Watoosh!

Watoosh! is the only studio album released in 1999 from the Canadian band Pezz before the band changed the name to Billy Talent. Pezz had changed their band name in 1999 after an American band with the same name threatened to sue them. The album was re-released in 2005 through Atlantic Records.

Watoosh!
Studio album by Pezz
Released	July 23, 1999 2005 (re-release)
Recorded	1999 in Mississauga, Ontario
Length	42:54
Label	Self-released Atlantic (re-release)
Producer	Brad "Merlin" Nelson
Pezz chronology
Dudebox (as Pezz) (1995) Watoosh! (1999) Try Honesty EP (2001)

Track listing

All tracks are written by Pezz except where noted.

No.	Title	Length
1.	"M & M"	4:15
2.	"Fairytale"	4:21
3.	"Nita"	4:51
4.	"Mother's Native Instrument"	4:55
5.	"Bird in the Basement"	3:44
6.	"Recap"	3:40
7.	"When I Was a Little Girl"	2:04
8.	"Warmth of Windows"	3:03
9.	"Square Root of Me"	3:57
10.	"Absorbed"	5:22
11.	"Silence"	0:07
12.	"Silence"	0:08
13.	"Silence"	0:33
14.	"Silence"	0:14
15.	"Silence"	0:12
16.	"Silence"	0:14
17.	"New Orleans Is Sinking" (The Tragically Hip cover)	1:14

• Track 13 is an instrumental, while tracks 11, 12 and 14-16 are blank.
• The track "M & M" is about a group of gothic kids that used to come into the HMV where Kowalewicz worked.[1]

Personnel

• Benjamin Kowalewicz - lead vocals
• Ian D'Sa - lead guitar, backing vocals, Cover Art
• Jonathan Gallant - bass, backing vocals
• Aaron Solowoniuk - drums
• Brad Nelson - Producer
• Daryl Smith - Engineer/Mixing
• Brett Zilahi - Mastering

See also

• Billy Talent
• Dudebox

References

1. The Ongoing History of New Music Archived 2006-10-20 at the Wayback Machine. "Before They Were Famous" Original Broadcast date: 13-11-05 on CFNY.