Not long afterwards he signed with them for the sum of one dollar. A serendipitous meeting with drummer Jim Vallance in a Vancouver music store led to a song-writing partnership that continues to this day.Īt the age of 18, Adams sent a few demo recordings to A&M Records in Toronto. Subsequently, most of his youth was spent growing up in Europe and the Middle East, part of the time in Birre, Portugal, situated close to Lisbon where he learned the Portuguese language.Īdams' family returned to Canada and settled down in North Vancouver, British Columbia. He washed dishes, sold pet food, and worked in record stores, and at the age of 15, Adams quit school to play in nightclubs with bands like Shock and Sweeney Todd, who released an album called If Wishes Were Horses with the fifteen year old Adams as lead singer. As Adams' father was a diplomat, he grew up travelling around the world with his parents. Adams was born in Kingston, Ontario, Canada, to English parents.
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