Metric
| Metric | |
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 At one gig (2005). Left to right: Shaw, Haines, Scott-Key, Winstead |
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| General information | |
| Genre (s) | Indie rock |
| founding | 1999 |
| Website | http://www.ilovemetric.com |
| Current occupation | |
| Emily Haines | |
| James Shaw | |
| Joshua Winstead | |
| Joules Scott-Key | |
Metric is a Canadian rock band . It was founded in 1998 in New York (USA).
Band history
The band was initially a project of singer Emily Haines and guitarist James Shaw, who lived in New York City in 1998 and worked there together on synth- heavy music. Between 1999 and 2001 they recorded the intended debut album, Grow Up and Blow Away , which was to be released on Restless Records . After Restless was bought by Rykodisc , the album was put on hold. In 2001 the two Americans Josh Winstead (bass) and Joules Scott-Key (drums) joined the band and completed the formation.
In 2003 the first Metric album was recorded in Los Angeles and released on a Canadian independent label. The Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? titled work was produced by Michael Andrews and nominated for a Juno Award in the Best Alternative Album category. The album Live It Out followed in 2005 . After the tour following the publication, in which the group acted as the opening act for the Rolling Stones at their concerts in Madison Square Garden , there was a longer break in which the members were otherwise active. Emily Haines recorded a solo album in which James Shaw also participated. Scott-Key and Winstead recorded an album together as Bang Lime , which was released by Last Gang Records . Shaw built together with the then still at from Death Above 1979 active Sebastien Grainger the recording studio Giant on where the 2009 published next album by the band, Fantasies , was taken.
With Fantasies , Metric placed in the top 10 of the Canadian album charts and reached number 76 on the Billboard 200 .
In June 2010, the song Eclipse (All Yours) appeared on the soundtrack for the third part of the Twilight saga Eclipse .
On June 12, 2012 the Metric album Synthetica was released and in September 2015 the album "Pagans in Vegas".
Discography
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Albums
- 2003: Old World Underground, Where Are You Now? (CA:
gold) - 2005: Live It Out (CA:
platinum) - 2007: Grow Up and Blow Away
- 2009: Fantasies
- 2011: Fantasies Flashbacks
- 2012: Cosmopolis
- 2012: Synthetica
- 2015: Pagans in Vegas
- 2018: Art of Doubt
EPs
- 1998: Mainstream EP (out of print)
- 2001: Static Anonymity EP (out of print)
- 2007: Live at Metropolis
- 2009: Plug In, Plug Out
Singles
- 2001: Grow Up and Blow Away
- 2001: Raw Sugar
- 2004: Combat Baby
- 2004: Succexy
- 2004: Dead Disco
- 2006: Monster Hospital
- 2006: Poster of a Girl
- 2006: handshakes
- 2007: Empty
- 2008: Help I'm Alive
- 2009: Front Row
- 2009: Gimme Sympathy
- 2009: Sick Muse
- 2009: Gold Guns Girls
- 2010: Stadium Love
- 2010: Eclipse (All Yours)
- 2012: Youth Without Youth
- 2012: Breathing Underwater (CA:platinum)
swell
- ^ Brian Howe: Metric - Grow Up and Blow Away ; Review by Pitchfork Media , July 3, 2007
- ^ Metric at drownedinsound.com, accessed May 26, 2009
- ↑ Metric - Biography ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. at motor.de, accessed on May 26, 2009
- ^ Marc Deming: Metric - Biography at Allmusic; accessed on May 26, 2009
- ↑ BiteTv: Lowdown - Metric Interview Part 1of 4 on YouTube, from 1:00; accessed on May 26, 2009
- ↑ Charts at Allmusic, accessed on May 26, 2009
- ↑ Awards for Music Sales: CA
