| Adam Gontier | |
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| Background information | |
| Birth name | Adam Wade Gontier |
| Born | May 21, 1978 Norwood, Ontario, Canada |
| Genres | Hard rock, post-grunge |
| Occupations | Musician, songwriter |
| Years active | 1992–present |
| Labels | Jive |
| Associated acts | Three Days Grace, Art of Dying, Apocalyptica, Big Dirty Band, Groundswell |
| Website | www.threedaysgrace.com |
| Notable instruments | |
| Gibson Guitars, PRS Guitars | |
Adam Wade Gontier (born on May 21, 1978) is a Canadian musician and songwriter. He is the lead singer, rhythm guitarist, and main songwriter of the rock band Three Days Grace.[1] He is regarded for his singing capabilities, and is known to have a voice range from high tenor to medium low bass.
In addition to his work with Three Days Grace, he has been involved in collaborations with other bands including Art of Dying and Apocalyptica.
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Gontier was born in Norwood, Ontario in May 1978. He attended Norwood District High School. It was here that he met fellow band members Neil Sanderson and Brad Walst. They formed a band under the name 'Groundswell', which later evolved into Three Days Grace. Groundswell gained popularity in the local area, and a few years later the band decided to move to Toronto to pursue their music career.
Gontier cites his influences as Pearl Jam, Alice in Chains, Sunny Day Real Estate, The Beatles and Jeff Buckley.
Gontier, Walst and Sanderson regrouped in 1997 under the name Three Days Grace. The band has since been based in San Diego. In 2003 the band recruited lead guitarist Barry Stock. Since signing to Jive Records, the band has released three albums, Three Days Grace, One-X and Life Starts Now.
Outside of Three Days Grace, Gontier has contributed to a number of other albums. He contributed vocals on I Don't Care on Apocalyptica's album, Worlds Collide in 2007. He was also featured on the track 'Raining' by fellow Canadian band Art of Dying on their self-titled album. In 2006 Gontier was a member of the rock supergroup Big Dirty Band along with Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, Jeff Burrows, Ian Thornley and Care Failure.
In 2011, Gontier founded Sludge Factory Records, and has signed local band Before the Curtain.
Gontier has won two BMI pop awards and has been nominated for best music video, best rock video and best international video by a Canadian. He and the rest of Three Days Grace have made the top five rock songs list for, "Break", "Riot", "Animal I Have Become", "I Hate Everything About You" and "Never Too Late".
Adam has a god-daughter, Roo and a dog called Mabel. Gontier refers to Mabel as his 'first-born'. Some misinterpret this, and think that he is referring to a child.
He married his wife, Naomi Faith Brewer, who he met in high school in May 2004. She was born in 1978.
His cousin, Cale Gontier, is the bassist for the Canadian band Art of Dying.
In 2005, he went into rehabilitation for an addiction to OxyContin at the Toronto rehab center CAMH (Centre for Addiction and Mental Health), where he wrote many of the songs for One-X, including "Pain", "Animal I Have Become", "Over and Over" and "Gone Forever".[2][3] He is still sober, and a docu-drama about his addiction, Behind the Pain, was released in 2007.[2][4]
Gontier has a large selection of tattoos. On his right forearm, he has a solid black band and lyrics to his bands' 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. He also has 2 tattoos on his chest. He has a tattoo of the word "grace" on his knuckles on his right hand using the font from Jeff Buckley's Grace album. In 2007, he had a tribal tattoo added to his upper right arm. He has a tattoo of a butterfly on his right wrist.
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