Three Days Grace

Part 1

0:00Let's talk about the new record. One X. I love how the record starts off, man. I have not heard a record like this. I've been waiting for this kind of rock record for a long friggin time. I love how it goes back and forth at the beginning. The sound goes back and forth. I mean, tell me about recording this record. I don't bear you. It's his first record with you guys. How did that change the process up? It changed a little bit. I mean, everybody's, you know, we're the type of band. We all sit together and write this orange together. So when, you know, adding another member, it's always another dynamic. So it changed the process a little bit. We worked with a different producer. So What made you switch up the producers? Well, we first started working with our original producer. And I think things just weren't moving along as quickly as we wanted them to move along. So we just wanted to get the record finished. And there was a lot of things going on at that time.

0:48So we ended up heading down to LA and meeting up with Howard Benson, who produced the record. Oh, okay. And yeah, he did a great job. And yeah, that's it. No, I'm wondering, is he does the acoustic stuff to his nose and acoustic version of pain that you guys just released? Yeah. I think it's awesome. Thanks, man. Yeah, he did actually have something to do with that. I actually went down to LA recorded some acoustic guitars and we put it together. Nice. I love the cover Wicked Game, found it online. Thanks, man. And I know you guys scream along the record and stuff, but this, I mean, I was like, wow, you can actually sing like, holy shit. Right. Since I began playing, like, I've always played acoustic and, you know, I've always played cover songs and just, you know, I sit with an acoustic guitar and sing. So that's just one of the songs I've always played for years. And I love that song. I love the video even more. But anyway, yeah, just, it's a good song.

1:38So I thought I'd break it out for this tour. Oh, it's getting played live, too. Oh, yeah, sometimes I found on the strip music website. Right. Yeah. LA in a Christian sense, actually, on the road with us. Yeah. Comes out and acts out the video. Oh, no, it's pretty cool. Yeah, I can imagine. Lyrically, the album of being alone and I was reading in a, like in a group of people kind of being, it's kind of like that road record as most fans of the second thing. I mean, you're writing on the road. It's kind of different. What was the writing process for you like this time? Well, yeah, I mean, we, the lyrically, the record is definitely about, you know, feeling alone. Just while you're surrounded by so many people, you know, being on the road for so long, it takes its toll on you. And you're always putting on a show. You're always trying to be somebody that maybe you're not, you know, you're trying to be somebody you're not that you're not.

2:24Sometimes so it's a little bit tough and the record is written about that. Yeah. About being around so many people and at the same time feeling kind of isolated and alone. Yeah, well, it must be very weird for you guys. I mean, I know you've been a band for about 10 years, but I mean, you put out that first record, the first single boom jumps huge, second single huge, third single. It must be must be one hell of a trip for you guys. Yeah. Absolutely, man. No, it's, it's, I mean, it's awesome to see, you know, your, your art form to be exposed on that level and have people reacting to it and stuff. But at the same time, I think, you know, it's ironic being on the road how like Adam said, you can be around so many people, but really kind of nobody really knows anybody and everyone carries on as if everyone knows everyone. And I can kind of be, you know, I think that tuned us into what a lot of people feel, you know, like, or the phenomenon of urban isolation.

3:11You know, it's a lot of people can top into that and just basically, you know, a lot of people feel, you know, interested part on the outside, miles apart on the inside. And I think that's one of the reasons why so many people can relate to this record. It's, you know, and it's resonating on the level. It is definitely. And I mean, you have songs in the record too, which are basically the complete opposite, like a song like Never Too Late, even the clothes are 1x. Right. I mean, completely. I love 1x. It's so different for you guys. Well, it's cool, man. 1x, actually, you know, the brief story about that song. I mean, we had written most of the record before we got down to LA to start recording. And we were doing pre-production and we were working with the producer Howard and, you know, working on all the songs. And we had basically finished, you know, the record, the songs for the record we had them done. And we had a couple extra days to kill before we had to start recording.

3:58Howard told us to, you know, to take those two days and sit together and just try to come up with a song that wasn't, you know, the way he put it, he said, you know, try to write a song that's bigger than you guys. You know, so that was the song that we wrote, you know, actually after he suggested that, you know, so we wrote that song while we were in LA just before we started to record. So. That's cool. Yeah. It is a little bit different just because of the environment we were in and, you know, the mindset we were in. Yeah, definitely being in LA, I'm sure. And you guys are probably big system fans, I would think. Right. Yeah, you can hear the like the melodic kind of harmonies in that tune. Very system-like. Right. Cool, man. Yeah. With the fans. Conscious decision or kind of just it just ended up that way. I think it just ended up that way. Yeah. I think we, yeah, we've got a lot of respect for a lot of different bands, you know, melodic styles and harmonies and stuff.

4:49So yeah, definitely. I ask every band five quick questions. One more answer. It's cool. First one is iPod or CDs? iPod. iPod, yeah. The on the road, it's way better. Yeah. No, I hear you. Letting her McCartney. Ooh. McCartney. Lennon. Ooh, you're dead. You're dead. McCartney for sure. Interesting. And say that. I'm just a huge Beatles fan. I've always been a huge Paul McCartney fan. Yeah. Cool. Have you seen him live? Yeah, I saw Paul live. So the last tour. I didn't see the last tour. No, a few years ago. I know I saw Paul. Yeah. Nice. Zeppelin or Sabbath? Zeppelin. But both, both men were, yeah. Zeppelin. We played a lot on the road for you guys. Yeah. Yeah. No big fans of both of those bands, man. So alcohol and marijuana. Neither for me. Both. No, I don't know, man.

5:35We're pretty chill. Cool. And one word, three days grace. Oh, band. Thanks, guys. Really appreciate it.

Part 2

0:24Hey, it's Matt with MSN.ca. Three days grace, how you guys doing? Brad, Adam, nice to see you. You're good. Transitive Venus, the new record. It's beautiful, love it. And I heard you decided to write this one differently than the last couple. This one was more of a, what you say. I mean, the difference with this record is that we wanted to take a different approach going in the studio. A lot of the songs on this record weren't necessarily 100% done. You know, in the past with all the other records we've done, we sit in our rehearsal space and we finish the songs, get the finished polish done 100%. And then we go in the studio and we record them. This time around we decided to go into the studio and just kind of see what happened. We went in with songs that were, you know, half done,

1:09not even written songs that were like a quarter of the way you're written. And did a lot of stuff live off the floor too, which is really cool. And a couple of the tracks are actually live off the floor, which is great. Let me hear like a chug out loud on the sidewalk waiting for the rain to wash away. Wash away. Let's talk about some of the songs. I don't slip this thing over. And starting at the times it starts with this, like, it's you, just harmonies. It sounds like like vintage OLP with the high harmony. And there is what I thought when you put on the disc. It sounds like that. Were you going for that or was that just something I happened to hear? The vintage OLP? I don't know. It sounds like Rain's voice from like those first few records. Right. Well, that's cool. I mean, I've always been a huge OLP fan.

1:56So I hate to compare your music to other bands, but it's what happens in these things. Right, right. Really, we had the music for quite a while. It was like there was no real structure to that. So when I put down the vocals, it was just kind of went with the music and what we had. There's no real structure to that song. But no, there was no intention of trying to sort of sound like anybody or anything like that. It was just kind of natural. Yeah. You keep coming back to the scene of the crime. But the dead can't speak. And there's nothing left to say anyway. 1X was about trying to be normal in a world where you're the celebrity. And you've been doing this for 10 years now.

2:421X is what? 6 years old, 7 years old now? So have you gotten used to it? Have you gotten past that point? That must be an interesting thing when that happens. Yeah, I think we've gotten past that point. I mean, a lot of the songs are written while I was going through a pretty tough period in my life where I sort of felt alone when really there was a lot of people around me. And that was sort of the whole thing behind 1X. But yeah, a lot has happened since then. And we've gotten past sort of things. And I've gotten past a lot of things. And so this is completely different. Have you gotten comfortable with the celebrity of it all, Brad? Yeah, we're all pretty down to Earth, man. I live out in the country, and nobody really bothers me out there. And it's not like people do. I think we're down to Earth people.

3:28And I think we all give each other ego checks when we need to. We appreciate where we come from, and we're very grateful for it. So I think we're the same people. But I think people change around you more than we personally change, if you know what I mean. What about writing lyrics? Is that a whiteboard processor? Does that mostly come from you? It's always different, really. A lot of lyrics start with an idea that I have or ideas that I have that I'll bring to the table to maybe some music that Brad's written or something like that. And from there, everybody sort of puts in their two cents. And then we try to make it just the best it can be.

4:19Do you guys have any memories from this record of where you told Adam? We should change that to this or you told Brad. Maybe that's not the right one. Yeah, that's kind of what we do. We're all fans of music, first of all. So I think there's four filters. And I think once everybody says, that's awesome. Sorry, I don't know if it's fair enough. Yeah, but we'll make it work. When everybody says, that's awesome, that's when it's awesome. That's when it's awesome. That's when it's. We do something called five questions. Five quick questions, one more answers. Rode or studio? Rode. Lenden or McCartney? Lenden. Lenden. When you hear a song, it usually hits you for a lyrics melody or rhythm. Melody. Melody. Song you've written your most proud of.

5:06Never too late. Give me a reason. In one word, three days grace. Awesome. Deadly. That's good. Thanks so much, guys. Appreciate it. You can tell it back.