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Jeff Stinco
Jeff Stinco on guitar
Background information
Birth name	Jean-François Stinco
Born	(1978-08-22) August 22, 1978 (age 33) Montréal, Québec, Canada
Genres	Pop punk, Alternative rock, Punk Rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Guitar, bass guitar
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Lava / Atlantic
Associated acts	Simple Plan
Website	www.simpleplan.com
Notable instruments
Gibson Les Paul Fender Telecaster Gibson ES-335

Jean-François "Jeff" Stinco (born August 22, 1978) is a French-Canadian musician, who is best known as the lead guitarist for pop punk band Simple Plan.

Biography[link]

Early life[link]

He attended College Beaubois High School in Pierrefonds, Quebec along with bandmates Sébastien Lefebvre, Chuck Comeau and Pierre Bouvier.

Jeff studied classical guitar for 10 years at Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal with Jean Vallieres. He also participated in many masterclasses over the years with many renown concertists such as Manuel Barrueco and Roland Dyens.

Equipment[link]

Stinco plays Gibson guitars. For the "Save You" and "When I'm Gone" music videos, Stinco is seen with his white Gibson Les Paul Custom. For the "Your Love is a Lie" music video, he plays a Gibson ES-335. Live and in the studio he mostly plays Gibson Les Paul Standards and Customs. He's also often seen playing handmade guitars by his friend Ted Stevenson of Stevenson guitars. He uses Mesa Boogie amplifiers. He also uses D'Addario strings. He currently uses EJ17 - Set Medium 13-56,EXL140 - Set Light Top/Heavy Bottom 10-52 and EXP12 - Set Medium 13-56

Music[link]

Beside his Simple Plan projects, Jeff also contributed to the Rush tribute CD released in 2005 titled Subdivisions: "A Tribute To Rush"" and performs on the Rush hit "The Spirit of Radio" along with Winger lead vocalist Kip Winger.

Filmography[link]

Actor[link]

Stinco receives aid from a tech during Simple Plan's 2 August 2009 show in North Bay.

• Nitro (film)(2007) .... Viny
• New York Minute (2004/I) .... Simple Plan
• "The New Tom Green Show" (1 episode, 2003)

Writer[link]

• Simple Plan: A Big Package for You (2003) (V) (uncredited)

Self[link]

• Simple Plan: MTV Hard Rock Live (2005) (V) .... Himself - Guitars
• "Otro rollo con: Adal Ramones" .... Himself (1 episode, 2005) aka Otro rollo (Mexico: short title)
• New Year's Rockin' Eve 2005 (2004) (TV) (as Simple Plan) .... Himself
• Punk Rock Holocaust (2004) (V) .... Himself - Simple Plan
• Simple Plan: Still Not Getting Any... (2004) (V) .... Himself
• Simple Plan: A Big Package for You (2003) (V) .... Himself
• "What's New, Scooby-Doo?" .... Himself (1 episode)

External links[link]

• Jeff Stinco on Twitter
• Simple Plan Official Website
• D'Addario.com/Jeffstinco

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David Desrosiers
Desrosiers performs with Simple Plan
Background information
Birth name	David Philippe Desrosiers
Born	(1980-08-29) August 29, 1980 (age 31) Sept-Îles, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Pop punk, alternative rock, post punk, melodic hardcore, punk rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Bass guitar, vocals, guitar
Years active	1999–present
Labels	Lava / Atlantic
Associated acts	Simple Plan
Website	www.simpleplan.com
Notable instruments
Fender Precision Bass Fender Jazz Bass

David Philippe Desrosiers (born August 29, 1980) is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the bassist and backing vocalist for pop punk band Simple Plan.^[1] Born in Sept-Îles, Desrosiers was raised in Matane, Quebec.^[2]

Career[link]

.^[3] He has briefly played the drums and bass guitar for bands such as The Used, Vendetta Red, Green Day, Good Charlotte, and MxPx. He guest-starred on Season 3 of The Naked Brothers Band, episode 7, Naked Idol, Part 2.

Desrosiers primarily plays a Fender Precision Bass.

References[link]

External links[link]

• David Desrosiers on Twitter
• Simple Plan official website