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**"I Hate Everything About You"** is the debut single by [[Three Days Grace]], released on July 14, 2003. This song also appeared on their debut self-titled album, released a week later.
## Story behind the song
-Before being named Three Days Grace, the band members were in a five-piece band **Groundswell**, formed in Norwood, Ontario, in 1992. When the band formed, most of the members were attending high school. But by the end of 1995, the band had broken up. <ref name="am1">{{cite AllMusic.com|url="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/three-days-grace-mn0000490860/biography"|title="website name"}}</ref>
+Before being named Three Days Grace, the band members were in a five-piece band called "Groundswell," formed in Norwood, Ontario, in 1992. When the band formed, most of the members were attending high school. But by the end of 1995, the band had broken up. <ref name="am1">{{cite AllMusic.com|url="https://www.allmusic.com/artist/three-days-grace-mn0000490860/biography"|title="website name"}}</ref>
In 1997, [[Adam Gontier]], [[Neil Sanderson]], and [[Brad Walst]] formed a new band Three Days Grace. Once in Toronto, the band became notified by local producer Gavin Brown. The band presented him material which they had created over the past few years. Brown and the band reworked the songs and produced a demo album, which they gave to EMI Music Publishing Canada. But the record label wanted to hear more material, so the band created the song "I Hate Everything About You," which attracted the interest of several record labels. <ref name="mm1">{{cite MapleMusic.com|url="http://www.maplemusic.com/artists/tdg/bio.asp"|title="Three Days Grace Biography"}}</ref>
Finally, Jive Records signed them and Three Days Grace moved to a studio in Long View Farm, North Brookfield, Massachusetts to record their debut album. <ref name="am1"/>
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fda1VRSaMf4
*Live acoustic performance on MTV.*
-Adam Gontier left Three Days Grace in 2013. After that, the song is performed by [[Three Days Grace]] with [[Matt Walst]] on vocals, by [[Saint Asonia]], and by Adam Gontier solely.
+Adam Gontier left Three Days Grace in 2013. After that, the song is performed both by Three Days Grace with Matt Walst on vocals and by Adam Gontier in Saint Asonia.
+
+### Notable covers
## Gear and settings
### Guitars
#### Adam Gontier
-[[Adam Gontier]] stated that he used an [[acoustic guitar]] for the main riff of the song. The band recorded this guitar part when they were doing demos for the song. They liked that riff and the way it sounded on the acoustic guitar. So they just used the guitar line from the demo on the final version of the song. <ref name="ug1"/>
+Adam Gontier stated that he used an acoustic guitar for the main riff of the song. The band recorded this guitar part when they were doing demos for the song. They liked that riff and the way it sounded on the acoustic guitar. So they just used the guitar line from the demo on the final version of the song. <ref name="ug1"/>
-Adam also revealed that this acoustic guitar was an old **Yamaha**. They found this guitar at EMI Music Publishing in Toronto, where they began writing the first record. <ref name="ug1"/>
+Adam also revealed that this acoustic guitar was an old Yamaha. They found this guitar at EMI Music Publishing in Toronto, where they began writing the first record. <ref name="ug1"/>
But in the official video, Adam Gontier used **Gibson SG Special**. Possibly, this guitar was used for the recording too, as he used this guitar and Gibson Les Paul during these years.
![Adam Gontier's Gibson SG Special](https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/storage/wiki/media/6/c/6ca0115a7e9a0e2ea99525802ec658ee.png)
*Adam Gontier's Gibson SG Special repainted in the style of 2009 single "Break" from the album "Life Starts Now."*
#### Brad Walst
-[[Brad Walst]] used **Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray 5-string bass guitars** in the official video and during live performances.
+Brad Walst used Ernie Ball Music Man Stingray 5-string bass guitars in the official video and during live performances.
![](https://www.ultimate-guitar.com/static/storage/wiki/media/f/2/f2c2cadd96908ac0f97b9c6ad3115dfd.png)
### Amps and effects
### Amp settings
+ Gain - 7
-+ Treble - 8
-+ Mids - 3
++ Treble - 9
++ Mids - 2
+ Bass - 2
++ Reverb - 3
## Tuning
Guitars: [[drop D tuning]] (D A D G B E).
The song has the following [[Song structure|structure]]:
**[[Intro]] - [[Verse]] 1 - [[Pre-chorus]] 1 - [[Chorus (song part)|Chorus]] 1 - [[Interlude]] 1 - [[Verse]] 2 - [[Pre-chorus]] 2 - [[Chorus (song part)|Chorus]] 2 - [[Bridge (song part)|Bridge]] - [[Interlude]] 3 - [[Chorus (song part)|Chorus]] 3 - Final [[Chorus (song part)|Chorus]]**
-The main acoustic riff of the song consists of two sequences. The first sequence is based on single notes and [[double stops]] with [[vibrato]]. The second is similar to the first one but also adds [[slide (technique)|slides]]. This riff is used in the [[intro]], [[verse|verses]], and [[interlude|interludes]].
+The main acoustic riff of the song is based on two sequences. The first sequence is based on single notes and [[double stops]] with [[vibrato]]. The second is similar to the first one but also adds [[slide (technique)|slides]]. This riff is used in the [[intro]], [[verse|verses]], and [[interlude|interludes]].
All the other parts of the song are played on [[distortion|distorted]] electric guitar.
-During the first [[interlude]], you can hear an overdub, consisting of a short single note pattern.
+During the first [[interlude]], you can hear an overdub, consisting of a short single note riff.
The [[pre-chorus|pre-choruses]] and [[Chorus (song part)|choruses]] are based on [[power chords]]. Note, that chords in the pre-choruses are played with a [[phaser]] or [[flanger]] effect.
The bridge of the song is performed on two electric guitars. Both of them play octave chords.