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Arcade Fire

Arcade Fire

 
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Years Active: 2003 to present

Genre: Indie rock

Country: Canada

Website: http://www.arcadefire.com/

Members:
William Butler
Jeremy Gara
Richard Reed Parry
Tim Kingsbury
Win Butler
Rgine Chassagne
Sarah Neufeld

Artist Bio:

The Arcade Fire are Win Butler, Rgine Chassagne, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld, Jeremy Gara and Win's little brother Will. 2005 was an eventful one for The Arcade Fire. In June 2003, Rgine's grandmother Nancy died; in August, Win and Rgine were married; in September, the Arcade Fire started recording their debut album. In March 2004, Win and Will's grandfather Alvino Rey died; Richard Parrys Aunt Betsy passed away in April; in May 2004 the Arcade Fire were signed to Merge Records, and completed their album. It having been something of a heavy hitting year, the band's minds were somewhat a-whirl. The deaths of Nancy , Alvino and Betsy brought to mind all the people they had loved who had died: they decided to call their newly completed album Funeral. The Arcade Fire reside in Montreal, Quebec. Win moved to Montreal four winters ago, as a panther moves from jungle to junglesilently, with rocking shoulder blades. Looking for musicians, he found Rgine, who combed his sleek fur and removed the thorns from his paws. Rgine had secretly learned to sing, play piano, guitar, accordion, mandolin, flute, drums, and harmonica while her parents weren't watching. Her family fled Haiti (under the dictatorship of Duvalier......[Read More]


 

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