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The members met and played in high school under the name Pezz and remained underground in Toronto's indie music scene until 2001. The band renamed itself Billy Talent after running into legal trouble with the old name. It was then that Kowalewicz's connection with an employee of Warner Music Canada's A\u0026amp;R department landed the band a record deal and launched them into mainstream success. Karen Bliss (February–March 2003). \"Billy Talent\". Access. http://www.accessmag.com/Archives/62-BillyTalent.html.  Since then, Billy Talent has made two multi-platinum records in Canada, and continues to expand their success overseas, this included touring for 20 months supporting their third album. They released their fourth album Billy Talent III on July 14, 2009.\u003c/p\u003e","musicPath":"/music/Billy+Talent","playStationPath":"/stations/113262559/play","stationId":113262559,"bioPath":"/music/Billy+Talent/_full_bio","similars":[{"musicPath":"/music/Die+Arzte","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ff1/ff11fa63086759d438f3b1903ab1249b_md.jpg","artistName":"Die Ärzte","artistId":89117,"station_id":271473795},{"musicPath":"/music/Lostprophets","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/f39/f390eb3bd9143a15e32bd4c95de8601c_md.jpg","artistName":"Lostprophets","artistId":2210,"station_id":113262089},{"musicPath":"/music/Die+Toten+Hosen","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/cc2/cc201a092e1ea8bf029a09388ad2529d_md.jpg","artistName":"Die Toten Hosen","artistId":15825,"station_id":138511687},{"musicPath":"/music/Bad+Religion","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/b45/b45f99a0d698c529932ffc51594483d2_md.jpg","artistName":"Bad Religion","artistId":126,"station_id":113323328},{"musicPath":"/music/Dead+By+Sunrise","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/574/574c1d02ae098ce50bf2b40b657e669c_md.jpg","artistName":"Dead By Sunrise","artistId":46190,"station_id":196910490},{"musicPath":"/music/Sunrise+Avenue","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/20b/20b446df374f9f287acbb8bdb14f8549_md.jpg","artistName":"Sunrise Avenue","artistId":83641,"station_id":268935837},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Exies","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/3d6/3d6c9584b28d29b7c41dd63b0e2ce572_md.jpg","artistName":"The Exies","artistId":11710,"station_id":113383448},{"musicPath":"/music/My+Darkest+Days","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/d21/d21784b7a04d025a76b152c713480796_md.jpg","artistName":"My Darkest Days","artistId":62950,"station_id":263123257},{"musicPath":"/music/Madina+Lake","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/fbe/fbeff20f5d0648b5bae1bac1a4209ced_md.jpg","artistName":"Madina Lake","artistId":10449,"station_id":113341345},{"musicPath":"/music/Jet","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a2f/a2f1c6e857a51af6a9efa977fa8fff0d_md.jpg","artistName":"Jet","artistId":878,"station_id":113275560},{"musicPath":"/music/Danko+Jones","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/975/9754a0bdce8a21dcffd3fff489c6368d_md.jpg","artistName":"Danko Jones","artistId":10751,"station_id":113532862},{"musicPath":"/music/Box+Car+Racer","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/baa/baae1ebc4dafedd45c3ed7f3b46cb415_md.jpg","artistName":"Box Car Racer","artistId":2115,"station_id":113315044},{"musicPath":"/music/The+Rasmus","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/ed7/ed7a4e12469761df9fae46d40c77576e_md.jpg","artistName":"The Rasmus","artistId":4868,"station_id":113293572},{"musicPath":"/music/Guano+Apes","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a82/a821ec3c28c5e23f56869612040fe38f_md.jpg","artistName":"Guano Apes","artistId":7263,"station_id":113272464},{"musicPath":"/music/Sum+41","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/a34/a3488dd0ebbb492cea8166beb2d569a2_md.jpg","artistName":"Sum 41","artistId":2279,"station_id":113261806},{"musicPath":"/music/Goldfinger","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/bcb/bcb50315b5316f4aee69909ffe306c09_md.jpg","artistName":"Goldfinger","artistId":2179,"station_id":113272837},{"musicPath":"/music/Breaking+Benjamin","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/54d/54d9cb4859d5fad8f9c306d07d64a556_md.jpg","artistName":"Breaking Benjamin","artistId":2120,"station_id":113262402},{"musicPath":"/music/Evans+Blue","artistDefaultImage":"https://artist99.cdn107.com/566/5666d477121ad7af3f41906946ad6ea6_md.jpg","artistName":"Evans Blue","artistId":323483,"station_id":386341495}]}