Arcade Fire Slam Bands Who Live Cliche Rock And Roll Lifestyle

Arcade Fire have condemned the cliché view of rock and roll - and said the lifestyle doesn’t appear to them.

Singer Win Butler told the Observer the band were more interested in focusing on their music.

“We're not a band that's out to party until we die every night,” he said.

“We did a lot of shows with a lot of bands that were living that dream, but it's a dream I never bought into. It never seemed that fun.

“In fact, it was always kind of embarrassing to me. That isn't what I think is cool about rock."

Meanwhile, Butler’s wife and band member Reigne Chassagne also said the band would scale down their current arena shows if they felt it wasn’t right for them.

"If it stops feeling organic, we'll stop doing it,” she said. “I have no ambition to be the biggest or the bestselling. That kind of thing is not why I, or any of us, play music.”

Arcade Fire are due to kick off their UK tour at London’s O2 Arena on Wednesday (December 1) and Thursday (2), before touting.

(by Jason Gregory)

 Arcade Fire Confirm Deluxe Edition Of 'The Suburbs' And DVD Release (19.04.2011)

 Arcade Fire To Release Two New Songs 'Speaking In Tongues' And 'Culture War' (19.04.2011)

 Rihanna: Arcade Fire 'Blew My F*cking' Mind' At Coachella Festival 2011 (18.04.2011)

 LCD Soundsystem Joined By Arcade Fire At Last Ever Gig (03.04.2011)

 Arcade Fire Perform Rolling Stones And Cyndi Lauper Covers At Surprise Haiti Gig (31.03.2011)

 Arcade Fire Win Big At Canada's Juno Awards (28.03.2011)

 Arcade Fire, U2, The Killers' Label To Stop The Release Of Physical Singles (25.03.2011)

 Arcade Fire, Chemical Brothers, Pulp To Play Electric Picnic Festival 2011 (10.03.2011)

 Arcade Fire Hit Back Over Grammy Awards Criticism (24.02.2011)

 NME Awards 2011: Winners List (24.02.2011)

 Arcade Fire Reveal They're Working On New Album (16.02.2011)