3 Doors Down News and Information
Posted 6/18/2009
3 Doors Down is currently touring in support of their May 2008 self-titled album.
The album debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard 200 making it the band's second consecutive No. 1 album on the chart along with "Seventeen Days" in 2005. The album "3 Doors Down" contains the hit singles "It's Not My Time," "Citizen/Soldier" and "Train," which you can expect to hear at the concerts along with many more.
Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts and Todd Harrell grew up in Escatawpa, a small town in southern Mississippi. In 1996, they began by playing both cover and original songs before being discovered by Universal Records in 2000. Though they started out with only three members, the group now has a total of five: Brad Arnold, Matt Roberts, Chris Henderson, Todd Harrell and Greg Upchurch.
In just eight years, 3 Doors Down (or 3DD), has released four albums (not including their first album, "3 Doors Down" in 1997, which included various cover songs). All four albums have received CRIA or RIAA certifications of gold or platinum.
3DD has also put out two EP's "Another 700 Miles," which was RIAA-certified gold in 2003 and "Acoustic EP" in 2005.
In addition to producing albums, the group has also started a charitable foundation, The Better Life Foundation. It began in 2003 as a means to provide for children. However, after Hurricane Katrina tore through Mississippi the Better Life Foundation was able to provide assistance and aid to those in need.
"We originally started The Better Life Foundation, it was named after our first record, and it was originally to benefit local children's charities, a lot of children's charities and a few of the homeless shelters, some of the battered women's shelters. The first year that was the intention, for the last two years the intention has been to put the Gulf Coast back together and just to raise money from around the country and even from around the world to bring back to the area and help people rebuild their lives," said Brad Arnold.