The pair have released nine studio albums. Tegan and Sara began playing guitar and writing songs at age 15 [6] with the use of an old guitar they found in their basement owned by their stepdad at that time , Bruce. One of the very first songs they wrote was Tegan Didn't Go To School Today , originally written by Sara and they later on sang and recorded together on a tape. They first called their band Plunk, defined as ' light punk' as they didn't have a drummer nor a bass player that time. In , they used their school's recording studio to record two demo albums: Who's in Your Band?
Sara, of Tegan and Sara, on Growing Up Gay | AnOther
The biggest twins in pop are returning to where it all began with High School, a book chronicling the acid, raves, girlfriends and guitars that shaped their teenage years. The most 90s of all, however, is how much time the twins spend on the telephone. Friendships, love affairs and messy personal sagas all take place over a shared landline. Today, Tegan and Sara Quin are calling separately from their homes close to each other in Vancouver to explain why they have decided to revisit their adolescence in great, probing detail. To listen to them chatting away down the line is apt. It brings the book so vividly to life that I almost find myself twirling an imaginary cord around my finger.
Polaris Music Prize: Metric, Godspeed, Tegan and Sara make long list
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