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Win Butler

ウィン・バトラー　/　うぃん・ばとらー

American songwriter

April 14, 1980 (age 46)　・　Houston, Texas, United States

Texas
songwriter
singer
composer

My Take

What strikes me about Win Butler is the geographic improbability of it all: a Houston kid who decamped to Montreal and built one of the most emotionally maximalist bands of his generation out of McGill connections. Arcade Fire's sound always felt like a cathedral fighting a garage, and I think that tension traces straight back to him. The poet-and-guitarist combination is rare and earns its keep in his lyrics. Honored with Quebec's Ordre des arts et des lettres, yet his social handle reads DJWindows98. That self-deprecating wink is exactly why I trust artists who refuse to take their own grandeur too seriously.

Overview

Edwin Farnham Butler III (born April 14, 1980) is an American-Canadian singer, songwriter, musician, and multi-instrumentalist. He co-founded the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire with Josh Deu and Régine Chassagne.

Summary adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

1. Profile

Name (English): Win Butler
Name (Japanese): ウィン・バトラー
Reading: うぃん・ばとらー
Born: April 14, 1980 (age 46)
Zodiac / Chinese zodiac: Aries / Monkey
Origin: Houston, Texas, United States
Blood type: Private
Height: Private
Agency: Private
Occupation: songwriter / singer / composer / poet / guitarist

2. Background

Elementary school: Private
Junior high: Private
High school: Private
University: McGill University

Awards & achievements

2017 Companion of the Ordre des arts et des lettres du Québec

3. Relationships

Spouse: Private
Children: Private
Parents: Private
Siblings: Private

4. Personality

Motto

Private

6. Links

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