March 24, 2026 • 6 mins
We talked about HOW Adam came back into the fold. How Barry brought it up. And how quickly they recovered the chemistry that NEVER left. You'll be surprised to find out who pushed for the reunion too!
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Barry from Three Days Grace joining me backstage as we
talk about new beginnings, getting things going, getting things cooking due.
This has been a wild last few months watching you
guys start this tour last year. It keeps on pumping
sold out houses. You started the tour of the latest
leg in Fort Wayne a few weeks ago to a
packed house. How's it feel just to still get that
love after all these years and all the achievements like
(00:22):
the Spotify Billionaire's Club for Animal I've become. It's been
big times man.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yes, yeah, it's been awesome. I mean, we don't take
that stuff for granted. You know, it's been super fun
and exciting since Adam come back and we worked on
that new record and ever since, it's just been super fun.
It's like a nice new lift on Three Days Grace.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Well, it is because not many bands can do that
where you have two vocalists back together in the same unit.
I mean, I honestly, off the top of my head,
I try and think. I'm like, I can't really think
of anybody that's ever been able to pull that off.
But that's a special thing. You guys are family.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah, I mean it was funny, like I'm a little
older than the other guys, So for me, I love
Van Hallen back in the day. Yeah, I loved the
David Lee Roth version of Van Hellen that was the
first Van Hellen. And then when Sammy came in, they
had great success, which was awesome, and then me as
a fan, I would say to myself like, man, would
it be awesome if those two guys came back and
(01:14):
did the whole you know, history of Van Halen. And
then in twenty nineteen I brought that up to a
band before a show when night it just came to
me and I was like, you know, guys, this would
be really cool if one day we do this and
nobody said anything a kind of I could see the
wheels spinning right, like maybe I'll just keep stirring the
spot and right, you know. And then we went on,
we did another record, COVID happened, so that delayed things
(01:36):
a little bit, and then in twenty one we did
a new record and we had to see that record
through do a cycle of that into twenty two, and
then that the topic came back up again, you know,
and Matt really started to push it. Of all people
already really was like man, this would be a great
idea for our fans so be amazing. So he really
started to push it. We started we thought, man, maybe
we should call Adam first and see if he's even
(01:57):
into this, right, And he was all about it as
soon as we call them. So then it took a
little bit of time because you know, we had to
finish out that cycle of that record and then and
then you know, when we came off the end of
twenty three over that winter, then we all got together
at my places. It's like, let's get in a room,
see if we can write songs and make this happen.
And within the first five days at my house we
(02:18):
wrote may Day and Apologies and a few other ideas.
So we know it's like, man, it's gonna be fun, right.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
It's it's to me. It feels very unique, like the
process is different than it used to be. It's a
lot more homey, like doing things at home. Some guys
have built studios literally in their house so they can
produce the record. Somebody within the band can do it,
so it's fewer outside sources coming in. You're kind of
keeping it all in the inner sanctum. It kind of
sounds like that what you're doing well.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
For us, I mean we've kind of always did that.
We always, you know, would go to somebody's cottage or
something and sit around with acoustics. We never really write
like a lot of people do today. They're building songs
before their songs, you know. We we strip it down
and we write the song with an acoustic and a
vocal and if we call it the campfire test. So
if it works, then you know that and then you
(03:04):
can color it however you want to color it. Right.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
It's funny that you say that, and I'm trying to remember.
I think it might have been Bonjovi years ago and
I asked about the origins of a song and his
thing was, he goes, everything is born on an acoustic.
He goes, if it works there, he goes, we can
pretty it up and do whatever we need to it.
But that's it. That it's almost literally what you just said.
I'm like, it is crazy because you don't really think
about it like that.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
But it should be that way, because if you're making
production to make something, you know, be something, it's you know,
if you strip it to its bare minimum and then
it's something you're getting, you you've got a feeling. Then
it's then you can color it however you want.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
And that's kind of something right like what you guys
have been doing with the campfire experience on stage with
fans really bringing them in. I mean, side stage is
one thing, but be in front and center, that's something else.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
That's a fun thing to do. I'm glad we did that.
You know, It's something we talked about for a long time.
A lot of fans say, oh, it'd be awesome if
you guys stripped your stuff down and did an acoustic
record or did some So we thought, well, on this show,
another headline, and we can you know, make that a
little part of the show. You know, well, we'll just
randomly played different acoustic songs.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
You know. Now as we're talking about obviously music and
everything else. But one of the pop culture things of
the day to day, which was shocking, you saw Chuck
Norris passed away. The legend was he somebody that when
you were growing up as a kid, did you watch
a lot as much as me? Because that was my
dad was always like Chuck Norris's on It was either
Chuck Norris Clint Eastwood pretty much worth the two and
it was like just how you'd be a man son.
This is what you watch right here. And I'm not
(04:23):
going I can't do karate dad. I'm just that's never
going to be in my forte. But you know, as
you guys continue to push forward and the fan base.
I think I was talking earlier to Lee from the
Funeral Portrait. We were talking about the great thing about this
music is you get grandkids, the grandparents, everybody comes along
for the ride. There's something in it for everybody. Unlike
everything else is, which is a I call it speed
(04:45):
bump in the genre road. This isn't. And it's something
that I think twenty five years ago when everybody started
to using the term new metal and everybody was coming
together this next wave of rock. A quarter century later,
we're all still here. Everybody's just as popular, still number
one hits, I mean a number two in the amount
of number one hits of rock bands in the last
forty years. And you're not slowing down.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
No, we're not slowing down. It was cool, like maybe
twenty five years ago or something. I was up in
you know, I'm from Canada originally I live in the
States now, but I was at the Rogers Center SkyDome
I think it was called. Then seeing ac DC and
I was more, you know, looking at the crowd, I
was like, it was all like parents and then their kids. Yeah,
(05:25):
what the whole thing. There was like fifty five thousand
people like that, And I was like, oh, that is badass.
If you could pull it off and look out into
a crowd and you see all the full ageon, right,
you know, that's pretty pretty awesome, right.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
And that's all we do because it transcends. I mean,
it's just it's a maybe to me, it's like always
like tribal bonding, like the things that my parents listened to.
I enjoyed it. And our son has grown up with
us heavy in the eighties influence because that's where I
was the eighties rock, a little bit of nineties and
then the two thousands. But I mean, yeah, you and I. I
mean that's just kind of it was like, dude, the
shows and you know what went into it now or
(06:00):
you know it's it's heavy lifting. I mean, you're you're
spectacle of this this stage of end here. This is
like trying to put a big rig engine in a
volt swagon at this video. That's what I would love
about it because it's just so impressive and it works.
That's what's even crazier. When you guys design something like this,
like you go into the pyro and stuff like that.
How big do you dream?
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Well?
Speaker 1 (06:19):
What how much input do you have first of all
into it? How does that hap work?
Speaker 2 (06:22):
We are very hands on in our band. Everything comes
through the band, like everybody's all hands on. Everybody's involved
and makes decisions and ideas. Everybody's everyone has great ideas
in our band. It's not just one or two. It's
like even with the songwriting, like you know, ideas, riffs,
lyrics comes from everybody, you know, and we do everything together.
So the show's no different. You know, we'll get you know,
(06:42):
but you rely on the great people around you too.
You know, you have great people that it'd be cool
we could do this and then you know, but we're
definitely part of that whole process.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
And you've got a crew that goes, yeah, we can
make that happen. That's we'll figure that out. So that's
what I like, the dream big part of it. Will
worry about everything else later exactly
Barry from Three Days Grace joining me backstage as we
talk about new beginnings, getting things going, getting things cooking due.
This has been a wild last few months watching you
guys start this tour last year. It keeps on pumping
sold out houses. You started the tour of the latest
leg in Fort Wayne a few weeks ago to a
packed house. How's it feel just to still get that
love after all these years and all the achievements like
(00:22):
the Spotify Billionaire's Club for Animal I've become. It's been
big times man.
Speaker 2 (00:26):
Yes, yeah, it's been awesome. I mean, we don't take
that stuff for granted. You know, it's been super fun
and exciting since Adam come back and we worked on
that new record and ever since, it's just been super fun.
It's like a nice new lift on Three Days Grace.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Well, it is because not many bands can do that
where you have two vocalists back together in the same unit.
I mean, I honestly, off the top of my head,
I try and think. I'm like, I can't really think
of anybody that's ever been able to pull that off.
But that's a special thing. You guys are family.
Speaker 2 (00:54):
Yeah, I mean it was funny, like I'm a little
older than the other guys, So for me, I love
Van Hallen back in the day. Yeah, I loved the
David Lee Roth version of Van Hellen that was the
first Van Hellen. And then when Sammy came in, they
had great success, which was awesome, and then me as
a fan, I would say to myself like, man, would
it be awesome if those two guys came back and
(01:14):
did the whole you know, history of Van Halen. And
then in twenty nineteen I brought that up to a
band before a show when night it just came to
me and I was like, you know, guys, this would
be really cool if one day we do this and
nobody said anything a kind of I could see the
wheels spinning right, like maybe I'll just keep stirring the
spot and right, you know. And then we went on,
we did another record, COVID happened, so that delayed things
(01:36):
a little bit, and then in twenty one we did
a new record and we had to see that record
through do a cycle of that into twenty two, and
then that the topic came back up again, you know,
and Matt really started to push it. Of all people
already really was like man, this would be a great
idea for our fans so be amazing. So he really
started to push it. We started we thought, man, maybe
we should call Adam first and see if he's even
(01:57):
into this, right, And he was all about it as
soon as we call them. So then it took a
little bit of time because you know, we had to
finish out that cycle of that record and then and
then you know, when we came off the end of
twenty three over that winter, then we all got together
at my places. It's like, let's get in a room,
see if we can write songs and make this happen.
And within the first five days at my house we
(02:18):
wrote may Day and Apologies and a few other ideas.
So we know it's like, man, it's gonna be fun, right.
Speaker 1 (02:24):
It's it's to me. It feels very unique, like the
process is different than it used to be. It's a
lot more homey, like doing things at home. Some guys
have built studios literally in their house so they can
produce the record. Somebody within the band can do it,
so it's fewer outside sources coming in. You're kind of
keeping it all in the inner sanctum. It kind of
sounds like that what you're doing well.
Speaker 2 (02:42):
For us, I mean we've kind of always did that.
We always, you know, would go to somebody's cottage or
something and sit around with acoustics. We never really write
like a lot of people do today. They're building songs
before their songs, you know. We we strip it down
and we write the song with an acoustic and a
vocal and if we call it the campfire test. So
if it works, then you know that and then you
(03:04):
can color it however you want to color it. Right.
Speaker 1 (03:06):
It's funny that you say that, and I'm trying to remember.
I think it might have been Bonjovi years ago and
I asked about the origins of a song and his
thing was, he goes, everything is born on an acoustic.
He goes, if it works there, he goes, we can
pretty it up and do whatever we need to it.
But that's it. That it's almost literally what you just said.
I'm like, it is crazy because you don't really think
about it like that.
Speaker 2 (03:24):
But it should be that way, because if you're making
production to make something, you know, be something, it's you know,
if you strip it to its bare minimum and then
it's something you're getting, you you've got a feeling. Then
it's then you can color it however you want.
Speaker 1 (03:37):
And that's kind of something right like what you guys
have been doing with the campfire experience on stage with
fans really bringing them in. I mean, side stage is
one thing, but be in front and center, that's something else.
Speaker 2 (03:47):
That's a fun thing to do. I'm glad we did that.
You know, It's something we talked about for a long time.
A lot of fans say, oh, it'd be awesome if
you guys stripped your stuff down and did an acoustic
record or did some So we thought, well, on this show,
another headline, and we can you know, make that a
little part of the show. You know, well, we'll just
randomly played different acoustic songs.
Speaker 1 (04:02):
You know. Now as we're talking about obviously music and
everything else. But one of the pop culture things of
the day to day, which was shocking, you saw Chuck
Norris passed away. The legend was he somebody that when
you were growing up as a kid, did you watch
a lot as much as me? Because that was my
dad was always like Chuck Norris's on It was either
Chuck Norris Clint Eastwood pretty much worth the two and
it was like just how you'd be a man son.
This is what you watch right here. And I'm not
(04:23):
going I can't do karate dad. I'm just that's never
going to be in my forte. But you know, as
you guys continue to push forward and the fan base.
I think I was talking earlier to Lee from the
Funeral Portrait. We were talking about the great thing about this
music is you get grandkids, the grandparents, everybody comes along
for the ride. There's something in it for everybody. Unlike
everything else is, which is a I call it speed
(04:45):
bump in the genre road. This isn't. And it's something
that I think twenty five years ago when everybody started
to using the term new metal and everybody was coming
together this next wave of rock. A quarter century later,
we're all still here. Everybody's just as popular, still number
one hits, I mean a number two in the amount
of number one hits of rock bands in the last
forty years. And you're not slowing down.
Speaker 2 (05:04):
No, we're not slowing down. It was cool, like maybe
twenty five years ago or something. I was up in
you know, I'm from Canada originally I live in the
States now, but I was at the Rogers Center SkyDome
I think it was called. Then seeing ac DC and
I was more, you know, looking at the crowd, I
was like, it was all like parents and then their kids. Yeah,
(05:25):
what the whole thing. There was like fifty five thousand
people like that, And I was like, oh, that is badass.
If you could pull it off and look out into
a crowd and you see all the full ageon, right,
you know, that's pretty pretty awesome, right.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
And that's all we do because it transcends. I mean,
it's just it's a maybe to me, it's like always
like tribal bonding, like the things that my parents listened to.
I enjoyed it. And our son has grown up with
us heavy in the eighties influence because that's where I
was the eighties rock, a little bit of nineties and
then the two thousands. But I mean, yeah, you and I. I
mean that's just kind of it was like, dude, the
shows and you know what went into it now or
(06:00):
you know it's it's heavy lifting. I mean, you're you're
spectacle of this this stage of end here. This is
like trying to put a big rig engine in a
volt swagon at this video. That's what I would love
about it because it's just so impressive and it works.
That's what's even crazier. When you guys design something like this,
like you go into the pyro and stuff like that.
How big do you dream?
Speaker 2 (06:19):
Well?
Speaker 1 (06:19):
What how much input do you have first of all
into it? How does that hap work?
Speaker 2 (06:22):
We are very hands on in our band. Everything comes
through the band, like everybody's all hands on. Everybody's involved
and makes decisions and ideas. Everybody's everyone has great ideas
in our band. It's not just one or two. It's
like even with the songwriting, like you know, ideas, riffs,
lyrics comes from everybody, you know, and we do everything together.
So the show's no different. You know, we'll get you know,
(06:42):
but you rely on the great people around you too.
You know, you have great people that it'd be cool
we could do this and then you know, but we're
definitely part of that whole process.
Speaker 1 (06:50):
And you've got a crew that goes, yeah, we can
make that happen. That's we'll figure that out. So that's
what I like, the dream big part of it. Will
worry about everything else later exactly
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