When his father's business faced adversity, his parents relocated to British Columbia, leaving Paris and his brother under the care of their grandmother.

The clothing line even managed to secure a spot in the collections of some prominent Canadian apparel companies, including Below The Belt and Bootleggers, with stores spanning across Canada.

This album did not meet with success but, in 2002, Paris was approached by bass player Dave Devindisch,[1] who asked if he would be interested in recording a demo.

In 2003, they met the Jamaican singer-songwriter DaGriff, who joined the band; he was followed by guitarist Greg Ellis and former Doug and the Slugs members, drummer Chris Murray Driver and keyboardist Marc Gladstone.

In January 2006, the newly-named Brandon Paris Band signed a deal with Koch Entertainment just days after sending out the album, titled On My Own, to record labels across Canada.

[citation needed] In 2007, Ellis and Devindisch were replaced by Bryan Jasper on guitar and Brian Sanheim on bass, and Paris starting writing songs for the band's second album, "Pocket Full of Holes".

Additional credits include Jeff Dawson, Sheldon Zaharko[4] (Salteens, Billy Talent, Smugglers, New Pornographers, Barney Bentall, Ridley Bent), and Joao Carvalho (Hedley, Alexisonfire, Protest the Hero, David Usher, Matthew Good, Holly McNarland).