Montreals Arcade Fire is frequently credited with supplying the spark that ignited its music scene, propelling the North American city into the leagues of previous alternative rock hotbeds like New York, Athens (Georgia) and Seattle.
Whether the Montreal scene went on to equal that of 1990s Seattle is debatable in fact the explosion is still underway, and the full impact wont likely be known for years to come – but the importance of Arcade Fire to the Canadian Indie scene is indisputable.
Once dismissed as a novelty act of sorts – they had a fondness for performing in unusual outfits including crash helmets, and often took to marching through their audiences – music junkies soon figured out that Arcade Fire was in fact, the real thing.
An eclectic and unusually large line-up is headed by lead vocalist Win Butler and his wife, Rgine Chassagne, (Canadian born with Haitian roots). Butlers brother, William, is a multi-instrumentalist (bass, guitars, synthesisers and percussion), and Tim Kingsbury plays bass and guitars. Richard Reed Parry (frequently compared to Napoleon Dynamite) plays guitars, bass, keyboards and accordion, while Sarah...
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