The winners of an incredible number of awards in the field of music - the legendary Canadian guys from Three Days Grace - could not have reached such heights without their founder Adam Gontier, who recently left the band, but to this day remains his soul.
Canadian talent
Born in the vast expanses of Canada, Adam Gontyer from an early age knew the beauty of music. His mother, who was considered to be in his homeland, in the city of Norwood, was pretty good, one might even say a famous musician, always dragged him with him to concerts and music parties, where a 12-year-old boy sang along with members of professional orchestras. At this time, he fell in love with the work of the legendary Beatles, Jeff Buckley, and rock in general.
Adam Gontier began his career almost from school, when he founded the group Groundswell with his friends. In those days, it was not very popular, so it even broke up several times. It is interesting that during all this time the composition of the group has not changed much, only the name has changed. Today, the team founded by Adam and consisting of Brad Walston, Neil Sanders, Joey Grant and Phil Crowey, is proudly referred to as “Three Days Grace”.
The peak of glory overshadowed by drugs
Since 2006, when the rock band gained worldwide recognition, Adam began to have problems with drugs. The general opinion was that it was precisely this peak of the band’s popularity that became the reason for such an addiction, because every musician dreams of such a fast take-off (and already in 2007 the Billboard magazine called “Three Days Grace” the best rock band of the year). Be that as it may, Adam Gontier and his
Naomi’s wife struggled with drug addiction for many years and today are especially grateful for the help of the employees of the Toronto Mental Health Center. Adam devotes even his free time between concerts to employees and clients of rehabilitation clinics, where he gladly gives acoustic concerts for mentally ill people and problematic teenagers. You can enjoy the creativity of musicians in specially equipped radio studios, which, at the request of Adam, are placed directly in hospitals. According to him, in this way he wants to urge all addicted people to tell others about their problems.
Resignation
To the great regret of all the fans of the Canadian team, in early 2013, Adam Gonthier left his "brainchild". An additional blow for his bandmates was that he decided to "resign" right before the start of the new tour. The guys had to recruit Matt Walst, who, for the sake of soloing in Three Days Grace, would likely sacrifice his participation in the not-so-famous
the band "My Darkest Days".
No matter how many rumors circulated about the reasons for this decision! They talked about the poor state of the musician’s health, which did not allow giving concerts as before on a busy schedule, and about discord between the team members, and even about the soloist’s problems in his personal life. But the main reason for breaking up with Three Days Grace, Adam Gonthier called the desire to start all over again. But his fans should not be upset, because he did not end his career as a musician, but only his participation in the group. Perhaps very soon we will hear and see his new project!
What a rocker without tattoos ?!
Fans of the musician, year after year, observe how his body is covered with more and more new drawings, inscriptions and signs. Apparently, Adam Gontier, whose photo of tattoos is simply amazing, began to “decorate” his body relatively recently, but the pace in this matter is simply surprising!
So, the very first tattoo on Adam's body is a black stripe that imitates a sports bandage. According to the musician himself, he did it only so as not to fool himself and not to put on that very black bandage every morning, which he constantly wore on his right hand before that. Directly under the strip is the philosophical text of his favorite song “Never Too Late”.
This was followed by an even more massive tattoo, which today adorns Adam's left arm. In the future, he wants to continue this abstract drawing to the brush itself.
Adam Gonthier always had a special attitude to the “beautiful half” of his family. Perhaps that is why he decided to leave on his body the memory of his grandmother, writing over his elbow: "Gramma 1919." But the guy’s left shoulder is decorated with a portrait of his beloved wife, and some strange but pretty inscription flaunts above him , apparently meaning her name.
Symmetrically to the portrait of Naomi, on his right hand there is a strange skull of red color, surrounded by a flame, and under it is another massive abstraction.
Adam’s right wrist is decorated, you might even say, with an elegant butterfly, and on the fingers of the same hand the inscription “GRACE” is visible - each letter is tattooed on a separate finger.
Gontier couldn’t be discerned under his long hair, but either the letter or the “X” was written on his neck.
It is unlikely that Adam will limit himself to this list of tattoos, so ardent fans, hope and wait for new creations to appear on his body.