Billy Talent, Girls T-Shirt, Billy Talent II
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Officially Licensed Billy Talent Girls T-Shirts
Billy Talent II Girls T-Shirt
Billy Talent girls shirt featuring the album cover image from the Billy Talent II album on the front of a black cotton shirt.
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.
Now known as Billy Talent, their sound began to move in a more aggressive, punk rock direction.
During this time, Kowalewicz ran into a co-worker, Jen Hirst, at 102.1 the edge, the Toronto radio station he worked at. She had previously seen the band perform as Pezz, and he asked her to check out the band's performance at a club. This would prove to pay off, as Hirst was later hired by Warner Music Canada to work in A&R. This connection would get the band their producer Gavin Brown, and a demo deal with the label.
Before the demos were recorded, a local manager called Atlantic Records A&R executives, who were already in Toronto, to see the band perform in its tiny rehearsal space.
