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The band (originally comprised of Haines, the daughter of British poet Paul Haines, and Shaw, a Julliard-trained guitarist who she met in Toronto) formed in 1998 under the name Mainstream, and released an EP that was electronica-based. In the fall of that year, Haines and Shaw moved to [[Big Applesauce|New York]] to work on new material, renaming the group Metric as a result. During this time, they also released their first official LP, ''Grow Up And Blow Away'' in 2001. Later that year, the group brought on Scott-Key (a native of Flint, Michigan who was studying at the University of Texas) and his friend Winstead, who both performed music and met the duo during a trip to New York. With the new lineup, Metric released their first full-length album, ''Old World Underground, Where Are You Now?'', in 2003 and earned a Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Their follow-up CD, ''Live It Out'', was released in 2005 and was nominated for the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the Canadian Album of The Year and the Juno Award nomination for Best Alternative Album. Their latest album, ''Fantasies'', was nominated for the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for Canadian Album of the Year, and won Alternative Album of the Year at the 2010 Juno Awards.

 

 

Discography:

* ''Tormented'' (2009) - "Monster Hospital"

* ''Totally Spies: The Movie'' (2009) - "Gold Guns Girls"

* ''[[Scott Pilgrim vs. the World]]'' (2010) - "Black Sheep"

 

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