Friday, February 19, 2016

How many people are in Arcade Fire?

Canadian indie rock band has had many members over the years, so much that it's become a bit of a running joke. Currently, the band has six official members - husband and wife Win Butler and RĂ©gine Chassagne, Win's younger brother (and Regine's brother-in-law) Will Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara. There are also three violinists familiar to long-time followers of the band - Sarah Neufeld, who was formerly a full-time member of the band, and Owen Pallett and Marika Anthony-Shaw, both of whom were never actual members of Arcade Fire, but had spent significant time as touring members. In addition to Neufeld, there are seven other musicians who were once members of the band - Howard Bilerman, Josh Deu, Alan Lavian, Myles Broscoe, Brendan Reed, Dane Mills and Tim Kyle. During Arcade Fire's last tour for their album, Reflektor, they employed six touring musicians - Diol Edmond, Tiwill Duprate, Stuart Bogie, Matt Bauder and the aforementioned Sarah Neufeld and Owen Pallett. Touring members of previous tours include Colin Stetson, Kelly Pratt, Pietro Amato and Mike Olsen.