Boize

Boize (pronounced Boys) was a Canadian heavy metal and glam metal band based in Montreal, Quebec. The band was formed in the spring of 1989 in Laval, Quebec when vocalist Perry Blainey responded to an advertisement placed in the Montreal Gazette newspaper by bassist and keyboardist Stéphane Fania and guitarist Robert Kourie. Boize was associated with record label Aquarius Records and was managed by Canadian musician star and recording studio owner Bill Hill, under his music production company and management agency Bill Hill Productions. The band also had a brief association with South American heavy metal legend Alvacast, when singer Carlos "Charly" Lopez joined Boize as new vocalist in the fall of 1992. At its height, Boize headlined festivals around Quebec and was booked months in advance to perform several nights in a row at local Montreal music venues. Its music, including singles In Too Deep and Get a Life, was a staple on music television channels Musique Plus and MuchMusic and Montreal's top rock radio station CHOM-FM. The band members of Boize also founded their own independent music publishing company, Klink Publishing, and their own record label, U-Iliot Records, through which they marketed the band's recordings and collected royalties, even over the span of their success and dealings with major record labels. Both companies are still active to this day, though they are now solely owned and operated by founding member Stéphane Fania, who has re-issued Boize's entire catalog digitally along with a selection of previously unreleased material. Boize's momentum ended prematurely in the summer of 1993 following a heavy rotation of vocalists. After the departure of original singer Perry Blainey in the fall of 1992, the band performed with three different vocalists over the next nine months and ultimately decided to change the band's name to Emissary. Under the new name, the band's sound changed considerably and never achieved the same level of success.