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    Alexisonfire.

    (that's "Alexis On Fire") is a Post-Hardcore band from St. Catharines, Ontario, active from 2001-2011 and from 2015 on. Their style, described by the band as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls in mid-knife-fight", featured stark contrasts between soaring melody and brutality, through the interplay between three singers. Their self-titled debut is considered a landmark of its genre and their other three albums went platinum in Canada. The band broke up in 2011 because singer/guitarists Dallas Green and Wade MacNeil left to focus on their side projects, as well as "personal issues". The band reunited in 2015 according to the CBC, and is touring as of the 2020s.

    Has a website here.

    Band members:

    • George Pettit- lead vocals
    • Wade Mac Neil- guitar, vocals
    • Dallas Green- guitar, vocals
    • Chris Steele- bass
    • Jordan Hastings- drums (2005-2011)
    Discography:
    • Alexisonfire (2002)
    • Watch Out! (2004)
    • Crisis (2006)
    • Old Crows/Young Cardinals (2009)
    Alexisonfire provides examples of the following tropes:

    You had the coldest eyes and the softest touch

    • Mundane Made Awesome- "Hey, It's Your Funeral Mama" is probably the most hardcore song ever written about go-karting.
    • Soprano and Gravel- a triple-male variant, with George providing the screamed vocals, Dallas; the melodic singing, and Wade, who provides the shouted, Hardcore Punk-style vocals.
    • Shout-Out- The cover of Watch Out! and the lyrics to "That Girl Possessed" are nods to The Exorcist.
    • Surprisingly Gentle Song- "Side Walk When She Walks", which is a relaxed song sung entirely by Dallas, with no screaming or heavy guitars.
    • Take That- "Keep It On Wax" is one, long "fuck you" to their first drummer, Jesse Ingelevics, for trash-talking the band after he left.
    • The Problem with Pen Island- The band name can by read several different ways. People on YouTube are constantly asking if it's pronounced "Alex is on fire" (it's not), which can be something of a Berserk Button for fans of the band.