SWISH founded in Peterborough

In 2000, Dunn, Clark, and Paige founded a Peterborough -based group called “SWISH”, while Biro sang lead vocals for a four-piece group called the “Cheese Monkeys from Planet Nine” from Barrie, Ontario . In 2000, SWISH released their first independent album, Riding Around the Park on Mime Radio, an independent record label based in Peterborough. In January 2002, Biro moved to Peterborough to join Dunn, Clark, and Paige and SWISH was renamed “Reason Being”, before finally settling with the name “Hawk Nelson”. In 2003, they released their second independent album, Saturday Rock Action .