It was in high school that he assembled his first synth-heavy pop group The Cunning Linguists, whose dubious achievements include a crass medley of "Love Will Keep Us Together/Love Will Tear us Apart", being the only performance censored from a Miserysauga Cable 10-televised Battle of the Bands, and the witty (if scatological) rap song 'Wanna be a Gino', which sold enough copies around school to convince Bryk that maybe there was an audience for his fascinatingly self-indulgent musings.

Several wasted years chasing English and Fine Art degrees at the Un-versity of Guelph followed (largely spent procrastinating in the music faculty piano booths) along with the strained angst-rock tape Singer Slash Songwriter about which the less said the better. About this time Bryk perversely adopted the pseudonym "d. brykowski", broke up with his high school sweetheart, and discovered major influences Randy Newman, Momus, and Mark Eitzel-all of which amplified this 'difficult' streak. Bryk dropped out of school and soon relocated to Toronto, working as a coupon designer for a Mississauga ad agency.

In early 1995 Dan joined a new group which became Power Prop. Featuring three talented songwriters, this group barely escaped the garage before splintering into members of notable Toronto bands Rhea's Obsession, The Conscience Pilate and Grier Coppins and Taxi Chain. Power Prop left a classic full-length demo tape in their wake.

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