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Metric

Metric

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Years Active: 1998 to present

Genre: rock, pop

Country: Canada

Website: http://www.ilovemetric.com

Members:
Emily Haines (vox, synth)
James Shaw (guitars, vox)
Joshua Winstead (bass, vox)
Joules Scott Key (drums)
Emily Haines (vox, synth)
James Shaw (guitars, vox)
Joshua Winstead (bass, vox)
Joules Scott Key (drums)

Artist Bio:

When you hand over your money for a concert ticket, what are you really paying for: some idea of the performer you've gleaned from gazing longingly at album covers and compulsively clicking YouTube videos, or the performer as they choose to express themselves on that given day? Is the consumer entitled to a certain expectation of the performance a satisfaction-guaranteed procession of "the hits" or should the artist interpret the fan's investment as a vote of confidence, that the fan is willing to follow their every whim? In other words, is the customer really king, relegating the artist to the role of a court jester whose sole purpose is to entertain on demand? Or does the artist, elevated up on the stage and paid for the privilege, still dictate the terms of the contract? For Metric frontwoman Emily Haines, all these questions came to a head on the evening of March 30, 2008 at the Phoenix Concert Theatre in Toronto. She was all set to perform the sombre piano-based ballads that comprised the two releases from her solo venture, The Soft Skeleton: Knives Don't Have Your Back and What Is Free To a Good Home? much of which were written following a......[Read More]


 

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