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?

 Отправлено: 21.09.09 16:23. Заголовок: Pushkin да... я сам..

Pushkin да... я сам в шоке был когда прочитал. можно сказать только поэтому и решил перевести статью.
ну и конечно потом порадовала новость что уже наверняка будет еще альбом... но до этого еще минимум 3 года

 Отправлено: 21.09.09 16:55. Заголовок: просто в шоке. бедны..

просто в шоке.
бедный мальчик он же маленький еще у него! ужас какой
9oNe4eVeR спасибо за перевод!

 Отправлено: 21.09.09 17:02. Заголовок: :sm51: как так??.....

как так??... если бы у моего ребёнка не дай бог был рак, мне бы было не до группы..... и еще на с чем четвёртого альбома совмеваюсь, хотя..... у адама голос сел пипец, млжет ему стоит перерыв какой то сделать, бросить курить, для голоса что то сделать, ну не знаю с таким образом жизни какой же там голос останеться.... ну это моё мнение такое

 Отправлено: 23.09.09 17:16. Заголовок: И вот ещё свежее инт..

И вот ещё свежее интервью с Бэри. Кто поработает, тот молодец

Starting Life Now with Three Days Grace Lead Guitarist Barry Stock
by Troy Rogers


After joining Three Days Grace in 2003 before making his studio debut on the personal, introspective Three days Grace album, One-X, lead guitarist, Barry Stock, has grown both as a musician and person in the six years since joining one of the most popular bands in North America. In the three years between the last album and the newly released Life Starts Now, the guys of Three Days Grace have taken time to grow and to also jump out of the box to not allow themselves to be defined as any one stereotype. In many ways, after touring and maturing as both a band and as individuals, life does start now for Three Days Grace as the band gives fans Life Starts Now, which went wide on September 22.

The day before the release of Life Starts Now, TheDeadbolt went one-on-one with Three Days Grace lead guitarist, Barry Stock, who filled us in on the band's approach to the new album, the significance underneath the lyrics of such new songs as "Break," how Three Days Grace has adapted since forming in 1992, and exactly how life really does start now for Three Days Grace after a three year break between full-length studio albums.

THE DEADBOLT: So what do you guys usually do the night before an album comes out?

STOCK: Well, I never put much thought into what we did on the release of the last album [laughs]. I don't even know what we're going to do. I'm not really sure. It's funny; we've sort of been so busy with stuff going on that we haven't put too much thought into it. We have to keep reminding ourselves, "Oh yeah, it's tomorrow." Not that we need reminding, but we're pretty excited and we'll probably go out and have a celebrational dinner I'm sure.

THE DEADBOLT: Can you talk about how you approached "Life Starts Now" in terms of how you guys have grown as a band?


STOCK: Well, this time around we really wanted to go with something different than what we've done in the past, and that's to go with the sort of clean-cut layered guitar sort of sound. This time around we really wanted to go with more of a bigger room sound. We recorded this time in The Warehouse in Vancouver, Bryan Adams' studio, which is one of the best sounding studios in the world, and it has that awesome big drum sound. We wanted to go with that, more "Zeppeliny" bigness in a different kind of way. You know, a lot of people today think bigness means, "Okay, let's layer eight guitars on this and play the same thing," whereas this time around we wanted to go for more of that big, thick drum sound. It's just more about tone this time and capturing that rawness, as opposed to a lot of layered stuff.

THE DEADBOLT: What's the subtext underneath the title of "Life Starts Now"?

STOCK: "Life Starts Now," for us - I mean, I know for a lot of people they think it sounds really happy. But really what it comes down to is: This time around we came off of the road from the last record and we took time off to spend time with our families, and now things are different for us, too, because we all have families and there's kids involved. And a few of us had to deal with some real personal issues as far as people being sick in our families, death in some cases, and it almost had to take us to that and experience for us to realize that sometimes you've just got to deal with the hand that's given to you. You can moan about it or you can pull your head up and just do your best with it. Again, Three Days Grace has always been that little bit of sense of hope there for people and that's the same thing with us. For us it's just about life starts now. It's just a new sense of freshness.

THE DEADBOLT: The lyrics for "Break" center around breaking away from everything if you can't stand the way this place is. Was that written as a reflection of what's going on in society or the music industry?


STOCK: Again, I think for us it's "the song is almost as easy as it sounds." It's really just about if you don't like the situation you're in or what's going on around you, it's entirely up to you to break out of it. That's it. It's pretty much just breaking out and letting loose. You don't have to be stuck in whatever it is you're dealing with. Whether it's good or bad, it's your choice to make a change.

THE DEADBOLT: Since you guys started Three Days Grace in the early '90s, what's been the most challenging thing in terms of the evolving musical tastes and not changing who you guys are as a band?

STOCK: We still work on how to work well together, and we do a good job of it, but not being so hung up on your own ego and hearing everybody out. That's what we do now. We work on songs, and it's never "two guys like this song" or "one guy hates it and we just do it anyway," for us it's very much about if there's even one guy that has a question on something of the song, he doesn't like a part or he doesn't like a lyric, we always address it. And we really spend the time to make sure all four guys are happy, which is a lot more work to make four guys happy. But at the same time, when we do approach it that way, everybody is happy, all four, and I find that's the best way to be. When everybody is passionate about what they're doing, we have better odds of making greatness.

THE DEADBOLT: How does the U.S. audience impact the band?

STOCK: We love coming to the States. But we're Canadian, obviously, and it's first and foremost, and that's why even this time around we're going to get a Canadian tour to start this stuff. But it's great, whether it's America or anywhere else, it's great having a whole other country standing behind you and believing in what you're doing. And it's great when it's not your country, not your nation, and someone else's. It's just cool that we can expand and get out to everybody. It's great for us.

THE DEADBOLT: What's the latest talk on the tour?

STOCK: Well, we're going to do a Canadian run. It's going to start in mid-November and it's going to take us right up until Christmas.

THE DEADBOLT: So, what was the decision behind the new suit and tie look?


STOCK: [laughs] Well, this time around, again, it's about breaking. Just like the song, it's almost like breaking out of your box. Sometimes we go to being stuck in what we are and here we are. But not necessarily always the way you're dressed and perceived is necessarily the way you are always. Plus, this time the video people freaked out about the pink and for us it was exactly that. It's got nothing to do with colors or what you're wearing, we just wanted to do something a little bit more fun and break out of our box.

The funny thing is with the pink, some people complain and say, "Oh, you're pink? That's not your color." Well, what is my color? I mean, I don't know. Again, we just wanted to clean it up a little bit, we like to dress up. It's nice to put on nice clothes and for us it's just that. It can't all be the doom and gloom, you know what I mean? We've all been that for awhile and it's getting a bit old. Not to say we don't have stuff going on in our lives just like everybody else, you have those moments. For us, we were just trying to step out of our box a little bit and just have a bit of fun.

THE DEADBOLT: And I'm sure you've also had people say, "Oh, you guys clean up really nice."

STOCK: [laughs] Yeah.

THE DEADBOLT: Do you have a set routine when you tackle the writing process?

STOCK: For us it's usually when we come off of the road. There are always little musical ideas of things. But the best thing for us is that we usually come off of the road from the record and take a little time for the family and your own sanity and get away from it for a little bit. Then, in that time, everybody is always working on stuff and we collectively get together and work as a band. That's how we worked in the past and that's how we still work today. Again, it's really important that it's all of us writing, because four heads are definitely better than one, and with us we're always challenging ourselves and each other all of the time. That's how it starts. You just start with a song idea, or it could be someone has a lyric or a piece of music, but we all get together in a room and we all work it out.

THE DEADBOLT: So you don't have a rigid process?

STOCK: No. That's what I mean, there's nothing in stone for us. It's just kind of everybody contributes musically and lyrically, and everybody has got ideas, and then we'll just get into a room and we'll start picking away at things - What do we like best, or where do we want to go with this one?

THE DEADBOLT: How much input do you guys have in the marketing of the band, like with the Super Deluxe packages?


STOCK: You know, alot of that stuff, we have great people around us who come up with neat ideas as well. It's one of those between us and your management and your label [relationships]. We bounce our heads around all of the time, and the fans, too. I mean, a lot of times the fans are really great for that, too, especially if you hear enough, "Oh, you guys should have a little competition on winning this or that." So ideas can come from everywhere. But we definitely look over everything we do.

THE DEADBOLT: What does Three Days Grace have to do these days to stay front, center, and relevant? I mean, the music industry is a lot different than it was in '92.

STOCK: [laughs] Oh yeah, definitely! Music has definitely, definitely changed. I think it's just, again, staying true to your fans. You know, not being phoney. And there's a lot of that going on, people just doing what they do because they think that's what they're supposed to be doing. A lot of bands are big in music because they're trying to be like the band before them. You know what I mean? I don't think it'll last. I think people eventually see through all of that crap. If you stay true to what you are and do what it is you do, I think you'll have some decent longevity for sure. But if you're just making up a bunch of contrived crap that might be alright for a bit, people will always eventually look right through that shit.

-- Troy Rogers

 Отправлено: 23.09.09 18:28. Заголовок: "Life Starts"..

"Life Starts" On Tuesday For New Three Days Grace Album
LaunchDaily
9/22/2009

Three Days Grace issues its third album, called Life Starts Now, on Tuesday (September 22nd). The first single from the CD, called "Break," is already off to an explosive start at rock radio. Although the album title sound optimistic, frontman Adam Gontier told us that the record addresses some darker themes: "We've all had to confront death in certain ways -- in our personal lives, in the past, maybe shortly in the future. So this record as a whole, I think, is basically, it's about confronting that, you know, and realizing that we have to face things that we don't normally want to. And it's about asking and trying to figure out how to get through these situations that pretty much everybody goes through."

 Отправлено: 23.09.09 18:57. Заголовок: начал переводить.....

эх сейчас времени нет, переведу потом если никто не опередит

 Отправлено: 24.09.09 20:57. Заголовок: 9oNe4eVeR ловолю на ..

9oNe4eVeR ловолю на слове)

Вот ещё рецензия на новый альбом.

A Renewed Sense of Urgency with Three Days Grace
23.09.09 CD Reviews by Kristian Partington



Life Starts Now…

Few titles, be they for a novel, a movie, or a compilation of music, carry such heavy weight of optimism as what these three simple words convey. They are at once a statement of resolve, expectation and atonement for a past that may have left the painful scars of growth upon those we love the most.

For a band that has built a ravenous base of fans stretching across the continent with songs of hatred, pain and regret, Three Days Grace appears to have found a new appreciation for the beauty that lies in every corner of the life they have before them.

Last week, as I sat in a non-descript rehearsal space listening to the power of the new songs that make up part of the band’s third album – the pulsating homage to optimism, Life Starts Now – I considered the past that has shaped the way this band makes music. More importantly, I thought about how the new album pays respect to the past in more ways than one but saves all of its reverence for the only thing we all can grasp for certain: the present moment.

I’ve spent countless hours with the humble members of this Canadian hard rock sensation throughout the many years of our friendship. As a friend growing up in the same small town I’ve had a shared perspective on the challenges they’ve faced as individuals and as a band. Before Three Days Grace was an entity, it was simply a talented group of friends with passion, the typical angst of youth and a need for an outlet to harness it all.

After years of stoking the fires of stardom in the world of music, they landed a major record deal and in 2003, the song I Hate Everything About You introduced this band to the world. They really had nothing more to hate than everybody else but with music as an outlet, they’d found a way to release what anger they had. It immediately spoke to a lot of people and the band toured with the relentless hunger necessary to allow true talent to grow.

Their second album built upon the viral success of the first and was fed by the truth of front man Adam Gontier’s battle with the love and hate of addiction. Just as the first record used hard guitars and crushing vocals to speak to those who felt pain or hatred, the second mapped out the bleakness of a life lived in dark shadows where one is beholden to a force seemingly impossible to control.

Life Starts Now is a sign of true progression. Though it took a while for the new compilation to find it way to the fans who’ve craved it, it carries a sense of urgency. It’s embedded with hopeful breaths of emotion and it does so upon a base of musical maturity.

“We always wrote about real stuff but with this one we all had in common the questioning of life itself,” drummer Neil Sanderson told me while we boiled away in his hot tub before their North American CD release last week at the Sony BMG Sound Stage in Toronto. “Each of us had very sobering experiences over the last little while, kind of realizing the volatility of life and we drew from that.” The fact is, each band member has spent the past year and a half in the face of serious illnesses within close family or friends, and these challenges are presented in the new music.

Before, their craft was an outlet for the angst of youth but it has now evolved into a stamp they place upon the very essence of the life before us all. The lyrics are hopeful, as the last lines of the title track state:

"All this pain…Take this life and make it yours…All this hate…Take your heart and let it love again…You will survive this somehow"

The music itself is more intricate than ever before and all members agree that what they love most is the fact that this album is raw. It was written with the live show in mind and each member is playing with a renewed sense of why they love what they do.

Life Starts Now could be a challenge to any of us who find that our days are spent simply treading water – a catalyst to make the most out of our every minute. At the same time, it could be a warning. There is a conflict that can breed when our idea of a good time gets clouded through the chaos of life and we make the wrong choices. Three Days Grace has had a first hand taste and they’ve walked away stronger.

Regardless of the choices they’ve made, they’ve all now had to face the fragility of life directly in the face. The result is a gift to those who love crisp, honest hard rock music and with tours scheduled for the foreseeable future, the entire package, from angst and hate to life-affirming optimism will be packing venues throughout North America.

Three Days Grace is:
Adam Gontier (Vocals, Guitar)
Brad Walst (Bass)
Neil Sanderson (Drums)
Barry Stock (Guitar)

In order to promote the new album, the band decided to play a few select dates in small venues to a few lucky contest winners.

Check out the photos from the very first private concert in Toronto on September 17, 2009

 Отправлено: 01.10.09 07:50. Заголовок: Перевод интервью MOD..

Перевод интервью MOD (взял из "вконтакте"), видео выложено в теме "Видео и аудио ролики"

Добро пожаловать на MuchOnDemand, Three days grace уже здесь! Встречайте Адама и Нейла!

Ведущий: Привет,парни! как вы?

Адам: Довольно неплохо. Как у тебя?Ты не в платье?

В: нет,не сегодня.Я пытался,но досталось лишь это(про одежду)Мы покажем это видео. Итак,новый альбом выходит на следующей неделе.Ну как ребят, вы в восторге?

Адам: Да,несомненно.

В: Альбом такой же мощный и тяжелый,но думаю, он более положительный,по звучанию,текстам.

Адам: Да, он немного позитивнее,как мне кажется.У альбома более положительная энергетика.

В: так, для справки, я перечислю некоторые песни с прошлых альбомов:
Pain-прошлый альбом,I hate evering about u, Let it die, Time of dying. И новый альбом "Life stars now" с песней Good life, мне нравится альбом,отлично звучит.

Адам: Да, это круто. Это немного непривычно для нас.Да, мы выросли за это время, многое пережили за последние несколько лет,это отражается в наших песнях.

В: вот об этом я хотел подробнее узнать.Что вдохновило вас на написание альбома? с момента последнего альбома, что заставило вас двигаться вперед?

Адам: Много чего произошло,мы через многое прошли за это время.Много чего повидали,сделали.Но,знаете, это альбом настоящий, он о том, как мы справлялись и справляемся с некоторыми жизненными ситуациями.Видеть позитивные стороны,что бы не произошло.Да,вы правы,он более положительный.

В:Вы поете о личном опыте?

Нейл: все песни разные.Мы прошли через многое за годы существования группы.Да,каждая песня несет опреденный посыл,применима к жизни,как сказал Адам,альбом об опрделенных моментах в жизни, через которые приходилось проходить. И что не изменилось для нас за эти года,так то,что мы используем музыку как инструмент,отражающий наши эмоции,чувства.

В: Ребят, это уже третий по счету альбом.Каково было его записывать? легче,имея за плечами уже 2 альбома или сложнее?

Адам: Да, в каких-то моментах было проще,ведь мы проходили уже через это. Но,альбом записывался в расслабленной обстановке.Понимаете,в музыкальной индустрии все всегда учитесь,практикуетесь,записывая первый альбом или второй, но на этот раз мы просто хорошо проводили время, отдыхали.Мы записывали альбом в отличной студии, в Ванкувере,мы сделали именно то, что хотели сделать.Без какого либо давления.

В: Что-нибудь способствовало процессу?

Нейл: в музыке,безусловно.Мы поднялись на определенный уровень.Записывали альбом в потрясающей,огромной студии,в которой работали многие клевые группы,такие как,например AC/DC.Это очень вдохновляет,заставляет почувствовать, что играешь вместе с ними. Мы прослушали несколько записей определенных групп,одинаковое звучание,хилое,задорное...нет, мы хотели выбрать иное направление настоящей,роковой музыки,когда все налаженно и комната наполняется реальным звучанием. Мы не поклонники технозвука,когда музыка создается техникой. Мы большие фанаты Led Zeppelin, их всего четверо,но какой звук!!!

В: Шоу "Больше, чем жизнь" ребят,вы ведь смотрели? не кажется ли вам ,что это действительно больше чем жизнь?

Нейл: Шоу U2?

В: Да,то самое

Нейл:на самом деле мы репетировали неподалеку от парковки с трейлерами с того шоу.Сколько их было? где-то 150 машин...
В: вау!

Адам: да

Нейл: мы жутко завидовали...

Адам:(смеется) у нас то всего один!

В: Парни,вынесли для себя что-нибудь полезное во время просмотра?

Адам: я вообще-то не видел шоу.Нейл расскажет, он смотрел

Нейл: это было круто)

Смеются

Нейл: Здорово наблюдать за группами с таким стажем,их раскрепощенность во время выступления, и как они наслаждаются этим, ведь для нас главная вещь-живые выступления.До сих пор,выходя на сцену,видя море людей,мы ощущаем эту мощь.Последние несколько лет мы были вне музыкального мира,поэтому,наблюдать такие перфоменсы очень полезно,некая подзарядка.

Адам:пару недель назад я был на выступлении ***(простите,названия не расслышала,кто смог разобрать,дайте знать)Это моя любимая группа,было круто, смотреть шоу группы такого уровня.

В: Итак, ребят, здесь присутствует Эрен,у нее есть для вас вопрос

Эрен:Во-первых, хочу сказать, что безумно люблю вас,парни. ну и вопрос: название вашей группы Three days grace,если бы у вас было три абсолютно свободных дня,вы могли бы делать все, что угодно,чем бы занялись?

Адам: Хороший вопрос))Я,наверное, занялся бы спортом,парой-тройкой видов.Поиграл бы в хоккей с моей любимой командой. Возможно взошел бы на один ринг с Майком Тайсоном...
я большой фанат спорта,так что так.

Нейл: Не знаю,может уехал бы на север,порыбачить. Ненавижу,правда,летать,пришлось бы поехать на автобусе.Заняло бы больше трех дней,за неделю может и добрался бы.

В: Вы ведь летаете,находясь в турне?

Нейл: да,я много летаю,но совсем не люблю это дело. Быть на высоте,давление и все такое.

В: о, я могу тебя понять. Мы скоро посмотрим ваше видео,но сначала хочу спросить про краску в клипе. Она была повсюду: на лицах,одежде,все просто залито краской.Каково это было?

Адам: это ново для нас,такое не происходит часто.

Нейл: твои боты...

Адам: да, эти ботинки из того самого клипа.Сумашествие, что сказать.Выпил столько краски,она была повсюду...

В: Ребят, у нас на линии Кара,и,конечно, вопрос от нее.Кара, ты с нами?

Кара:Привет,ребята! Я так рада поболтать с вами! не могу дождаться вторника, чтобы купить альбом. Я безумно рада!

Нейл: Здорово!спасибо,мы очень признательны.

Кара:Ребят, вопрос: опишите себя одним словом и объясните, почему именно так.

В (поясняет): описать одним словом...

Нейл: её или себя?

В: Друг друга

Нейл: Из рабкласса(назовем так)..уже 2 слова

Адам: отличный вопрос, подстава,не знаю,как описать тебя,друг...

Нейл: может Прилипала

Адам: могу я сделать...

В: не знаю,запишут ли это

Адам показывает фак

Нейл: не знаю...мы братаны(дружбаны-вариации доступны разные) Так что, это слово - Братан

В: Братан,хорошее описание...Итак, дамы и господа,сейчас мы посмотрим новый клип Break!

Бурные рукоплескания

 Отправлено: 01.10.09 16:01. Заголовок: Вот ещё перевод виде..

Вот ещё перевод видео-интервью со сьёмок клипа Break (скачать в теме "Видео и аудио ролики")

Ребят, жутко извиняюсь за опоздание

В: Мы находимся сейчас на съемочной площадке нового клипа Tree days Grace, и рядом со мной лидер группы, повтори название клипа...

Адам: Break

В: Да

Адам: Это видео на песню с нового сингла «Break». Идея клипа: мы находимся в разных комнатах, Барри – в розовой, соответственно и розовый наряд, я – в белой.

Адам: Это довольно оригинальная идея. Нет реальных сцен, все происходит на фоне зеленых панелей, многое будет сделано техникой, спецэффектами. Это ново для нас. Я очень взволнован!

В: Как сложилась концепция клипа?

Адам: В основном, идея принадлежит режиссеру клипа, с которым мы работаем, но есть и наш вклад. Это некое сотрудничество автора и режиссера. Так что, это наше общее детище.

В: Нервничаете?

Барри: Думаю, мы покроемся толстым слоем краски, поэтому буду ненавидеть ее вкус пару недель…

Адам: Да.

В: О, измажетесь в краске, можно мне взглянуть?

Адам: Конечно!

Смеются)

Адам: На пластинке есть одноименная песня Life starts now, на ней сосредоточена вся идея альбома: начать новую жизнь, двигаться только вперед.

В: Как раз о песнях. Композиции этого альбома отличаются от песен с 2-х предыдущих?

Барри: По-моему, он более мощный в плане музыки: много инструментальных партий, к примеру, ударные партии…

Адам: Мы увеличили вес музыки в песнях, проще говоря, больше и громче играем.
Барри: А еще мы в костюмах горячих парней, так что, будет весело!

Смеются

 Отправлено: 03.10.09 16:54. Заголовок: ээээ... интервью с м..

ээээ... интервью с мне Барри оказалось переводить гораздо сложнее чем обзор Life Starts Now. пару не особо важных моментов не перевел, где-то своими словами написал, но смысл не пострадал
и пусть все уже имеют мнение о новом альбоме, думаю все же стоит почитать статью, хотя бы потому что она на русском

Жизнь Начинается Сейчас...

Такое название можно дать роману, кинофильму или сборнику музыки, несущему в себе такой заряд оптимизма, какой только можно передать этими тремя словами. Это сразу и подтверждение решения, ожидание хорошего, а также освобождение от прошлого, в котором, возможно, нас сильно ранили те, кого мы сильнее всех любили.

Для группы, заполучившей толпу 'голодных' фанов по всему континенту песнями полными ненависти, боли и сожаления, Three Days Grace, кажется, по новой оценили красоту каждого аспекта их жизни.

На прошлой неделе, когда я присутствовал на прослушивании, я ощутил всю силу новых песен, являющихся частью пропитанного оптимизмом третьего альбома группы Life Starts Now, и тут я, вспоминая прошлое, понял принцип по которому эта группа пишет музыку. Что более важно, я понял с каким уважением новый альбом заставляет нас относится к прошлому, но при этом еще больше ценить то что у нас есть - настоящее.

За долгие годы нашей дружбы я провел огромное количество времени со скромными участниками этой канадской хард-рок группы. Как друг, растущий в том же городке, я видел как они преодолевали трудности как личности и как группа. До появления Three Days Grace они были просто талантливой группой друзей с нормальной для молодежи нуждой в выбросе негатива.

После нескольких лет разжигания огня славы в мире музыки, в 2003 году они наконец заключили крупную сделку и записали пластинку, песня I Hate Everything About You сделала группу известной всему миру. Им на самом деле некого ненавидеть кроме всех, но с их музыкой они нашли способ выпустить тот гнев, который был в них. Эти же чувства были у множества людей, так что группа быстро стала популярной и туры дали возможность истинному таланту вырасти.

Их второй альбом полагался на заражающий успех первого и был пропитан правдой о внутренней борьбе фронтмена группы Адама Гонтье с зависимостью. Так же как и в первом альбоме, здесь были и тяжелые гитары, и сокрушительный вокал, говорящие с теми кто когда-либо чувствовал боль или ненависть, когда второе вытекало из однообразной жизни, жизни в тени, где каждый чувствует в себе силу, с которой не способен совладать.

Life Starts Now - явный признак того что группа развивается. Хотя и требовалось время для написания нового альбома и чтобы понять чего хотят жаждущие нового фаны, выход альбома должен был быть безотлагательным.

"Мы всегда писали о реальных вещах, но сейчас альбом будет непосредственно о жизни", сказал мне барабанщик Нил Сандерсон перед североамериканским релизом альбома на концерте в Торонто. "У каждого из нас в жизни произошли очень волнующие события в последнее время, мы поняли как многогранна и переменчива может быть жизнь и решили взять это за основу альбома." Факт в том что каждый участник группы провел предыдущие полтора года решая тяжелые проблемы в семье или с друзьями, и эти переживания представлены в новой музыке.

До этого, то что они делали было простым выбросом эмоций, теперь же все развилось в марку, которой они помечают сущность каждой песни. Лирика теперь полна надежды, вот к примеру строчки из последней песни альбома:

"Вся эта боль... Возьми эту жизнь и сделай ее снова своей... Вся эта ненависть... Возьми свое сердце и дай ему снова любить... Ты все это переживешь"

Сама же музыка теперь является более сложной чем раньше и все члены группы согласны с тем, что им всем нравится в альбоме то, что он по-настоящему правдивый. Все это написано с мыслями в голове о живом выступлении, когда каждый понимал того что они любят то что они делают.

Life Starts Now может стать вызовом любому из нас, тех, кто понимает что его жизнь проходит лишь по поверхности воды - альбом дает веру в то что всегда можно взять лучшее из каждой минуты. В то же время, он может быть и предупреждением. Этот конфликт, который может разрастаться, когда наши мысли о хорошем омрачаются тем плохим что есть в нашей жизни и мы делаем неправильный выбор. Three Days Grace знают это не понаслышке и это сделало их сильнее.

Независимо от выборов, которые они сделали, им теперь предстояло узнать как хрупка может быть жизнь. Результат - подарок всем любителям хрустящего картофеля, честного хард-рока и туров, намеченных на обозримое будущее. Весь букет: от тоски и ненависти до жизнеутверждающего оптимизма будет доступен везде по Северной Америке.

 Отправлено: 09.10.09 18:08. Заголовок: Interview with Neil ..

Interview with Neil



Every rock band that’s meant to last the test of time needs to be tested at one point or another, and Three Days Grace is no different. After facing drug abuse, recovery and even death around them, the band has come back stronger than ever with their third album Life Starts Now (out now). myMag had chance to speak with drummer Neil Sanderson about rising from the ashes, Led Zeppelin and why we should treat each day like it could be our last.

Congratulations on your new album, you must be stoked that it’s out.
"Yeah, we totally are. It’s been a long time in the making. We poured our hearts into it, so it’s great to finally have it come to the surface. It’s go-time."

Do you guys have any rituals when it comes to celebrating a new album, seeing as this is your third?
"We’ll cheers it for sure. We’ll probably rock it on the bus, too."

What direction did you guys take when heading into the creation of Life Starts Now?
"We wanted to make a record that was different from other rock records. We’ve seen so many records come out that have that kind of formula where it’s super layered guitars, super processed and overproduced. We wanted to make a record that was rawer sounding, and feels like you’re in the room with the band."

What did you guys do production wise to make it sound that way?
"We basically recorded in a big room. It was out at The Warehouse in Vancouver. It’s an awesome studio, one of the best studios in the world. It creates that big, boomy room sound. We actually put the amps in the same room, so it gives that vibe instead of a dry, formulaic sounding record."

2006’s One-X marked a period of time when members of the band were focused on recovering from drug and alcohol abuse. With the title of Life Starts Now seemingly rooted in Carpe Diem philosophy, do you find that the band has now come to embrace the idea of living each day like it’s your last?
"Definitely. Actually, the last couple of years have been really traumatic for some of the band members. We’ve had to confront sickness and death in our close families. It’s hard seeing people who are close to you go through that. I think that really is reflected on Life Starts Now.

The album title reflects having to confront death, and define what life and death is. Also, trying to make the best of the hand that you’re dealt. The fact that today is the first day of the rest of your life, and sometimes all you have to do is try to survive and stay alive because the other option isn’t so good. I think we’ve seen rock bottom on a few levels. So we continue to write about our experiences seeing that."

Have those moments of hitting rock bottom brought you closer as a band?
"Yeah, absolutely. I think we’re closer as a band now then we’ve ever been. Adam [Gontier] just walked by and gave me the finger as I said that. [Laughs] You can put that in there. I think we agree on a lot of things as far as life itself. Each of us has specifically dealt with loss and death in our own ways. So we have that in common. So when it comes time to write a record, we definitely pour all of that into it.

We write about real things, things that we actually go through. I think that’s one of the reasons why fans connect with us because it feels real. It feels real because it is. It becomes real to our fans because it’s genuinely what we’ve gone through. I think it’s what a lot of people go through."

“Break” is the first single off of the album. One of the lines that really struck me was, “Take yourself to higher places…” What inspired that song, and what are those higher places for you?
"‘Break’ represents wanting to get out of this shell that you’re in. I think if you look around you, there are so many things that are set up to influence the way that you live your life. You know, media, television, law, everything. There are so many things that are set up to control the masses by influencing the way that they think and the things that they do. ‘Break’ represents just breaking out of that and thinking for yourself, and not being influenced by other people.

For me, that means the real world. There’s a lot of living to do that people just forget about because they get wrapped up in their little ego-driven lives. There are so many conveniences in the world that I think it’s important that you break out of that and actually see life on the bigger level."

What really helps you remember to break away from negativity in your life?
"I think as we get older it becomes clearer. You see hidden agendas a lot more clearly. There’s a song on the new record called “No More,” which is all about not wanting to live in fear anymore. If people live in fear, they’re easier to control. People who have run the world have known this for a long time. If you keep people scared, they’re more apt to cooperate. That’s why fear drives media. If you look at it, it’s all set up to scare you."

Were there particular bands you were listening to who inspired you to push your own boundaries?
"As far as the sound, we were listening to a lot of old Zeppelin records. Big, big, massive drum sounds. You really feel like you’re in the room. That was probably our biggest inspiration, just that Zeppelin-y type of sound. If you really listen closely, those records sound huge but there’s not a lot actually going on. Sometimes it’s the space between everything that makes everything sound bigger."

Could “higher places” from “Break” then be interpreted as a nod to “Stairway To Heaven”?
"[Laughs] No, no religious references. We’re not a religious band whatsoever."

What was the biggest challenge for you guys while creating this album?
"Nothing really felt challenging. We make a point of not forcing anything. I think the challenge is just getting to the point where you know that you’re ready to go. You know that it’s right. It’s a pretty natural process for us. We’ve been a band for so long that until all four of us are super excited about a song, then it’s still is a work in progress. It’s very rare when we don’t see eye-to-eye on whether something is finished or not."

Have you guys had a chance to hear what the reception’s been like to the album?
"We have, actually. It’s been overwhelmingly good. We’ve been hearing back from people about how fresh it sounds. We really wanted to make something different from everything else that’s been going on right now on the radio. People are recognizing that, which is super cool. We’ve been rehearsing a ton, and we just did a world album premiere thing. We’re on a little bit of a tour right now just doing some interviews and playing from the record. Then we’re launching a Canadian tour in November."

Oh sweet, who will you be going on the road with?
"There’s talk that we’re going to be bringing out The Used. We love those guys, they’re a great band."

Awesome. The Life Starts Now has a really beautiful, striking image for the cover art. Did you guys have a hand in creating that?
"Yeah, that was our concept. Again, it sort of relates to what we were talking about with ‘Break,’ breaking out of the mold of the things that surround you. It’s kind of the destruction of the media. How after shutting out what’s force-fed to you and destroying that part of the world, the result can be natural, real things coming out of it. That’s kind of what that represents with nature actually evolving out of the destruction of technology."

 Отправлено: 20.10.09 14:50. Заголовок: Three Days Grace Gat..

Three Days Grace Gathers Goods For Herbie Rocks


Toronto rock band Three Days Grace is currently collecting goods and gear from fellow musicians, and anyone else of note it, to auction off early next year for Herbie Rocks.

The fundraising initiative was started by the multi-platinum-selling act after it became involved in a gala charity event two years ago for The Herbie Fund, which enables disadvantaged children from around the globe to receive one-time surgical treatment at The Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto. The doctors work pro bono.

“The cool thing about it is we get this number of how much we’ve raised and they say, ‘Okay, we can go out and find four kids to help with this amount of money.’ So we get these reports of four kids that were directly picked up and brought to Toronto and helped,” says Neil Sanderson, drummer for Three Days Grace.

Sanderson met Liisa Palokoski, president of Operation Herbie, in 2007. She asked if Three Days Grace could contribute an item to the auction and they sent in a guitar. “We were on tour with Nickelback and Seether,” recounts Sanderson, “so I got some guitars from them, and it was super successful so she contacted me and said, ‘Would you be interested in doing that on an ongoing basis?’ So we started Herbie Rocks. It’s a separate annual auction and I just go out and collect everything that I possibly can from other bands.”

Last year, through Palokowski’s partner, 5-time NFL Super Bowl champion Marv Fleming in the ‘60s and ‘70s, Sanderson was able to add non-music goods to his eBay auction.

“He shipped a bunch of stuff to me, and it included a framed Michael Jordan signed jersey, a Tiger Woods signed flag from the Masters, a David Beckham signed jersey. It was wicked. It turned out to be great,” says Sanderson, who also got a year lease on a Hummer from Roy Foss Motors to auction off.

The next Herbie Rocks is tentatively slated for March, 2009. He’s not sure if it will be a physical fundraising event or online.

“We’re still trying to refine the best way to go about it because online auctions are kind of weird because sometimes they are set up for bargains and not for fundraising,” he says.
To date, The Herbie Fund has helped more than 600 children from 88 countries receive medical and surgical assistance that would otherwise not be available to them. The Fund can typically help 30 children a year.

For more information on The Herbie Fund, go to www.herbiefund.com

 Отправлено: 20.10.09 15:18. Заголовок: Live 'N Loud Mee..

Live 'N Loud Meets Three Days Grace
18.10.09 Interviews by Nour Haik



Canada’s favorite rock band, Three Days Grace, was back with a new album this past September. Called “Life Starts Now”, this album shows a grown band, one that wants to show the world the great things in life, with messages of hope through their heavy guitars and drums.

The band was at the end of their promo tour as they stopped by Montreal on October 13th to play a few songs at the TV station Musique Plus and the answer a few journalist's questions afterward.

Live ‘N Loud Magazine’s interviewer Vanessa Leclair met with Neil Sanderson (drums) and Barry Stock (guitar) who took the time to answer a few questions about “Life Starts Now”, touring and also answer a few unusual questions that will let you know them a little bit more!

Interview done by: Vanessa Leclair
Written by: Nour Haik
Photos by: Claudia Matteau



Three Days Grace vs French Fans


Live ‘N Loud (LNL): Your last show in Montreal was in January 2008 in a sold out Metropolis. Do you agree when people says that the music market in a French province is more difficult to reach?

Neil Sanderson: I don’t think so really, but we’re from Toronto, so it’s only 5 hours. *laughs* We get here pretty quickly! I actually find that the crowds here are a little less inhibited and I think they’re more emotionally into the music and it feels like the crowd here listens a little bit closer, which is cool. Maybe there’s a little bit of a language barrier, we don’t speak a whole bunch of French but our singer, his last name is French, we’ve got that going for us!

Barry Stock and Neil: Gontier *pronounced with a French accent*


LNL: Would you learn French if you had to?

Neil: Juste un peu ! [Just a little bit]


LNL: Are you one of those who failed French class?

Neil: No! I passed this class with flying colors! I can get by actually. I went to France and I was kind of forced [to speak it] and I was surprised at how much French I could speak. It sounds ridiculous when I talk it!

Barry: I didn’t like that I was forced to learn it when I grew up, because you had to take it in school, I kind of regret that though now. I wish I had paid attention a little more!


LNL: Yeah, most people I talk to they say that. But it’s kind of like me when I speak in English, with my French accent *laughs*

Barry: You can finish a sentence at least!

Neil: Exactly! *laughs*



Life Starts Now: Evolving As A Band





LNL: How did Three Days Grace evolve between the “One-X” album and “Life Starts Now”?

Barry: This time around we wanted to do something different as far as challenge our selves individually and as a group musically. We all wanted to play a little more, go for a different sound. We went to The Warehouse, Bryan Adams’ studio, this time around and recorded “Life Starts Now” to get more of that a bigger, “boomier”, drum sound. Not such of a layered sound like everybody’s been doing for years. Bigger layering, more guitars, thinking that’s the answer to get a bigger sound. We wanted to go back to our roots more, like classic rock bands that we like and try to record in that matter. It’s just as big as a sound but just recorded differently with more of a bigger drum sound. Not so much layered guitars and stuff.


LNL: Now that the album is released, is there something you wish you would be able to change on it?

Barry: Yeah, I think there’s a typo in one of the…

*everyone laughs*

Neil: No, not at all. It is tough to put your stamp of approval on something you’ve been working so hard for, but at a certain point you just have to release it to the world. Within the band we have a fine balance. I am a bit of a perfectionist, to a fault where I always want to keep on working on something, but it balances with the rest of the band. [The new album has] been really well received by the people, and they can hear what we were going for. It goes with what Barry was saying: every other band is trying to make this over produced mechanical sound, layered record, and we didn’t want to do that. When you listen to the record it feels like you’re in the room with the band and this is what we were trying to achieve. Yeah it’s going to be really fun to play live! We’re excited and our fans are excited as we are!



Three Days Grace On Tour!


LNL: For "One-X", you toured for about two years straight. Will it be the same this time around or are you planning on doing it a different way?

Neil: We’re definitely road dogs, workaholics.

Barry: We love to play live every night! I think we all share that passion to be able to get up and share our music with other people and have [them] sing back to us; I don’t think that will ever change for us. But I think we’ll make our touring schedule a little easier, trying to be home a little more often than we have in the past! *everyone laughs* But we’ll still be touring for a long time, we can’t help it!


LNL: Being on the road is not always easy. What would make this part of your job easier?

Neil: More buses

Barry: Yeah for touring with the family and stuff that would ease the pain

Neil: Dirt bikes!

Barry: Yeah, more toys!

Neil: Harleys… how long do you have?

*everyone laughs*


LNL: This way you could have your schedule tighter than last year!

Neil: I think we’ve been a band for a long time so we respect each other. The biggest thing is to be able to give each other space. It’s hard to do on a bus, but you have to figure it out. You can’t always be in each others faces all the time. So yeah, we just need more buses, more trucks, more stuff!

Barry: More toys!

*everyone laughs*



Three Days Grace in the History of Music


LNL: If you had to be remembered for only one of your songs, which one would you like it to be?

Barry and Neil: Woah! Hmmmm…

Neil: I don’t know! You know we consider each album to be a single entity. A record represents a moment in time for us because we write about real things, that we go through and real things that we observe in life. So it’s almost impossible to say one song! I would actually be really bummed out if we were remembered only by one song!


LNL: Of course!

Neil: This record is extremely personal to us. We’ve been through some crazy personal shit, family health issues, confronting death and stuff like that in the last couple of years and that’s part of the reason why we called it “Life Starts Now”. It just reflected the whole thing; redefining what life is. I think sometimes it takes being faced with things like death to really think about what your life is and what it is and how to wake up and conduct yourself and realize that today is the first day to the rest of your life and you have to figure your shit out.



Having Fun With "Life Starts Now"


LNL: For the last couple of questions we thought it would be more fun to get to know you guys a little bit better. It can get a little tiring to answer the same questions over and over at the end of a promo tour, so here are a couple of questions that got inspired by each song title of “Life Starts Now”.

Neil: Alright! Do it!


LNL: “Bitter Taste” - It leaves me a bitter taste when...

Neil: When someone thinks they’re more important than somebody else… and Swiss cheese leaves a bitter taste in my mouth

*everyone laughs*


LNL: “Break” - I might break into tears if...

Neil: If I watched the movie Dumb and Dumber I would break into tears laughing my ass off!

Barry: Good one!

Neil: I know!


LNL: “World So Cold” - My world becomes so cold when...

Barry: Winter in Canada!

Neil: When shoveling 6 feet of snow in my backyard!

*Barry laughs*


LNL: “Lost In You” – First thing I do if I get lost into a city I don’t know is...

Barry: hmmm… Call the tour manager!

Neil: Yeah! Call the tour manager.

Barry: “I don’t know where the hell we are, come save our asses” *laughs*


LNL: “The Good Life” - My life is good because...

Neil: ‘cause… for a lot of reasons. First off, we live in a great country and we have food and water and shelter basically.

Barry: I have my feet on the ground still!


LNL: “No More” - If I had no more music in my life I...

Barry: I’d be miserable.

Neil: I don’t know actually! There was music before speech. Actually there’s a book called “Your Brain On Music”, which talks about how music was a huge part of human evolution.

Barry: [By] Daniel Levitin isn’t it?

Neil: Yeah! Do you have my fucking book?

Barry: No no! I think I bought it too!

Neil: Oh, ok…!

*everyone laughs*


LNL: “Last To Know” - My fans are the last to know that I...

*thinking for a while*

Neil: That I’m a pretty good wakeboarder!

Barry: …and I’m not!

*everyone laughs*


LNL: “Someone Who Cares” - I can’t believe someone who cares about me would...

*thinking…*


LNL: Those questions are making you think!

Barry: Yeah! It’s good! I like it!

Neil: …would steal my fucking computer out of my car!

Barry: That wasn’t someone who cares...

Neil: hmmm right! But that’s my answer anyways! Some asshole stole my computer the other day.

Barry: It’s not easy to find someone who cares about you.

Neil: …but it’s easy enough to find someone who steals your fucking shit!

*everyone laughs*


LNL: “Bully” - I might behave like a bully if...

Neil: If I’m bullied.

Barry: Yes!


LNL: What can get you bullied for?

Neil: I used to have the shit beat out of me in school. But I wouldn’t become a bully as a result of it. Bullying is a weakness in personality.

Barry: I think we all have been bullied a bit at some point.


LNL: “Without You” - On the road, I wouldn’t be able to live without...

*thinks*

Neil: Water

Barry: A big bag of weed!

*everyone laughs*


LNL: “Goin’ Down” – I would like to be going down in….

Neil: hahaha I didn’t know where that one was going!

*everyone laughs*

Neil: what’s that question again?

LNL: *laughs* I would like to be going down in the history of music as…

Neil: As real in a world contrive shit.

Barry: I’d like to become a classic rock band, that’d be cool!

Neil: Our goal is to have a cover band called like Two Days Grace or something like that

*everyone laughs*


LNL: “Life Starts Now” - I felt like my life started the day I…

*thinks*

Neil: For me, I think it was the first time we played a show in grade 9 in high school. That’s when I knew first of all what I wanted to do in life, second of all, that it would be like people in bands *laughs*! So, I figured that would be my key to my survival in high school: just to keep rocking. The jocks can fuck off!


LNL: That was it for me! Thank you very much for you time.

Barry: Thank you!

Neil: Take care!



Three Days Grace will soon get on the road for their Canadian Tour starting in Victoria, BC on November 16th and ending in Quebec City on December 22nd. http://www.threedaysgrace.com/events Click here for all the tour dates.


Photographer Claudia Matteau took photos during the band’s performance at the Musique Plus station. Check out her photos here!

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Не знаю как каком языке это интервью, предпологаю, что на французском)) Если кто владеет и есть интерес - переводите! Там вроде бы что-то про концерты в Европе есть....
Если кому-то очень нужно будет видео, то могу выложить в высоком разрешении для скачивания.

Three Days Grace
13 Octobre 2009: Three Days Grace



Musik Universe a rencontré deux membres de la formation Three Days Grace, Adam Gonthier (chant et guitare) et Brad Walst (basse), lors de leur passage dans les studios de Musique Plus, à Montréal, le 13 octobre 2009. Ils ont discuté du nouvel album, Life Starts Now, et de la tournée qui s'en vient...

MU : Votre nouvel album, Life Starts Now, semble être un album plus positif, est-ce aussi votre avis?

Adam : Je ne sais pas si je dirais qu'il est plus positif, mais nous avons toujours montré un côté plus sombre, nous avons toujours écrit à propos de nos propres expériences, de nos problèmes personnels, ce genre de choses. Cet album a été écrit de la même manière, mais c'est probablement la façon dont nous nous voyons nous-mêmes maintenant. Nous regardons la vie sous un angle différent, nous essayons de tirer le meilleur de ce qui nous arrive, si tu vois ce que je veux dire. Et c'est un peu ce que veut dire le titre de l'album (qui signifie la vie commence maintenant).

MU : De qui vient l'idée de l'illustration pour la pochette?

Brad : En fait, nous avons cherché des artistes sur le web, car les deux albums précédents avaient été illustrés par des artistes. Nous avons trouvé un gars qui s'appelle Adrian, dont j'ai oublié le nom de famille, qui vient de Pologne et qui a plein d'illustrations très cool. Alors nous avons simplement jasé avec lui et nous avons trouvé cette idée de casser la réalité, ou quelque chose du genre...

Adam : Du cassage de réalité... :)

MU : Alors ça nous donne une idée du sujet de la plupart des chansons de l'album?

Adam : Tout à fait, oui. La pochette reflète beaucoup le contenu de l'album.

MU : La pièce Break est le premier simple de l'album. Quel sera le suivant?

Adam : Eh bien, nous sommes en train de penser à ça en ce moment. Il y a deux chansons de l'album que nous aimerions avoir comme deuxième simple. Il y a World So Cold et The Good Life, mais je crois que ce sera probablement World So Cold qui sera le deuxième simple.

MU : Et pourquoi?

Adam : Je crois qu'elle est davantage dans la lignée de ce qui nous a fait connaître auprès de nos fans. Elle ressemble à ce que nous avons déjà fait, d'une certaine façon... elle est un peu différente, mais je crois que les gens, que nos fans vont reconnaître cette chanson comme du véritable Three Days Grace. Je trouve que c'est une bonne chanson.

MU : Vous allez jouer à Montréal le 21 décembre et à Québec le 22. À quoi peut-on s'attendre du nouveau spectacle?

Adam : Nous avons toujours considéré les spectacles comme l'aspect le plus important de ce que nous faisons. Nous mettons absolument toute notre énergie dans chacun de nos spectacles. Et c'est cool, nous avons quelques petits trucs intéressants, comme de la pyrotechnie, du feu, alors il y aura beaucoup d'énergie.

MU : Quelle est votre pièce préférée sur l'album?

Adam : Dans mon cas, je crois que ma chanson préférée est Last to Know. C'est une pièce plus tranquille jouée au piano. Simplement parce que nous avons essayé quelque chose de différent en studio. C'est une pièce jouée au piano d'un bout à l'autre et elle est agréable à jouer sur scène. Mais je parle pour moi.

MU : Et toi?

Brad : Ma pièce préférée est No More, simplement parce qu'elle est un peu différente. Le rythme de batterie ressemble un peu à de la salsa, c'est un style nouveau pour nous.

MU : Comment se dessine l'avenir pour Three Days Grace?

Adam : Eh bien, je crois que nous allons simplement faire de la tournée. Nous allons faire des spectacles au Canada jusqu'à Noël, puis prendre des vacances pour Noël avant de nous diriger vers les États-Unis pour y faire une tournée. Ensuite nous irons peut-être en Europe. Alors, c'est ça, nous allons être sur la route.

MU : C'est ce que vous aimez le plus?

Adam : Oui, c'est ce que nous aimons faire.

MU : Avez-vous quelque chose de spécial à dire à vos fans de Montréal et du Québec?

Adam : Oui, nous avons reçu un soutien incroyable de nos fans de Montréal et du Québec, alors si nous avions à leur dire une chose, c'est un gros merci. Au plaisir de vous croiser sur la route!

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Пушкин, у тебя есть видео, как Адам говорит на французском?

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Kate Jones нет, они там на своём говорят. Просто сайт, где лежаит интервью, французский видать.

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Блин, а интересно было бы послушать. У них в Канаде французский так-то второй официальный язык, но Адам, видно англоговорящий

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Three Days Grace
Interview with bassist Brad Walst.
Posted: October 27, 2009 at 12:55PM
Author: Aaron Willschick

Without a doubt, one of the most prominent rock bands to come out of Canada since the start of the 2000s is Three Days Grace. The band really requires no introduction after making a huge name for themselves in 2003 with the release of their self-titled debut and then its follow up One-X in 2006. The group is back with its third studio record called Life Starts Now released at the end of September. Yet again, the band has scored a huge radio hit with the album’s first single “Break.” Currently, the guys are gearing up to embark on a very lengthy; twenty date Canadian tour beginning November 16th in Victoria, British Columbia. One day prior to the release of Life Starts Now, we were lucky enough to score an interview with Three Days Grace’s bassist Brad Walst where we discussed this new album, the origins behind it and some plans for 2010.

Your brand new third studio album Life Starts Now comes out tomorrow. How are you feeling about the record now that it’s just about to drop?
Brad: It feels great man; we actually got an actual copy the other day which is always nice to actually hold it in your hand you know. But yeah, I think it’s a great record man, it’s a little bit different musically than the other ones and ah, I don’t know, I just have a good feeling about it, good vibe about it overall.

You guys have toured so much over the last few years. What was the writing and recording process like for Life Starts Now? At what point did you begin the writing process?
Brad: When we were on the road, when we were touring for One-X we actually did a lot of the music, it kind of came up through that on tour, we kind of just set up a little jam room and came up with ideas. But you know as far as lyrics and melody, we usually wait until we get home in Toronto to do that stuff. Most of the music, we usually write a lot of the record on the road and then we probably started writing, I don’t know, December of last year and then went in the studio in April.

For Life Starts Now you again worked with the very well respected Howard Benson. Why did you decide to go with Howard again and could you see yourself working with him again?
Brad: Yeah Howard’s great man. We just had a really good experience with One-X with him and I mean he’s got a great team of people around him too like Mike Plotnikoff the engineer I think is one of the best in the world man. So yeah it was really cool and this time we actually, instead of going to his studio in LA, we went to The Warehouse in Vancouver which was kind of cool and it was the first time he’d actually taken his team anywhere else, we actually flew his whole team and him up to Vancouver and it was kind of a new experience for him and a new experience for us. Howard is just great, we had a vision of how we wanted it to sound, we had our idea or vibe for the record and he was cool man, he just kind of let us do our thing and yeah, it was an awesome experience.

Right there you mentioned the recording of the album, you did it in Vancouver, I also read that you did some of it in LA, is that true?
Brad: No. We just did it all there man.

Ok. Why did you pick Vancouver? How did that come about?
Brad: Well the last two records we did in the States and being from Canada we thought it’d be nice to stay in our home country for this record. And Vancouver has, The Warehouse I think is one of the best studios in North America, it’s got a great live room and it really just fit what we were trying to do. It also has a really great drum room you know for live stuff. We just wanted to make a record that wasn’t so processed and slick sounding so it just made sense man and it was a really cool experience. And Vancouver itself is a different city, it’s got its own vibe, it’s kind of like Seattle, it just rains a lot and I think that kind of atmosphere really added to the record as well.

What would you say is the primary difference in sound or approach between Life Starts Now and the first two albums?
Brad: I think sonically we really kind of paid more attention and tried not to layer as many guitars and stuff like that. Also, just the musicality of everything, I think we all kind of stepped up a bit and made it a bit more musical and I think those two things together make it a pretty heavy sounding album. And uh... yeah man, I think that’s the main difference, other than that we basically did the same kind of process of writing and recording it, I don’t know, we were trying to get more of a live feel, we did a lot more live off the floor stuff instead of just sitting in the studio and punching guitars and layers and shit like that.

What is the writing and recording process like within the band? Is there a primary songwriter or do you all get together and develop songs?
Brad: We’ve always kind of wrote the same man, just kind of sit around and throw ideas out there, Adam does a lot of the melodies and lyrics and stuff like that but you know, we all kind of pitch in everywhere so it’s kind of cool... We usually just start with acoustics most of the time and then evolve it to electric so, yeah we keep doing the same thing and it seems to work.

What is your favourite song off of Life Starts Now?
Brad: I think for me the song “No More” is a favourite just because it’s a little bit of a departure for us, you know it has some really cool beats in it and... I don’t know it’s just kind of a different song for us. I think that one’s my favourite for sure.

The video for the first single “Break” just recently came out and it features a very cool, colourful concept. Who came up with the idea for the video and where did you shoot it?
Brad: We were working with P.R. Brown who’s a really cool director, he does a lot of computer graphics and stuff like that so for this one we kind of wanted to get away from the whole rock video concept and the extras and all that shit so we just kind of sat with him and he brought up this really cool idea of doing just individual performances in these different rooms. We actually shot it all in front of a green screen which we’ve never done so that was a pretty cool experience. With something like that when you’re doing green screen, you really have to put your trust in the director because you’re there wondering what it’s going to look like but he did a great job, I think it’s probably our best video.

A lot of bands hate doing videos. How do you feel about it personally?
Brad: Yeah it’s always a long day man, it’s like a good twenty-four hours straight but it’s cool, I think it’s cool that bands are still doing videos in this day and age because a lot of these music channels don’t even play videos anymore but yeah man, I don’t mind it.

Now you guys of course are from Norwood, not too far from Peterborough. Do you ever get the chance to get back home anymore?
Brad: Well I actually just moved back to Norwood about two years ago so I’m there all the time man. But uh yeah, we all just kind of live in the same area like Neil and Adam live in the Greater Toronto Area, Barry lives up in Alton so we’re all pretty close to Toronto. I just bought a twenty acre apple farm out in Norwood so it’s pretty cool man.

It’s cool that you guys live where you came from because you know; you’ve become such a big band that I’m sure there’s that Hollywood temptation.
Brad: We’re pretty proud of where we came from so I don’t think that’ll ever come out you know, we’ll never move to the States, we’ve seen it, we’ve been down here a lot and we definitely have it good where we are.

With a new album ready to drop, I’m sure you have some very extensive touring plans. Where can we expect to see you guys in the near future?
Brad: We’re actually going to start our first tour in Canada on November 16th in Victoria, we’re basically coming east doing, I think it’s about twenty-two cities so yeah, it should be cool man. I think it’s us, The Used and Default so yeah, that’ll be the first big tour. Right now we’re just doing a little promo run in the States you know we’re playing like six songs in a local bar for contest winners and stuff, but uh, the first big tour will be in November, December in Canada.

What does Three Days Grace have planned for early 2010 and beyond?
Brad: I’m hoping that with this record we can get out of North America a bit more. We’ve been over to Europe a couple of times and you know Australia once but uh, it’d be nice to revisit some of those places we’ve been before you know like Germany and Australia, even Japan. I know for sure we’ll probably do a couple of tours in the States but hopefully by spring, summer; it’d be nice to get back over to Europe and do some shows.

So I guess you guys will be out on the road pretty consistently for the next two years?
Brad: Probably man, the last two records, both cycles were two years to the day so yeah, kind of expecting that and we’ll see what happens.
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Three Days Grace show postponed due to 'family emergency'


Update: Please note that the Three Days Grace show scheduled for Tuesday night has been postponed.

The band cited a family emergency for the late cancellation.

The show will be rescheduled for some time in 2010.

Tickets for the Nov. 17 concert will be honoured at the door on the new date. For information, go to livenation.com.

Original story in Monday's Province:

The band still is not happy-perky-happy but it is singing a more optimistic tune.

Three Days Grace has titled its third album Life Starts Now and even has an unabashed love song on it, "Lost In You." The Norwood, Ont., quartet is still heavy and listening to the record is still work, but its outlook is more encouraging.

This is the same Three Days Grace whose first hit was "I Hate Everything About You" and whose first two albums portrayed it as a miserable, angry bunch. According to singer Adam Gontier, Three Days Grace may be dark but it's letting in more light.

"It's natural," he claims. "Every artist seems to grow and evolve."

For Gontier, Life Starts Now might have a personal significance.

About three years ago, he was addicted to painkillers and, as part of his subsequent rehabilitation, he was performing acoustic sets and speaking on the evils of addiction at rehab centres during stops on the band's tour.

"Doing the rehab centres was a big part of my life," Gontier says. "I've moved on since then. It's kind of opened our eyes."

The band still draws inspiration from the early 1990s bands that came out of Seattle.

"It's always been that to me," Gontier notes. "From the days I was

listening to Nirvana and Alice In Chains. There was a lot of pain there."

Pain that Three Days Grace managed to spin into gold. One of the most played bands on the radio, Three Days Grace has sold records during a time when many hard-rock bands are having difficulty. As well, many bands don't last long enough to develop the way Three Days Grace has.

"I feel we're writing better songs," the singer claims. The other three in the group are Neil Sanderson, Brad Walst and Barry Stock.

"On our first record, we just wanted a sound that people would recognize, but we did that and it was time to move on.

"You know what?" Gontier continues and illustrates the change that has come over the band. "That song ["Lost In You"] was actually easy to write.

"It's something different than we've ever done before but, because it's such a departure for us, we had to decide if we should put it on the LP. In the end, a good song is a good song.

"Life Starts Now is about playing the hand you're dealt. It's a whole different oulook on life.

"It's a fresh start on our approach to life," Gontier says. "But not a fresh start for the band."

In Concert

Three Days Grace, with The Used and Default

Where: Pacific Coliseum

When: Tuesday at 7 p.m. CANCELLED

Tickets: $39.50, $44.50 at Ticketmaster

tharrison@theprovince.com

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Inspiring future musicians a thrill for Three Days Grace

Rockers coming to Hat with Default and The Used for Nov. 28 show TENILLE TELLMAN
ttellman@medicinehatnews.com
Canadian rockers Three Days Grace will take to the Medicine Hat stage this month as part of a 22-date cross-country tour.
Singer Adam Gontier, guitarist Barry Stock, bassist Brad Walst and drummer/pianist Neil Sanderson are headlining the Nov. 28 show at The Arena. Guests The Used and Default will kick off the night.
The Juno-nominated band has been rehearsing in preparation for the upcoming tour start in Victoria before making their way back to Quebec.
“It’s going to be a good long tour, it’s probably the biggest Canadian tour we’ve done,” Walst told the News.
Many new songs, backdrops and sets are planned for the shows, he added.
“We’ve got a few things up our sleeve for sure, but it’s going to be a high-energy show and hopefully people are into it.”
Three Days Grace is known for hits like “I Hate Everything About You,” “Animal I Have Become” and “Never Too Late.”
The group just released their third album “Life Starts Now” in September 2009.
“It’s always kind of a nervous time when you release an album, but our fans have stuck around waiting and it’s been received really well.”
With only a small U.S. tour for radio and club promotions, the Canadian trek is the first in promoting the new record.
The band started during the grunge era and have evolved over the years, says Walst. The new album has a more classic sound where listeners may feel as through they are in the room, hearing the performance live.
With almost 16 years under their belt, Three Days Grace has no intentions of slowing down. Reflecting on current events like the break up of Aerosmith, he says many can be inspired by the years of success the group experienced.
“It’s pretty inspiring for me, when you meet people — especially younger kids who are starting a band — and they say ‘you inspired me to start playing bass’ and things like that. Hopefully those bands, when they make it, they’ll mention us as a main interest. That’d be pretty cool.”
Slugging it out in Canada and working to make their name known in the States, the band has overcome many challenges which only contributed to their team strength.
“You really know if you’re going to stick together if you can tour Canada because some of those drives are pretty long,” he laughed.
Tickets are available at the Esplanade Box office, online at www.tixx.ca or by phone at 403-502-8777.

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Three Days Grace under fire
By Darryl Sterdan, Sun Media

Last Updated: 23rd November 2009, 5:23pm
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Grace under fire has almost become a way of life for Adam Gontier — unfortunately.

The frontman of Toronto rockers Three Days Grace says he and his bandmates feel like they've endured a barrage of personal tragedies, illnesses and challenges in their career.

"All of us have dealt with diseases in our family and people getting cancer and people passing away," says the 31-year-old singer-guitarist. "A couple of us are going through that right now. We know everybody has problems and battles in life, but it seems like ever since we signed a record deal and hit the road, we've been dealing with those things."

If there can be an upside to these crises — which include bassist Brad Walst's son being diagnosed with cancer and Gontier's past battle with substance abuse — it's that they've given the band plenty

of inspiration. To hear the proof, look no further than their latest album Life Starts Now, another dark opus laced with grim post-grunge fare such as Bitter Taste, Break and World So Cold.

"You get in the studio, and it's a chance to write and get out a lot of feelings and emotions," Gontier explains. "And we had a lot to work with this time. We were all feeling pretty emotional and going through our own things. All that stuff — the personal issues and the family issues — it's all come out on this record."

But many of the tracks also feature something relatively new for Gontier: Light at the end of the tunnel. First single Break, for example, is about rejecting negative influences. "I felt like I

wanted it to be a bit more hopeful," he says. "The songs still came from a pretty dark place of confronting things. But I think there's definitely hope on this record. For us, it just comes down to playing the hand that you've been dealt. That's kind of what Life Starts Now

is all about, really — dealing with reality."

The reality is, while many critics scorn their music, 3DG's walloping modern rock resonates loud and clear with their fan base. Life Starts Now debuted at No. 3 on the Billboard 200, making it the band's highest-charting album to date. The disc also opened at No. 2 on the Billboard Top Rock Albums list, while Break was No. 7 on the Billboard Rock Songs chart. The disc also sold 79,000 copies in the U.S. in its first week, a pretty hefty figure these days — especially for a Canadian band on its third release.

That's no accident. From the beginning, the quartet — rounded out by drummer Neil Sanderson and guitarist Barry Stock — has been focused on building and maintaining a career south of the border, says Gontier.

"When we had record labels that were interested in the band, it was important for us to sign with a label in the States. We wanted that support in the U.S. We wanted to make a career out of this. We didn't want to be a band touring Canada for four or five years."

Instead, after releasing their self-titled 2003 album and scoring a hit with the single I Hate Everything About You, they ended up touring America for years — a grinding path that eventually led to Gontier's self-medication, which he has since conquered.

"For the first two records, we got thrown into touring pretty quickly. There were personal decisions that I made, and I made some bad choices for myself. That was a really dark place. But now, any sort of fleeting thought of going back and using, or going back to that lifestyle, it's gone really quickly. All the bad things that happened are outweighed by the good things. I don't want to be there again. I don't think anything could take me back to that place, no matter how bad things get."

These days, he says, he exorcises his demons in the studio or on the stage. And given the way things have been going lately, he's eager to hit the road for the band's latest Canadian tour.

"I am really looking forward to that. There's a lot to be said for getting onstage for two hours every night and getting a lot of stuff out. It's always been cathartic for us, but even more so this time around."

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Three Days Grace grows up

Newest album shows a growing musical maturity

By Lynn Saxberg, The Ottawa Citizen
December 19, 2009


When life gets difficult, Adam Gontier writes his best songs. His outbursts of rage form the basis of the crunching rock anthems that seem to explode from the singer and his band, Three Days Grace. They play Scotiabank Place on Sunday.

"It's always been that way," Gontier said in a recent phone interview. "It's always been the way that I've written songs, instead of seeing a shrink or whatever. Writing songs about it seems to work, and it's always worked well for me." Who could forget the first indication of his turmoil, the bitterness expressed in the Toronto-based band's breakthrough tirade, I Hate Everything About You. Relentlessly catchy, it was a No. 1 hit in the U.S. in 2003.

Some folks thought that would be it from the hard-rocking Toronto-based quartet, and dismissed them as one-hit wonders. But over the years, they proved their mettle, becoming one of Canada's most popular meathead rock acts, perhaps second only to Nickelback.

Three albums into it, there's no diminishing the sense of urgency on the latest disc, Life Starts Now. A follow-up to One-X, which was known as Gontier's rehab record because it was inspired by his recovery from substance abuse, the new one dives into a whole new set of personal challenges, spitting them out in songs like Bitter Taste, Break and World So Cold, though there's also a couple of love songs, Lost In You and Without You, that show a growing musical maturity.

"We dealt with family members getting sick with disease, family members passing away," says Gontier. "We've had a lot going on and we've had to deal with a lot of different things. Maybe we're growing up a little bit, starting to look at life in a different way.

"We've had a lot going on and we've had to deal with a lot of different things. Maybe we're growing up a little bit, starting to look at life in a different way.

"Fortunately for us, we're able to put all those feelings and experiences into songs and on a record, and I think people relate to that because it's real." Keeping it real was also the goal with the overall sound of the new album. Motivated by the desire to sound more like a live band and less like a studio project, the band members and their L.A-based producer Howard Benson met in Vancouver, where they settled into Warehouse Studios just after AC/DC finished their Black Ice album. The studio is renowned for its live drum sound, but no doubt the AC/DC vibes helped, too.

Formed in the early 1990s in small-town Norwood, Ont., Three Days Grace started as a high-school band called Groundswell. Gontier sang, backed by two friends from school, Neil Sanderson on drums and Brad Walst on bass, along with a couple of guitarists. The current lead guitarist, Barry Stock, joined in 2003.

Thanks in large part to the songwriting ability of Gontier, who is able to churn out slab after slab of hook-laden alt-metal, the band has gained plenty of exposure on the airwaves. But with the steady decline of CD sales, the live concert experience has become even more critical to any full-time band. For Three Days Grace, that's no problem.

"We've always been focused on the live show," says Gontier. "For us, it's the most important thing. We got into this to play shows, not just to make records.

"We wanted to get on the road and play in a different town every day. We were young, that's what we wanted to do and that's never changed. It's pretty important to us." Rocking out is no less important to the fans, who are still listening to the music at top volume and pumping their fists at concerts. For a post-grunge band like Three Days Grace, to be still going strong a decade later, disproves the death- of-rock theory that was widely predicted in the late '90s.

"The record industry is in a bit of tailspin, but I don't think people are ever going to stop listening to rock music," Gontier says. "If that day comes, that all the pop stars and the pop music take over and there's no more rock, then I don't know -- I'm done. I'll have to go live in my bomb shelter. But that'll never happen."

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Three Days Grace

With: The Used and Default

When and where: 7 p.m. Sunday, Scotiabank Place

Tickets: $39.50 and $44.50, plus surcharges, through Capital Tickets, www.capitaltickets.ca or by phone at 613-599-FANS (3267) or 1-877-788-FANS (3267); in person at the Sens Store at Rideau Centre and Place d'Orléans, any Ottawa Sports Experts location and at the Scotiabank Place box office.

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 Отправлено: 20.12.09 21:20. Заголовок: ну вот, кстати, ивью..

ну вот, кстати, ивью не про гастроли....только все равно ниче новенького, всё это в принципе уже знаем...

по идее, из первого предложения уже все понятно - когда жизнь становиться трудной, Гонтье пишет свои самые лучшие песни;)
что писал, пишет и будет писать о жизни, о проблемах, о человеческих отношениях...о том, что пришлось столкнуться с болезнями близких и даже смертью (только вот чей, это я не поняла). и пока люди слушают рок-музыку он будет писать;))

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Новенькие интервьюшки, пожалуйста переводим, а то давно уже не слышим о жизни группы)



Interview
Three Days Grace
Wed, 20 Jan 2010 15:05:27

Three Days Grace mainman Adam Gontier talks to ARTISTdirect.com editor and Dolor author Rick Florino about why Life Starts Now, rocking with Breaking Benjamin and feeling like Rocky...


Interview: Three Days Grace
For Three Days Grace, life really starts once they hit the road.

The multi-platinum rockers recently embarked on a States-wide run with Breaking Benjamin and Flyleaf, and they couldn't be more stoked. Walking around backstage of the jaunt's first date in Peoria, vocalist and guitarist Adam Gontier smiles, "It's a busy day, trying to get everything to work right, but it's so fun."

Three Days Grace will definitely have a blast on this co-headline jaunt, especially since their latest offering, Life Starts Now, continues to grab more and more fans by the ears daily. Life Starts Now is a swirling, epic hard rock record that's raw at all the right times and poignantly vulnerable. It's everything you want from a modern rock album…

Adam Gontier sat down with Dolor author and ARTISTdirect.com editor Rick Florino to uncover the story behind Life Starts Now, talk touring with Breaking Benjamin and discuss parallels between Three Days Grace and Rock IV in this exclusive interview.

Life Starts Now definitely tells a lot of stories. Did you consciously aim to amp up that storytelling when you went into the studio?

For us, it just seemed like a natural progression. We're evolving as songwriters, and we wanted to take a bit of a different approach this time around when we went into the studio. We wanted to change it up a bit and make the music feel more raw and real. A lot of records these days are pretty layered, shiny and mechanical. We wanted to stay away from that, so we definitely took a different approach. It is what it is.

Was that change in approach more centered on the writing or recording?

It was more about the recording process. We went into the Warehouse studio in Vancouver, and there's a really great live room in there. It's a world-class studio, and the live room is really amazing. We wanted to make it sound like you're in the room with the band when you're listening to the record. As for the lyrics, it's just the next step.

Was there anything in particular that encouraged you lyrically?

Yeah, there's a lot. Over the last couple of years before we actually made this record, we all went through an awful lot in our personal lives. We dealt with family members getting ill, people passing away—it all made us look at life a little bit differently. That's what we wrote this record about.

There's a lot of reflection going on in these songs, and that resonates.

I've always written from that personal place. Different things happen in life, but it's the same as it's always been—just different situations.

The title track stands out. What's the story behind that song?

It's pretty simple and straightforward; it's just about not really giving up on life. We've been through an awful lot. For me, "Life Starts Now" is truly about not giving up.

It's a positive note to end the record on. "Break" and "Bitter Taste" show a different side of the band.

Absolutely, there's a little bit more hope on this record than there was on the previous couple of albums.

The album truly has that "live" feel. In the studio, were you really vibing well?

It was a bit different for us this time around. We wanted the music to feel very raw and real. We sat in the live room together. It was just bass, drums and guitar, man. We rocked out in the live room. We took the drum sounds from us rehearsing in the room, so it was more about us sitting in a room, vibing off each other and actually jamming rather than just laying down tracks and layering things.

Life Starts Now has a clear continuity, almost like a film. If you were to compare it to a movie, what would you compare it to?

[Laughs] That's a tough one…The Godfather. It's one of my favorite movies. I'm just going to say The Godfather because I like it [Laughs]. It's got bad language, killing, love, family—it's got everything. I like the first Godfather better than the second. Actually, I might have to change that answer. I might compare our record to Rock IV, where Rocky fights the Russian. You know what I mean?

Life Starts when you get in the ring…

Yeah, life starts when you get in the ring or when you start working out in five feet of snow in Russia.

Is there any time to work out in five feet of snow in Canada?

Oh yeah, we just did! We spent three weeks in Canada. We were in some snow and some serious cold weather.

How did the Breaking Benjamin tour come together?

We did a co-headlining tour with Breaking Benjamin about two years ago now, and it went really well. It was a really great tour. They're great guys, and they put on a great show! This time around, we wanted to hit a few cities that we didn't necessarily hit on that last tour, and there were a lot of people that wanted to see that show again. So it all came together very nicely. They're great guys, and they put on a great show, so it works really well.

Are you always writing?

I've got a book with me where I'm writing ideas down. By the time, we actually sit down as a band to put songs together and get ideas together. In most cases, I've got a bunch of lyrical ideas ready to go. It goes from there. It just depends on what kind of music we're writing that day. I've got lyrics from ten years ago that are still sitting in the book, but one day we might use them depending on where the music's going. When we sit down a record, it's really different every time.

—Rick Florino
01.20.09

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LiveDaily Interview: Neil Sanderson of Three Days Grace

Published January 20, 2010



By Christina Fuoco-Karasinski / LiveDaily Contributor

Three Days Grace drummer Neil Sanderson says his group, which has sold a total of six million albums, is particularly proud of its latest effort, "Life Starts Now."

"It was a lot of fun for us to make," Sanderson said during an interview with LiveDaily. "We wanted it to sound a little more raw. We recorded it in a big, open, warehouse-type environment.
"So many bands use so many studio tricks. It becomes so overproduced, over-processed and really mechanical sounding. We wanted to get away from that--not that we've done that a lot in the past. We wanted to make a record that was really organic and really about the connection between musicians, the playability. We're huge fans of classic records, like Led Zeppelin, where it was all about just the performance and not about anything else. Capturing the moment was what made the magic for those records. We tried to do that a little bit."

Recorded in Vancouver, British Columbia, "Life Stars Now" marks the Three Days Grace's reunion with producer Howard Benson who also produced the group's 2006 album, "One-X." The new set features the lead single "Break."

Sanderson--who is joined in the band by Adam Gontier (vocals, guitar), Brad Walst (bass) and Barry Stock (lead guitar)--spoke to LiveDaily about the group's arena tour with Breaking Benjamin and Flyleaf, the recording process with Benson and how the act enjoys blowing things up on stage.

LiveDaily: How's the tour going so far?

Neil Sanderson: It's been great. We've been out for awhile now. We started this tour in our own country, up here in Canada, and it's a bit of a challenge touring this time of year. We're way up north right now. There's tons of snow and it's pretty wintery, but it's pretty cool to just go out and do it. We're pumped. The reaction on the new album's been awesome.

Starting with the title, "Life Starts Now," the album seems to be a little more optimistic.

Yes and no. I think the last couple years of our lives have been probably the most traumatic. At least one band member has had to confront sickness in the family and deal with death a little bit. It's kind of been the darkest time for us. During those times, we redefined what life is. I think the title "Life Starts Now" is a reflection of that. I think you have to go through the s--- at the bottom to find something better. Maybe there's a little more hope on the record.

This is your second record with producer Howard Benson. What did you learn from him the second time around?

The biggest thing, working with him or anybody for that matter, is he understands we've been a band for a long time. We have a vision about how we want things to be as a band. He respects that and gives us lots to space to do our thing.

He really brings a lot to the table. He's a great person to bounce ideas off of. We had a specific goal on how we wanted this record to sound--more raw and live. He was totally cool with trying something new. Sonically, he's got a real ear for how to make things sound, to create a real audio landscape. Just to make things sound big and open. A lot of song structure. It's nice to have a fresh outside set of ears to bounce ideas back on.

The band, we spend so much time collaborating together, that we can work on stuff and kind of get it pretty much the way it needs to be. But to hear someone else's two cents, too, is a good step for us.

What was the songwriting process for this album? Did you write on the road, at home, in the studio?

We wrote this whole record in Toronto. We took time off when we were home in Toronto. We have a loft space in downtown Toronto that we have all of our stuff set up in. We'd go down there and really work on ideas.

We're a really collaborative band. Everybody brings their ideas in and we sift through everything and build, start with the building blocks there. We try not to over-think it. We've written a lot together and we trust each other's tastes and instincts and stuff. Until everyone's really happy and totally excited and everybody's high fiving over sounds, it's kind of a work in progress. We don't write a ton of songs. We're not a band that writes 30 songs and keeps 10. Everything that we work on, we put a lot of effort into it.

How did the tour come about with Breaking Benjamin?

We've done a lot of touring with them in the past. I think we share a lot of the same fans. Our fans like Breaking Benjamin as well. They're a great band. They're great live. The two biggest things for us: having bands with us that are cool guys to hang out with and not the whole pretentious ego thing, and the other thing is they have to be a good band live. It's a drag to listen to a record and like a record and you see the band live and they can't pull it off. They use all kinds of backing tracks or something. Bands like Breaking Benjamin, they deliver it live like a real band should. We like having those guys.

What can we expect from your live show?

We still blow things up. [Laughs] We pack as many lights as we can in the back of the tractor trailers. I think our seizure factor goes up by a factor of five every tour because we keep bringing more and more lights. The show is everything to us. We really challenge each other musically and ourselves and take pride in becoming better musicians. That's where everything started. That continues to be the best part of the day. Getting up on stage and killing it in front of people. So you get a high that nothing else can give you when you're on stage playing in front of 10,000 or whatever people.

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An interview with Three Days Grace bassist Brad Walst


It would be nearly impossible to listen to a rock radio station for an hour without hearing at least one Three Days Grace song. And that is just fine with fans in Southeast Idaho, as proved by the fact that the group’s upcoming concert in Idaho Falls sold out more than a week ago.

The concert is scheduled for Monday, March 28 at the Idaho Falls Civic Auditorium, 501 S. Holms Ave. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and show starts at 7:30 p.m.

Three Days Grace, based out of Toronto, Canada, released their debut major label self-titled album in 2003 on Jive Records. The album featured the singles “Just Like You,” “I Hate Everything About You” and “Home.”

“One-X,” the band’s sophomore album, was released in 2006 and featured the songs, “Pain,” “Animal I Have Become,” “Never Too Late” and “Riot.”

Their most recent album “Life Starts Now,” was released in 2009 and has reached the number two position on the U.S. Billboard Top Rock, Alternative and Hard Rock Albums charts, and number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.

Four singles from “Life Starts Now” have hit the airwaves to date, “Break,” “World So Cold,” “Lost in You” and “The Good Life.”

The March 28 show will not be the band’s first time performing in Southeast Idaho. The group performed in Blackfoot several years ago in support of “One-X.”

Three Days Grace will be performing with My Darkest Days, which, ironically, is fronted by TDG bass player’s brother Matt Walst.

I recently had a chance to talk to Brad Walst about the band’s lyrics, song writing process, and what inspires them to do what they do.

Here is the interview:

Jenny Hopkins: Tell me about how you guys got your start. Were you all friends in high school?

Brad Walst: Ya we basically met in grade nine of high school, and we just kind of started playing covers and talents shows and high school stuff and we just always stuck together all the way through ‘til right now so we basically started in high school and in about ‘97 we moved up to Toronto, which is a big city in Canada from our small town of Norwood. We just tried to play everywhere we could and get as much exposure as we could and it just kind of went from there.

JH: So you guys are all pretty close then.

BW: Ya, everybody is basically like brothers, it’s like a second family, ya know? It’s been 17, 18 years now.

JH: Tell me about the band name.

BW: Three Days Grace, I actually heard it in college, I was taking some business class and at the time we were a three piece and we didn’t have a name yet. It was something to do with repaying a debt, and it also just kind of stands for a sense of urgency due to that repayment. Ya, so I heard it in college and it kind of fit with the three piece thing and at the time we were writing more progressive music, a little bit heavier and it seemed to really fit.

JH: So what do you guys listen to when you’re on the road? Who inspires you?

BW: I listen to everything from Radiohead to Nine Inch Nails, but we try to keep up with a lot of the new music coming out ‘cause ya know, obviously the chemistry’s changing fast and it’s good to keep up with what’s coming out and what’s happening. We listen to everything, we get up on stage and we play as loud and as hard as we can and when you get off stage you just kind of don’t want to listen to anything. If you do it’s usually something a little bit more mellow.

JH: Tell me about your song writing process. Does Adam (lead vocalist) bring in lyrics or do you guys start with the rhythm?

BW: It’s kind of all over the place. We usually just get in a room together and do some acoustics or whatever and see what everybody has. Either Adam comes with lyrics or somebody else comes with lyrics or a lyrical idea and we just kind of hash it out together, so it’s always just been doing it together. It usually comes from acoustics. We figure it you can’t play a good song on an acoustic guitar then that is basically the core of the song, so we just kind of stuck with that mentality and it seems to work for us.

JH: Do you like to wait until you come back from tour to start writing or do you write while you’re own the road?

BW: We write a lot on the road. I think it’s hard to get inspired sometimes when you are not in the same place for 24 hours a day, ya know? So it’s one of those things where we like to get home. We always have a ton of music on the road and we have a little recording studio on the bus. So we record a lot of music and then we go home. We all have cabins in the woods and stuff and we go and be around nature and hash out lyrics and stuff like that. But there are some times when you’re like n the road and say you’re having a (bad) day and you write some lyrics and stuff does make it in but for us we just try to get away from everything and focus on that separately.

JH: It seems like the theme of the music and lyrics have evolved from your first album to your third album. It started out being very angsty and now the new album, “Life Starts Now” is much more positive. What has inspired the shift?

BW: WE toured for a long time for the first two records, it was a good five years. So for us it was just a change in ourselves. When we were on the road for “One-X” a lot of stuff personally happened to us. A lot of stuff that we never had to deal with as far as like, life. You’re kind of in a bubble when you’re on tour, so when we got home from touring with “One-X” people were getting sick with just stuff we never had to deal with and we had a lot of friends die in that time. I think for us it was more just a kind of ‘carry on’ and see the more positive side of life and try to move past those negative things. For instance my son, when we got home, I had a two-year-old son and he came down with cancer and that was tough for myself and obviously we’re a family and so it did reflect on everybody and it’s been things like that you just didn’t have to think about before that. The whole idea of “Life Starts Now” is you never know what life is going to give you. So take what you’ve got and make the best of it.

JH: Do you all have families at home, are you all married with kids?

BW: Ya we are all married. Myself and Neil, the drummer both have kids. I have three boys now.

JH: How is your son doing?

BW: My oldest son is the one who has had cancer. He is doing well, we caught it early and it’s been almost two years now with nothing. It’s one of those things that you just don’t think of a kid getting sick and when you’re brought into that world it’s a harsh reality, ya know? You just have to deal with it, you’ve gotta keep fighting it and moving forward.

JH: How do you all balance time on the road and time with your family?

BW: We usually try to go no longer than a month and then go home for a week. I think after more than a month you go a little crazy. We just had a good break with like three months off so it’s time to get back to work and start playing again. It’s kind of nice to get back on the road and I’m sure that will change in a few weeks and I’ll want to go home. It’s kind of weird because being a dad it’s kind of like having two lives, two alter egos. When you’re home you’re the dad and when you’re on the road you have to flip over and be this rock star, I guess. The kids dig it.

JH: Now that you have three albums and countless singles, how do you balance your live show with all your music?

BW: We try to mix it up as much as we can. This tour is kind of cool because we brought back a lot of old songs from the first record and just try to mix it up. It is nice to have the option. Obviously people want to hear the radio songs, but sometimes you can’t play them all. I guess that is a good problem to have (laughs).

JH: Are there any particular songs that are your favorites?

BW: One that we have started playing again is “Get Out Alive” from “One-X,” I really like that one. And “world So Cold,” I like playing that one a lot. But it depends on the mood and what’s going on.

JH: What is the weirdest experience you have had on tour?

BW: That’s a tough one ‘cause there are a lot of weird things that happen. We’ve had people break into our bus, we’ve had people follow our bus for hours and hours. As we get more successful and kind of veterans at this . . . the fan thing is awesome, you love meeting fans, but then there’s always a couple fans who take it too far and like, follow your bus for five hours. One time I fell into the crowd, that was weird, I felt really kind of embarrassed. But there was a guy in a wheelchair and I felt horrible, but he loved it, he thought it was great. It’s definitely a weird lifestyle, so I would have to say there are weird things that happen everyday and you’re like, ‘wow.’ Which makes it interesting.

JH: It’s great that you guys still have the passion for touring and making new music:

BW: We love playing live. We’ll play forever, as long as we can.