Edwin Farnham "Win" Butler III is an American lead vocalist and songwriter of the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire. His wife Régine Chassagne and his brother William Butler are both members of the band.
Phillips Exeter Academy, Sarah Lawrence College, McGill University
Nationality
Canada
Spouse
Régine Chassagne (m. 2003)
Parents
Liza Butler, Edwin Farnham Butler II
Siblings
William Butler
Nicknames
Butler, Win , Arcade Fire , Edwin Farnham Butler III
Music Groups
Arcade Fire
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Song Written for Visual Media
Movies
Scenes From The Suburbs
Star Sign
Aries
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A lot of people get really stuck in this idea that everything's been done and there's nowhere left to go. Rock 'n' roll is almost the most conservative form of performance art: you play your guitar, these are the moves, this is what the songs are about, and this is the energy. I always felt like there's so many sounds to make and things to talk about in songs. There's more to life than 'I love you baby, la, la, la'. I approach it more like filmmaking: you would never say every film has been made. You just tell another story.
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[Defining his Arcade Fire philosophy] I was really sick of bands just ignoring the audience as a posture in rock music. And I think we fed off each other in terms of trying to engage the audience, not in a hammy way, but actually trying to be aware of the space that you are playing in and trying to connect in some way through the music.
$5 Million
