Daniel Adair

Daniel Patrick Adair (born February 19, 1975) is a Canadian musician. He has been the drummer for Nickelback since 2005 and was with the band 3 Doors Down from 2002 until 2005. On the side, he works with the Canadian band Suspect and the instrumental fusion band Martone.

Daniel Adair
Adair playing with Nickelback in 2011
Background information
Birth name	Daniel Patrick Adair
Born	(1975-02-19) February 19, 1975 (age 50) Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
Genres	Alternative metal post-grunge hard rock heavy metal jazz fusion
Occupation	Musician
Instruments	Drums percussion vocals
Years active	1995–present
Member of	Nickelback Martone Suspect
Formerly of	3 Doors Down

Biography

Adair auditioned for guitarist Dave Martone, a Berklee College of Music graduate, who was starting an instrumental fusion band. This band, named Martone, recorded its first album in 1999.

In 2002, Adair joined the multi-platinum, Mississippi-based 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.^[1]

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.^[2][3] In 2020, Adair was diagnosed with radial tunnel syndrome.^[4]

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 Now	song: "This Means War", "Bottoms Up"
2014	Nickelback	No Fixed Address
2017	Nickelback	Feed the Machine
2022	Nickelback	Get Rollin