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LiveDaily Interview: Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace
After struggling for years with addiction, Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier is thankful for the help he received from Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Queen Street facility. He's so grateful that, during his North American tour, he is bypassing the usual afternoon acoustic radio performances to play for rehab and mental-health facilities, as well as homes for troubled children.
"The tours are normally set up where you go to radio stations during the day; you do the typical kind of acoustic thing," Gontier told LiveDaily last month, shortly after his group won a Billboard award for the single "Animal I Have Become." "This was a way for me to sort of give back to that community that turned my life around."
"It was just something that I thought I'd like to do, so I set it up. The biggest thing about it is I want to let kids know and people know that they can talk about it.'"
Gontier--who is joined in the band by drummer/vocalist Neil Sanderson, bassist Brad Walst and guitarist Barry Stock--talked to LiveDaily about his sobriety, the songwriting process for Three Days Grace's latest album, "One-X," and hanging out on MySpace.
LiveDaily: Depression, addiction, those are both "taboo" subjects to talk about. I think that's honorable that you're publicly discussing your problems.
Adam Gontier: That's the biggest thing. People don't want to talk about it, and you have to--especially if you're going through it. You really have to get it out, you know.
How long ago were you hospitalized?
A year and eight months ago.
How are you doing?
I'm doing well. I've been clean since then. I haven't touched anything. I've been doing really well.
I would say that your addiction and subsequent recovery is definitely reflected in the album.
Oh yeah, the lyrics were all sort of written while I was going through that period. It's a really personal record. It's got a lot of my, sort of, journal entries from the last couple years.
The songs "Get Out Alive" and "Time of Dying" are intensely personal..
Yep. Yep for sure. There's a lot of them. "Never Too Late" is another one that hits home as well. It's cool to be able to get up on stage every night and play the songs. It's a way to get things off my chest. It's cool because people relate to it sort of on their own level.
Have you had a lot of fans share their stories with you?
Yeah, quite a few. I spend a lot of time on the Internet, on MySpace, talking to fans and trying to stay connected to them. It's pretty amazing.
Describe the songwriting process for Three Days Grace.
It's kind of all over the place. There's not one specific style that we use. We tend to sit together with guitars and a hand drum and whoever has an idea throws an idea out there, whether it's musically or melody or something like that. Generally, the lyrics are written separate from the music. After music's been written or before it doesn't really matter. We sit together and come up with the music and lyrics. I write lyrics sometimes during the day, on the bus whenever. It's all over the place.
What was it like to work with producer Howard Benson?
He's a really great producer He's got great ears. He's done a few really good records and he really focuses on the vocals and the melodies and the harmonies. It was really great to work with a producer that was really vocal-centric.
What was the most important thing you think you learned from him?
I think the biggest thing I learned from working with him is there's so much you can do with your voice and there's so many different weird harmonies. There's things out there that a lot of singers and bands don't use. He introduced me to different melodies and harmonies and different ways of doing things.
You're touring with Nickelback and Breaking Benjamin soon. What will you do when the tour ends?
Probably still be on tour. I don't know exactly where we're going to be. Australia, maybe overseas. It all depends really. I'm sure we'll be on the road somewhere.
так, последнее предложение мне прям особенно нравится............)))) Они уже на пути к тому, чтоб вспомнить о дальних странах. Надеюсь.................
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даа..работы тут много накопилось..мне оддной не справиться..ладно..что смогу..буду по частям делать..перевожу самое первое для начала.. LiveDaily Interview: Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace
После многолетней борьбы с зависимостью,фронтмен ТДГ Адам Гонтье благодарит за помощь,которую он получил в Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Health Queen Street facility.Он настолько благодарен, что, в течение его Североамериканского тура, он дает акустические выступления после полудня на радио,чтобы играть для реабилитурующихся и умственно-отсталых людей так же хорошо, как и в детских домах.
"Тур проходит незабываемо, когда Вы ходите на радиостанции весь день; Вы делаете типичный вид акустической вещи, " Гонтье сказал LiveDaily в прошлом месяце, вскоре после того, как его группа получила награду Биллборд за сингл "Animal I Have Become." "Это было для меня тем шагом,который помог мне вернуться в общество,которое повернуло мою жизнь. "
"Это было то, что я хотел бы сделать, так что я думал об этом. Самая главное то,что я хочу позволить детям знать, и люди знают, что они могут говорить об этом. "
Gontier - к которому присоединяются барабанщик/вокалист Нейлом Сандерсон, басист Брэд Уолст и гитарист Барри Сток - говорили LiveDaily о своей трезвости, процессе написания песен для последнего альбома ТДГ "One-X" , и пребывании на MySpace.
остальное пока перевести не успеваю..вечером продолжу)
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ВОТ ЭТО ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНО нАДО ПЕРЕВЕСТИ!!!!!!!!!!
3DG doc aims to help addicts
By KAREN BLISS -- For JAM! Music
A 30-minute documentary about Three Days Grace frontman Adam Gontier's addiction to painkillers and ultimate recovery will air on MuchMusic April 2, at 9 p.m. (ET).
In "Behind The Pain," the Toronto-based singer, whose rock band has sold more than 2 million albums, talks openly about his struggle, and his wife and bandmates talk about what it's like to watch someone they love slowly go through a drastic change in personality and lifestyle.
"I knew Adam was using," his wife, Naomi, says in the doc, "and I knew there was s problem. I didn't know the extent....and that's what scared me."
"It is the worst feeling possible. I feel really really helpless," says Gontier to the camera.
In "Behind The Pain," Gontier admits to "severe drug use" and reveals he was using OxyContin, what he refers to as "a synthetic sort of heroin." At his lowest point, before he checked himself into Toronto's Centre for Addiction and Mental Heath (CAMH) in 2005, he says "I was taking 10 to 20 80-milligrams of OxyContin a day."
Gontier wrote about the anguish, the disgust, the self-loathing, the emptiness, the struggle and the survival on Three Days Grace's second and most recent album, "One-X," which to date has sold 650,000 units in the U.S. and 158,000 in Canada, according to figures from Canadian record label Sony BMG.
In the song "Pain," he sings, "I'd rather feel pain than nothing at all."
In "Animal I Have Become," he pleads "Somebody get me through this nightmare. I can't control myself."
And in "Gone Forever," one of the album's last tracks, he sings, "I feel so much better now that you're gone forever."
But while writing that album as he went through recovery was a personal catharsis, after Three Days Grace hit the road behind "One-X," Gontier got the idea to give back and try and help others.
Now clean, last year while still performing regular concerts, Gontier bravely and admirably launched the Three Days To Change Tour, visiting treatment centres, shelters, group homes and detention centres across North America, including CAMH.
Gontier, drummer Neil Sanderson, bassist Brad Walst and guitarist Barry Stock played a short free concert, then Gontier would speak about wrestling with and overcoming his own addiction (he actually doesn't name his drug of choice). He then fielded questions from the audience, comprised of addicts and those in recovery.
"It's therapeutic in a way to do it and it definitely reminds me of where I was and where I could be again if I was to not be careful," says Gontier, who tried to do Narcotics Anonymous on the road but decided this worked better for him because of his transient lifestyle. "It's the same kind of thing because you go in and try to talk about the same kind of issues. So it is a good way to get everything out."
He has now given about a dozen talks.
"The whole band did the first one," Gontier remembers. " It was in Utah and it was a pretty big place. There was a lot of people there. I was nervous a little bit at first because I wasn't sure what was going to happen, but it went really well."
Since then, he says, they have all gone well.
"The one that stood out for me is I went into this place and it was all black kids and they were all into hip hop, so they had no idea who the band was," Gontier says of the visit to this small town in Kentucky.
"But in these situations, it's not so much about the music; it's more about what I'm trying to say and the message. So it was a little bit intimidating because I had no idea what these kids would think. They were kinda like, 'Why is this guy here? Don't know his music anyway, so why do we really care?' So they warmed up to me really quick, enjoyed the songs that I played, and just opened up. It was very cool."
As witnessed at the CAMH Three Days To Change talk, some people who go up to the mic to ask Gontier a question, expect him to have the answers, even bordering on medical advice. Is he careful how he responds?
"I don't really think about what I'm saying. I just say what comes naturally at the time," he says. "But as for the medical type questions, those are hard to answer. I just like to talk about the situation and just give a little bit of inspiration."
The "Behind The Pain," documentary includes some of the CAMH footage, plus interviews and live performances.
"It's more about me being on the road and going through it," says Gontier. "It includes some of these shows, mainly the CAMH one, and just some hand-held camera stuff that I took on the road. They're kind of confessional tapes."
So what is Gontier's objective with "Behind The Pain," what is his point?
"If it's going to air, a lot of kids and a lot of people will see it and the whole message behind it is that there is hope, and you can go on and do something that you love to do, no matter what kind of situation you're in," explains Gontier.
"That's what I hope to get out of it, that maybe people who haven't even talked about it yet that are sitting at home, and younger people who maybe don't know how to deal with the situation, get an idea of how to deal with it."
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Народ! помогайте с переводом!
Originally founded in 1992, Three Days Grace now ranks among Canada's most popular and top-selling rock bands. 24 hours' Joe Leary spoke with lead singer Adam Gontier and bass player Brad Walst about the history of the name and the long-awaited follow-up album, One-X, on a recent tour date in Vancouver.
24 hours: Can we go back in time to the origin of the name - there seems to be this recurring theme with the No. 3 in rock and roll. Is there some significance with the No. 3?
Gontier: Not for us, no!
Walst: We were a three- piece back when we had the name. I heard the name when I was going through school and I just thought it represented the music at the time and had an urgent feel to it, and it's still current with music right now.
Gontier: It kind of stands for a sense of urgency... like a three-day grace period. And the way we looked at it, we kind of write lyrics with a sense of urgency.
24 hours: Considering there's a sense of urgency, there's a pretty good gap between the debut album and the follow- up. A lot of times bands like to shoot something out more frequently than that.
Gontier: For us, we spent basically two years on the road supporting our first record - that would be the main reason. We spent a whole bunch of time touring and then we got home and it took a whole bunch of time to finish this record. That was the main reason.
24 hours: Are you constantly writing as you go or just collecting thoughts?
Gontier: We did write some stuff on the bus. For this record, we sat down with guitars in the middle of nowhere in Northern Ontario and wrote the record.
24 hours: Is it important for a Canadian band to be recognized down south?
Walst: I think it's important to put your music wherever you can. We have the opportunity with U.S. labels and U.S. management to really travel a lot in the U.S. and go to every market. We love being at home, it's amazing to tour here but the U.S. is much bigger and we're fortunate to be in that kind of market.
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ВОТ ЭТО ОБЯЗАТЕЛЬНО нАДО ПЕРЕВЕСТИ!!!!!!!!!!
3DG doc aims to help addicts
By KAREN BLISS -- For JAM! Music
эту статью я переводила в теме "Новости",но вот для тех,кто не видел:
30-минутный документальный фильм о зависимости фронтмена группы ТДГ Адама Гонтье покажут на MuchMusic 2 апреля в 9 вечера(блин,повезло людям!) в этом фильме Адам,чья группа продала более 2 млн.альбомов открыто говорит о своей борьбе,а его жена и товарищи по группе говорят о том,какого же это наблюдать изменения в личности и жизни того,кого они любят,из-за наркотиков. "Я знала,что Адам нюхает/колется"-говорит жена Адама Наоми в док.фильме,"и я знала,что есть проблема..я не знала на пртяжении какого времени и какова степень зависимости..и это то,что пугало меня.." "это самое ужасное из всех возможных чувств..Я чувствовал себя по-настоящему беспомощным.."-говорит Адам в камеру. В док.фильме Адам признает,что "часто использовал наркотики" и открывает секрет:он использовал оксиконтин,который относится "к одному из видов героина".Когда дело дошло до крайности,прежде чем он обратился в CAMH в 2005 году,он говорит"Я принимал от 10 до 80 милиграммов в день". Гонтье написал о мучении, отвращении,ненависти к себе,пустоте,борьбе и выживании на 2-ом,последнем альбоме ТДГ "One-X",который к настоящему моменту продан в 650,000 экземпляров в США и 158,000 в Канаде,согласно рекорд-компании Sony BMG. В песне "Pain," он поет "лучше чувствовать боль,чем ничего". В "Animal I Have Become" он умоляет "кто-нибудь,вытащите меня из этого кошмара.Я не могу контролировать себя." И в "Gone Forever",одном из последних треков альбома,он поет "мне намного лучше теперь,когда ты ушла навсегда". Но во время написания этого альбома,когда он проходил персональное лечение,и после того,как ТДГ выступают с альбомом "One-X",Гонтье посещала идея вернуться и постараться помочь другим. Теперь абсолютно здоровый,и все ещё находящийся в туре с регулярными концертами Гонтье смело и превосходно убедил ТДГ изменить тур,посещая лечебные центры,приюты,дома и прочие центры по всей Сев.Америке,включая CAMH. Гонтье,барабанщик Нейл Сандерсон,басист Брэд Уолст и гитарист Барри Сток отыграли короткий произвольный концерт,потом Гонтье говорит о борьбе и преодолении собственной зависимости(он фактически не называет наркотики выбором).Затем он отвечает нав опросы аудитории,состоящей из наркоманов и уже лечащихся или вылечившихся людей. Все это излечимо в том смысле,что это определенно напоминает мне где я был и где бы я смог оказаться снова,если бы не был осторожен",говорит Гонтье,который пытался пробовать накотики во время тура,но решил,что это сработало лучше из-за его переменчивого образа жизни."Это то же самое,потому что вы вовлекаетесь и пытаетесь говорить о той же проблеме.Так что это хороший способ избавиться от всего этого." Сейчас он дал уже около дюжины переговоров. "Наша группа выступила как впервые",-вспоминает Гонтье,-"Это было в штате Юта,достаточно большом местечке.Там было много народу.И я слегка нервничал,потому что не был уверен в том,что произойдет,но все прошло замечательно." С тех пор,он говорит,что все наладилось. "То,что для меня явно выделилось,так это то,что я попал в то место,где было много черных детей и все увлекались хип-хопом.Так что они не имели понятия кто мы такие и откуда"-говорит Гонтье о посещении маленького городишки в Кентуки. "Но в этих ситуациях речь идет даже больше не о музыке,а больше о том,что я пытаюсь донести до людей.Так что мне даже было немного страшно,потому как я не знал,что эти дети подумают.Это было что-то вроде"А че этот парень тут забыл?Мы же не знаем их музыки,так какая нам хрен разница?"Но они быстро разогрелись и наслаждались песнями,которые я играл и только что открыл для них.Это было очень круто!" Как засвидетельствовано в CAMH,некоторые люди,которые подходят к микрофону,чтобы задать вопрос Гонтье,ожидают того,что у него есть ответы,граничащие с медицинскими советами.Но действительно ли он так осторожен в своих ответах? "Я действительно не думаю о том,что говорю.Я просто говорю то,что чувствую в этот момент"-говорит он,-"но что касается медицинских вопросов,на них трудно ответить.Мне просто нравится говорить о ситуации и хоть немного вдохновлять людей." Док.фильм включает в себя некоторые записи из CAMH,а также интервью и живые выступления. "Это больше касается моего тура и преодоления препятствий,"-говорит Гонтье,-"также фильм включает некоторые шоу,главным образом в CAMH,и просто немного материала с моей камеры,которую я брал с собой в дорогу." Так какова же точка зрения Гонтье об этом фильме? "Если это то,что касается вида,то многие дети и многие люди увидят это что-то вроде послания,в котором есть надежда,и вы можете продолжать и делать то,что вам нравится,несмотря на то,в какой ситуации вы находитесь,"-объясняет Гонтье. "То,что я надеюсь получить от этого,так это то,что возможно люди,которые ещё даже не говорили об этом раньше,которые сидят дома,и молодые люди,которые может не знают,как справиться с этой ситуацией,узнают,как справиться с ней".
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Первоначально основанная в 1992,группа ТДГ теперь занимает особое место среди самых популярных и занимающих первые места в чартах рок-групп Канады. Джо Лери из 24 hours говорил с вокалистом Адамом Гонтье и басистом Брэдом Уолстом об истории названия и долгожданного последующего альбома,One-X, в недавно,пока ТДГ были в туре в Ванкувере.
24 hours:Давайте вернемся к происхождению названия вашей группы.Кажется,что это связано с номером три в рок-н-ролле.Есть ли что-то общее с номером 3?
Гонтье:Ну только не для нас. (=
Уолст: Нас было трое раньше, когда мы придумывали название. Я слышал название, когда я ещё ходил школу, и я только думал, что оно представляло музыку в то время и то,что мы чувствовали в то время, и это все так и сейчас.
Гонтье: Это какое-то ощущение срочного,безотлагательного... как период трехдневной грации. И также,как мы смотрели на это, мы писали песни с чувством крайней необходимости.
24 hours: Рассмотренное нами ощущение безотлагательности это довольно хороший промежуток между дебютным альбомом и последующим.Многие группы стремятся выпускать свои альбомы как можно чаще.
Гонтье:Мы потратили примерно два года на то,чтобы поддержать нашу первую пластинку-и это главная причина.Мы тратили кучу времени в туре, а затем мы добрались домой, и нам потребовалась куча времени, чтобы закончить эту пластинку.Это тоже было основной причиной.
24 hours: Вы постоянно пишете песни в дороге или только когда соберутся мысли?
Гонтир: Мы действительно писали некоторый материал в автобусе. Для этого альбома, мы засели с гитарами в середине непойми чего в Северном Онтарио и написали песни.
24 hours: Действительно ли это важно для канадской группы быть признанными Южными странами?
Уолст: я думаю, важно чтобы вашу музыку услышали везде, где Вы только можете это сделать. У нас есть возможность с американскими лэйблами и нашей американской командой, действительно путешествовать много в США и попасть во множество других стран. Мы любим быть дома,но здорово выступать и здесь, но США намного больше, и нам повезло,что у нас есть возможность играть во многих странах.
Не судите мну строго)там много бредовых фраз)надеюсь,главное понятно)
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Five questions for Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace makes music that's loud, aggressive and some would say downright angry. Drummer Neil Sanderson said that despite song titles such as "I Hate Everything About You," "Pain" and "Let It Die," the four-man band from Toronto (Adam Gontier, Barry Stock, Brad Walst and Sanderson) really isn't that unhappy. Sanderson spoke with me by phone from Binghamton, N.Y., where the group was preparing for a show and Sanderson was looking for a gym.
Q: Anguish, angst and isolation have been common themes in hard rock music for years. They're certainly part of your band's lyrics. Will heavy rock always be based on heavy themes?
NS: I can only speak for our band, but that emotional element is important to us. We articulate what a lot of people feel. We write about things that are real to us. We put into words things people can't quite say but they feel emotionally.
Q: Are you just as emotional and anguished when you're not playing music?
NS: Music is a release. We vent only when it's necessary. We're not negative people per se. We're in tune with the things that bother us and things we want to change. ... That's where the name Three Days Grace comes from. If you were given three days to make a change, could you do it?
Q: Why did you leave Toronto and write most of the latest album "One X" while holed up in the wilds of Ontario?
NS: We're all from small towns. We wrote this record around campfires, on acoustic guitars. Toronto can be too distracting. ... Our philosophy is that if it translates with guitar and vocals, it's a good song. Those fundamental elements make it stand on its own. You don't need studio tricks to hide behind.
Q: Are you guys outdoorsy types?
NS: We're big-time campers. We hunt, fish. Barry and I are going to renew our firearms acquisition licenses. Might do some partridge hunting.
Q: What were your musical influences?
NS: Classic rock. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Black Sabbath. ... We were also into the Seattle scene back when Soundgarden and Alice In Chains were huge. Adam is into the Beatles and Jeff Buckley. We like all kinds of music.
Canadian rockers Three Days Grace set to take stage at Big Spring Jam
After a breakout hit with the single “I Hate (Everything About You)” and eventual platinum sales of the album, the group’s popularity and bankability continued to rise. The group ended up touring 2 1/2 years.
Time on the road took its toll.
“The road really changed us,” Walst said. “We had to take a lot of time to get back to where we were before.”
He echoed the sentiments of Grontier published on the band’s Web site at www.threedaysgrace.com: “At one point when we were on the road, I felt like I had a target on my back. I felt like there were a lot of things getting thrown at me that I had to deal with and I felt alone. I was the only one who could really understand myself.”
Walst said touring was like being “alone in a crowd of people.”
“Being on tour can be strange sometimes,” he writes on the Web site. “All these people around you seem to know you, but they really don’t and you don’t know them either, but you carry on as if you do…In fact the only ones we could really relate to were the true fans. They know what’s going on inside your head because they are the ones that are hearing it in your music.”
After the tour, band members spent time apart before gathering to write new songs. Walst said all members of the group write.
“We sit around with acoustic guitars and come up with ideas and jam,” he said. “I think our music has definitely evolved and our writing of lyrics is a little bit more personal.”
The resulting album, One-X, was released in 2006 and certified platinum in August with the help of hit singles “Pain,” “Animal I Have Become” and “Never Too Late.”
“It’s pretty exciting,” Walst said. “It’s hard to believe. That’s a great achievement for us.”
Taking time between albums to come to terms with success and fame helped band members prepare for this year’s tour.
“We’re pretty down-to-earth people,” he said. “People think you’re famous. We don’t consider ourselves as being famous. We treat people with same respect we would like to be treated.”
The group plans to tour until February when they will prepare to record a third album, which may be ready for release by fall of 2008.
“We started writing it now, on the road,” Walst said. “We’ll probably come out of it with at least half the record written.”
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Кароч, то, что было первым...
После многолетней борьбы с зависимостью Адам Гонтьер, солист группы Three Days Grace, благодарен за ту помощь, которую он получил в Центре психического здоровья и лечения зависимости в г. Торонто. Он настолько благодарен, что в промежутках между своим туром в Северной Америке, в специальной радиостудии он играет акустические концерты для людей, находящихся в реабилитационных центрах, с психическими расстройствами, а также для проблемных подростков и детей.
"Эти концерты обычно устраиваются в радиостудиях, куда ты можешь прийти в течение дня; это почти как акустические выступления, - рассказал Гонтьер LiveDaily в прошлом месяце, после того, как его группа выиграла награду Billboard за сингл "Animal I Have Become." - Для меня это было как возвращение в то общество, которое перевернуло мою жизнь."
"Это было то самое, чем, мне казалось, я хотел заниматься, поэтому я организовал эти студии. Самая важная вещь, которую я хотел показать людям и подросткам, так это то, что они могут говорить об этом (о своих проблемах).
Гонтьер - к которому присоединились барабанщик/бэквокалист Neil Sanderson, басист Brad Walst и гитарист Barry Stock - рассказывал о своем нынешнем состоянии (а точнее, в тексте - трезвости), процессе написания песен для последнего альбома Three Days Grace "One-X" и о времяпровождении на MySpace.
LiveDaily: Депрессия и зависимость - это те две "запретные" темы в разговорах. Думается, это почетно, что ты открыто начал обсуждать эти вопросы.
Adam Gontier: Это самая важная вещь. Люди не хотят говорить об этом, но ты должен, а особенно, если ты сам через все это прошел. А я как раз и прошел.
Как давно ты был помещен в больницу?
Год и восемь месяцев назад.
И как ты себя чувствуешь сейчас?
Со мной все в порядке. Я больше ничего не употреблял. Я "чист". С тех пор у меня действительно все хорошо.
Можно сказать, что твоя зависимость и последующее выздоровление определенно отразилось на альбоме.
О да. Тексты были написаны как раз в тот период, когда все это происходило. Это действительно очень личный альбом. В нем очень много, так сказать, моих заметок о прошедшем времени.
Песни "Get Out Alive" и "Time of Dying" очень личные...
Да. Абсолютно точно. В альбоме таких песен много. "Never Too Late" одна из них. Это классно выходить на сцену каждую ночь и играть эти песни. Я могу вздохнуть свободно (или снять эту тяжесть с моей груди). Это здорово еще и потому, что люди в какой-то степени могут положиться на эти песни, они понимают их каждый на своем уровне.
Делились ли фанаты с тобой своими историями?
Да, немногие. Я провожу много времени в Интернете, на MySpace, разговаривая с фанами и пытаясь держать с ними связь. Это потрясающе.
Расскажи о процессе написания песен Three Days Grace.
Песни мы пишем практически везде. Мы не используем какой-нибудь определенный стиль. Мы стараемся просто сесть вместе, с гитарами в руках и барабаном, и если у кого-то появляется идея, он делится ею с другими, и неважно – это идея насчет мелодии или музыки. Обычно так бывает, что тексты пишутся отдельно от музыки. После того, как музыка написана или перед - это неважно. Мы сидим вместе и придумываем музыку или слова. Иногда я сочиняю тексты в течение всего дня, в автобусе. Короче, везде.
Как тебе работа с продюсером Howard Benson?
Он действительно великий продюсер. У него есть слух. У него есть несколько на самом деле очень хороших записей, и свое внимание он акцентирует на вокале и на музыке, чтобы и то, и другое сочеталось и гармонировало. Это было очень здорово работать с продюсером, которого в первую очередь интересует вокал.
Какой самый важный для себя урок ты извлек из работы с ним?
Я думаю, самая важная вещь, это то, сколько всего ты можешь сделать со своим голосом, сколько причудливых комбинаций. Это именно та вещь, которую большинство певцов, певиц и групп не используют. Он показал мне массу мелодий, сочетаний, интонаций и множество других вещей.
Вы сейчас в туре с Nickelback и Breaking Benjamin. Что вы будете делать по окончанию тура?
Возможно мы все еще останемся в туре. Я не знаю точно, где мы будем. В Австралии, а может быть, и заграницей. Все это еще не решено точно. Но я уверен, что мы будем где-нибудь в дороге.
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Пять вопросов к Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace делают такую музыку, которую можно назвать громкой, агрессивной и, возможно, кто-то скажет, написанную с явной ненавистью. Барабанщик группы Neil Sanderson говорит, что, несмотря на названия песен, типа "Я ненавижу все, что с тобой связано", «Боль" и "Оставить это умирать", все 4 участника группы из Торонто (Адам Гонтьер, Барри Сток, Брэд Уолст и сам Сандерсон) не так уж и несчастны. Сандерсон разговаривал со мной по телефону из Binghamton, N.Y., , где группа готовилась к шоу, а Сандерсон тем временем искал спортзал.
- Страдания, ненависть и одиночество - вот те 3 главные темы, которые разделяла рок-музыка в последние годы. Эти 3 темы - часть и вашей музыки. Всегда ли такие тяжелые вопросы будут служить основой для тяжелого рока?
- Я могу отвечать только за нашу группу, и для нас эмоциональный аспект очень важен. Мы говорим про то, что многие люди чувствуют. Мы пишем о тех вещах, которые имеют для нас важное значение. В наши песни мы вкладываем смысл, который, порой, люди не могут объяснить на словах, но они его понимают, они это чувствуют.
- Вы такие же эмоциональные и агрессивные, когда ничего не играете?
- Музыка - это как освобождение. Мы даем выход эмоциям только тогда, когда это необходимо. Мы вовсе не негативные люди. Мы рассматриваем только те вещи, которые волнуют нас и которые мы бы хотели изменить... Вот откуда и пришло наше название Three Days Grace. Если бы у вас было три дня на то, чтобы что-то изменить, смогли бы вы это сделать?
- Почему вы покинули Торонто и написали большинство песен с вашего последнего альбома "One X" скрываясь в лесах Онтарио?
- Мы все из маленьких городов. Эту пластинку мы написали, сидя у костров с гитарами в руках. Торонто для этого слишком отвлекающий город... Мы считаем, что если песня хорошо звучит только на гитаре и на вокале, то это хорошая песня. Нам не нужны студийные уловки, чтобы спрятаться или написать что-то новое.
- Любите ли вы проводить время на свежем воздухе?
- Да, мы проводим кучу времени на природе. Мы охотимся, рыбачим. Мы с Барри собираемся продлить наши лицензии на ношение огнестрельного оружия. Можем пойти и поохотиться... кхм... на куропаток (я не придумывала, тут так написано!)
- Каковы ваши музыкальные увлечения?
- Классический рок. Led Zeppelin, Pink Floyd, The Doors, Black Sabbath. ...Soundgarden и Alice In Chains. Адаму нравятся Beatles и Jeff Buckley. В общем, нам нравятся разные стили музыки.
Канадские рокеры Three Days Grace собираются выступить на Big Spring Jam.
После прорыва с хитом “I Hate (Everything About You)” и последующими платиновыми продажами альбома, популярность группы продолжает расти. Группа заканчивает долгий тур.
Время в дороге взяло свое.
"Дорога действительно поменяла нас, - говорит Уолст, - нам понадобилось очень много времени, чтобы вернуться к тому, с чего мы начинали."
Он вторит настроениям Гонтьера, который заявил на официальном сайте группы www.threedaysgrace.com: "В один момент, когда мы были в туре, я почувствовал словно мишень на моей спине. Мне казалось, что во мне самом есть очень много таких вещей, которыми я должен с кем-нибудь поделиться, я чувствовал себя одиноким. Я был единственным человеком, который мог меня понять".
Уолст говорит, что тур был чем-то вроде "чувства одиночества в толпе людей".
"Находиться в туре иногда бывает очень странно, - так он пишет на сайте, - кажется, что все эти люди вокруг тебя, знают тебя, но на самом деле, ни они тебя не знают, ни ты их, но все же ты надеешься, что знаком с ними... По факту, единственные, на кого мы на самом деле можем положиться, это наши самые преданные фанаты. Они знают, что происходит в твоей голове потому, что они слышат это в твоей музыке."
После тура участники группы проводили время отдельно друг от друга, прежде чем собраться и писать следующий альбом. Уолст утверждает, что каждый в группе что-нибудь пишет.
"Мы садимся вокруг с гитарами в руках и придумываем что-нибудь, - он говорит, - я думаю, что наша музыка изменилась, и наша лирика стала немного более личной.
Итоговый альбом One-X, вышел в 2006 году и стал платиновым в августе благодаря песням “Pain,” “Animal I Have Become” и “Never Too Late.”
"Это довольно необычно, - говорит Уолст, - В это сложно поверить. Для нас это большое достижение".
Отдыхая в перерывах между написанием альбомов, свыкаясь с успехом и славой, группа смогла подготовиться к туру этого года.
"Мы вполне адекватные люди, - заявляет Уолст, - все вокруг думают, что ты популярен. Но мы не считаем себя знаменитостями. Мы относимся к людям так же, как хотели бы, что б и они относились к нам".
Группа планирует пробыть в туре вплоть до февраля, готовясь к записи третьей пластинки, которая, возможно, выйдет к концу 2008 года.
"Мы начали писать ее уже сейчас, находясь в дороге. Возможно, когда мы закончим тур, будет написана половина нового альбома".
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я с вами со всеми согласна. Блин...вот плохо-то еще и от того, что, если б я была человеком, которому важно было б лишь напиться обколоться и заснуть под забором , вот у таких "родственных душ" - вагон и маленькая тележка...Но мне не особо нужны "друзья", которые мне наливают...
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думаю мы с вами друг друга вполне можем понять...
Да, и это радует!Радует и то, что иногда встречаешь "своих" людей, хотя на первый взгляд кажется, что вы совсем разные. Лирическое отступление...=)Несколько лет назад я была в лагере (эх...давненько это было...!!!) и там всего 3 недели общалась с одной девчонкой, которая вовсе из другого города, и после мы никогда (!)не виделись, но, при этом мы общаемся, я в курсе, что с ней, она в курсе моих дел, и я знаю ее лучше, чем большинство своих бывших одноклассников. Как человек и подруга она для меня ценнее многих людей, которые меня сейчас окружают!
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вот у таких "родственных душ" - вагон и маленькая тележка...Но мне не особо нужны "друзья", которые мне наливают...
да-да, то же самое) со многиим людьми знакомлюсь и преписываеюсь и могу точно сказать:хороших людей на земле больше чем плохих, и тех кто тебя поймет не так уж и мало. ЧТо для меня самое странное-большинство этих людей-парни))с ними можно обо всем поговорить)
вот у таких "родственных душ" - вагон и маленькая тележка...Но мне не особо нужны "друзья", которые мне наливают...
Я свами всеми соглашусь!!)) У меня тоже есть друзья, с которыми мона побухать до зеленых соплей и просто погулять, найти на одно место преключений,но это все канеш ХоРоЩо-Для обычного человека!!(Я надеюсь вы меня поняли) Но мне ет совсем неинтересно,-Я как с другой плонеты прилетела (Млин)-Я общяюсь с ними как на разных языках!! И ((сцка))так гадтко от того что ты Одна и некому ненужна, и некому неможеж рассказать что твориться у тебя в душе-А расскажиш Непоймуть"(( Посмотрять как на умоЛишоную"((
Хорошо что есть ИНЕТ млин-Спасибо чуваку который его Придумал Сжесь я нашла Человечка с которому я могу рассказать все чтоу меня в душе!!И ет Оч сдорово потому-что ты понимаеш что ты неодна стоким Альтернотивным мышлением!!
И жить стоновиться Немножко легче!!!!И ет радует!!
А самое главное что я Обязана Адаму-за то что Я нашла етого человечка на !!форуме!!
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Да у нас очень похожие мышления и случаи из жизни! Но люди ведь МЫ ЕДИНЫ! помните, икс это тока неизвестное кличество, нас может быть много и мы едины, нас может быть мало но мы едины!!!!! А те пьяницы друзья каторые тока и хатят чёнить "прикольное" услышать и темы сваи слушать, пусть паумнеют!!
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Но люди ведь МЫ ЕДИНЫ!
ДА!!!эт точно!!! no4Get пишет:
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помните, икс это тока неизвестное кличество, нас может быть много и мы едины, нас может быть мало но мы едины!!!!!
=))))))))))))))))))) респект) мне с вами легче всего общаться,потому что многие из тех,кто меня окружает, просто не понимают меня, да и не хотят понять,а с вами со всеми есть какой-то общий язык... вобщем абсолютно согласна с no4Get ом)
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no4Get пишет:
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МЫ ЕДИНЫ!
Ет точно МЫ все-ЕБИНЫ- Мне тоже свами очень легко общяться!! Сдесь я чувствую себя в своей ТАРЕЛКИ!! Спасибо вам ВСЕМ
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А те пьяницы друзья каторые тока и хатят чёнить "прикольное" услышать и темы сваи слушать, пусть паумнеют!!
Ага, Онит поумнеют !!ЩЯ!! Мне так вдвойне Трудней потому-что я учусь в школе с детьми у которых еще Детсво в Одном месте играет!! Они все такие приметивные-Деграты МЛИН-лиш бы позолупаться, Покурить на Площядки школы и Выеб...
И я там ОДНА -ХОЧУ Свами УЧИТЬСЯ со всеми-Жаль что мы так все долеко жимем Хдруг От Хдруга!!!
А былоб в Двойне КРУТо еслеб мы жили РЯдышком с Грейсиками!!! чтоб могли ходить на Концерты и вместе колбаситься
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Отправлено: 12.10.07 09:53. Заголовок: Re:
Мне тож с вами круто общаться! Плохо, что мы разбросаны по всей стране.Когда говоришь людям, что я общаюсь на форуме, сперва спрашивают, что такое форум, а потом смотрят на тебя так, словно тебе не хватает общения. Во дибилы! Кароч, я с вами со всеми согласна, и енто круто!!! Я прям оч рада, что забралась на эт форум!
Пост N: 24
Info: It Is Sexual - Is Anxious.
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Отправлено: 12.10.07 12:33. Заголовок: Re:
Riot_Girl пишет:
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Меня люди считают зависимой от интернета)ну в какой-то мере они правы-здесь люди интереснее,чем в реальности.
О, Эт да!! Сдесь Круче общение чем в Реале!! Потому-как в реале У людей ТОК Животные Экстинкты(Ну вы мя Поняли о чем я говорю) и БУХЛО-Которое мне совсем неинтересо!!
Пост N: 78
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Отправлено: 12.10.07 20:05. Заголовок: Re:
AFI - Girl пишет:
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Плохо, что мы разбросаны по всей стране.Когда говоришь людям, что я общаюсь на форуме, сперва спрашивают, что такое форум, а потом смотрят на тебя так, словно тебе не хватает общения.
Вот, тоже бывает! Хотя, слава Богу, у мня таких людей вокруг мало. Все друзья частенько на форумах ошиваются. Надо как-то успевать и в реале норм общаться, и в сети))Ramosanta пишет:
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Отправлено: 12.10.07 21:23. Заголовок: Re:
Three Days Grace is on tour with a new album and a new outlook
“Your music saved my life.”
That’s what a fan told Brad Walst of Three Days Grace at a recent merchandise signing. The teenager’s parents had recently divorced, and emotionally, he had been through a lot.
“I got goose bumps,” Walst said. “So many artists find it hard to find people who relate to their art. We are lucky to have people who respond to what we’re doing.”
What Walst and bandmates Adam Gontier, Neil Sanderson and Barry Stock are doing now is touring with their second album, the platinum-selling “One-X.” Three Days Grace performs at 7 p.m. Sunday in the Duluth Entertainment Convention Center. Also on the bill are Breaking Benjamin, Seether and Skillet.
Three Days Grace’s brand of alt-metal rock has tapped into the zeitgeist, garnering hundreds of thousands of fans. So how did a group from rural Canada — a town with a population of 1,500 — become the voice of urban angst?
“When you’re on the road,” Walst explained, “you meet a lot of people. They show you around the city, and act like they’re your best friend — but you don’t really know them.”
Despite the downsides of touring, Walst believes he’s got “the best job in the world.”
“We just love playing every night. We want to do this forever,” the bass player and vocalist said in a phone interview from Philadelphia. “I’ve seen other bands, success goes to their heads [and] then they don’t last. We don’t ever want to be like that. We don’t ever want to stop making music.”
Walst, 30, attributes this level-headed attitude toward his career in part to growing up with two of his band mates in Norwood, Ontario.
“At heart, we’re small-town guys,” he said. “We don’t take anything we have for granted.”
In the small town about 100 miles northeast of Toronto, the trio always knew they were different.
“I think we all felt somewhat set apart,” said Walst, who recently moved back to Norwood with his wife and baby son. “We weren’t outcasts, we weren’t bad kids, but we didn’t really fit in. We were isolated from the norm.”
That sense of isolation translates into music that, ironically, makes Three Days Grace’s fans feel less alone.
Although the rise of Three Days Grace to rock stardom has been swift — their self-titled debut reached the Top 10 in 2003, and they have had five No. 1 singles. But Walst doesn’t feel like success came suddenly.
“We’ve paid our dues. We’ve played a lot, different venues all over the place. We’ve played weddings, we’ve opened for abstract art films, and we’ve played on a hay wagon in a field. We always had the mentality that we would play anywhere, take any job.”
That mentality didn’t change when Three Days Grace hit the charts. The success of the first record “was like winning the lottery,” Walst said. “But we took it kind of excessive. We did two and a half years’ straight touring.”
The pressures of that tour brought on lead singer Gontier’s addiction to painkillers, which he overcame in rehab in 2005.
“Adam came out [of rehab] with a whole notebook of songs and poems. So lyrically, he contributed the most [to ‘One-X’],” Walst said. “Meanwhile, the rest of us were jamming every day. So we contributed more to the music.”
Three Days Grace have been on the road with the new album on and off since April 2006. The rockers have been all over the United States and Canada. Their shows don’t change when they go from their homeland to the States, but the audiences do.
“In Canada, there’s less moshing,” Walst mused, “Americans tend to be more aggressive — but that’s cool. We use our music as an outlet to work out our feelings. They use the mosh pit.”
Are the constant travel and close quarters hard on his friendships with Gontier, Sanderson and Stock?
“During the first tour we became non-communicative,” Walst recalled. “We just didn’t talk. It was like it was becoming a job — it was becoming mundane. We learned from that to never stop communicating.
“We’ve been through a lot of ups and downs, and they have brought us closer. We’ve known each other since we were 15. Now, we’re like brothers.”
And the job? Walst laughed.
“This is less a job than — I don’t know what to call it — a passion.”
GRAND RAPIDS -- Even with rock music's many branches making the genre hard to define these days, Three Days Grace knows it's bringing a seldom-played form to a music stage near you: Real rock.
"We just try to show everybody that it's still all right to be a real band -- and just be real instead of trying to go up on stage and make something that's larger than life, using tracks and that kind of (thing)," said 28-year-old Neil Sanderson, drummer for the Canadian band.
"We're just not into that. But I think real rock fans can see through that stuff just like I can."
Sanderson, lead vocalist/guitarist Adam Gontier, lead guitarist Barry Stock and bassist/vocalist Brad Walst have been creating contemplative but catchy chart-topping rock since their 2003 self-titled debut album.
The record produced the dissonant "Just Like You" and no-holds-barred "I Hate Everything About You."
Their sophomore effort, 2006's "One-X," has manufactured a string of hits: "Pain," rock anthem "Never Too Late" and the incendiary "Animal I Have Become."
Change is hard
Despite two dark albums, Sanderson said, they're really not dark guys. It's just that the subject matter lends itself to that angst.
"We write about making change in your life. So part of making change generally starts with the negative," he said. "We write about a sense of urgency on taking action. So some people interpret that as negative meandering, but I think it's more just like identifying the bad and just doing something about it."
Hence, their name: Three days grace given to people to turn things around.
Lead singer Gontier had to turn things around with his prescription pain killer addiction a couple of years ago. He checked himself into rehab. Now, the band's doing well and working just as hard as ever, Sanderson said.
Having just flown in to Bloomington, Ill., after a day's vacation in Toronto to spend time playing with his daughter and cutting the grass, Sanderson spoke about how hard the band has worked to be touring for such large crowds, including 21,000 recently in St. Louis.
"It's awesome to be able to go up there and do this on this level.
Also part of the whole rock experience is songwriting, which they do collaboratively and acoustically.
"If you can break a song down to a couple of guitars, a hand drum and a vocal or two, and it's good, then whatever you add on to it's just gonna make it better," Sanderson said.
With as much attention as they pay to producing music, they made sure to put together a tour with bands they respect. Besides being good friends, Breaking Benjamin, Seether and Skillet play real rock, he said.
No tracks, no loops.
Making real music
"We're kind of about the real deal, as far as being able to go up on stage and own the stage. We like bands that can actually play their instruments and not just play to a bunch of tracks. And those bands are ... the real deal."
That includes The Rolling Stones, of course, for whom Three Days Grace opened two shows last October for 45,000 each night.
"They're really down-to-earth guys. If those kind of guys can be down-to-earth, all the more reason to reiterate the fact that people shouldn't have a lot of time for (big egos) in the industry."
Aware of the industry's many veneers and the isolation and impersonal aspects of touring, the band is a little more relaxed these days.
Sanderson finds relaxation and renewal by enjoying the moments on stage when professionalism collides with being "chill enough that you can kind of take in your surroundings and enjoy the moment and not just be a drum geek all the time," he said, laughing.
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Отправлено: 12.10.07 23:45. Заголовок: Re:
Да люди как свами классна! Выодни меня панимаете, аситуация у мня такаяже!! Друзья деграды в детстве застряли и не могут поумнеть, вот и не панимают! Но всётаки нступит тот день када Грэсики приедут в Рашу и мы собирёмся вместе...
Пост N: 78
Info: Scared and Lonely
Зарегистрирован: 23.08.07
Откуда: Ну РАша канечно), Белебей
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Отправлено: 13.10.07 08:08. Заголовок: Re:
Да, с нетерпением жду этого дня))) Pushkin вот чет интересненькое выложил...переведите пожалуйста!Я насколько поняла, это люди писали как грейсы изменили их жизнь, точнее спасли...
Да!Когда у меня возникает какая-нибудь сложная ситуация, я включаю грэев и как то намного легче становится. И проблемы вроде бы оказываются решаемыми. Наступит тот день, когда мы будем сходить с ума около сцены, на которой Адам будет орать Let's start a riot! Я верю, что он наступит!
Пост N: 77
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Отправлено: 19.10.07 14:38. Заголовок: Re:
у меня тоже самое, друзей как таковых и нет, был один, но он тож стал придурком, и предал наши интересы и нашу дружбу! но ничё ведь у меня есть вы, хоть и в инете! Всёж лучше чем ничего!!!!
Пост N: 424
Info: Никогда не Поздно
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Отправлено: 22.10.07 17:17. Заголовок: Re:
Mind Your Mind Interview with Brad Walst and Adam Gontier
Three Days Grace and One-X
The collaboration that went into the bearing of One-X is one that was borne out of a need to confront feelings of loneliness and isolation that ironically came from being constantly surrounded by other people. It is about feeling like an outsider. And it is about realizing that you’re not alone in these feelings.
Bassist Brad Walst puts it as, “…It's weird how you can still feel alone in a crowd of people. In fact the only ones we could really relate to were the true fans. They know what's going on inside your head because they are the ones that are hearing it in your music."
So in another twist of irony, the band confronted isolation by isolating themselves and taking their acoustic guitars to somewhere in the middle of nowhere, Ontario. What they came up with, following in the footsteps of their first knock-out album, is the TRUTH.
On their One-X tour, Three Days Grace vocalist, Adam Gontier and Walst, meet up with mindyourmind to chat a bit and put on a FaNtAsTiC show afterwards, including a cover of Chris Isaak’s, Wicked Game. Needless to say, it was a killer show!
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Отправлено: 03.11.07 22:29. Заголовок: Переводим! Barry St..
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Barry Stock Interview
On January 21, Kore Scott, Bruno Souza, and I had the pleasure of talking to Three Days Grace lead guitarist, Barry Stock from the WBRO studio in Marengo, Indiana. He talked to us by phone from Cincinnati, Ohio. The other band members: Adam Gontier (lead vocals), Neil Sanderson (drums and backing vocals), and Brad Walst (bass and backing vocals), unfortunately, could not join in on the interview.
Three Days Grace formed in 1997 in Norwood, Ontario, Canada. The band was formally named Groundswell in 1992, but switched to Three Days Grace in 1997 six years before their first record release. When I asked the reason for the name switch, Stock replied, “I don’t really know much about the name Groundswell or where that came from. When they changed it at the time they just figured, you know, that they needed a better name and Brad came up with the Three Days Grace name. Funny at the time he was actually taking accounting in school and it was kind of an accounting term, three days grace period. He just heard that and he just thought it really related to the band. It had a real sense of urgency and it sort of fit the band.” Furthermore, when the band was named Groundswell, they were a quintet but in 1997 they subtracted two members and changed the name.
It was in Stock’s preteen years that he first discovered his love of music. “When I was in my younger teens, we all had friends that played in bands and stuff. I remember they would have parties over at the rec center near where we lived and I used to sneak out and go over there and just peek through the window and watch these guys play,” Stock recalls. “I remember watching this guitar player, who probably at the time was a teenager himself, but, I was so young that I just looked at that guy as a big Rock God. And that started it for me.” Stock actually started out on drums but his father’s aversion to the “racket” prompted Stock to do away with his drum set. It was on his thirteenth birthday that Stock’s father bought him his first guitar. He decided from that day forward he would find a way to make music his career.
Stock would finally get the break he had been looking for in 2003, when he officially joined the ranks of Three Days Grace. At first, he was unsure as to whether he should join the band. Stock was already involved with another rock band at the time, but between being approached by Neil Sanderson and the release of the band’s self-titled debut album, Stock was drawn in and finally joined Three Days Grace. Their first single, “I hate everything about you” topped American charts and reached number two on the Canadian Mainstream, Alternative and Active Rock Charts. The band received a few nominations in America and Canada but did not obtain the win for this record. With newfound success in their back pocket, the band jetted off on their first tour. Along with touring America and Canada, they crossed the Atlantic and toured in Europe, Australia, and Brazil. Bruno Souza, a foreign exchange student at the high school, asked about the band’s experience in his home country of Brazil and Stock replied, “Still to this day [it] is one of my favorite memorable shows because the response we got from the audience was amazing. They all knew the stuff and they were advertising it really well. It was awesome to go to another country and have 30,000 people singing your songs. It was completely overwhelming for us. It was awesome.” The whole of Europe and Amsterdam in particular were among Stock’s preferred touring destinations as well as Brazil.
However, like most great bands, Three Days Grace would face a major obstacle. In the course of touring, the band’s front man, Adam Gontier, found himself tangled up in the world of drugs. It was not long before they began rehearsals for their second record that Gontier admitted he was having a struggle with substance abuse. “He sort of came forward that he had a drug problem,” Stock says. “So, when we got off the road for the last record, he went into rehab and so the rest of us in the band, we went into rehearsals right away and started working on music for the new record, One-X. So, by the time he got out and cleaned himself up, we sort of reflected a lot of that into this new record.” Such songs as “Pain” and “Animal I have become” recounted the fight of addiction, stemming from Gontier’s firsthand experience. The songs chronicle isolation and a “darker side” of one’s personality. Stock explains, “A lot of people who have these problems tend to feel like they’re the only one that feels that way about themselves. [And] when you’re an addict, a lot of times you feel like you’re secluded and you’re the only one and you don’t want to tell anybody or you don’t want to ask for help. You’re a bit ashamed sometimes.” Stock basically expressed that the record came mostly from Adam’s battle and how the rest of the band took it. “That’s really what the record is about, One-X. That’s kind of what [the record] is about exactly is that you’re not the only one. When you feel that way, no matter what’s going on in your life, whether you’re depressed or anything, you know, you’re not the only one and you should share that and express it. There are other people like you and you can help each other,” Stock concludes. In support of Adam and the record, Three Days Grace headlined a tour called “Three Days to Change” in which they “gave back” to the community that saved Gontier’s life. The tour took the band to different rehabilitation centers to help uplift people who have unfortunately fell into troubling times themselves and could use the support and understanding which the band gratefully obliged to.
Kore Scott asked for some words of advice and encouragement for new and upcoming bands and so Stock replied, “You know, what I would say to the new bands is just don’t get discouraged. The music business is a really tough business to get into. Just don’t get discouraged that easily. [I grew up with a lot of people] who gave up, I think, too early. They didn’t give it enough of a shot. Just be true to yourself and just give it everything you’ve got. I mean, it’s like anything in your life, if you’re really passionate about it, you really need to stick with it. If you really, really give it a hundred percent, something’s going to happen at some point, you know what I mean? That’s probably the best advice I can give. Just keep writing songs and enjoy doing what you’re doing. Just don’t give up too easily, don’t be that discouraged about something. There’s always light at the end of the tunnel if you stick with it and you’re really passionate about it.”
Personally, I think this advice is universal for any career one could pursue. Passion is what will keep one going at the end of the day and Stock conveyed this intensely. He mentioned that even though he didn’t make very much money at first when he was chasing a music career, he kept going. But just like he said, “something’s going to happen at some point” and it did.
The band is now on tour with Staind. The touring schedule is only set around the U.S. and Canada but they hope to move on to other countries like touring from the last record. Their touring schedule and other information on the group can be found on the band’s official webpage at www.threedaysgrace.com.
21 января Кор Скотт, Бруно Соза и я с удовольствие побеседовали с главным гитаристом группы Three Days Grace Барри Стоком из WBRO(не знаю, что это такое-от меня) студии в Маренго, Индиана. Он говорил с нами по телефону из Cincinnati, Ohio. Оятальные члены группы: Адам Гонтье(основной вокал), Нейл Сандерсон( барабаны и бэк-вокал) и Брэд Волст(басс и бэк-вокал), к сожаленью, не смогли присоединиться к интервью.
Three Days Grace сформировалась в 1997 году в Норвуде, Онтарио, Канада. Команда называлась Groundswell в 1992, но переименовалась в Three Days Grace в 1997 за 6 лет до их первого релиза. Когда я спросил о причине смены названия, Сток ответил: «Я не знаю ничего о названии Groundswell или откуда оно взялось. Когда они выбрали его, они только понимали, вы знаете, что им нужно было лучшее название, и Брэд предложил Three Days Grace. Забавно, ведь в то время он действительно объяснял в школе, и это было хорошим отчетом семестра, в период Three Days Grace. Он только слышал это, и только думал, что это действительно связано с командой». Далее когда группа стала называться Groundswell, они были квинтетом но в 1997 они потеряли двух участников и сменили название.
Это было когда Сток был подростком, каким он впервые обнаружил любовь к музыке. « Когда я был подростком, у нас у всех были друзья с которыми мы играли в группах и знали свое дело. Я помню они устраивали вечеринки около центра где мы жили и я привык красться из дома и идти туда и только заглядывать в окно и наблюдать как эти парни играют» вспомнил Сток. «Я помню, как смотрел за гитаристом, который вероятно в это время и сам был подростком, но, я был настолько молод, что мог только смотреть на них как на больших Богов Рока. И так это началось для меня». Сток действительно начинал на барабанах, но антипатия его отца к «шуму» побудила Барри заниматься где-нибудь в другом месте. На его тринадцатый день рожденья папа купил ему первую гитару. Он начал продвигаться, определенно с этого дня он хотел найти путь чтобы сделать музыку своей профессией.
Сток наконец-то прорвался, он находит в 2003, когда он официально присоединяется к Three Days Grace. Во-первых, он не был уверен стоило ли ему присоединяться к группе. Сток уже работал с другими рок-группами в то время, но между тем подошел к Нейлу Сандерсону и релиз самостоятельного дебютного альбома группы Стоку понравился и в конце концов он присоединился к Three Days Grace. Их первый сингл «I Hate Everything About You» завоевал американские чарты и стал вторым в Канадском Главном Альтернативном и Альтернативного Рока чартах. Группа получила несколько номинаций в Америке и Канаде но ни в одной из них не победила. С новым успехом в багаже группа отправилась в свой первый тур. Перед турами в Америке и Канаде они пересекли Атлантику и прошли с турами по Европе, Австралии и Бразилии. Бруно Соза, иностранный студент по обмену в высшей школе, спросил об опыте группы в своей родной стране Бразилии и Сток ответил: «до сих пор это одна из моих любимых достопамятных демонстраций потому что мы до сих пор получаем отклики от пораженной аудитории. Они все знали свое дело и они рекламировали очень здорово. Было страшно». Вся Европа и Амстердам в частности были среди предпочитаемых Стоком мест проведения туров лучших Бразилии.
Тем не менее, как величайшая группа, Three Days Grace встретятся лицом к лицу с большими препятствиями. В течение туров фронтмен группы Адам Гонтье запутался в себе и в мире наркотиков. Это длилось недолго до того как они начали репетировать для своего второго альбома, тогда Гонтье признался, что боролся со злоупотреблением наркотиков. « Он разбирался с прогрессирующей болезнью, когда у него были проьлемы с наркотиками» сказал Сток. «Так, когда мы закончили ездить для последней записи, он отправился реабилитироваться и группа ушла отдыхать, мы отправились на репетиции и начали работать над музыкой для нового альбома, One-X. Итак, через некоторое время он вышел из клиники и очистился, мы записали большинство материала в новом альбоме». Такие песни как «Pain» и «Animal I Have Become» подробно рассказывали о борьбе с наркоманией, сопротивлении испытанном Гонтье. Песни-хроники уединений и «темные стороны» единственной персоны. Сток объясняет: «Множество людей имеют эти проблемы, склонность чувствовать что они одни это чувствуют на пути к себе. И когда ты наркоман, ты много раз чувствуешь что ты скрываешься и ты только один и ты не хочешь рассказывать об этом кому-либо или не хочешь попросить помощи. Ты иногда стыдишься этого». Сток в основном выражался об альбоме ставшим известным из-за битвы Адама и как отпуск который взяла группа. « На самом деле что можно сказать об альбоме One-X. Это лучший из альбомов о том что ты не один. Когда ты почувствуешь этот путь, ничего страшного, что он входит в твою жизнь, будет у тебя депрессия или нет, ты знаешь, ты не один и тебе стоит участвовать в этом и выражать это. Остальные люди такие же как ты и ты можешь помочь каждому из них», завершил Сток. В поддержку Адама и альбома, Three Days Grace назвали свой тур «Три дня для выбора» в котором они «вернулись» в общество чтобы сохранить жизнь Гонтье. Группа посетила центры реабилитации, помогающие подняться людям которые, к несчастью, сбились с пути в беспокойное время и могут использовать опыт и понимание которые группа также перенесла.
Кор Скот попросил дать несколько советов и поощрений для новых и подающих надежда групп и Сток сказал: «Вы знаете, то что я скажу новым группам не будет обескураживающим. Музыкальный бизнес по-настоящему трудный бизнес чтобы влиться в него. Только не говорите, что он легкий. Я знаком с многими людьми которые поднялись, я думаю, очень рано. Они не выросли достаточно для такого броска. Будьте верны самому себе и давайте это всему что вас окружает. Я имею в виду, это как ничего в вашей жизни, если вы по-настоящему желаете этого, вам нужно по-настоящему придерживаться этого. Если ты настоящий, дай это сотням людей, когда что-либо укажет на происходящее, ты знаешь, что я имею в виду? Это вероятно лучший совет, что я могу дать. Продолжай писать песни и получай удовольствие, от того, что делаешь. Не надо пытаться подняться слишком рано, не отговаривайтесь от чего-либо. Если вы будете придерживаться этого, вы обязательно увидите свет в конце тоннеля и вы по-настоящему захотите этого».
Лично я думаю этот совет универсален для любых начинаний. Желание, которое будет единственным до конца, и Сток передал это полностью. Он упомянул что даже он не смог заработать очень много денег во-первых когда он гнался за музыкальной славой, он не переставал идти. Но как он сказал: «когда что-либо укажет на происходящее» и это так.
Сейчас группа в туре с Straind. Список туров лишь вокруг США и Канады но они надеются поехать и в другие страны как в туре последнего альбома. Их список тура и другую информацию группы вы можете найти на официальном сайте группы.
Пост N: 83
Info: It Is Sexual - Is Anxious.
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Web Exclusive: A conversation with Three Days Grace's Brad Walst Three Days Grace bassist Brad Walst recently spoke with the Sun Herald on the band's current tour and their upcoming show at the Mississippi Coast Coliseum with Seether, Red and Breaking Benjamin.
Your sophomore album, One-X, already has three singles to come off of it, with a possible fourth one upcoming. Four singles off one album? Sounds like you guys are doing pretty well for yourselves these days.
"It's hard to believe that all those songs went to No. 1. It's pretty crazy and we're pretty fortunate. You never expect it and we've been very fortunate to have people respond to it the way they have."
You've doubtless heard of the sophomore record curse. How do you think, musically, you avoided that?
"Well, I think we really took our time. We got off the road and it had been two straight years from the first album. We weren't really communicating as a band that well, so we really took time and took time with family and friends and each other and just did a lot of hanging out and got back to being friends again. Then, basically, we got out of the city in Toronto, and left all the pressures behind. Neil has a cabin in Northern Canada and we went up there with some meat, beer and acoustic guitars and sat down with what we wanted to get out of this next record. That's where 'One-X' came from. Everybody wants a new album, but if you take time and write it for yourself, you'll always avoid that curse. We grew up in the country, and moved to Toronto just to make music. We grew up playing acoustic guitars around the campfire and that's what we wanted to get back to. What our roots were."
"Well, I think, you know, the first album, you have 10 years to write it, and that had to do with a lot of our personal things that happened at home. Once we got on the road, we started seeing parts of the world and we matured as people, I think. We went through some hard times and hopeful times, with (vocalist Adam Gontier's addiction to pain medicine) and rehab. But I think this album has a little more hope in it because we were around a hopeful situation of Adam getting clean and better, so I think that definitely helped."
The band toured through some group homes and rehab centers last year. What was that like and what was the response?
"It was pretty amazing because we were obviously around Adam a lot during rehab but we didn't really get to see the actual places that helped him out. It was amazing, the energy we got to feel from these people, because you could tell the music really helped them. For us, that was the first time it really hit home for us. It was like, 'Whoa, this is bigger than we think.' We were giving back to the community that helped him. That was important for us. It's just that feeling you're so overwhelmed because we talked to him a lot about it. But listening to him talk to other people about it, it's totally different vibe. It just hit home and and we realized that we were doing an amazing thing for these people."
So how's this tour going so far? What have some of the highlights been?
"I think we're just doing some amazing shows. It's like, 5,000 to 8,000 seaters and it's surreal to see the way we've elevated to these levels and it's just a great package. Breaking Benjamin, Seether and Red, it's amazing to get all of these fans out together. There have been many highlights. We've closed down amphitheaters and you look up and there's 15,000 people waiting to see you play. It's pretty surreal. It's amazing, man, and we're just going along with this package and hopefully we can just keep going and rocking America like we have been."
Three Days Grace played Biloxi last year, only a year after Katrina. Are you looking forward to coming back to the area?
"Yeah, yeah. I think that was with Staind... .Wasn't it the first show back in that arena? It was pretty awesome to see people out and in that building after such a terrible thing. Yeah, I love that whole Coast there, it's beautiful. It's pretty sad to see all the buildings come down, but it's great to see how fast things come up. We love it there, man, and we always have a great rock show. It seems people really appreciate rock and roll down there."
What's next for the band? Working on any new material?
"We've started to write already, actually. We have about two or three songs now and we're slowly getting back into the writing mode, which is hard sometimes to do on the road, because it's a stale environment sometimes. We're going to take some time over Christmas, then do a Canadian run, then back down south for the spring and that might be it. We'll go back in and start to get another record together."
Canadian Tour Dates Winter 2008 Attention All Canadian Three Days Grace Fans! The guys will be hitting the road this winter. Rain, ice, hail or snow, 3DG will be rocking across the country that they call home! Tickets for this very special tour will go on sale 10 am local time next Friday, November 16th. All our Canadian fans will have the first shot to purchase tickets during the Fan Club Pre-sale, this Monday November 12th, 5 days before the rest of the world! The first 50 people to buy a ticket during the pre-sale also have the chance to buy a membership to the Official Three Days Grace Fan Club before it launches next month. Fan Club membership comes with an exclusive VIP meet and greet at the show with the band, a special Fan Club only website, a Welcome pack with an exclusive Fan Club T-shirt, and more! This is the last opportunity to pre-buy the membership and get that special meet and greet, so head to the Fan Club on Monday to get your VIP ticket!
Enter this user name and password when you get your tix! User name: threedays Password: grace
Canadian Tour Dates Winter 2008 1/14 Montreal @ Metropolis 1/15 Montreal @ Metropolis 1/17 Toronto @ Kool Haus 1/18 Toronto @ Kool Haus 1/19 Oshawa @ GM Centre 1/21 Kitchener @ Elements 1/22 Kitchener @ Elements 1/24 Sault Ste. Marie @ Steelback Centre 1/27 Winnipeg @ MTS Centre 1/29 Calgary @ Corral 1/30 Edmonton @ Shaw Conference Centre 2/01 Vancouver @ Commodore Ballroom 2/02 Vancouver @ Commodore Ballroom 2/04 Prince George @ CN Centre 2/07 Lethbridge @ Enmax Centre 2/08 Regina @ Brandt Centre
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Отправлено: 11.12.07 21:01. Заголовок: On The 3rd Day Of Gr..
On The 3rd Day Of Grace
I was slightly bummed out that 3 Days Grace wasn’t able to do an in-person interview with me while they were on tour. I understand they are quite busy so I started to catch up on some research for an email interview.
What do you ask a band who has done everything? They’ve had not only one but two Platinum albums but I’m sure you already knew that considering you own both of them. (And if you don’t, you should!) After gathering some dirt, I sent off the questions and impatiently awaited their response. I wanted to know the answers just as badly as you!
So here they are, the answers you wanted to know about from the start of Groundswell to Adam in rehab and back on tour.
Shout!: Can you please give a brief description on how the band formed?
Neil Sanderson: Third day of grade 9, I met Adam in the smoking section at high-school. We got a band together. I lived about a 30 second walk from school, so we’d jam at my house at lunch, and sometimes fill my bedroom full of people and rock out for them. We moved to Toronto at 17 and started playing everywhere, and eventually some record companies started coming out to our shows.
S!: You all started out as Groundswell, why the name change?
Neil: We were kids when we formed the first band, and as we went, a couple of members left, and are music had drastically changed, so we decided to start fresh.
S!: Most bands suffer with numerous lineup changes. Why do you feel this lineup works so well?
Neil: Because we’re all best friends. It never feels like business. We know how to communicate with each other and not blow up over silly things. Bands that argue and fight all the time never last. We learned how to deal with things constructively…oh and we’re all good at playing our instruments.
S!: Being from Canada, was it hard to cross over to the US mainstream music scene?
Neil: Well we’ve been touring in the USA for a long time now, and we believe that to build a career anywhere you have to tour, tour tour! The best way to gain real fans is to blow them a way at a live show over and over again.
S!: How does it feel to have been nominated at the Juno Awards in 2004?
Neil: It’s always awesome to be recognized for your artwork. We’ve put a lot of work into our albums and for them to surface on this level is amazing.
S!: What is the biggest sacrifice you have made to get where you are today?
Neil: I would say being away from home so much. Time warps when you’re on the road.
S!: In reference to Adam going to rehab in 2005, how did the fans react?
Neil: No one knew until he got out, so I think fans reacted with relief that he was alright.
S!: How was support shown for him during that time?
Neil: Well, from the band’s perspective, we’re all great friends like I said before, so we were a support system for him and did whatever we had to do to help.
S!: One-X was released June of 2006. What did you do differently to prepare for this album compared to your previous ones?
Neil: We actually wrote this record up in Ontario cottage country, away from distractions with acoustic guitars. We decided to go to a place where time didn’t exist, and once we got there, the record pretty much wrote itself.
S!: Is it hard to relive some experiences through these lyrics on stage?
Neil: When we’re on stage, we all zone out into our own worlds, so every night is different in some way.
S!: Is there anything you would change on One-X?
Neil: Nope.
S!: How does it feel to have not only one, but two Platinum albums?
Neil: It’s awesome that people are still buying CD’s. We try to make records that are great from start to finish, and with meaningful artwork and videos,(like the old days) so that people want to be part of the whole Three Days Grace experience, and not just have a couple of songs on a playlist in their ipod.
S!: What has been your favorite stop so far on this tour?
Neil: We were in Japan for a couple shows. Tokyo and Nagasaki, and we hit Hawaii on that tour. It was cool.
S!: Any interesting stories that you’d like to share?
Neil: We opened for the Rolling Stones last year in Regina, Saskatchewan. Mick Jagger was heard saying “I wont make fun of the name of your city…even though that makes me sound like a pussy!” They were awesome guys…very inspiring to see that The Stones were very humble and approachable. That’s what we strive for…we don’t have time for bands with huge egos.
S!: What do you usually do when you get some down time while on tour?
Neil: I play golf as much as I possibly can on the road, usually 2-3 times a week. It’s great to get out and get some fresh air once in a while. I love being on the green.
S!: What can your fans expect from you after this tour?
Neil: We’re writing for the next record and plan to get recording as soon as possible once we’re off the road…we’re kind of workaholics (although it doesn’t really feel like work)
S!: Think of one question you wish someone in my position would ask you and answer it.
Neil: I wish someone would ask me how I’m feeling, and I would answer: “fine thanks, and you?”
S!: Any last words you’d like to say to our readers out there?
Neil: Come drop us a line on MySpace and we’ll see you at a show very soon.
Пост N: 393
Info: I will be OK
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Отправлено: 14.12.07 17:00. Заголовок: Ой, забавное такое и..
Ой, забавное такое интервью...перевела -
Я был немного ошарашен, когда узнал, что 3dg не смогут дать мне обыкновенное интервью во время их тура. Я
понял, что они очень заняты, поэтому попробовал договориться об интервью через e-mail.
О чём бы вы спросили группу, которая и так уже сделала всё, что только было возможно? У них не только один, а
целых два платиновых альбома, и я уверен, что они у вас есть (а если нет, то должны быть!). Подумав немного, я
отослал группе свои вопросы и с нетерпением ждал ответов, которые, как и вам, мне очень хотелось узнать!
Итак, вот эти ответы на вопросы о пути от Groundswell`а через зависимость Адама к нынешнему туру.
- Не могли бы вы кратко описать период становления группы? Нейл: На третий день 9ого класса я встретил Адама в курилке старшей школы. Мы создали группу. В то время я
жил в тридцати секундах ходьбы от школы, поэтому мы часто зависали у меня дома, а иногда приводили кучу
народа в мою комнату и устраивали там шоу. В Торонто мы переехали, когда нам было 17, и мы начали играть
везде, где только можно было. И так получилось, что некоторые представители рекорд - компаний стали
приходить на наши концерты.
- Вы начинали как Groundswell, почему поменяли название? Нейл: Мы были детьми, когда создали свою первую группу, с течением времени некоторые участники ушли, и
музыка кардинально поменялась. Поэтому мы решили начать всё с чистого листа.
- Некоторые группы страдают от постоянных изменений в их составе. Почему у вас таких проблем нет?
Нейл: Потому что все мы - лучшие друзья. Я никогда не считал наше занятие бизнесом. Мы всегда знаем как
обходиться друг с другом и как избежать некоторых неприятных ситуаций. Те группы, которые без конца дерутся и
ссорятся, не живут долго. Мы научились решать проблемы мирным путем. А...ну и ещё каждый из нас хорошо
играет на своём инструменте.
- Вы из Канады. Было ли вам сложно пройти через главную музыкальную сцену США? Нейл: По США мы ездим уже очень давно, и я думаю, что, если ты хочешь где-либо добиться успеха, ты должен
выступать, выступать, выступать. Самый лучший способ завоевать настоящих фанов - это давать живые
выступления снова и снова.
- Чем для вас была номинация на Juno Awards в 2004? Нейл: Всегда приятно, когда знают то, что ты делаешь в искусстве, в музыке. Мы очень много работали над
нашими альбомами, и теперь, когда видишь, на какой высокий уровень они поднялись, это круто!
- И какую же самую большую жертву вам пришлось принести, чтобы добраться до этого уровня? Нейл: Я бы сказал, это то время, которое мы проводим вдали от дома. И время это летит очень быстро.
- Возвращаясь к вопросу о лечении Адама, как фанаты отнеслись к этому? Нейл: Никто ничего не знал до тех пор, пока Адам не вылечился. А когда уже всем всё стало известно, то, я
думаю, фанаты вздохнули с облегчением, что теперь с Адамом всё в порядке.
- Кто поддерживал Адама в тот период? Нейл: Как я уже сказал, мы все друзья, поэтому мы делали всё возможное, чтобы помочь ему.
- One-X вышел в июне 2006. Что вы сделали для того, чтобы этот альбом отличался от предыдущего? Нейл: Этот альбом мы написали в загородном доме в Онтарио, подальше от города, на акустических гитарах. Мы
решили найти место, где время остановилось, и вот, когда мы нашли его, альбом получился как-то сам собой.
- Тяжело снова переживать те эмоции, которые заложены в песнях, на сцене? Нейл: Когда мы на сцене, мы каждый, словно в своём собственном мире, поэтому в каждом выступлении есть
что-то новое.
- Есть ли что-нибудь, что бы вы хотели поменять на One-X? Нейл: Нет.
- Что для вас значит иметь не один, а два платиновых альбома? Нейл: Это удивительно, что люди до сих пор покупают диски. Мы пытаемся написать такие альбомы, которые
были бы хороши от начала и до конца, снять такие клипы, которые бы несли в себе определенный смысл. Мы
хотим чтобы люди просто погрузились в мир 3dg, а не чтобы 2-3 наши песни просто занимали чей-то i - pod.
- Какая ваша остановка в нынешнем туре запомнилась вам больше всего? Нейл: Мы были в Японии, где дали пару концертов. Останавливались в Токио и Нагасаки, ну ещё мы захватили
Гавайи...это было круто!
- Возможно, у вас есть интересные истории, которые вы можете рассказать? Нейл: В прошлом году мы выступали перед Rolling Stones в Saskatchewan. Мик Джаггер тогда сказал залу:"Я не
буду измываться над именем вашего города, даже мысль о произнесении этого названия заставляет меня звучать,
как кота!" Они офигенные парни! Я был удивлен, что они такие скромные и простые. Это то, к чему мы
стремимся... группы с завышенной самооценкой не дл нас.
- Что вы обычно делаете, когда есть свободное время? Нейл: Я играю в гольф как только выпадает такая возможность, 2 или 3 раза в неделю. Это здорово, когда можно
выйти на свежий воздух, да и вообще я люблю бывать на природе.
- Чего ждать вашим фанатам после этого тура? Нейл: Мы пишем следующий альбом и планируем его выпустить, как только получится. Мы... трудоголики, хотя
для нас это не работа.
- Придумайте вопрос, который, вы бы хотели, вам бы кто-нибудь задал. Нейл: Я бы хотел, что бы кто-нибудь спросил меня, как я себя чувствую, и я бы ответил:" Нормально, а ты как?"
- И последние слова, которые вы бы хотели сказать нашим читателям. Нейл: Заходите на MySpace и увидимся на концерте!
- Придумайте вопрос, который, вы бы хотели, вам бы кто-нибудь задал. Нейл: Я бы хотел, что бы кто-нибудь спросил меня, как я себя чувствую, и я бы ответил:" Нормально, а ты как?"
Ха-ха Спрашывала я его...Он мне неоветил!! ВРУН...ЕПТЕТЬ
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Отправлено: 01.02.08 23:16. Заголовок: Итак, нужно поднапря..
Итак, нужно поднапрячься самым талантливым переводчикам! Это интервью из фильма Behind The Pain, спасибо за транскрипцию Hardish!
THIS IS A TRUE STORY
Adam: I’m sitting right now at the back, back lounge of my bus just trying to relax ya know.
What if you were given the opportunity to turn your life around, if someone looked you in the face when you had no hope left and said, “This is it my friend… How will you use your three days of grace?” Adam: Last couple days of tour have been tough they’ve been hard ya know um there’s been a lot going on ya know in my personal life.
Naomi: I don’t know any addicts that aren’t in pain emotionally ya know I don’t believe just get high just to get high they’re covering up something, something’s there right?
After years of struggling with drug abuse, Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace walked through the doors of CAMH (Center for Addiction & Mental Health) in hopes of finally turning his life around.
A year and a half later, Adam returned to the same place that saved his life. He performed in front of 300 people in recovery as well as his fans.
THIS IS HIS STORY…
Adam: If I hadn’t given up on my drug choice I’d probably be in jail or I’d be dead so anyway that’s that. Haven’t given up smoking yet…
Brad: Our last record our first record we toured for 20 months straight and I think ya know the road got the better of us Adam mostly.
Naomi: I did know that he lost himself in the love of music and that’s when I really got frightened.
Adam: It was before we hit the road when I actually started to really get into some severe drug abuse. I could’ve easily overdosed or of not woken up. We’ve been doing an acoustic sort of tour at the same time as our full on rock show. We come to different rehab centres.
Brad: I think it’s pretty cool that we’re back in the exact place that he came to, ya know get back to the same community that’s given so much to us. It’s pretty amazing.
He invited people up to the microphone to ask questions; Adam tried to answer as many questions as he can.
Naomi: There’s a lot of people that have family members and friends that are rock bottom and rock bottoms a scary scary place.
Adam: You know for me it’s a chance to talk and the main reason I’m doing is so that I can talk to young people about the fact that turning there life around ya know is very very possible.
Adam: I thought I was the only person who knew; obviously the guys in the band noticed it, the change in my behaviour, they noticed and they definitely knew something was up.
Pain without love
Brad: We just did a Canadian tour and basically any chance we could we went to any treatment centres and we did small little shows and most of the time it was just Adam on acoustic we haven’t really had the chance to do a full band thing, so it’s pretty cool.
You’re sick of feeling numb
Adam: The lowest point were the few times I felt myself ya know close to being arrested or having my life in jeopardy walking through terrible terrible neighbourhood, walking around trying to “score”
Neil: Ya know as an artist, we have an opportunity to maybe give people a new perspective on things that they wouldn’t think of otherwise through music. That’s a pretty powerful thing if you can harness it.
Brad: Pretty amazing feeling man because you go through all of this stuff as a group and when you’re expanded to the public it’s pretty amazing to see how many people can relate to your problem.
Brad: Oh Adam, Adam came to us with the lyrics and it’s really revolved around what we went through with his addictions and I really think people can relate to that.
Pain I can’t get enough
Adam: For me it’s been incredible way to release and get everything out and ya know just not hide anything ya know just put it all out there, if you’re comfortable with that ya know in your music it’s a really great way to just express everything.
Question: What made you start using drugs?
Adam: Ah I dunno I think it was a combination of a few different things, there was just a lot of stuff going on in my life so I kind of felt like I needed a break from that.
Start of Never Too Late plays
Dr. Paul Garfinkel: Addiction is a multi-fastening problem that can manifest in many different ways.
Adam: I think it was at someone’s party or whatever and got offered one and I had one and it was a great feeling and never thought anything about it again.
This world will never be…
Adam: I think a few days later I ran into the same person who had the same thing and I was like “oh hey, I’ll try one of those again.”
I will not leave alone everything that I own to make you feel like its not too late, it’s never too late
Dr. Paul Garfinkel: We can become addicted to many things and we have as individuals different propensities…
Naomi: Recovery is kind of a word that’s put around all the time and I think people can think I’m getting clean and it’s an event and now I just did it, I’m at a detox and it’s out of my system but it’s after that, that’s really difficult.
Adam: She’s been incredible man, she has been through the same sort of situation and yeah she was just incredible. If it wasn’t for her I’d probably wouldn’t have been in a good place now.
To make you feel like it’s not too late, it’s never too late...
Naomi: You look in the mirror you haven’t seen yourself in 10 years ya know in our lifetime.
Adam: We’ve been together for so long, we’ve known each other since high school and she’s my wife and she’s my best friend as well. She didn’t leave ya know she stuck around and got me through.
Now and again we try to just stay alive, Maybe we’ll turn it around cause it’s not too late it’s never too late.
Naomi: Addictions always on your shoulder doing push-ups, head folds right? squawking in your ear saying “what’s up bud? Pick up, pick up.”
Adam: It’s a really tough thing to go through even if you have a support system without one it’s really really difficult. Its okay to talk about it and that it’s possible to turn your life around. Ya know even if you feel alone, people feel alone but there certainly not alone.
Question: What other aspects of your life like that you noticed have changed you that you enjoy more?
Adam: Pretty much everything in my whole outlook has changed ya know. For quite a few years I was seeing things and I was looking through a blurred set of eyes ya know what I mean? I was a zombie. I actually have emotions, I feel things and stuff which I never had before so I think it has affected every aspect of my life, my relationships with people, ya know my family, my friends and my band mates, everybody
Adam: I started taking percocets ya know like the very weak version of hydrocodone. At the end of it I was taking about 10 to 20, 80 milligrams of OxyContin and just eating them, crushing them, chew them in half. My third time I really saw was knock it off time releasing yeah it was a nice time.
Adam: I was using them every single day and I couldn’t start my day up and wake up without them so.
Naomi: He just broke down and just cried and said ya know I’m sorry I need help and he was scared to go to rehab but I called everyone I knew in the hospital and said this is the life or death situation, he’s in big trouble and he needs to do something.
I can’t escape this hell so many times I’ve tried
Adam: While I was in rehab I was just feeling so many different crazy emotions and all this stuff I was writing so much down ya know just getting everything out on paper.
Dr. Paul Garfinkel: Once you’re addicted, there’s a course _______ course. That is extremely hard to break regardless of with what’s going on.
Somebody help me tame this animal
Naomi: The thing is I knew Adam was using and I knew there was a problem. I didn’t know to the extent. He had a high tolerance.
Adam: Just because of all the I guess lying and all the, just manipulation that I put her through ya know she could’ve just easily left.
So what if you can see the darker side of me
Adam: The biggest thing now is on stage I actually can feel the show whereas before like we played so many huge great shows. We went to Brazil, Australia, all over the world and ya know I just didn’t feel anything.
No one will ever change this animal I have become
Adam: So I found myself really putting my life on the line just to try and find something and try to explore something so you know those times while you were on the road.
Naomi: I finally just said to him when he got off his two year tour I know what’s going on and you can’t really hide from this demon anymore.
Question: I was just wondering what got you through the mental aspects of the addiction like if there was a specific person.
Adam: Yeah I spent a lot of time with my wife Naomi during that whole period when I got out of the hospital I was trying to sort of live a different life style. She was the only one that was like with me everyday beside me and kind of helping me through that.
Naomi: He used music as a therapy and he just wrote and wrote and wrote.
Adam: Yeah it’s sort of a really personal record.
Brad: We’re back where we started, it’s a new energy. We’ve learnt a lot about the road and how to stay healthy on the road and how to protect ourselves.
Adam: The timing ya know when we were supposed to write the record or whatever, the timing was really really good.
Do you think about everything you’ve been through, you never thought you’d be so depressed…
Dr. Paul Garfinkel: Often many people step forward people in the public eye and say this isn’t so foreign or awful this is a __ like any other. When people step forward, in that way it’s hugely affective.
Adam: When I felt strong enough to come back to the band and ya know started playing with them again I had all these lyrics and all the stuff I had written down and they had music that they had been working on so it worked out really well.
No time for goodbye, he said as he faded away, don’t put your life in someone’s hands they’re bound to steal it away
Dr. Paul Garfinkel: People who have addictions are like people with any other kind human pain in suffering they deserve understanding, they deserve help, that’s a tremendous myth.
If you wanna get out alive oh run for your life
Neil: It’s definitely a good little moment for us because we are certainly all collectively are in a different place than we were before and now we’ve kind of realised what we need to do to continue on this journey which ya know a dream come true being able to do this everyday.
Adam: I run into people who tell me that this song means something to them, there’s a lot of people out there that have gone through many more things that I’ve been through. Just to hear how our music affects people on there own level is amazing.
If I stay it won’t be long till I’m burning on the inside
Adam: My lyrics have definitely helped me every night I have a chance to get on stage and kind of sing gets a lot of it out so yeah, they are really really helpful.
Adam: It’s gonna be quite the show today. I just normally go into the place and talk to people and it’s not so much about the music its more of the message but today it seems a lot of people here in Toronto that are fans of the band and have gone through some things. So yeah today’s gonna be a good show.
Question: In your opinion what’s the best thing you could do for a person as a friend to help them get through it?
Adam: You should get together with there family, the family that they have, the friends that they have and confront them about the issue. So many people don’t wanna talk about it when they have a problem because they feel like they’ve done something wrong. Just get together with the friends that they have and actually talk to them tell them to get help. Good luck.
I will not leave alone everything that I own
Adam: I came to this facility CAMH here in Toronto and I got cleaned up.
Dr. Paul Garfinkel: The message that I read is the nature of addiction and how treatment can make a huge difference.
Adam: The biggest thing for me is if I could give out just a tiny bit of inspiration through ya know some people that don’t really feel like they can change, ya know that’s what it’s about.
Maybe we’ll turn it around cause it’s not too late, it’s never too late
Adam: It’s actually been a quite a year and 8 months or something.
And if there’s something wrong
Adam: Thank you for the support everybody, it means a lot to me and us.
Adam: What a band eh? These guys are amazing ya know that?
Question: Now that you’re sober, how supportive is your band?
Adam: They’ve always really been supportive of everything that I’ve done. You know we’re like a family we’ve been together for so long, in that first year of high school and we’ve been together ever since. They are just like my brothers.
Question: What comes first to your system of music?
Adam: Uh that’s a good question, we actually write as a band. We all sit together with acoustic guitars and we write songs. A lot of the times like a few of the songs I had lyrics for them while I was going through rehab. I wrote lyrics and the guys were writing some music so but we as a group tend to write the songs together ya know we sit together and come up with the best songs we can.
Question: So when you guys were just starting out did you ever think that your music would reach so many people?
Adam: No I don’t think I ever really thought about it too much, I mean I knew I always wanted to be a musician and I wanted to play music no matter no what but no I never ever really thought that it would’ve sort of get to the point where it does reach so many people. So we’re really lucky to have that happen.
Crowd clapping
Adam: I feel like I should bow or something *bows* Thank you very much. Thank you very much you guys rock!
Crowd Cheers
Adam: For the future for myself all I can do is take it ya know day by day and just try to focus on everyday and get through everyday.
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Отправлено: 22.03.08 17:02. Заголовок: Toronto's Three ..
Toronto's Three Days Grace stays true to old-school rock
In a time of high-flying celebrity, when fame is just a sordid scandal or Internet fad away, Three Days Grace has secured success the old-fashioned way: It has earned it.
The Toronto quartet has become a staple of the airwaves and the chart tops after years of slogging it out on the road, steadily honing its melodic hard rock into a formidable radio-ready formula. Having notched a pair of platinum albums and a sturdy batch of hits -- "Home," "I Hate (Everything About You)," "Pain" -- the group has embarked on its first arena headlining tour, a cross-country run with fellow neo-grunge acts Breaking Benjamin and Seether that brings it to the Palace on Friday.
"It's been cool to see things grow. We've been out for almost two years on this record," says drummer Neil Sanderson. "We see this tour, how many fans are coming out to the shows, the size of the arenas, and it's really exciting for us, because there haven't been any shortcuts."
As you'd expect from their music -- a typically dark-edged, post-Nirvana sound -- Sanderson and his band mates are an earnest, no-nonsense lot. Three Days Grace works from the old-school rock rule book, where chops count, hard work goes a long way, and keeping it real -- as in, no backing tracks in concert -- is everything.
"We get asked a lot for advice for aspiring musicians. We say: 'Remember that it's a long road,' " says Sanderson. "Even if you're just talking about touring. All these towns we're playing that we had never heard of in America -- we've been to these places eight, 10 times now. If you blow their minds at a show, they'll definitely keep coming back. And we've seen it grow like that.
"We take it seriously and take our musicianship seriously."
While Sanderson and company have been toiling out on the road, the scene back home in Toronto has lit up -- but not with bands like Three Days Grace. The city's arty indie-rock world, led by acts such as Broken Social Scene, is arguably the epicenter of alternative music in 2008. Sanderson knows his band doesn't fit the mold, and there's no love lost when he talks about the much-hyped happenings in his hometown.
"I think the whole hipster scene, where fans are too cool to even go to a show -- I don't know. If you're into that, if that's what makes you happy, that's cool I guess," he says. "But anybody who tries too hard to be part of anything like that may deep down have a self-confidence problem."
For Three Days Grace, he says, the key is plowing ahead, ignoring trends and maintaining the band's own identity as it seeks to connect with fans looking for tuneful, introspective hard rock. The group's sophomore album, "One-X," is brimming with starkly personal work by vocalist Adam Gontier, who wrote much of the material after a successful stint in rehab for an addiction to prescription pills.
"One of the major reasons we've stayed true to ourselves is because of what we write about: direct observations about our own lives," says Sanderson, 29. "We always write from a genuine place, and everything comes from us -- the songs, the videos, the artwork. We've been a band since I was 14 years old, and we've always had a vision on what we wanted to convey.
"There's so much contrived (stuff) out there. People are really looking for something real." ____________________________________________________________________________
Three Days Grace bounds towards bigger venues
Neil Sanderson, drummer for Canadian rockers Three Days Grace, is enjoying the larger venues his band has been frequenting for much of their latest tour.
"We get to blow stuff up onstage now," Sanderson said from a tour stop in Greensboro, North Carolina, as his group winds down its most successful road jaunt to date. "We like to put in as much production and lights as we can. The seizure factor has gone way up."
Local fans will be able judge for themselves when the flashy extravaganza, which also will feature Breaking Benjamin and Seether, makes a stop at the Palace of Auburn Hills on Friday.
But while the four-piece from Norwood, Ontario, now calls arenas and amphitheaters its home, Sanderson remembers the days when he and his band mates -- singer/guitarist Adam Gontier, guitarist Barry Stock, and bassist Brad Walst -- happily paid their dues at smaller venues such as the Machine Shop and Detroit's St. Andrews Hall.
It's great to be able to see everybody in a smaller place," Sanderson said. "But the same people who were there in the early days are still there for us. We've opened up for other bands too, and that's a good way to get things rolling, but to be able to sell a ticket to a Three Days Grace show is really cool. We've worked really hard to get to the level where we are right now, and we're very lucky. We've been out for almost two years on this record."
While chalking up all that mileage, Sanderson noticed that 2006's "One-X" is a hit with fans, who seem to enjoy the newer tunes as much as radio standards such as "I Hate Everything About You," a hit from their self-titled Jive Records debut.
"We put a lot of singles on the radio," he said, "and we play those songs at the show. But we also play a lot of album tracks, and the crowd sings along just as much for those. These days, you have to make an awesome album. I think we're getting back to where people want to hear real stuff, since so much is contrived these days."
He said he believes those contrivances are one of the main reasons the record industry continues to struggle year after year.
"A lot of bands only concentrate on the singles right now," he said, "and that's one of the reasons there's so much downloading. But if you make good stuff, the response will come from a real place. We want to make albums that are good all the way through, like the classic Pink Floyd and Led Zeppelin records."
When he's not busy recording those albums or crafting an elaborate stage show, Sanderson devotes time to Herbie Rocks, a yearly celebrity online auction he created with his wife, Janin. Proceeds benefit Operation Herbie, a charity group that funds worldwide medical treatment for children. The latest auction is set for May 3, and Sanderson said the latest donations left him a bit star-struck.
"This year is exponentially bigger than last year," he said. "Michael Jordan sent us some stuff; David Beckham sent me a jersey. I have so much great memorabilia in my house right now. I basically just collect the stuff and try to talk to people while I'm on the road, and try to get them excited about what we're doing."
After a long tour, Sanderson is excited about getting to work on a new Three Days Grace album. After their current excursion ends in early April, the only traveling the band anticipates is a trip to some quiet corner of Ontario to work on its new CD.
"We're going to dive right into the new record," he said. "We'll just let it happen. That seems to work for us. We'll probably leave and go north of Toronto again to record it. That seemed to work pretty well for us in the past. It cuts down on the distractions. We never have any outside influences when we write. We write with acoustic guitars and we all help with the arrangements. We'll just hammer it out, and stay true to ourselves."
Sanderson believes that approach is the key to the band's continued success, right down to the packed arenas.
"We've been doing this band since we were 17," he said, "and we've realized there are no shortcuts. All these kids are watching 'American Idol,' and thinking there's a shortcut, and there's not. We know that you have to build it from the ground up.
"Since we've been coming over here, we've played all these small towns, and we've been to each one eight or nine times. We just keep coming back and putting everything into it. And it's paying off for us."
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Отправлено: 27.03.08 07:19. Заголовок: Three Days Grace gro..
Three Days Grace grows up on the road
Ever wonder how rock stars spend their time off?
Three Days Grace bass player Brad Walst has found an interesting way to fill the days between tours and recording sessions.
“I’m a bass player and an apple farmer now. I know, it’s weird,” he said with a chuckle.
Yes, Walst said he is a part-time apple farmer, a sort of Johnny Appleseed by day and a sort of Johnny Rotten by night. He is the proud owner of Applewood, a “big piece” of property in Norwood, Ontario, Canada, that is home to 80 apple trees.
But don’t expect to see any Three Days Grace apple juice at the merchandise table when the band performs at the i wireless Center in Moline next week.
“Not yet, but maybe someday,” the 31-year-old said.
Walst’s decision to trade the hustle and bustle of Toronto for the small town charm of Norwood (population 1,300) came down to one simple need: rest. When a band has either been touring or recording for nearly five years straight, time away from the tour bus becomes all the more important.
“We’ve been living in Toronto for about 12 years, and I found every time I came home from the road, I just couldn’t relax. I guess I’m just a country boy at heart.”
Norwood is, after all, an important place in the history of the alt-metal band Three Days Grace. It’s the hometown of Walst and lead singer Adam Gontier, who met in their teens, not knowing the musical friendship formed in rural Canada would lead to international fame and millions of records sold.
It nearly all came to an end in 2005.
“By the end of the first record, we were pretty distanced from each other, and Adam’s problems had a lot to do with it,” Walst remembered.
The band released its self-titled debut album in 2003 and spent the next two years touring in support. Crowds swelled as the first single, “I Hate Everything About You,” and the second, “Just Like You,” topped both U.S. and Canadian rock charts.
So did opportunities to fall into the old cliche of sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll.
“We just got overwhelmed with everything,” Walst said. “When you’re a young band coming from a small town and getting a little bit of success, everyone becomes your friend and you can do anything you want anytime of the day or night. It’s a pretty scary environment if you don’t keep it under control.”
Everyone struggled with their new rock star lives, he said, but no one more than Gontier, who eventually entered a Toronto rehab clinic for substance abuse. After completing his treatment, he reunited with Walst, drummer Neil Sanderson and guitarist Barry Stock and headed into the studio once again.
“It’s definitely showed us we’re a tight unit — we’ve been together for 15 years — and we can’t let anything stop us,” Walst said.
By March 2006, the group’s sophomore album, “One-X,” had hit record stores. Three No. 1 hits landed on Billboard charts: “Animal I Have Become,” “Pain” and “Never Too Late.” Three Days Grace — along with opening acts Breaking Benjamin and Seether — is now on the third leg of a tour that began back in 2006.
“It’s been nonstop pretty much since April of ’06. Two years go by like that. You feel like you’ve been in a time warp,” Walst said.
Future plans for Three Days Grace involve wrapping up the tour in early April and returning home to Canada. From there, he said, the group will continue writing songs with the hope of recording a new album that can be released before 2009. Or not.
“It’s not something we want to rush. On ‘One-X,’ we didn’t rush. There are some people in the business who want to get it out as quick as possible, but you can’t rush creativity. In the end, nobody is going to argue with you if you’re just trying to get it right.”
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Отправлено: 03.04.08 20:16. Заголовок: Q&A with Three Days Grace
Q&A with Three Days Grace
Preview by Dave Richards Toronto's Three Days Grace will take more than three days off when their two-year tour behind their smash second CD, "One X," ends on April 2.
Boosted by heavy, cathartic, yet still-melodic rock-radio hits such as "Pain," "Animal I Have Become," "Never Too Late," and its latest single "Riot," "One X" helped vault 3DG into headliner status.
Guitarist Barry Stock says they'll reconnect with their families and recharge. Then they'll finish writing the next CD and plan to hit the studio before the year's over. They will also release a DVD in the fall.
Stock talked with Showcase about 3DG and the tour with fellow album-rock mainstays Breaking Benjamin ( "Breath," "Diary of Jane") and Seether ( "Fake It," "Rise Above This").
This seems like the ultimate package for rock fans. How's it working out?
Oh, it's awesome. It's been great. We've touring for a little while now, so we've become really good friends. It's the easiest tour I've ever been on. There's no drama. Everyone gets along really good. It's a quite package. This is a show I would come to see.
"One X" was inspired by the loneliness of the road and the problems it can cause. (Singer Adam Gontier spent time in rehab.) How did you avoid those problems this time?
The last time out was for our first record, and it was all new for us. It's something where you get in a little over your head. Since then, we were able to remedy the problem and figure out what's not good for us. We cleaned up our problems, and we're getting along a lot better. We're closer together. We tried to eliminate people in our lives who are going to cause us trouble and are up to no good.
"One X" covered some dark topics, yet it was a huge hit. What are fans responding to?
Though we have some dark topics as to what's going on with life, I think with Three Days Grace we always have that little twist of hope at the end. "Yeah, this is where I am and this sucks, but I'm getting out of it. I've found a better way." We've heard numerous times people say to us, believe it or not, "You saved my life." Especially with teenagers.
What highlights stand out after two years on the road?
We opened for the Stones a couple nights in Canada. That was pretty awesome. ... They had a party for all their crew and we went. I didn't expect them to show up, but Mick showed up. We had family out to see the shows, wives and Adam's mother, and they're all out there, dancing with Mick. I'm looking up, and my wife is cutting a rug with Mick Jagger.
How hard is it to wind down after a long tour?
Going home, when you've been out so much, is completely awkward. We're all married by now, so you get home, and you're not dealing with just your own life anymore. You're sharing a life with someone else and have to fit into their schedule.
When you get home, it's not dark enough in the room after sleeping on a bus. You're used to tires rolling down the road. It's quiet and never dark enough. It's definitely an adjustment to try to wind it down. It takes a few good weeks.
After the break, what's next?
We just did a show in Detroit at the Palace of Auburn Hills and shot a DVD for that. They brought in a full film crew, so we'll put out a HD DVD in September. And Adam Gontier did a song with Apocalyptica, which is cool. It'll be the single off their record.
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Three Days Grace: повзрослели в дороге. Вам интересно, что делают рок-звезды в свое свободное время? Бассист группы Three Days Grace Brad Walst нашел для себя интересное хобби, которым и заполняет свободное от туров и работы в студии время. "Я басс-гитарист и "яблочный фермер" одновременно. Я знаю, это звучит дико," - рассказывает Брэд с усмешкой. Да, это правда, Брэд работает фермером "на полставки", выращивая яблочные деревья. Сам гитарист очень гордится своим участком в Norwood, Ontario, Canada, где растет более 80 яблонь. Но не думайте, что вы когда-нибудь сможете увидеть в списке товаров "Яблочный сок от Three Days Grace". "По крайней мере, не сейчас," - говорит 31-летний музыкант. Решение Уолста променять суетной Торонто на очарование тихого городка Norwood`а (где население не превышает 1300человек), обусловлено простой причиной: отдых. После того, как парни 5 лет подряд провели то записывая песни, то выступая, они стали ценить то время, которое проводят вне автобуса. "Мы прожили в Торонто примерно 12 лет, и я заметил, что когда возвращаюсь домой после очередного тура, просто не могу расслабиться. Видно, в глубине души я все-таки деревенский парень." Norwood, как никак, имеет важное значение для истории Three Days Grace. Это родной город и для Уолста, и для солиста группы Адама Гонтьера: парни познакомились еще тогда, когда были подростками, и не могли знать того, что их "музыкальная дружба" выйдет за пределы Канады, продаст миллионы пластинок, обретет мировую славу и тысячи поклонников по всему миру. А это все и произошло к концу 2005 года. "К концу того времени, когда мы закончили тур в поддержку первого диска, мы отдалились друг от друга, да и у Адама начались серьёзные проблемы," - вспоминает Уолст. Группа выпустила свой первый одноименный альбом в 2003 и потратила два года на тур в поддержку диска. Толпы взревели, когда первый сингл “I Hate Everything About You,” а за ним и второй “Just Like You,” заняли ведущие позиции в канадских чартах. Вот и пришли парни к известной формуле "sex, drugs and rock ‘n’ roll." "У нас всего было в избытке," рассказывает Уолст. "Когда вы - молодая группа из провинциального городка, парни, добившиеся сравнительно небольшого успеха, и тут вдруг каждый становится вашим другом, вы можете делать все, что захотите, независимо от дня и времени суток ... это всё становится неуправляемым, если вы не умеете контролировать ситуацию." Каждый из парней боролся с проблемами, которые им принесла их новая "звездная" жизнь, но никому не давалось это так трудно, как Адаму, которым попал в реабилитационный центр из-за своего увлечения наркотиками. После курса лечения Гонтьер воссоединился с Уолстом, барабанщиком группы Нейлом Сандерсоном и гитаристом Барри Стоком, и группа отправилась в студию на запись нового диска. "Весь процесс записи нового диска показал, что мы довольно крепкая команда - мы провели вместе 15 дней, и теперь уже ничто не могло остановить нас," рассказывает Уолст. В марте 2006 года второй альбом Three Days Grace “One-X” поступил в продажу. С такими хитами, как “Animal I Have Become,” “Pain” и "Never Too Late" группа 3 раза занимала первое место в чарте Billboard. И сейчас парни находятся на 3 этапе своего тура совместно с Breaking Benjamin и Seether, который начался ещё в 2006 году. "С апреля 2006 года время пролетело незаметно. Два года! прошли незаметно. Ощущение такое, что всё это время прошло мимо тебя," - говорит Уолст. В планах на будущее у Three Days Grace - свернуть тур и отправиться по домам в Канаду. И вот там уже ребята будут записывать новый альбом, который они, возможно, выпустят к концу 2008года. Ну ... возможно и нет ... "Это не та вещь, с созданием которой мы хотим спешить. С записью ‘One-X’ мы не торопились. В шоу-бизнесе есть люди, которые хотят всего и сразу, да к тому же быстро, но в творчестве нельзя торопиться. В конце концов, никто не собирается спорить с вами, если вы хотите все сделать правильно, на высшем уровне."
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Отправлено: 13.04.08 13:15. Заголовок: Пасиб!=) Вот время б..
Пасиб!=) Вот время было еще одно перевела - интервью с Барри, тут тоже есть прикольные моменты!)))))
Канадские рокеры Three Days Grace возьмут более чем з-дневный отпуск после завершения их 2-летнего тура (в поддержку второго альбома "One X"), которое состоится 2 апреля.
"One X" , в списке которого значатся такие тяжелые и одновременно мелодичные хиты, как "Pain," "Animal I Have Become," "Never Too Late," и последний вышедший сингл "Riot," принес 3DG статус безоговорочных лидеров.
Гитарист группы Barry Stock говорит, что все участники смогут наконец-то воссоединиться со своими семьями и отдохнуть. А позже парни продолжат писать следующий альбом, работу над которым они намереваются закончить до конца этого года. Примерно в то же время они собираются выпустить DVD.
Stock дал интервью Showcase, где подробно рассказал и о 3DG, и о совместном туре с их постоянными напарниками Breaking Benjamin ( "Breath," "Diary of Jane") и Seether ( "Fake It," "Rise Above This").
- 3DG, Breaking Benjamin, Seether ... Ваш совместный тур - это просто взрывная смесь для рок-фанатов. Как это было? - О, это было потрясающе. Великолепно. Мы все стали хорошими друзьями. Для меня этот тур был самым легким из всех. Не было никаких конфликтов, мы хорошо уживались друг с другом. Да, этот тур можно назвать "взрывной смесью" , я бы обязательно сходил на один из таких концертов.
- На написание "One X" вас подтолкнуло чувство одиночества, которое вы испытывали в дороге, находясь в первом туре, и те проблемы, которые могут из-за этого чувства возникнуть. Как вы избежали таких проблем в этот раз? - Наш предыдущий тур был первым для нас, всё тогда было чем-то новым, неизведанным. Всё это немного вскружило нам головы. Но с тех пор мы смогли разрешить наши проблемы, понять что для нас хорошо, а что не очень. Теперь мы стали ближе друг к другу, вместе мы - сила. Мы стараемя меньше общаться с людьми, от которых нам не светит ничего, кроме проблем.
- В "One X" есть так называемые "запретные темы". Как на них отреагировали ваши фанаты? - Несмотря на то, что у нас и вправду есть такие песни, которые раскрывают темные стороны нашей жизни, в конце каждой из них надежда на то, что все будет хорошо, и я думаю, что это главное. "Да, сейчас всё плохо, но всё обойдется. Я обязательно найду выход." Хотите верьте, хотите нет, но к нам бесчичленное количество раз подходили люди и говорили:" Вы спасли мою жизнь." Особенно это касается подростков.
- Что особенного произошло за 2 года в дороге? - Мы выступали на разогреве у Stones. Это было довольно-таки интересно... После шоу они устроили вечеринку для всего персонала, и мы пошли на неё. Я не думал, что они будут на ней выступать, но Mick отжёг! На эту вечеринку мы пришли с семьями. Наши жены да ещё и мама Адама танцевали с Mick`ом. Я и оглянуться не успел, как моя жена уже под руку с Mick`ом Jagger`ом. Вот кора! Да, и чего-то я пропустила, что и у Барри жена есть ...
- Каково это - возвращаться к привычной жизни после долгого тура? - Возвращаться домой, где ты не был так долго, немного неловко. Все мы уже женаты, и теперь просто не можем жить сами по себе. Теперь ты делишь свою жизнь с любимым человеком, и нужно уметь"укладываться в его расписание". Когда ты приезжаешь домой, кажется, что в комнате не так темно, как это было в автобусе. Всё время кажется, что очень светло. Пиходится опять к привыкать, приспосабливаться к нормальной жизни. И иногда на это уходят недели.
- После перерыва, что дальше? - У нас недавно было выступление в Detroit в Palace of Auburn Hills и как раз там мы отсняли DVD. На это потребовалась целая съёмочная команда. Диск, скорее всего, выйдет в сентябре. И Адам отличную песню с Апокалиптикой, которая выйдет на их диске.
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Я думаю и вправду, чё ребят торопить с выходом нового альбома! Пусть они его чиканят до совершенства, я до сих пор переслушиваю дебютник и уаникс и каждый раз открываю для себя что то новое, вообще здорово!
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Отправлено: 14.04.08 06:51. Заголовок: Вот я тут перевожу и..
Вот я тут перевожу и часто думаю ... Кто-то тут говорил, что у Грейсов анти-фанаты есть, которые своими сборищами их говном поливают ... Я вот просто не представляю, за что ...И не потому, что это - моя самая любимая группа! Они все делают правильно - качественную музыку, песни, они не работают на журналы и СМИ, не выставляют напоказ свои отношения, людям, в конце концов помогают, всё что у них есть, они заработали сами. Перевожу и вот...блин...бедные их жены!!! Я вот вообще представить не могу, как их можно НЕНАВИДЕТЬ! Да, не слушать можно, музыка может просто не нравиться но что б прям с адской ненавистью к этому делу ...
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AFI - Girl это где такие падонки кучкуются? явно это дети, которыми управляет один умник, который видит в грейсах конкурентов и хочет занять их место, я так думаю....
Отправлено: 14.04.08 15:43. Заголовок: Pushkin пишет: это ..
Pushkin пишет:
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это где такие падонки кучкуются?
задавим козлов??)))) да,я тож где-то на такое гавно натыкалась..что грейсы это коммерция(офигели совсем,это ж как надо хотеть денег чтоб такое сочинять!!!!!!!),музыка для сатанистов(ну это вообще полный бред),нк и что попроще навроде "да у них песни дерьмо"....фу. из таких мест сразу бежать хочется...
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Отправлено: 14.04.08 20:16. Заголовок: - Мы выступали на ра..
- Мы выступали на разогреве у Stones. Это было довольно-таки интересно... После шоу они устроили вечеринку для всего персонала, и мы пошли на неё. Я не думал, что они будут на ней выступать, но Mick отжёг! На эту вечеринку мы пришли с семьями. Наши жены да ещё и мама Адама танцевали с Mick`ом. Я и оглянуться не успел, как моя жена уже под руку с Mick`ом Jagger`ом. Вот кора! Да, и чего-то я пропустила, что и у Барри жена есть ...
Бугога Ржачь...Барри пока отвлекса Мик уже его жену охомутал Ыыыыыыыыыыыыыыыы)))) А Адам от Наоми наверно не отходил........Рррррррррр........
Вот я тут перевожу и часто думаю ... Кто-то тут говорил, что у Грейсов анти-фанаты есть, которые своими сборищами их говном поливают ... Я вот просто не представляю, за что ...И не потому, что это - моя самая любимая группа! Они все делают правильно - качественную музыку, песни, они не работают на журналы и СМИ, не выставляют напоказ свои отношения, людям, в конце концов помогают, всё что у них есть, они заработали сами. Перевожу и вот...блин...бедные их жены!!! Я вот вообще представить не могу, как их можно НЕНАВИДЕТЬ! Да, не слушать можно, музыка может просто не нравиться но что б прям с адской ненавистью к этому делу ...
Масюнька думать вредно......Такая Куйня есть и будет от етого не куда не денешся.....Мы знаем какие они молодцы что выкладываються на кончартах до Посинение, что жоны своих мужей не видят...Мы ет знаем а те ненависники они не знают они усдышили одну песню не понравилось в топку......... Пример Масюня нашей не любимой группы ТХ все знают что они (ПиД)Отстойники.......Ну канешно Жопу с пальцем не сравнивают но ет единсвеная наша стобой не любимая группа в пример..... А ВООБЩЕ Я СЦУКО ЗА ГРЕЙСОВ ВСЕМ БОШКИ ПО ОТКРУЧУ..
TDG rocks Norwood; Three Days Grace raises about $90,000 for hometown community centre
It was the biggest concert to ever hit Norwood, and for one proud father it was a dream come true.
Three Days Grace took the stage at the Asphodel-Norwood Community Centre to deafening screams from their hometown fans.
And the three-parts local and one-part Toronto band nearly blew the doors off the facility the show helped pay for.
"The concert is a complete success," said Lou Walst, a Norwood Lions Club member and father of Brad Walst bass/vocalist in the internationally known Norwood-raised rock band.
The sold-out event - 2,100 tickets - is expected to raise about $90,000 for the community centre, said Mike Heffernan, Lions Club member and chair of the benefit concert committee.
The highly anticipated show will put the Lions Club over the $325,000 raised for the facility. That's a number they promised to raise, Heffernan said.
"The boys wanted to do a benefit concert and the timing was perfect," he said.
"For me it's a dream come true to see the boys play together on the same stage in front of their hometown crowd," Lou said.
To add a little more family taste and local flair to the concert the opening act My Darkest Days featured Matt Walst and Norwood-raised B.J. McMillan.
The 2,000-plus crowd was a wide range of fans including the mohawk-sporting hard rocker to the woman who lived next door to the band and watched them grow up. "I used to go over and request songs while they were practising," said Paula Partington, adding she was the Walst's neighbour.
"The first time they cut a song Brad (Walst) brought it to the house and he was so nervous," she said. "I told him it was great and to play it again."
Partington said it was the second time she had seen "the boys" play locally - she caught them in Peterborough previously - but it was an electric event to see them in their town, Partington said.
Adam Gontier, vocals/guitar also grew up in Norwood, while Three Days Grace drummer Neil Sanderson hails from Peterborough, and guitarist Barry Stock is from Toronto.
Partington wasn't the only one with close ties to the band.
It seemed many people at the event had some connection to the group that earned the most United States airplay for all modern rock genres in 2007.
"We went to high school with them," said Courtney King. "When they were Groundswell (an earlier incarnation of Three Days Grace) they played all our assemblies at school and they sold CDs out of the trunk of their car."
Rob Heard, another local Norwood musician remembered performing on the same bill as the well-known rockers.
"I opened for Three Days Grace when they were like 15 years old," Heard said.
"We love the boys," King said. "But I never thought I would be standing in line to buy tickets to one of their concerts."
It may seem a little more outrageous that King got to see her high school buddies perform the biggest show Norwood has ever seen considering the hometown boys have made good, very good.
Three Days Grace was recently named the top rock artist of the year by R&R/Billboard and are the owners of No. 1 hits "(I Hate) Everything About You" and "Just Like You."
Vlad Bularca and Andr‚ Florea were all smiles as they pulled on their brand new oversized concert T-shirts.
They were a little shy, but the two youngsters, who came with their parents from Kitchener for the show, said they were excited.
"I got this one because it actually has all the people on it," Florea said of his T-shirt selection.
The timing was perfect for the concert as the headliners finished a tour on April 3.
October 23rd: Caught up with Barry and Brad from Three Days Grace in Brussels, Belgium, in the midst of their European trek with Hoobastank. Two really cool and really laid back guys. The show itelf was amazing, the band really blew me away from start to finish. And if you've never seen the guitar played with a power drill, you're missing out...
TuneLab Music: How's the tour going so far? How long have you been on tour in Europe?
Brad: What's it been, two and a half weeks now? Barry: Yeah, we got here on the 1st and we go home on the 1st. Pretty much the whole month of October.
TL: You had a US tour that lead right up to it?
Barry: Yeah.
TL: How long have you been touring non-stop now?
Barry: 18 months. Brad: Yeah, been a long time.
TL: You guys got any plans to stop and see anything while you're in Europe? I know you have a day off in Amsterdam...
Brad: Yeah, we're having a day off in Amsterdam.
TL: You guys have on Tuesday [October 26th] a limited edition CD/DVD coming out. What are we gonna see on it?
Brad: Basically a bunch of... we've got all the videos, behind-the-scenes videos, got some Brazilian footage from when we did the Rock in Rio stop. We got some acoustic stuff... Barry: We've got some interview stuff, it's a pretty hearty DVD. Brad: We've got a bonus track, a b-side called "Are You Ready." It's gonna be cool.
TL: Just the one song that didn't make the original album?
Brad: Yeah.
TL: For those who haven't seen you... I've never seen you, this will be my first time tonight... What can we expect live? What's a live show like with you guys?
Barry: We're pretty high energy, we're pretty aggressive live. What we all tend to do in this band, what we all have in common is we all take music as a (inaudible) event. You know, that's why we seem aggressive. We're like that live, though. Very hyper and lots of energy... we're just pretty mellow the rest of the day so just take all our pent up energy and have at 'er live.
TL: How'd you get picked up by Jive? You wouldn't normally see this type of band on Jive...
Brad: When we were shopping for a deal, there was about ten big labels. I don't know, Jive just seemed right. At the time, they were independent, and they didn't have any rock acts. And they just seemed to care the most. They seemed passionate about what they were doing. And they only sign like four bands a year, so... Whereas other labels are like machines, they just take band in and throw them against the wall and see who sticks. They've been really cool. They've been really attentive and take care of us. Barry: The label came up in a blizzard just to see the band.
TL: Up to Canada?
Barry: Yeah, from New York, drove up through a blizzard to Peterborough.
TL: What part of Canada is it?
Brad: Right outside of Toronto. It was actually in Peterborough, Ontario.
TL: What is harder to get labels to come up there or get any recognition?
Brad: Yeah, we got asked to come down a bunch of times to the States and to some showcases, but we said you know, if you're not gonna make the trip up here, then what's the point? And they did, they flew up, and drove like three hours in a blizzard, showed up to this small gig in a this town, and that was pretty cool.
TL: What's the music scene like up there? Is there a lot of rock bands?
Barry: There's a lot of rock, there's a lot of everything. It's kinda large, especially lately. Over the last few years it seems there's been more stuff. I think we're just getting more recognized in places like America. You know over the last few years, looking at Canada more. So you're starting to see a lot more of it.
TL: How's recognition been over here [in Europe]? Do you guys see any figures for albums sales?
Brad: Well the album's coming out in Germany November 8th, Belgium I think it's the 1st...
TL: Oh, so it hasn't even been released here yet?
Brad: No. Barry: No. Brad: I think it's released in Denmark maybe? Or was it Norway? Barry: I'm not sure. Brad: It's very new. Barry: That's kind of us being here right now...
Editor's Note: Both I and they didn't know it then, but the album is in fact out in Europe. It just came out recently.
TL: Setting the stage?
Barry: Yeah, setting it up. Brad: Yeah, we didn't know what to expect and the crowds have been really cool.
TL: Pretty high energy?
Brad: Yeah, I think at first they really don't know what to think, and then three songs in they're all jumping around. It's good.
TL: Crowds here... put US crowds to shame...
Brad: (laughing) They do, yeah. They watch more, they're more into it, I don't know. More appreciative. Barry: More of them clap along, and they know the parts and stuff.
TL: Your latest single "Home" was released a few weeks ago in the States. Do you know how that's doing at all?
Brad: I think it's doing ok, I don't know. Barry: I think it's doing really good.
TL: Do you expect it to do pretty good?
Barry: It looks like it's doing good in its class in the charts.
TL: When "I Hate (Everything About You)" came out, after a couple of months, it was all over the radio and I think everybody was expecting [in anticipation] something more from you. Can you talk about "Home"? The song, what it means?
Brad: Um, I think it's pretty straight forward. I think everybody's been in that type of situation where you're stuck in a place. And usually it's, you know, for us it was home. There's lots of neglect and feelings you have at home. They neglect us, it's pretty straight forward.
TL: How do you guys write? Do you do lyrics first, or do you just start playing something?
Brad: We usually just start playing something and do lyrics later, but we do it as a group. Everybody brings stuff to the table and we go from there. Lately we've got a little studio set up in the back so we can go, plug in and record it, and it's pretty cool.
TL: Well the one thing about your lyrics, and especially with "Home", but on the entire album the lyrics really seem like they're telling a story that you can visualise. Are they [the lyrics] based on personal experiences, or do they just kinda come from nowhere?
Brad: I think, like we said, we all kinda come together, so I think definitely for some people it's personal and we came from a small town, so we got to see a lot of things up close. And we had a lot of friends that went through a lot of shit growing up, and everybody goes through shit. But I think in a small town everybody knows your business, so it's know. Like, Jimmy down the street's getting beat by his dad, and everybody knows it. Barry: The same shit goes on in a big city, you just don't really know about it. But when you're in a teeny little community everybody.. there's just nowhere to hide from it. You know, if you're in a fight or an arguement, you have to solve it. It ain't gonna go away. It's not like a big city where you can just get away from your problems. Brad: So I think a lot of it came from that. Just growing up.
TL: What do you guys do when you're not touring? Do you like to hang together or what?
Brad: We just split for however long. Then come back. We go hang with our families. Barry: We're together a lot. Brad: Yeah. Barry: It's not that we don't get along, we all love each other, but when you get home after living in a tube together for a long time... Brad: We do laundry, lots of laundry. Barry: Laundry. Cut the lawn, I never thought I'd miss cutting my lawn. You know what I mean? (laughs)
TL: Have you guys been writing stuff for a new album or are you thinking about it at all?
Barry: Yeah, we've been working on it for a bit. Again, we all have means of recording our stuff... (inaudible, their bus driver coughed)
TL: Do you have any timeframe for the album?
Barry: It'll be the spring or summer of next year. We're on tour until December 23rd with Hoobastank and we'll take a couple weeks for Christmas and probably do something in January... probably take February and March off to start recording.
TL: What type of music do you listen to? What's the last album you bought?
Barry: The last albums I bought were The Used's two latest albums. I just recently bought both of them. I like a lot of stuff, and 70's stuff too. A lot of Led Zeppelin. Brad: I don't even remember the last album I bought. I don't buy too many.
TL: Do you see any trends in music now? Like something's getting big now, something's gonna die off soon... Think music's gonna get better or worse?
Brad: It's hard to say, I really don't know. Barry: I think it's gonna get better. You know, for a long time the record companies would focus on just the one hit and that was it. It got to a point, where it got so bad that everybody started downloading it. Who's gonna buy a record with one song on it? Now I'm starting to notice there's a lot of cooler bands coming up and I think the record companies are finally starting to realize that that's been the problem all along. That one three-minute song isn't gonna work, it's gotta go back to the old days again with the bands of the 70's. Used to guy but a Zeppelin record or whatever and open it up there would be artwork, there was the music, everything kinda was a big picture. They don't do that anymore. Where the record is good from beginning to end... they used to develop bands back then. Put money into bands and develop them into something. You know? And that kinda went away, but it appears me it seems like it's coming back. There's a lot more bands now that I think lately that are really cool. Not necessarily just the three-minute pop song or something. You know bands like The Mars Volta is more progressive, and it doesn't have to be just a three-minute whatever. So, that's just my opinion, I hope it's gonna be better.
TL: When you talk about the total package of the music, what do you think of the growing trend of iTunes, Rhapsody, Napster, etc.?
Brad: I think if you create an album with artwork, and treat it like art and it's good, people buy it, no matter what. And that's the problem, what [Barry] was saying It's just one or two song, people just get those songs... Barry: Again, that's what's been missing. Again, you have a song that's on the radio, that's their one hit. The rest of the album's crap, and there's no artwork that has any meaning to... know what I mean? It's just like they were selling a song. And people can see right through that... it's the same reason I download. I'm not gonna go buy a record for a song, that's ridiculous, that's stupid. You know, it's the record companies' fault, they're the ones who gotta get their shit together and develop bands with a good... tell 'em a story. Again, you go back to... I refer to a lot of older music... because that's the way it used to be. You'd develop bands back then in the 60's and 70's and, you know, and crave every time a record came out, you were painting this whole picture. It had cool art, it had cool songs that sort of fit in somehow... Now, that's lost. So I think that's what does need to be done. These people have to get focused on that a little more. And not just sell the song, but again go back to selling the band. You know, a group of characters that you can market to the people. You know, they're interested in them, want to know those people. "What are they thinking with that artwork, where are they going with that?" Substance.
TL: Do you see videos as a way to portray the band and the art to kinda draw people into maybe wanting to check you out?
Barry: I think all aspects are good, you kinda have to take every piece of it and put your thing in to it. Like you have the Internet, you have your website. I think it's important between that, to your record cover, to your songs, to your videos. You know, if you have everybody else doing your shit for you and you have no input, well then again... In our case, we're a band that has input into everything.
Three Days Grace singer Adam Gontier and bassist Brad Walst both grew up in Norwood, a one-stoplight burg (population 1,500) two hours outside Toronto. The lack of people, good weather and things to do may have contributed to the band's pissed-off vibe, most notably in its grungy hit "I Hate Everything About You." "In Norwood, you basically had three options: sports, drugs or music," says Gontier, 25. "We stuck with music and used it as an outlet. Our anger derives from seeing what happens to people in a small town." What happened, Gontier recalls, was an unusually high occurrence of murder and suicide. By ninth grade, Gontier and Walst had found their escape after hooking up with drummer Neil Sanderson and forming a classic-rock band named Groundswell. After high school, the band broke away to Toronto, channeled its Seattle-rock influences and transformed into Three Days Grace. "That's the grace period to pay off a debt," explains Gontier. "For us, it stands for urgency: If you had three days to change anything in your life, could you do it?"
The group's dark yet radio-friendly hard-rock sound caught the ears of Jive Records. Although TDG (who recently added a fourth member, guitarist Barry Stock) might seem out of place on a label better known for the likes of Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake, they figure being the label's lone rock band makes them a priority. Plus, there are cool perks.
"I got to meet Britney," Gontier says. "And we met Justin at a party -- I talked to him for ten minutes. He seemed pretty down-to-earth."
Thanks to the success of "Hate," the band has landed gigs with Trapt and Nickelback, and will headline its own tour in the spring. Although the track was written about a specific relationship, Gontier understands the song's mass appeal. "It's about spending too much time in your life on something you don't need," he says. "I think a lot of people can relate to that."
Переводила сама,строго не судите)Это перевод последнего!Сразу говорю перевод немного корявый...Ничего особого,мы все об этом уже читали и не один раз...
Грандж рокеры находят успех в "Ненависти"
Солист Three Days Grace Адам Гонтьер и басист Брэд Уолст оба выросли в Норвуде,город с одним светофором(население 1,500 человек)в двух часах езды от Торонто.Недостаток людей,хорошей погоды и вещей-это все внесло вклад в сердитое настроение группы,наиболее особенно это вырозилось в их грандж хите "I Hate Everything About You.""В Норвуде,в основном у тебя есть 3 варианта занятий:спорт,наркотики или музыка",говорит Гонтьер,25."Мы придерживались музыке и использовали это как выход.Наш гнев исходит от увиденного,что случается с людьми в маленьком городке."
То,что случилось,вспоминает Гонтьер,было не обычно высоким возникновением убийства и самоубийства(не уверина в этой строчке,не могу ее нормально перевести,звучит как-то странно...)К девятому классу Гонтьер и Уолст нашли свое спасение после присоединения к ним барабанщика Нейла Сандерсона и формирования классической рок-группы под названием Groundswell.После старшей школы,группа поехала в Торонто,под влиянием Сиэтлского-рока и преобразовалась в Three Days Grace."Это период,чтобы оплатить долг",объясняет Гонтьер."Для нас это очень важно:Еслибы вы имели три дня,чтобы что-нибудь изменить в вашей жизни,сдела ли бы вы это?"
Огрессивные звуки хард-рока группы все же были благоприятны для радио,именно там они были услышаны Jive Records.Хотя TDG(которые не так давно приняли 4 участника,гитариста Барри Стока) могут казаться не уместными на лэйбле,который лучше известен по таким именак как Britney Spears и Justin Timberlake,но они полагают,что быть единственной рок-группой лэйбла повышает им приоритет.Плюсь,крутые льготы.
"Я виделся с Britney,",Говорит Гонтьер"И мы встретили Justin'а на вечеринке-я поговорил с ним 10 минут.Он показался довольно приземленным."
Благодаря успеху "Ненависти",группа работала с Trapt и Nickelback,и будут хэдлайнерами в своем туре весной.Хотя трек был написан о определенных отношениях,Гонтьер понимает массовое обращение песни."Она о трате слишком много времени в твоей жизни на что-то,что тебе не нужно,"говорит он."Я думаю,что это может касаться многих людей."
Riot_Girl,спасибо!А вообще сама переводом не довольна,какой-то он не доделанный...Просто инглиш забросила в последнее время!Ну,а так в плане перевода,чем смогу помогу)А то наверное AFI - Girl замучалась сама тут все переводить))))))
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liveDaily Interview: Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace
Three Days Grace [ tickets ]'s success with the song "I Hate Everything About You" may seem to outsiders like it happened overnight, but it's been a decade in the making.
Vocalist-guitarist Adam Gontier, bassist Brad Walst and drummer Neil Sanderson began playing music at age 14 in Norwood, Ontario. They dabbled with bands until 1997 when they formed Three Days Grace and got serious about music. After moving to Toronto, the band met former Big Sugar drummer Gavin Brown, who went on to produce Three Days Grace [ tickets ]'s angst-filled, self-titled major-label debut for Jive Records, which was released on July 22. "I Hate Everything About You," the first single, travels from desperate yet melodic vocals to an acerbic chorus.
The band recently added a second guitarist, Barry Stock, to free up Gontier at live shows.
Gontier took the time to talk to liveDaily while his tour bus awaited inspection at Disneyland prior to a recent show with Trapt [ tickets ] and Smile Empty Soul [ tickets ] at the theme park's House of Blues venue.
liveDaily: The single "I Hate Everything About You" has really taken off. Are you surprised at how quickly it's happened?
Adam Gontier: We've been working on it for a long time. It's a nice payoff. Back home in Canada things are going really well. In Toronto, it gets quite a bit of radio play. We put a heck of a lot of time into the record. To finally see it being played, it's pretty cool.
How much time did you put into the album?
We spent about six months. We spent a couple months in Boston, then we moved to Woodstock, NY, and we finished the record there.
You've been together since you were 14. How has the band evolved since then?
I think mainly we just sort of matured in our songwriting. When we first started, we were all pretty young and everything, so we weren't too focused on writing good material. Once we spent a little bit more time thinking about what people like to listen to, we started writing better stuff.
Is most of the material on "Three Days Grace" newer songs?
We had a lot of material before we did the record. We met up with the producer, Gavin Brown. He listened for the parts he thought were great. We had most of the stuff written before we did the record.
Reviews have compared you to Kyuss and Sunny Day Real Estate. Would you say those are fair comparisons?
Yeah, I'd say so. We're all pretty big Sunny Day Real Estate fans, and a couple of us are into Kyuss. Those are definitely influences on us for sure. We're all influenced by different people from, like, Nine Inch Nails to Tool to--I'm a big Jeff Buckley fan. Our influences vary, which is for the better, I think.
How has your experience been working with Jive, a label primarily known for its work with teen acts like Justin Timberlake, Britney Spears, the Backstreet Boys and 'NSync?
It's actually pretty cool. One of the reasons we went with Jive was because they don't have a lot of rock bands. For us, we seem to get a little bit more attention than [from] a label that would have been stacked with a bunch of different rock bands and a bunch of different rock records coming out at the same time. Jive was really into working a rock record. They hadn't had many of them. That's kind of why we went with them.
Have you met any of your labelmates yet?
Not too long ago we ran into Britney Spears. We did a showcase for a bunch of international Jive reps. We had guys from Germany and Australia who came to New York to see a few different Jive artists. Britney Spears was accepting an award. Right after she came off stage, I shook her hand and introduced myself. We [also] went to a Justin Timberlake record release party. We ended up hanging out with him. He's pretty down to earth. _____________________________________________________________________________________________
А это рецезия на дебютник
Three Days Grace Ontario band's debut album keeps its metal edge sharp.
US, December 2, 2003 - Five years ago we were in the golden age of the boy band. But here in the new millennium, we're presently in the time of the nu-metal band. They're springing up left and right, flooding out of every crack and crevice in the western hemisphere. The latest emerging force in this new wave of sonic popularity comes straight out of Norwood, Ontario, Canada. Norwood, an undetectably petite town of only 1500 people, is apparently perfect fuel for the creative minds of Three Days Grace. These dudes have spread their sound all over the land of opportunity quicker than a spilt glass of milk will cover a blue carpet.
Most of their increase in popularity is a direct result of the relatively smooth sounds of their self-titled debut (well, it's smooth compared to the music of other nu-metal contemporaries). Almost every single song from the Three Days Grace track list is heavy and catchy, with chewy chunks of assurance and fury thrown in for added measure.
The foremost example of Three Days Grace's sound can be heard in what happens to be their first single, "I Hate Everything About You." The track opens up with a solemn acoustic guitar intro, which is accompanied by slick drums and ripping bass lines. Supplied by guitarist Barry Stock, the riff showcases him as being more than just your everyday guitar player; he's part of the vanguard of new ax wielders hailing from Canada. His skilled guitar licks are more than welcome in the States, as long as they are complemented by the ruthless vocals of fellow band mate Adam Gontier. With Gontier screaming about an adoration that shouldn't be ("I hate everything about you/Why do I love you") and Stock thrashing away on his instrument, Three Days Grace have molded a song that is particularly catchy to the avid MTV fan.
The next track up on the list is "Home," which is definitely the most superb song you can hear while perusing this album. Gontier sings and hollers about the everyday conflicts a teenager may encounter with one of their kin. He sings about how "this house is not a home" and how he "can hardly wait to leave this place." Obviously this track has been influenced by Gontier's interactions with one of his family members. Maybe it was his mother, his father, whoever. But this track has deep roots of abhorrence towards one's family. It's as if he can't even stand to talk to these people. And that's a frustration that many young adults can relate to, as they attempt to grow up and run into the eventual clash with their parents and relatives over maturity issues.
Now we arrive at track 6, "Let You Down". Where as the previous songs on the album are about hate, this one is seemingly about support and reliance. But after about 45 seconds into the song, you realize that Gontier is singing "I'll let you down/When you finally trust me/Finally believe in me." He sets you up for a song about brotherhood and instead blindsides you with words of disappointment. It's a nice little twist, which is joined by flowing bass lines and a drum kit whose snare is wound just a little too tight. As far as the snare goes, it's just a little bothersome as it's a little too reminiscent of Lars Ulrich's snare on St. Anger. A mistake like that could ruin an artist's performance, but drummer Neil Sanderson pulls away in style, tossing in a bit more concentration on the bass drums during the chorus, which proves to be a rater nice move.
Mistakes? There's not many. Sure, a few of the songs on Three Days Grace might sound a little too much like some of the other material you may hear on your local rock station, but if you listen closely you'll discover that their music is actually quite angrier than the majority. I mean this album is seriously filled to the brim with anger, both musically and lyrically. The members aren't generally enraged people; they just know how to craft songs with angry lyrics, and they do it quite well, I might add.
Most teenagers will be able to associate themselves with Three Days Grace without difficulty. Yet this album can be recommended to kids of all backgrounds and ages, no matter what they're fretting about. Maybe you despise your job and practically all of your co-workers, maybe going to class is just too monotonous, maybe the collective populace of the world gets on your nerves or maybe you just want to tell your father to f@#k off. Whatver the case may be, you'll probably be able to find some solace in the music of TDG.
So gather all ye who are angst-filled and soaking in a vat of your own self-loathing. This album just might be albe to shine a little ray of sunlight into your otherwise less than blissful existence. Because you know what, Three Days Grace are there for you.
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Заранее извиняюсь, если что-то не так, хотелось перевести более или менее литературно. 
Лучше подождать побольше, зато потом услушаться на год вперед...если не больше!!!
обколоться и заснуть под забором 
, вот у таких "родственных душ" - вагон и маленькая тележка...Но мне не особо нужны "друзья", которые мне наливают... 
Он нас с тобой свёл.......
Плохо, что мы разбросаны по всей стране.Когда говоришь людям, что я общаюсь на форуме, сперва спрашивают, что такое форум, а потом смотрят на тебя так, словно тебе не хватает общения. Во дибилы! 
... Я вот просто не представляю, за что ...И не потому, что это - моя самая любимая группа! 
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