Chuck Comeau

Chuck Comeau
Comeau at Simple Plan's show at Six Flags New England, June 22, 2008
Background information
Birth name	Charles-André Comeau
Born	(1979-09-17) September 17, 1979 Montréal, Québec, Canada
Genres	Pop punk, pop rock, alternative rock, punk rock
Occupations	Musician, Actor
Instruments	Drums, percussions, guitar
Years active	1993–present
Labels	Lava, Atlantic
Associated acts	Simple Plan, Reset
Website	www.simpleplan.com

Charles-André "Chuck" Comeau (born September 17, 1979) is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the drummer for pop punk band Simple Plan.

Biography

Comeau started his music career in Reset with bandmate Pierre Bouvier. After the band's first CD was released, Comeau left the band and went to McGill University to pursue a degree in law.

After reuniting with Bouvier at a Sugar Ray concert, he soon left school and helped Bouvier to form Simple Plan. In Simple Plan, Comeau, along with Bouvier, are the main songwriters. He is sometimes known as the "writer" of the band as he does most of the lyrics, writes all the concepts, and writes the scripts to Simple Plan's music videos.

Comeau was also a judge for the 7th annual Independent Music Awards to support independent artists' careers.^[1]

Equipment

He currently uses DW drums, Evans drum heads and Zildjian cymbals. His kit configures of two floor toms, a tom, a bass drum, and a snare drum.

Cymbals:

• 19" Z Custom Medium Crash
• 14" A New Beats Hi-Hats
• 19" Z Custom Medium Crash
• 19" Z Custom Medium Crash
• 25" A Sweet Ride

Drum Heads:

• Bass drum:GMAD Clear/EQ3 Black Or White
• Toms:G2 Clear/G1 Clear
• Snare:Genera HD Dry/Hazy 300

Drum Sizes:

• 22x18 bass drum
• 12x9 tom
• 14x12 and 16x14 floor toms
• ...or 16x14 and 18x16 floor toms

Role Model Clothing

Comeau applies the sticks

He is co-owner of Role Model Clothing, along with Pierre Bouvier and Patrick Langlois.

Filmography

Director

• Simple Plan: Still Not Getting Any... (2004) (V) (co-director)
• Simple Plan: A Big Package for You (2003) (V)

Actor

• New York Minute (2004/I) .... Simple Plan
• The New Tom Green Show (1 episode, 2003)

Self

• Simple Plan: MTV Hard Rock Live (2005) (V) .... Himself
• Simple Plan: A Big Package for You (2003) (V) .... Himself
• Simple Plan: Still Not Getting Any... (2004) (V) .... Himself
• Simple Plan: Simple Plan (2008) (V) .... Himself
• Punk Rock Holocaust (2004) (V) .... Himself - Simple Plan
• "What's New, Scooby-Doo?".... Himself (1 episode)

References

External links

• Chuck Comeau on Myspace
• Chuck Comeau on Twitter
• Simple Plan official website
• Drum Magazine interviews Chuck