Memphis is 1) a musical duo brought together in 2002 by
Stars front man Torquil Campbell and long time friend and musician Chris Dumont. Dumont, originally from North Carolina, first met Campbell in New York City in the early 1990s. With Campbell's childhood friends Chris Seligman, James Shaw, and Adam Marvy, the pair played together in a band called
Luxe. Later, Seligman and Campbell would form Canada's
indie pop group
Stars, while Shaw would go on to form
Metric with
Emily Haines. Following the initial success of
Stars, Campbell invited Dumont to visit in Vancouver, Bri…
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