Daniel Adair

Daniel Patrick Adair is a Canadian drummer. He has been a member of the rock band Nickelback since 2005 and was with 3 Doors Down from 2002 until 2005. On the side, he works with the band Suspect and the instrumental fusion band Martone.

Biography Adair auditioned for guitarist Dave Martone, a Berklee College of Music graduate, who had just begun an instrumental fusion band called Martone. As of 2020, Adair was the drummer on all Martone albums (except its first studio album Shut Up 'n Listen released in 1995 ). The band recorded its first album with Adair in 1999.

In 2002, Adair joined the multi-platinum, Mississippi-based rock 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.

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 Joey Moi and 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. In 2020, Adair was diagnosed with radial tunnel syndrome.

Discography

Year Group Album Notes 1995 Martone Shut Up 'N Listen 1999 Martone Zone 2002 Martone A Demon's Dream 2003 Suspect Suspect 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" 2006 Martone When Aliens Come 2007 Martone When Aliens Come 2007 Martone Live in Your Face DVD 2008 Martone Clean 2008 Nickelback Dark Horse 2009 Martone Clean 2009 Burn Halo Burn Halo 2009 Thornley Tiny Pictures 2011 Nickelback Here and NowSongs: "This Means War", "Bottoms Up" 2014 Nickelback No Fixed Address 2017 Nickelback Feed the Machine 2022 Nickelback Get Rollin'