Adam Gontier is a well-known singer, music producer, and songwriter from Canada. He is currently a member of the musical ensemble ‘Saint Asonia.’ He was previously a member of the band ‘Three Days Grace.’ Adam has quietly risen to become one of the most well-known faces in the contemporary music industry, owing to his excellent looks and tall frame. He has progressively broken the Canadian bounds to become one of the most well-known faces in the contemporary music scene. Apart from ‘Three Days Grace’ and ‘Saint Asonia,’ Adam has collaborated with a variety of musicians, including Apocalyptica, Art of Dying, Before the Curtain, Daughtry, and Kim Brown. He’s won two BMI awards, as well as Billboard’s ‘Rock Single of the Year’ honor. His personal life has not been easy, despite his professional achievements. He had a severe addiction to OxyContin, for which he was admitted to a Toronto rehabilitation center. ‘Behind the Pain,’ a docu*drama about his experience, has been released. Even while in recovery, he didn’t waste any time and wrote songs like ‘Pain’ and ‘Gone Forever’ to pass the time. In 2013, he parted ways with ‘Three Days Grace’ due to various disagreements. Adam has four albums with Three Days Grace and one with Saint Asonia to his credit.
Childhood and Adolescence
Adam Wade Gontier was born on May 25, 1975, in the city of Markham, Ontario, Canada. He spent most of his youth there. Adam’s parents split a few years after he was born, and he found mental calm via music.
Adam attended Adam Scott Collegiate Vocational Institute for his elementary education before attending Norwood District High School. He began thinking about pursuing music in high school, and he began practicing with his pals, Neil Sanderson and Brad Walst, and the ensemble rocked the school concerts.
Career of Adam Gontier
With his high school friends, Adam formed the band Groundswell, which was eventually renamed to ‘Three Days Grace.’ The band began by doing local shows before gradually gaining popularity, and their big break came in 2003, when they were given the opportunity to record their debut album, ‘Three Days Grace.’ The album went platinum, and the new band on the block gained a lot of attention.
Tracks from the album began to be played on local and national Canadian radio stations, and the songs were well received due to their raw emotional appeal. In 2006, the band published their second album, titled ‘One-x,’ in response to the positive response. Despite the fact that the album wasn’t as emotive as the first and had a darker tone, it went platinum and four songs from it went gold.
The band released their third album, ‘Life Starts Now,’ in 2009 and spent the following two years traveling. Matt Walst took Adam’s position in the band after he left in 2013.
Apart from Three Days Grace, Adam has worked with a number of different musicians, with the band ‘Apocalyptica’ being his most successful and critically acclaimed collaboration. Adam sung and arranged the music for the band’s hit “I Don’t Care” off the critically acclaimed album “Worlds Collide” in 2007.
Adam was hired by another Canadian rock band, ‘Art of Dying,’ to contribute to the song ‘raining’ for their album ‘Vices and Virtues,’ in which his brother, Cale Gontier, plays bass. Adam temporarily joined the ‘Big Dirty Band,’ a big rock band that was commissioned to write a song for the film ‘Trailer Park Boys.’ The song ‘I fought the law’ (cover version) was a great hit, and the group received a lot of praise for it.
Adam worked with a variety of musicians and bands throughout his career before launching his own record label, ‘Sludge Factory Records.’ Following his departure from Three Days Grace in 2013, Adam joined Saint Asonia, releasing their first self-titled album in 2015. In addition to traveling with his hits, Adam is now working on Saint Asonia’s upcoming studio album.
Personal Experiences of Adam Gontier
Adam Gontier met his first wife, Naomi Brewer, in high school and the two dated for several years before marrying in 2004. The marriage, however, did not last long, and the pair divorced in 2013. Adam’s drunkenness, Naomi claimed, was to blame for their breakup.
Adam battled drug addiction and spent time in a rehabilitation facility. In his docu-drama and the song ‘Never Too Late,’ from his second album, he has told his story. His then-wife appeared in the music video.
Jeanie Larsen was Adam’s girlfriend, and the couple married in 2015.
Apart from being a musician, Adam is a tattoo enthusiast. He has a tattoo devoted to his grandmother, who Adam was incredibly close to, in addition to the tribal tattoos and the tattoos of the lyrics to his songs.
Estimated Net Worth
Adam Gontier’s net worth is USD 12 million as of June 2017.