You Oughta Know : Metric

An independent rock and roll band empowered by their innovative approach to the music business, Metric is Emily Haines, Jimmy Shaw, Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott Key. After forming in the late '90s, some of the group's members lived in a loft space in Brooklyn, struggling alongside future members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars and TV on the Radio. Fast-forward, Metric self-released their last album, Fantasies, on five continents without the benefit of a label and earned themselves multiple radio hits around the world with songs such as "Gimme Sympathy," "Gold Guns Girls," and "Help I'm Alive." They went on to sell over a million singles and 500,000 albums worldwide. Fantiasies earned Metric "Album of the Year" and "Band of the Year" at the Canadian Juno Awa... Moreğ

An independent rock and roll band empowered by their innovative approach to the music business, Metric is Emily Haines, Jimmy Shaw, Joshua Winstead and Joules Scott Key. After forming in the late '90s, some of the group's members lived in a loft space in Brooklyn, struggling alongside future members of the Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Liars and TV on the Radio. Fast-forward, Metric self-released their last album, Fantasies, on five continents without the benefit of a label and earned themselves multiple radio hits around the world with songs such as "Gimme Sympathy," "Gold Guns Girls," and "Help I'm Alive." They went on to sell over a million singles and 500,000 albums worldwide. Fantiasies earned Metric "Album of the Year" and "Band of the Year" at the Canadian Juno Awards, and the band finished 2010 with their music featured in two major Hollywood films including Scott Pilgrim vs The World and the Twilight Saga: Eclipse. Now touring to support their fifth album Synthetica, Metric can continue their growing success around the world.ĞLess