Arcade Fire

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Arcade Fire is an indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and fronted by the husband and wife duo of Win Butler and R�gine Chassagne
In addition to instrument mainstays guitar, drums and bass guitar, members play piano, violin, viola, cello, double bass, xylophone, glockenspiel, keyboard, French horn, accordion, harp, mandolin and hurdy-gurdy
The band takes most of their instruments on tour, and the multi-instrumentalist band members switch instrumental duties throughout their show
Arcade Fire have won numerous awards, including both the Meteors 2008 Best International Album award and the Juno Awards 2008 Alternative Album of the Year award for Neon Bible
The current band was formed in 2003 in Montreal by the future husband and wife duo of Win Butler and R�gine Chassagne, Win's brother William Butler, Richard Reed Parry and Tim Kingsbury
Together with drummers Dane Mills and Brendan Reed, this line-up self-released an EP later that same year
When asked about the rumour that the band's name refers to a fire in an arcade, Win Butler replied: "It's not a rumour, it's based on a story that someone told me. It's not an actual event, but one that I took to be real. I would say that it's probably something that the kid made up, but at the time I believed him"