A Canadian rock band that formed in 1997 and found a wide audience with songs like "I Hate Everything About You."
If you want the essence of their early sound, put on "I Hate Everything About You." For where they went later, try "Gone Forever."
They came out of Norwood, Ontario in the late '90s with a sound that felt immediate, and their 2003 debut landed with a couple of singles that just stuck around. "I Hate Everything About You" and "Just Like You" gave a name to that kind of blunt, guitar-heavy frustration a lot of people were feeling. Later tracks like "Gone Forever" kept that thread going, even after the lineup shift.
The band started in 1997 with Adam Gontier on vocals. Their self-titled album arrived in 2003, and by 2009, "Life Starts Now" hit number three on the Billboard 200. Gontier left in 2013, and Matt Walst stepped in as lead singer for albums like 2012's "Transit of Venus."
Keep it compact: a lyric you come back to, a live memory, or the part of the catalog you would point someone toward first.
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