The song, "Gone Forever" is written about the Gontier's life without the drug. In 2005 Gontier was sent into rehab for an addiction to the pain killer Oxycodone. In 2004, Gavin Brown won a Juno Award for his production work on Three Days Grace and " Try Honesty" by Billy Talent. This was soon followed by the release of the single " Home" which also turned out to be a radio success. Their second single " Just Like You" gave the group a second number-one in Canada and also hit number one on rock charts in the US. The album's lead single, " I Hate Everything About You" reached number two on the US Modern Rock and number one on the Mainstream Rock charts and number two on the Canadian Rock charts. Upon completion of their first album, self-titled Three Days Grace, the band recruited Barry Stock to help with lead guitar to give Gontier breathing room on stage and on tour. Three Days Grace toured with Thousand Foot Krutch as opening band. With the help of Thousand Foot Krutch's Trevor McNevan TDG recorded a four-track demo-album, which released in amount of 100 copies. They named their band Three Days Grace and became a cover band. In 1997 Adam Gontier, Neil Sanderson and Brad Walst united again to continue their musical work. At this time Neil Sanderson also played in Trevor McNevan's first band called Oddball. The line-up included five members: Adam Gontier (vocals, guitar), Neil Sanderson (backing vocals, drums), Brad Walst (bass), Phil Crowe (guitar) and Joe Grant (guitar).
Shortly after release Groundswell broke up. The album was released in amount of 150 copies. " Wave of Popular Feeling" was recorded since 1992 and released in 1995 by first TDG's line-up called Groundswell. The band was formed under the name of Groundswell in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, cite web |url= |title= liveDaily Interview: Adam Gontier of Three Days Grace|accessdate= |last= Fuoco|first= Christina|date= August 22, 2003|publisher= ] their line-up consists of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer and back up vocalist Neil Sanderson, bassist and back up vocalist Brad Walst, and lead guitarist Barry Stock. Three Days Grace is a post-grunge band based in Canada. Years_active = 1992–1995 (as Groundswell)
Img_capt = Three Days Grace performing live in 2006