Tegan and Sare began playing guitar and writing their own songs from the age of 15 and ever since then they have been making music. in 1995 they decided to form a band, this band was known as Plunk and simply consisted of the two, they in fact had no bass player or even a drummer.
In 1997, after gaining experience from recording two albums in the studio of their school, the sisters went on to enter a competition which was called "Garage Warz" where they in fact won. From this they earned studio time and recorded their first professional demo "Yellow Tape"
The duo released their first album in 1999 "Under Feet Like Ours" they also changed their name from "Sara and Tegan" to "Tegan and Sara" as they believed that it would be more memorable.
The band signed to Vapor Records later that year by 2004 the band released their fourth album "So Jealous" this was very popular and gained them success both locally and internationally. The album gained itself a 4 out of 5 star rating from Allmusic and was praised by a writer of Rolling stone.
Tegan and Sara have gone on to make many appearances both on television and in film as they have appeared on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, Late show with Conan O'Brien and Late Show with David Letterman. Tegan and Sara even co-hosted the mtvU Woodie Awards alongside rapper Machine Gun Kelly.
As of 2014 the band have released 7 albums and won themselves over 10 awards and have been nominated for many many more.
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