Arcade Fire toured with instrumentalists.
Arcade Fire is a Canadian indie rock band based in Montreal , Quebec , consisting of husband and wife Win Butler and Régine Chassagne , along with Win 's younger brother William Butler , Richard Reed Parry , Tim Kingsbury and Jeremy Gara . Jeremy Gara ( born June 6 , 1978 ) is a Canadian drummer from Ottawa , Ontario . Régine Chassagne ( [ ʁeˈʒin ʃaˈsaːɲ ] ; born 19 August 1976 ) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist musician , singer and songwriter , and is a founding member of the band Arcade Fire . Richard Reed Parry ( born October 4 , 1977 ) is a Canadian multi-instrumentalist , composer , producer , best known as a core member of the Grammy Award-winning indie rock band Arcade Fire , where he plays a wide variety of instruments , often switching between guitar , double bass , drums , celesta , keyboards , and accordion . Tim Kingsbury . He plays bass guitar , guitar , and occasionally keyboards . William Pierce `` Will '' Butler ( born October 6 , 1982 ) is an American multi-instrumentalist and composer who is best known as a core member of the indie rock band Arcade Fire . Will plays synthesizer , bass , guitar and percussion . Edwin Farnham `` Win '' Butler III ( born April 14 , 1980 ) is an American-Canadian lead vocalist , multi-instrumentalist and songwriter of the Montreal-based indie rock band Arcade Fire .