Tegan Quin and Sara Quin (born in Calgary Alberta Canada September 19, 1980) are identical twins and Canadian singer-songwriters performing as Tegan and Sara
They originally thought that Plunk 1995 and lacked a drummer and bass player in 1997 used their school's recording studio for to record two demo albums: "Who's in your band?" and "Play Day" in 1998, they made an early breakthrough by winning Garage Warz Battle of the Bands a local music competition in Calgary Since then, two have toured with Neil Young Rufus Wainwright Kaki King, The Pretenders Ben Folds The Killers Rachael Cantu Vivek Shraya CAKE Gogol Bordello Hot Hot Heat Ryan Adams Veda Hille Little Birdy Little Brazil Iron On Bryan Adams and Weezer and they made a show at Sarah McLachlan & # 8217;'s LilITH Fair, signed by Neil Young's Vapor Records in Canada and to Sire in the United States as their previous label Sanctuary Records is no longer releasing new music in the U.S. currently Tegan lives in Vancouver British Columbia and Sara lives in Montreal, Quebec
When they compete in Garage Warz they were known as "Sara and Tegan" because that is how their mother registered them on the competition, their first album, Under Feet Like Ours was originally released under the name "Sara and Tegan" While both twins are similarly involved in vocals and playing instruments, singing the lead melody usually goes to the dependent double said given track, the two hardly sang along to recordings of his early recordings menbörjade more on their later records and then live
On their 2004 album "So Jealous", the two give their unusual voices and simple guitar riffs to power pop ballads about love and emotional haunting songs such as Walking with a Ghost
Album # 5 "The Con" was released July 24, 2007 showed a shift in style against darker tone compared to the relatively optimistic indie pop of "So Jealous" The twins toured the album for over a year and a half
Their sixth studio album titled 'Sainthood' was released October 27, 2009 to generally positive reviews
Gemini are notorious for their live act which includes sisterly joke stories from growing up in and surviving teen hood and self-conscious humor
Official site: http://wwwteganandsaracom
Live Touring Band members include Ted Gowans Shaun Hubert and Johnny Andrews Former members include Rob Chursinoff Dan Kelly and Chris Carlson
