Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I write about music and the business of music. The roots of Simple Plan's new album, Harder Than It Looks, go back 20 years. In ...

Simple Plan may be one of the ultimate pop-punk bands. As well as racking up collabs with members of blink-182, Sum 41 and Weezer, the Canadian group have played on several Warped Tours, while iconic ...

MxPx; Simple Plan Though punk band MxPx was the topliner for this sold-out show, booking was a clear case of a headliner in commercial decline being upstaged by an on-the-rise support act, in this ...