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The Escatawpa, Mississippi USA-based Alternative-Rock outfit 3 Doors
Down was formed in the second half of the '90s and originally comprised
of members vocalist+drummer Brad Arnold, guitarists Matt Roberts and Chris
Henderson and bassist Todd Harrell.
In 1997 the foursome released a demo CD and signed with Universal Records;
when the band's line-up was solidified with the addition of drummer Richard
Liles, 3 Doors Down recorded their official debut full-lenght disc, "The
Better Life", which was finally issued in February 2000; the album
became a surprise hit reaching the #7 spot on The Billboard Top 200 chart
and spawning three #1s Mainstream Rock singles: the omnipresent "Kryptonite"
also peaked at #1 on The Modern Rock chart and hit #3 on The Billboard
Hot 100, "Loser" rose to #2 on The Modern Rock chart and "Duck
And Run" completed the string of Active Rock chart-topping singles;
"Be Like That" entered the top 10 on the same chart, propelling
the album to double-platinum sales status.
In the fall of 2002, after Daniel Adair joined as new drummer, the band
released their second album, "Away From The Sun", which rose
to #8 on The Billboard Top 200, its first single, "When I'm Gone",
quickly bulleted into the Billboard Magazine charts peaking at #1 on both
Mainstream and Modern Rock radio and reaching the #4 position on the Hot
100 Sales list; the follow-up single, "The Road I'm On", hit
the top 10 of the Active Rock chart, the title-track blew top 20 on the
same chart and the magnificent ballad "Here Without You", soared
to #5 on The Billboard Hot 100.
Universal Republic Rock icons released "Seventeen Days" in February
2005, the disc went straight to #1 on The Billboard 200 and to #6 on the
Top Canadian Albums charts; the first single, "Let Me Go", peaked
at #6 on The Mainstream Rock chart, reached #14 on The Modern Rock Tracks
and equaled the peak position on the Hot 100 Sales side. That same year
ex-Puddle Of Mudd drummer Greg Upchurch
was hired to replace Adair, who left to join Nickelback.
The CD offered two more Active Rock radio top 20 hits "Behind Those
Eyes" and "Live For Today", the minor hit "Here By
Me" as well as the Mainstream Rock top 40 track "Landing In
London" featuring guest backing vocals by Bob
Seger.
3 Doors Down's much anticipated fourth studio album has spawned Rock's
biggest radio hit of the year so far, with the debut single, "It's
Not My Time", becoming the fastest moving song at Active Rock radio
in the past five years. The self-titled 12-song set also includes a new
single, "Train".
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