Watoosh!

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

Watoosh! is the only studio album released by Canadian rock band Pezz, released in 1999 before they changed their name to Billy Talent. The album was re-released in 2005 through Atlantic Records. The album was remastered and re-released on May 31, 2024, and released on vinyl for the first time on December 20, 2024.

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 Benjamin 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

• Dudebox , a seven-track EP by Pezz

References

1. The Ongoing History of New Music Archived October 20, 2006, at the Wayback Machine . "Before They Were Famous", original broadcast date: 13 November 2005 on CFNY .