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Three Days Grace (also known as 3DG and TDG) is a Canadian alternative metal / post-grunge band formed in 1997. The band used to be named "Groundswell" and consists of members Adam Gontier (vocals and guitar), Neil Sanderson (drums and backing vocals), Brad Walst (bass and backing vocals) and Barry Stock (guitar).
History
Originally formed as a quintet in 1992 under the name "Groundswell"; they often performed at bowling alleys with an average age attendance of 67; they changed their name to Three Days Grace and became a trio in 1997. The group moved from Norwood (a small town East of Peterborough, Ontario) 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 American albums chart, the top 100 of the Canadian 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 USA and number two on the Canadian Mainstream, Alternative and Active Rock Charts. The second single "Just Like You," gave the group a second number-one in America and also hit number one on rock charts in Canada Their third single, "Home" was also a hit, charting at #2 on the US Modern Rock chart, and was the second most played Active Rock songs of 2005. A fourth single, "Wake Up," was only released in Canada and also achieved success on the Canadian Rock chart. Videos for the first three singles were widely played on MTV, MTV2, Muchmusic and Fuse.
Brown won a Juno Award in 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," which managed to reach number one on both the US Modern Rock and US Mainstream Rock. But could not reach above 60 on the US Hot 100. 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. The album's second single, "Pain", was also released topping the Billboard Mainstream Rock Charts in December of 2006.
Discography
Albums
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Three Days Grace
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One-X
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Singles
| Year | Title | Chart positions | Album | ||
| US Hot 100 | US Modern Rock | US Mainstream Rock | |||
| 2003 | "I Hate (Everything About You)" | #55 | #2 | #4 | Three Days Grace |
| 2004 | "Just Like You" | #55 | #1 (3 weeks) | #1 (3 weeks) | Three Days Grace |
| 2005 | "Home" | #90 | #7 | #2 | Three Days Grace |
| 2006 | "Animal I Have Become" | #60 | #1 (2 weeks) | #1 (7 weeks) | One-X |
| 2006 | "Pain" | #56 | #2 | #1 (10 weeks) | One-X |
| 2007 | "Never Too Late" | TBR | TBR | TBR | One-X |
Media Features
- Two of the songs from the album "One-X" appear in the video game WWE SmackDown vs. Raw 2007. "Animal I Have Become" and "Riot".
- The song "I Hate Everything About You" was featured in the game NASCAR Thunder 2004.
- The band has appeared on CBS in several forms. The song "Pain" was featured as a background song for a commercial of the show "Criminal Minds" as well as the song "Riot" being played on a commercial for the show "The Unit." They also have appeared as special guests on the show "Ghost Whisperer."
- The band appeared in the film Raise Your Voice performing the unreleased song "Are You Ready?" which also appears on the soundtrack. The reason for the appearance is that allegedly star Hilary Duff is a big fan of the band.
- The band did a remix of the song "Just Like You" with rapper Bonecrusher for the XXX: State of the Union soundtrack. Bonecrusher had previously done a rock duet with Fozzy.
- Three Days Grace performed "Pain" live at the 2007 Honda Ski Tour.
- "Never Too Late" was played during highlights before kickoff of the Eagles/Saints NFL Playoff Game.