Neil Sanderson

Neil Christopher Sanderson (born December 17, 1978) is a Canadian musician. He is the drummer, backing vocalist, keyboardist, and co-founder of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace. Three Days Grace's 2015 song "Fallen Angel" is a tribute to his mother, Carole, who lost Neil's father as well as her eldest son while Neil was very young. Sanderson took up the piano before he started school. where he met Adam Gontier when both of them were in grade 9. With bassist Brad Walst, they practiced writing and playing instruments. They created the band "Groundswell" with Phil Crowe and Joe Grant.

Sanderson was also the drummer for the band Thousand Foot Krutch from 1995 to 1997. Groundswell reformed as Three Days Grace in 1997.

Career Under the name "Three Days Grace" the band played various concerts and locations in Toronto and eventually signed a recording contract with the American label, Jive Records. The album was platinum in Canada and the United States.

The band released their second studio album, One-X in 2006. The album has also been certified triple platinum in Canada and the United States. Speaking of the band's comeback from problems in 2007 (when a band member spent time in rehab

Sanderson, along with Canadian songwriter Casey Marshall, were part owners of an artist development company and songwriting collective, Püblicwürks, based in Toronto and Nashville. Sanderson co-wrote the singles, "Get By" and "Hell Raisin' Good Time" by Tim Hicks. He was nominated for Songwriter of the Year at the 2014 Country Music Association of Ontario Awards. Sanderson is the co-founder of the record label Judge & Jury Records along with producer Howard Benson. In 2021, he produced DIAMANTE's album, American Dream. He performed on The Standstills' live event, "#UnpluggedTogether", to help fund the Healing in Harmony campaign, a therapy program for trauma survivors. In 2022, he produced their album, Shockwave, as well as producing the single, "Waiting on the Sky to Change" by Starset. Sanderson co-produced the tracks, "Snake" and "Chemist" from Left to Suffer's 2023 EP, Noah. He released his debut single "Eventually" via Judge and Jury in December 2023. Prior to its official release, he performed the song at the "#UnpluggedTogether" event in 2021. Sanderson produced the tracks "Time Bomb" by Saliva and "Sincerity" by Butcher Babies.

Musicianship Equipment

Sanderson uses a Yamaha drum kit. His kit includes a double-bass, Sabian Artisan cymbals, an Evans drumheads and a Yamaha DTX Multi12 sample pad. He also uses Vic Firth drumsticks. His most recent addition to his set is the ButtKicker Concert sub-bass monitoring system.

Philanthropy Sanderson joined The Herbie Fund charity in 2007 when he met the president of Operation Herbie, Liisa Palokoski. In addition, he started a charity fund called, "Herbie Rocks". In 2017, he travelled to Kenya with World Vision to film a mini-documentary raising awareness of some of the challenges accessing clean drinking water. He also created the 3DG Kenya project and Mountain of Hope to help raise funds and awareness of the needs. In 2018, Sanderson opened up about his battles with anxiety at the fifth annual Friday Night Lights fundraiser for Team 55 Let's Tackle Suicide Awareness and the Canadian Mental Health Association.

Discography Sanderson has served as a producer and songwriter on the Three Days Grace discography and has also worked on music released through Judge and Jury Records, in addition to a wide range of other projects.