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Barry Stock
Stock performing with Three Days Grace in 2019
Background information
Born (1974-04-24) April 24, 1974 (age 50)
Belgium[1]
OriginNorwood, Ontario, Canada
Genres
OccupationMusician
InstrumentGuitar
Years active2001–present
LabelsJive
Member ofThree Days Grace

Barry James Stock (born April 24, 1974)[2] is a Canadian musician. He is the lead guitarist of the Canadian rock band Three Days Grace.[3]

Early life

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Stock was born in Belgium and was raised in Norwood, Ontario.[4] At a young age, Stock was introduced to bands such as Black Sabbath, Van Halen and AC/DC.[5] Stock grew up as a self taught guitarist and he originally played drums first.[6] He bought his first guitar when he was 13 which was a Raven Telecaster copy.[7] He would spend time in his room playing music before playing in bands and as he got older, started focusing more on songwriting.[5]

Career

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Stock joined Three Days Grace in 2003, shortly after the band's self-titled debut studio album was released.[8] Stock's addition in Three Days Grace made the band a four-piece.[9] He is featured on six of the band's studio releases: One-X (2006), Life Starts Now (2009), Transit of Venus (2012), Human (2015), Outsider (2018) and Explosions (2022).[10]

At the 2010 Juno Awards, Stock presented April Wine with their induction into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame.[11] Stock is the founder and CEO of MEAN Clothing Company.[12] The clothing is rock music/military inspired.[13] There is also a MEAN Beard division.[14] Stock's interests in addition to music include hunting and the outdoors.[13]

Stock uses Schecter, Ibanez[15] and PRS guitars, but prefers an Ibanez SZ320. Stock also has an Ibanez Custom Shop baritone, which was one of two made for him around the band's 2006 album, One-X.[16] Owning a collection of Ibanez guitars,[17] he has also been seen using an Ibanez SZ4020FM Prestige. Since the discontinuation of the SZ series in 2008, Stock has started to use other guitars in the Ibanez line such as the ART series and Darkstone series.[18] He uses Marshall Amplification and various effect pedals including an Ibanez Tube Screamer,[7] mostly by Digitech. On the Live at the Palace DVD he revealed he uses Diezel Vh4 Amplifiers.[15]

Some of Stock's guitar influences include Paul Gilbert, Yngwie Malmsteen, Tony MacAlpine, Tony Iommi, Ritchie Blackmore, Stephen Carpenter of Deftones and Daron Malakian from System of a Down.[5]

Personal life

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Barry Stock is married to a woman named Heather.[19] The two got married back in 1997. Stock revealed he served 48 hours in jail following a DWI after a concert.[20] Stock also had a heart attack on stage originally mistaking it as heartburn. He finished the show and sought treatment afterwards.[21] Stock currently resides in Southern Indiana.[22]

Discography

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Main article: Three Days Grace discography

Other appearances

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Title Year Artist(s) Album Notes Ref.
"Looking for a Place (We've Never Been)" 2001 April Wine Back to the Mansion Additional guitar [23]
"Again" 2012 My Darkest Days Sick and Twisted Affair Additional guitar [24]

References

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  1. ^ @vonstockula (June 22, 2019). "A couple peeps showed up in my Birth place, Belgium!" – via Instagram.
  2. ^ @threedaysgrace (April 24, 2018). "Happy Birthday to the baddest MOFO around! Cheers Barry ...hope you have a good one bud" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ Sutton, Michael. "Biography: Three Days Grace". AllMusic. Retrieved May 20, 2010.
  4. ^ Paul Rellinger (March 26, 2008). "Three Days Grace returns to Norwood for April 19 benefit". The Peterborough Examiner. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  5. ^ a b c James Wood (March 22, 2015). "Three Days Grace Guitarist Barry Stock Discusses Gear and New Album, 'Human'". Guitar World. Retrieved June 2, 2017.
  6. ^ Mark Dean (November 4, 2018). "Interview: Barry Stock of Three Days Grace". Anti Hero Magazine. Retrieved September 25, 2022.
  7. ^ a b "10 questions for Three Days Grace's Barry Stock: 'Learn from everyone, and be as versatile as you can'". Music Radar. March 7, 2018. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  8. ^ Fiasco, Lance (September 16, 2003). "Three Days Grace Up The Mohawk Factor". idobi Radio. Retrieved March 24, 2022.
  9. ^ Sarig, Roni (January 14, 2004). "New Faces: Three Days Grace". Rolling Stone. Archived from the original on July 9, 2007. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  10. ^ Sutton, Michael. "Three Days Grace - Biography". AllMusic. Retrieved April 6, 2024.
  11. ^ "JUNO goes for gold with Olympic athletes, artists". CTV News. April 8, 2010. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  12. ^ Company, MEAN Clothing. "MEAN Clothing Company – About MEAN". MEAN Clothing Company. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved September 8, 2015. {{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
  13. ^ a b "About MEAN Clothing Company". MEAN Clothing Company. Archived from the original on August 14, 2018. Retrieved March 11, 2016.
  14. ^ "MEAN Clothing Company – MEAN Beard Oil". MEAN Clothing Company. Archived from the original on February 22, 2017. Retrieved August 18, 2017.
  15. ^ a b "Three Days Grace - Gear". threedaysgrace.com. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  16. ^ Stuart Williams (June 30, 2022). "Take a tour of Three Days Grace's guitar, bass and drum setups". Music Radar. Retrieved July 6, 2023.
  17. ^ Justin Beckner (July 28, 2023). "Made in USA: Are American Made Guitars Better or Is It Just a Marketing Ploy?". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  18. ^ Justin R. Beckner. "Three Days Grace: 'We Let Our Fans Decide The Name Of New Album'". Ultimate Guitar. Retrieved February 28, 2024.
  19. ^ @vonstockula (April 19, 2019). "Happy Anniversary Heather! 32 Years together!" – via Instagram.
  20. ^ Ives, Brian (August 3, 2018). "Three Days Grace: The DWI That Made Them a Temporary Trio". Loudwire. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  21. ^ DiVita, Joe (November 23, 2019). "Three Days Grace Guitarist Once Had a Heart Attack On Stage". Loudwire. Retrieved April 12, 2022.
  22. ^ Nick Krewen (May 4, 2022). "Scenes from aftermath of Kentucky tornado featured in new Three Days Grace video". Toronto Star. Retrieved March 13, 2024.
  23. ^ "Back to the Mansion - April Wine Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
  24. ^ "Sick and Twisted Affair - My Darkest Days Credits". AllMusic. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
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