George Pettit
{{short description|Canadian musician (born 1982)}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name = George Pettit
| image = George_Pettit_Soundwave.jpg
| caption = Pettit performing live in 2010
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| background = solo_singer
| birth_name = George Frederick Douglas Pettit{{cite web |url=https://open.spotify.com/artist/53RsXctnNmj9oKXvcbvzI2 |title = Alexisonfire {{!}} Spotify - Listen Free| website=Spotify }}
| alias =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|10|2|mf=y}}
| birth_place = Grimsby, Ontario, Canada
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| instrument = Vocals, bass, guitar, organ
| genre = Post-hardcore, punk rock, hardcore punk, melodic hardcore, heavy metal
| occupation = Singer, musician, songwriter, DJ, firefighter
| years_active = 2001–present
| label = Distort Entertainment, Dine Alone Records
| associated_acts = Alexisonfire, Black Lungs, Fucked Up, Bergenfield Four, Dead Tired
| website =
}}
George Frederick Douglas Pettit (born October 2, 1982) is a Canadian musician best known as the lead vocalist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire.{{cite web |url=http://www.teamdistort.com/band/22/alexisonfire/ |title=Distort Entertainment Official Website for Alexisonfire|website=Teamdistort.com |access-date=May 31, 2016}} He is also currently active as the vocalist of Dead Tired.
Biography
Pettit grew up in Grimsby, Ontario. He attended Lakeview Public School for his elementary years, then Grimsby Secondary School where he became involved in the local music scene.
At the age of 17 Pettit, joined by friends Dallas Green, Wade MacNeil, Chris Steele, and Jesse Ingelevics formed Alexisonfire. According to Pettit, he had a choice of going to art school or being in the band before the first tour. Pettit ultimately chose Alexisonfire which would later gain worldwide recognition.[http://dinealonerecords.com/artists/view/10 ] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100205090828/http://dinealonerecords.com/artists/view/10 |date=February 5, 2010 }}
In January 2009, he married his long-time girlfriend, Megan. Their first child, Owen Edward Pettit, was born on the winter solstice, December 21, 2009.Kerang Magazine Issue June 2009{{Cite web|url=https://www.chartattack.com/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091108120605/http://www.chartattack.com/news/64934/george-pettit-talks-aof-and-marriage|url-status=usurped|title=Chart Attack - Best Magazine 2020|archivedate=November 8, 2009|website=Chartattack.com|accessdate=September 20, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.lifenews.ca/thespec/profile/69638--pettit-george-and-megan-nee-macdonald |title=George Pettit | PETTIT, George and Megan (nee MacDonald) |publisher=LifeNews.ca |date=December 21, 2009 |accessdate=February 8, 2012}}{{cite web|url=http://blog.muchmusic.com/alexisonfires-george-becomes-a-daddy/ |title=Alexisonfire's George becomes a daddy! | MuchMusic.com | Blog |accessdate=March 20, 2010 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20091227113432/http://blog.muchmusic.com/alexisonfires-george-becomes-a-daddy/ |archivedate=December 27, 2009 }}
Pettit is an avid record collector as well as a DJ, taking tips from the great DJ King Tubby. He is also known for his diverse music taste ranging from Rick James and Nancy Sinatra to the Screamers. Pettit was a juror on the first two episodes of Video On Trial, a television show on MuchMusic, under the alias George Logan. He also hosts Strange Notes, a television program which airs on BiteTV and aux.tv. The show features in-depth interviews conducted by Pettit of artists that he finds interesting.{{Cite web|url=http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/george_pettit/index.shtml|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217222347/http://www.netglimse.com/celebs/pages/george_pettit/index.shtml|url-status=dead|title=Netglimse Biography|archivedate=December 17, 2014|accessdate=September 20, 2020}}{{cite web |url=http://www.bite.ca/video/Strange-Notes-with-George-Pettit/ |title=All Videos |website=Bite.ca |accessdate=February 8, 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://archive.today/20120730031043/http://www.bite.ca/video/Strange-Notes-with-George-Pettit/ |archivedate=July 30, 2012 }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.aux.tv/|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090107174258/http://www.aux.tv/show/Strange-Notes/|url-status=dead|title=AUX.TV - the new international weather forecast network|archivedate=January 7, 2009|website=Aux.tv|accessdate=September 20, 2020}}
Since the dissolution of Alexisonfire in 2011, Pettit has retrained to become a firefighter in Oshawa. He rejoined Alexisonfire in 2015.{{cite web|url=http://exclaim.ca/News/alexisonfires_george_pettit_becoming_firefighter |title=Alexisonfire's George Pettit Becoming a Firefighter |website=Exclaim.ca|accessdate=April 5, 2013}}
In 2015, Pettit released an LP with his side project Dead Tired. The band has since released two further EPs.{{Cite web|url=https://zdeadtiredz.bandcamp.com/|title=Full Vol., by DEAD TIRED|website=Zdeadtiredz.bandcamp.com|accessdate=September 20, 2020}}
Other work
Pettit is involved in bandmate Wade MacNeil's side project Black Lungs, for whom he sometimes plays bass on tour.
Pettit also provides lead vocals for his other side project Dead Tired.
Previously, a band called the Bergenfield Four (including Pettit alongside members of Attack in Black and Fucked Up) did their first show in Toronto, Ontario at the El Mocombo, in the fall of 2006. They released a four-song 7" demo in April 2007.
Pettit appears in the Cancer Bats videos for "100 Grand Canyon" and "Pneumonia Hawk" as well as contributing vocals to Pneumonia Hawk. He also appeared with Dallas Green on Jude the Obscure's album, on the song "Wake Up My Love", and as a guest vocalist on "Vivian Girls" by Fucked Up. He later contributed further guest vocals to Fucked Up's album Glass Boys.
George Pettit also featured as Guest Vocalist in the 2011 track "Sworded Beest" by the Hard Rock Band Monster Truck (on the Brown EP) hailing from Hamilton Ontario.
Pettit also makes a cameo in the music video for "Surprise Surprise" by Billy Talent.
References
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Category:Canadian firefighters
Category:Canadian punk rock singers
Category:Canadian television personalities
Category:Musicians from the Regional Municipality of Niagara
Category:People from Grimsby, Ontario