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Staylefish began in London, Ontario, Canada when old friends Dereyk Goodwin and Trevor Blumas approached Chad Kivisto and Will Dunlop to help assist them in a performance for their highschool talent show. With Trevor’s punk-ska style of writing, Chad’s Dave Matthews influenced folk guitar playing and hauntingly melodic voice, Will’s slap and funk style bass, Dereyk’s pop-punk, hard hitting percussion, and a small repertoire of both covers and originals, they began to play shows locally at venues such as The Whippet Lounge and The Embassy Hotel. With a little local popularity behind them, the band stepped into the studio to record their first three-song demo, entitled “Next Wave to Paradise.” The demo featured the original versions of “Next Wave to Paradise”, “Fallen” and the crowd favourite “Formerly Known As...” The demo was a portrait for the sound Staylefish had at the times which was a more faster paced, hard driven ska sound. With a demo behind them, the band start...