Simple Plan's I Can Wait Forever MV debuts on Animax

Animax viewers in Asia are set to be the first in the world to feast their eyes on the 3D animated MV (Music Video) specially produced for Simple Plan’s I Can Wait Forever. The five minute-long MV will debut tonight at 11:25 on Animax.

Featuring as the theme song for Animax’s LaMB, I Can Wait Forever was written and performed by Simple Plan, released in 2008 on its self-titled third album. The I Can Wait Forever MV ties closely with the plot on LaMB. Set on planet Cerra where LaMB unfolds, the MV delves into the story’s key issue of Lamination, the planet’s penal system which imprisons criminals in laminated suits to ensure prisoners (LaMBs) have no freedom but remain productive to society as virtual slaves for centuries.

Simple Plan’s members Pierre Bouvier (vocals), Chuck Comeau (drums), David Desrosiers (bass), Sebastien Lefebvre (guitar) and Jeff Stinco (lead guitar) are animated into the MV as fighters against Lamination on a fast and furious mission battling android defences to save a wrongly sentenced LaMB, where failure means they have to wait forever for her to be free. The MV also offers a taste of things to come with Simple Plan to perform as an animated band in the LaMB HD animation TV feature premiering March 2009 across Asia.

“We’re absolutely thrilled to see our animated selves and we love the cool and slick 3D action sequences in this fantastic MV. We hope our fans in Asia can share our excitement and enjoy the stunning visuals that make I Can Wait Forever truly special. Simple Plan is very proud to be part of LaMB,” enthused Pierre Bouvier, lead vocalist of Simple Plan.

The cheery and richly-coloured Summertime MV, on the other hand, centers on protagonists Jack, a bioscientist, and Eve, a LaMB (prisoner), going about nanotechnology experiments to terraform (vegetate) the desert planet Cerra and their dreams of success. Vivid 3D environments with fields of colorful flowers and exquisite artwork from LaMB jazz up The Click Five’s performance of the upbeat song which hails from the band’s most recent album Modern Minds and Pastimes.

Summertime MV is available at the LaMB online destination at www.animax-lamb.com, with the uncut version of Simple Plan’s I Can Wait Forever MV to come available on-line after the one time broadcast on Animax. Both MVs are produced in Singapore and will serve as the official MVs for the bands’ respective songs internationally.