Editing Three Days Grace (section)

=== 1992–2002: Early years ===

The band started out as a quintet named "Groundswell" in [[Norwood, Ontario|Norwood]], Ontario, in 1992.<ref name="allmusic bio"/> Groundswell released one full-length album, ''Wave of Popular Feeling'' in 1995,<ref>{{cite tweet|number=451815052220198912|user=threedaysgrace|title=Brad and me jamming in 1995 (we were making the Groundswell "Wave of Popular Feeling" LP at the time) #tbt|date=April 3, 2014}}</ref> containing singles "Eddie", "Poison Ivy" and "Stare". The band's line-up consisted of lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer Neil Sanderson, bassist Brad Walst, lead guitarist Phil Crowe, and rhythm guitarist Joe Grant.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/former-and-current-members-of-three-days-grace-honored-by-ontario-high-school-photo-video|title=Former And Current Members Of Three Days Grace Honored By Ontario High School: Photo + Video|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=June 30, 2022|access-date=January 30, 2023}}</ref> Most of the members were attending high school when the band formed.<ref name="allmusic bio">{{cite web|first=Michael|last=Sutton|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/three-days-grace-mn0000490860/biography|title=Three Days Grace – Biography|work=[[AllMusic]]|access-date=February 20, 2015}}</ref><ref name="New Faces" /> By the end of 1995, the band had broken up.

In 1997, Gontier, Sanderson, and Walst regrouped as "Three Days Grace".<ref name="allmusic bio"/> According to Gontier, the name refers to a sense of urgency, with the question being whether someone could change something in their life if they had only three days to make a change.<ref name="New Faces" /> Once in Toronto, the band became acquainted with local producer Gavin Brown. They gave him several years' worth of material which they had created, and he "...picked out what he called 'the golden nuggets'", according to Gontier.<ref name=maplemusic>{{cite web |title=Three Days Grace Biography |url=http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/tdg/bio.asp |publisher=[[MapleMusic Recordings]] |access-date=August 13, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111114171307/http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/tdg/bio.asp |archive-date=November 14, 2011 |url-status=dead }}</ref> Brown and the band polished the songs and created a demo album, which they gave to [[EMI Music Publishing|EMI Music Publishing Canada]]. The record label wanted to hear more material, and with Brown producing, the band created the song, "[[I Hate Everything About You]]", which attracted the interest of several record labels.<ref name=maplemusic /> Three Days Grace were soon signed to [[Jive Records]] after being sought out by the company's then-president [[Barry Weiss]].<ref name="allmusic bio"/> Additionally, the group signed with [[Zomba Group of Companies|Zomba]] in 2002.<ref name="SOCAN 2007">{{cite web|url=http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/news_events/feature_stories/ThreeDaysGrace.jsp|title=Recovered Three Days Grace frontman tours addiction treatment centres|author=Karen Bliss|publisher=[[Society of Composers, Authors and Music Publishers of Canada]]|archiveurl=https://archive.today/20070514142707/http://www.socan.ca/jsp/en/news_events/feature_stories/ThreeDaysGrace.jsp|archivedate=May 14, 2007|access-date=July 3, 2023}}</ref>