{{Short description|Canadian drummer (born 1975)}} {{Use Canadian English|date=May 2026}} {{Use mdy dates|date=November 2025}} {{BLP selfpublished|date=January 2010}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = Daniel Adair | image = Nickelback Soundcheck Live Set from "Here & Now" Tour (7153150831) (cropped).jpg | caption = Adair playing with Nickelback in 2011 | birth_name = | alias = | birth_date = | birth_place = Vancouver, Canada | origin = | instrument = Drums | genre = {{flatlist| * Post-grunge * hard rock * alternative metal * jazz fusion }} | occupation = Musician | years_active = 1995–present | current_member_of = {{flatlist| * Nickelback * Martone * Suspect }} | past_member_of = 3 Doors Down | website = }}
'''Daniel Patrick Adair''' is a Canadian drummer. He has been a member of the rock band Nickelback since 2005 and was with 3 Doors Down from 2002 until 2005. On the side, he works with the band Suspect and the instrumental fusion band Martone.
== Biography == Adair auditioned for guitarist Dave Martone, a Berklee College of Music graduate, who had just begun an instrumental fusion band called Martone. As of 2020, Adair was the drummer on all Martone albums (except its first studio album ''Shut Up 'n Listen'' released in 1995<ref>{{Cite news |last=Zillio |first=Tommaso |title=Music Theory Interview with Dave Martone |url=https://www.musictheoryforguitar.com/musictheoryinterviewwithdavemartone.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220524152307/https://www.musictheoryforguitar.com/musictheoryinterviewwithdavemartone.html |archive-date=2022-05-24 |access-date=2026-05-30 |work=musictheoryforguitar.com |language=en-gb}}</ref>).<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-11-13 |title=Dave Martone tells the story behind his lead role on Nickelback's surprise shred-heavy cover of The Devil Went Down to Georgia |url=https://www.guitarworld.com/features/dave-martone-tells-the-story-behind-his-lead-role-on-nickelbacks-surprise-shred-heavy-cover-of-the-devil-went-down-to-georgia |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20260311063357/https://www.guitarworld.com/features/dave-martone-tells-the-story-behind-his-lead-role-on-nickelbacks-surprise-shred-heavy-cover-of-the-devil-went-down-to-georgia |archive-date=2026-03-11 |access-date=2026-05-30 |work=Guitar World |language=en}}</ref> The band recorded its first album with Adair in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date= |title=Martone Zone reviews |url=https://www.progarchives.com/album.asp?id=27208 |access-date=May 30, 2026 |website=Prog Archives}}</ref>
In 2002, Adair joined the multi-platinum, Mississippi-based rock 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.<ref name="Burn Halo's Myspace">{{cite web|url=http://myspace.com/burnhalo |title=Burn Halo's Myspace |publisher=Myspace.com |access-date=October 1, 2011}}</ref>
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.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edGusWFrOn0 |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/edGusWFrOn0 |archive-date=December 13, 2021 |url-status=live|title=Flight Training challenges – Ultralight to Maule M7 – Learning as an older Pilot – VLOG|date=April 13, 2017|website=YouTube|publisher=FlightChops|access-date=April 13, 2017}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://wwwapps.tc.gc.ca/saf-sec-sur/2/ccarcs-riacc/ADet.aspx?id=27670|title=Aircraft Details: C-FCDM|date=July 10, 2015|website=Canadian Civil Aircraft Register|publisher=Transport Canada|access-date=April 13, 2017}}</ref> In 2020, Adair was diagnosed with radial tunnel syndrome.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Nickelback drummer Daniel Adair on the mend after surgery to treat pinched nerve|url=https://www.ctvnews.ca/entertainment/nickelback-drummer-daniel-adair-on-the-mend-after-surgery-to-treat-pinched-nerve-1.4931253?cache=%3FclipId%3D89530%3FautoPlay%3Dtrue%3FautoPlay%3Dtrue|date=May 8, 2020|website=CTVNews|language=en|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref>
== Discography == thumb|Adair (background) with Nickelback in 2012 {| class="wikitable" |- ! 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'' |Songs: "This Means War", "Bottoms Up" |- | 2014 | Nickelback | ''No Fixed Address'' | |- | 2017 | Nickelback | ''Feed the Machine'' | |- | 2022 | Nickelback | ''Get Rollin''' |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
== External links == {{Commons category}} *{{Official website|https://www.nickelback.com/}}
{{Nickelback}} {{3 Doors Down}}
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