In 2006 Adam was a band member of rock supergroup Big Dirty Band along with Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Jeff Burrows, Ian Thornley and Care Failure. Adam’s cousin Cale Gontier is the bassist for Art of Dying. He was featured on the track “Raining” by fellow Canadian band Art of Dying on their album Vices and Virtues. Outside of Three Days Grace Adam has contributed to vocals on “I Don’t Care” from Apocalyptica’s album Worlds Collide in 2007. In 2012 Adam Gontier composed a song called ‘Lost Your Shot’. In 2011 Adam composed a song ‘Try To Catch Up With The World” for his fans and “I Will Stay”. Since signing to Jive Records, the band has released four albums, Three Days Grace, One-X, Life Starts Now and Transit of Venus” – Quote obtained from Wikipedia, 16th October 2012.Īdam Gontier will be joining singer/songwriter Martin Sexton on his 2012 “Fall Like Rain” tour run providing opening support as a solo artist. In 2003 the band recruited lead guitarist Barry Stock. “Gontier, Walst and Sanderson regrouped in 1997 under the name Three Days Grace. He was blown away by the album and Jeff’s talent, he got up off the couch and just thought that he should quit music, because he can’t top Jeff. Adam received Jeff Buckley’s Grace album from his cousin after which he took it home, he turned off the lights and just laid down on his couch closed his eyes and listened to the record from start to finish. He has a tattoo of a butterfly on his right wrist. On his left upper arm he has a tattoo of a picture of his wife. In 2007 he added a tribal tattoo to his upper right arm. He has ‘hope’ tattooed on his knuckles of his left hand. He has two tattoos on his chest and he has a tattoo of the word ‘grace’ on his knuckles of his right hand in the same font that was used on Jeff Buckley’s album Grace. On his right forearm he has a solid black band and lyrics to his band’s song ‘Never Too Late’ from the album ‘ One-X‘ and on his left arm he has a tattoo with special words made out to his grandmother. Adam Gontier has a large selection of tattoos. When he was between 8 and 12 years old his mom, a jazz piano player, would take him along to her concerts. Adam stated in an interview with George Stroumboulopoulos on October 7th, 2012 that they used to practice in the garage as a 5-piece before they decided to move to Toronto.Īdam named his greatest influences as Pearl Jam, Alice In Chains, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Beatles and Jeff Buckley. Groundswell gained popularity in the local area and a few years later the band decided to move to Toronto to pursue their music career. They formed a band under the name Groundswell, which later evolved into Three Days Grace. In addition to his work with Three Days Grace he has been involved in collaborations with other bands like Art of Dying and Apocalyptica.Īdam was born in Peterborough, Ontario. In 1995 he moved to Norwood and he attended Norwood District High School where he met fellow bandmates Neil Sanderson and Brad Walst. He conveys a lot of aggression and angst in his songwriting as well as in his voice. He can make his voice sound real gritty and coarse (which is prevalent in rock music) whereas other times his voice sounds more distant and surreal. When I listen to Adam’s voice I noted a few interesting techniques that he uses. He is known for having a voice range which ranges from high tenor to medium low bass. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist and main songwriter for the band Three Days Grace. Adam Gontier in concert Īdam Wade Gontier was born on May 25th 1978 and he is a Canadian songwriter and musician.

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