First off, there's no one named Leslie Spit (the Leslie Spit is a topographical landmark on the harbor front of the group's hometown of Toronto, Ontario) and no, it's not spelled as in a three-person group. It's just possible that the "tree" spelling is a mildly scatological pun based on the fact that the core of the group was singer Laura Hubert, guitarist Pat Langer, and their dog, Tag (who appeared on stage with the group and was also listed as their manager and president of their record company). The Leslie Spit Treeo formed in Toronto in 1988 when Hubert, Langer, Tag, aco...