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Post by Matt4319 on Dec 23, 2005 18:00:35 GMT -5
MTV's latest "You Hear It First" segment, featuring up-and-coming bands that haven't made it big yet, was about a group named Paramore. On the intro screen, the group was described as "Fall Out Boy Meets A Simple Plan", and they had an interview soundbite from Pierre Bouvier, who was identified as being from A Simple Plan. John Norris also repeated the three-name title in another part of the segment.
I looked on their website, and everything I've seen shows the group is still called Simple Plan. Anyone know which it is? Not that I care that much, but if they did a reverse-New Found Glory, that would be just totally lame.
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Post by Rob64 on Dec 23, 2005 18:38:54 GMT -5
Only Matthew 43:19 would post about something like this!  |
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Post by Love Plastic Love on Dec 23, 2005 18:53:06 GMT -5
Im guessing it was just shoddy journalism.
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Post by SyrupBoy on Dec 23, 2005 21:53:20 GMT -5
I think a better question is when did Simple Plan become alternative rock?
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Post by Matt4319 on Dec 23, 2005 23:42:24 GMT -5
Only Matthew 43:19 would post about something like this! Uh... what? Im guessing it was just shoddy journalism. I'd think so too, but it was repeated in three places. I think a better question is when did Simple Plan become alternative rock? While their "alternative" credentials are certainly suspect at best at this point in time (and they are one of my least favorite bands), they have had multiple hits on the Alternative format. I honestly think I would get a better chance at an answer here instead of the Pop forum, where the topic would likely disappear from the first page within 12 hours. But if I don't get an answer in a day or so, I'll succumb to your wishes and move this topic elsewhere. Deal? |
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Post by SyrupBoy on Dec 24, 2005 2:35:17 GMT -5
But if I don't get an answer in a day or so, I'll succumb to your wishes and move this topic elsewhere. Deal? Whatever turns you on. |
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Post by Arson on Dec 24, 2005 15:50:00 GMT -5
Well, they named their band after the Billy Bob Thorton movie called "A Simple Plan", so maybe MTV confused the two.
Apparently, this is a quote from one of the band members... "It's from a movie called A Simple Plan. We left off the A. We're from Canada, we don't need another A." (quote supposedly came from a Simple Plan special on Fuse, though I never watched it so can't say for sure).
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Post by tortuga on Dec 24, 2005 22:33:44 GMT -5
"The" Gorillaz anyone?
Maybe they just felt like adding the "A". ???
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