Daniel Adair

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Daniel Adair
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Adair playing with Nickelback in 2011
Background information
Birth nameDaniel Patrick Adair
Born (1975-02-19) February 19, 1975 (age 49)
Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres
Occupation(s)Musician
Instruments
  • Drums
  • percussion
  • vocals
Years active1995–present
Member of
Formerly of 3 Doors Down

Daniel Patrick Adair (born February 19, 1975) is a Canadian musician. He is best known for his work with Nickelback and his previous work with 3 Doors Down. He also works with the Canadian band Suspect and the instrumental fusion band Martone.

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Biography

Adair auditioned for guitarist Dave Martone, a Berklee College of Music graduate, who was starting an instrumental fusion band. This band, named Martone, recorded its first album in 1999.

In 2002, Adair joined the multi-platinum, Mississippi-based band 3 Doors Down, as the touring and studio drummer. (Other drummers were used for video shoots and TV appearances.) During his time with the band, they recorded the studio album Seventeen Days and live album Another 700 Miles, toured 14 countries, and had multiple TV appearances.

Adair left 3 Doors Down to join the Canadian band Nickelback. In 2005, they released the album All the Right Reasons which debuted at #1 on Billboard and went multi-platinum.

On October 21, 2007, James Stephen Hart (former frontman of Eighteen Visions) announced that Adair was recording drum tracks for his new band, Burn Halo. [1]

In 2008, Nickelback released their follow-up album Dark Horse and the first single on that album, "Gotta Be Somebody", was released on September 29 in North America. The album was produced by Mutt Lange.

In 2011, Adair along with the other band members of Nickelback released Here and Now . This album includes singles "This Means War" and "Bottoms Up".

Adair holds a private pilot licence, originally learning to fly on ultralight aircraft, and currently owns a Maule M-7. [2] [3] In 2020, Adair was diagnosed with radial tunnel syndrome. [4]

Discography

YearGroupAlbumNotes
1995MartoneShut Up 'N Listen
1999MartoneZone
2002MartoneA Demon's Dream
2003SuspectSuspect
2004 3 Doors Down Another 700 Miles Live Album – Away From the Sun tour
2005 3 Doors Down 3 Doors Down Live DVD
2005 3 Doors Down Seventeen Days
2005 Nickelback All the Right Reasons
2005 Theory of a Deadman Gasoline song: "Santa Monica"
2006 Bo Bice The Real Thing song: "You're Everything"
2006MartoneWhen Aliens Come
2007MartoneWhen Aliens Come
2007MartoneLive in Your Face DVD
2008MartoneClean
2008 Nickelback Dark Horse
2009MartoneClean
2009 Burn Halo Burn Halo
2009 Thornley Tiny Pictures
2011 Nickelback Here and Now song: "This Means War", "Bottoms Up"
2014 Nickelback No Fixed Address
2017 Nickelback Feed the Machine
2022 Nickelback Get Rollin

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