Recorded two demo albums

Tegan and Sara began writing songs at 14. One of the first songs they wrote was “Tegan Didn’t Go To School Today”, written by Sara and recorded by the pair on cassette tape . The band was first called “Plunk”, short for “light punk”, due to their lack of a drummer and bassist. In 1997, they used their school’s recording studio to record two demo albums: So Who’s in Your Band? and Play Day . In 1998 they won Calgary ‘s “Garage Warz” competition, which awarded them studio time. They recorded their first professional demo called Yellow Tape under “Sara and Tegan” using this studio time. This was followed by Orange Tape and Red Tape . In May 1998, they opened for Hayden in Calgary, marking their first major show.