Sébastien Lefebvre
Lefebvre in performance with Simple Plan
Background information
Birth name	Gatean-Jean Sébastien Lefebvre
Born	June 5, 1981 (1981-06-05) (age 28) Laval, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Pop punk Alternative rock Pop rock
Occupations	Musician
Instruments	Guitar, Bass, Backing vocals
Years active	1999 - present
Labels	Lava / Atlantic
Associated acts	Simple Plan
Website	Simple Plan's Official Website

Sébastien Lefebvre (born 5 June 1981) is a French Canadian musician, who is best known as the rhythm guitarist and backing vocalist for pop punk band Simple Plan. Lefebvre grew up in Laval, Québec, and used to work as a janitor at his old high school; Collège Beaubois in Pierrefonds, Quebec.

Lefebvre's surname is properly pronounced, among French speakers, "le-fave", but English speakers generally pronounce it "le-fevra". He has commented on the difference, without pronouncing the French, in his podcasts. On the DVD A Big Package for You, he pronounces it "le-fever" when he introduces himself; however the other band members can be observed smirking as he does so.

[edit] Equipment

Sebastien currently uses Framus, specifically the Mayfield. He currently uses Mesa Boogie and Framus amplifiers.

[edit] Early life

Lefebvre grew up in Laval, Québec with his parents and three siblings. He is very close to his older brother, Jay Lefebvre. He also has two younger sisters, Andrée-Anne and Héloise. Jay is mentioned in the album "Still Not Getting Any..." credits as well as the "Simple Plan" credits and on the Man Of The Hour website and MySpace, where he is thanked for "catering". Lefebvre's parents divorced when he was in high school. Both remarried, according to the "Simple Plan" credits where he thanks "My four parents." His mother, Lorraine Pépin, works as a children's psychologist and social worker in East Montréal and his father, Jean Lefebvre, works at Human Resources in Central Québec.

[edit] Man Of The Hour

Man Of The Hour Hour is an online radio show that features Lefebvre and Simple Plan's former webmaster, photographer, and videographer Patrick Langlois. "Man of the Hour" began as a proposed side project to include himself, Patrick Langlois and Bowling For Soup's leading man, Jaret Reddick, though no songs were ever actually recorded. However, T-shirts and other promotional items were made. With no spare time to devote to developing the band, it turned into the radio show they have today; "Man of The Hour Hour", on idobi radio...

[edit] Solo Project

Lefebvre has recorded an acoustic EP. He has been updating the progress of his solo endeavor primarily through his myspace and twitter accounts. The EP, titled "You Are Here / Vous Êtes Ici," was released October 20th. The first single "I Fall For You" was released on September 8. A music video has just recently been released on YouTube^[1]. The music video is directed by Simple Plan band mate, Chuck.

You Are Here / Vous Êtes Ici, was released under Coalition Entertainment (Records) Inc. The tracklist of the EP is:

1. "Décoller" - 1:31
2. "Comatose" - 4:01
3. "La Nouvelle Vie" - 3:21
4. "Good Night" - 3:02
5. "I Fall For You" - 3:47
6. "Life Goes On" - 3:09
7. "The One" - 2:39

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Seb has also been releasing songs on his myspace page. These include a cover of Weezer's song Can't Stop Partying and a cover of Tik Tok from Ke$ha. Along with these there is a song titled Catch Me wich features Katie Rox. ^[5]

[edit] Filmography

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Lefebvre takes to the air at the band's show in Moscow, 18 August 2009.

• Simple Plan: Simple Plan (2008) (v)
• Simple Plan: Still Not Getting Any... (2004) (V)
• Simple Plan: A Big Package for You (2003) (V)

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[edit] References

[edit] External links

• Official Website
• Official MySpace
• Man of the Hour Offical MySpace
• Man Of The HourOfficial YouTube Channel
• Sébastien Lefebvre at the Internet Movie Database
• Simple Plan Official website
• idobi Radio Official Website