Chris Steele (musician)

Alexisonfire
Alexisonfire performing in Vancouver on their 2012 farewell tour
Background information
Origin	St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada
Genres	Post-hardcore,melodic hardcore, screamo
Years active	2001–2011; 2012; 2015–present
Labels	Dine Alone, Distort, Vagrant, Equal Vision
Associated acts	City and Colour, Black Lungs, Cunter, Jersey, Gallows, Billy Talent, Rise Against, The Bled, Moneen
Website	www.theonlybandever.com
Members	George Pettit Dallas Green Wade MacNeil Chris Steele Jordan Hastings
Past members	Jesse Ingelevics

Alexisonfire (pronounced "Alexis on fire") is a five-piece Canadian post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario in 2001. The band consists of George Pettit (unclean vocals), Dallas Green (clean vocals, guitar, piano), Wade MacNeil (guitar, backing vocals), Chris Steele (bass guitar), and Jordan Hastings (drums, percussion).

They describe 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. Angeles", also the inspiration for their debut album cover art). 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 as well as earning their self-titled debut album a gold certification in Canada.

The band has released three subsequent successful studio albums since then: Watch Out! in 2004, Crisis in 2006, and Old Crows/Young Cardinals in 2009, each achieving platinum certification in their native country. Plus three special edition live albums from Manchester Academy, Birmingham Academy, and Brixton Academy. Their accolades include a 2005 Juno Award for New Group of the Year.