high school talent contest

The band got together during a high school talent contest after forming in 1993. 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 . 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.