Project Wyze

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Project Wyze
Origin Sudbury, Ontario
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Years active1988–2003
Labels Sony Music Entertainment (Canada)

Project Wyze was a Canadian rap metal band active from 1996 before breaking up in 2003 to pursue their side-project Dead Celebrity Status.

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Emcees Yas Taalat and Bobby McIntosh started out as a hip hop duo under the name of Project Wyze in 1988 when they were teenagers in Sudbury, Ontario. [1] While attending high school, Project Wyze established a reputable image in the underground hip-hop scene by opening for acts such as Dream Warriors, Maestro Fresh Wes and Michie Mee. [2] They were also one of the first Canadian groups to open for the American hip-hop group, Public Enemy. [1]

The pair subsequently moved to London, Ontario after high school. In 1995, Yas and Bobby were invited to perform with a punk rock band. [3] The two groups decided to merge. The hip-hop group Project Wyze evolved into a rap rock band including members Adam Arsenault (guitar), and Tye Thomas (bass). The band started writing new music and they released their first EP, Trapz of Poetic Poison , on an indie label in 1996. [2] Project Wyze toured the United States in 1998, performing with artists like Papa Roach and the Step Kings. [3]

After the success of the first EP, the band enlisted the talents of Sasha Kosovic (guitar), Brad Dean (drums) and Elie Abdelnour (bass) to round out the line-up. In 2000, with the new band established, Project Wyze released a longer sophomore EP, Only If I Knew. [2] Growing record sales and an expanding fan base grabbed the attention of major labels. [2] They subsequently signed to Sony Music and released their major label debut, Misfits.strangers.liars.friends , in 2001. That album spawned the Canadian hit singles "Nothing's What it Seems" and "Room to Breathe". Their major label debut, misfits.strangers.liars.friends , was released in 2001, [3] [4] and reached #95 on the Canadian Albums Chart. [5] That year the band performed at Edgefest II in Toronto. [6]

After internal conflicts, members of the band started to disband. Yas and Bobby formed Dead Celebrity Status as a side project. It later became a main project in which both of the vocalists devote their time to.

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References

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  2. 1 2 3 4 Sweets Lyrics "Project Wyze Biography". Archived from the original on April 29, 2010. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
  3. 1 2 3 Much Music Project Wyze "Project Wyze". Archived from the original on September 26, 2007. Retrieved October 13, 2008.
  4. ↑ "CD REVIEWS: Bjork, Slipknot, Grade and many more" [usurped] . Chart Attack, August 28, 2001.
  5. ↑ "ALBUMS : Top 100".
  6. ↑ LIVE: Edgefest II in Toronto" [usurped] . Chart Attack, August 27, 2001. Review By Keith Carman
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