• 1996-

  Brad ArnoldVocals1996-

  Matt RobertsGuitar1996-2012

  Todd HarrellBass1996-2013

  Chris HendersonGuitar1998-

  Greg UpchurchDrums2005-

  Chet RobertsGuitar2012-

  Justin BiltonenBass2013-

  Richard Liles Drums2000-2002

  Daniel Adair Drums2002-2005
• The band is from Mississippi. They enjoy the outdoors, with Brad Arnold and Todd Harrell very much into deep-sea fishing. On the day Songfacts spoke with Brad Arnold, he and Harrell reeled in a 150-pound tuna.
• Brad Arnold wrote many of the songs on the band's first album when he was still in high school. Their breakout hit was Kryptonite, which he wrote in math class.
• Their songs are credited to the entire band, which keeps them insulated from disputes over writing credits. Arnold wrote most of the lyrics; he shared this with Songfacts regarding his writing: "The difference in a good song and a great song, to me, is the difference in a good book and a good movie. They're both telling you the same story. They both have the same outcome. But whereas the movie is telling you exactly what to see and be heard, the book lets you see whatever your mind comes up with."
• Many years, they'll play hundreds of shows, but they like to stay out of the spotlight when they're not on stage. The relative anonymity means they can go to Walmart and not have people bother them.
• The trouble with being a songwriter is that you can pour your heart out in a love song, but when that relationship ends, the song is still there. Brad Arnold wrote their hit "Here Without You" about his wife at the time, but they later divorced. He told Songfacts the song carries the message, "When everything is over here, when the world falls apart, I'll still be loving you... And, boy was I wrong."
• In May 2025, Brad Arnold announced that he'd been diagnosed with stage 4 kidney cancer. He invoked the 3DD song "It's Not My Time" in telling fans he remained hopeful.
  
  Sadly, the cancer spread quickly; he was just 47 when he died on February 7, 2026.

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• Annette from Iola, Ks3 Doors Down is an awesome band that is highly underrated. I am waiting for them to come to Kansas again.

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