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Montreal-based Unicorns were originally formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn (stage name Nick "Neil" Diamonds and a host of other aliases) and Alden Penner (stage name Alden Ginger, Elvis Presley's fiancee when he died was Ginger Alden) They were later joined by drummer Jamie Thompson (stage name J'aime Tambeur) and Max Groadie ("the American roadie né Bill Horwood")

The band released their debut album Unicorns are also people in March 2003 by their own record company label Caterpillars of the Community with a limited print run of 500 copies

In October the same year they went back into the studio to record several new tracks and recast a number of songs from their debut The resulting second album, who will cut our hair nets we are livingtake? was released in November 2003 Recordings label Alien8 and was a remarkable departure for a label that has traditionally released albums of avant-garde and highly experimental artists such as Acid Mothers Temple and noise pioneer Merzbow

album received glowing reviews of The Village Voice NME online magazine Pitchfork and numerous other publications from around the world and it quickly earned the band a fanatical following on the indie-rock circuit, the band toured constantly for 13 months af...
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