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The members of Three Days Grace began bashing punk chords when they were in their teens, carving a derivative yet energetic sound that fueled their live performances. Three Days Grace was formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada, in 1997 by Adam Gontier (vocals, guitar), Brad Walst (bass), and Neil Sanderson (drums). The group was originally called Groundswell, a five-piece that lasted from 1992 until transforming to a trio five years later. Gontier and Walst were raised in Norwood, and many of their songs were inspired by living in a place with a population of around 1,500. The bandmembers were still in high school when they had their first gig, and they performed anywhere that would accept them -- including opening for a movie. Three Days Grace eventually relocated to Toronto and were introduced to producer Gavin Brown by their old manager. The band gave Brown a private set, and he selected what he felt were the most promising tracks. The group then produced a demo for EMI Music Publishing Canada. With Brown at the helm, Three Days Grace recorded "(I Hate) Everything About You." The tune got them a publishing deal with EMI, and they soon were signed to Jive after being courted by the company's president. Brown and Three Days Grace were sent to a studio in Boston, MA, to start the group's debut album. The band completed its self-titled full-length in Woodstock, NY, at an isolated location free from big-city distractions. Heavily influenced by Kyuss and Sunny Day Real Estate, the dark, angst-ridden tales of small-town love and hate on Three Days Grace brought the group a Next Big Thing tag. Three Days Grace was released on July 22, 2003, by which time "(I Hate) Everything About You" was already hit on alternative radio stations in Canada. The band toured extensively behind the record for the next two years as both a support act and headliners, but after a while, life on the road left the band, especially Gontier, feeling isolated and alone. Consequently, this theme of disconnection -- coupled with the realization that one was in fact not alone -- would serve as the basis for their follow-up album. Getting back to their roots by writing the record in the Ontario countryside, One-X was released in June 2006. The album, which hit number five on the Billboard Top 200, marked the recorded debut of the band's second guitarist, Barry Stock. Three Days Grace supported One-X through the summer on dates alongside Staind, Hoobastank, and Nickelback, while "Animal I Have Become" became a number one modern rock hit. ~ Michael Sutton, All Music Guide Three Days Grace is a Canadian band formed in Norwood, Ontario in 1997. The band consists of members Adam Gontier (vocals and guitar), Brad Walst (bass), Neil Sanderson (drums), and Barry Stock (guitar). They originally formed as a quintet in 1992 under the name Groundswell; they changed their name to Three Days Grace and became a quartet in 1997. The group moved from Norwood to Toronto and met producer Gavin Brown, formerly of the band Big Sugar. Brown helped produce their self-titled debut album, Three Days Grace, which was released in 2003; it reached the top ten of the Canadian albums chart, the top 100 of the U.S. Billboard 200 albums chart, and number-one on Billboard's Top Heatseekers chart. Upon completion of the album the band recruited Stock to help on lead guitar to give Adam breathing room on stage and on tour. The album's hit lead single, "I Hate Everything About You," reached number-one in Canada and the top ten in the U.S. The second single "Just Like You," gave the group a second number-one in Canada. Their third single, "Home" was also a hit, charting at #2 on the US Modern Rock chart, although it wasn't as successful as the other two. A fourth single, "Wake Up," was only released in Canada. It was also successful on the Canadian Rock chart. Brown won a Juno Award in 2004 (see Juno Awards of 2004) for his production on the album and his work on Try Honesty by the band Billy Talent. Three Days Grace was also nominated for best New Group Of The Year but lost to Billy Talent. On March 31, 2006, the band released their first single off of their album One-X entitled "Animal I Have Become." One-X was released on June 13, 2006, and landed at # 5 on the U.S. Billboard 200. In the record's first week, it sold over 78,000 copies, an outstanding achievement for the band. Three Days Grace is on tour with Staind to promote the record. The album's second single, "Pain," is expected to hit the radio very soon and a video will follow up. At one point when we were on the road, I felt like I had a target on my back. I felt like there were a lot of things getting thrown at me that I had to deal with and I felt alone? I was the only one who could really understand myself."- Adam Gontier On One-X, the follow up to Three Days Grace's 2003 self-titled debut, the band explores that sentiment with alarming honesty. A raw, confessional album, One-X finds frontman Adam Gontier delving into a sense of utter loneliness that ironically comes from being constantly surrounded by other people. One-X is simultaneously the story of Gontier's personal destruction on the road, and a universal tale of feeling like an outsider. "From front to back, the lyrics of One-X explore the different problems I had. I felt singled out. I wanted to be normal and I just wanted someone, anyone to help me. At a point, I finally came to realize that no matter how singled out I felt, there were so many others out there like me. I realized, 'okay, I'm not alone'." - Adam Gontier Part of learning he was not alone came from learning his band mates felt similarly isolated, dismayed with the falseness of life on the road. "Being on tour can be strange sometimes," said bassist Brad Walst. "All these people around you seem to know you, but they really don't and you don't know them either, but you carry on as if you do. It's weird how you can still feel alone in a crowd of people. In fact the only ones we could really relate to were the true fans. They know what's going on inside your head because they are the ones that are hearing it in your music." After two years on the road, the band was coming to terms with what they experienced. "The whole process tuned us into the phenomenon of urban isolation - being in a big city, where people are inches away, but you feel miles apart" said drummer Neil Sanderson. "We're used to the opposite, being from rural Ontario, where you're miles away physically, but you feel inches apart." Oddly enough, the band escaped by isolating themselves again. Packing up, getting out of the city and moving into Ontario cottage country, the band eliminated all outside distractions to write One-X. "We basically wrote the record around a fire with acoustic guitars," said Walst. "It was all about getting back to our roots." When the band emerged, they had a heavy, highly emotional album in hand. One-X is rife with anguish-fueled vocals, heavy beats and rough chords. Backed by the thunderous rhythm section of Neil Sanderson on drums and Brad Walst on bass, and the thrashing, urgent riffs of Barry Stock on guitar, One-X is a roller coaster ride through Gontier's psyche. Intensely honest, Gontier leaves nothing out; it sounds as if he's ripping pages from his journal. "Pain" finds Gontier stubbornly adhering to the vices that hurt him, while letting in the voice trying to heal him. The almost sweetly melodic verses come from "someone telling me there's something wrong and you have to do something about it," says Gontier, while the grizzled choruses find him clinging to the pain. "Animal I Have Become," the first single off One-X, is Adam's "realization that a change has to happen and you have to ask for help." With stomping bass lines backing him up, Gontier pleads, "Somebody get me through this nightmare / I can't control myself." It's also startlingly open, as he realizes the impact of revealing his lyrics: "So what if you can see / the darkest side of me." "The road definitely got the better of us at times," said Sanderson, echoing the sentiment of "Animal I Have Become." "I know from my own point of view that you can kind of lose yourself out there and get caught up in the moment. It's just the lifestyle. I know Adam went through times when he would do anything to distance himself from the strangers around him. We were on a bit of a downward spiral out there but we pulled out of it." While all of the tracks explore painfully personal struggles, "Never Too Late" was the hardest track for Gontier to write. Opening with a solitary guitar, which could easily signify loneliness, the track is instead the album's most optimistic song. Adam admits, "It's the one that touches me the most when we play it live and when I listen to it now that the record's done, it still gives me shivers because it has so much to do with me. There's a sliver of hope in that song as well." With lyrics like "Do you think there's no one like you / We are," "One X," the album's final song, is the one that Three Days Grace fans connect to the most. "It says you're not alone and there are lots of people out there like you," Gontier explains. "Having gone through these struggles, we are able to re-introduce ourselves and our music to our fans?It's time to let everyone else in on our lives over the last two years." As we hear Gontier sing with his world-weary vocals at the end of the album, the band has developed a new sense of purpose; what started out as fear and pain has led to confidence and triumph. "I need to figure out who's behind me," Adam sings in the album's final lines. "We are / We stand above the crowd." Name: Adam Wade Gontier Birthday: May 21, 1978 Hometown: Norwood, in Ontario, Canada He is the: Lead Singer Instruments Used: Schecter Guitars, Paul Reed Smith Guitars, Gibson Guitars, Guild Acoustic Guitars, Brewer Guitar Co. Acoustic Guitars, Deizel Amps, Mesa Amps & Cabinets, Boss Pedals, Myrold Pedals, Shure Microphones, Dunlop Picks Influence: His mother, The Beatles, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Nirvana, Soundgarden and Dinosaur jr. Marital status: Married to his high school sweetheart, Naomi. Tattoos: Solid black band, and lyrics to "Never Too Late" on his right forearm, Moira inspired band, a tribute to his grandmother on his left arm. Favourite City: New York, NY Favorite live music venue: The Norva Theater, Norfolk, Virginia Pirate or Ninja?: "Depends?if it was Chris Farley as the Beverly Hills Ninja, against Johnny Depp as the Caribbean pirate, my money's on the ninja?.he'd rip the pirate's sack off like a paper towel...love Farley...R.I.P!" Drink of Choice: Coffee Favourite Colour: Black Favourite Car: Corvette Favourite Beverage: Dr Pepper Favourite Sport: Hockey Favourite Ice Cream Flavour: Chocolate Favourite Comedian: Dane Cook Fact: He is the godfather of Roo G. Formed in 1992 under the name Groundswell. Changed name to Three Days Grace in fall 1997 after the band changed from a 5 to a 3 piece. Recently opened for Wide Mouth Mason, Headstones, Glueleg, Finger Eleven,and Tea Party. Play frequently in Toronto, ON and surrounding area. In 2004, Three Days Grace toured with Nickelback on the Australian leg of the The Long Road tour. •They also starred in the film Raise Your Voice in which the song "Are You Ready" was played. •A song called "Too Late" was expected to be on the Daredevil soundtrack, but it was then removed so it could be later put on the next record. The song was re-recorded as "Never Too Late" and is on Three Days Grace's second album One-X. •In 2006 bassist Brad Walst separated his leg muscle playing soccer outside the band's bus, making him very immobile during the band's tour with Nickelback. •In 2006, while they were on tour, they broke into a cover of Filter's "Hey Man, Nice Shot" in the middle of "Home." •Barry joined Three Days Grace after I Hate Everything About You came out. He joined to take some pressure off of Adam onstage. •Three Days Grace were signed to Jive Records in fall 2002. •Neil plays the drums on a CD called Shutterbug by Oddball which was released in 1996. •Adam, Brad, and Neil were friends during high school. They decided to take music seriously around 1997-1998. •Three Days Grace recorded 5 songs in Toronto around 2000. The 5 songs were cut down to 3 and released as a demo. This demo was simply called Three Days Grace. Only 150 copies were made. •Wave Of Popular Feeling was released by Groundswell in the early months of 1995. •The band Groundswell was started in 1992. •Three Days Grace used to be called Groundswell. They changed their name to Three Days Grace in 1997 after the band went from 5 people to 3 people. •Things that make Brad mad are, People who waste time worrying about the little things in life and Not being informed. •Neil's influences are John Bohham (Led Zeppelin), Stuart Copeland (The Police) and Danny Carey (Tool). •Brad's influences are Deftones, Nirvana, The Doors, Nine Inch Nails and Radiohead. •Barry's influences are Led Zeppelin, Black Sabbath, Tool and Clint Eastwood. •Adam's influences are Jeff Buckley, Sunny Day Real Estate, Ben Harper and his mother. •Gavin Brown produced the self titled debut album of Three Days Grace •The band started playing when they were 14 years old in Norwood, Ontario. They babbled about bands for awhile until they got serious in in 1997 when they formed Three Days Grace. •"I Hate Everything About You," which deals with love-hate relationships, to confronting and fighting for your individuality in "Just Like You," •Their song "Let You Down," is about deception, as well as the self-explanatory. •Barry Stock joined the band in June of 2003. •The CD's they have released are Three Days Grace (2003) and One-X (2006) •The band members of Three Days Grace are Adam Gontier, Brad Walst, Neil Sanderson and berry stock. writed by three days grace fansite Lyrics