Gontier joined singer and songwriter Martin Sexton on the road during his 2012 “Fall Like Rain” tour, providing opening support as a solo artist.
In 2011, Gontier created the record label, Sludge Factory Records, and has signed three acts, one of which is fellow Peterborough band, Before the Curtain. Gontier was also featured on the track “Raining” by fellow Canadian band Art of Dying on their album Vices and Virtues .
Their third studio album, Life Starts Now , was released in 2009 and debuted at number three on the Billboard 200, thus becoming the band’s highest-charting album in the US to date.
In 2009, Adam Gontier worked with Daughtry on their second studio album Leave This Town .
He contributed vocals and musical arrangement on ” I Don’t Care ” on Apocalyptica ‘s album, Worlds Collide in 2007.
Their second studio album, One-X , was released in 2006, debuting at number five on the Billboard 200 .
In 2006, Gontier was a member of the rock supergroup Big Dirty Band along with Geddy Lee , Alex Lifeson , Jeff Burrows , Ian Thornley , and Care Failure , covering “I Fought the Law”, as part of the Trailer Park Boys movie soundtrack.
Their Canadian rock number one debut single, ” I Hate Everything About You “, and their debut self-titled studio album was released in 2003.
In 1997, Gontier, Sanderson, and Walst regrouped as “Three Days Grace”.
Gontier, along with Sanderson, Walst, Phil Crowe, and Joe Grant, started out as “Groundswell” in Norwood , Ontario, in 1992, while attending high school.