Alexisonfire
| Alexisonfire | |
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 Alexisonfire live in London on March 2nd 2007 |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Post-Hardcore , Screamo , Melodic Hardcore , Metalcore |
| founding | 2001, 2015 |
| resolution | 2011 |
| Website | www.theonlybandever.com |
| Founding members | |
| George Pettit | |
Guitar , vocals |
Dallas Green |
Guitar, vocals |
Wade McNeil |
| Chris Steele | |
| Jesse Ingelevics (until 2005) | |
| Current occupation | |
singing |
George Pettit |
Singing, rhythm guitar , piano
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Dallas Green |
Lead guitar , vocals |
Wade McNeil |
Electric bass |
Chris Steele |
Drums, percussion
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Jordan "Ratbeard" Hastings (since 2005) |
Alexisonfire is a Canadian post-hardcore band from St. Catharines , Ontario .
Surname
The band name pays homage to the erotic actress and prostitute Alexis Fire . After learning that the band was named after their website, they threatened to sue Alexisonfire . Since she had never had the name protected, however, she had to give up. The name is pronounced as "Alexis on Fire".
history
The five friends came together in 2001 through the separation of three bands. The band released the EP Math Sheet Demos in 2002 , on the packaging of which the math homework of former drummer Jesse Ingelevics was shown.
The debut album , the cover of which is based on the lyrics to A Dagger Through the Heart of St. Angeles , was released that same year. The band became known through the support of Much Music . The following album, Watch Out! , the cover of which was inspired by the song That Girl Possessed , was released in 2004.
In early 2005 they toured together with Rise Against through Europe and Australia and gave numerous sold-out concerts. In October 2005 the band started their first headlining tour through Europe together with the British bands The Blood Roses and Johnny Truant . In Glasgow , all band members of these bands had the word Yeti tattooed on themselves . In an episode of The New Music that aired on Much Music, George Pettit and Dallas Green stated that the idea for their "Yeti" tattoo came from The Firm .
The band's third album is called Crisis and was released on August 22, 2006. This was followed by various tours around the world, including on the Vans Warped Tour in the USA and internationally as support for Billy Talent and Anti-Flag .
On June 23, 2009, the fourth album, Old Crows / Young Cardinals, was released . On October 29, 2010 a 4-song EP called Dog's Blood was released on Roadrunner Records .
The band announced in February 2011 that they wanted to release their fifth studio album and already wrote new songs for it. According to their own statement, the album should sound heavier and stronger than anything they have released so far. It gets "so intense that (the EP) Dog's Blood looks like a Ska record". On August 5th, however, the band announced that they wanted to split up. As a reason it says in a statement that both guitarist / singer Dallas Green and guitarist Wade McNeil will leave the band.
On December 4th 2012 the band released one last EP with 6 acoustic interpretations of songs from their previous albums. Only Wade McNeil and Dallas Green were involved here, who took over both the guitars and the entire vocals.
On March 9, 2015, the band announced their reunion via their social channels, including a newly created Instagram account, which will be accompanied by a festival tour in the same year.
At the beginning of 2019, the group released the two singles "Familiar Drugs" and "Complicit". These were the first new songs after almost 10 years of creative hiatus.
style
The texts range from relationship problems to go-karting . Starting with the album Crisis , more serious political and humane issues were taken up. George Pettit's intense screams, the melancholy vocal melodies of Dallas Green and Wade McNeil's raw vocals are characteristic.
Trivia
Fans who had an Alexisonfire tattoo received free entry to a concert on the respective tour on request all over the world.
Awards
- Pulmonary Archery - 'Best Video' - 2004 Canadian Independent Music Awards . (Pulmonary Archery was the first number 1 hit by a "hardcore" band)
- VideoFACT Award - 2004 - MuchMusic Video Awards
- New Group of the Year - 2005 - Juno Awards .
- The video for Accidents won Best Independent Video at the MuchMusic Video Awards 2005.
- The band was nominated for a Peoples' Choice Award as a Favorite Canadian Group , but lost to Simple Plan .
Discography
Albums
| year | Title music label |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 UK
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 US
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 CA
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| 2003 | Alexisonfire Distort Entertainment |
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CA127  (3 weeks)CA |
First published: October 31, 2002
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 2004 | Watch out! Distort entertainment |
- | - |
CA6th (32 weeks)CA |
First published: June 8, 2004
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 2006 | Crisis Distort Entertainment |
UK72 (1 week) UK |
US189 (1 week) US |
CA1 (27 weeks)CA |
First published: August 22, 2006
Sales: + 100,000 |
| 2009 | Old Crows / Young Cardinals Dine Alone Records |
UK70 (1 week) UK |
US81 (1 week) US |
CA2 (17 weeks)CA |
First published: June 23, 2009
Sales: + 80,000 |
EPs
- 2002: Math Sheet Demos
- 2005: The Switcheroo Series ( split EP with Moneen )
- 2010: Dog's Blood
- 2012: Death Letter
Singles
| year | Title album |
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placements (Year, title, album , rankings, weeks, awards, notes) |
Remarks | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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UK
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US
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CA
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| 2006 | This Could Be Anywhere in the World Crisis |
- | - |
CA-  |
First published: November 20, 2006
Sales: + 40,000 |
| 2009 | Young Cardinals Old Crows / Young Cardinals |
- | - |
CA48 (5 weeks)CA |
First published: May 12, 2009
Sales: + 40,000 |
| No Rest Old Crows / Young Cardinals |
- | - |
CA95 (1 week) CA |
First published: 2009
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| 2010 | The Dead Heart Aussie Tour 7inch |
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CA84 (2 weeks) CA |
First published: 2011
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Web links
- Official website
- Official videos ( Memento from May 22, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) at MuchMusic
- Brief description of the band ( Memento from June 16, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) at Umusic Canada
- Alexisonfire at laut.de
- Chart sources: UK / US / CA singles
- Music Sales Awards: CA
Remarks
- Since only limited data are available for the Canadian single charts since 2001, the placements in the unofficial Canadian Hot 100 are given instead .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Interview ( Memento from May 25, 2005 in the Internet Archive ) with Chris Steele in April 2004
- ↑ a b FAQ ( Memento from March 1, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) on the official band page
- ↑ I Read The News Today, issue of February 15, 2011 ( Memento of August 6, 2011 in the Internet Archive )
- ↑ News message ( memento of October 11, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) on getaddicted - Accessed: December 23, 2012
- ↑ http://www.altpress.com/news/entry/alexisonfire_announce_worldwide_reunion_tour_dates
- ↑ Alexisonfire are back with a new single. February 15, 2019, accessed on November 23, 2019 (German).