Research Into Chosen Band/Genre

Alexisonfire (pronounced Alexis-on-fire) are a post-hardcore band that hail from Canada. The band contains five members - George Pettit (vocals), Dallas Green (guitar, piano, vocals), Wade MacNeil (guitar, vocals), Chris Steele (bass) and Jordan Hastings (drums). The genre Post-Hardcore mean the band play what is considered as "heavy music" and their instruments being a huge part of the band. The vocals consist of Dallas' Harmonies/clean vocals and George Pettit "screams"/dirty vocals. The band themselves have described themselves as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls in mid-knife fight". The band had a very quick rise to success and are now touring all over the world in sell out tours. My song is called This Could Be Anywhere In the World.

Background

The origins of the genre generate from the 1980's hardcore punk genre. Although music analysists say that new bands from the post-hardcore have found a way to make their music and sound more creative rather than the old hardcore punk way of playing loud and using angry vocals. And also new bands have incorporated clean calm vocals with classical "screaming" in order to find a combined sound in which can fuse two types of genres and eventually widen the fans.

The genre Post-hardcore has been derived from Hardcore punk, and many bands are now classed as being within the genre, as the genre has grown at an accelerated pace. The genre of music, although widely popular, is stereotyped as a very specific taste, with a kind of love/hate fan base. Many of the fans are also noticeable and are considered "different" as many are covered in tattoos, with distinct piercings and long hair. There are many affiliations that coincide with the fans/genre.

The video below is of the post-hardcore genre, and shows a common type of video within the genre, where the band use a performance piece with a crowd and themselves performing, and then a narrative, although in this case the narrative is not clear but seems almost random.

This band 'Deaf Havana' are very similar to Alexisonfire in sound and style. The bands are trying to focus the fans who are viewing the video on the performance rather than any other aspect of their music.

Another type of video the genre is seen to use is the video of one/multiple gigs of the band, showing the crowd enjoying themselves and portraying the representations of the bands. i also believe this is another way to show that the band are not motivated by materialistic goods and out for the fame, rather they perform for everyone to have a good time and enjoy their music.

As seen below by a band named 'Bring Me the Horizon'