Daniel Patrick Adair (born February 19, 1975, in
Vancouver
Vancouver ( ) is a major city in western Canada, located in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. As the most populous city in the province, the 2021 Canadian census recorded 662,248 people in the city, up from 631,486 in 2016. ...
) is a Canadian drummer. He is best known for his work with
Nickelback and his previous work with
3 Doors Down. He also works with the Canadian band Suspect and the instrumental fusion band Martone.
Adair often uses a quote coined by
Gary Player to describe his career: "The harder you work, the luckier you get."
Biography
Adair auditioned for guitarist David Martone, a
Berklee College of Music graduate, who was starting an instrumental fusion band. This band, named Martone, recorded its first album in 1999.
In 2002, Adair joined the multi-platinum,
Mississippi
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-based band
3 Doors Down, as the touring and studio drummer. (Other drummers were used for video shoots and TV appearances.) During his time with the band they recorded the studio album ''Seventeen Days'' and live album ''Another 700 Miles'', toured 14 countries and had multiple TV appearances.
Adair left 3 Doors Down to join the Canadian band Nickelback. In 2005, they released the album ''
All the Right Reasons'' which debuted at #1 on ''
Billboard'' and went multi-platinum.
On October 21, 2007,
James Stephen Hart
James Hart (born August 26, 1979) is an American vocalist, best known as the frontman and founding member of the metalcore band Eighteen Visions. He is also a founding member of the band Burn Halo, in which played since its inception in 2007 u ...
(former frontman of
Eighteen Visions
Eighteen Visions is an American metalcore band from Orange County, California, formed in October 1995. The band broke up in April 2007, less than a year after their major label debut was released through Epic and Trustkill Records. After ov ...
) announced that Adair was recording drum tracks for his new band,
Burn Halo
Burn Halo is an American hard rock band originating from Orange County, California and Tulsa, Oklahoma. It was formed by James Hart, lead singer of Orange County metalcore band Eighteen Visions although he left in 2016 and rejoined Eighteen Vis ...
.
In 2008, Nickelback released their follow-up album ''
Dark Horse'' and the first single on that album, "
Gotta Be Somebody
"Gotta Be Somebody" is the first official single released from Canadian rock band Nickelback's sixth studio album, '' Dark Horse''. It reached number 10 on the US ''Billboard'' Hot 100, becoming their sixth and final top-10 hit.
Background ...
", was released on September 29 in North America. The album was produced by
Mutt Lange.
In 2011, Adair along with the other band members of
Nickelback released ''
Here and Now''. This album includes singles "
This Means War" and "
Bottoms Up".
Adair holds a
private pilot licence
A private pilot licence (PPL) or, in the United States, a private pilot certificate, is a type of pilot licence that allows the holder to act as pilot in command of an aircraft privately (not for remuneration). The licence requirements are det ...
, originally learning to fly on
ultralight aircraft, and currently owns a
Maule M-7
The Maule M-7 is a family of single-engine light aircraft that has been manufactured in the United States since the mid-1980s.
Design and development
Based on the Maule M-4, it is a high-wing, strut-braced monoplane of conventional config ...
. In 2020, Adair was diagnosed with
radial tunnel syndrome.
Discography
References
External links
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1975 births
Living people
Canadian rock drummers
21st-century Canadian drummers
Canadian heavy metal drummers
Canadian male drummers
Musicians from Vancouver
Nickelback members
3 Doors Down members