#Three days grace first album archive#

#Three days grace first album archive#

'It's hard to tell where the music will go, but we're always coming up with ideas. Musica Addeddate 11:08:01 Identifier threedaysgrace202002 Scanner Internet Archive HTML5 Uploader 1.6.4. The band always is working on new material. We've evolved and learned to like different kinds of music, whatever it is.” On every song they wrote every part they wrote could be a chorus. 'At first we were into really riff-y stuff rather than just cool songs. Gontier says the group has changed quite a bit since its early years. Brown was becoming a respected producer and helped the group record its debut. After six years of hard knocks, the group connected with Gavin Brown of the band Big Sugar. 'You know, just to make money we'd play covers even though we had a lot of original material.” 'We tried to hit all these little redneck bars where we'd do cover songs,” says Gontier. The distance between large cities, not to mention the extreme cold and snowy weather, made trips a challenge. 'Touring Canada can be tough - especially in the winter,” says Gontier. The group moved to Toronto in 1997, took on the name Three Days Grace and began a rigorous touring schedule when the members weren't occupied with their day jobs. 'We were a big fish in a very, very small pond.” 'We started out in a very small town of 1,500 people,” he says. Gontier and Walst then connected with drummer Neil Sanderson, who lived in nearby Peterborough, and began the band Groundswell.Īlthough the group amassed a good local following, Gontier says that wasn't such a big deal. The Seattle group Sunny Day Real Estate was a particular inspiration. However, the Seattle scene was a much bigger one. Gontier says that Canadian bands including the Tragically Hip and Our Lady Peace were some influence on the two. The album was released on Mathrough RCA Records.

I suggested him getting a bass, and he did.” (Three Days Grace album) Human is the fifth studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. 'I ended up hooking up with Brad (Walst) because we had the same love of music,” says Gontier. The core members of Three Days Grace met as freshmen in high school in Norwood, Ontario.