It’s safe to say that what’s happen with Three Days Grace was not on fans’ bingo cards.
The Canadian rock group parted ways, somewhat acrimoniously, with original frontman Adam Gontier during 2013, after four albums (three of them platinum or better) and 10 Mainstream Rock Airplay No. 1s, including “Animal I Have Become,” Billboard‘s Rock Single of the Year in 2006. Matt Walst, younger brother of bassist Brad Walst, came on board in Gontier’s place for the next three albums and another seven Mainstream Rock Airplays No. 1s.
Then, on April 19, 2023, Gontier joined Three Days Grace for two songs at the end of its set in Huntsville, Ala. A few months later, he did the same for three songs in Nashville. A year later, the band confirmed that Gontier was back in the band full time and would be sharing lead vocals with Walst — and that the group, dubbed Three Days Grace 2X, was working on its eighth studio album. Fans got their first look at the reorganized group earlier this year when they supported Disturbed on its The Sickness 25th Anniversary Tour, and at the subsequent Inkcareration Festival during July.
