The Gibson Interview: 3 Doors Down Guitarist Matt Roberts
Mississippi-based band 3 Doors Down have come a long way since the band’s 2000 hit “Kryptonite” served as the catalyst to push them headfirst into the mainstream.
“Kryptonite,” a radio-ready post-grunge nugget recorded in the band’s home studio, completely changed the game for 3 Doors Down, and the guys have balanced a string of hard rockers and ballads since, including “When I’m Gone,” “Away from the Sun,” “Loser,” “It’s Not My Time” and “Duck and Run.”
3 Doors Down return July 19 with their fifth studio album, Time of My Life , switching up producers and why Gibson guitars “have such different personalities.”
When you first picked up guitar, what players captured your attention?
I picked up when I was 7 or 8. My mom was a pianist and taking guitar lessons, and I found her guitar in the closet and started messing with it. One of first cassette tapes I got was Led Zeppelin, Houses of the Holy , so Jimmy Page was one of my favorites off the bat.
Describe 3 Doors Down’s early days.
We basically weren’t well-known. We were just a local band, and we went from playing our local club scene to flying to New York when “Kryptonite” took us. It was a whirlwind, so it was a fun ride.
Let’s fast-forward to the new album, Time of My Life . This was the first time 3 Doors Down have worked with Howard Benson. What was that like?
Yes, we kind of use a different producer on almost every different record, so we basically find whoever is in touch with the project. We interview at least a dozen producers, and Howard has talked with us before on past records, and he was in touch with what we wanted to do with this. So, it was a great experience.
What was the writing process like for, Time of My Life ?
Most of the time what happens is the music comes first. I’ll sit down and write a guitar riff and bounce it off the other guys and develop music, or Chris [Henderson, guitarist] will come in with guitar riff and give it to me. The melody and music get built, and then Brad [Arnold, vocals] comes in and writes the lyrics. Sometimes he writes the lyrics and melody first, but most of the time, the lyrics come at the end.
3 Doors Down have crafted so many blockbuster hits. What’s the secret to writing a hit song?
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