Editing Simple Plan (section)

=== 2002–2005: ''No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls'' and ''Still Not Getting Any...'' ===
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In 2002, Simple Plan released their debut studio album, ''[[No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls]]'', which featured the singles "[[I'm Just a Kid]]", "[[I'd Do Anything (Simple Plan song)|I'd Do Anything]]", "[[Addicted (Simple Plan song)|Addicted]]", and "[[Perfect (Simple Plan song)|Perfect]]". The band was aiming for a pure pop-punk record.<ref name="Archived Simple Plan Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.simpleplan.com/band.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051029101135/http://www.simpleplan.com/band.php |archive-date=29 October 2005 |title=Archived Simple Plan Bio |date=29 October 2005 |access-date=21 February 2011}}</ref> The record was originally released in the United States with 12 tracks, ending with "Perfect". Enhanced and foreign editions came in several different versions with up to two additional tracks in addition to the original 12. Two pop punk singers contributed on vocals: [[Mark Hoppus]] from [[Blink-182]] on "I'd Do Anything" and included vocals by [[Joel Madden]] from [[Good Charlotte]] on "You Don't Mean Anything." The years of 2002 and 2003 were formative for the band. MTV Networks featured "Addicted" on one of their top performing shows during the spring of 2003 in the United States and internationally; on MTV and MTVu, and was filmed at the University at Buffalo (SUNY Buffalo) in Western New York. ''[[Addicted (Simple Plan song)|Addicted]]'' was the theme song for ''[[Fraternity Life]]''. While the show was taken off the air the following season the band continued to rise on the billboard charts in the United States and performances continued to be booked and reruns of the show played around the world.

In 2002, the band also performed and recorded the theme song for a rebooted installment of the [[Scooby-Doo]] franchise, ''[[What's New, Scooby-Doo?]]''. This show used the band's intro throughout its entire run until its conclusion in 2006. It also featured many of the band's songs within episodes of the show, including [[I'd Do Anything (Simple Plan song)|"I'd Do Anything"]].

In 2003, the band played as a headliner on the [[Vans Warped Tour]]&nbsp;— an appearance memorialized in the comedy slasher film, ''Punk Rock Holocaust'', in which four of the five band members are killed. The band also played short stints on the Warped Tour in 2004 and 2005. That same year (2003) the band opened for [[Avril Lavigne]] on her ''[[Try To Shut Me Up Tour]]''.<ref name="Delafont Bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.delafont.com/music_acts/simple-plan.htm|title=Delafont bio|publisher=Delafont.com |access-date=21 February 2011}}</ref> In addition to several headlining tours, the band has also opened for [[Green Day]] and [[Good Charlotte]].<ref name="Delafont Bio"/> The album had sold one million copies in early 2003 then went on to sell over four million copies worldwide, making it the band's best selling album to date.

In 2004, Simple Plan released its second album, ''[[Still Not Getting Any...]]'' which was produced by [[Bob Rock]] and led to the subsequent singles, "[[Welcome to My Life]]", "[[Shut Up! (Simple Plan song)|Shut Up]]", "[[Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)]]", "[[Crazy (Simple Plan song)|Crazy]]", and (in some markets) "Perfect World".

According to the album's bonus DVD, the band originally considered other names for it like ''Get Rich or Die Trying'', ''Enema of the State'', and ''In The Zone'' before deciding on ''Still Not Getting Any...''. The name stemmed from the band's belief that they were not getting any good reviews, with Bouvier once noting that the band only had one recent good review in ''[[Alternative Press (magazine)|Alternative Press]]''. ''Still Not Getting Any...'' was a musical departure from the group's previous album: the band retained its style of downbeat lyrics matched to upbeat music, but managed to transcend from the standard pop punk genre. Although many of the tracks on this CD still carried the feeling of teen angst that is probably most noticeable in "I'm Just a Kid" from ''No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls'', the general slant of this album tends toward slightly deeper and more mature lyrical themes, as well as a more mainstream sound that edges away from the pure pop punk style of the group's last album. Some critics have pointed towards the inclusion of "classic" or "mainstream" rock elements, claiming the album "de-emphasizes punk-pop hyperactivity in favor of straightforward, well-crafted modern rock".<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/still-not-getting-any-mw0000469791 | title= Simple Plan : Still Not Getting Any... | first=Johnny | last=Loftus | publisher=AllMusic | access-date=11 January 2017}}</ref>

In 2005, their cover version of [[Cheap Trick]]'s "[[Surrender (Cheap Trick song)|Surrender]]" was featured in [[Fantastic Four (2005 film)#Soundtrack|the soundtrack album]] for the [[superhero film]], ''[[Fantastic Four (2005 film)|Fantastic Four]]''.