We suffer so well together’: Alexisonfire on breaking up and reuniting for the band’s new album 

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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.

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.

There is nothing to dislike about this band. Great music, great people. Simple as that.

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

So glad that Blue Spade gets the recognition that it deserves. One of the best songs, ever. Resonates with me so much

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

I just wanna say I'm happy Alexisonfire is back again. They're one of my favorite bands

These guys are so down to earth and humble. Makes me love their music even more!

This interview is incredible. So happy these guys are back (with an insanely impressive album to boot)

Tom is a fantastic interviewer. It helps to have two interesting guys like George and Dallas but Tom killed this. Well done!

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.

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!!

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.

"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.

blue spade is an absolute bar burner. it really encapsulates the bands diversity. this band have aged phenomenally

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!

Big love from Quebec ! They just came yesterday at the FEQ awesome to see them being back

So much love for this interview and the feelings those 3 guys transport to my living room, through the blanket into my heart!

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.

Great interview folks! Loved this! Thank you.

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!

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.

I got so emotional during that interview. Aof means so much to me and 'otherness' sums it up perfectly

"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.

I saw alexis at the feq just a few days ago such a great show thank you for the great music

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.

Very cool 😎 Thank you all so much for these insights

Thank you CBC!

This is a wonderful interview! Love these boys and this band. 💜💀

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!

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.

Love Alexisonfire! You guys are truly amazing. The music is unreal, so unreal to be able to relate to it - has beauty and pain.

Heard of Alexisonfire back in 05. My homie got my passes to warped and never looked back. Thank you aof

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.

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.

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.

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.

For being the eloquent screamer in the band, George is also a very eloquent non-screamer. Fantastic interview.

100% agree with the Rush analogy.

Been a fan since "Watch Out!"... Good for them... found them at CD Warehouse.

This is amazing.

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.

I've always had a crush on Dallas but as George gets older, he's getting so cute

These guys are fucking legends, so much love

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.

Alexisonfire really deserves a lifetime achievement award, named in their honor.

13:39 this is very important and needs to be preserved

So happy they're together again and I loved Sans Soleil

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

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.

"It's a decidedly unsafe place if you have certain views." Right...

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 😅

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 👍

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.

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.

I’ve always called this band Alex Is On Fire for years!

These guys are my heroes

The fact that Dallas has a “Black Crowes” shirt on… makes me overwhelmingly happy.

I remember seeing them and Billy Talent in Niagara Falls Ny with the cancer bats and I was hooked

Commited to the Con, Sans Soleil, Dark Night of the Soul.....Really good songs on the album

Shout out to Tom. He's doing us Newfoundlanders proud!

St. Catherines was the best weekend of my life a few weeks ago.

Excellent band

Dude I love Alexisonfire

Great interview. One of Grimsby's finest.

Its impossible to get a clear picture of these guys on stage. AoF is just to blurs between 2 awesome guitar players

not a phase 🖤

The Only Band Ever ❤️

Eu fico chorando escutando Sans Soleil

Cool Black Crowes shirt!

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

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?

4:00 That's the St Catherine's love language 😂😂

you guys.... Elons gonna love you guys ....love it.

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

Dishwalla?

Jian Ghomeshi looks so pale here wtf

Anyone else think that it was Scott Stapp??

First view

POOR LITTLE TINMAN

See ya AoF. Your new stuff won't be missed! -everyone with ears

"Decidely unsafe place if you have certain views" .. yikes Dallas.

Safe spaces lol.. oh boy

"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?

So glad they split up then come back together to put out 1 good song on the entire album

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.

AOF is the greatest band, from one of the worst countries on the planet! AOF for life!

Dallas Green/City and colour are way better than Alexisonfire. Not dogging Alexisonfire, but we all know that Dallas is God ❤

I saw them my first time in a church basement in Brampton 😂

The Only Band Ever.