OMG! ADAM GONTIER IS BACK IN THREE DAYS GRACE! Okay, you already knew this. Old news, Todd. But I’m so damned excited about it!
IYDK drummer Neil Sanderson was recently interviewed by 100.3 The X Rocks and talked about releasing their new single, “Mayday”, their first since the return of original singer Adam Gontier. And of course, singer Matt Walst (who has been with the band for the last decade) is still in the band. Duo singers! So rad!
Sanderson said, ”We’re feeling pretty good because the record’s almost done. We’ve got stuff that we still need to record, but we’re kind of in a position where if a new song comes along and it beats out one of the songs that we have, then cool. So, that’s relieved a bit of pressure. It’s not like we’re sitting here with a single coming out and we don’t have a record ready. It’s pretty well ready to go. But waking it up every day, and, ‘Okay, what’s the task at hand?’ If you look at it, like, ‘Oh my God. We’re going on a world tour next year. We’ve gotta finish the record right now. We need to figure out everything for what’s going to happen live and rehearsals, then it kind of gets a little freaky, but we wake up and go, ‘Okay, what can we do today? Let’s do something,’ whether that’s… We’re working on some video components for the show and we’ve got some new songs that we’re excited about and just picking away at everything. We don’t take weekends off and we might have to skip Christmas. But other than that… (Laughs)”
And like me, I bet you’re curious if the band knew right away that “Mayday” would be the first single? Neil said, “I think the biggest question mark for us was just how it was gonna work with where each singer was gonna go and who was gonna sound sing what. We weren’t really sure how that was gonna play out. But once we started just doing it and we were in a studio and we could just, like, ‘Hey, try this. Try that,’ and they started singing together and then they started working as two vocalists to map out how things make sense and are meaningful with who sings what where, once we realized that that was gonna be organic in nature and just it made sense and it created a new depth for this band, especially after 22 years of being out, that was when we kind of let go of the wheel in a way. In a way, we just kind of, ‘Let’s let it happen.’ And so most of the songs were like that, where the guys kind of had a plan on where everything, how the puzzle pieces were gonna fit together.”
I could keep quoting the interview, but why not listen to it? As a fan, super interesting. Man I love this band. Good dudes, too.
Three Days Grace teased a reunion with Gontier less than two months ago, posting a voicemail message that had Adam telling Matt he’d “be at the studio soon, if you can just let everybody know.” The announcement of his return was soon after.
Gontier on his return to the band, “I feel like it’s been seamless, better than we were expecting. It’s like we got back in a room together and picked up where we left off. We have been friends for so long, it’s kind of natural to get back in the room together.”
Walst added, “It’s been so much fun and inspiring making this record. Combining over 20 years of Three Days Grace and doing something that no band has ever done. I’m excited for the fans to hear it!”
I’ll try to keep this brief, ’cause you could really go down the rabbit hole with this story, this band. Originally called Groundswell, back in ’92 Gontier, Brad Walst, Phil Crowe, Neil Sanderson and Joe Grant formed the band while most were in high school. They broke up in 1995. Two years later, Gontier, Sanderson and Walst reformed as Three Days Grace. Gontier left the band in 2013 and was replaced by Matt, the singer of My Darkest Days. Now, Adam is back.
And yes, Adam’s other band, Saint Asonia, still continues too.
Three Days Grace’s latest album, “Explosions”, came out in May ’22 and with any luck we’ll have a new 3DG album in early/mid ’25!
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