We suffer so well together’: Alexisonfire on breaking up and reuniting for the band’s new album
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- Alexisonfire is one of the most successful Canadian bands of the last two decades. With platinum records, sold-out tours and now its own music festival, the band helped put Canadian post-hardcore music on the map. But in 2011, at the height of Alexisonfire's success, the band broke up. In a career-spanning interview, band members George Pettit and Dallas Green spoke with Tom Power about reuniting the band to release its first new album in 13 years, Otherness.
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As a 16 year old I saw Alexisonfire at Cardiff Student Union during their Watch Out tour. We travelled 150 miles, and arrived very early so we would be front of queue. We got let in to the sound check - mind blown. We slept (no sleeping to be honest) at the central bus station overnight do we didn’t miss the last song. No camera phones back then - but the memories are there.
Now as a 33 year old, Alexis still are the greatest to me.
We use to suffer so much for shows.
Is that by Bancroft ??
Still reeling from seeing Alexisonfire at our Bluesfest in Ottawa yesterday. Simply put, it was a cathartic experience and an outstanding performance. I'm still in awe thinking of the evening that was.
completely agree, they played a crazy good show yesterday!
Absolutely favorite show of the whole festival
I just saw them front row the 15th and then open for rage against the machine the 16th and both shows were absolutely amazing. I’ve never had such a good experience as I did the first night 🥰
I was in the pit! Absolutely incredible night.
I was traveling and in Ottawa last month and had no clue they were even on tour or had even dropped an album. The envy is way too real.
So glad that Blue Spade gets the recognition that it deserves. One of the best songs, ever. Resonates with me so much
I agree. Such a powerful song.
This is one the best 30 minutes of my life. Thank you very much for everyone who made this. It means a lot. I love this band
You’ve had a pretty boring and sad life Sebastian. Get out there. Have sex with some girls. Get drunk. This shouldn’t be anywhere near the best anything in your life
I just wanna say I'm happy Alexisonfire is back again. They're one of my favorite bands
At 29 minutes when he talks about shoe horning his vocals into these beautiful songs, I think thats what makes Alexisonfire, Alexisonfire. Georges vocals often sonically clash with the melodies of the instruments but thats what makes it beautiful.
Throughout the years, I've seen Megadeth, Lamb of God, Trivium, Cannibal Corpse, Whitechapel, Mastodon, Killswitch Engage etc etc. Seeing Alexisonfire in 2007 is still the best show I've ever been to. It's a memory I still cherish 15 years later. Opeth is a close second
Tom is a fantastic interviewer. It helps to have two interesting guys like George and Dallas but Tom killed this. Well done!
This interview is incredible. So happy these guys are back (with an insanely impressive album to boot)
These guys are so down to earth and humble. Makes me love their music even more!
"Inside of me there is something strange and different..." George talking about being "an other," and I think this statement sums up the entire band and so many Alexisonfire fans in general. This was great to see, and I'm so happy the band is back together. They're special.
This is exactly how I feel..there has always been something “strange” about Alexisonfire that has resonated with this “off” and “different” part of me since high school
No other band has this effect on me just them and for some reason a kaki king album called dreaming of revenge
blue spade is an absolute bar burner. it really encapsulates the bands diversity. this band have aged phenomenally
I remember when their first record came out. They seemed to come out of nowhere and created a niche for themselves. I didn't like their first record at all and I remember their being a lot of hate for them. Then their 2nd album came out and it clicked with me and I know it clicked for a lot of those who disliked them at first. They found a sound that a lot people loved. Many of those people were from genres of music who hated each other too. I mean, I knew people who hated emo kids, those who hated screamo and those who hated multi vocalist bands. Alexis did take of lot of those sounds and put them together so damn well and I hope they understand no one can do what they do.
deftones!!! dude ive said a couple a days ago to my friend that otherness somehow remember me of deftones and he says "YEAHH they are creamy in a similar way" call me crazy but makes totally sense to me
Great interview folks! Loved this! Thank you.
I saw them on july 15 and 16 in Montréal and Québec. It was my 7th and 8th Alexisonfire show. It was amazing! These guys changed the way I listen to music. English is not my native language so I can’t explain clearly what It feel to see them live but sincere and true is what come to my mind. They are the best!!
I was at both of those shows, too.. absolutely amazing!
i know exactly how u feel. im from brasil and it took me 13 years to se a live show and it was insane to see that i wasn't there alone
Amen!! Still love (Alexisonfire) as much as I did in high school. Thx for all the years of awsome music you guys. I'm so happy we have them back together!💯 I hope there are more albums to come.
George hits the nail on the head with what made us feel differently about Alexis then other bands in Canada. They toured with Billy talent for their first big tour as Dallas mentions however before the I saw them in my highschool with some like styled band like Summer-hero and Richard is Bleeding and there was just something that happened and a feeling once Alexis started to play. It was perfect insanity and I think for alot of us our minds were playing out on the stage and the energy is what changed it to make it different. Hell look at the look in Steeles eyes as he plays, it's like he's gone to another world. Thank you Alexis for everything you've done.
"I think because we represent reform in music" I'd never thought of that but absolutely! I remember watching the video for Pulmonary Archery for the first time and being completely mesmerized. I've been a huge fan since that day.
It was Waterwings for me....
Definitely pulmonary for me as well..it’s awesome seeing how they had the same effect on other people
Me too, That pulmonary archery video felt like an entirely new substance, new experience...
Big love from Quebec ! They just came yesterday at the FEQ awesome to see them being back
I could not say it better myself as a fan. Being weird with twenty thousand people in a room that feel weird too. That is AoF to me. Love these guys.
what a fantastic interview. Honest, open, insightful. Learning about the band, who they are, how they write, what they feel. Excellent job from the interviewer. Letting the guests speak their minds.
So much love for this interview and the feelings those 3 guys transport to my living room, through the blanket into my heart!
I got so emotional during that interview. Aof means so much to me and 'otherness' sums it up perfectly
Thank you CBC!
Very cool 😎 Thank you all so much for these insights
My first time seeing AOF was at S.C.E.N.E. Music Festival many years back. As someone from Niagara, they’ve always held a place near and dear. Throughout the years, I’ve had a few interactions with Wade and can say that he’s always been exceptionally down to earth, as is the rest of the band. They’re genuine, and it shows. Great interview!
They were like nothing else I ever listened to, I don't know what drew me to them, but seeing them with Billy Talent way back when it just hit me. I've been going to every show of theirs I can since then. They are the otherness. Great interview!
I was blessed to see them back to back Canada day long weekend and Sunday they played their self-titled. My favourite album. On Saturday, Billy was one of the opening bands, the one before AOF. BEST WEEKEND OF MY LIFE. I'm an Alexis fan til' death
Been a fan since 2003-2004, keep rocking guys. I've only been able to see you guys live in colorado once, come play red rocks.... im here for it!
I saw alexis at the feq just a few days ago such a great show thank you for the great music
This is a wonderful interview! Love these boys and this band. 💜💀
For being the eloquent screamer in the band, George is also a very eloquent non-screamer. Fantastic interview.
Love Alexisonfire! You guys are truly amazing. The music is unreal, so unreal to be able to relate to it - has beauty and pain.
they are like the cure for a grieving. it's a sad feeling but makes you happier
This is amazing.
Heard of Alexisonfire back in 05. My homie got my passes to warped and never looked back. Thank you aof
100% agree with the Rush analogy.
Blue Spade is also my favourite track on The Otherness. The first time I heard the verse, I just had goosebumps it hit me so hard.
As a life long fan, and my first concert at 15 in 2000/2001 at the YMCA and then Burlington music centre , you guys fucking NAILED this album. It’s perfect.
These guys are fucking legends, so much love
I first discovered AOF when they opened for Silverstein in 2004. I caught the tour when they passed through North Carolina, where I was living at the time. That show is still one of my personal top 5 that I've ever been to. Over the years in between life always had a knack for getting in the way of me from having the opportunity to see them again. They are one of the few bands that I felt a hole inside when I heard they'd broke up. I was bouncing off the walls with excitement when I heard about Otherness coming out and the tour. I just saw them in Cleveland for the second time ever. It was a bucket list moment seeing them play a show as headliners and they delivered far better than the performance I'd hoped for. I met people that had driven from as far as 4 or 5 hours away to see them. AOF is one of those bands that has never quite fit into the mold, even within the hardcore genre. I think that's the charm of the band, humble folk that have always spoken from who they really are and the people in the world like myself that have always been one of the odd quirky ones in the crowd gravitate towards that genuine nature.
Been a fan since "Watch Out!"... Good for them... found them at CD Warehouse.
When I was 11 My father and I met Dallas Green's father at a flee market in his hometown randomly. He gave me an Alexisonfire Pin from Dallas. I still have it to this day.
These guys are my heroes
Can’t wait to see AOF in Cardiff. It is on my bro and I bucket list when we used to go out on random drives cranking up the Crisis album.
So happy they're together again and I loved Sans Soleil
"It's a decidedly unsafe place if you have certain views." Right...
i particulary was having probems getting the new songs. it took a while to realize why aof was playing like that and it only happen after i went in one of their concerts here um brasil. it took 13 years so i could see them live and it was a cathartic experience hearing sweet dreams of otherness surrounded by that many people singing in the top of my lungs IM SPUN AND NAKED AND RECKLESS LIKE A DREAM!!!!! lol.
I've always had a crush on Dallas but as George gets older, he's getting so cute
First saw them when I was fourteen back in '07 I think? Billy Talent, AOF, few others on Molson stage. Had been a fan for years before then. So nice to see them back in action.
It was cancer bats! Come on!
I love how people who look at Dallas and George, they'd think that Dallas is the harsh vocalist and George is the softer sung one. Imagine their shock when they see the band on stage.
Damn, I loved Georges answer about how his life is going and how he has this yin and yang of being a firefighter and being in the band. You can tell he's content
Alexisonfire really deserves a lifetime achievement award, named in their honor.
Cool album names is such an underrated topic lol. Alexisonfire and Chevelle….great bands with great album names. I’ll be at the Cleveland show for sure 👍
13:39 this is very important and needs to be preserved
As someone who went to 1/2 of the St Kitts concerts & could hear the second one from my house 15 km away (im not kidding)… these guys rock 😅
Been feeling "Other" mowing the lawn since this album came out. XD .. It's so friggin good. in the top for my fave AOF albums for sure.
Because of the first line? xD
Commited to the Con, Sans Soleil, Dark Night of the Soul.....Really good songs on the album
Excellent band
I’ve always called this band Alex Is On Fire for years!
I remember seeing them and Billy Talent in Niagara Falls Ny with the cancer bats and I was hooked
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Great interview. One of Grimsby's finest.
Dude I love Alexisonfire
you guys.... Elons gonna love you guys ....love it.
The fact that Dallas has a “Black Crowes” shirt on… makes me overwhelmingly happy.
that debut crowes album is just nonstop bangers
@@michaeldavis9706 literally all of their albums honestly. My favorite is probably southern harmony & musical companion. But they all jam!
Shout out to Tom. He's doing us Newfoundlanders proud!
St. Catherines was the best weekend of my life a few weeks ago.
not a phase 🖤
Its impossible to get a clear picture of these guys on stage. AoF is just to blurs between 2 awesome guitar players
Cool Black Crowes shirt!
Eu fico chorando escutando Sans Soleil
Alexisonfire and Billy Talent is great touring duo. Too bad I don't live in Canada
So glad I saw them at riot fest
❤️💯✊
When I'm vacuuming the stairs in my house, when I'm mowing the lawn, when I'm taking my kid to school... even in the most absolutley normal and mundane parts of my life, something strange, something other
4:00 That's the St Catherine's love language 😂😂
I love how this band has just evolved into looking like my fisherman/ roughneck uncles. Tattoos, beards, carhartt overalls, the hats
Wait so if you don't have the same view set, does that mean you are attacking someone?
They outdid themselves at blues fest in Ottawa, they were stuck at Calgary airport, boo Calgary go Ottawa!!!
Damn, they should've do what they did in hey, it's your funeral mama, train dudes to play as them to do tours.
Good thing his schedule only has him working 7 days a month
Is it just me or does George with long hair look a little bit like Scott Stapp from Creed
Chaotic nature
Safe spaces lol.. oh boy
Dishwalla?
Anyone else think that it was Scott Stapp??
Jian Ghomeshi looks so pale here wtf
First view
"Decidely unsafe place if you have certain views" .. yikes Dallas.
Yeah if you’re a racist homophobic alt-right piece of garbage, the shows are not for you. Stay home.
He's kind of a drama queen some times. Just ignore him and enjoy the music. He doesn't bite.
That’s unfortunate that one of my favorite artist is in the lefty cult
@@LuisNunez-cw3lp hahahaha right wing tears are so sweet
@@edrodriguez86 that sounds like something a woman would say or a flaming homosexual either way I’m not offended
POOR LITTLE TINMAN
See ya AoF. Your new stuff won't be missed! -everyone with ears
"Straight white freedom convoy people" ...As if sexual preference, skin colour, and covid mandate beliefs, have anything to do with each other. I question whether lumping all that together as a label to pin on a group of their fans is helpful?
I think George’s point is that anyone who was a part of the convoyish demographic of misguided and uncritical lemmings who thinks they’re a fan has missed the point and message of their music, as well as the bands personal beliefs. Similar to Republican politicians saying their a fan of RATM. They’ve utterly missed the point.
@@30flatlander Funny thing is that you are the uncritical lemming here. The freedom convoy was an anti-establishment rally, trying to restore our human rights and charter freedoms. It's disappointing that AOF seems to be siding against working class people of all demographics and with the tyrannical government narrative.
@@30flatlander Well said 👍 Especially with RATM. They’re not listening..
Hey guys, great job! I watched about 3 minutes in and the part about "white, straight freedom convoy type" just made me, as a fan, feel how you THINK the LGBTQ community feels when they get "othered". You just lost a fan, due to politics. Especially because I'm "not safe" at your "safe place" show because of my political views. GfY.
LOL, you just proved their point.
lmaooooooooooooooo bye
If your politics make you intolerant of other people and lifestyles then you’ve lost your humanity.
👋👋👋👋 bbyyyeeee
@@vaxis2113 I'm not the intolerant one saying people with my views aren't safe at the show
AOF is the greatest band, from one of the worst countries on the planet! AOF for life!
There's a lot to unpack there bud. Wanna taco bout it?
Canada ain’t that bad buddy Randy!
@@bottreau I guess I'm more referring to the dictator you guys got running things up there. I have zero issue with Canadian citizens.
@@7HEdon777 worry about your own do-nothing President and his Putin ball gargler predecessor
Lol you're so brainwashed. Canada is just fine and free.
So glad they split up then come back together to put out 1 good song on the entire album
Newsflash!
Local man gets sad because famous band doesn’t write songs only for his musical taste alone
@@chrispattison1209 it's just a straight up bad album. Did not deliver.
An opinion is an opinion. Silver lining is their older stuff is still available for listening.
Dallas Green/City and colour are way better than Alexisonfire. Not dogging Alexisonfire, but we all know that Dallas is God ❤
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