Billy Talent is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock band formed in 1993. They performed and recorded together for about a decade before finding a wide mainstream following. Originally called Pezz, the group originates from Streetsville, in Mississauga, Ontario, but now hail from Toronto, Ontario. The band are currently on tour, promoting a new album, released in July 2009 named Billy Talent III. The name is inspired by a character named Billy Tallent in the 1993 book Hard Core Logo by Michael Turner (filmed in 1996) and it has been the name of the band since 2001, after a dispute with the American Pezz. To date, the band have released four studio albums, the first under the name Pezz named Watoosh!, the second under the Billy Talent name is called Billy Talent with the third called Billy Talent II. The fourth album, Billy Talent III, released in 2009, was produced by Brendan O'Brien, who previously worked with AC/DC, Rage Against the Machine, Pearl Jam and The Offspring, among others. Read more at: http://www.last.fm/music/Billy+Talent/+wiki. |