The good critical reception came from the fact that the band was more focused from the eighteen months of touring, helping them harness more aggression, release more emotion, and fine-tune all the tracks. It debuted at #6 on the Nielsen Soundscan Top 200, and received gold certification in Canada in twelve weeks. Watch Out! was released on June 29, 2004, and was immediately successful. They would remain with Distort Entertainment, and instead of using a famous producer, they recorded the album with Julius Butty at his studio near Hamilton, Ontario. However, when they started considering making a second album, the band felt that, for artistic reasons, they should remain independent, as it would give them better chances of developing and deciding their direction. Watch Out!: 2004–2005 Main article: Watch Out!Īlexisonfire had attracted considerable attention from major record labels, due to the success of their self-titled debut. In the end, Alexisonfire was certified gold in Canada, marking 50,000+ sales. The band was starting to become more of a full-time job than a hobby. The band proceeded to tour support their album, crossing Canada twice, and began stepping into the United States and European scenes, playing with Billy Talent, GWAR, The Juliana Theory, Godsmack, and Glassjaw. Although there was a distribution deal with EMI, the album's success was mostly attributed to word-of-mouth. On September 9, 2002, Alexisonfire was released, the cover art featuring two Catholic school girls engaged in a knife fight, which goes in hand with the band's description of their music. Below was working with EMI at the same time and he used this to record the band at the company's in-house studio and land them a co-publishing and distribution deal. The pair were setting up a record label called Distort Entertainment at the time, and coincidentally they were looking for artists. The group caught its first break when they caught the attention of recording engineer Greg Below and Montreal journalist Mitch Joel. The band released its first EP, Math Sheet Demos in 2002, so named because the CD was wrapped in former drummer Jesse Ingelevics' math homework. However, it was discovered that the moniker was not registered, and no further action took place. This caused problems when she discovered that they were using her website name as their band name, and she threatened to sue the band for copyright infringement. The band's name was derived from Alexis Fire, the world's only lactating contortionist stripper. They got together, recruited drummer Jesse Ingelevics, and formed Alexisonfire. These bands broke up at the same time, and those remaining members still had the drive to play and succeed. Pettit was playing bass in a tech-metal band called Condemning Salemn, Green was a lead singer and guitar player in Helicon Blue, and MacNeil and Steele played in a Pop-punk band called Plan 9. 1.4 Old Crows / Young Cardinals: 2008–presentĪlexisonfire was formed in late 2001 as the result of a three-band break up.In December 2008 the band shared the title of their forthcoming album " Old Crows / Young Cardinals" during a show in Hamilton, Ontario. The band toured in support of Crisis, until December 2007. Īside from that, the band has released two more very successful albums: Watch Out! in 2004, and Crisis in 2006, both which have achieved platinum certification in Canada. When the band came out of the underground like an "utterly captivating car-accident-in-progress" in late 2001, it was enough to impress critics and attain a gold certification for their self-titled debut album. Angeles", which was also the inspiration for their album cover art). The band describes their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls in mid-knife-fight" (a reference to their song "A Dagger Through the Heart of St. The band consists of George Pettit (vocals), Dallas Green (guitar, vocals), Wade MacNeil (guitar, vocals), Chris Steele (bass), and Jordan Hastings (drums). Alexisonfire (pronounced as "Alexis On Fire") is a five-piece post-hardcore band that formed in St.
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