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  Billy Talent Guitar Tabs and Chords
Billy Talent is the name of a Canadian alternative rock band.
The group soon rechristened themselves Billy Talent, after failing to convince Memphis, TN punk band Pezz to change their name.
Billy Talent won the award for Best New Group at the 2004 Juno Awards and also for Group of the Year and Album of the Year at the 2005 Juno Awards.
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  Billy Talent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Billy Talent, originally called Pezz, is a Canadian modern rock band.
The name was inspired by "Billy Tallent", the name of a guitarist in Hard Core Logo, the novel by Michael Turner and its film adaptation by Bruce McDonald.
A video for "Red Flag" was shot on July 21, 2006, in Los Angeles, CA [1], and it is scheduled to be released as the second single.
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 Artist Profile - Billy Talent
Billy Talent's version of regular life started when Kowalewicz, D'Sa, Jon Gallant (bass) and Aaron Solowoniuk (drums) began playing together in high school forging their own creative vision through a common love of punk rock.
It was then Billy Talent planted the seeds that would take them from Toronto-rock club obscurity to a North American major label record deal, sharing stages with heroes the Buzzcocks and Jane's Addiction, touring with Lollapalooza, the Warped Tour and a gaggle of European showcase stops including the U.K.'s infamous Reading and Leeds festivals.
For the follow-up, Billy Talent maintains the elements that makes them who they are - hard-hitting, hook-filled, tight arrangements with an edge - but with a more refined sense of purpose.
www.emimusicpub.com /worldwide/artist_profile/billy-talent_profile.html   (1379 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Billy Talent II: Music: Billy Talent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Billy Talent delivers a rock-intensive and at times eclectic disc that highlights the group's inability to write songs that have depth or elements of surprise.
Billy Talent’s new album Billy Talent II, is the Toronto-based band’s first new music since the 2003 release of their breakthrough self-titled debut.
Billy Talent II sees the band taking punk to new heights, amplifying the explosive energy and earnest lyricism that made their debut an international sensation.
www.amazon.com /Billy-Talent-II/dp/B000FFP0AK   (339 words)

  
 Atlantic Records :: Billy Talent
Billy Talent’s version of regular life started when Kowalewicz, D’Sa, Jon Gallant (bass) and Aaron Solowoniuk (drums) began playing together in high school forging their own creative vision through a common love of punk rock.
It was then Billy Talent planted the seeds that would take them from Toronto-rock club obscurity to a North American major label record deal, sharing stages with heroes the Buzzcocks and Jane’s Addiction, touring with Lollapalooza, the Warped Tour and a gaggle of European showcase stops including the U.K.’s infamous Reading and Leeds festivals.
For the follow-up, Billy Talent maintains the elements that makes them who they are — hard-hitting, hook-filled, tight arrangements with an edge — but with a more refined sense of purpose.
www.atlanticrecords.com /billytalent   (1371 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Billy Talent II: Music: Billy Talent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
The band Billy Talent is probably the idols of most people that want to have platinum hits and adoring fans like they have.
Billy Talent with their first album did just that to me...an awesome collection of hard driving rock songs.
Billy Talent II literally has had the same effect on me. This is truly an amazing example of a thoroughly good dose of rock'n roll...
www.amazon.ca /Billy-Talent-II/dp/B000FVHKFM   (1182 words)

  
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Ultimately, Billy Talent is the type of band that pops as much for its melodic sensibilities as for its against-the-grain aggression.
Billy Talent's major label debut takes center stage with the same zest and zeal that earned them huge underground acclaim.
With their self-titled album, Billy Talent sets a high standard with bottom heavy beats, rapid-fire bass lines, string-splitting guitar chords, and a singer with the type of vocal distinctness not heard since the early days of the Buzzcocks' Howard Devoto.
www.grabow.biz /Contemporary/Billy-Talent.htm   (1088 words)

  
 BBC - Nottingham Music - Billy Talent live
Billy Talent are: Benjamin Kowalewicz (vocals), Ian D'Sa (guitar), Jon Gallant (bass), and Aaron Solowoniuk (drums).
It may be their first time to Nottingham, but recent tours with Sum 41 and The Buzzcocks, along with slots on this year’s Lollapalooza tour and Reading festival, have ensured that tonight Billy Talent are playing to an extremely busy and excited Rock City crowd.
There’s a close connection between Billy Talent and their audience, with plenty of in-between song banter from Benjamin, and this is definitely one of their greatest strengths.
www.bbc.co.uk /nottingham/music/2003/10/billy_talent_live.shtml   (462 words)

  
 Standing In The Rain | A Billy Talent fansite by Samantha Shannon
They're a great band, and whoever listens to them knows that, and if you don't like them, please don't just go bitching about how much you think they suck, in my guestbook, for it will just conclude that you enjoy wasting time, and are quite the pessemist.
It is the first song on their up-coming album, appropratley named, "BILLY TALENT II", which has a scheduled release date for June,27,2006.
Billy talent was recently taken off of the Vans Warped tour.
www.freewebs.com /billytalent_   (399 words)

  
 Billy Talent : interview
Of course that's mainly because said fans are into Billy Talent, which is no mean feat for the average mainstream listener on the UK side of the Pond.
Despite their impressive approach to 2003 with the release of their debut album, and tours with Funeral for a Friend and Million Dead, they're still relatively unknown, though this is changing.
Billy Talent's past is an important factor in their present and songs such as How It Goes seem to refer to the hardships of the earlier stages of the band's career.
www.musicomh.com /interviews/billy-talent.htm   (1117 words)

  
 Billy Talent - Music Downloads - Online
Bio: Punk revivalist quartet Billy Talent used to be known as Pezz back in their Streetsville, Ontario, high-school days.
Billy Talent got the word out during that summer with a slot on Lollapalooza and a series of dates with the Buzzcocks.
Billy Talent hit the studio in February 2005 to begin work on their sophomore offering.
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 Billy Talent
Po přejmenování na konci roku 1999 na "Billy Talent" (podle muzikálně nadané postavy z kanadského filmu "Hard Core Logo") a po vydání prvního alba nazvaném "Billy Talent" se jim dostalo v Kanadě velkého uznání.
Nyní je u našich sousedů Billy Talent skoro modlou a potvrzuje to i fakt že na německých radiostanicích i hudebních kanálech se písničky této kapely hrají skoro pořád.
Na stránce purevolume.com si můžete zdarma a legálně poslechnout některé písně z alba Billy Talent II i Billy Talent I, nejdou však stáhnout jako mp3.
billy-talent.torrentblog.net   (385 words)

  
 Billy Talent : iSOUND.COM™   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Flipping back the calendar, the members of Billy Talent met during a high school talent show in which Ian played in a band different from the others.
Inspired by a character in the film Hard Core Logo, the foursome were re-christened as Billy Talent and soon recorded their breakthrough EP, 2001's Try Honesty.
With their self-titled debut, Billy Talent takes their rock rebellion to a people eager for their own inspiration.
www.isound.com /billy_talent   (930 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Billy Talent
At that point, there was a lot of booing, which was hushed by the amazing set that has earned Billy Talent not one but five Juno nominations (Jon had explained to me earlier that they’re like the Canadian Grammys).
By the fourth song, Ben decided he was playing the rest of the set shirtless, which caused a lot of the female audience to automatically start taking photos with their cameras and cell phones.
The name Billy Talent and their music have been thrown at me many times by many friends, but somehow I managed to stay in the dark.
www.ink19.com /issues/may2007/eventReviews/billyTalent.html   (1041 words)

  
 MySpace.com - Billy Talent - Toronto, CA - Punk / Rock - www.myspace.com/billytalent
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It was then Billy Talent planted the seeds that would take them from Toronto-rock club obscurity to a North American major label record deal, sharing stages with heroes the Buzzcocks and Janes Addiction, touring with Lollapalooza, the Warped Tour and a gaggle of European showcase stops including the U.K.s infamous Reading & Leeds festivals.
For the follow-up, Billy Talent maintains the elements that makes them who they are hard-hitting, hook-filled, tight arrangements with an edge but with a more refined sense of purpose.
www.myspace.com /billytalent   (1959 words)

  
 Billy Talent - Gig Reviews - Music - Entertainment - smh.com.au
Billy Talent reached No. 1 without being accused of selling out.
Such barbs are yet to be slung at Toronto four-piece Billy Talent.
They might be signed to a major label (Warner) and their second album, Billy Talent II, may have gone No. 1 in Canada and Germany but Billy Talent maintains the respect of the punk community.
www.smh.com.au /news/gig-reviews/billy-talent/2007/04/26/1177459855511.html   (352 words)

  
 Ink 19 :: Billy Talent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
At that point, there was a lot of booing, which was hushed by the amazing set that has earned Billy Talent not one but five Juno nominations (Jon had explained to me earlier that they’re like the Canadian Grammys).
By the fourth song, Ben decided he was playing the rest of the set shirtless, which caused a lot of the female audience to automatically start taking photos with their cameras and cell phones.
The name Billy Talent and their music have been thrown at me many times by many friends, but somehow I managed to stay in the dark.
ink19.com /issues/may2007/eventReviews/billyTalent.html   (1041 words)

  
 Billy Talent - River Below - Single Review
Toronto outfit Billy Talent release third single "River Below," and at first their story is enough to make one despair.
Younger rock music fans need not despair, Billy Talent still offer the chance to bounce around with anthem like choruses and powerful ideas to those interested, the band have a spirit that can appeal to all ages.
It’s not all woes either, and the band certainly are not full of self pity, as singer-songwriter Benjamin derives his ideas from others experiences and feelings, with a strong message to deliver to any listener.
www.contactmusic.com /new/home.nsf/webpages/billytalentx07x07x04   (330 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Billy Talent: Music: Billy Talent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Overall, BILLY TALENT is the work of an unusuallytight and powerful band that knows its history but is more than creative enough to avoid mere revivalism.
Billy Talent have a great sound, the singer has a high pitched voice.
Billy Talent are an under-rated Punk Screemo band with such potential.
www.amazon.co.uk /Billy-Talent/dp/B0000A0PJX   (1149 words)

  
 Amazon.co.uk: Billy Talent II: Music: Billy Talent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Nor is it often that you find an artist who puts the passion (and indeed talent) of Billy Talent into their work.
So far Billy Talent, for me, is the only band who has released two albums ive liked every song to.
Billy Talent II retains the same styles as the first and remains edgy and raw, but the writing of the songs are a better quality and the diversity between songs is greater.
www.amazon.co.uk /Billy-Talent-II/dp/B000FFP0AK   (1104 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Billy Talent: Music: Billy Talent,Billy Talent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Shortly after I bought the album and it was one of the best music purchases ever for me. Billy Talent has so much energy in every track on here that it blows away most of its competitors in music today.
With that having been said, don't be quick to write off "billy talent" simply becuase they're lumped in with the used and my chemical romance (yuck!).
Billy Talent is not a band to be slept on.
www.amazon.com /Billy-Talent/dp/B0000A0PJX   (1096 words)

  
 Amazon.ca: Billy Talent: Music: Billy Talent   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
so if you think billy talent is the same as hedly and a ton of other bands, i suggest you give them a chance.
Billy Talent has always been my favourite band since the release of this album years ago..
Billy Talent has recently released their second album, Billy Talent II, which they sure took their time on.
www.amazon.ca /Billy-Talent/dp/B0000A0PJX   (1235 words)

  
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 Offspring.com Forums - View Single Post - The Official Billy Talent Thread
The chorus isn't the best thing Billy Talent brought to the table before but the music during their versus is just plain awesome.
Nothing too impressive from the likes of Billy Talent, but still not anything to even come close for anyone to dislike.
Still, just more the reason to adore Billy Talent and to just listen to their music yourself.
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Billy Talent is the name of a Canadian punk rock music group consisting of the band members Benjamin Kowalewicz (vocals), Ian D'San (guitar), Jon Gallant (bass) and Aaron Solowoniuk (drums).
Punk revivalist quartet Billy Talent used to be known as Pezz back in its Streetsville, Ontario, high school days.
Billy Talent got the word out that summer with a slot on Lollapalooza and a series of dates with the Buzzcocks.
www.onlineseats.com /billy-talent-tickets/index.asp   (541 words)

  
 Billy Talent CD Review | Try Honesty | Lyrics | Picture | Album | Ben Kowalewicz   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-24)
Billy Talent has spent years developing their sound and it shows.
Billy Talent's music and lyrics are edgy and unique without being full of crappy language and tantrums, which some punk bands think is key.
Billy Talent has the right mix of loose, catchy tunes, like Try Honesty and Line & Sinker, The Ex, and serious punk tunage - This Is How It Goes, Living in the Shadows and Prisoners of Today.
www.kidzworld.com /article/3861-billy-talent-cd-review   (244 words)

  
 Nettwerk: Billy Talent
In the year and a half since the release of their self-titled debut album Billy Talent has become one of Canada's most popular bands.
Billy Talent also have given back to their fans.
Billy Talent to play the Virgin Festival - May 20th in Vancouver, BC more...
www.nettwerk.com /management/artistpage.jsp?artist_id=1191&mode=news   (329 words)

  
 Billy Talent - Billy Talent : album review
Still, it's worked out pretty well for him; as it is he's probably got thousands of fl-clad schoolkids moshing away at Billy Talent's undoubtedly loud, sweaty gigs, punching the air to their admittedly anthemic choruses, and annoying their parents by playing the album too loud in their bedrooms.
A career of heavy rotation on MTV2 beckons and there can't be many teenage rockers who wouldn't give their eye teeth for that.
Billy Talent - Devil In A Midnight Mass
www.musicomh.com /albums/billy-talent.htm   (434 words)

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