3 Doors Down was formed in 1994 in Mississippi by three good friends (hence the name)and released their first album in 1997 and second (first major) on 2000.
Last time i check 3 Doors Down is now a 5 piece band with Brad Arnold doin' full time on vocals which means they finally got a real drummer.
But did you know that a year after 3 Doors Down was formed, somewhere in Oklahoma State University, a group of friends decided to form a band and called themselves
7 Doors Down. I dunno if they even heard of 3 Doors Down when they formed their band.
Weird...