In their 18 years long history, Simple Plan have never been the most loved band in the world and they have always had their haters and people who picked up on them wherever they went. It was especially hard in the early 2000s, when Simple Plan were just starting out and trying to expand their audiences. One of the best ways how to find new fans was to attend festivals and festival tours, such as the widely known Warped Tour in America, featuring many bands from all sorts of genres of the alternative scene, which helped Simple Plan confront a more diverse audience. This topic was recently brought up on the latest released podcast of last week’s Man Of The Hour show, where Sebastien and Patrick played the American punk rock band Rancid and after that, Seb reminisced a bit about his relationship with this legendary band.
Sebastien told a short story about how even though many Warped Tour attendees despised Simple Plan for being there back in 2003, the members of Rancid stood up to them and proudly showed their love for Simple Plan during their very own set. Check out Seb’s story below:
And we played recently together in Austria, at Nova Rock festival and they just came up to us and said ‘Hey, guys, good to see you! How’s everybody?’ […]”