3 Doors Down in General

I'm what you would call a late bloomer with 3 Doors Down. I generally liked their music, but to me they were pretty much a mixture of Matchbox 20's attitude and Lifehouse's temperment. The fact of the matter is, you probably won't like them the first few times you listen. You'll probably think they're nothing more than over-played, over-hyped American rock music. And then you really listen. You grab the beautiful ballad "Be Like That" (and please, the ALBUM version, not that warped American Pie 2 edit) and actually LISTEN to it. For most people, that song is what hooks them. Then you find you're belting ...  Read the complete review

The first time I heard 3 Doors Down, I was listening to the radio and the song Kryptonite came on. I instantly fell in love with the song, and their follow-up single, Loser. Kryptonite has such a great hook and is fun to sing along with. If you listen to the lyrics, the song kind of has some weird analogies, but that's part of what makes the song great. Loser was a different tempo, and contained a different theme. It seemed to have more dispair in the song, but I thought that was just kind of illustrating the range of talent. Then, my sister bought the CD, The Better Life. Aside from the two singles released, many of the songs sounded like Matchbox 20 ...  Read the complete review