" when in reality they are only good enough to be on pop radio stations KK, some of you say that the drummer sucks, but I mean, why? Do you play the drums? Do you even play any of the instruments? and said, 'oh, I hate the lead singer's voice becuase it is too high' now that would get us somewhere. (That's criticism that sounds like you are stating your opinion-not stating to the WORLD how much of a fuckin loser you are to piss and moan about how much you hate them! Half of you people disgust me. I happen to LOVE simple plan. They are funny, and a great band. Now, the reason half of you disgust me is that these comments are about the album, aren't they? If you hate simple plan, saying that they are 'gay' or 'retarded' won't get any of us anywhere. If you actually listened to their music, and said, 'oh, I hate the lead singer's voice becuase it is too high' now that would get us somewhere. (That's criticism that sounds like you are stating your opinion-not stating to the WORLD how much of a fuckin loser you are to piss and moan about how much you hate them!) Ok, you don't like high voices-understood. (Though I happen to love all their voices, especially since that is almost exactly what they sound like in persn.) No one minds if you have your opinion. I really really hate this band ever.I think theyre all suck.I hate their music and considering them selves a punk?Boy band i think. simple plan sucks a fat hairy cock. if u listen to them or think they're punk u're a fucking fag and you suck cock too. go kill yourself and get a life!!! if you wanna listen to real punk and not some faggy pop rock (simple plan, good charlotte, sum) try ramones, sex pistols etc. oh no you didn't just call me a pervert! dude look at what you're saying! you fucking asshole....you homo.....hehehe im gonna torture you for the rest of your pathetic life! haha i know your phone number! remember that! come on you twisted....person ok you foaming bitch! bring it! hey twisted child good charlotte is ok hey foaming_97....don't hide your love for them by dissing them! it's ok to like them! and they are not wanting to be like good charlotte! simple plan is simple plan and good charlotte is good charlotte! leave them alone! you know you love them depp down inside your heart! Simple Plan, i hate you. You took the radio away from me. They are good charlotte wannabes and good charlotte is a sell out band. I HATE SIMPLE PLAN AND THEIR TEENY BOP STUFF. Since when did this become pop-punk. blink 182 is pop punk. Rancid is punk. This is pop i love them so much! to me they are the best band! and they are even better when they are in concert with the plain white t's! this cd is awsome too! nothing bad about this cd! it's all great! "So crank this album on the way to the beach. Just don’t let the other cars get close enough to hear that you’re just a kid." if u want proof that these guys are gay then just look at the lead singer's name - Pierre i think chiched pop rock sums up this band perfectly... they are infact poster boys for terrible music.... and their fans thats all of you reading this because they like them arent any better.... if you like blink 182, the starting line, and new found glory, check out this really awesome band Stanley. listen to them at this link: www.purevolume.com/stanley this band sucks... if you get the simple plan dvd they say that they wrote some of those songs like 4-5 years ago. but anyway a lot of their stuff might be more pop than punk but i still like them. i have to say that i can listen to every song and relate something that i have gone through to each one. maybee not all of you have gone through the things that they have and dont appreciate what they are trying to get out. i kno that i went through some hard times like two months ago and their cd really helped me get through it. so for me i can relate to what they are saying and appreciate the music that they put out. " they are very easy to ignore as long as you dont have a sister like me whos obessed with me." . “Last night I had to study for this test/I forgot man I’m dead”. Dude, high school should be a memory for you guys now. “Sometimes this house feels like a prison/that I cant leave behind”. Then move out! WORST CD EVER!!!!!!!!!!!!! !!!!!!!!! If you hate Simple Plan so much then stop reading stuff about them, don't listen to them, don't do anything that has anything to do with them if you hate them. I happen to love simple plan so shut up. If you hate them, then just ignore them! god, u simple plan haters are stupid! i dont understand .. if you all hate simple plan so fucking much why are you even wasting your time clicking on their name and reading the review ... ?? god why didn't pierre mean what he said on trl when those fags had broken up? they disgrais the word punk it makes punk sound horrible kill them all britney spears sounds better them simple plan and for all those people who like simple plan should get a fuckin life they could kiss my ass hahahahaha hahahahahahahaahahaahahahahahahahahahahahahahahahha alright .. im a big fan of Simple Plan If Simple Plan were really "punk" then they wouldn't sell out. I agree that Simple Plan Sux!! Simple Plan did say that they were punk. I don't know what they call punk, all I know is that in my opinion punk is...A rock form characterized by aggressive volume, short, angry vocals and often bitter political or hopeless emotional content. It was born as a reaction to the bland, corporate rock of the 1970s. Early exponents of punk include Sex Pistols, The Clash, Ramones and Buzzcocks. Punk's recent revival is attributed to the dominance of sound-alike “alternative” bands.... This is exactly what simple plan is trying to be, but the sad part is that they are far from it!. The closest "alternative" band is...well I can't even think of one, maybe thats because the Sex pistols and The Clash were the greatest fucking ever. I am so sick of hearing about what people think is punk. I hate labeling things because everyone has their own interputation of what it is. So Simple Plan fucking Sux! Got it? Now try sayin' somethin' bout that...bitch! I don't see why people hate them so much. They're just doing what they want to do. I happen to like they're music. Some songs get annoying when my friend, Angie constantly listens to them. She's beyond obsessed with Simple Plan, but she doesn't even know that they're coming out with a new album. All she knows about Simple Plan is that apparently Pierre is really hot... Hmm, whatever. I hate people like that... But anyways, that one track, "Crash and Burn" is more rock, so I'm definately looking forward to the new album. They aren't that bad. its too bad that this site won't let you score an album 0 because thats exactly what this shit deserves. It shouldn't even be on punknews.org because its not punk, its poppy brat-rock and its fucking terrible. I love Simple Plan and you know what THEY ARE MAKING A NEW CD SO U CAN COMPLAIN MORE ABOUT HOW U HATE THEM!!! YAY! j/k but they rock and i like their cd and The people who posted saying how u hate them u must have the cd b/c ur rating it! And Pierres voice is beautiful lol i luv pierre!!!! i luv simple plan!!! yay for them!!! I love simple plan! they r my favorite band... I think that u guys r dumb because they arent posers... what are they posing as? Yeah they are still going to sell alot of albums no matter what you say so HAHAHA go get a life Simple Plan kicks and u dont :P sorry if im acting immature but i dont care Lyrics = 0/10 fucking simple plan sucks and i DONT LISTEN TO THEM BLAH BLAH...you dont have to listen to a band to tell that they fucking suck.these guys are fucking posers who suck at the instuments thwy play and put out some type of pop radio freindly music so the whole family can listen to it. im not "HATING", they are just a bad band....AND THATS THE NICE WAY TO SAY IT...I THINK IM COOL...I SAID IT ALL HARS AND STUFF(read down) for all ya knobs out dere hoo r complaining bout simple plan, well, good 4 u. i mean we all have freedom of speech rite? but i must also say dat if ya really hate da guys and dere songs so much den don't buy their album, dont fucken listen to dem and stop fucking complaining bout dem. i mean u must be pretty sad if u listen to a band u hate so much. horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible horrible i cant understand u no wut? the album title really matches on how much this album sux... it sux balls! Okay,I respect your opinions and all but why the fuck are you even wasting your time commenting on a band that you thik sucks??? If you think they need to get lives, maybe you should if your going to wqaste your time commenting on it. AND didn't your parents EVER tell you that if you don't have anything nice to say don't say anything at all? they are a boyband.they are sellouts.they are not punk.the only people who actually like this band are posers....or people who think "they are so hot",and i dont even know how some of those people found this website.fuck simple plan they are the worst band ever . i hope the break up soon. reset was probably awesome but maybe they were too much...not everyone wants to hear about rape and depressing shit all the time, and i think these songs relate to younger teens, but why not? they never get any songs for them. decides does it even fucking matter? hehe... gotta love people pissing each other off.. eh... fuck all of you Umm..if you guys don't like Simple Plan then why the fuck are you wasting your time dissing them? GET A FUCKING LIFE! :) " "This worthless band has been embraced by Goldfinger and tugged along with their mere following of 5 little punk rock girls who are still in high school." Uh.... ok..... peoples...... just shut up... please..... all the haters shut up, all the lovers shut up. u hate em u luv em, who gives a shit?!!!! i kno i don't. "BTW, Simple Plan is not a band who is rolling in cash. In fact, they are quite poor. The MTV/TRL thing is bull crap. If you noticed, this band would not have even been very heard off if MTV/TRL hadn't promoted them. Anyways, they have never called themselves punk rock. Or punk pop for that matter, even if theya are considered so. Why do you ppl care? You care because a band you consider crappy is having the chance to live their dreams and you aren't. These ppl have worked their bums off trying to do their best, and they enjoy what they do. They do this stuff for themselves and THEIR fans. So if you are a hater, stop caring and FUCK OFF. THis is the NICE way of putting it." WTF?? Shit if you don't like them then stop FUCKING COMPLAINING!!! Don't listen to them if you hate them so much and maybe they wrote these songs for their FANS because they wanna GIVE instead of TAKE! Shit all you fuckin haters just need to FUCK OFF. And people who DO listen to them DON'T think they are punk! no u don't...your 'points' suck ass...well anyway, these assholes shouldn't be on warped tour..that's just shit ok, first things first. all u fucking little girlies saying that simple plan r dumb asses and crap, can go to hell. u kno anything u haters say just gives them a laugh! i mean, if u were in a band like them, rolling in the cash, u would laugh at the ppl who hate u too. cuz atleast they have tons of fans and stuff. it's not like any of u woosies have fans. "o ya! lets all start a I'm a Retard Fan Club!" ha! I bet u'd get a lot of ppl suporting u then! and wats with all u guys saying that the little kiddies (13 year olds) r stupid for going to concerts too?! i mean, wen u peeps were that age, u liked bands like simple plan too! either bands like sp or backstreet boys. ha! so u can shut up about them youngins too! and i bet simple plan luvs to have younger kids likin their music. that just means they'l have fans going with them all the way!!!! so in ur stpuid ugly faces to all u fucking mofos!!! yay! simple plan! i luv david!!!! david is soooooooo hot! yay!!!! david! lol!!! this is kinda immature but i don't care!!! ha ha! ok, so all u people's saying stuff like, "o u suck for blah blah blah. they suck ass yada yada yada..." well guess wat? NOBODY CARES! wats the point in saying something like that?! it's not like ur going to change someone's opinion on who they like and who they don't. so do ur self a fovr and just shut the hell up! god! jerk offs... BTW, Simple Plan is not a band who is rolling in cash. In fact, they are quite poor. The MTV/TRL thing is bull crap. If you noticed, this band would not have even been very heard off if MTV/TRL hadn't promoted them. Anyways, they have never called themselves punk rock. Or punk pop for that matter, even if theya are considered so. Why do you ppl care? You care because a band you consider crappy is having the chance to live their dreams and you aren't. These ppl have worked their bums off trying to do their best, and they enjoy what they do. They do this stuff for themselves and THEIR fans. So if you are a hater, stop caring and FUCK OFF. THis is the NICE way of putting it. love Simple Plan! I think they're great, and I really like listening to their music, and the words. Has it ever occured to you, that maybe theyre singing about people like me, that are actually going to highschool right now? I love listening to their music, because it reminds me that there are other people like me, that have or are going throught the same things I am. So what if their not "punk" enough for u! at least theyre doing what they love! Theyre punk pop, so dont listen to them if u dont like them! im sorry if u think its such a big deal that they are on this punk news site, but they are, so deal with it. And one more thing, if ur gonna write anything, make sure its something that means something, Not like, "Oh, Simple Plan sucks ass" Wow...thats a great thing to write...there have also been plenty more things written that are gay like that. Yeah I'm with Simpleplan1! I mean all you people who called them posers are you seriously telling me that you werent at one time? Even now you are copying some one before you. Yeah I thought so. Ciao! to all you who said that they suck really need a life because they're the hottest thing out there!!!! all you can kiss my ass because their awesome and theiu gonna be around for a very very long time!!!! SIMPLE PLAN KICKS ASS! This is my smoking song it aint very long but guarenteed to get the job done smoke one what the fuck you waiting on get high id love to blaze you high as the sky but it got hot wyte how hot? so hot your brain about to fry... Check it out i roll with swisher sweets and all day long im down to smoke, when it comes to chiefin dope its gotta be dro to make me choke. whats the word on that low? ima let you know soon as i hear it that dro gonna take a few hours but i got hook ups on that pure what you want plaer what you need? come to you know stems or seeds twist it up as soon as you get it and you will see swisher sweets and greenery gonna leave you floatin like the sea, carribean islands where i find them dope dealers supplying me i aint got time for your bullshit when you say you aint got my goods check your references and find out im reliable in the hood, give me bab i wish you would we'll see just how little wyte works, say you pushin thunderchicken bag it up lets watch it twirk Anybody that thinks simple plan is punk should be thrown into a pit at a refused show with a sign on them that says "SIMPLE PLAN IS GOOD PUNK". Yeah I bet that person wouldnt last long. "This worthless band has been embraced by Goldfinger and tugged along with their mere following of 5 little punk rock girls who are still in high school." Look, Pierre, no one likes you! I love Simple Plan! I think they're great, and I really like listening to their music, and the words. Has it ever occured to you, that maybe theyre singing about people like me, that are actually going to highschool right now? I love listening to their music, because it reminds me that there are other people like me, that have or are going throught the same things I am. So what if their not "punk" enough for u! at least theyre doing what they love! Theyre punk pop, so dont listen to them if u dont like them! im sorry if u think its such a big deal that they are on this punk news site, but they are, so deal with it. And one more thing, if ur gonna write anything, make sure its something that means something, Not like, "Oh, Simple Plan sucks ass" Wow...thats a great thing to write...there have also been plenty more things written that are gay like that. Okay, Im just going to throw this out their. I love pop punk. I love Greenday, Screeching Weasel, the Queers, Nerf Herder, the Zoinks, No Motiv and Dynamite Boy. Hell, I'll even admit to liking Sugarcult, Sum 41, Offspring, Allister's first album and Blink 182's "Dude Ranch". But Simple Plan just plain fucking sucks donkey cock. They write the worst lyrics of anyone I have ever heard. Pop punk lyrics usually suck but these guys are the kings of writing shit. Oh yeah, I don't give a flying fuck if Reset "rocked". They fucking turned into a steaming plate of Fred Durst's shit after he had swallowed a thousand cocks and took it in the ass from Carson Daley. I can't fucking believe that Mark Hoppus was in there video!!! shame on Mark!...BTW this band so bad that it burns my eyes when i see them on tv or mags Okay, Im just going to throw this out their. I love pop punk. I love Greenday, Screeching Weasel, the Queers, Nerf Herder, the Zoinks, No Motiv and Dynamite Boy. Hell, I'll even admit to liking Sugarcult, Sum 41, Offspring, Allister's first album and Blink 182's "Dude Ranch". But Simple Plan just plain fucking sucks donkey cock. They write the worst lyrics of anyone I have ever heard. Pop punk lyrics usually suck but these guys are the kings of writing shit. Oh yeah, I don't give a flying fuck if Reset "rocked". They fucking turned into a steaming plate of Fred Durst's shit after he had swallowed a thousand cocks and took it in the ass from Carson Daley. at warped tour i saw the lead singer come out from the backstage area and there were a couple of girls there wanting to get his autograph. instead of signing their shirts he said "no, im busy." and he walked back to the backstage area where he came from. Simple Plan sucks. They are absolutely terrible. to the guy talking about pop punk haters, i hope you choke and die, getting girls with "oy oy oy" songs? no one ever said that, how did you find your trendy pathetic ass to this website? and noone fucking "bumps" punk that prooves youre a fucking moron, pleeeeeeaaaasee die its not the best album of any year, its popular and catchy, i dont care who says if its "punk rock" or not because thats gay, but its just not well written music and they should all take their lives Shut Up ok. the songs sucked. the subjects sucked. the lyrics sucked. and that guyz voice got hell of annoying after like-- the first song. damn. this band sucks all-around! i wish everyone listened to good music (punk rock). the world would be a better place. Give it up. These guys are just plain annoying. Yes we dont have to listen to them but its kind of hard when every time we turn on the radio they are blasting some gay ass song by em. They are friggin everywhere and it annoys us because of all the idiotic people who get fooled and think these guys are punk. I've been meaning to pick up this CD. Wait.... is this website called, "PUNKnews.org" or am I seeing things?? Listen... they really do NOT belong here. If they belong here, then bring on fucking avril lavigne! P-O-S-E-R-S! Wait.... is this website called, "PUNKnews.org" or am I seeing things?? Listen... they really do NOT belong here. If they belong here, then bring on fucking avril lavigne! P-O-S-E-R-S! to the dude talking about shit about the "oy oy oy songs" -- your a fucking dumbass. where the hell did you come up with so much false shit? talkin bout the chicks and everything... what the hell!! I think i added a bit on this, but ill do it again. This guy aparently thinks that girls like skinny pussy boys who sing about being 13 years old again. Who cares if they have money. Is money all that matters in your clouded vision of the world?No not all of us have goth, tatooed bitches, but so what if we do!I sure as hell wouldnt date some preppy ass chick who enjoys sipping lemonade and reading teen magazines with the simple plan types. The Fact of the matter is Simple Plan is horrible whether it be punk rock or not(and it most definitley isnt) and they may be catchy but in that sick get out of my head way. "ok will everyone get off the "I HATE POP PUNK" deal! sounds to me like there are a bunch of HATERS out there! the music is good! its catchy! its sing along! so ur pierced up fat tatooed gothic girlfriend wont think its all that, but who cares not like u could do any better and neither can she! all i gotta say to that is, well at these pop punk shows at least its somewhat normal people and some actual good looking girls! besides your overweight kelly osborne looking girls! so in conclusion, DONT HATE! at least they have $$$$, girls, and a smile on their face! this CD rocks! slow at times, catchy, melodic, great guitar riffs, i'd suggest if you like New Found Glory or Starting Line then u'll like this, if your too die hard punk and hard nosed then pass on it but dont hate, we'll see how many hot chicks u get bumpin ur "OY OY OY OY OY OY" songs!" "honestly, im surprised to see these wannabe posers on this website at all" maybe this will encourage you-- you were referring to my post- about why simple plan pisses me off-- and i am a thirteen year old girl, like your sister..... not all society is corrupted. theres hope! sorry, adding to my post, just below this one, i like pop-punk. i'm not trying to offend anyone who likes pop-punk. i'm not deliberately trying to hate or offend anyone but i just had to rant, i couldn't handle it. it's just scary to see people falling for tripe. to the person one post below my original post and the person who wrote the post they're referring to: thank you. i'm glad i'm not alone on this. the 5 stars on both my posts go to you guys. THIS SUCKY ASSED BAND MAKES PEOPLE THINK THAT THEY PRODUCE PUNK ROCK AND THAT ALL PUNK ROCK IS LIKE THIS. yesterday i saw my little sister, just about to start grade 8 and consequently 10 years younger than me wearing some kind of avril lavigne meets britney spears horror of an outfit and singing simple plan songs incredibly loudly. i asked her "rachel, what are you doing?" her reply "i'm being a punk like you! don't you like my stud belt?!" i nearly throttled her. this is all a result of shitty assed bands that cannot in anyway be called punk, labelling themselves as punks. people actually think that they are punks. my little sister, just 13 years old telling me that we're both punks. holy fucking what batman! i hate mtv for fucking up society. i hate them for creating a generation gap within only ten years. i hate them for taking this shit and ruining the good name of punk. i hate them for allowing "ginos" and "thugs" to have faux-hawks and call themselves punks. you can't skip school and be a punk, you can't go to a simple plan show or a good charlotte show and be a punk, you can't wear a t-shirt from hot topic and avril's bracelets and be a punk. IF YOU DO, YOU DESERVE TO DIE, AND FURTHERMORE YOU WILL BE THE FIRST AGAINST THE WALL WHEN THE REVOLUTION COMES. sorry if this is a rant and i'm sorry if you're offended, but i'm kinda bitter that i can't go to any public institution without seeing some idiot kids claiming to be punk and yet buying a $50 t-shirt to prove their true "punk-ness" (that's a made-up word)or not even knowing who the hell any of the really important bands or movements were. i doubt that any of these kids even remembers (if they were even born at that time) real good music. sure, love pop punk, go ahead, it's damn catchy and funny too, but make sure it's pop punk and not just pop. make sure, you never under any circumstances call yourself or any of these bands (SP, GC, NFG, etc...) punk. Simple Fact: If you are on TRL, you are not punk. Same goes for New Found Glory, Good Charlotte and the Used. It makes me sad to think that punk was once dangerous. Punk is not dead, it just seems to suck right now. Fuck you for taking my music that I love and making it so neatly packaged and ready to serve. Fuck you MTV. the reason why simple plan pisses me off, is because unsuspecting people who listen to them assume they are punkrock, because they don't know any better. so half the people naturally think punk rock sucks, becuase they've never really heard the real shit, and the other half who like it and listen to it think they're punk rockers. if simple plan didn't f***ing pretend they were punk, it wouldn't be so damn annoying. And dont blame Canada for these pussys. There are alot of bands that are good coming from Canada and alot of shitty ones but thats gonna happen. theres nothing you can do about it. The same is with most countries. Honestly Man. Music is about expression and love for the industry. If your gonna just do what the media tells you then theres no point in doing it. Money, while an excellent bonus, isnt all music is about. This band is terrible and about that whole girl thing. What girl wants to fuck a guy who listens to music that 13 year old reject children listen to. And YEs they claim to be punk rock. Ive seen an interview with them and they said they are a punk rock band. I dont care if they listen to punk music but just cuz they listen to it doesnt mean they are punk. Honestly Man. Music is about expression and love for the industry. If your gonna just do what the media tells you then theres no point in doing it. Money, while an excellent bonus, isnt all music is about. This band is terrible and about that whole girl thing. What girl wants to fuck a guy who listens to music that 13 year old reject children listen to. And YEs they claim to be punk rock. Ive seen an interview with them and they said they are a punk rock band. I dont care if they listen to punk music but just cuz they listen to it doesnt mean they are punk. "OY" = Are you fucking serious? God man, its a stupid word, but at keast spell it right you moron. But hey, you gave this cd a 4, so that must explain it.... ok will everyone get off the "I HATE POP PUNK" deal! sounds to me like there are a bunch of HATERS out there! the music is good! its catchy! its sing along! so ur pierced up fat tatooed gothic girlfriend wont think its all that, but who cares not like u could do any better and neither can she! all i gotta say to that is, well at these pop punk shows at least its somewhat normal people and some actual good looking girls! besides your overweight kelly osborne looking girls! so in conclusion, DONT HATE! at least they have $$$$, girls, and a smile on their face! this CD rocks! slow at times, catchy, melodic, great guitar riffs, i'd suggest if you like New Found Glory or Starting Line then u'll like this, if your too die hard punk and hard nosed then pass on it but dont hate, we'll see how many hot chicks u get bumpin ur "OY OY OY OY OY OY" songs! its pop/punk. which means, it is 0% punk rock music. combine guitar driven music with beats and rhythms INFLUENCED by punk, give it some catchy lyrics, you can call it pop/punk and market it very well. theres no reason really to hate it, because if you really are punk, it shouldn't effect you at all. you don't have to watch mtv, or listen to the radio, or go to see good charlotte and simple plan in large venues with thousands of high schoolers. its ridiculous the way people get mad and say shit like "there is no god" or "what has this world come to" when they here pop/punk bands. What this world has come to, at least in the usa, is it is a money driven society, and when something like simple plan and mtv come along that can generate cash, it is commercialized. who cares that they covered a bad religion song. the guys may play pop/punk but they were influenced by and probobally listen to the same hardcore punk bands you do. if you played guitar, or drums, or bass, or could sing, and somebody offered you millions of dollars and the chance to be set for life to play music, which isn't even all that bad, would you do it? hell, for the chance to be set for life I'd do a lot more than play catchy guitar riffs and pretend I'm still in high school. quit your fucking bitching and turn up your bad religion if you're tired of bands like simple plan This is just another pitiful poser band attempting to be punk...THey have that crappy Avril lavigne sound and their lyrics are whiny and annoying..Punk is about rebellion and freakin anarchy...Simple Plan is about how hard is is to grow up with lots of money and no girl wanting to fuck you! WHile their is still many good wortthy punk bands out there on the underground, MTV have failed to notice them...HOnestly just reading half of these posts made me smile becuz i know now that there are many ppl just like me and not everyone is a tool to th3 media...thats all i have to say./ Simple Plan: No Shirt, No Shoes, No Service. Simply put, these guys make AFI seem inviting. How far from punk can these guys get? Well, they were caught trying to buy Nike shoes and drinking Coke products. Does anything more than that have to be said? No, but I must do my best to ensure that Simple Plan does not achieve any fame or money. To start off, these guys make Avaril Lasagna look like the punkiest punk who ever punked out in the punk scene. Can it be anymore obvious that these kids were the biggest nerds in school and this is their attempt to be "cool"? These people got banded together and were told to make "music" (money) and were given instruments (like the Sex Pistols). It's too bad that some people actually think of these guys as the next John Locke. I may not know these guys personally, but I can say that I don't like their "music." Just recently, the Food and Drug Administration delayed until December 2002 the implementation of a so-called final monograph on sunscreens- the kind of rules that FDA publishes for the more than 100,000 over-the-counter (OTC) drug products currently on the market. OTC drug monographs--which cover 80 classes or therapeutic categories of OTC drugs, including sunscreens--are a kind of "recipe book" covering acceptable ingredients, doses, formulations, and labeling. Once a final monograph is implemented, companies can make and market an OTC product without the need for FDA pre-approval. New prescription drugs, on the other hand, require pre-approval before they can go on the market. An album I can relate to very much. Finding myself with another hour of downtime until Andrew WK, we wandered around some more. As I bought up old 22 Jacks CDs at the SideOneDummy booth [they're only 5 bucks each! What a steal!], I overheard Simple Plan on the main stage. Simple Fact: If you are on TRL, you are not punk. Same goes for New Found Glory, Good Charlotte and the Used. It makes me sad to think that punk was once dangerous. Punk is not dead, it just seems to suck right now. Fuck you for taking my music that I love and making it so neatly packaged and ready to serve. Fuck you MTV. This is stupid we are posting reviews on punknews.org how come simple plan was posted im not going to say who is punk and who is not because everyone has different thoughts but nobody really has the right to say who is or isnt punk b/c nobody really knows what punk is about these days. Any way im trying to say that simple plan sux and i dont think it was even worth the time to review a stupid cd like this these guys are trying to do what NFG and Good Charlotte did or are still doing. Simple Plan is no good and unless they change alot they never will be thanks fuckin sellout ass whipes with their pop bullshit. die basterds!!! Simple Plan opened up for the mighty mighty bosstones back in november and i swear, i never laughed so hard in my life. this was like a few weeks before i seen them on Mtv, so i was like this band is shit and they are going nowhere! then when i seen commercials on Mtv for Simple Plan, i was like, what the fuck, how do shitty bands make it that far? i feel like i can start a band and be on Mtv in a few months too. But i say if you want a good laugh, listen to Simple Plan Does anyone else see the similarity between Mest's "Wasting Time" album cover and sp's? Please, don't blame Canada for this shit. Hearing this record in my friend's car was like cheating on one's wife and ending up having shitty sex. Reset were uninteresting. Like your father just said to you, "you are dead to me." I hate you. You should go grab a baseball glove and catch sars. Rise against? You know that feeling when you hit your balls and it hurts in your stomach? Thats what simple plan and rise against do to me. twat Reset was the reason i picked up a guitar and wrote meaningful lyrics. Now they play cliche riffs with cliche lyrics.I miss reset so much. You sirs are dicks. I'll pay you your stupid money that a stupid contract promised you if you just go back to punk. If it weren't for bands like Rise Against punk would be dead to me. don't listion to them i haven't but just seeing there shitty ass videos i can easly say these guys suck balls!!!! if any of u punks listion to this shit u are supporting another poser band!! they suck!!the are what killed the punk name!! they suck!! i think it is time for the boy bands to grow up and start produceing good punk music!! THEY SUCK TO LISTION TO THEM!!better yet listion to alkaline trio a true good punk band!! i like wasting my time by proving that i'm not a poseur or a sell-out too. it's a lot of fun. the score is for this comment, and for the fact that this review is the most popular... it just kind of shows me something. i was just on their website and (gasp) hahahahahahahhhaahahahahhahahahahahahahahahahahahahaI can't breath give me a second....hahaha heeh. cough ahem "Dudes. It's not like Simple Plan just started. They've been around since like early 2001" oops this is my actual score for this album (for some reason I bought it then I gave it away) "What the fuck??!! I never thought i'd see the day when this cd was on a punk website. That angers me. I hate how people see this shit, and then say, "Wow this is Punk?" and then that gives punk the reputation for being pussy. I also heard, and dont hold me accountable for this, that they dont write their own music, they dont pick out their own clothes, and they were formed the way a boy band is. Folks, i dont know if this is definitely true, but i woulndt be the least bit surprised considering mtv picked up on them right away. This is basically a boy band playing pop-punk. Its so MTV can gain support from the "Punk" people. Well fuck that. I HATE simple plan, and whats worse is i hate how people who like them think they are punks. I dont know a single true punk who would like simple plan, because a) punks tend to like punk music, and b) These guys are the least original band i ever heard, and they are the least individual people i ever heard of. If you think this is punk you are terribly mistaken. Go look up bands from the 80's that were real punk, back when Punk was actually PUNK. Not this fake shit. Try The Dead Boys, The Adolescants, the Partisans, Blitz, Blanks 77, Oxymoron, The UK Subs, need i continue? Ok And my last point... I'm tired of people finally realizing that these bands are pop-punk... and then thinking that Blink 182 invented pop-punk. Pop-punk and emo kids are the only people who dont know and/or appreciate the history of their music. Bands like Generation X, Husker Du, Elvis Costello, they started pop-punk. And these emo kids are sitting here saying WHO??! i never heard of them they couldnt have. Well, believe it. Learn the history of the music you claim to play or listen to. Fuck you." Ok.. just cause you dont like them doesnt mean they aren't a punk band. You are an idiot... especially since you gave this cd a review of 10 UK Subs fucking suck ass, Oxymoron ain't much better, and Elvis Costello has nothing, repeat NOTHING to do with pop-punk (you might be able to make that arguement for Generation X, but they were English, and in the UK in 1977, punk WAS pop. This means the Pistols, the Clash, and even Sham 69 were "pop") What the fuck??!! I never thought i'd see the day when this cd was on a punk website. That angers me. I hate how people see this shit, and then say, "Wow this is Punk?" and then that gives punk the reputation for being pussy. I also heard, and dont hold me accountable for this, that they dont write their own music, they dont pick out their own clothes, and they were formed the way a boy band is. Folks, i dont know if this is definitely true, but i woulndt be the least bit surprised considering mtv picked up on them right away. This is basically a boy band playing pop-punk. Its so MTV can gain support from the "Punk" people. Well fuck that. I HATE simple plan, and whats worse is i hate how people who like them think they are punks. I dont know a single true punk who would like simple plan, because a) punks tend to like punk music, and b) These guys are the least original band i ever heard, and they are the least individual people i ever heard of. If you think this is punk you are terribly mistaken. Go look up bands from the 80's that were real punk, back when Punk was actually PUNK. Not this fake shit. Try The Dead Boys, The Adolescants, the Partisans, Blitz, Blanks 77, Oxymoron, The UK Subs, need i continue? Ok And my last point... I'm tired of people finally realizing that these bands are pop-punk... and then thinking that Blink 182 invented pop-punk. Pop-punk and emo kids are the only people who dont know and/or appreciate the history of their music. Bands like Generation X, Husker Du, Elvis Costello, they started pop-punk. And these emo kids are sitting here saying WHO??! i never heard of them they couldnt have. Well, believe it. Learn the history of the music you claim to play or listen to. Fuck you. "id do anything!! just to pack u in the ass try to make it go past, cuz i know that my dick wont last ! dadoodoodo dodu" "Remember: With passion and the right attitude, anyone can cook. Wait, that's 'play punk rock.' Never mind." Thanks theonion.com. That about sums it up folks. Although I won't bash this music since music is what you make of it, let us not forget that is not a high-skilled musical genre. I implore all punkers to take a music theory class and then to deny my comments. at least they dont' sound like the casualties . god they suck. nice mowhawks though zing! screw all y'all. I am AnnikatheAvenger and i saw simple pain is the bestest damn band. hahahahahahaha Holy shit your website sucks. Holy shit you guys like shitty music. Holy shit stop telling me to go to your stupid fucking website. These guys suck... there is no way around that. But I MUST make it clear that these guys don't suck because they r canadian THEY SUCK BECAUSE THEY R FRENCH-CANADIAN. So as i proud canadian i would like you to all stop dissin' canada! (So what, our prime minister doesn't support the war... I hink he's a moron just like everyone else) pure pop rock shit from canada? shocking. just shocking. Dude, Reset was really good, and actually had thoughtful lyrics. It's obvious to see how hard they are trying to be marketable pop-punk, but you know they are loving every minute of it. Can't say I'd go about it the way they did, but I would definately change my music to make more money, so shoot me. You all would. I think they took it a bit overboard though. At least New Found Glory tries to keep some of thier credibility, as lame as they are now. Totally sucks....Simple plan is not even a punk band....it's a pop band, it sounds like the n sync or another faggotts band.....the guys just want to make money because Reset used to be really good....SOLD OUT Reset was a better band but simplw plan is good too. Gob is a good canadian band too. But if you want a really good cd then go buy a RANCID cd~~!!!! For the anti Canadian and Simple Plan bitches: this is just dumb. i want to die just thinking that 20000 people have wasted their ass time to read this review. it's sad, really sad. fyi... will smith never claimed to be "gangsta"... his whole image is based on being wholesome... Do you live under a rock? I am sure you have heard this band. They are to punk rock what Will Smith is to gangsta rap. One listen and you will understand the hatred. I haven't heard this band at all, I don't know who they are, never heard of them, never heard of reset, I was just wondering why they were so popular and I hadn't heard of them, and reading your comments. Heh. Thats really all I can say.. Heh. Just out of curiosity, how many of you people who run around in pants taht are too tight squealing "Sellouts!" have a job? I mean, really, they don't make this music for you guys, if you don't like them, don't listen to them, they don't care. If you like them, thats great, buy their album and support them, because at the end of the day, this is their job, they get paid for this, and they can do their job however they want, I would like to see any of you guys decide not to accept your salary, because someone thought YOU were a sellout making those hamburgers, or filling those cars with gas. Thats just great man, reaaaaaaal fucking great. Your a bunch of hypocrites. Simple plan.. they suck... All they want is to make money.. The singer's last band RESET was better yeah im with you budday.. i just could not believe his views on Canada.. Vancouver a province? Magine! Thats just awful eh? I'm kinda glad we grew up in such an incredible country like Canada, free from electing dictators and forcing younger folk like us to fight for nothing. Magine! Hello out there, we're on the air, its hockey night tonight. Give'r Canada! Give'r.. what's all this aboot eh? making fun of canadians eh? me thinks you are all assholes! what you gonna say aboot that eh? canada rocks. it seems like it's the states that produce more crappy punk bands than canada you know eh? actually what i meant was if your from canada...chances are you're a puss...FUCK CANADA (not to mention the fact that canadians were burning american flags earlier this week...FUCK CANADA) its aboot time people stop blaming Canada for simple plan...fuck you what the fuck does canada have to do with simple plan being pussies, Canada didnt turn them into fucking pussies they just are huge shitty pussy sellouts and we can't help that...US made Good Charlotte which is worse as they actually pretend to be punk rock and im not saying fuck US FUCK CANADA...stupid pussies runnin around sayin stupid shit like ABOOT and BUDDAY and EHH, can someone please tell me what the fuck's the matter with these guys that they gotta name their gay PROVINCES shit like QUEBEC and fuckin VANCOUVER? dude this band obviously doesnt hav any balls they put out a cd meant for the teeneybopper TRL crowd, they dont deserve to be even called punk, they should be in the genre Crap wannabe punk along with good charlotte it makes me mad just even thinkin about them I know my comment is a little late but.......I totally agree! THESE GUYS ARE FUCKING INSULT TO PUNK ROCK!!! sell-out, n., 1. see simple plan i wandered over here because i was shocked that it was #1 most read review. just flat out shocked. i wanted to see how bad it was getting ripped... i read the review.. it made me cry laughing... i give you strong marks my good man. this is one funny, yet honest review... do all kinds more please... hahaha wow. SP is terrible they probablem were made by MTV to ruin the punk seen. Less than jake is tight shit Obviously, the album title is wrong, because if the lead singer of this band had any balls, he wouldn't be able to sing so high-pitched. He's a eunuch. The guy four lines below me is the most ignorant fucktard to ever grace the internet with his stupidity. We're not insulting you, get over it (heh, well now I am). If people don't like Simple Plan it doesn't mean you can't. Don't get so offended, god damn... well written review. except simple plan totally sucks. Well, i saw the 'im just a kid video' and thought it was alright, probably the most overused lyrical topic known to man, but descent music. I then saw the 'id do anything' video and thought it was better, with a hell of a catchy chorus. I heard one song by these guys and it sounded like more derivative money making mass produced non-artistic "music" to me. Also, what the fuck's up with the cover art? When did punk become about making money via the objectification of women and the selling of a crappy product as sexual, thus conforming to the rest of American culture? To all the people who came on here and said all that shit about Simple Plan, u guys seriuosly have no fuckin life u guys are a bunch of computer nerds who sit on the computer and jackoff to fake pics of Avril Lavigne, don't knock them for doing something u could only imagine u could do I love punk music but hey when u sit there and put down other bands then u are acting like ur fighting over Backstreet boys or 98 degrees so for every1 who signed this saying all this shit needs to stop wacking off go take a shower and get out of your fuckin house and do something with you're life cause you siting here bitching and moaning is only proving what a bunch of ignorant little kids you pussy's are !! so FUCK YOU!!~ besides you all know you have to cd and are probably listening to right now as we speak!!!! you guys must not know what good music is, because youre all being fucking hypocrites and you need to quit. i bet half of you fucking own the cd. seriously, get over it. if you don't like it, tough. then don't listen to them and put shitty reviews, because thats not fair. get over yourselves. fucking 2 year olds. keep your negative opinions to yourselves and stop being gay. in my opinion, them AND their cd kick ass whether you think so or not =) These guys suck!!!! They are the pinacle of the dreaded "SELL-OUT"!!! Granted, "RESET" was tolerable, Simple Plan is just that...simple!!! chessy, bullshit pop, not punk, not even rock, but shitty pop. In closing, I would like to say that simple plan as well as anyone who looks up to them, should quit polluting an otherwise credible scene. BULLSHIT, Absolute BULLSHIT. This guys are the shittists fucking ever, sucker lamers, i only heard i do anything, and i suppose if they realease this song for his band, i think all the songs of the album are like this shit, so fuckkkkkkkkkkkkkk them, and this is not a review of simple shit, this is a debate against the lamers of fucker plan I agree with GreenVandal Refused is worthy of that title. ok, enough of this piece of shit being the number 1 review. Anyone who reads this, go click on the review for REFUSED the shape of punk to come. (the one where it gets 5 stars) then THAT can be number 1 because it deserves to be! i know this sounds contrived and petty, but this is just ridiculous! simple plan are talented group of guys. these guys are the punkist mothers around! why is LTJ touring with a bunch of fuckers? they were always more ska then punk but if this next album is pop i'm gonna be fuckin pissed First off, I bought this CD in hopes that there would be better songs than "I'd Do Anything" and "I'm Just A Kid", but I guess I was wrong. I spent 15.98 on this piece of trash when I shouldn't have paid more than 5 dollars for it. Now, I DO NOT hate pop punk at all. I like Rufio, The Starting Line, Don't Look Down, etc. BUT....seriously, nothing can get poppier than this album. There's a few songs that are ok, but the rest I just couldn't handle. I havent really listened to it since. Anyone want this CD? I'll mail it to you for free, so you can use it as a drink coaster or something. My email address is in my profile. I agree with EvilDead. These guys are sellouts. You answer my question. Have you heard Reset? ok it's the guy that defended Simpler Plan 3 posts ago. Hey Evildead why don't you tell me what a sellout is because obviously you have no idea and another thing Would you turn the money donw if you had the chance that Simple Plan got? Exactly, you know you would because they got an oppurtunity and they took it. Ok... I'm guessing the guy two posts down is joking? These guys are the definition of sellouts. Did you ever hear Reset? Sounds nothing like this. Why would mid-twenty year old guys be singing about highschool, and being 'just a kid' if not for the fame and money awarded to pop shit punk bands? I don't know what pisses me off more; Simple Plan or the Transplants. Fucking travesties. Your all a bunch of fucking idiots who say "They are going to hell, and they are Sellouts!!" Shut the fuck up you bunch of no good, pole smoking, little fuckers who call simple plan sellouts. Do you know what a sellout is? They obviously aren't sellouts because they were playing the music before they made the money, and they aren't the ones who invite themselves on MTV! You all know as well as I do that if you were making music and loving it, and then were invited on MTV to play and make money , you little fuckers who say they are sellouts would go in a heartbeat! Just because you are jealous of there woman, there money, there cars, and the fact that they can make music, you feel you can harass them!! I bet you are all a bunch of 12 year olds who are online with your taped up glasses with backstreet boys blasting right now reading this saying to your friends and parents "GEE WIZ mister, you are a sellout because you make money!!" So before you go harassing everyone who makes money, think about what your saying because half of you fuckers don't know hwta a sellout is!! Put out to take advantage of young people, and steal their allowance money. I thought this was PUNK news, not pop punk. id rather fuck my grandma's dead poodle. SELLOUT THEY ARE ,SELLOUTS everyday i check out the new reviews and find shit like this? Cmon, i thought this was punk news, not piece of shit, lets wear skate clothes pierce our lips and get a mohawk, then say we're punk news. Who the hell takes the time to write these stupid reviews on the worst god awful bands of all time? "Just be yourself the one and only... punk is a political movement. singing about how you miss a girl on mtv doesnt cut it. just as resistance records uses rock to send out messages of hate and white nationalism, pop punk use punk to make money. pop punk doesnt matter, all these fuckers dressing up and acting punk while they were fitch 10 min ago are being laughed at by us real ones. you're all a bunch of molded pussies. be an individual. punk sound and style will change in reaction to all this, but it'll be the same in its heart and say- FUCK AUTHORITY. FUCK MTV. FUCK POP PUNK. FUCK GW. FUCK LITTLE FITCH BITCHES I think its pretty sad that Mark Hoppus is singing for SP. I never hated Blink but I think they were a fuck of a lot better in their older cds and Mark Hoppus is bigger and better then another teenage pop punk band singing about losing some dumbass girlfriend damn kid dynamite, you sure are better than us. you're open minded because you actually like a few simple plan songs and you're also a fellow punk because you still think simple plan isn't that good. damn i wish i was you. a better score:) i know that they suck, that they are sellouts, that they are going straight to hell, that they are pussys, that they arent punk and so on... I find it amusing that this is the number one most viewed album review on this site. Q:what does simple plan,sum 41,new found glory and blink 182 all have incommon(except for being sellouts)?.... i own this album and i guess from the shit head about 2 comments below me i get to say they suck cuz ive listened to it... i own the album ive heard more then one song and ive heard them more then once... this band sucks juist looking at them makes me mad... i say that you should let the rap world take over MTV and not put any bands on there cuz the people that watch MTV watch it for the Rap.... Rap sucks by they way... the amount of suck that htis band brings is indescribable The saddest thing here is that I bet 95% of the people who say Simple Plan sucks haven't even heard more than 1 or 2 songs from them. Okay, im not going to just say how horrible this band is,however i would like to say that the entire "punk" scene has went completely downhill in the last year if it wasnt already bad enough. It started with Avril who is as fake as they come and it has just gotten worse...its weird how all of a sudden britney and christina traded in their bleach blonde hair and cutesy songs to dreadlocks and "im a bad girl" lyrics....all the boy bands lead singers got solo acts and try to play the guitar...i think its because the boy band/pop princess look got tired and MTV needed something new to sell, so they took the punk sub-culture and turned it into a trend...so even of they say they arent punk, they are still getting some influence from it... i think this will inspire world peace As I'm reading over these reviews, I notice a common trend in the majority of them (besides the blatant negativity): you all compare Simple Plan to something. Whether it be another band you hate, another band you love, or another band that sounds like them --all these reviews are full of generic comparisons. Sure, Simple Plan is writing about things way below their age level, but that makes it all the more easy for teenagers (most likely, their "target group") to relate with all their songs. I know that if I was a highschooler and I heard a band singing about something that I could identify with, I would find that pretty cool. They may not touch on all the old issues that Reset did, but I think that for the most part, they did a good job re-creating the same energized sound. go back to MTV... i cant stand these bands. I blame SIMPLE PLAN for the 11 years old grils at Warped Tour who just ruin the scene. Simple Plan, Good Charlot, Dashboard.... you guys want money? fine. but dont stick around the punk scene, we dont want you anymore. I bet you'd get along with carson.... dicks The music aint that bad for what it is, but the lyrics show off this bands most glaring flaw. They are nothing more then a money making scheme. Im not gonna pretend im punk, or that anything I do or am even pertains to the "scene". My statement has nothign to do with that. I dont like this because it is lacking sincerity. These songs sound like they were written by a business focus group, and I just cant listen to that. Our society is so caught up in efficiency, and being sleek and beautiful that even our art is starting to suffer from it. This is suppose to be emotion, something to motivate me, to connect me to this person, or to his cause, or to the story he wants to tell. Emotion and true sincerity is what seperates music from common noise. This is on the borderline. I cannot recomend this to anyone simply because i see it as the embodiment of all our flaws as a culture. A bit extreme, I know, but thats how I feel. "This band is terrible! but from my knowledge they have never said they were "Punk" so chill the fuck out. I forgot how "Punk" you guys were cause you listen to Screeching Weasel." "This band is terrible! but from my knowledge they have never said they were "Punk" so chill the fuck out. I forgot how "Punk" you guys were cause you listen to Screeching Weasel." The cd isn't bad, but it is all about high school crap, that they need to forget about!! All the new TRL punk bands are just a trend...it's so cool these days to pretend you are punk. Drives me crazy! And I heard Simple Plan is going on tour with Avril Lavigne. Thats about the worst mistake ever. They aren't thinking. I don't know about you, but this band rocks. I mean, there are barely any politically conscience punk bands out right now. Damn, did you see TRL Presents Simple Plan? I didn't know MTV was so punk until the band broke out with "I'm Just a Kid", a song about the refugee problems in Yugoslavia. Hats off to Simple Plan, hardcore rockers extreme. It's not punk. It's horrible rock music influenced by punk.(With really shitty lyrics. This band is terrible! but from my knowledge they have never said they were "Punk" so chill the fuck out. I forgot how "Punk" you guys were cause you listen to Screeching Weasel. in fact i dont even give them a one. Im so sick of all these POP bands that dress up in punk atire and saying " I hate my dad cause he dident love me" . They disscrases the meeaning of puunk rock and should go back to there mantion in Beverly Hills and rich parent and make so room for some REAL TALENT!!!! MTV said Punk is going to save the music industry. The problem is, who is going to save punk from being just another trend? OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG!OMG! simple plan on warped! woohoo! OMG!OMG! SEE YA HATERS AT THE MOSH PIT! MAN IS IT GONNA RAWK! I HOPE I CAN SURVIVE THE PIT! YEA! PUNK! "So crank this album on the way to the beach. Just don’t let the other cars get close enough to hear that you’re just a kid." The words "Simple Plan" and "Good" should not be used together....unless you say something like: how the fuck did some band i've never even heard of become the most viewed review?! Personally- This Band and all Bands like it are the reason punk is dead. These guys are the worst of that MTV pop punk, and that's saying something. If you want power-pop I'd recommend Sum 41, there new album kicks ass If you want to hear some quality pop-punk listen to bands such as- Screeching Weasel, Millincollin, The Queers, The Mopes, No Use for a Name, Nerf Herder,The Apers, The Riverdales, Teen Idols, Diesel Boy, Chixdiggit, Groovie Ghoulies, Bracket, Limp, Home Grown etc. Oh yeah, most of these bands earlier CD's are way better than the new ones. But if you know anything about punk you should already know that. The CD is excellent musically. Of course, the lyrics are no Shakespeare... Man these guys suck shit. The only band I can think of that is worse is Bowling for Soup. Wait a minute, I'm forgeting Mest, Good Charolette, A New Found Glory, almost every band on Drive Thru records, and all those other generic pop punk bands that sound exactly the fucking same. To bad it's so trendy. they are good musically but lyrically they are not their age..their old band , RESET, was waaaay better and i still can't believe they broke up. this sucks...no other words can describe this utter crap. its always funny to read the comments. Sorry to tell all you retards out there but,STOP COMPARING EVERY FUCKING BAND TO SOMEBODY ELSE, HOLY SHIT!!!! might as well say FATA is like NFG or The Used are something corporate. My band is better than you band, why? because i said so, get over it dicks these guys are fucking rejects. they're blink 182 but worse. WORSE than blink. un-fucking-believable. its hard to believe a band like this can ever be associated with anything remotely punk. then again, when you know you can make money by spiking your hair and following the blink 182 "how to be a pop-punk star" blueprint, i guess anything is possible. fuck these tools. "go fuck urself man, ltj owns them" pop punk is the best, i love all the bands like The Casualties and american nightmare, you cant get more poppy than these guys!! rock on!!! Although I enjoy the bands forementioned, the idiot that posted below disgusts me. !!! omg are you guys for real? these guys are soooo good, simple plan, good charlete,nfg,blink182 and sum41 are all the greatest bands ever, screw anybody who doesnt think they are, I LOVE YOU GUYS!! are you fucking deaf? did you just say new found glory is trying to be like less than jake? Fuck Less than Jake. The Specials will forever be remembered as the better band. ok, i posted the comment about sp bein like nfg tryin to be ltj, ltj may be ska but nfg and sp sound like there tryin to imitate their sound seems more like an ingenious plan to me. these guys may suck, but just think of how much major label fat cash their pulling, not to mention drugs and hot chicks. i think i'll start a band called something like.......uhhhh. 'perfection through failure'...yea thats pretty poppy sappy emoey. right? who's in? i play drums. hears our first song.....'she dumped me, it was so easy, now i got to move on and on and on, time to have a... i don't understand SP's connection to LTJ, either. umm... i don't think you've actually heard less than jake... holy crap man. No helmet, no pads and no balls and no brains. This is the worst music i have ever heard, and iv heard a lot of music. Another shitty band trying to sound like less than jake, nfg tried but simple plan is just pathetic, i feel sorry for anybody who ever had to suffer through the cd. I wish i could give it a 0 rating Yeah, so Reset was amazing. Especially No Worries. Don't hold me on this, but I believe that cd was released in 1996. Almost seven years ago now, and if the members in simple plan are just over the drinking age, as someone mentioned, that means they released no worries when they were about 15 or 16, maybe 17. God damn do I wish I made music that awesome when I was that age. Seriously. I didn't even start playing guitar until I was 16. This is one of the reasons why I respected Reset so much. See, what really gets me is the fact that the lyrics on No Worries were amazing. Songs about Abuse, Rape, Racism, and general stupidity and hatrid towards people on some songs were all over Reset's cd No Worries. This tells me that they HAD the talent of writing good lyrics. It's not easy...at least not for me...I can't write a decent song to save my life, but THEY COULD! That's what gets me about Simple Plan. I agree they're catchy and whatever, but where did all the talent go? Personally i LOVE simple plan. Even though they are a lil old to be writing lyrics of high school years, who do u think relates to this? hmm... yeah thats right, high school kids. although u may disapprove of they're innocent lyrics, they somehow seem to please alot of kids! I do agree with u on their catching tunes. But for the first album as a new group, it seems to me that they're doing a great job! And i hope to hear more from them in the future! The worst CD of the year race is really heating up....Good Charlotte or these bozos? A great example of the horrible Canadian Invasion of pop, where Avril Lavigne and Sum 41 also came from. PLEASE, AMERICA- CLOSE THE BORDERS TO THE NORTH. Maybe Mexico can give us some good punk bands, since America needs its bands made in its neighboring countries. Ok, i agree with everybody, THESE LYRICS BLOW HARDCORE ASS< and these guys dont really have much talent. This CD was catchy, and i actually like it for a couple days, but the songs have lasting power and all started to become annoying as hell very quickly. I hope these guys keep writing good hooks, but on the next cd (if they make one befor they get forgotten by the world) they learn to make hooks that stick and learn to write lyrics haha Hahaha. Great review, but it would have been more fitting if you gave it one star. how the hell can a band contain former members of a fucking wicked group reset (no worries at least was fucking wicked) and end up being so fucking shitty? i like simple plan. i'm a fan and yes they are pop punk and i also think they're riding on this pop punk thing. they're songs are catchy and i like em but i do agree that their lyrics are not that deep. thank-you!... we're all refreshed and challenged by your unique points of view... haha i actually don't mind sp. They're doing what they like. well I like them! you guys come here and post about how much you hate them? that's just sad. at least you're still giving them the attention! :) jesus christ. why is it everyone thinks that EVERY teenage girl who listens to this type of music are mindless little bitches who outgrew the back door boys? i'm so sick of being fucking pigeonholed for being a 15 year old girl. i don't know man. What the hell is wrong with U guys...I personnaly dont like this album but why are you bashing on the band...if you dont like it just dont listen to it. Are you jealous or what? Nobody is trying to make you buy this album without your will....so stop whining like little girls and get a life. Eh, this band is just not all that great. Simple Plan (along with Something Corporate) could be the only pop-punk band I actually don't like. I knew The guys of Reset personnaly, they are from the little neighborhood I grew up. They used to play shows at my Highschool first, then at local venue, then in the warped tour and finally they were opening for Ten Foot Pole all across Canada. they're cute... duh I have a question... how did they get signed? Reset sucked ass too, they were just a thrid rate pennywise cover band...bahahahaha In reference to all the mest comments.. get a fucking clue. This worthless band has been embraced by Goldfinger and tugged along with their mere following of 5 little punk rock girls who are still in high school. As for being a decent band.. try listening to some of their songs. They're almost as much of a joke as Unwritten Law (whom they toured with) who has only 1 of their original members. Mest is all over mtv2 between cadillac and "whats the dilly-o" (could there be a WORSE song?!) and their commercial for their new album. The next Simple Plan album should be called "Millennium Part 2". Maybe if we are lucky, Spice Girls will come back together and made a song with them. Blink 182 does the same kind of stupid lyrics. And now cobain is fucking dead. Get over it. Can't say a blame him though, I'd kill myself too if I were married to courtney love. The time in which the lyrics were writtin doesn't matter shite y'all know that the lead singer of mest was in a nazi-white power band, right? to the guy who said "mest is a decent band", have you listened to the lyrics? In cadillac, they rhyme the word "tonight" with itself three times! they probably spend about 5 minutes total writing lyrics. i dont even know what to say. To the guy that compared these guys to mest i have to say that you were completely WRONG. People still remember mest, I still like mest alot. Their new album Destination Unknown is great. They never got the coverage on MTV and on the radio like Simple Plan is. The only reason simple got the media was because they are on the soundtrack to that horrible looking movie. If Mest was on the soundtrack to that heavily advertised movie they may have become popular. They were on the Not Another Teen Movie Soundtrack but that was a cover song that was never released so I dont really count it. So like I was going to say at the beginning of this comment, mest is a decent band that should not be compared to the immature stylings of simple plan. I've crapped out stuff better than this. a simple plan live are horrible.. the lead singer acts like he is in a fucking boy band.. one of the worst bands i have ever heard, and one of the most embarrasing bands to come out of canada.... how those guys went from Reset.. to that is beyond me. no sincerity, no heart, no talent, no originality. to GeetarChick: What happend to good nice punk that actually meant something to people who followed it? ! bands like simple plan and any other bands who are just made to look cute and draw trl freaks to like that cheesy ass punk are ruining it for the people who actually took punk seriously and they're making it a joke now! when will this madness end? !? ! reset were fucking amazing.. simple plan sucks.. go to their website and u can personally email all of them and tell them how bad THEY SUCK.. no heart, no talent, just bullshit I don't mind their music much. I positively agree that their lyrics are really juvenile and don't have much significance, though. But they're stuff is catchy and I admit that I've walked around humming I'm Just a Kid or God Must Hate Me or even starting to sing parts of it just cause it was stuck in my head. I've heard Reset before, they were much better than Simple Plan is... I'll admit, I had never really heard Simple Plan til they got big and signed to Atlantic so I don't have much of a legit opinion on them. The first time I'd heard of them though was when they played here with Lucky Boys Confusion and i didn't go to that show.. cause.. i dont like LBC. Heh. (out my friends, i'm the only one who doesn't like them...) But I woulda wanted to see how Simple plan puts on a show... Anyhoo, I never bought the Simple Plan CD, i was considering it, but I dont know if it'll be worth the 10 or 12 bucks. I'm just a kid has to be the cheesiest song I have ever heard and lacks a lot of heart and power that makes a lot of pop punk bands good. I hope that "kid" grows up soon he might make soemthing worth while. haven't heard them; not interesting,but good Cover, the chicks are pretty damn hot, I better jerk-off. And call my dad so he can pick me up from baseball practice then I could watch trl and jerk off some more. then I could go the the junior high dance...What the hell is up with me? This processed band makes Good Charlotte and Mest halfway decent. If you're older than eight I could understand listening to this but if not, how could you possibly justify this crap. Dudes. It's not like Simple Plan just started. They've been around since like early 2001. I enjoy pop punk, along with other punk. But just because somethin happens doesn't mean you need to harp on them. I admit.. the album kinda sucks, and lyrically they suck. But they do have some mean guitar riffs. Not hard, but well structured. Just don't harp on em cuz they may be like mest, or they're pop punk. Anti-Flag is pop punk. Don't dis on the genre. It's a decent one. But as for this band.. eh.. they could get better, or just fall off the face of the earth. Whichever. I can't believe somebody wanted to waste his time writting a review for Simple Plan. These guys wrote good lyrics about politic, racism, sexism etc when they were in Reset (3 of them were in Reset) and now they are older and sing about being just a kid and girlfriend and everything pop-punk commercial bands are all doing. Now if this is not selling out... On behalf of the citizens of Canada I would like to humbly apologize for this band... oh gawd, this album is the worst thing ever. Does anyone remember mest? no? I didn't think so. These guys'll be gone in a month. I have the feeling we're gonna get some pretty damn good comments on this one. Wait a second... |
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hey there fucking SP haters. you all assholes. what the hell are you talkin about ?? someone said that SP is fuck. the others said they are suck ad gay. and now I say, do you know what are you talking about ??! huh ??! i bet you don't. so just shut your fucking asshole mouth up !! don't you know how cool they (Simple Plan) are ??
Fuck you Simple Plan haters
and for SP, you guys rock ..