In 1997, the band, Reset, released their debut CD, which became highly regarded as an excellent debut of any band. However, with the band members being teenagers and looking forward to furthering school studies, band member changes came about.  But it was the longing for what the band felt was most important to them that each member reunited with Jeff Stinco (formally in a band with Comeau) and called themselves Simple Plan by 1999.

 Determination saw the band playing to big crowds at such venues as Toronto's Snow Jam and Van's Warped Tour. A following increased and soon the band saw the break they needed through a contract with Atlantic Records and an inclusion on The New Guy soundtrack.  They gained way for their Atlantic debut, No Helmets, No Pads... Just Balls with feverishly displaced hardcore punk and harmonic backgrounds. And despite the album's cheesy album cover, what lied within was an all out tribute to the hardcore punk and rock that set in motion nearly 25 years before them.  And despite the band's reputation for not breaking through any new barriers or making new waves on the scene, Simple Plan seem to be efficient in their fun in life even though their songs are filed with the standard punk angst of being a teenager.