These Are The Stories Behind How Famous Bands Got Their Names

Mariel Loveland | February 13, 2018 9:38 am

Arcade Fire

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Arcade Fire’s name is almost as impossibly hip as the band’s live shows. Remember when they wanted to set a dress code for a rock performance? Why not? Frontman Win Butler admitted that he named his stadium indie rock project after a literal fire in an arcade. Butler isn’t sure whether or not the story is a true one, but in his mind, this arcade definitely lit up.

“It’s based on a story that someone told me. It’s not an actual event, but one that I took to be real. I would say that it’s probably something that the kid made up, but at the time I believed him,” he told Pitchfork.