Although there was a distribution deal with EMI, the album's success was mostly attributed to word-of-mouth. On October 31, 2002, Alexisonfire was released, the cover art featuring two Catholic school girls engaged in a knife fight, which was also the band's description of their music. Below was working with EMI at the same time and he used this to record the band at the company's in-house studio and land them a co-publishing and distribution deal. The pair were setting up a record label called Distort Entertainment at the time, and coincidentally they were looking for artists. The group caught its first break when they caught the attention of recording engineer Greg Below and Montreal journalist Mitch Joel. The band released its first EP, Math Sheet Demos in 2002, so named because the CD was wrapped in former drummer Jesse Ingelevics' math homework. However, it was discovered that the moniker was not registered, and no further action took place. This caused problems when she discovered that they were using her website name as their band name, and she threatened to sue the band for copyright infringement. The band's name was derived from Alexis Fire, the world's only lactating contortionist stripper. They recruited drummer Jesse Ingelevics, and formed Alexisonfire. These bands broke up at more or less the same time, and Pettit, Steele, MacNeil and Green all still had the drive to play and succeed. Pettit was playing guitar in a metal band called Condemning Salem, Green was a lead singer and guitar player in Helicon Blue, and MacNeil and Steele played in a punk band called Plan 9. On September 19, 2015, at Riot Fest, the band announced their official reunion, though in a post on their official Facebook page the band clarified despite the fact they were "as good friends as they had ever been", there were "no immediate plans" for the future.Īlexisonfire was formed in late 2001 in the aftermath of a three-band break up. On Mathe band announced a reunion tour, their first since their farewell tour in 2012, including dates at Reading and Leeds festivals, Sonic Boom, Heavy Montréal, X-Fest and Riot Fest. In August 2011, George posted a message to fans on the band's official website stating that, following the departure of two members, would issue several special releases and complete a farewell tour before parting ways. Their accolades include a 2005 Juno Award for New Group of the Year.
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Plus three special edition live albums from Manchester Academy, Birmingham Academy, and Brixton Academy. The band has released three subsequent successful studio albums since then: Watch Out! in 2004, Crisis in 2006, and Old Crows/Young Cardinals in 2009, each achieving platinum certification in their native country. When the band came out of the underground like an "utterly captivating car-accident-in-progress" in late 2001, it was enough to impress critics as well as earning their self-titled debut album a gold certification in Canada. Angeles", also the inspiration for their debut album cover art). They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls in mid-knife-fight" (a reference to their song "A Dagger Through the Heart of St. The band consists of George Pettit ( unclean vocals), Dallas Green ( clean vocals, guitar, piano), Wade MacNeil (guitar, backing vocals), Chris Steele ( bass guitar), and Jordan Hastings ( drums, percussion). Post-hardcore, melodic hardcore, screamo, emo, hardcore punkĭine Alone, Distort, Vagrant, Equal VisionĬity and Colour, Black Lungs, Cunter, Jersey, Gallows, Billy Talent, Rise Against, The Bled, MoneenĪlexisonfire (pronounced "Alexis on fire") is a five-piece Canadian post-hardcore band that formed in St. Alexisonfire performing in Vancouver on their 2012 farewell tour
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