Arcade Fire, photographed by Andreas Meixensperger on June 20, 2014 (accessed: June 16, 2020). The file is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 2.0 Generic license.
Arcade Fire
Arcade Fire are a six-piece Canadian band, originally formed in 2000 by Win Butler and former member Josh Deu. They have released five albums to date. Current members are as follows:
Win Butler (b. 1980) and brother Will Butler (b. 1982). Born in California, they were raised in Texas. Win moved to Montreal, Canada to attend McGill University in 2000 where he studied for a BA in Religious Studies, and Will followed, moving to Montreal in 2004 to join Arcade Fire.
Régine Chassagne (b. 1976) studied Jazz Voice at McGill University, where she met Win Butler in 2000. Chassagne was born in Montreal to parents of Haitian descent who left Haiti during the dictatorship of Francois Duvalier, which has prompted the band to undertake activism and fundraising for Haitian causes.
Richard Reed Parry (b. 1977) is from Ottawa, and studied electroacoustics and contemporary dance at Concordia University. Parry has been involved in several other acts including The National, New International Standards and Little Scream, as well as writing commissioned music. Parry joined the band just before the break-up of its original line-up in 2003, bringing in new members to help re-form the band, including former core member Sarah Neufeld and remaining members Tim Kingsbury (b. 1977) and Jeremy Gara (b. 1978), both Parry’s band members from New International Standards.
Kingsbury is originally from Guelph, Ontario, and Gara is from Ottawa; both are involved in various side projects, including Sam Patch which they are both part of.
All the band members play several instruments and often swap roles between sets.
Sources:
Win Butler: Profile at Wikipedia (accessed: July 7, 2020).
Will Butler: Profile at Wikipedia (accessed: July 7, 2020).
Régine Chassagne: Profile at Wikipedia (accessed: July 7, 2020).
Richard Reed Parry: Profile at Wikipedia (accessed: July 7, 2020).
Tim Kingsbury: Profile at Wikipedia (accessed: July 7, 2020).
Jeremy Gara: Profile at Wikipedia (accessed: July 7, 2020).
Prepared by Aimee Hinds, University of Roehampton, aimee.hinds89@gmail.com
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