3 Doors Down
3 Doors Down (or 3DD) is an American rock band formed in 1994 in Escatawpa, Mississippi, by Brad Arnold (vocals and drums), Matt Roberts (guitar) and Todd Harrell (bass). The band signed to Universal Records after the success of their song “Kryptonite”. The band has since sold well over 16 million albums worldwide since their debut album, The Better Life, which was released in 2000.
3 Doors Down was formed by then-drummer Brad Arnold, guitarist Matt Roberts and bassist Todd Harrell. The three were friends who had grown up together in Escatawpa, and who all shared a common interest in rock music. The band began playing locally around the city, playing a mix of both cover songs and original songs that would eventually be recorded on their first release. Brad Arnold eventually ended up not only drumming, but also acting as the group’s singer, mainly because, as he puts it, “nobody else would do it, but I did and enjoyed it.” Arnold is also their lyricist, and wrote some of their early hits when he was 15, often working on songs during math class.
The band eventually began to tour outside of their city, and it was during a trip to Foley, Alabama that they came up with their official name. When the three men were walking through the town, they saw a building where some letters had fallen off of its sign, and it read “Doors Down”. Since at the time they consisted of three people, they added the “3″ to create “3 Doors Down”.
A couple years after performing together, Todd Harrell asked guitarist Chris Henderson to join the band in order to make the sound more full. They recorded a demo CD of their original songs, which brought them both great publicity and a larger audience. Radio station 97.9 WCPR started playing the ep version of Kryptonite which was the #1 requested song on the station for over 15 weeks which caught the attention of Universal Records, who eventually signed the band.
![3 Doors Down - Here Without You [Lyrics]](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/TlDInVqv8cs/1.jpg)
