Barry James Stock (born April 24, 1974) is a Canadian musician. He is the lead guitarist of the Canadian

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band

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Early life

Stock was born in Belgium and was raised in Norwood, Ontario. At a young age, Stock was introduced to bands such as

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and

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. Stock grew up as a self taught guitarist and he originally played drums first. He bought his first guitar when he was 13 which was a Raven Telecaster copy. He would spend time in his room playing music before playing in bands and as he got older, started focusing more on songwriting.

Career

Stock joined Three Days Grace in 2003, shortly after the band's self-titled debut studio album was released. Stock's addition in Three Days Grace made the band a four-piece. He is featured on six of the band's studio releases: ''

One-X ''One-X'' is the second studio album by Canadian rock band Three Days Grace, released on June 13, 2006 as their sole album under Sony BMG, the successor to Sony Music Entertainment's original roots and Bertelsmann Music Group. The Sony BMG joint ...

'' (2006), ''

Life Starts Now ''Life Starts Now'' is the third studio album by Canadian Rock music, rock band Three Days Grace. The album was released on September 22, 2009. It was produced by Howard Benson. It was the second time in a row that the band has worked with him, a ...

'' (2009), ''

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'' (2012), ''

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'' (2015), '' Outsider'' (2018) and ''

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'' (2022). At the 2010 Juno Awards, Stock presented

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with their induction into the

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. Stock is the founder and CEO of MEAN Clothing Company. The clothing is rock music/military inspired. There is also a MEAN Beard division. Stock's interests in addition to music include hunting and the outdoors. Stock uses Schecter,

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and

PRS guitars Paul Reed Smith Guitars, also known as PRS Guitars or simply PRS, is an American guitar and amplifier manufacturer founded in 1985 in Annapolis, Maryland by Paul Reed Smith. After dropping out of college, Smith began making guitars by hand and ...

, 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, ''

''. Owning a collection of Ibanez guitars, 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. He uses

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and various effect pedals including an Ibanez Tube Screamer, mostly by Digitech. On the Live at the Palace DVD he revealed he uses Diezel Vh4 Amplifiers. Some of Stock's guitar influences include

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, Tony MacAlpine,

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and

Daron Malakian Daron Malakian (; born July 18, 1975) is an Armenian-American musician. He is the guitarist, songwriter, and second vocalist of the metal band System of a Down, and the lead vocalist, lead guitarist, multi-instrumentalist, and songwriter of Da ...

from System of a Down.

Personal life

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

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Discography

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'' (2006) *''

'' (2009) *''

'' (2012) *''

'' (2015) *'' Outsider'' (2018) *''

'' (2022) *'' Alienation'' (2025)

Other appearances

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Stock, Barry 1974 births Canadian rock guitarists Canadian male guitarists Living people Musicians from Ontario Canadian lead guitarists Canadian heavy metal guitarists Place of birth missing (living people) 21st-century Canadian guitarists 21st-century Canadian male musicians Three Days Grace members