Tegan and Sara
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Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Kiersten Quin (born September 19 1980, identical twins) are Canadian singer-songwriters, performing as Tegan and Sara.
Born in Calgary, Alberta, they got their start winning Garage Warz, a local music competition in that city. Since then, the two have toured extensively with many artists, including Neil Young, Rufus Wainwright, Ryan Adams, Ben Folds, The Pretenders, The Killers, Little Birdy, Hot Hot Heat, Bryan Adams and Weezer and on Sarah McLachlan's Lilith Fair. They are signed to Neil Young's Vapor Records in the U.S. and to the Universal Music Group in Canada. Tegan currently lives in Vancouver, British Columbia and Sara in Montreal, Quebec.
Originally, as when they were competing in Garage Warz, the duo was known as "Sara and Tegan." They decided to change their band's name to "Tegan and Sara" because "Tegan" is a more unusual name and, they felt, "Sara" was a common name among female artists. Early copies of their album Under Feet Like Ours were printed under the band name "Sara and Tegan", and are now a sought-after commodity among their fans.
The twins tell comic stories on stage, a throwback to when they didn't have a lot of material but still wanted to give people a full show. Their sisterly bickering is part of the show and endears them greatly to their fans.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
While both twins are similarly involved in vocals and playing instruments, the singing of the lead melody often goes to whichever twin wrote the particular song. Sara has been quoted saying that Tegan writes songs prolifically, "like a fish lays eggs", eventually discarding most of them. Sara's songs, on the other hand, evolve slowly and methodically and almost always make it onto the record.[[Citing sources citation needed]]
Tegan and Sara both identify as lesbian. [link]
Cover songs
In 2004, Matt Sharp and Maya Rudolph of The Rentals recorded a cover version of Tegan and Sara's song "Not Tonight", and released it for free on the World Wide Web. [link] Sharp also played moog on "So Jealous."In 2005, The White Stripes did a cover of Tegan and Sara's song "Walking With A Ghost," which was released on the "Walking With A Ghost" EP by the group. "Walking With A Ghost" was also used in a mashed-up Dance remix bootleg by Party Ben http://partyben.com/downloads/ with a song by Mylo, "Paris Four Hundred" under the title "Walking With A Ghost In Paris", which became a sought after club track after an influential dance radio station in the United States, C-89.5/KNHC/Seattle, Washington, started playing the song. [link]
Accomplishments
In late 2004, Rolling Stone magazine named their album So Jealous on their list of the best 50 albums of the year.Tegan and Sara were nominated for a 2006 Juno Award for Alternative Album of the Year alongside Hot Hot Heat, Metric, The New Pornographers and Broken Social Scene.
Band members
- Tegan Quin – vocals and guitar
- Sara Quin – vocals and guitar
- Johnny Five Andrews – drums
- Rob Chursinoff - drums (up until 2005)
- Chris Carlson – bass guitar
- Ted Gowans – guitar and keyboard
Discography
Albums
- Yellow Demo [pre-1999, cassette only]
- Red Demo [pre-1999, cassette only]
- Orange Demo [pre-1999, cassette only]
- Under Feet Like Ours (1999) (Initially Sara and Tegan but re-released as Tegan and Sara and again with the bonus track "Frozen" off of "This Business of Art")
- This Business of Art (2000)
- If It Was You (2002)
- So Jealous (2004)
Singles
Time Running (2003)I Hear Noises (2003)
Monday Monday Monday (2003)
Walking With A Ghost (2004)
Speak Slow (2004)
DC Shoes also released a 3 song sampler of So Jealous as a promotional offer during 2005.
Music videos
The First (2000)Monday Monday Monday (2003)
Living Room (2003)
I Hear Noises (2003)
Walking With A Ghost (2004)
Speak Slow (2005)
Awards & Nominations
2000
- YTV Achievement Award
- *Band/Musical Group - Won
2003
- Western Canadian Music Awards
- *Outstanding Pop Recording (If It Was You) - Won
2006
- Juno Awards
- *Alternative Album Of The Year (So Jealous) - Nominated (lost to Broken Social Scene)
See also
External links
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