Editing Three Days Grace (section)

=== 2003–2005: ''Three Days Grace'' ===
{{Main|Three Days Grace (album){{!}}''Three Days Grace'' (album)}}
They moved to [[Long View Farm]], a studio in [[North Brookfield, Massachusetts]], to record their debut album. The group completed half of the album at Long View, while the rest was done at [[Bearsville Studios]] in [[Bearsville, New York]].<ref name=maplemusic /> The [[Three Days Grace (album)|self-titled album]] was finished in [[Woodstock, New York|Woodstock]], [[New York (state)|New York]] and released on July 22, 2003.<ref name="allmusic bio" /> To support the eponymous album, the band released their first single, "I Hate Everything About You" (the song whose demo had gotten the band a record deal) on April 28, 2003.<ref name=maplemusic /><ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-RandR/2000s/2003/RR-2003-04-25.pdf |title=Going for Adds |magazine=[[Radio & Records]] |issue=1501 |page=26 |date=April 25, 2003 |access-date=June 11, 2021}}</ref> The song received heavy airplay and rapidly became widely recognizable,<ref>{{cite web |last=Wiederhorn |first=Jon |title=Three Days Grace Endure Fire, Asbestos for Their Art |url=https://www.mtv.com/news/7c4qe4/three-days-grace-endure-fire-asbestos-for-their-art |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220924152257/https://www.mtv.com/news/7c4qe4/three-days-grace-endure-fire-asbestos-for-their-art |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 24, 2022 |website=[[MTV]] |date=October 7, 2004 |access-date=October 23, 2009}}</ref><ref name="bounds towards" /><ref name="cheats death" /> and was labelled as the band's "breakout hit".<ref name="sound revision">{{cite news | last=Garisto |first=Julie |title=Rockfest: a sound revision |url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/2007/04/26/rockfest-a-sound-revision/ |work=[[St. Petersburg Times]] |date=April 26, 2007 |access-date=October 23, 2009}}</ref> The song peaked at No. 1 on the [[Canadian rock music charts|Canadian rock chart]] becoming their first number-one hit in the country.<ref name="cheats death" /> [[Gavin Brown (musician)|Gavin Brown]] who produced the track, earned the group a [[Juno Award]] for [[Jack Richardson Producer of the Year Award|Producer of the Year]] in 2004.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://junoawards.ca/awards/past-winners-nominees/?search_year_val1=2004&search_year_val2=2004&search_category_val=&search_wins_val=yes&tag_search_val=Gavin+Brown&submit=submit|title=Past Nominees + Winners|access-date=April 4, 2022}}</ref> In 2003, the group was named "Favourite New Artist" at the [[CASBY Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.edge.ca/2016/08/26/previous-casby-winners/|title=Previous CASBY Winners|website=[[CFNY-FM|102.1 The Edge]]|date=August 26, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160827184921/http://www.edge.ca/2016/08/26/previous-casby-winners/|archive-date=August 27, 2016|access-date=June 26, 2022}}</ref>

In support of their major label debut, the group joined [[Trapt]] as an opening act on a US tour from July to September 2003.<ref name="Trapt Tour">{{cite web|url=https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2003/three-days-grace-tour-with-trapt-in-support-of-debut-release.html|title=Three Days Grace Tour With Trapt in Support of Debut Release|website=[[Sony Music Publishing|Sony]]|date=July 8, 2003|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230131003623/https://www.sony.com/content/sony/en/en_us/SCA/company-news/press-releases/sony-music-entertainment/2003/three-days-grace-tour-with-trapt-in-support-of-debut-release.html |access-date=January 30, 2023|archive-date=January 31, 2023 }}</ref> In late 2003, [[Barry Stock]] joined the group after the band was auditioning for a second guitar player. Stock was introduced to the group by his manager in [[Toronto]] after they needed some help with their gear.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://idobi.com/news/three-days-grace-up-the-mohawk-factor/|title=Three Days Grace Up The Mohawk Factor|website=[[idobi Radio]]|author=Lance Fiasco|date=September 16, 2003|access-date=March 12, 2023}}</ref><ref name="New Faces">{{cite magazine |last=Sarig |first=Roni |title=New Faces: Three Days Grace |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/artists/threedaysgrace/articles/story/5936104/new_faces_three_days_grace |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070709011912/http://www.rollingstone.com/artists/threedaysgrace/articles/story/5936104/new_faces_three_days_grace |url-status=dead |archive-date=July 9, 2007 |magazine=[[Rolling Stone]] |date=January 14, 2004 |access-date=August 13, 2009}}</ref> The group joined [[Nickelback]] on The Long Road Tour between October and November 2003.<ref name="Long Road Tour">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/nickelback-ready-to-hit-the-long-road-69126/|title=Nickelback Ready To Hit 'The Long Road'|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=September 12, 2003|access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref> The group embarked on a headlining tour called the Three Days Grace World Tour throughout 2004.<ref name="3DG World Tour">{{cite web|url=http://www.threedaysgrace.com/news.php|title=Three Days Grace - News|website=threedaysgrace.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20040622134918/http://www.threedaysgrace.com/news.php|archivedate=June 22, 2004|access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref> They also joined [[Evanescence]] on a North American Tour in July 2004, as well as [[Hoobastank]] on the Let it Out Tour in November.<ref name="North American Tour">{{cite web|url=https://blabbermouth.net/news/evanescence-to-team-up-with-seether-for-north-american-tour|title=Evanescence To Team Up With Seether For North American Tour|website=[[Blabbermouth.net]]|date=May 19, 2004|access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Let it Rock Tour">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/hoobastank-to-let-out-dvd-fall-tour-65992/|title=Hoobastank To 'Let Out' DVD, Fall Tour|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|date=October 21, 2004|access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref> The album peaked at No. 9 on the [[Canadian Albums Chart]]<ref name="Three Days Grace Makes Ssolid Debut">{{cite news |last=Williams |first=John |title=Three Days Grace Makes Solid Debut |url=http://www.jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/T/Three_Days_Grace/2006/06/21/1645305-ca.html |publisher=[[Canadian Online Explorer|CANOE]] |date=June 21, 2006 |access-date=August 21, 2009 |url-status=usurped |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130101151728/http://www.jam.canoe.ca/Music/Artists/T/Three_Days_Grace/2006/06/21/1645305-ca.html |archive-date=January 1, 2013 }}</ref> and No. 69 on the [[Billboard 200|''Billboard'' 200]],<ref name="Billboard 200">{{cite magazine|title=Three Days Grace Chart History (Billboard 200)|url=https://www.billboard.com/artist/three-days-grace/chart-history/tlp/|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]]|access-date=July 3, 2023}}</ref> and was certified platinum in Canada by [[Music Canada|MC]],<ref name="MC"/> 2× Platinum in the US by the [[Recording Industry Association of America|RIAA]], and gold by the [[Recorded Music NZ]].<ref name="RIAA"/><ref name="RMNZalbums"/> The album's second single "[[Just Like You (Three Days Grace song)|Just Like You]]" was released on March 29, 2004.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1548|page=31|date=March 26, 2004}}</ref> The song became the first of many of the band's songs to top the US [[Billboard (magazine)|''Billboard'']] [[Alternative Airplay]] and [[Mainstream Rock (chart)|Mainstream Rock]] charts.<ref name="LW Number One">{{cite web|url=https://loudwire.com/three-days-grace-billboard-record-14th-no-1-mainstream-rock-single/|title=Three Days Grace Set Billboard Record With 14th No. 1 Mainstream Rock Single|website=[[Loudwire]]|author=Chad Childers|date=September 10, 2018|access-date=June 29, 2022}}</ref> "[[Home (Three Days Grace song)|Home]]" was released on October 4, 2004, as the third single from the album.<ref>{{cite magazine|title=Going for Adds|magazine=Radio & Records|issue=1575|page=20|date=October 1, 2004}}</ref> The fourth and final single "[[Wake Up (Three Days Grace song)|Wake Up]]" was released exclusively in Canada on January 10, 2005.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.threedaysgrace.com/news.php|title=Three Days Grace - News|website=threedaysgrace.com|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20050218100042/http://www.threedaysgrace.com/news.php|archivedate=February 18, 2005|access-date=July 11, 2022}}</ref> 

''Three Days Grace'' was met with mixed-to-favourable reviews. Dave Doray of [[IGN]] said of the album, "Almost every single song from the ''Three Days Grace'' track list is heavy and catchy, with chewy chunks of assurance and fury thrown in for added measure."<ref name=IGN>{{cite web |last=Doray |first=Dave |title=IGN: Three Days Grace Review |url=http://music.ign.com/articles/442/442689p1.html |website=[[IGN]] |date=December 2, 2003 |access-date=August 13, 2009 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110527123408/http://music.ign.com/articles/442/442689p1.html |archive-date=May 27, 2011 }}</ref> [[AllMusic]] reviewer Heather Phares criticized the album for its simplicity, but praised the groups "tight songwriting" and "unexpectedly pretty choruses" that make them standout among their peers.<ref name="TDG review">{{cite web | last=Phares |first=Heather |title=Three Days Grace > Overview |url={{AllMusic| class=album| id=r648308| pure_url=yes}} |website=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=August 13, 2009}}</ref> However, ''[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]]'' gave a negative review calling it, "generic Canadian gripe rock."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=LLC |first=SPIN Media |date=October 2003 |title=Breakdown |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=g3hehP3V7TkC&pg=PA113 |magazine=[[Spin (magazine)|Spin]] |publisher=SPIN Media LLC |access-date=February 12, 2023}}</ref>

The band performed at the [[2004 MuchMusic Video Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://idobi.com/news/three-days-grace-to-open-for-evanescence/|title=Three Days Grace to Open for Evanescence|website=[[idobi Radio]]|author=Lance Fiasco|date=June 7, 2004|access-date=July 22, 2023}}</ref> At the event, "I Hate Everything About You" was nominated for [[MuchMusic Video Award for Best Rock Video|Best Rock Video]], as well as the band themselves for [[MuchMusic Video Award for Peoples Choice: Favourite Canadian Group|Favourite Canadian Group]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.muchmusic.com/events/mmva04/winners/|title=MMVA 04 Winners|website=[[MuchMusic]]|access-date=January 5, 2022|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306074313/http://www.muchmusic.com/events/mmva04/winners/|archive-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref> They were nominated for [[Juno Award for Breakthrough Group of the Year|New Group of the Year]] at the [[Juno Awards of 2004|2004 Juno Awards]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/2004-juno-nominees/article25678853/|title=2004 Juno Nominees|website=[[The Globe and Mail]]|date=February 11, 2004|access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref> The group was also nominated for Modern Rock Artist of the Year at the [[2004 Billboard Music Awards|2004 ''Billboard'' Music Awards]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/2004-billboard-music-awards-finalists-65464/|title=The 2004 Billboard Music Award Finalists|magazine=[[Billboard (magazine)|Billboard]] |date=November 30, 2004|access-date=March 20, 2022}}</ref> The band appeared as themselves in the 2004 film ''[[Raise Your Voice]]''.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.straight.com/article/raise-your-voice|title=Raise Your Voice - Movie Review|website=[[The Georgia Straight]]|author=Mike Usinger|date=October 14, 2004|access-date=February 12, 2024}}</ref>