Catharines, Ontario, Canada [5] in The band describes 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. Angeles", which was also the inspiration for their album cover art. Aside from that, the band has released two more very successful albums: Watch Out! Alexisonfire was formed in late as the result of a three-band break up.
Pettit was playing bass in a tech-metal band called Condemning Salemn, Green was a lead singer and guitar player in Helicon Blue, and MacNeil and Steele played in a Pop-punk band called Plan 9.
These bands broke up at the same time, and those remaining members still had the drive to play and succeed. The pair were setting up a record label called Distort Entertainment at the time, and coincidentally they were looking for artists.
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. On September 9, , Alexisonfire was released, the cover art featuring two Catholic school girls engaged in a knife fight, [12] which goes in hand with the band's description of their music.
The band was starting to become more of a full-time job than a hobby. Alexisonfire had attracted considerable attention from major record labels, due to the success of their self-titled debut. However, when they started considering making a second album, the band felt that, for artistic reasons, they should remain independent, as it would give them better chances of developing and deciding their direction. They would remain with Distort Entertainment, and instead of using a famous producer, they recorded the album with Julius Butty at his studio near Hamilton, Ontario.
Watch Out! It debuted at 6 on the Nielsen Soundscan Top , and received gold certification in Canada in twelve weeks. This lay in comparison to their debut album, which was mostly first drafts. You're on the road a lot and you just get better. Also, we had a great producer, Julius Butty.
We learned what we like to play. We're no longer virgins to the studio. We're just not quite the band we were a long time ago. While touring in support of the album with Johnny Truant and The Blood Roses in Glasgow, Scotland in October , each member of all three bands had the word "Yeti" tattooed on themselves. On August 22, the band released their third studio album, Crisis , [15] which Allmusic considers their best to date.
In a recent interview, vocalist George Pettit stated that he was unaware of the direction that the band would head in for their next album, but that "The next record, I think, is us pretty much wanting to put the knife in screamo. I don't want to be the band that saves it, I want to be the band that kills it.
Though they were usually on tour with Anti-Flag , Norma Jean was their replacement for a short while, however Anti-Flag returned, alongside the bands Saosin , and The Bled. The next morning, 4 back to back shows were announced in Toronto at the Danforth Music Hall. The concerts were planned to July but due to "unforeseen circumstances" they were rescheduled to December On February 1, , the band posted a black image on their Facebook page. Later in the day, the band posted a teaser video featuring a building with a green neon light spelling out the words "Familiar Drugs.
Fans soon figured out that by changing the brightness and contrast on these black pictures, it revealed the numbers 2,15 and It marked their first new material in nearly nine years. On April 16, , the band released the music video for "Familiar Drugs," which was shot completely on VHS and cellphones. On May 24, the band released yet another standalone single called "Complicit".
The band released a new single, "Season of the Flood", on January 13, During the events of the COVID pandemic, the band had announced that they would be hosting a special one-time-only watch party on YouTube, showing a filmed performance of the final show on their farewell tour in December in Hamilton, Canada.
Starting before the livestream was the premiere of their music video for their song, "Season of the Flood", which is made up of footage shot exclusively by AOF concertgoers in Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver during the tour in January.
In an interview from June , Dallas Green stated that the band was "trying to get all these new songs together for the first time in like ten years" implying more new music was in the works. All of the project's release have been through the label Dine Alone Records. The name derives from Dallas Green's name; Dallas being a city, and Green being a colour. See main article: Black Lungs. Black Lungs is a band formed by Wade MacNeil.
After playing a few shows the band dissolved leaving only Wade MacNeil, after which it essentially became MacNeil's solo project. Sammi Bogdanski, Wade's ex-girlfriend's sister, contributed piano to his debut album Send Flowers , which was released on May 20, by Dine Alone Records. Pat Pengelly, formerly of Bedouin Soundclash , replaced Liam on drums.
Named after the suicides in Bergenfield, New Jersey. The quartet released a 7" on LowDown Records. Not much is known about this band and there are no known recordings. See main article: Cunter band. Drummer Jordan Hastings played in a hardcore punk band Cunter with friends from Moneen. The band was formed in early , with the original name Hunter, in Brampton, Ontario. Vocalist George Pettit is the lead vocalist in Dead Tired. He recorded one album with them, "Generation Genocide", which was released on Virgin Records.
The band split in , but have performed reunion shows in and After a lengthy break from music, original drummer Jesse Ingelevics returned with Lambs Become Lions.
Say Yes was a 3-piece rock band formed by Jordan Hastings. The group was formed in , but split in It's believed an EP was recorded, but it was never released. Named after the worlds only lactating contortionist stripper. A Canadian band, which is NOT screamo. Their name is usually being argued about. Either being alexis on fire or alex is on fire.
But the true pronouncination is al's ex is on fire the s is being borrowed from all the words that have s in their songs. Alexisonfire is an ok band.
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