L.A. Beat

Three Days Grace return to Lethbridge, Nov. 27 at the Enmax Centre. They have been keeping a low profile since coming  off the tour for their best selling 2006 CD One-X. They will be bringing  the Used and Default with them as special guests.
 The past few years  have kept the Toronto band busy writing and recording their latest CD “Life Starts Now,” but have also been busy with families and children.
“Response has been really great for the new CD. For us it’s really been part of  our evolution. We usually write more about our personal problems, but we’re all at different places in our lives,” said Three Days Grace lead guitarist  Barry  Stock.
“We all have wives and kids now and we’ve had to deal with a lot of sickness and are still dealing with it. (bassist Brad Walst’s son is battling neuroblastoma)” Stock said.
“So it’s been a  real eyeopener for us. We’ve learned that life is precious,” he said, adding Three Days Grace’s new CD shows further musical evolution, not the least of which is the presence of more stand alone guitar solos. He listened to a lot of his older brothers’ classic rock records including a lot of Black Sabbath, Deep Purple and Led Zeppelin
“We usually have a lot of layered guitar parts. But we wanted to challenge ourselves by adding guitar solos and  crazy drum solos,” he said adding  the band writes all of the music as well as lyrics as a group.
Stock is looking forward to playing with the Used.
“We‘ve been fans of these guys for a long time. I don’t think a lot of people in Canada know them, but they’re big in America,” he said adding the live show is going to be a lot of fun.
“We’re going to  step it up a notch. There’s more room on stage then we’re used to.There’s going to be something for everybody,” he continued, noting the band has already played a lot of smaller clubs in the eastern United States and in Texas for radio contest winners.
He  is pleased three Days Grace has reached a level of success which means they don’t have to be on the road non-stop.
“ We’ve been away from that for a while. There’s no immediate worries (being away from family at this time)  Touring isn’t quite a stressful now. We’ll be away for five to six weeks then we’ll be back for the holidays.” Because of family issues, they had to cancel   several B.C tour dates, but resumed their tour in Edmonton Nov. 26.