Hockey Music - Three Days Grace

Music Group of the Week: Rock band Three Daysconverted hockey rinks. So we put on our skates and
Grace prefers their hockey 365 days a year...we go for it."
Rock band Three Days Grace hails from Toronto andThat, my fellow hockey chump friends, is pretty friggin'
is made up of Adam Gontier, Neil Sanderson, Bradcool.
Walst and Barry Stock. They've had more than theirLater on in the interview, Gontier admitted that, naturally
fair share of hits over the past few years but one- being that they're Canadian and all - each one of
thing that the more casual fan of the band may notthem gave thought at one point or another about
know is that they are, in fact, huge hockey fans.sticking with hockey as a career instead, but thought it
As first told during an interview with ESPN during thewas smart to stick to music.
X Games, the band actually brings their hockey"We wish we were in the NHL. And, since we know a
equipment with them on the road with the hope thatlot of NHL players, they wish they were in a rock
they might have a chance to suit up and scrimmage atband," Gontier said. "There are a lot of parallels to the
a rink in between shows.jobs. But we don't have to wake up as early."
"We're such huge hockey fans that we travel with itYou mean to say there are no 5am jam sessions for
(their hockey gear) in our tour bus," Sanderson toldThree Days Grace? What a shame!
reporter Lynn Hoppes. "We usually play concerts in