Three Days Grace is a Canadian
rock
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band formed in
Norwood, Ontario in 1992 originally as "Groundswell" and played in various local Norwood backyard parties and area establishments before disbanding in 1995 and regrouping in 1997.
Based in
Toronto
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, the band's original line-up consisted of guitarist and lead vocalist
Adam Gontier
Adam Wade Gontier (born May 25, 1978) is a Canadian singer and guitarist. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for Saint Asonia, but is best known as the former lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and founding member of the Can ...
, drummer and backing vocalist
Neil Sanderson
Neil Christopher Sanderson (born December 17, 1978) is the drummer, backing vocalist, and co-founder of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. He cites his influences as John Bonham, Danny Carey, and Stewart Copeland. He is also the co-founder ...
, and bassist Brad Walst. In 2003,
Barry Stock
Barry Stock (born April 24, 1974) is the lead guitarist of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace.
Biography
Stock joined Three Days Grace in 2003, shortly after the band's self-titled debut studio album was released. Stock's addition in Thr ...
was recruited as the band's lead guitarist, making them a quartet. In 2013, Gontier left the band and was replaced by
My Darkest Days
My Darkest Days was a Canadian rock band based in Peterborough, Ontario, consisting of lead singer Matt Walst, bassist Brendan McMillan, drummer Doug Oliver, and keyboardist Reid Henry. They were discovered by Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, who si ...
' vocalist Matt Walst, the younger brother of Brad Walst.
Currently signed to
RCA Records
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, they have released seven studio albums, six of which at three-year intervals: ''
Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace is a Canadian Rock music, rock band formed in Norwood, Ontario in 1992 originally as "Groundswell" and played in various local Norwood backyard parties and area establishments before disbanding in 1995 and regrouping in 1997.
...
'' in 2003, ''
One-X
''One-X'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was produced by Howard Benson and is the band's first album recorded as a four-piece band, as Barry Stock joined the group and took over lead guitar from lead singer ...
'' in 2006, ''
Life Starts Now
''Life Starts Now'' is the third studio album by the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. The album was released on September 22, 2009. It was produced by Howard Benson. It was the second time in a row that the band has worked with him, after the ...
'' in 2009, ''
Transit of Venus
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'' in 2012, ''
Human
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'' in 2015, and ''
Outsider
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'' in 2018. Their seventh studio album ''
Explosions
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'' was released on May 6, 2022. The first three albums have been
RIAA certified
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certified by Music Canada as platinum, triple platinum, and double platinum, respectively. In the United Kingdom, their second album ''
One-X
''One-X'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was produced by Howard Benson and is the band's first album recorded as a four-piece band, as Barry Stock joined the group and took over lead guitar from lead singer ...
'' was certified silver by the
British Phonographic Industry
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. The band has 17 No. 1 songs on the ''Billboard''
Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks
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chart and 3 No. 1 hits on
Alternative Songs
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.
History
As Groundswell (1992–1997)
The band started out as a quintet named "Groundswell" in
Norwood, Ontario, in 1992.
Groundswell released one full-length album, ''Wave of Popular Feeling'' in 1995, containing singles "Eddie", "Poison Ivy" and "Stare". The band's line-up consisted of lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer Neil Sanderson, bassist Brad Walst, lead guitarist Phil Crowe, and rhythm guitarist Joe Grant. Most of the members were attending high school when the band formed.
By the end of 1997, the band had broken up.
Early years as Three Days Grace (1997–2002)
![ThreeDaysGrace Logo](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fb/ThreeDaysGrace_Logo.png)
In 1997, Gontier, Sanderson, and Walst regrouped as "Three Days Grace". According to Gontier, the name refers to a sense of urgency, with the question being whether someone could change something in their life if they had only three days to make a change.
Once in Toronto, the band became acquainted with local producer Gavin Brown. They gave him several years' worth of material which they had created, and he "...picked out what he called 'the golden nuggets'", according to Gontier.
Brown and the band polished the songs and created a demo album, which they gave to
EMI Music Publishing Canada. The record label wanted to hear more material, and with Brown producing, the band created the song, "
I Hate Everything About You
"I Hate Everything About You" is the debut single by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, from their debut self-titled album. The song peaked at number 55 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, number four on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and ...
", which attracted the interest of several record labels.
Three Days Grace were soon signed to
Jive Records
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after being sought out by the company's president.
''Three Days Grace'' (2003–2005)
They moved to
Long View Farm
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It was the location of recordings from many ...
, a studio in
North Brookfield, Massachusetts
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, to record their debut album.
The
self-titled album was finished in
Woodstock
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,
New York
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and released on July 22, 2003.
''Three Days Grace'' was met with mixed-to-favourable reviews. Dave Doray of
IGN
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said of the album, "Mistakes? There's not many."
AllMusic
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reviewer Heather Phares said that on ''Three Days Grace'', "the band's focus and adherence to alt-metal's formulas – coupled with tight songwriting and some unexpectedly pretty choruses – results in a strong tracks that are more memorable than the work of many of their peers".
She did criticize the album for its simplicity, concluding, "Three Days Grace are definitely one of the most accessible alt-metal bands of the 2000s; they just need to add some more distinctiveness to their sound."
To support the eponymous album, the band released their first single, "I Hate Everything About You" (the song whose demo had gotten the band a record deal) in 2003.
The song received heavy airplay and rapidly became widely recognizable,
and was labelled as the band's "breakout hit".
After Barry Stock joined as lead guitarist in late 2003,
the band toured continuously and extensively for nearly two years in support of their major label debut.
The album peaked at No. 9 on the
Canadian Albums Chart
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and No. 69 on the
''Billboard'' 200, and was certified platinum in the U.S. by the
RIAA
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in December 2004
and double platinum in Canada by the
CRIA
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.
The band appeared as themselves in the 2004 film ''
Raise Your Voice
''Raise Your Voice'' is a 2004 American teen musical drama film directed by Sean McNamara and starring Hilary Duff. Canadian rock band Three Days Grace made a cameo appearance in the film, performing the songs "Are You Ready" and "Home".
Pl ...
,'' performing the songs "Are You Ready" and "Home".
''One-X'' and Stock's arrival (2006–2008)
![ThreeDaysGraceLive](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/ThreeDaysGraceLive.JPG)
The release of "I Hate Everything About You" was followed by two more single releases, "
Just Like You" and "
Home
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". About this time, Gontier developed an addiction to the prescription
drug
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OxyContin
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. After finishing the tour for their first album, the band knew they could not continue with the condition he was in, so in 2005, with the support of his family, friends, and band members, Gontier checked himself into the
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health
The Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (CAMH, pronounced , french: Centre de toxicomanie et de santé mentale) is a psychiatric teaching hospital located in Toronto and ten community locations throughout the province of Ontario, Canada. It re ...
(CAMH) in Toronto. While in treatment, Gontier began writing lyrics for songs regarding how he felt and what he was going through in rehabilitation.
![TDG2008](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/TDG2008.jpg)
Gontier successfully completed treatment at CAMH. The band found a place suitable for further songwriting in
Northern Ontario
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, in a cottage where they experimented on, tested, and practiced new songs. After three months at the cottage, they had about finished what would be their second album. Gontier contributed lyrics about his experiences in rehab; the first single from ''
One-X
''One-X'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was produced by Howard Benson and is the band's first album recorded as a four-piece band, as Barry Stock joined the group and took over lead guitar from lead singer ...
'', titled "
Animal I Have Become
"Animal I Have Become" is a song by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was released on April 10, 2006, as the first single from their second studio album, ''One-X''. The song was released digitally on April 18, 2006. The song spent seven we ...
", features lyrics Gontier had written while getting sober. The second album contained at least four more such songs, including "Over and Over", "Gone Forever", and the hit songs "
Pain
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" and "
Never Too Late". In a 2006 interview, Gontier said that the album's material was more personal to him than the band's previous work because the inspiration had come out of his experiences with despondence, drug abuse, and rehab, which had constituted the past two years of his life.
[ ]
''One-X'' was released on June 13, 2006
and marked
Barry Stock
Barry Stock (born April 24, 1974) is the lead guitarist of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace.
Biography
Stock joined Three Days Grace in 2003, shortly after the band's self-titled debut studio album was released. Stock's addition in Thr ...
's first effort with the band.
Gontier also performed live by himself at various rehabilitation centres as a "thank you" to the people who had helped him get through his addiction, and as an inspiration to others who were also dealing with addiction issues. In these performances, he would play songs such as "Pain", "Animal I Have Become", and "Never Too Late", to encourage and motivate people under treatment to overcome their addiction. Most, if not all, of these solo acoustic performances, called the "Three Days to Change" tour, took place simultaneously as Three Days Grace toured promoting ''One-X''. In November 2006, Gontier performed with the band at a special show at the CAMH in Toronto, where he had gone for his own rehab. The audience of about 250 people included patients, radio contest winners, family and friends of the band, and representatives from the band's label. Following the performance, Gontier did a 50-minute Q&A session which was filmed as part of the "Behind the Pain" documentary.
''One-X'' was met with mostly positive reviews. The ''
Toronto Star
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'' complimented the album with a review title of "One CD Worth Buying..." and focused on its lyrics, saying: "The lyrics really speak out to you, especially if you're going through a tough time in your life."
Allmusic reviewer Corey Apar praised the music, saying it "remains catchy despite its lyrical darkness",
but pointed out that Three Days Grace is "hardly innovative" in their approach to writing music and that "further distinctive qualities" would help the band separate itself "...from their alt-metal peers".
''One-X'' peaked at No. 2 on the Canadian album chart
and at No. 5 on the
''Billboard'' 200,
selling 78,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week of release.
"Animal I Have Become" was Three Days Grace's most successful single, becoming 2006's most played rock song in Canada.
The album helped Three Days Grace become the No. 1 rock artist by airplay in the U.S. and Canada in 2007, with ''Billboard'' ranking them as the No. 1 rock artist of 2007.
''One-X'' was certified triple platinum by the RIAA in the U.S. on March 4, 2016,
and double platinum by the CRIA in Canada in July 2007.
Three Days Grace toured the U.S. and Canada throughout the second half of 2006 and all of 2007 in support of ''One-X''. In early 2008, they toured across the U.S. alongside
Seether
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and
Breaking Benjamin
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.
''Life Starts Now'' (2009–2011)
From March to August 2008, and from January to April 2009, the band recorded their third album at
The Warehouse Studio
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in
Vancouver
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,
British Columbia
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, and in
Los Angeles
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, again with producer Howard Benson who had worked with them on their previous releases.
The album, entitled ''
Life Starts Now
''Life Starts Now'' is the third studio album by the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. The album was released on September 22, 2009. It was produced by Howard Benson. It was the second time in a row that the band has worked with him, after the ...
'', was released on September 22, 2009. Critics as well as band members have noted the album's departure from the angry tone of the band's previous releases into a lyrical style that is perceived as more optimistic.
This album reflects the maturity of the band members as they overcome problems such as sickness and death within their families; in a published statement they were quoted as saying: "We had to be inspired by it, but the outcome is this: It's a new beginning. It's life starting over."
According to guitarist Barry Stock, the album's theme centres around "a new sense of freshness" and the idea that "you don't have to be stuck in whatever it is you're dealing with. Whether it's good or bad, it's your choice to make a change".
''Life Starts Now'' debuted at No. 3 on the
''Billboard'' 200, the band's highest chart position to date, and sold 79,000 copies in its first week.
The album was met with mostly positive reviews.
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of the ''
Toronto Star
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'' gave the album a negative review, saying it possesses "no sound of its own, just a shallow range between
Linkin Park
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and
Nickelback
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".
According to Allmusic reviewer James Christopher Monger, who gave the album three out of five stars, ''Life Starts Now'' "...continues the theme of ''One-X'', Gontier's personal demons, but with a 'hint of sunlight'."
He complimented the album, however, saying it "...treats the well-worn metal themes of anger, isolation, heartache, and redemption with the kind of begrudging respect they deserve, pumping out a competent flurry of fist-bump anthems and world-weary, mid-tempo rockers".
The first single release from the album, "
Break
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", was released on September 1, 2009.
In support of the record, the band embarked on the Life Starts Now Tour, with 20 Canadian shows lasting through November and December 2009 and U.S. shows in January–February 2010. They were joined by
Breaking Benjamin
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and
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during the U.S. shows.
''Life Starts Now'' was nominated for "Best Rock Album" at the 2010
Juno Awards
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, but lost to ''
Billy Talent III
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''. They went on tour with
Nickelback
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and
Buckcherry
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on the "Dark Horse Fall 2010 Tour" and they later toured with
My Darkest Days
My Darkest Days was a Canadian rock band based in Peterborough, Ontario, consisting of lead singer Matt Walst, bassist Brendan McMillan, drummer Doug Oliver, and keyboardist Reid Henry. They were discovered by Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, who si ...
starting in March 2011.
''Transit of Venus'' and Gontier's departure (2012–2013)
![Adam Gontier in performance](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/5/59/Adam_Gontier_in_performance.jpg)
On October 7, 2011, the
RCA Music Group
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announced it was disbanding Jive Records along with
Arista and
J Records
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, and moving all the artists signed to the three labels to its
RCA Records
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brand, which included Three Days Grace.
On June 5, 2012, the same day as
Venus' visible transit across the sun, the band announced that their fourth studio album would be called ''
Transit of Venus
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'' and released on October 2, 2012.
They created an early promotional video on their website featuring clips of them in the studio as well as footage of the physical transit of Venus. Due to the rarity of this occurrence, they created the slogan, "Some things will never happen again in your lifetime", reflecting both this uncommon occurrence as well as the mood that the lyrics and music would most likely take on.
The first single from the album, "
Chalk Outline
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", was released on August 14.
On January 9, 2013, the band announced that Gontier had left the band. They described Gontier's departure as being abrupt and unexplained. The departure came just weeks before a co-headlining tour with
Shinedown
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. Gontier explained that he was simply ready to start a new chapter in his life, stating, "After twenty years of being part of an ever evolving band, I have been inspired by life, to move on and to continue to evolve on my own terms." Brad Walst's brother, Matt (of My Darkest Days), became the band's new lead singer. They commenced their 2013 tour in Moline, Illinois.
Shinedown
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and
P.O.D.
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accompanied the band throughout the tour.
Dani Rosenoer, the band's touring keyboardist and backing vocalist since 2012, also joined the band for the tour.
''Human'' (2014–2017)
![Three Days Grace - Rock am Ring 2015-9429](https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/61/Three_Days_Grace_-_Rock_am_Ring_2015-9429.jpg)
During an interview on July 19, 2013, with 99.9 KISW in Seattle, Neil Sanderson confirmed the band was currently working on a new album and they had already recorded half of it. He stated, "We're really amped-up about it, it's got a new energy. It's a little heavier, and it's just more aggressive and it's just got this fresh vibe." A new track entitled "
Painkiller
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" was released to US Rock radio stations on April 8, 2014. On June 6, 2014, "Painkiller" reached No. 1 on the Mainstream Rock Charts, which made it the eleventh No. 1 single the band has released. In an August 2014 interview, the band revealed the title of their next single, "
I Am Machine", which was released September 30, 2014, On January 26, 2015, it was revealed that the new album would be titled ''
Human
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''. On March 23, 2015, "
Human Race
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" was released as the third single. ''Human'' was released on March 31. In early 2015, the band toured Europe, followed by touring predominantly throughout the United States and later in Canada, starting in November 2015.
Halestorm
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supported most of the Canadian dates. The band toured Europe and Russia in early 2016. On November 18, 2016, Three Days Grace released a cover of the
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song "You Don't Get Me High Anymore".
''Outsider'' (2017–2020)
The band began recording their sixth studio album, ''
Outsider
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'', in July 2017, releasing "
The Mountain
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" as the first single on January 25, 2018, with an accompanying music video. The song peaked at No. 1 on the ''
Billboard
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''
Mainstream Rock chart
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in March 2018 and became their 13th No. 1 on the chart while tying the record with
Van Halen
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. The album was released on March 9, 2018. On June 12, "
Infra-Red
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" was released as the band's second single from the album. "Infra-Red" peaked at No. 1 on the Billboard's Mainstream Rock Songs chart and it is their 14th No. 1 single. With this latest achievement, the band broke
Van Halen
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's two-decade record of topping the chart. On November 13, 2018 "Right Left Wrong" was released as the band's third single from the album. It peaked at No. 1 on the ''Billboards Mainstream Rock Songs chart and it is their 15th No. 1 single. On March 14, 2019, the band won Rock Artist of the Year on
2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
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.
On July 23, 2020, the band released a cover of
Gotye
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's "
Somebody That I Used to Know
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".
''Explosions'' (2021–present)
On March 1, 2021, the band confirmed that they were in the studio recording for their seventh studio album on Instagram.
On November 29, 2021, the band released a new single called "
So Called Life" as the first single from their seventh studio album, ''
Explosions
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'', which was released on May 6, 2022. The song reached the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart at number one, topping the chart for four consecutive weeks.
Three months later, on February 17, 2022, the band released a promotional single, titled "Neurotic", featuring
Lukas Rossi
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.
Along with the song releasing, the band released a lyric video of the new track.
On April 11, 2022, the band released "Lifetime" as the album's second radio single.
The song was dedicated to the people of
Mayfield, Kentucky
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Mayfield is in the center of the Jackson Purchase, an eig ...
after an EF4 tornado hit the city in December 2021.
It peaked at number one on the Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. This marks the band's 17th number-one song on the Mainstream Rock Airplay chart.
On September 27, 2022, the third single from the album "I Am the Weapon", was released for radio airplay shortly after the band began performing the song live during their European tour for the album.
Awards and nominations
The band have been recognized for their musical efforts through several awards and nominations. In 2007, the band was ranked by
Mediabase
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as the top artist in airplay across all rock formats in the U.S. and Canada,
and ''Billboard'' named them Rock Artist of the Year.
They have been nominated for 12 Juno awards but only won one for "Producer of the Year" for "
I Hate Everything About You
"I Hate Everything About You" is the debut single by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, from their debut self-titled album. The song peaked at number 55 on the ''Billboard'' Hot 100 chart, number four on the Mainstream Rock Tracks chart and ...
" in 2004. The song was also nominated for "Best Rock Video" and "People's Choice: Favourite Canadian Group" at the
2004 MuchMusic Video Awards. In 2007, they were nominated for "Best Group of the Year", and their album ''
One-X
''One-X'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was produced by Howard Benson and is the band's first album recorded as a four-piece band, as Barry Stock joined the group and took over lead guitar from lead singer ...
'' for "Album of the Year" at the
Juno Award
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s. The band's first single from ''One-X'', "
Animal I Have Become
"Animal I Have Become" is a song by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was released on April 10, 2006, as the first single from their second studio album, ''One-X''. The song was released digitally on April 18, 2006. The song spent seven we ...
", was Canada's most-played rock song in 2006
and won that year's Mediabase award for the most-played rock song on radio. The song also won "Rock Single of the Year" at the
2006 Billboard Music Awards
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Performances
Winners and nominees
Winners are listed in bol ...
. "
Never Too Late" was nominated for "Best Video" and "Best Rock Video", and "
Pain
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" was nominated for "Best International Video by a Canadian" and "People's Choice: Favorite Canadian Group" at the
2007 MuchMusic Video Awards.
In 2010, ''
Life Starts Now
''Life Starts Now'' is the third studio album by the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. The album was released on September 22, 2009. It was produced by Howard Benson. It was the second time in a row that the band has worked with him, after the ...
'' was nominated for "Best Rock Album" at the Juno awards, but lost to ''Billy Talent III''. In 2010, "Break" was nominated for "Best Post Production Video" and "Best Rock Video of the Year" at the
2010 MuchMusic Video Awards on
Fuse.tv
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. "Break" was nominated for "Best Single" and ''Life Starts Now'' won for "Best Album" at the Casby Awards.
They were nominated for the 2016
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.
Three Days Grace were nominated for three Juno Awards,
Outsider
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* ''Outsiders'' (1980 film), a South Korean film featuring Won Mi-kyung
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* Outside ...
for Album of the Year and Rock Album of the Year and the band for Group of the Year at the
Juno Awards 2019.
On March 14, 2019, the band won Rock Artist of the Year on
2019 iHeartRadio Music Awards
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.
They won the Rock Songwriters of the Year award for "
The Mountain
The Mountain (french: La Montagne) was a political group during the French Revolution. Its members, called the Montagnards (), sat on the highest benches in the National Convention.
They were the most radical group and opposed the Girondins. Th ...
" in the 30th anniversary of the
SOCAN
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Awards.
They were nominated for an
MTV Video Music Award for Best Rock Video
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2022 for
So Called Life.
Musical style
Their music has been described as
post-grunge
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,
hard rock
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,
alternative metal
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,
alternative rock
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,
and
nu metal
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. Their
self-titled album mostly features the sounds of alternative metal and post-grunge. However, on their second album, ''
One-X
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'', the band had more guitar solos and a more melodic sound. Their fourth album, ''
Transit of Venus
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'', included a few
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influences.
Legacy
The band has a record 17 No. 1 songs on the ''Billboard''
Mainstream Rock
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Format background
Mainstream rock stations represent the middle ground between classic rock and active rock ...
chart.
[ ''Billboard'' ranked the group at number three on their "Greatest of All Time Mainstream Rock Artists" list. '']Loudwire
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'' named "Animal I Have Become" the 45th "Top 21st Century Hard Rock Songs" in 2012 and also listed "Never Too Late" as one of the "66 Best Hard Rock Songs of the 21st Century" in 2020. "I Hate Everything About You" was ranked at number 9 on the ''Billboard'' Decade-End Alternative Songs
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chart in 2009. ''Billboard'' named "Break", "Chalk Outline", "Pain", "Animal I Have Become" and "I Am Machine" as the "Greatest Mainstream Rock Songs" on their "Greatest of All Time" list with "Break" and "Chalk Outline" in the top 10. Former lead singer of the band, Adam Gontier
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, has been considered to have a, "passionate vocal style, naturally husky sound, and lyricism chock full of the angst and torment" making him a unique singer that many teenagers and others living through hardships found relatable.
Band members
Current members
* Brad Walst – bass guitar, backing vocals (1997−present)
* Neil Sanderson
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– drums, backing vocals (1997−present); keyboards (2009–present)
* Barry Stock
Barry Stock (born April 24, 1974) is the lead guitarist of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace.
Biography
Stock joined Three Days Grace in 2003, shortly after the band's self-titled debut studio album was released. Stock's addition in Thr ...
− lead guitar (2003−present); rhythm guitar (2013−2017)
* Matt Walst − lead vocals (2013−present); rhythm guitar (2017−present)
Former members
* Adam Gontier
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– lead vocals, rhythm guitar (1997−2013); lead guitar (1997–2003)
Touring musicians
* Dani Rosenoer – backing vocals, keyboards (2012–2018)
Timeline
Discography
Studio albums
* ''Three Days Grace
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...
'' (2003)
* ''One-X
''One-X'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. It was produced by Howard Benson and is the band's first album recorded as a four-piece band, as Barry Stock joined the group and took over lead guitar from lead singer ...
'' (2006)
* ''Life Starts Now
''Life Starts Now'' is the third studio album by the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. The album was released on September 22, 2009. It was produced by Howard Benson. It was the second time in a row that the band has worked with him, after the ...
'' (2009)
* ''Transit of Venus
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'' (2012)
* ''Human
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'' (2015)
* ''Outsider
Outsider(s) may refer to:
Film
* ''Outsider'' (1997 film), a 1997 Slovene-language film
* ''Outsider'' (2012 film), a Malayalam-language Indian film
* ''Outsiders'' (1980 film), a South Korean film featuring Won Mi-kyung
Literature
* Outside ...
'' (2018)
* ''Explosions
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'' (2022)
Filmography
Tours
Headlining
* Three Days Grace World Tour (2004)
* One-X Tour (2008)
* Life Starts Now Tour (2010)
* Human Tour (2015)
* The Outsider Tour (2018)
* Explosions Tour (2022)
Co-Headlining
* North American Fall Tour (2007)
* Welcome to the Family Tour (2011)
* US Tour (2013)[
* End of the World Tour (2018)
As a support act
* The Long Road Tour (2003)
* North American Tour (2004)
* Let it Out Tour (2004)
* All the Right Reasons Tour (2007)
* The Dark Horse Tour (2010)
Festivals
* ]Jägermeister Music Tour
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History
Firs ...
(2006)
References
External links
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