The band met their manager and producer Greig Nori , also the lead vocalist of the band Treble Charger , in 1996 at Jonopalooza, and Whibley convinced Nori to watch his band perform. Nori was not impressed with the band’s songs or the original vocalist Jon Marshall and advised Whibley to be the vocalist instead causing Marshall to leave. With Whibley moving to lead vocals and rhythm guitar, Dave Baksh , a friend of Deryck and Steve and fellow student at Exeter High School, joined as lead guitarist. During the band’s first tour in New Brunswick , the band was involved in a near-fatal car accident, when their Ford Econoline van was broadsided by an F-150 ; Roy, who was driving the van, quit the band after returning home. Mark Spicoluk briefly filled in as the band’s new bassist in 1998, until he was replaced by Jason McCaslin , another friend of the band’s and student at Exeter High School, in 1999. In 1996, the band opened for Len .
met manager and producer Greig Nori
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