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[edit] Name Change

Hey everyone, nice to see you all visiting this great talk page and contributing so much. Has anyone else heard the rumor that Arcade Fire is changing its name? I have read a few different articles online (though I forget now which ones) and spoken with my brother whose friend's sister is dating one of the brothers of Jeremy and he has even personally confirmed it. Apparently, for the next album they'll be labeled as A.F. in a semi-silent protest against Abercrombie & Fitch. I know this sounds out there, but apparently they were burned on the sponsorship deal that had signed and I think it's really cool to fight back. Maybe this could go in somewhere in the article? By the way, what does the music sound like? I don't think the description is good enough here but don't know how else to improve it. I don't know much about how they sound but know everything there is to know about their name. Let me know either here or on my User_talk:Cynthia18. OK, take care! Cynthia18 14:29, 16 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Language used in article

... entralling live performances ... rich and intricate indie rock songs ... However, it is a child-like exuberance rather than a funereal gloom that shines through on their debut, an exuberance that comes through with even more clarity onstage.

That was clichéd hype, not objective analysis. The article reads as though it were written by either a member of the band, their manager, or an over-enthusiastic fan. Draconiszeta

I agree. This isn't Select magazine. I will take it out, because it doesn't belong. Curtsurly 17:28, 21 Apr 2005 (UTC)

The band probably has better things to do than self-promote themself on wikipedia, and you can't be overenthusiastic about the Arcade Fire. --B. Phillips 02:37, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

While I agree that this article is over the top, I can't be enthusiastic enough about this band. Their genius, or possibly insane, but, either way, their music is sweet. I also don't see arcade fire as the type of band that would be desperate enough to create fake fan praise. --[Brian Elder] 10:14 PM, January 4th 2006

Generally, whenever people describe the arcade fire to me, the "entralling live shows" are almost always brought up. It's probably a bit over the top, but they are actually known for that. Emily 12:30 AM, January 6th, 2006

...several able musicians... most of its instrumental diversity... The number of instruments, along with a wide set of musical influences has provided a substantial number of resources on which to draw.

So many vague descriptors. Agglutinare 07:25, 26 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Previous name for the band?

Someone wrote that the name "Arcade Fire" was taken from the title of an early bootleg. Does anyone know what the band was calling themselves before this? --Jleon 19:15, 30 May 2005 (UTC)

My wording may have been too pat. According to the Chicago Reader last month,
Win attended college in New York and then in Boston, where in late 1998 he began performing in the first of several bands he'd call the Arcade Fire. In early 2001 he transferred to McGill University in Montreal, where he met his wife-to-be, Regine Chassagne, and invited her into a new version of the group.
The bootleg song is supposedly from demos recorded in 2001, so one could suppose the band name preceded the song, or maybe Win just liked the phrase.--Dhartung | Talk 05:17, 31 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] Move / Name Change

Oh, no you don't. 209.135.108.191 moved this page from The Arcade Fire, but Wikipedia:Wikiproject Music guidelines clearly state:

If possible, check with an authoritative source to find if the word the is part of a band's name. For example, The Beatles is correct, as is the Pixies. In either case, the opposite should always redirect (or be disambigged) to avoid having multiple articles
  • Merge Records uses The Arcade Fire
  • The Arcade Fire website uses Arcade Fire by itself in the logo but The Arcade Fire at numerous points, e.g. the contact page uses the in the e-mail address but no the in the domain name.
  • Rough Trade Records uses Arcade Fire in both the album and shows lists
  • Google search shows a clear preference for using The Arcade Fire

The main problem with moving this way was that it was done without moving the history or talk pages. The latter can be done with the appropriate checkbox (and wasn't), but the former requires an administrator. At any rate now we need one to sort this out. There was no discussion of the move and certainly no consensus. --Dhartung | Talk 29 June 2005 07:39 (UTC)

Since it was a cut-and-paste move, I reverted both pages back to their prior state. As stated above I believe the evidence for the band name without the article is mixed at best; when combined with a clear standard preference for including the article, I think it should stay at The Arcade Fire with Arcade Fire as a redirect. --Dhartung | Talk 29 June 2005 08:34 (UTC)

Actually, the Pixies do not use "the" in front of their name on any of their records, and I think I actually might have heard Frank Black discussing that once in an interview or something. Also, the Wikipedia entry for them is at "Pixies". --B. Phillips 02:41, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Um, off topic for this page. I didn't copy the brackets which clarify the point, which was indeed what you just said. You may want to read the Wikipedia:Wikiproject Music page. --Dhartung | Talk 07:06, 30 July 2005 (UTC)

Just to note, the album cover of Funeral says Arcade Fire w/o 'The', so I think it should say Arcade Fire.

They're inconsistent, unfortunately. They are consistent, however, in that the name should use the article. It's not a article-less name like Metallica. --Dhartung | Talk 21:17, 6 September 2005 (UTC)
actually it's not inconsistant - ALL the album/single covers/spines have it without the 'The' - I own all of them. For artists, their product must remain authoritative.--Gecks 09:02, 6 July 2006 (UTC)

Who cares? While in the KCRW studio in Santa Monica, CA, Win told DJ Nic Harcourt that it does not matter. "The Arcade Fire," he added, makes the band sound more like a historical event. All in all, they are THE greatest band ever.

Well, it doesn't matter to me how you refer to them, I'd just appreciate to have consensus across Wikipedia and the Musicbrainz project (and last.fm), for practical reasons. On Musicbrainz there also was a discussion on this, they decided on "Arcade Fire", apparently because the band don't use the article on their album covers (while they seem to use it inside the booklets; but according to the majority of voters, not as part of their name). To see the discussion, you have to have a Musicbrainz account, so it won't help if I provided a link here. last.fm lists them as "The Arcade Fire", and as far as I can see, the only way to change this is to mail the owners of the site. 84.63.104.31 10:02, 1 March 2006 (UTC)

I've wondered about this too. I think that if the band uses it both ways, let's just leave it as it is. If we do take 'The' off, I think someone in 3.5 months will have an argument as strong as the current one to add 'The' back in. If someone wants to add that the name can appear both ways near the top of the article, then both ways are accounted for and hopefully further disagreements on this issue can be avoided. And if the band uses both, I think that Musicbrainz and last.fm are entirely irrelevant.--Hraefen 17:30, 1 March 2006 (UTC)
Again, the band do not use it both ways on their printed media. I am fortunate(?) to have near enough the entire Arcade Fire back catalogue, vinyl's and all, and they always use it sans 'The'. The website uses 'The' (sometimes), but in the face of consistant printed media, surely that's irrelevant? I really think this should be changed back ASAP.--Gecks 08:53, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I thought we found a quote from Win that it's not important to them either way. Maybe I have to find that again. --Dhartung | Talk 19:21, 24 August 2006 (UTC)
I'm sure he would be of that opinion, and indeed it's of course almost certainly not important, I just reckon we should be consistant with printed media, certainly over websites and the like.--Gecks 15:44, 29 August 2006 (UTC)

It really doesn't matter which one we decide to use; either is valid. But if consensus does emerge to move the article to the title without the definite article in it, Wikipedia rules require that we move it via the move tag, not by cutting and pasting text. Bearcat 01:52, 16 November 2006 (UTC)

Looking at this small discussion I would say that most seem in favour of loosing the article. It seems most practical to use the name actually put on their records, no? I say it should be Arcade Fire. Rogwan 17:51, 27 January 2007 (UTC)

Please, see Wikipedia:Requested moves for those of you who want to make a request for a controversial name change and start an official discussion about the move to reach a consensus. Frédérick Lacasse 21:58, 28 January 2007 (UTC)

Please add any further comments on this topic to the Requested move section below. Thanks Rogwan 22:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Fixation on Pitchfork Media?

Something seems fishy to me about the way Pitchfork Media is repeatedly mentioned here, especially given the recent vandalism that said Pitchfork's Ryan Schreiber was part of the band. I surmise that one of this article's editors has the intent of subtly promoting Pitchfork. I think, for example, that the sentence about Pitchfork Media making the band what it is should be removed. Anyone else agree? rspeer 16:01, 9 November 2005 (UTC)

I don't see that reference, but if it's there, it should certainly be removed. The Arcade Fire is a very great band and very few people I know read Pitchfork. Their success is correctly attributed to the fact that they are really cool. Cookiecaper 07:11, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

I exaggerated the claim a bit, but here's what I'm referring to:

the success of the band and the album Funeral has been acclaimed as an internet phenomenon, with much of the early push coming from reviews on sites such as Pitchfork.

That's one of three places that Pitchfork (which I've never heard of before this article) is mentioned. I'll remove that last clause for a start. rspeer 08:02, 11 November 2005 (UTC)

Regardless on your take of Pitchforkmedia, there is no question that their early success was hugely helped by Pitchfork's gushing 9.7 review. Immediately after that review, the Arcade Fire became one of, if not the most talked about bands on indie-rock message boards and has remained one ever since. To not include some reference to Pitchfork's contribution to their success in this article would be absurd. The notion that the references are to promote Pitchfork are offbase.

I appreciate your response, but who are you? Your comments will be more credible if there's a consistent identity behind them. Please sign your posts, and preferably get an account - it takes no time at all. Just click the link in the upper right corner.
The fact that Arcade Fire got popular after a good review from Pitchfork is a suggestive correlation, but it doesn't show causation. It also doesn't show that Pitchfork needs to be credited three times in this article. rspeer 04:20, 20 November 2005 (UTC)

I agree 3 times is excessive, but Pitchfork is pretty well known with indie fans. This is all anecdotal, but with my friends and I, when we first hear of a band we check out what Pitchfork graded it, and Pitchfork naming it album of the year for 2004 (I BELIEVE, very high I know) is significant, and helped their popularity a good amount. Again though, I agree that this was excessive207.127.128.2 15:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I've restored one (1) mention, with source and concrete results of the Pitchfork review, per Merge Records. No, we don't need to slap their name all over the article, but not mentioning it at all, when Merge readily acknowledges their "help", seems nonsensical. --Dhartung | Talk 18:30, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Relevance of Ireland?

Is the fact that Funeral remained in the charts in Ireland for several months really relevant? I'm Irish and a fan of Arcade Fire and I know no reason to mention Ireland as they are no more popular than several other bands here. This was the first I've heard any suggestion they were extraordinarly popular here. Sales details are given for Ireland but no other country so its hard to say that these are in anyway special. Toastemeister 22:03, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

This seemed out of place to me too... I mean, who cares? If they were #1 in Ireland it would be one thing but they just seem to be pretty popular. I would wager they have similar success in many other countries that are not mentioned.207.127.128.2 15:43, 17 May 2006 (UTC)

I think that their popularity here is larger than in most other countries, the UK for example. Like on UK music forums Arcade Fire are mentioned a lot less frequently than on Irish ones. Also i think the fact that a quarter of my form class are fans is an indication of exactly how big they are here. But is it really necessary to mention it? I don't think so. Johnny-Carmello 12:00, 2 June 2006

I dunno if what's there right now is relevant, but I do think there should be mention of the ticket sell out fiasco this year, and possibly the row over the prevalence of touting it stirred up, the Hot Press campaign for instance. The band's amazing popularity here is worth mentioning in that context, but perhaps not by itself. I don't think the sell out was entirely due to the numbers of fans who wanted a ticket, rather that the touts understood that the people who like Arcade Fire are the kind of people who can and will pay 500 quid for one...

86.42.168.208 20:53, 20 April 2007 (UTC)A recent article in Hot Press mentioned this gig in an interview to promote Neon Bible as the band rate it highly and still consider it a career highlight, i dont have the article to hand but maybe someone out there does, but still, it hardly merits a mention if other gigs/highlights arent - sonofrichard

A quick look at google trends shows that Ireland googles arcade fire more than any other region in the world, so their popularity here is notable IMO Johnny-Carmello 19:39, 29 April 2007 (UTC)

I'd like to raise this again. I'm too biased to be entirely objective, but I do think that they're especially popular in Ireland, and I do think there are notable cultural reasons for it. Neon Bible is still charting, AFAIK... --193.120.116.178 (talk) 23:54, 11 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] 2001 Demo

There is no mention of the demo released in 2001 which is called nothing more than "2001 demo" or "demo 2001" but could someone shed some light into this subject please

thanks - Chris 18:03, 08th May 2006 (UTC)

A citation would be nice, too. I really like "Accidents" from the 2001 demo, and I don't particularly like unsourced dismissal of it. -- 203.11.167.254 04:42, 25 October 2006 (UTC)

[edit] End Lyrics on Une Annee Sans Lumiere

What is being said towards the end when the song speeds up? PrettyMuchBryce 16:40, 9 June 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Funeral (album) move

Electrolite41 moved Funeral (album) to create a redlink to the album by the artist DJ Cyber-Rap, whose article had AFD earlier this week. Additionally, he failed to move the Talk page, so now they are disassociated. A Requested Move is being discussed at Talk:Arcade Fire - Funeral, but if an administrator is reading this, a speedy move seems appropriate to me. --Dhartung | Talk 23:07, 19 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "recently" and dates

I mixed two worthless uses of "recently", but if anyone has any dates for their Jools Holland appearances, that would be nice. I found a link (http://www.nme.com/news/the-arcade-fire/21670) for their purchasing of the church-as-studio, but since the current line mentions their planning on releasing something in the '05-'06 winter which already elapsed, it needs an update, so I didn't cite it.


[edit] Strange Comment

Does "leaving some to believe that they had been sexually seduced by band members, due to the low quality of the music." strike anyone else as a dubious comment undeserving of a encyclopedia?

Um yeah, fixed. LilDice 18:19, 26 November 2006 (UTC)

[edit] "My Body is a Cage"

The information about this track is a hoax/joke perpetrated by someone on the Us Kids Know fan forums. It is explained in the last post of that thread [1] (you need to be logged in to the forums to view it, I believe). Apparently there really will be a track called My Body is a Cage on the album, but all the information about it that was on thispage is fake. If someone feels that mention of this track can/should be incorporated into the article feel free to add it back, though I tihnk without any real information about it it is not notable.

[edit] Requested move

The following discussion is an archived discussion of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

The result of the proposal was move.

The Arcade Fire → Arcade Fire – There is a longish debate above (under Move / Name Change) about using the article for this band. The band is inconsistent itself but some consensus needs to be made on Wikipedia Rogwan 22:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Survey

Add "* Support" or "* Oppose" or other opinion below followed by a brief explanation, then sign your opinion with ~~~~

  • Support: the band consistently uses Arcade Fire on their records and their website URL is http://www.arcadefire.com Rogwan 22:16, 29 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Support: I disagree that they are consistent in the use or disuse of "the". I've read that it doesn't matter to them and it is printed both ways in different official places (even their e-mail is thearcadefire@arcadefire.com !). We, unfortunately, have to choose one or the other for filing purposes. A year ago I probably would've opposed but more places are changing to "the"-less designation. Arcade Fire: Amazon, NME, MusicBrainz, AMG, Discogs. The Arcade Fire: Merge Records, CBC Radio 3. DoubleBlue (Talk) 02:58, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Support but keep "the" in the article's content. See the first comment below. Frédérick Lacasse 16:49, 30 January 2007 (UTC)
  • Support Amazon.com uses it, that's good enough.LilDice 17:54, 30 January 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Discussion

Add any additional comments

  • Comment Whatever name chosen, it think the article "the" should stays in the AF article's content because it seems it is the form usually employed in media, i mean in professional reviews and other literature (see AF external links and Funeral reviews), even if "Arcade Fire" only is used when it is not part of a whole sentence (album covers, etc...). Same as Pixies article. Frédérick Lacasse 23:19, 29 January 2007 (UTC)

This article has been renamed as the result of a move request. Vegaswikian 00:47, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

The above discussion is preserved as an archive of the proposal. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on this talk page. No further edits should be made to this section.

[edit] Requested move...

Is the move still open for discussion? If so, I think "The" is a quintessential part of the name. Even though Funeral (album) does not show it on the cover, the insert clearly states phrases with "The" present in front of the name - for one, the printed heading of the insert says "The Arcade Fire", it is marked "(C) The Arcade Fire" (right above the website, which is arcadefire.com.); the credits of the album also state "Produced by The Arcade Fire", "Engineered by ... The Arcade Fire ...", "All songs written by THE Arcade Fire with help...".
Furthermore, the thank you note is signed "Love, The Arcade Fire", and the short history of the album (on page 3 of the insert) is also headed "The Arcade Fire".
Based on the evidence from the Funeral insert alone it is evident that the proper name of the band is "THE Aracde Fire". Personally I see no reason why the prefix would be be present in so many instances unless it had a direct connection with the proper naming of the band. Please discuss heartily -- Flvg94 19:26, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

  • Discussions are never over, the poll closing is to preserve the comments that lead to the move. Further comments are always welcome on talk pages in separate threads such as this. However, taking another survey for a move back after the last one ended is discouraged. If further consensus develops here, file a new requested move to a new survey after a bit of time. Teke (talk) 02:46, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
  • This is all true but I still feel that the name on the cover is the one that matters. There also seems to be consistency in the name without the article on information sites such as AMG and shops like Amazon and we are now all in line. If more people want to argue against, then please go ahead but we have already tried the democratic route Rogwan 20:12, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I didn't say it was a democracy. I said we took a democratic route. Rogwan 11:43, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
I was teasing, Rogwan. :) Teke (talk) 05:36, 7 February 2007 (UTC). My bad :/ Rogwan 23:26, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Thank you to everyone who posted above. From the advice above, I'm not going to forward a move request without being sure that there are more than one wkipedian (me) supporting the idea. So please, all, study my reasons, and add your own opinion and reasons behind it, either for or against the "THE". Thanks --Flvg94 19:11, 6 February 2007 (UTC)

It appears the band doesn't really care either way, since reviewers, stores, etc. are using Arcade Fire as well as their own label we should leave it as Arcade Fire. LilDice 23:14, 6 February 2007 (UTC)
The fact that EVERY arcade fire release (I have them all) has no article on the cover is IMO the most tenable reason for naming this article "arcade fire", though I agree that the "the" can be used within sentences, which is indeed why I believe you see the band using it in interviews, large blocks of text, liner notes, etc. However as an article name, it must be dropped.Gecks 12:50, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I see that it is the name on the cover which matters. Let us leave the matter at that. Gecks, your comment was extremely helpful. One final question: if in an interview a band member were to be asked the question of whether the proper name of the band is with or without the article, and he or she opted for "with", will that be cosiderable enough to rename the article? ---Flvg94 19:27, 7 February 2007 (UTC)

I'd say that was fair, but I still think there would be an argue against if say, the next single comes out without the article! Rogwan 00:36, 21 February 2007 (UTC)
The belgian magazine HUMO asked the band, their answer was:

It is thearcadefire@arcadefire.com.

So they don't care.
I think we should use "The Arcade Fire" in senteces (as if 'the' is a part of the band name, so not 'the Arcade Fire' but The Arcade Fire). I don't realy care about the title, seems to me like we can chose. Maybe we can use (The) Arcade Fire as title and redirect them both (with offcourse an explanation in the article why there're braces around 'the'. I'm also thinking about adding a little section about the name in the article itself. greetings, Band B 19:04, 31 March 2007 (UTC)
No, we definitely should not put parentheses around "the" in the article title. Take both WP:MOSTM and WP:COMMONNAME into account, select the more appropriate name, and then redirect the other one to that title. —ptk✰fgs 21:02, 31 March 2007 (UTC)

I was listening to Radio One a while back, probably around the time of Funeral, and I think Zane Lowe asked the band whether they are called "Arcade Fire" or "The Arcade Fire", and I'm pretty certain they told him it was the latter. However, since it says just "Arcade Fire" on the cover of the album, it would be very difficult to say which is correct now. PeeJay 18:23, 18 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Talk page needs moved

  • Comment Thank you for moving the article but I see that the Talk page is still titled The Arcade Fire. Can this be changed too? Thanks Rogwan 09:55, 4 February 2007 (UTC)
  • Fixed, moved over the redirect and redirect history restored. Teke (talk) 18:47, 5 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Link fixes

I'm going to use WP:AWB to go through and fix all links that used to say "The Arcade Fire" to just "Arcade Fire". Does anyone object? Evan Reyes 20:17, 4 February 2007 (UTC)

Yes, I'm afraid I do. As you can see above, I have suggested that the article be renamed to suit the name with "The" in front of it. Please wait until the issue is debated and settled before making any changes to internal links, because if you do it now, they'll need changing back if the namechange gets the go-ahead. I, and I'm sure others, appreciate your proposal, though. --Flvg94 19:30, 5 February 2007 (UTC)
I think really we've already had that debate and that it will continue throughout this artical's existence. Since we're now formally settled on one for now I think they should be changed for consistency.Gecks 12:50, 7 February 2007 (UTC)
I'm going to do it. "Arcade Fire" is clearly their official name, so it'll take an amazingly convincing argument to get this page moved back to "The Arcade Fire". Evan Reyes 20:40, 10 February 2007 (UTC)
I'd say that from the amount of debate over the name, it's clearly not clear, and there's plenty of evidence on either side. But for the time, yeah, it'd probably be better to remain consistent with the article's current title.Sykil 12:20, 20 February 2007 (UTC)
Clearly the move settled things for now and it would be best to abide by consensus whatever one's personal feelings on this minor issue. What's important to me is that sentences state e.g. "Win Butler of the Arcade Fire" instead of "Win Butler of Arcade Fire" -- the latter does not seem to be the band's intent. It's not an abstract name like e.g. "Orbital". --Dhartung | Talk 07:26, 24 February 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Band members

I noticed that Owen Pallett is listed as a band member in the info box but not in the text. I know he helps out a lot but he's not an official member, is he? I don't think this needs a debate, it's just this article seems quite volatile at the moment and I wanted to mention it before deleting. Rogwan 18:48, 28 February 2007 (UTC)

yeah you're correct. Pallett has been removed. --Manik52 18:40, 8 March 2007 (UTC)

[edit] roots

does arcade fire have any christian roots or have a religious background? Pizzachicken 03:04, 3 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Release dates...

The Neon Bible single release dates are inconsistent. Where does it say that Keep the Car Running was released on April 2nd? And March 23rd in Australia? A google search for "april 2 keep the car running" brings only wikipedia and one review site that posted its article on April 2nd. Burnedthru 01:49, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

I am changing the UK release date with reference. Burnedthru 01:56, 5 May 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Clip

Would anyone know what the clip would be that starts each Neon Bible performance? Not the one already included in the Neon Bible flipbook, just the clip with the woman critizing those who are "suckups". I just thought this would be intresting to add into "Trivia". --Thanks, Yossi842 14:44, 17 May 2007 (UTC)

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[edit] A bit long?

This article could be made more economical if the large amount of content devoted to tour dates and gigs was removed, or at least filtered by importance, as in other band pages. Thoughts? Arkyopterix 11:33, 31 August 2007 (UTC)

I agree. Lots of rather unimportant details. Should definitely be filterd somehow. Ispelled 17:03, 12 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Moved here from article

[edit] Trivia

  • Win Butler suggested to the band Devotchka to cover the Siouxsie and the Banshees single : "The Last Beat Of My Heart". [1].
  • The band have performed covers of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs song "Maps", for BBC Radio 1, and a version of the Talking Heads song "This Must Be the Place (Naive Melody)". David Byrne has been a noted fan of the band, and has joined them on stage (in 2005 at Irving Plaza, NYC); like David Bowie, he has been spotted at many of their early gigs. They have also covered "Distortions" by Clinic and "State Trooper" by Bruce Springsteen. David Bowie has joined them onstage for performances of "Wake Up" and "Five Years".
  • Win Butler has expressed displeasure at the popularity of internet-distributed MP3s labeled 2001 Demos and another called Arcade Fire Christmas Album. The demos do not represent the work of the current band, and the "Christmas Album" was taped at a holiday party with friends who played carols in a parody of Arcade Fire style, and only part of the band was present.
  • In 2005, both Win and Regine contributed to the UNICEF benefit song, "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?".
  • They have the same manager as Björk[2].
  • When performing singular songs on television (on talk shows, for example) the band often tried to add something unique to each performance: on the 2005 MuchMusic Video Awards, a marching band played 'dead' until the closing chorus, in which all the players got up and escorted Arcade Fire members off-stage and along the edge of the crowd while playing the closing of the song. On talk shows, band members who don't have as much or any singing to do during a song will be especially eccentric on stage.
  • Following the release of Arcade Fire's second album, Neon Bible, the band took the top 8 spots on Last.fm's weekly top 10 tracks chart, knocking The Postal Service's Such Great Heights out of the Top 10 for the first time since the site began.
  • Arcade Fire are very popular in Ireland. Funeral spent over 4 months in the Irish top 30 albums, yet never went higher than 16. Their performance at the second annual Electric Picnic in Stradbally, County Laois, was widely considered a highlight of the festival. Neon Bible entered the Irish album charts at #1, while tickets for their forthcoming Dublin gig at the Big Top, Phoenix Park sold out in six minutes.
  • The song "Rebellion (Lies)", from the CD Funeral, has been used as the background music in a three-minute-long video to promote Centrist French presidential election candidate François Bayrou in his largest public meeting so far, in Paris-Bercy in front of 17,000 people in April 2007.
  • The song "Wake Up" is currently played at New York Ranger home games before the team takes the ice for games and English football club Aston Villa home games as the teams enter the playing field.
  • The band recently did a live acoustic cover of The Clash's "The Guns of Brixton" for a BBC2 Culture Show Session
  • The band played "Keep the Car Running" on BBC1 chatshow "Friday Night with Jonathan Ross" on 29 June. The performance finished with Win Butler smashing a BBC camera lens with the neck of his mandolin. Host Jonathan Ross congratulated Regine on looking very pretty before acknowledging that the lens was broken.
  • The Foo Fighters covered "Keep the Car Running" off the Neon Bible on BBC Radio 1.
  • They were not on stage for Born to Run at the Ottawa concert. http://backstreets.com/setlists.html —Preceding unsigned comment added by 137.122.27.218 (talk) 17:27, 15 October 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Forming Date

I'm not sure about the accuracy of the 2003 formation date. Whether it is considered to be the same band there has been a band in Montreal with Win Butler and Regine Chassagne since 2001 and some recordings are thought to date back to before Win moved to Montreal (Winter 2000/2001.) 2003 was the date of their first proper release although there was a demo CD in 2001.

Also, there are more former members including: Josh Deu (who founded the band) Myles Broscoe, Dane Mills, Brendan Reed, Tim Kyle. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.162.107.4 (talk) 21:22, 15 September 2007 (UTC)

This is an interesting question. Win has talked in interviews about the earlier incarnations, and the name does seem to date back to his Boston days. This earlier period probably needs a little more detail in the article. At the same time the "sound" (maybe not all the "songs") seem to come pretty much from the line-up that coalesced in 2003, so it's not that far-fetched to label that the formation date. It may even be sourceable that way. Consensus on this? --Dhartung | Talk 02:12, 16 September 2007 (UTC)
Well, this article would suggest that the band as it is known was formed before the EP was recorded. The band that recorded the EP included Dane Mills, Brendan Reed and Myles Broscoe and did not contain Tim Kingsbury, Sarah Neufeld, Jeremy Gara or even Howard Billerman and Richard Reed Parry wasn't really considered a full band member. Also, not much is stated about Will Butler not always being able to perform duie to being in school in (I think) Chicago. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 213.162.107.4 (talk) 20:35, 20 September 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Echo & The Bunnymen influence?

Band pages - even that of the Beatles - often list their influences. The similarity of AF with Echo and the Bunnymen is referred to in several music publications and forums, and is especially difficult to ignore on Neon Bible. Ought reference be made to a possible influence somewhere in the article? Walkingmelways 11:21, 11 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Nottingham Incident

This has been hyped up far too much, I think the part of the article on the neon tour stating Win Butler declaring never to play in Nottingham after being hit in the face with a bottle and a shoe thrown on stage should be removed. There is a very good soundclip somewhere and you can clearly hear him say "If one more thing is thrown on stage I'm not playing in f****** nottingham again."

[edit] Pukkelpop 2005

The text mentions 6 festival appearances, but pukkelpop 2005 (annual summer festival in Belgium) isn't included in that list. It was a memorable performance though.

[edit] Pukkelpop 2005

The text mentions 6 festival appearances, but pukkelpop 2005 (annual summer festival in Belgium) isn't included in that list. It was a memorable performance though. Thomas271104 (talk) 10:22, 29 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Baroque Pop

What the heck? Why are they listed as baroque pop? If no sources are given within 24 hours of this post, it will be removed until a source is found. ThundermasterTRUC 13:09, 12 December 2007 (UTC)

The sweet strings, I suppose... Here are a couple of sources: Canada's 'Culture' website, Rolling Stone. --Paul Erik (talk)(contribs) 11:34, 13 December 2007 (UTC)