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Three Days Grace formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada, in 1992 under the name Groundswell. The founding lineup included vocalist and guitarist Adam Gontier, drummer Neil Sanderson, and bassist Brad Walst. After the original group dissolved, Gontier, Sanderson, and Walst regrouped as Three Days Grace in 1997, developing the heavy, emotionally direct sound that would eventually carry them from small Canadian venues to international rock radio.
The band’s self-titled debut album arrived in 2003 and immediately established its identity through “I Hate Everything About You,” “Just Like You,” and “Home.” The record combined post-grunge weight, alternative-metal guitars, and lyrics centered on frustration, alienation, and damaged relationships. Its success created a large audience that recognized the honesty and tension in Gontier’s writing and vocal performances.
One-X followed in 2006 and became one of the defining releases of the band’s career. “Animal I Have Become,” “Pain,” “Never Too Late,” “Riot,” “Time of Dying,” and “Gone Forever” explored addiction, self-destruction, isolation, and the struggle to change. The album expanded the band’s international reach and produced several songs that remained central to its concerts and radio presence.
Life Starts Now continued that momentum with “Break,” “The Good Life,” “World So Cold,” “Lost in You,” and “Last to Know.” Transit of Venus followed with a more experimental production style and songs including “Chalk Outline,” “The High Road,” “Misery Loves My Company,” “Anonymous,” and “Unbreakable Heart.”
Gontier departed the band in 2013, and Matt Walst became the lead vocalist. Human introduced that lineup through “Painkiller,” “I Am Machine,” “Human Race,” “Fallen Angel,” and “The Real You.” Outsider followed with “The Mountain,” “Infra-Red,” “Right Left Wrong,” “I Am an Outsider,” and “The Abyss,” maintaining the band’s connection to modern rock audiences while developing Walst’s identity within the group.
Explosions arrived with “So Called Life,” “Lifetime,” “I Am the Weapon,” “Neurotic,” “A Scar Is Born,” and the title track. The record continued the band’s focus on emotional pressure, anxiety, resilience, and personal confrontation while balancing aggressive arrangements with more reflective moments.
Adam Gontier later returned to Three Days Grace without replacing Matt Walst, creating a five-member lineup with both singers sharing vocal duties. Their first album together, Alienation, included “Mayday,” “Apologies,” “Dominate,” “Kill Me Fast,” “In Waves,” “Never Ordinary,” “Deathwish,” and “Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight.” The combination of Gontier and Walst connected two major periods of the band’s history within the same recordings.
Three Days Grace has remained one of the most successful bands in the history of mainstream rock radio. Their songs connect because they rarely disguise the emotions at their center. Anger, dependency, loneliness, regret, and recovery are treated not as abstract subjects but as experiences listeners can immediately recognize.
Beyond the music, members of Three Days Grace have supported mental-health and addiction-awareness efforts. Gontier has spoken publicly about his experiences with addiction and recovery, while the band’s songs have repeatedly offered listeners a language for confronting pain, isolation, and the possibility of surviving both.
Complete List Of Three Days Grace Songs From A to Z
#–D
- “The Abyss” – Outsider (2018)
- “Alienation” – Alienation (2025)
- “Animal I Have Become” – One-X (2006)
- “Animal I Have Become” (stripped acoustic version) – One-X (Special edition) (2006)
- “Animal I Have Become” (stripped acoustic version) – Pain (2007)
- “Anonymous” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Another Relapse” – Alienation (2025)
- “Apologies” – Alienation (2025)
- “Are You Ready?” – Three Days Grace (Target/Japanese/iTunes/deluxe bonus track) (2003)
- “Bitter Taste” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “Born Like This” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Break” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “Broken Glass” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Bully” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “Burn” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Car Crash” – Human (2015)
- “The Chain” (Fleetwood Mac cover) – Lost in You (2011)
- “Chain of Abuse” – Explosions (2022)
- “Chalk Outline” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Champion” – Explosions (2022)
- “Chasing the First Time” – Outsider (2018)
- “Deathwish” – Alienation (2025)
- “Dominate” – Alienation (2025)
- “Don’t Wanna Go Home Tonight” – Alienation (2025)
- “Drown” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Drown” (live acoustic version) – Three Days Grace (iTunes/deluxe bonus track) (2003)
E–L
- “The End Is Not the Answer” – Human (2015)
- “Every Other Weekend” – Human (Deluxe/Japanese bonus track) (2015)
- “Expectations” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Explosions” – Explosions (2022)
- “Fallen Angel” – Human (2015)
- “Get Out Alive” – One-X (2006)
- “Give in to Me” (Michael Jackson cover) – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Give Me a Reason” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Goin’ Down” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “Gone Forever” – One-X (2006)
- “The Good Life” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “Happiness” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “The High Road” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Home” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Human Race” – Human (2015)
- “Human Race” (atmosphere version) – Human (Deluxe/Japanese bonus track) (2015)
- “I Am an Outsider” – Outsider (2018)
- “I Am Machine” – Human (2015)
- “I Am the Weapon” – Explosions (2022)
- “I Hate Everything About You” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “I Hate Everything About You” (acoustic version) – One-X (Special edition) (2006)
- “I Hate Everything About You” (Clear Channel stripped version) – Never Too Late (2008)
- “I Hate Everything About You” (live acoustic version) – Three Days Grace (iTunes/deluxe bonus track) (2003)
- “In Cold Blood” – Alienation (2025)
- “In Waves” – Alienation (2025)
- “Infra-Red” – Outsider (2018)
- “It’s All Over” – One-X (2006)
- “Just Like You” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Kill Me Fast” – Alienation (2025)
- “Landmine” – Human (2015)
- “Last to Know” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “Let It Die” – One-X (2006)
- “Let You Down” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Let You Down” (live) – Human (Deluxe/Japanese bonus track) (2015)
- “Life Starts Now” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “Lifetime” – Explosions (2022)
- “Lost in You” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “Lost in You” – Lost in You (2011)
- “Love Me or Leave Me” – Outsider (2018)
M–S
- “Mayday” – Alienation (2025)
- “Me Against You” – Outsider (2018)
- “Misery Loves My Company” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “The Mountain” – Outsider (2018)
- “Neurotic” (featuring Lukas Rossi) – Explosions (2022)
- “Never Ordinary” – Alienation (2025)
- “Never Too Late” – Never Too Late (2008)
- “Never Too Late” – One-X (2006)
- “Never Too Late” (acoustic) – Never Too Late (2008)
- “The New Real” – Outsider (2018)
- “No More” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “No Tomorrow” – Explosions (2022)
- “Nothing to Lose but You” – Outsider (2018)
- “Nothing’s Fair in Love and War” – Human (2015)
- “Now or Never” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “On My Own” – One-X (2006)
- “One Too Many” – Human (2015)
- “One-X” – One-X (2006)
- “Operate” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Over and Over” – One-X (2006)
- “Overrated” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Pain” – One-X (2006)
- “Pain” – Pain (2007)
- “Pain” (Clear Channel stripped version) – Never Too Late (2008)
- “Pain” (stripped acoustic version) – Pain (2007)
- “Painkiller” – Human (2015)
- “Painkiller” (live) – Human (Deluxe/Japanese bonus track) (2015)
- “The Power” – Alienation (2025)
- “The Real You” – Human (2015)
- “Redemption” – Explosions (2022)
- “Right Left Wrong” – Outsider (2018)
- “Riot” – One-X (2006)
- “Running Away” – One-X (Japanese/UK/Special edition) (2006)
- “A Scar Is Born” – Explosions (2022)
- “Scared” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Sign of the Times” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “So Called Life” – Explosions (2022)
- “So What” – Human (2015)
- “Somebody That I Used to Know” (Gotye cover) – Explosions (Japanese edition bonus track) (2022)
- “Someone to Talk To” (featuring Apocalyptica) – Explosions (2022)
- “Someone Who Cares” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “Souvenirs” – Explosions (2022)
- “Strange Days” – Outsider (2018)
T–Z
- “Take Me Under” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Tell Me Why” – Human (2015)
- “Time of Dying” – One-X (2006)
- “Time That Remains” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Unbreakable Heart” – Transit of Venus (2012)
- “Villain I’m Not” – Outsider (2018)
- “Wake Up” – Three Days Grace (2003)
- “Wicked Game” (Chris Isaak cover) – One-X (iTunes deluxe edition) (2006)
- “Without You” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “World So Cold” – Life Starts Now (2009)
- “World So Cold” (piano version) – Life Starts Now (Japanese release) (2009)
- “World So Cold” (piano version) – Lost in You (2011)
Three Days Grace Albums and Selected Releases
Three Days Grace (2003)
One-X (2006)
Pain (2007)
Never Too Late (2008)
Life Starts Now (2009)
Lost in You (2011)
Transit of Venus (2012)
Human (2015)
Outsider (2018)
Explosions (2022)
Alienation (2025)
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