Jeff Stinco
Jeff Stinco | |
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Stinco performing with Simple Plan in 2024 | |
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| Born | Jean-François Stinco August 22, 1978 Pierrefonds, Quebec, Canada |
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| Years active | 1999–present |
| Member of | Simple Plan |
Spouse |
Mimi Bonnier (m. 1992) |
Jean-François Stinco (born August 22, 1978[1]) is a Canadian musician best known as the lead guitarist for the rock band Simple Plan. As the lead guitarist, he has played on every Simple Plan studio album, including No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls (2002) and Still Not Getting Any... (2004).
Early life and career
Stinco is of Italian descent[2] and has two brothers. Unlike many of his bandmates, Stinco is a formally trained musician. He studied classical guitar for 10 years at the Conservatoire de musique du Québec à Montréal and participated in masterclasses with renowned guitarists like Manuel Barrueco. Stinco attended Collège Beaubois High School in Pierrefonds along with future bandmates Chuck Comeau, Pierre Bouvier, and Sébastien Lefebvre.
In 1999, Stinco, drummer Chuck Comeau and rhythm guitarist Sébastien Lefebvre founded the band Simple Plan. 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", "Addicted", and "Perfect". 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", "Untitled (How Could This Happen to Me?)", "Crazy", and (in some markets) "Perfect World".
Personal life
Stinco is married to yoga instructor and osteopathy doctor Mimi Bonnier; they have been together since 1992 and have three children.[1] Outside of music, Stinco is a successful entrepreneur in the Montreal culinary scene, owning several restaurants including La Taverne Gaspard and Mangiafoco.[1][3]
Discography
With Simple Plan
- No Pads, No Helmets...Just Balls (2002)
- Still Not Getting Any... (2004)
- Simple Plan (2008)[4]
- Get Your Heart On! (2011)
- Taking One for the Team (2016)
- Harder Than It Looks (2022)
References
- ^ a b c "My Montreal: Jeff Stinco-Simple Plan". montrealgazette. Archived from the original on 2021-12-08. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ^ "Jeff Stinco". Paoletti Guitars. Retrieved 2026-03-11.
- ^ "Jeff Stinco - Biography". IMDb. Retrieved 2026-03-16.
- ^ "Simple Plan's Pierre Bouvier: Warped Tour Was Like No Other". Raz Klinghoffer. Retrieved 10 June 2020.