Three Days Grace Interview #2 Adam Gontier 2010

Check out my backstage interview with Three Days Grace lead singer Adam Gontier. Three Days Grace is a rock band from Ontario, Canada. To date the band has released three best selling albums and charted six #1 singles on the mainstream rock charts. But before all of their success, Three Days Grace was simply a small band of high school students from Norwood, Ontario. It wasn't until several years after the group had formed and started playing that they got their first big break by putting together a demo version of I Hate Everything About You. The song sparked a bidding war between several major labels, even getting the President of Jive Records involved in an attempt to sign the act. Whatever he said must have worked, because soon after Three Days Grace officially signed to Jive Records. Shortly after signing, the band went into the studio to record their self titled debut album. And in July 2003, the record hit stores nationwide. Lead by the hit single that helped get them discovered, the album went on to become a commercial success selling over a million albums worldwide. The debut also featured the band's first #1 hit with Just Like You, and was played heavily on radio, putting Three Days Grace on the mainstream radar. Unfortunately, all of this success was soon met with downfall when lead singer Adam Gontier developed an addiction to the pain killer OxyContin. To combat the problem, Adam voluntarily checked himself into rehab and the band went on a brief hiatus ...



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