Adam Wade Gontier est né le 21 Mai 1978 à Norwood dans la province de l'Ontario au Canada. Il est le chanteur et second guitariste du groupe Three Days Grace.
Adam a été influencé par sa mère et par The Beatles, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jeff Buckley et Alice in Chains. Son intérêt pour la guitare a commencé avec sa mère en écoutant tout type de musique quand il grandissait. Adam Gontier a dit sur le site de Three Days Grace : "Ma mère est une musicienne, donc elle est vraiment la personne que m'a instruit à l'experience des concerts. Elle m'a fait chanté avec des groupes Jam dans des bars quand j'avais 12 ans. La musique de Seattle m'a vraiment inspiré, moi et mes chansons."
Adam possède plusieurs tatouages, incluant une grosse bande noire et des paroles de la chanson "Never Too Late" (Now and again we try to just stay alive maybe we'll turn it around 'cause it's not too late, it's never too late) sur son bras droit, et un hommage à sa grand mère sur son bras gauche. Pendant qu'il était à Cleveland dans l'Ohio en Mars 2007, il a ajouté un tatouage tribal sur son avant-bras droit.
En 2005 Gontier est allé en réhabilitation pour les addictions en Oxycodone au Toronto rehab center CAMH (Center for Addiction and Mental Health), où beaucoup de chansons de l'album One-X ont écrites, incluant "Animal I Have Become", "Over and Over", "Pain", "Riot" et d'autres.Il est toujours sobre, et un documentaire à propos de sa lutte contre la drogue appelé "Behind the Pain" a été réalisé en 2007.
En 2006, Adam a fait parti du Big Dirty Band project (créé par Geddy Lee et Alex Lifeson)
En 2007, Adam a chanté aux côtés d'Apocalyptica sur la chanson "I Don't Care".
Quand Three Days Grace était en tournée avec Breaking Benjamin et Seether, Adam a chanté la partie Amy Lee d'Evanescence sur la chanson "Broken" lorsque Seether jouait.
Pour l'instant, Adam est marié à Naomi Faith Brewer.
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Gontier was influenced by his mother and father, as well as The Beatles, Sunny Day Real Estate, Jeff Buckley, Pearl Jam, and Alice in Chains.
His interest in music started with his mother listening to all types of music while he was growing up. He began playing guitar at 6 years old. Adam stated on the Three Days Grace website, "My mother is a musician, so she's really the one who introduced me to the experience of performing live. She got me singing with jam bands in bars when I was 12 years old. The Seattle music scene really inspired me and my songwriting."
Adam is currently on tour with his band Three Days Grace. While on tour, he has posted surveys for people to answer with various questions on his MySpace. The cover of the album One-X includes a quote by Adam that states:
I'm on the edge and falling off/and I'm sick of feeling numb/Help me believe it's not the real me/Maybe we can turn it around/Cause it's not too late/Its never too late/I'm standing here alone/feeling so stepped on/It wont be long until I'm burning on the inside/I just don't care anymore/And it drags me down/Things are clear/I will not die/We are one.
The quote contains lyrics from songs off the band's current album, One-X.
Adam has several tattoos, including a solid black band with some of the lyrics to the song "Never Too Late" on his right forearm, as well as a tribute to his grandmother on his left arm. On March 3, 2007, while in Cleveland, Ohio, he added a tribal head design on his right upper arm.
In 2005, Adam went into rehabilitation for an addiction to OxyContin at the Toronto rehab center CAMH (Center for Addiction and Mental Health), which is where many of the songs for One-X were written, including "Pain", "Animal I Have Become", and "Gone Forever". He is still sober, and a docu-drama about his addiction, named "Behind The Pain", was released in 2007.
When Three Days Grace was on tour with Breaking Benjamin and Seether, Adam sang Amy Lee of Evanescence's verse in the song "Broken" when Seether performed.
It was recently announced by singer Chris Daughtry at a concert that Adam had co-written a song with him. Also, Gontier is a contributing artist on the track "I Don't Care" on Finnish cello-metal band Apocalyptica's 2008 album Worlds Collide.
In August 2008, Gontier also released "Three Days Grace: Live at the Palace", a DVD of the band's performance in Michigan.
Adam Gontier is married to Naomi Faith Brewer and has no children of his own, although people often mistake Adam's goddaughter as his biological daughter. He has two younger siblings, one brother Christan, and one sister, Katlyn. No information can be found on Adam's father. His cousin Cale Gontier is the bassist of Canadian post grunge/hard rock bands Thornley and Art of Dying.