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The Polaris Prize Gets Fucked Up

Sep 22, 2009, 12:25pm

Fucked Up surprised everyone by winning the 2009 Polaris Music Prize last night for The Chemistry Of Common Life album. Emerging from perhaps the most talented collection of 10 short-list nominees yet, the hardcore band becomes the second group from the Toronto area to win the Polaris Prize, following in the footsteps of inaugural victor Final Fantasy , who just so happened to join the band on stage in the night's most memorable performance.

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