Three Days Grace

Three Days Grace is a Canadian based band with a passion for post-grunge music, formed in 1992. The members of the band are as follows: Adam Gontier born May 21, 1978 (on guitars and lead vocals), Neil Sanderson born December 17, 1978 (on drums and back up vocals), Barry Stock birth date undisclosed (on lead guitar), and Brad Walst born February 16, 1977 (on bass and back up vocals).
Three Days Grace used to have the stage name of Groundswell. Under that name, the album “Wave of Popular Feeling” was released in 1995, but the recording started on the year the group was formed. Just a few months after the release of their first album, Groundwell disbanded.
In the year 1997, Brad Walst, Adam Gontier, and Neil Sanderson decided to pick up where they left off. At first, the group started as a cover band and utilized the name Three Days Grace. The band then came up with a demo album consisting of three songs with Trevor McNevan’s (of Thousand Foot Krutch) help. Three Days Grace then joined the Thousand Foot Krutch’s tour as an opening act.
In 2003, Three Days Grace released their self-titled debut album with the inclusion of Barry Stock whom they asked to play as lead guitarist. “I Hate Everything About You”, the album’s first single reached the 2nd spot on Modern Rock charts in the US, the 1st spot on the Mainstream Rock charts, and the second spot on Canada’s Rock charts. Other singles that were successful include: “Just Like You” and “Home”.
In 2005, Gontier had to undergo rehabilitation because of his Oxycodone addiction. Gontier, while in rehab, continued writing songs, which he shared with the band in 2006 upon his return. In the same year, Three Days Grace launched their album entitled “One-X” with some of Gontier's compositions: "Animal I Have Become”, “Never Too Late”, "Over and Over", etc.
The following year (2007), Three Days Grace joined different tours with other bands such as Seether, 3 Doors Down, Nickelback, and a lot more. Gontier also collaborated with other groups like Breaking Benjamin and Apolyptica. Just last year (’08), Three Days Grace released their very first live DVD which can be bought from Best Buy in the US and in major retailers in Canada. Three Days Grace is at present busy with writing and recording new songs for their third album to be released within the year.