Отправлено: 19.03.07 22:54. Заголовок: Интервью (продолжение)

Создаю тему, т.к. нашёл дофига интервьюшек! и надо их переводить!

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.

 Отправлено: 12.08.08 15:33. Заголовок: :sm52: Ой, тут про ..

Ой, тут про inside the pain заговорили, так что я тут кое-что перевести решила ...

Pushkin пишет:

цитата:

Это интервью из фильма Behind The Pain, спасибо за транскрипцию Hardish!

Не пугаемся, это транскрипция к фильму, по ходу дела её надо читать и смотреть фильм одновременно. Но, мне кажется, даже если никто ничего не поймет, тут есть очень интересные моменты, особенно про взаимоотношения Наоми и Адама в период его наркозависимости, трогательные что ли ...

 Отправлено: 12.08.08 15:46. Заголовок: Эта история основана..

Эта история основана на реальных событиях.

Адам: Сейчас я сижу в салоне нашего автобуса, пытаюсь отдохнуть.

Что, если бы вам была дана возможность повернуть время вспять, вернуться в тот момент вашей жизни, когда у вас не осталось никакой надежды, и к вам бы подошел человек, посмотрел вам в лицо и сказал:" Это всё, мой друг. Как ты проживешь последние три дня своей жизни...".

Адам: Последние дни тура были очень тяжелыми, много чего произошло в моей личной жизни...

Наоми: Я не знаю ни одного наркозависимого человека, который не страдал бы эмоционально, они постоянно вынуждены что - то скрывать, правильно ли это?

После нескольких лет самостоятельной борьбы с наркозависимостью, солист группы Three Days Grace Адам Гонтьер пришел в ЦПЗ (центр психического здоровья) с надеждами повернуть свою жизнь вспять. И через полтора года он вернулся туда, где ему спасли жизнь. Он выступил перед 300 пациентами, которые одновременно являются его фанатами.

Вот его история...

Адам: Если бы я перестал тогда бороться со своей зависимостью к наркотикам, то сейчас я был бы где-нибудь в тюрьме или на кладбище... Вот только бросить курить никак не могу...

Брэд: Со своим первым диском мы пробыли в туре около 20 месяцев, дорога измотала нас, особенно Адама.

Наоми: Я поняла, что он потерялся со всей своей любовью к музыке, и вот тогда я испугалась.

Адам: Ещё до того, как мы отправились в тур, у меня действительно появилась наркотическая зависимость. У меня легко могла произойти передозировка, я мог принять столько, что б не проснуться вообще. Во время переездов из одного города в другой, мы посещали разные
реабилитационные центры.

Брэд: И в итоге мы пришли в то место, откуда всё и началось, и знаете - это здорово, здесь люди, которые дали нам столько всего.

Он приглашал людей к микрофону, они задавали вопросы. Адам пытался отвечать на каждый из них.

Наоми: У многих людей есть друзья или же члены их семьи, которые находятся на пределе, на самом дне, а это очень страшное место...

Адам: Для меня это шанс выговориться, но главная причина, почему я это делаю, - это то, что я могу показать молодым людям, что возможно развернуть свою жизнь на 360 градусов. Я думал, что я единственный человек, кто в курсе моей зависимости. Но парни из группы
замечали перемены в моём поведении, они определённо понимали, что что-то случилось.

Боль без любви

Брэд: Как только мы закончили Канадский тур, мы начали посещать различные медицинские центры, при этом группа была не в полном составе, но в этом не было ничего страшного.

Ты устал чувствовать внутри себя пустоту

Адам: Пару раз я чувствовал, что недалёк тот день, когда меня арестуют за что-нибудь,или...я постоянно чувствовал себя в опасности.

Нейл: Мы - артисты, и через нашу музыку мы можем изменить мировоззрение людей, их взгляд на многие окружающие их вещи. Конечно, это преимущество, но преимущество только тогда, когда ты можешь всем этим управлть.

Брэд: Это потрясающе, когда мы поём про все те вещи, через которые нам самим пришлось пройти, а публика слушает и понимает всё это, у стольких людей такие же проблемы! О да, Адам! Адам пришел к нам с текстами песен, смысл которых вращался вокруг всего того, через что мы прошли, и вокруг его зависимости. Эти вещи касались не только нас, но и множества других людей.

Боль, которой мне не хватает

Адам: Для меня это был невероятный шанс собрать и выпустить всё наружу, больше не надо было прятаться, музыка - это то, через что можно передать все свои эмоции, выразить всё, что чувствуешь ...

Вопрос: Что заставило тебя принимать наркотики?

Адам: Ммм, я прихожу к выводу, что причиной тому был целый набор разный вещей: в моей жизни происходило столько всего, я просто чувствовал, что мне нужна передышка.

Играет Never Too Late

Доктор Paul Garfinkel: Зависимость в любом её проявлении захватывает человека, от этого очень непросто избавиться.

Адам: Помню, это было на одной из вечеринок, где ... мне предложили, я не отказался ... и это было такое потрясающее чувство, но я никогда не думал, что я больше не смогу без этого обходиться, что теперь так будет всегда.

Этот мир никогда не будет прежним...

Адам: Через несколько дней я прибежал к этому же человеку, у которого была вся эта дрянь, и я сказал что - то типа: "Пожалуй, я попробую это ещё раз."

Я никогда не оставлю того, что есть у меня, чтобы ты подумала, что ещё не всё потеряно, ещё не поздно ...

Доктор Paul Garfinkel: Мы можем стать зависимыми к разным вещам, у каждого человека свои наклонности ...

Наоми: Выздоровление - это то слово, которое мы сейчас слышим повсюду, мне кажется, многие люди думают: "сейчас я вылечусь, пройду детоксикацию, мой организм освободится от всего этого, и все придет в порядок." Но это не так ... самое сложное ждет впереди, уже после курса лечения.

Адам: Наоми - замечательный, невероятный человек. Она уже побывала в подобной ситуации, она знает, что это такое. Если бы не она и не ради неё ... меня бы здесь не было.

Чтобы ты подумала, что ещё не всё потеряно, ещё не поздно ...

Наоми: Ты смотришь в зеркало и кажется, что пропустил 10 лет своей жизни ...

Адам: Мы так долго вместе, мы начали встречаться ещё в старших классах, Наоми моя жена, но и лучший друг тоже. Она не оставила меня, в трудную минуту она спасала меня и помогла выбраться.

Здесь и сейчас мы стараемся выжить, возможно, мы повернем время вспять, ведь ещё не поздно, никогда не поздно ...

Наоми: Зависимость полностью ложится на твои плечи, постоянно подбивает тебя продолжать, словно кто-то шепчет на ухо:"Ну? Давай, давай!"

Адам: Это очень тяжело, даже если есть люди, которые тебя поддерживают, проходить через это всё равно очень трудно. Многие так не думают, но разговаривать о наркозависимости вполне нормально, и всегда можно повернуть время вспять и всё изменить. Даже если ты
чувствуешь себя одиноким ... все люди чувствуют это, но в действительности это совсем не так!

Вопрос: Какие другие сторны вашей жизни изменились?

Адам: В общем-то всё изменилось, поменялось моё мировоззрение. Несколько лет я видел этот мир словно через пелену, смотрел на всё затуманенным взглядом. Я был словно зомби. Теперь же у меня есть эмоции, я чувствую всё, что происходит со мной, этого не было раньше. Теперь я чувствую и вижу все изменения, которые происходят каждый день моей жизни в отношениях с семьей, друзьями, группой, со всеми.

Адам: Я начал принимать наркотики с малых доз hydrocodone. В конце же я принимал от 10 до 20 миллиграмм плюс 80 миллиграммов OxyContin. Я просто ел это всё, жевал по частям.

Адам: Каждый свой день я начинал с таблеток, я не мог просыпаться и вставать без них.

Наоми: Дошло до того, что Адам просто сломался, он начал кричать: "Помоги мне, мне нужна твоя помощь!" Но при всем при этом он боялся ложиться в больницу. Тогда я позвонила в госпиталь, обзвонила всех, кого только знала, говорила, что это вопрос жизни и смерти, просила
помочь, потому что Адам был в большой беде, нужно было делать хоть что-нибудь ...

Я не могу избежать этого ада ... я столько раз пытался ...

Адам: Проходя курс лечения, я почувствовал массу всего нового. Тогда я много писал, записывал всё на бумагу.

Доктор Paul Garfinkel: Если вы зависимы, необходимо пройти один курс, затем после перерыва ещё один. Очень легко сломаться, несмотря ни на что.

Кто-нибудь ... помогите мне усмирить это животное внутри ...

Наоми: Я знала, что Адам принимает наркотики, но не знала ни меры, ни времени, сколько всё это продолжалось. Адаму пришлось стерпеть многое.

Адам: После всей лжи и после всего того, через что ей пришлось пройти из-за меня, она не могла вот так просто уйти и оставить меня одного.

И что, что теперь ты можешь видеть мою темную сторону ...

Адам: Самая для меня значимая теперь вещь, так это то, что, находясь на сцене, я всё чувствую. А прежде мы давали такие потрясающие шоу, мы побывали в Бразилии, Австралии, да везде ... но вот тогда я абсолютно ничего не ощущал.

Никто никогда не изменит это животное, которым я стал ...

Адам: И вот я понимаю, что просто пустил свою жизнь на самотек. Я понял, что нужно начать делать что-нибудь. Я понял это, ещё находясь в туре.

Наоми: В конце концов, когда он вернулся из своего двухгодового тура, я сказала: "Хватит, ты больше не можешь прятаться и скрываться от этого ужаса."

Вопрос: Я бы хотел спросить, кто помог Вам преодолеть все психические последствия болезни? Какой-то конкретный человек?

Адам: Да, я провел много времени со своей женой Наоми. Она была тем единственным человеком, который всегда оставался со мной даже после выхода из госпиталя, она помогала мне, всегда была рядом.

Наоми: Он использовал музыку как лекарство, он все писал, писал и писал.

Адам: Да, последний наш альбом - это очень личная пластинка.

Брэд: Мы вернулись туда, откуда начинали, здесь новая энергия. Мы многое узнали из нашего прошлого тура, теперь мы знаем, как остаться здоровыми в дороге и защитить себя.

Адам: Это время, время, когда мы писали альбом, было по-настоящему хоршим.

Ты думаешь обо всем, через что прошел? Ты никогда не думал, что тебе будет так плохо?

Доктор Paul Garfinkel: После всего некоторые люди не боятся говорить о том, через что они прошли, при этом они утверждают, что это не так страшно или незнакомо ... и когда они делают шаг вперед и говорят об этом, это очень важно ...

Адам: Когда я почувствовал, что уже могу вернуться к группе, я пришел со всеми своими стихами, а у парней уже была музыка, над которой они работали. Мы хорошо поработали вместе.

"Не время прощаться, - сказал он, изчезая, - не доверяй свою жизнь никому, они непременно украдут её."

Доктор Paul Garfinkel: Зависимы люди ничем не отличаются от людей, у которых любые другие болезни. Они, как и все, нуждаются в понимании, помощи.

Если ты хочешь выбраться живым - борись за свою жизнь ...

Нейл: Сейчас мы переживаем приятный момент своей жизни - мы более собранны, знаем, что нужно делать, мы можем делать то, что хотим, и, продолжая наш тур, мы делаем это каждый день.

Адам: Я встречал людей, которые говорили мне, что наши песни помогают им, значат для них очень многое. Некоторые наши фанаты пережили гораздо более страшные вещи, нежели чем я. Слышать, что наши песни помогают кому - то - просто потрясающе!

Если останусь, это не надолго, пока я не сгорю изнутри ...

Адам: Да, мне помогает наша музыка - у меня есть шанс каждый вечер выходить на сцену, петь ... да, это действительно помогает, действует.

Адам: Сегодня будет шоу. Я обычно прихожу на место и разговариваю с людьми, и чаще не о музыке. Но сегодня, мне кажется, здесь в Торонто собралось огромное количество фанатов группы, которым пришлось пережить те же чувства и эмоции, что и нам. Поэтому, я думаю, концерт выйдет отличным!

Вопрос: На Ваш взгляд, что можно сделать такого, чтобы помочь человеку, вполне возможно Вашему другу, помочь ему выбраться?

Адам: Прежде всего, необходимо собраться с семьей этого человека, с его друзьями и встретиться с проблемой лицом к лицу, признать, что она есть. Так как некоторые люди не хотят открыто говорить о своих проблемах, думая, что если эти проблемы есть, значит с ними самими что-то не так. Так что соберитесь все вместе и подумайте, что в конкретной ситуации вы можете сделать, чтобы помочь. Удачи.

Я не оставлю всё то, что у меня есть ...

Адам: Я пришел сюда, в ЦПЗ, именно здесь я проходил курс лечения.

Адам: Самое важное для меня то, что я могу подействовать на людей, дать им хоть немного вдохновения. Многие не верят, что могут измениться, а ведь это не так.

Возможно, мы повернем время вспять, ведь еще не поздно, никогда не поздно ...

Адам: Всё это длилось целый год и 8 месяцев, или что - то вроде этого.

И если что - то не так ...

Адам: Спасибо большое за вашу поддержку, для меня и для нас это очень много значит.

Адам: А это наша группа! Вы знаете этих парней? Они замечательные люди.

Вопрос: Теперь, когда Вы "трезвый", как помогает и поддерживает Вас группа?

Адам: Они всегда поддерживали и поддерживают меня во всем. Вы знаете, ведь мы как семья, мы столько лет вместе, со старших классов. Да они мне как братья.

Вопрос: Как вы работаете вместе? Как работаете над песнями?

Адам: О, это хороший вопрос. Вообще альбомы мы пишем группой, все вместе. Мы сидим с акустическими гитарами и пишем песни. Когда я находился в госпитале, я писал стихи, а потом мы всё это накладывали на музыку парней. Но все же мы пытаемся писать не по отдельности, а
вместе.

Вопрос: Парни, когда вы только начинали, вы вообще думали, что ваша музыка возымеет такое воздействие на людей?

Адам: Нет, не думаю, что когда - нибудь специально размышлял над этим. Я всегда хотел быть музыкантом, хотел играть, не важно где и когда, но я не думал когда - нибудь написать такую музыку, к которой будут обращаться так много людей. Нам повезло, что это так.

Толпа апплодирует

Адам: Мне кажется, я должен поклониться или что-то в этом дуже *кланяется*. Спасибо вам всем огромное. Спасибо, вы все просто супер.

Толпа прощается с Адамом

Адам: На будущее, я думаю, я буду жить день за днем, получая от каждого прожитого дня все, что только можно было от него взять.

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 Отправлено: 12.08.08 17:42. Заголовок: Ну на конец то перев..

Ну на конец то переводчик наш золотой явился!! СПАСИБО огромное, когда я это читал, блин столько внутри эмоций жгло! Адам молодчина, это подумать только Кстати я заметил эту "бесчувстенность" на концерте в Бразилии, он реально на нарика похож! Но чё ваще пипец поразило, дэк это то, что он не мог утром просыпаться без таблетки!!!!!! УЖАС!!! Блин....я ведь только в 2004 их услышал, начал копать всё про них в 2005, а если бы Адам не справился со своей болячкой, то я бы сейчас не был самым преданным фанатом, я бы так и не узнал что он был наркоманом...эх......
Чё печалиться, ведь всё позади! Мы живём!!!! Адам - чувак, МОЛОДЕЦ!! так и хочеться руку пожать)))

 Отправлено: 12.08.08 18:44. Заголовок: а я хочу пожать руку..

а я хочу пожать руку AFI - Girl )))ты просто умница,такой огромный текст так хорошо перевела,все было легко и понятно читать)))спасибо тебе огромное)))))

блин ну Наоми молодец!может если б она не начала дергаться то уже лучилось бы что-нибудь плохое...
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Но чё ваще пипец поразило, дэк это то, что он не мог утром просыпаться без таблетки!!!!!!

ага!!!так что-то представилось ка он встает с постели и лихорадочно шарит в ящике,в поиске этой дряни...бррр.

 Отправлено: 12.08.08 19:00. Заголовок: :sm51: :sm51: :sm..

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 Отправлено: 12.08.08 19:04. Заголовок: 3TDG мася не плачь!в..

3TDG мася не плачь!все плохое уже позади))))))Адам сильный и справился с этой слабостью.

 Отправлено: 12.08.08 19:30. Заголовок: Я не плачу мой слад..

Я не плачу мой сладкий [Сейчас не плачу] это было и прошло,просто я не думала что это настолько тяжело для него,[ну да я лупинь не знаю английский] я знаю что зависимость это очень тяжело, просто я на мнгновение представила если бы он не осознал, не понял того что он оступился,что он сглупил [и взял в рот эту каку] то,то,то [Не хочу продолжать] когда я читала это,у меня реально просто градом лились слезы,мне было очень тяжело за него,[Я как будто на мгновение представила эту ситуацию на себя на месте Наоми как ей было тяжело из-за него она просто молодец, хоть я и говорю про нее не хорошо но все же эта женщина вызвала у меня уважение]Адам очень ее любит тут вообще [no comments] я очень очень благодарна Наоми что она была с ним когда ему было плохо....[Спасибо ей огромное что сечас Адам с нами он жив здоров он поет, радует нас своей улыбкой] по большей части эта Наоми его вытащила изза этого кошмара если бы не она то, [он бы сейчас не пел]

 Отправлено: 13.08.08 12:32. Заголовок: :sm19: Спасибо боль..

Спасибо большое=) Да мне и самой интересно эти вещи переводить... так что люди, пока Грейсы молчат - живем и форум не бросаем!
3TDG - не плакай!!!

Вот еще кое-что. Это рассказ о выступлении Грейсов в Норвуде - их родном городе. Я перевела этот текст - тут интересно прочитать о людях Норвуда и их реакцию на сам концерт=)

TDG дают концерт в Норвуде; Three Days Grace собирают около $90,000 для общественного центра в их родном городе (hometown community centre).

Это был самый грандиозный из всех когда-либо сыгранных концертов в Норвуде, а для одного любящего отца мечта стала реальностью.

Three Days Grace дали концерт на сцене общественного центра Asphodel-Norwood под оглушительные крики фанатов их родного города.

Участники группы на 3 четверти из Норвуда и на одну - из Торонто.

"Это был потрясающий концерт! Абсолютный успех", - говорит Lou Walst, член Клуба Норвудских Львов (Norwood Lions Club), а по совместительству и отец бас-гитариста всемирно известной норвудской рок-группы Брэда Уолста.

"2100 билетов, которые были полностью раскуплены, в сумме должны были принести около $90,000 для общественного центра," - говорит Mike Heffernan, член Клуба Норвудских Львов и председатель Комитета Благотворительных Концертов (benefit concert committee).

Самое ожидаемое шоу с легкостью принесет Норвудскому Клубу целых $325,000. "Это та сумма, которую обещают собрать", - говорит Майк. (Вот тут я немного не поняла, вполне возможно, парни пожертвуют в данный центр и свои деньги.)

"Парни хотели дать благотворительный концерт, и это им удалось, сама идея была просто замечательной," - утверждает Heffernan.

"Для меня это как сон наяву: ребята играют вместе на сцене своего родного города," - говорит отец Уолста.

Чтобы сделать концерт особенным, более "семейным", шоу открывали своим выступлением My Darkest Days Мэтт Уолст и известный в Норвуде B.J. McMillan.

Толпа фанатов, составляющая две с небольшим тысячи человек, была довольно разношерстной: здесь можно было увидеть как закоренелого хард-рокера, так и женщину, которая жила с участниками группы по соседству, и видела, как они растут. "Я слушала и просила записи их песен, еще когда они только начинали играть," - говорит Paula Partington, добавляя, что она была соседкой Уолста.

"Когда они в самый первый раз сделали запись, Брэд принес её домой, он очень нервничал. Прослушав её, я сказала, что это великолепно, и я попросила послушать песню ещё раз."

Paula Partington говорит, что для неё это уже второе "местное" выступление "мальчиков" - ранее она побывала на их концерте в Питерборо. Но то событие, что теперь парни играют в своем родном городе - это «как разряд электрического тока».

Адам Гонтьер, вокалист и гитарист Three Days Grace, также вырос в Норвуде, барабанщик
группы Нейл Уолст - из Питерборо, а Барри Сток - родом из Торонто.

Partington - не единственный человек, кто уже много лет знает группу.

Казалось, что все участники этого события каким-то образом связаны с группой, живые
выступления которой были признаны самыми лучшими в США в 2007 году.

"Мы ходили с ними в одну школу," - рассказывает Кортни Кинг (Courtney King). "Когда они еще были Groundswell (более раннее название Three Days Grace), парни играли на всех школьных праздниках; а позже они продавали свои диски, которые лежали в багажнике их машины."

Rob Heard, еще один популярный в Норвуде музыкант, вспоминает, как ему посчастливилось выступать на одной сцене со всемирно известной командой.

"Я познакомился с теперешними Three Days Grace, когда им было лет по 15 ", - говорит Heard.

"Мы любим этих парней," - говорит Кинг. "Но я никогда бы раньше не подумала, что настанет день, и я буду стоять в кассе за билетами на их концерт."

Возможно, это может показаться немного нереальным, что теперь Кинг находится на концерте своих школьных друзей, на концерте, которого Норвуд ещё не видел, ведь парни постарались на славу.

Совсем недавно Three Days Grace были названы лучшей рок-группой по мнению R&R/Billboard, а их песни "(I Hate) Everything About You" и "Just Like You" - всемирно известными и признанными хитами.

Vlad Bularca и Andr‚ Florea сияли от счастья, стоя в своих новых, большего размера, чем они сами, концертных футболках.

Они очень стеснялись, но эти два мальчика, которые приехали на концерт со своими родителями из Китченера (Kitchener), все же сказали, что концерт им очень понравился.

Florea рассказал, почему он выбрал именно такую футболку:"Я выбрал эту, потому что такую носят почти все."

Этот концерт от 3 апреля поставил точку в туре группы.

 Отправлено: 13.08.08 12:41. Заголовок: Народ, извините, есл..

Народ, извините, если что, некоторые названия , типа Норвудского Клуба Львов или там ... Общественного Центра я пишу и по русски и по английски. Просто я не совсем в курсе, чем занимается, например "Клуб Львов" Я так понимаю, что Общественный Центр - это что-то вроде соц. защиты, помощь людям данного города: инвалидам, сиротам, больным, да и просто самому городу. Я понимаю, что некоторый мой перевод этих официальных учреждений немного отличается от реальности, так что если захотите - названия, да и вообще что это такое, можете сами перевести, именно для этого я их на английском пишу=)

 Отправлено: 13.08.08 14:09. Заголовок: AFI - Girl да все от..

AFI - Girl да все отлично)))и снова большое тебе спасибо за хороший перевод)

AFI - Girl пишет:

цитата:

Lou Walst

ага,теперь мы знаем,как зовут папу Брэда)))а по-русски это как? Лу?)

заметьте,какие у парней семьи творческие. что у Адама-мама,он сам,брат еще-все поют,а у Брэда AFI - Girl пишет:

цитата:

Мэтт Уолст

тоже родственник наверно)))

AFI - Girl пишет:

цитата:

живые выступления которой были признаны самыми лучшими в США в 2007 году.

ну еще бы. изколесили все штаты и не самые лучшие были бы,щас)))))

интересно так))))))

 Отправлено: 08.09.08 18:51. Заголовок: Вот пара интервьюшек..

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Three Days Grace interview in support of I Hate Everything About You


PunkTV.ca: First of all, tell us about your band. How long you have been together and where are you from?
We’re from rural Ontario, just about an hour and a half from Toronto. We started playing together when we were all 14 years old; we went to the same high school. I had a jam room in my bedroom and we’d play there every lunch. We moved to Toronto into a shitty basement after playing for a number of years in a small town, and tried to do it as a band. So with some networking, we started to get the ball rolling there, and that’s how we did it…

PunkTV.ca: Tell us about the meaning of your name, Three Days Grace. How does it apply to the urgency in your music, the desire for fame, and success?
We are not about the desire for fame or success really at all. We are more about the opportunity to express ourselves creatively. The name represents a sense of urgency -- we write about issues that are personal to us, so Three Days Grace is about a grace period -- if you had a finite amount of space or time to do something, what would you do with that? We vent in our writing and playing, and the live show is the most important thing for us; the rush, the feeling of it all, we get to get out and see the effect that our music has on people every day. So to get to do that as an artist is a great thing, whether you are a sketch artist, or a painter, or… it’s pretty gratifying. That’s why we play so much live.

PunkTV.ca: Tell us how your deal with Jive came about?
Well, we were just playing a ton in Toronto and we just started getting the attention of several labels. The biggest thing for us is that we needed to be surrounded by a group of people that realized we had a visions as a band, with the artwork, and the videos and the music, so we needed people that would just step back and let us do our thing. So when we met Jive, they realized that we had to steer our own ship and do things our own way.

PunkTV.ca: Which isn’t really something that a new band can generally demand of a label… but since you had played together for so long, I guess the label could see that you really knew what you were doing?
Yeah, absolutely, that was our situation. Some bands want people to do a lot of the legwork for certain things, and I think that some bands have a limited involvement in the creative part of what they do, like their videos. What happens is, if you are able to do everything yourself, we feel that is when the message becomes real, and you have every opportunity to really make everything from a genuine place, and not from a contrived place and that is really awesome to us. And the fans, they can tell, so it’s really important to have that truth in everything that we do.

PunkTV.ca: Did the band ever get frustrated that success wasn't happening soon enough?
No, I don’t think so, because every step of the way for us has really been more of a life experience for us, and having a look back at how we got started, when we started touring, we had this makeshift half RV/half short bus that would break down all of the time. We were really just moving to get it out there. We put 65,000 kilometers on that bus in 3 months, so thinking of getting back into that bus and doing it again now that we travel in a big bus, well that isn’t so appealing to me. But that was the best times of our life, and the whole thing, and the big picture, and looking back and seeing how far we have come, is a cool feeling. So there is no frustration.

PunkTV.ca: Tell us about, “I Hate Everything About You”? Where did it come from, and whom do you hate?
Well, that song is about identifying about someone or something in your life that you cannot have there anymore and taking action and doing something about it, so that’s something that is very real to the band. I think that everyone can realize that on his or her own personal level, when you know that you have to do something about something, or else you are going down with the ship, so everyone has gone through that kind of thing. I think that is why everyone can relate to the song.

PunkTV.ca: At one point you are going, “hate, love, hate, love…” and they are both sides of one energy. The opposite of love is not hate, for example, it’s apathy.
Yeah, It’s ironic that you can sorta have both emotions, that you can feel the opposite emotions towards the same thing, but at least you are feeling something. Which brings me to this new song that we have called, “pain”, so the lyrics are that I would rather feel pain then nothing at all. So sometimes you feel love, or sometimes you feel hate, but the opposite of feeling at all is feeling nothing, which is what you said, and that makes a lot of sense to us.

PunkTV.ca: Has “Pain” charted and been added to radio play in the US?
Yes. The song came out a couple of weeks ago down in the States, which is cool because we are out on tour down there with Staind.

PunkTV.ca: You are on tour in the States now?
Yeah, we are in Florida right now.

PunkTV.ca: Which, for a bunch of Canucks from small town Ontario, must be fucking surreal?
Ya, it totally is. Just having (?) we are playing some really big shows down here. We just played in San Antonio in front of 20,000 people and we got to headline that show, and that is amazing. From my perspective as a drummer, the best vibe is when I kick my bass drum -- that small motion translates into a thump into everyone’s chest, so to think about that, it’s very cool. To see everyone singing our songs back to us is a great feeling.

PunkTV.ca: So, you seem humble about everything, unlike some bands that are all about sex and drugs and rock and roll, and ego. How important is that lifestyle for you?
Well, we don’t have time for egotistical people in rock bands ‘cause that is just bullshit, and anyone that pretends to be better than anyone else; they have their own issues. Those are the people that feel that they’re less than someone are actually the ones that pretend to be better than everyone. They have security issues. Regarding sex and drugs and rock and roll, we are
out here for different reasons than most bands. When fans come up to us and tell us that our music has changed their lives, that’s what it really is about for us, not about how much whiskey we can pound or anything like that.

PunkTV.ca: Most people would not know that you have been playing together for 10 years. Was it anti-climactic to finally have a hit?
Yeah, but with this industry at no point is there a spot where you can say, “okay we have done it” because having that hit song is just a vehicle to go from there. It’s up to us to kinda direct ourselves as to where we go from there, so we look at it like we have more chances to share our music with more people. We can go to the depths of cold Canadian winters and find a packed house of people that want to hear Three Days Grace, and we all love to travel, so it’s just amazing to be able to cross paths with so many people from so many walks of life. It gives you a much broader perspective on life because you get to see how other people are living.

PunkTV.ca: Tell us about the pressure to follow your hit with another one?
We didn’t really believe in having some sort of sophomore pressure, and I feel sorry for bands that do. We just wanted to eliminate time as a factor completely, so in order to do that we had to leave Toronto. We decided to write this record at my cottage up at a lake, so we did that on acoustic guitars, where time doesn’t really exist. So we just found that we had to find our element, and we did that by getting away from the hustle and bustle of the city.

PunkTV.ca: So tell us about what you are doing now, and the new album coming out?
Right now we have a video for “Animal I Have Become” which was just premiered on Much Music yesterday and that is the first single off our new album, which is called ONE-X.

PunkTV.ca: What is that about?
Basically One-X represents…see, when we were out on tour we wrote about the irony of feeling alien and alone in a crowd of people; the phenomenon of urban isolation. I think that our road experience really turned us into that, and I think that a lot of people really feel that. People feel alone and isolated and think that they are the only people that truly understand themselves. Throughout this record we make lots of references to this feeling of isolation on the road. The only people that are really relating are the fans that hear what you are going through through your music. That’s kinda of our vibe.

PunkTV.ca: What would surprise fans most to learn about Three Days Grace?
Probably that our lead singer used to own a bar, and that he basically opened up a bar so that he would have a little stage. So we used to play 3 nights a week at Adams Bar in Peterborough, it was called Sidewinders! It had a little stage, we used to have karaoke Sundays and Three Days Grace Mondays and Wednesdays.
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Three Days Grace Interview with Adam Gontier and Barry Stock in Support of One-X


PunkTV.ca: Hey guys, how are you?

A: Very good. How you doing?

PunkTV.ca: I am very good. Tell us how the tour has been going. I know that you guys have been on the road for pretty much two years since the last time we spoke.

B: It has been going really well. We spent a lot of time down in the States touring and the shows have been great. We have been touring with Seether and Breaking Benjamin and it has been good. Now we are here in Canada doing our own shows so it is nice.

PunkTV.ca: The last time that we spoke you guys were just releasing One-X and at that time who could have known how well it would have been picked up? Tell us about this feeling… you guys are pretty much on top of the world right now for Three Days Grace coming from where you started, so how is that for you?

A: It is great and it is a good feeling. We put a lot of time and effort into the record and we spent a lot of time writing the songs. To finally see everything sort of surface it is just amazing. We are really lucky to be able to do this and we are fortunate for sure.

PunkTV.ca: I checked your MySpace just before I came to interview you. Can you believe you have almost 50 million listens?

B: That’s crazy and a lot of people.

PunkTV.ca: Tell us about traveling and some of the things that you guys do to keep things exciting on the road. Obviously, you guys are in a big bus, so do you guys play video games? Are you into World of Warcraft or Guitar Hero?

A: A lot of different stuff.

B: Usually hockey. We are big hockey guys so we are usually playing any games to do with hockey. We got a big tournament going right now between us.

PunkTV.ca: Who is winning?

B: Adam.

A: I got a lot of practice I guess.

PunkTV.ca: Who is your favorite hockey player?

A: I don’t know man. There are a lot of good players, but let’s go with the kid Sidney Crosby because he is probably the best player to play.

PunkTV.ca: Does your schedule allow you guys to see any games on the road?

B: Yeah, sometimes we get a day off or we can hang out in a city and watch a game. If not, the odd time we get to catch like two periods of a game then go play our show. So we try to get out as much as we can.

PunkTV.ca: Now after you guys have been playing the same album for two years, how do you keep it real onstage? I mean, you must be getting to the point where now all the kids know all the lyrics to all the songs. Does it stay exciting for you guys when you are playing the same stuff over and over every night?

A: Yeah, it really does. Every night is different and the vibe from the crowd is always different every night no matter where we are. So that always kind of keeps it new for us. But the songs… I mean, we all relate to the songs and we are all really close to the material. I never get sick of singing the songs that is for sure.

PunkTV.ca: And you playing them Barry?

B: Yeah, well, it is more of a performance thing so it doesn’t really matter what we are playing. So even though we are playing the same songs every night it is a different performance like he said. You are reacting differently to different crowds so it is a lot of fun and every night is completely different. You don’t know what to expect and what is going to happen so it is good.

PunkTV.ca: We have two questions that we ask everybody and the first one is which of the following experiences have you had: have you seen the face of God, have you had an alien encounter, or have you seen a ghost?

B: None of the above.

PunkTV.ca: No god, no aliens and no ghost?

A: Depending on what you call “God”. I mean, for me, I think I have probably come across the god of my understanding at some point.

PunkTV.ca: I know that you guys are into existentialism, and I know that the philosophy for One-X was writing from a position of alienation and isolation. Are you talking about finding that god from within yourself that helps pull you up from that place?

A: Yeah, for sure. I think we have all been through a heck of a lot and there comes a point where you sort of look at something that is bigger than yourself to help you out and to get you through certain situations. For me, I think I found what it was that I needed.

PunkTV.ca: Barry, face of God, alien or ghost?

B: Neither.

PunkTV.ca: The last question that we have got is what would surprise people most to learn about Three Days Grace?

A: That is a tough one, really.

B: We have laid a lot of cards on the table in the last little while and let them know what we are all about.

A: There is nothing really. We tend to let our fans and everybody know pretty much what we are about, and we have shared our lives pretty intimately with those people so I don’t know if there is much out there that hasn’t been said.

PunkTV.ca: What can we expect from you guys in 2008? Is probably a new album in the works at some point?

A: Yeah, we will be working on a new record. We are working on a new record now but we are going to tour for the next couple months and take some time off to write and record the new record. So we are going to spend most of the year doing that.

PunkTV.ca: Do you find it difficult to write on the road, or is that kind of a way to separate yourself from the day to day arduousness of touring? When you do write, are you writing on an acoustic guitar or how do you do that?

A: Yeah, we write on acoustic guitars. On the road it is easy to sit down and just sort of come up with ideas and play the guitars and just put ideas together. But, for us, it is really important to get away from everything… just the four of us hang out in a secluded spot where we can really put the songs together so there are a lot of ideas flowing around. As for the record and the songs really coming together, it will be a while until we get to sit down and actually do that.

PunkTV.ca: Alright well of course I am Dixon Christie here at the Bounce radio station in Edmonton, Alberta. I want to say thanks to Three Days Grace, Adam and Barry it has been really good and I wish you guys the very best.

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Three Days Grace, Amplifier at Night and Day CafЁ¦

The second Monday in January and town is as empty as you'd expect it to be. Still, there were three pavement pizzas on the way to Night and Day, so someone wants to party. The hundred or so nu-metal kids who have turned up to see Three Days Grace, however, want to rawk.

review: Eddie Frankly
venue: Night and Day CafЁ¦
date: Mon 12 Jan

Three Days Grace come across as a three way mix between Nickleback, Blink 182 and, wait for it, Busted. Good looking boys, who pump iron and hairspray in equal amounts, they look like Simon Cowell's idea of a rock band. A foot high Mohican takes too much grooming for it to look as alternative as it's meant to.

And then there's lead singer Adam, who between songs shows himself to be a really nice, polite, enthusiastic young man. Which is nice, but it's not really rock n' roll is it?

Maybe that's a little harsh, because on stage there's a lot of energy in the performance; then again maybe not that harsh because there's very little in the way of innovation.

Three Days Grace, like Nickleback, remind me of 80s euro-rockers Europe, they both play the kind of rock music they thought was cool when they were eleven. Europe copied Rainbow, Three Days Grace sound like a cross between Nirvana and Tool, which is just what the young crowd want - they rawk.

The night was saved, or stolen, by Amplifier. It's high time Manchester had a great heavy band, and these boys should be it. As heavy a trio as I've ever heard. They don't rawk, they pound, they throb, they rumble, like an earth tremor. The opening track Panzer does what it says on the tin, coming at you with the lumbering power of a tank regiment, and set the tone for half an hour of convincingly powerful intelligent music. They need to get their album out sharpish to build on performances like this. They really shouldn't be supporting Three Days Grace.

Now have your say:

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Steph- Preston
three days grace rock and are definatly nothing like busted!

Lauren-Dublin
Seriously, music is MEANT to express your feelings. Did u ever visit the band site? Adam even says what his lyrics are made up of, what the heck are u guys on?

Lauren-USA
What the girl said, 3DG rocks, and they sound unique (not to mention that the drummer is...<3...)

Matt - Birmingham
To Be honest i've seen shed loads of bands live over the past 15 years and althought Three Days Grace won't rank in the top 3, they definately weren't near the bottom. The songs were catchy and the riffs strong when heard live and as for the old 'it's all been done before' argument...hasn't everything?? I think credit should be given where its due and if its solid, strait forward Rock that makes your head rock and keeps you humming the melody for days...you cant go far wrong with these guys!!

Matt - Canada
Not going to waste too much time, but I would agree that Three Days Grace rocks if their songs consisted of more than one rift and they lyrics were more than the same lines repeated over and over again. As much as i support those who've had a rough upbringing, the above mention fact about their lyrics prooves that really do not have enough to complain about to support all their songs being about evil parents and authority figures telling them what to do. Stop crying, be happy you're successful and deep real deep down, perhaps in the subcockals, and find that something meaningfull to express. What time is it? 14:53, and your 15 minutes are almost over.

Hannah- Isle of Wight
Dude, Three Days Grace rock, you suck, end of story.

 Отправлено: 26.10.08 10:37. Заголовок: http://www.sabian.co..

New SABIAN APX Cymbals Cut Through Hard Rock
Jan 17, 2008

'High-Decibel' Design Delivers Intense Cut for Rock and Metal Drummers

MEDUCTIC, Canada (January 17, 2008) - APX is the new professional cymbal series from award-winning sound innovators SABIAN. Featuring a 'High-Decibel' design that delivers a super-bright, intensely-loud, robust and focused response with extreme cutting power, APX can be heard in any style of music. SABIAN's Product Specialist Mark Love notes, “It's ideal for cutting through the raging guitars, heavy riffing and high-powered output of hard rock and heavy metal bands.” Top drummers already playing APX include Ray Luzier (Korn), Neil Sanderson (Three Days Grace), George Kollias (Nile), John Kelly (Type-O Negative), and Rich Beddoe (Finger Eleven).

“Our band has a really aggressive, guitar-driven sound, so I'm playing APX because they're packed with power and cut through so loudly and clearly,” said Neil Sanderson, drummer for Three Days Grace. “They're also really efficient, which means I don't need to hit them hard, which lets me put all my energy into bashing my drums. With APX I'm never short on volume.”

“APX is designed to cut through any music at any volume, whether it's a rock band blasting in a club, or a hard rock or heavy metal group playing to thousands from the main stage of the Warped Tour or OzzFest,” Love said. “This series has a 'High-Decibel' design, so the sound is absolutely intense.”

To create this intensity, SABIAN introduced new production processes that also result in a unique appearance for these cymbals. In addition to ride, splash, crash, hats, and Chinese in two sizes, the APX series also includes two O-Zone crashes that feature a multi-holed design creating fast, trashy sounds; high-powered rock-heavy Solid models for the most intense responses; and 'Sonically Matched' pre-packs in two Performance Set variations (14” hats,16” crash, 20” ride or 14” hats, 18” crash, 22” ride) and an Effects Pack (10” splash, 18” Chinese).

APX is quality protected by the SABIAN Two-Year Warranty. Cymbals are available individually or in specially priced 'Sonically Matched' sets.

 Отправлено: 26.10.08 10:39. Заголовок: http://www.sabian.co..

Neil Sanderson (Three Days Grace) Visits SABIAN
Sep 02, 2008

Neil Sanderson and Three Days Grace have had a very busy couple of years! With sales of their latest album, "One-X", exceeding 1.5 million, a Billboard Award, an extensive two year tour and now the release of a live DVD, Three Days Grace have maximized their opportunities and become one of Canada's greatest musical exports!

With a few days off, Neil traveled to New Brunswick to visit the SABIAN factory in Meductic. Mixing a variety of SABIAN cymbals into his set-up including the new APX series, Neil was very anxious to speak with Mark Love, SABIAN Master Product Specialist, to discuss the process of developing the high-decibel APX series cymbals.

After a tour, time in the vault, and several interviews Neil finally had a moment to enjoy the beautiful scenic view that this small village in New Brunswick has to offer. "I'm so happy I had an opportunity to visit the factory, it's amazing how much hands-on manufacturing goes into making a SABIAN cymbal!"

Commented Terry Ryan-Canadian Sales & Artist Relations Manager "Neil was one of the first endorsers to add APX cymbals to his set-up. It's a great opportunity for him to visit the factory and get more insight into the cymbal making process and our new APX series".

The new Three Days Grace DVD-Live at The Palace in Auburn Hills is available now exclusively at Best Buy.

For more information on Neil and Three Days Grace check out www.threedaysgrace.com

 Отправлено: 17.04.09 09:26. Заголовок: Видимо все наши пере..

Видимо все наши переводчики пугаются, когда видят столько текста
Вот этого интервью ещё не было, и пока о новом альбоме Грэйсы не рассказывают, хочется узнать все тайны создания One-X:

Three Days Grace Singer: New CD 'Is About Somebody I Don't Want To Be'



Dark, tenebrous, isolated, pick an adjective. Three Days Grace, Adam Gontier, is all these things and his lyrics on the band's second album titled One-X reflect these emotions. Three years have passed since the Canadian band released a self-titled debut and shook up the world with "I Hate Everything About You." Sounding upbeat and positive, the band's singer verbalized none of the feelings he expresses on the new record but he did explain to Ultimate-Guitar where they originated.

Ultimate-Guitar: How did the band actually evolve? I heard that you had a band called Groundswell that started as a five-piece, then went to a three-piece. Now you have a quartet - what was your musical vision and the concept for the band?

Adam Gontier: Well me, Brad (Walst, bass) and Neil Sanderson, drums), we met, basically?I went to school with Neil for a year in high school. We played in a band together and that band was called Groundswell. And what happened was I left that high school and I ended up going to a different high school. There I met Brad. So basically, me and Neil stopped playing together and when I went into high school with Brad, we started playing together. So what kind of happened basically was I took Neil from my other school and I took Brad from the school I was at, and I got them together. And we basically just started playing, you know, cover songs and whatever else. Just, you know, in my garage and in Neil's basement. We were big into the Seattle scene so we were doing like a bunch of Nirvana covers and that kind of stuff. We just kept doing it. I mean, there wasn't much to do in the town so that's all we wanted to do. We just wanted to play music. And I was sort of writing my music at the time, but not very seriously. So it took a while. We just ended up sticking it out for a long time and about 1997 we met another guitar player. So we turned into a five-piece band. We went with the name Groundswell again, and we moved to Toronto. We wanted to take it very serious in Toronto and just see what kind of people we could network with and that sort of thing. Eventually both of the guitar players actually left the band. So we were a three-piece. And that's sort of how it started. I mean, we moved up to Toronto in '97, we became a three-piece and that's when Three Days Grace Started.

Did you not miss having the other guitars in there in terms of the sound you were hearing? A three-piece suited the kind of music you were writing?

Yeah, that's exactly it. We were getting a bit older. I play guitar, so the songs that I was writing, I mean, I wanted to pick up a guitar and play those songs anyway to give them my sort of feel. By the time the two guitar players had left, I think we had become, you know musically, we had become a little bit different. Moreso, we were all friends. So the biggest thing, it was missing a couple of friends. But you know, everybody got over that and here we are.

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"By the time the two guitar players had left, I think we had become a little bit different musically."

You mentioned Nirvana. Were you listening to Kurt as a writer, in terms of the way he was constructing songs?

Well, we were influenced by Nirvana for sure. So I mean, they were one of my favorite bands, one of our favorite bands. So I think naturally when we were sitting down writing songs, I think naturally those different influences from Nirvana came out in our writing for sure. I don't think we intentionally tried to actually take any individual parts or anything like that, but it's just what the influence does to you when you're young and you're writing songs.

Did it take you a while to find your voice as a writer?

Oh, for sure. It wasn't really until we started working with producers. The biggest thing was that I don't think I'd necessarily became a great songwriter until - that's not gonna come out right because I'm not trying to call myself a great songwriter. What I'm saying is I think I was more focused on heavy riffs and good melodies and not necessarily lyrics when I was younger. I think when we met with the very first producer we worked with, Gavin Brown, on our first record, I think that was then the whole idea, I started to learn what songs were really about. They were about lyrics and what the listener is gonna get from it and all that stuff. So yeah, eventually I definitely grew as a songwriter, as did all the other guys in the band. You know, we learned a lot of things working with different producers.

Gavin actually co-wrote that first record with the band?

Yeah, yeah. You know, we met Gavin, we had a lot of music already written and that sort of thing, but what he brought to the table was just a different vision of where the parts should go and where the music should go. Yeah, I guess technically he co-wrote the first record that we worked on, yeah.

Let's talk about some of the tracks on the first CD. A song like "I Hate Everything About You" is currently appearing on television.

Yeah, probably. I mean, we made a video for it and, yeah, it's being played.

It's being played a lot still.

Okay, yeah, I mean, that's cool. I mean, if they're still playing the video, you know, our very first video that we ever shot, that's really cool. That's a good thing.

One of the main hooks of that song is that little acoustic slide part. Describe that.

No, there's not, there's no slides. But we did use an acoustic for the main riff of the song, the opening riff of that song. Like when we were doing demos for the song, we recorded the guitar part and intro riff. And what happened was, because we liked that intro riff so much and the way it sounded with the acoustic guitar, we ended up using that on the finished record. So we took the demo guitar and we actually planted it into the actual record. But basically that's just an acoustic guitar just run through some different Amp Farms (Line 6).

Can you be more specific with what type of acoustic you're playing?

Actually, yeah. It's funny. That acoustic is actually just an old Yamaha acoustic that was sitting at EMI Music Publishing in Canada and Toronto, where we began writing the first record. So there was an acoustic guitar there. We were working on a lot of the songs. What happened was one of us came us with that riff, we ended up going into the booth, and we sat down with that old Yamaha guitar and we recorded it. It ended up being on the demos. And then eventually that same recording session ended up being on the record.

Lyrically, where did that sentiment come from? It could have been titled "I Hate You," but "I Hate Everything About You" is so much more specific and lyrically intriguing.

I think that's yeah, it's obviously the most blunt sort of song on the record. When we were sitting down, we were coming up with lyrics and all that sort of stuff. We wanted to write a song that people would relate to. Because there's a lot of stuff on the radio that a lot of people don't relate to. I think, for us, it was about relationships and it was about drugs and it was about anything in your life that was taking up all your time, that you just wanted to get rid of. But for some reason you couldn't because you loved it so. And I think that sentiment sort of stuck with a lot of people. I think a lot of people related to that. Yeah, we wanted to write something about that love-hate relationship.

What about a song like "Home"? There are those cool guitars on the intro there - can you describe how that part was created?

Yeah. We wrote "Home" and it had a pretty heavy opening riff. And I think between us and Gavin, our producer, I think we decided that we wanted some kind of melody that was done with the guitar, over the top of the opening riff because it needed something. Basically, we'd just mess around in the studio with different ideas, different lead parts that might sound cool. And what ended up happening, was that high-pitch guitar lead that you hear at the beginning of "Home."

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"Being on the road for so long, it takes its toll on you."

It almost sounds like a synth or something.

What we did, we actually used a whammy pedal to bring the whole tone up a whole octave. I think it's around the 12th fret where we played. We actually used a whammy pedal to actually bring it up, so it would have been played on like the 24th if there was a 24th (fret).

How do you and Barry (Stock, second guitarist) work out the parts? Are you more of the rhythm player and he is more of the lead guy?

Yeah, that's pretty much the way we work. Barry wasn't around for the first record, but for this second record that we have coming up shortly, he was around for the writing process and the songwriting. He's a great lead player and he's just a great guitar player in general. So he came up with tons of great little licks that went perfectly over the rhythmic stuff that I was writing. That's kind of how we work together. He comes up with leads over what I'm writing.

Do you think he brought a new kind of wrinkle to the band? The new record maybe sounds bigger than the first record?

Yeah, definitely, definitely. You know, he's influenced by lots of different stuff. We're influenced by Nirvana and the Seattle music scene, and a whole bunch of different things like The Beatles and whatever else. And Barry's influenced by, definitely, classic rock bands from the 70's, the 80's. And he brings a different element to the band, for sure. It's great. It works really well. It meshes really well with what we do. He just has a great ear for music and he's a great guitar player. So yeah, he's definitely brought his thing to this new record, which is really cool.

Talking about the new record, lyrically the sentiments are pretty dark. They are about isolation, loneliness, and various things. At the end of the day when I finish listening to this record, how am I supposed to feel or what am I supposed to take away lyrically?

I'll start here - the last couple of years when we were touring for our last record - you know, being on the road for so long, it takes its toll on you. For me, I started to become a different person. I changed. I think I became a selfish person, you know? And when we got off the road, I had realized what kind of person I had actually become and I wanted to change that. So the timing was perfect, where we came off the road and I kind of felt alone. I felt like I had a lot of things that I had to deal with. And I wasn't sure if anybody really understood me in my personal life, in my job with the band, everything. I didn't know if anybody understood me. So lyrically, when we got off the road and we were writing this record, it was perfect timing. Because everything I was writing basically came out on this new record. You know, if you listen to the record from front to back, you almost get a story out of the record. At the beginning of the record, I'm sort of talking about how I've felt, how I've changed, and how I've become somebody else. And in the middle of the record, I'm sort of asking for help, trying to realize who I could become or I'm asking somebody else to help me with changing. And the very last song on the record, "One X," is actually, it's a hopeful song about realizing that there are people that feel the same way that you do, that might feel alone and isolated and not really feel like anybody else understands them. So the very last song on the record wraps it up and sort of says there are people that relate to you and feel the same way that you do. So I think this record is more about relating to, you know, feeling a certain way, feeling like you're alone. When you're done listening to the record, I think you have a glimmer of hope from that realizing that you're not the only one.

Without sounding glib, someone would look at you and say, "This guy is in a band, these guys are on the road, his video is on MTV and he's making money - what is it that he really has to be so overwhelmed about?"

Well, let me ask you something - being a music journalist and being fairly successful and that sort of thing, do you have any sort of problems in your life? Do you have issues that you have to deal with? Are there times when you feel at all upset about anything? That's sort of what it comes down to. It comes down to, no matter how good your life looks like from the outside or no matter how great it seems to be, there's always something in your life. I don't care if you're the president of America or if you're homeless and you're in skid row in L. A., you've got things in your life that you have to deal with. And everybody deals with them a certain way. And there was a point, like I kind of said before, when we got off the road, I had felt very alone. When you're touring and you're on the road for so long, you're around people that pretend like they know you that they think they know you. They act like they've known you for years. And you're putting on a show for people that you don't know every single day. You've basically left your family, your friends, everybody that you've cared about, everybody that you loved. You've left them at home. And now you're dealing with people in an industry that's all about money. So I think other bands would definitely relate to the feeling, sort of isolated on the road. That's something that I think a lot of people feel. But for me, I had inner demons that basically over two years of touring, took a hold of me. And I had become somebody completely different. So that's what the record is about. The record is about being somebody that I don't want to be and feeling alone at the very same time.

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"Barry came up with tons of great little licks that went perfectly over the rhythmic stuff that I was writing."

Jumping to the musical side, the new record starts with "It's All Over," and those big guitars. Can you describe how a track like that would be created?

Well, you know what? For the majority of this record, a lot of the music was written when we sat in our rehearsal space in Toronto when we got off the road. We came up with - you know, everybody had different riffs, different melodies, different ideas for songs that had been sort of accumulating over the last few years of touring. So when we got home, it was a matter of us coming together and putting those parts together. So each song on the record has something different from every single member of the band. And basically, about half the record was written in Toronto in our rehearsal space. And then the other half was written, we went to northern Ontario, Canada, and we went to a cottage and we just basically secluded ourselves. We sat with acoustic guitars and we'd come up with ideas, and we put them all together. Neil sits with a hand drum while me and Barry play riffs. I start singing the melody over the top of different riffs. So each song, I think came together in different ways with different input from all the guys.

In general, can you run down some of the guitars and amps that you were using on the new record?

Yeah, we used a couple different Diezel heads. Diezel makes great amps and great-sounding gear, so we wanted that. When we were in L. A., when were at the studio, we ended up pulling in an old 69 Marshall head that had been modified. And actually, System of a Down had used it on the newest record just before we got into the studio. So we actually pulled the same head right from System of a Down's studio and started using it on our record. For amps, we used that - the old 69 Marshall - and a couple of Diezel heads. We had tons of heads sitting in the studio, so there was tons of gear. But guitars, we used a bunch of old Gibson Les Pauls. Barry used a couple Ibanez guitars. I use Paul Reed Smith and Schecter guitars. We basically had a wide variety of all sorts of different guitar in the studio. You know, we wanted to just experiment with different sounds so we tried to load the studio up with tons of different gear.

Is there any specific guitar that you feel more comfortable on? One that you would play live, for instance?

Yeah, I play a Paul Reed Smith live. I've got one at home and then one on the road that I use. And it's a killer guitar. Paul Reed Smith makes great guitars. I've actually got an endorsement with Schecter guitars as well, so I have a bunch of Schecters that are custom-made that sound great, too.

Talking about guitars, ine of the overriding features is the lack of solos. There are solo sections and musical sections, but no real kind of guitar heroics. Is that something specific to this band?

I definitely know what you mean. Well, "It's All Over" actually is just one of the songs that does have a solo in it. I don't know what it is. I think it's just, thanks to the music industry, it's just changing. You know, different bands, different styles coming out. And I think the solo is definitely being pushed away. But it's still great to hear a kick-ass solo in the middle of a really powerful song. So I do like solos. I mean, we've got nothing against them. But for some reason, they don't present themselves in our songwriting structure that much.

On a track like "Pain," is the sound expanded with a keyboard on the last verse?

Yeah, there's a Mellotron actually that we use, which is the same kind of thing that The Beatles used in "A Day in the Life" (presumably Adam was referring to "Strawberry Fields Forever"), which was really, really cool. So we just tried out different keyboard sounds on a couple different things, but it worked really well with "Pain." The Mellotron came out really well.

Did you play the Mellotron part?

Yeah. My mother is a piano player, so I kind of mess around on the piano. But I'm definitely not a professional by any means. I play everything by ear. So I play the bass and the drums and the guitar all sort of by ear. As well as the piano, I play everything by ear.

On "Animal I Have Become," the first single, how do you prepare for a vocal like that? Musically it seems like it's a challenging song for a singer.

Well, I think the main thing is we were lucky enough to work with a great producer, Howard Benson, on this record, in his studio. He's really set up his studio for singers to come through and feel comfortable and feel like they can just give everything they've got. And he really focuses on vocals, melodies, harmonies, all that stuff. I think me and Howard both got into a mindset that we wanted to come up with different vocal parts that we normally wouldn't. And like I said, the studio's just really, really comfortable for that sort of thing. I just sort of put my mindset into the lyrics of the song before I get in the vocal booth. And I sort of just read the lyrics over and over. I just sit in my own headspace for a little while and get into the mindset of the lyrics. And then I go into the booth and just do it.

Is that sort of a first take kind of a situation or is there cutting and pasting going on?

No, basically what's really cool about the way Howard works, I would sing the whole song from front to back. From front to back over and over and over and over, and we would basically get 10 to 12 to 15 takes of the song. And what would happen, he would basically pull what he thought were the best of the best. And we would actually sit together and pull the best vocal performances out, and between us, decide which ones we wanted to be the actual take. So I sang every song about, at least, 10 to 15 times.

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"I do like solos. But for some reason, they don't present themselves in our songwriting structure that much."

Would you default to Howard's decision or would you know that, yes, this is the line, this is the verse, this is the performance?

Yeah, definitely. I think he's been doing it for so long that he has a good idea of what the best performance is. And I obviously have a good idea of what I think my best performance was and how I felt about it. So you know, I could be on the 7th take or finish the song and the 7th take is done, and I think it's the best performance that I've done. Maybe I'll run downstairs and I'll sit with Howard. We'll both say, "That was the best take." And you know, we'll do a few more and maybe come back to that take. So it's just between us. We just decide what works the best.

On "Never Too Late," is that you on the acoustic?

Yeah. Yeah, that's me on acoustic guitar. I mean, I used my Guild. I have a Guild True American that I love, my acoustic guitar, and I used that on the record. Yeah, there's a few different acoustic tracks on the record, from "Never Too Late" to, I think, we did some acoustic guitars on "Over and Over." There's a few acoustic parts that are just buried underneath different choruses just to fill it out. Like in the song "Let It Die," there's acoustic guitars in the chorus that just sit back really nicely and just keep the rhythm going.

On "Let It Die," is that a Leslie on the electric guitar? Is that the effect there?

No, we didn't actually use a Leslie on the record. Barry owns a Leslie, but we didn't use one.

You mentioned "Over and Over" featuring acoustic guitar -Are there also strings on there?

Oh yeah. What was really cool about that, we were in L. A., and we doing the record, recording the record. We had an opportunity to use a 20-piece orchestra that normally works with films. Yeah, we just had an opportunity to put strings on the song and it sounded amazing. So it was a really cool experience to go into a studio and watch a 22-piece orchestra play strings over something that you've created. It was incredible. And they are amazing musicians. You get awfully humbled when you watch musicians like that, that can just lay it down - just look at a piece of paper and make your songs sound that much better.

So what are the plans now?

I mean, we're excited about the record so we're basically gonna tour for the next year-and-a-half. We love playing live; so we're just gonna tour, man.

2006 © Steven Rosen

 Отправлено: 18.09.09 00:11. Заголовок: Переведите пожалуйст..

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Three Days Grace "Break" Out With New Single
LaunchDaily
9/9/2009

The new single from Canada's Three Days Grace, called "Break," got off to an explosive start last week at rock radio, with 47 stations adding the track to their playlists and sending the song straight into the Top 20 on the chart. Although that bodes well for the band's upcoming album, Life Starts Now, frontman Adam Gontier told us that the quartet never lets sales or numbers interfere with their music: "You know, to get caught up in numbers and all that stuff is really -- I mean, it really does take a toll after a while when you start worrying about just the business side of things and money and that sort of thing. So we really, really try not to worry about it too much. I mean, it's always nice to find out that you sold a few records the first week out, but it's not something that we've really focused on, you know, and got down if the numbers weren't great or whatever. We really do have a love for music and that's why we do it."

Three Days Grace has set September 22nd as the release date for Life Starts Now.

The band's third studio outing will follow up the Canadian act's 2006 sophomore effort, One-X, which sold over a million copies and produced three hit singles.

Three of the four singles from One-X, "Animal I Have Become," "Pain" and "Never Too Late," all reached Number One on the rock charts.

Frontman Adam Gontier was heard last year as a guest vocalist on "I Don't Care," from Finnish rock cello quartet Apocalyptica's latest effort, Worlds Collide.

 Отправлено: 18.09.09 07:02. Заголовок: Three Days Grace ..

Three Days Grace "Прорывается" Со Своим Новым Синглом
LaunchDaily
9/9/2009

Новый сингл от Канадской группы Three Days Grace, названный "Break", на прошлой неделе ворвался на рок-радио, 47 радиостанций добавили трэк в своей плейлист и песня взлетела прямо в двадцатку чарта. Хотя это предвещает только хорошее для свежевыходящего альбома Life Starts Now, фронтмэн Адам Гонтье сказал нам что квартет никогда не позволяет продажам или номерам в чартах вмешиваться в их музыку: "Знаете, мысли о том на каком месте твоя песня и все в этом духе это полная фигня. Я имею в виду что через какое-то время ты начинаешь переживать только о материальной стороне этих вещей: деньгах и тп. Но мы правда, на самом деле стараемся сильно не грузиться по эому поводу. То есть всегда приятно понимать что твоя пластинка продалась числом в N-копий в первую неделю, но это не та вещь, на которой мы сконцентрированы, знаете, и гонка за большими числами - это, вообще говоря, некруто. Мы на самом деле любим музыку, поэтому и мы делаем все это."

Three Days Grace объявили 22 сентября датой релиза альбома Life Starts Now.

Третий альбом группы разовьет мысль второго, выпущенного в 2006году альбома One-X, который продался тиражом более чем в миллион копий и имел три успешных сингла.

Три из четырех синглов с One-X, "Animal I Have Become," "Pain" and "Never Too Late", побывали на первых строчках рок-чартов.

Фронтмэн Адам Гоньте в прошлом году исполнил с финским квартетом Apocalyptica песню "I Don't Care" из их последнего альбома Worlds Collide.

 Отправлено: 21.09.09 06:01. Заголовок: Вот свеженькое, перв..

Вот свеженькое, перводим!

Three Days Grace gets reality check


One of Brad Walst's favourite sayings is from John Lennon: "Life is what happens to you when you're busy making other plans."

The 33-year-old Norwood native found that quote especially poignant when he recently returned home from five years on the road with his hit band Three Days Grace.

Walst says he got a reality check about what's really important in life because his young son was diagnosed with cancer.

He and his bandmates --

Adam Gontier (lead vocals, guitar), Neil Sanderson (drums) and Barry Stock (lead guitar) -- all went through some heavy times.

"We all came home and got a harsh dose of life," Walst tellsThe Examiner."It taught us to not sweat the small stuff."

His band, which has always used music as an emotional outlet, took that new life perspective and used it to create what Walst calls a more musically in-depth and personal album.

That album, calledLife Starts Now,is set to be released Tuesday. "The whole record is confronting life and how fragile it can be," he says.

Its first single,Break,was released to radio stations on Sept. 1.

Walst saysBreakis about breaking away from bad influences

Its lyrics start with: "Tonight my head is spinning I need something to pick me up I've tried but nothing is working I won't stop

I won't say I've had enough Tonight I start the fire Tonight I break away

Break! Away from everybody Break! Away from everything If you can't stand the way this place is

Take! Yourself! To higher places!" Walst says the band took more

time than usual to write this album, which is their third.

"I think it's our best album and hopefully fans agree," he says.

The band's previous two studio albums,Three Days Grace in 2003, andOne-Xin 2006, have both been certified platinum and double platinum in the U. S. and Canada respectively.

Walst says this album likely won't be the last.

"We'll keep making music as long as we can," he says.

NOTE: Three Days Graceis to tour Canada, starting in mid- November and likely running in 22 cities from coast to coast. Dates and times are still to be announced.

 Отправлено: 21.09.09 15:47. Заголовок: Three Days Grace про..

Three Days Grace проходят проверку реальностью

Одно из любимых высказываний Брэда Уолста взята из творчества Джона Леннона: "Жизнь – то что, происходит тут, когда мы в мечтах."

33-летний уроженец Норвуда понял весь смысл той фразы когда вернулся домой из пятилетнего тура с популярной группой Three Days Grace.

Уолст говорит что прошел была проверку реальностью, узнав что для него действительно важно, ведь у его маленького сына обнаружили рак.

Брэд и остальные участники группы --

Адам Гонтье (вокал, гитара), Нил Сандерсон (ударные), Барри Сток (основная гитара) -- у всех бывали трудные времена.

"Мы все приехали домой и получили большую порцию жизни," рассказывает Уолст репортеру. "Это научило нас ценить даже мелочи."

Его группа, всегда использовавшая музыку для выражения эмоций, взяла этот опыт перспективы новой жизни и воспользовалась им чтобы создать, как говорит Брэд, музыкально-всесторонний и более личный альбом.

Этот альбом, названный "Life Starts Now", будет выпущен во вторник. "Вся пластинка о жизненных противоречиях и о том как хрупка может быть жизнь," говорит он.

Первый сингл альбома, Break, был запущен на радио 1го сентября.

Уолст говорит что "Break" о разрыве со всем что плохо на нас влияет.

Песня начинается так: "Tonight my head is spinning I need something to pick me up I've tried but nothing is working I won't stop

I won't say I've had enough Tonight I start the fire Tonight I break away

Break! Away from everybody Break! Away from everything If you can't stand the way this place is

Take! Yourself! To higher places!"

Брэд говорит что на написание их третьего альбома у них ушло больше времени чем это было раньше.

"Я думаю это наш лучший альбом и, надеюсь, наши фаны согласятся," говорит он

Предыдущие два студийных альбома, Three Days Grace в 2003 и One-Х в 2006, были признаны платиновыми и дважды платиновыми в США и Канаде соответственно.

Уолст говорит что этот альбом определенно не будет последним.


"Мы будем заниматься музыкой так долго как только сможем," говорит он.

ЗАМЕТКА: тур Three Days Grace по Канаде начнется в середине ноября и пройдет по 22 городам от побережья к побережью. Дата и время будут уточнены позже.
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 Отправлено: 21.09.09 16:18. Заголовок: :sm242: У сына рак?..

У сына рак? Неужели на западе у каждого третьего это заболевание?