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For The Canadian Band Also Named Pezz See Billy Talent. Pezz Is A Punk Band From Memphis Tennessee. They Formed In 1989 And Released Several LPs CDs And Cassettes With Labels 'Truant Records' 'BYO Records' And 'Soul Is Cheap'. Pezz Toured The United States Canada And Europe Extensively Between 1996 - 2001 And Reputedly Completed All Of The Tasks They Had Set Out To Achieve. Citation Needed Pezz Is Closely Tied With Human Rights Causes Especially Death Penalty Abolition And Opposition The War/sanctions/occupation Against Iraq. Around January 2002 Pezz Ceased To Be A Full-Time Band. Although They No Longer Tour The Band Continues To Play Write And Record Music. Currently Pezz Plays Local Shows And Is Working On Two New Records Including A Split Release With Memphis Favorites While I Breathe I Hope. Pezz Was Also The Original Name Of Billy Talent Who Following A Brief Dispute With Memphis 'Pezz ' Backed Down And Agreed To Rename. Pezz Members Have Included Ceylon Mooney Marv Stockwell Anthony Siracusa Nic Cupples Scott Bomar Uncle Roy Joey Mullinix Ben Nichols Chris Coble Grant Miller Chad Martin Brad Jackson . BILLY TALENT PEZZ Era The Band Originated In Meadowvale And Streetsville Two Neighbouring Districts In Mississauga Ontario. In 1993 Ben Kowalewicz And Paul Raso Were Part Of A Band Called "To Each His Own" Where Gallant Played Bass And Kowalewicz Was On Drums. Kowalewicz Moved To Vocals And Aaron Solowoniuk Was Recruited In His Place. Then Backstage At The Talent Show Of Their High School Our Lady Of Mount Carmel Secondary They Met Ian D'Sa Who Played With A Different Band By The Name Of "Dragonflower".The Two Bands Started Playing Local Pool Halls And Bars Together. Eventually Kowalewicz Asked D'Sa About Starting A New Band With Him Gallant And Solowoniuk. He Wanted To Make A Band That Focused More On Creativity And D'Sa Agreed. This Merger Would Bring On The Name "The Other One" For A Short Time And Eventually "Pezz". Pezz Began Writing Performing Songs And Gaining Attention And Credibility At First Locally And Soon In Toronto's Broader Indie Music Scene. Their First Recording Was A Cheap 4-Track Demo. It Was Recorded In Ian D'Sa's Basement In July 1994 And Was Named Demoluca After A Friend Of The Band Named Jason Deluca Had Stopped By The House Banging On A Basement Window While The Band Was Recording. Soon After In January 1995 They All Put In Money To Record Another Demo Of Better Quality With Engineer/producer Dave Tedesco At The "Signal To Noise" Studio Which They Called Dudebox. 5 Originally Two Tracks From Demoluca And Four Newly Recorded Tracks Were Compiled Onto It But A Year Later The Band Recorded Four More Tunes Live In The Studio And Re-Released It. After These Releases And Their Continued Performances In The Immediate Area Pezz Was Gaining A Following In Mississauga And It Continued To Spread. Eventually The Boys Left High School And Had To Move Onto Other Head Spaces. D'Sa Studied Classical Animation At Sheridan College And Even Worked On Angela Anaconda As An Animator. Gallant Almost Finished A Business Degree. Kowalawicz Was In Between Jobs One Which Included Working At 102.1 The Edge. Solowoniuk Worked At Chrysler Canada. But During All This Each Member Found The Time And Finances To Max-Out Their Credit Cards And Record Their First Full-Length Album In 1998.They Laid Down Twelve Tracks At A Studio Called "Great Big Music" Collaborating With Juno-Nominated Music Producer Brad Nelson. Kowalawicz Started Singing In Melody With D'Sa. The Music Began To Transform From A "raw Rap-Rock" Songs Into "catchy And Angst-Ridden Pop Punk Anthems". With That Watoosh! Was Born And Independently Released. While Popular Within Toronto's Indie Scene It Did Not Reach Large Mainstream Sales Levels. In 2001 The Band Was Threatened With A Lawsuit From An American Band That Was Also Called Pezz Which Resulted In A Name Change. Billy Talent Would Become Their New Name Inspired By The Guitarist "Billy Tallent" From Michael Turner's Novel Hard Core Logo. The Film Adaptation By Bruce McDonald Would Be The Inspirational Medium For The Band.However This Still Led To Fans Mistaking Kowalewicz Of Being Named Billy Talent. read less