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Article: Double the power.(Tegan and Sara Quin, twin singers from Canada)(Brief Article)
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- The Advocate (The national gay & lesbian newsmagazine)
- Article date:
- November 21, 2000
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Twin performers Tegan and Sara sing out against the messed-up messages of Eminem and Britney Spears
One night last spring Tegan and Sara Quin, better known as the acoustic duo Tegan and Sara, made a statement that changed their young lives. In a taped interview that ran after their performance at the televised ceremony for Canada's Youth Television Awards, the Quin twins said, "We don't need to look like Britney Spears or act like Britney Spears to influence the Britney Spears crowd."
"We got a barrage of E-mails from kids between the ages of 12 and 17 saying things like `I like Britney Spears, but I relate to you better,'" says Tegan, still somewhat ...