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Régine Chassagne
Régine Chassagne
	; Régine Chassagne on stage, July 2007
Background information
Birth name	Régine Chassagne
Born	August 18, 1977 (age 32)
Origin	St-Lambert, Quebec, Canada
Genres	Alternative rock, indie rock, art rock,baroque pop
Instruments	Vocals, accordion, drums, piano, xylophone, hurdy gurdy, keyboards
Years active	2000–present
Associated acts	Arcade Fire

Régine Chassagne (born 18 August 1977)^[1] is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician and singer, and a founding member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire. She is married to co-founder Win Butler.

[edit] Life and career

She was born in Canada,^[2] her family having emigrated from Haiti during the dictatorship of Jean-Claude Duvalier, and she grew up in St-Lambert, across from Montreal.^[3] She is a dual Canadian-American citizen.^{[citation needed]} Her heritage is alluded to in the Arcade Fire song "Haiti", in which she sings, Mes cousins jamais nés hantent les nuits de Duvalier ("My unborn cousins haunt the nights of Duvalier").^[4]

Chassagne earned a B.A. in communication studies at Concordia University in 1998,^[5] and went on to study jazz voice briefly at McGill University.^[6] She was singing jazz at an art opening at Concordia in 2000 when Butler met her and persuaded her to join his band; after line-up changes, only the two of them were left. They married in 2003. She plays many instruments on stage, including the accordion, drums, the xylophone, hurdy-gurdy, keyboards and organ.

Chassagne has also been involved with a medieval band called Les Jongleurs de la Mandragore,^[7] and a jazz band, Azúcar. She also wrote the music for the two-minute David Uloth sketch: "The Shine,"^[8] and contributed to the UNICEF benefit project as part the North American Hallowe'en Prevention Initiative, performing the song "Do They Know It's Hallowe'en?" along with Win Butler.

On several occasions Regine has launched into her song "Haiti" with an anecdote regarding her love of roses. This is her username on the Arcade Fire fansite.

[edit] References

^ Hoard, Christian. (February 24, 2005). "The Fire This Time." Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
^ "Arcade Fire talk about their music." (March 6, 2007). Radio Telefís Éireann. Retrieved March 16, 2007.
^ Carpenter, Lorraine. (September 16, 2004). "Hot property." Montreal Mirror. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
^ Hanley Bemis, Alec. (December 1, 2004). "Weddings & Funerals." LA Weekly. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
^ McDonagh, Patrick. (Fall 2006). "Musical Joy." Concordia University Magazine. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
^ "The Arcade Fire is red hot." (Winter 2004). McGill News. Retrieved October 19, 2007.
^ "Les Jongleurs de la Mandragore." (n.d.). Retrieved October 19, 2007.
^ "The Shine (2002)." (n.d.). The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 19, 2007.

[edit] External links

Media related to Régine Chassagne at Wikimedia Commons
Profile of Régine Chassagne from an article by Elizabeth Goodman in Rolling Stone
Inter Press Service on the Arcade Fire and Régine Chassagne's Advocacy for Haiti

[0] Hoard, Christian. (February 24, 2005). "The Fire This Time." Rolling Stone. Retrieved October 19, 2007.

[RTE-1] "Arcade Fire talk about their music." (March 6, 2007). Radio Telefís Éireann. Retrieved March 16, 2007.

[Mirror-2] Carpenter, Lorraine. (September 16, 2004). "Hot property." Montreal Mirror. Retrieved October 19, 2007.

[3] Hanley Bemis, Alec. (December 1, 2004). "Weddings & Funerals." LA Weekly. Retrieved October 19, 2007.

[4] McDonagh, Patrick. (Fall 2006). "Musical Joy." Concordia University Magazine. Retrieved October 19, 2007.

[5] "The Arcade Fire is red hot." (Winter 2004). McGill News. Retrieved October 19, 2007.

[6] "Les Jongleurs de la Mandragore." (n.d.). Retrieved October 19, 2007.

[7] "The Shine (2002)." (n.d.). The Internet Movie Database. Retrieved October 19, 2007.

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