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Three Days Grace that they really came out hammering as an original act.
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Biography: Three Days Grace writes songs of inner struggle and the desire, in a way, for freedom. The guys didn't strategize about how to get their faces on MTV or land a coveted record deal. They just loved playing live, anywhere. While they always threw in a couple of original songs into their set, it wasn't until they relocated to Toronto in 1997 and adopted the band name Three Days Grace that they really came out hammering as an original act.

Once settled in Toronto, they hooked up temporarily with a manager, who introduced them to local musician, songwriter and producer Gavin Brown. Together, they sorted through the songs and pulled them apart, improving on them enough for the first set of demos. EMI Music Publishing Canada President Mike McCarty wanted to hear more. The band spent more time with Gavin and came up with "I Hate Everything About You," the potential chart-buster that landed 3DG its publishing deal with EMI (Feb./02) and would eventually become the first single from its Jive debut.

Armed with the second set of demos, 3DG's attorney quietly shopped them to record companies. A few came to Toronto to see the band perform, but it was "the Jive crew," as Neil calls them, that made the guys look no further. It started when the label execs made a daring trip in a Canadian snowstorm to see the band perform at Peterborough's Gordon Best Theatre. The clincher was 3DG's trip to meet with Jive in New York. In no time, 3DG had convinced the A&R team that to make the best possible recording, it would have to stick with its strong system -- Mr. Gavin Brown, even though few in America had heard of the musician from platinum-selling Canadian rock act Big Sugar. He also produced fellow EMI Publishing act Billy Talent, another Canadian signing to a different U.S. label. (read less)
Three Days Grace writes songs of inner struggle and the desire, in a way, for freedom. The guys didn't strategize about how to get their faces on MTV or land a coveted record deal. They just loved playing live, anywhere. While they always threw in a couple of original songs into their set, it wasn't until they relocated to Toronto in 1997 and adopted the band name Three Days Grace that they really came out hammering as an original act.

Once settled in Toronto, they hooked up temporarily with... (read more)