The Waking Eyes Is A Rock Band From Winnipeg Manitoba And Steinbach Manitoba. Its Current Members Are Rusty Matyas Matt Peters Steve Senkiw And Joey Penner. The Band Formed After The Break-Up Of Two Other Manitoba Bands The Pets From Steinbach And Novillero From Winnipeg. In 2005 The Group Was Nominated For A Juno Award For New Group Of The Year But Lost To Alexisonfire.