Toronto-area Portuguese immigrant Allan Coelho wanted to fuse his enthusiasm as a part-time DJ and a constant clubber with his weekend pop dreams playing in local bands. Coelho, school mates Tony DaCosta and Paul Silva became French Kiss, at that time a wedding and event band. When change came to them musically, they decided a name change was in order. They put together the first letter of each of their given names, Tony, Allan and Paul, added an extra p and pluralized to became Tapps, and lead singer Candy Berthiaume was added to the mix.