what about that band nicleback???

Still more...

Doug and the slugs
Headpins
David Wilcox
Allanah Miles
The Northern Pikes
Econoline Crush
Five man electrical band
Kim Mitchel
Grapes of Wrath
I Mother Earth
Men without hats
Sloan


...and the fucking Irish Rovers. :D

Not a trooper fan then. No accounting for taste, rough trade couldn't shine their shoes.


And I'm not even close to the full list of "every" canadian group/artist, not by a longshot. Those are just the ones I could think of who have tunes out that I count among my favorites.

My earlier post did say I couldn't choose just one favorite :D ... go look, it's there.

Anyone holding a gun to your head to read my blatherings? :winkwink:

I'm a Trooper fan. I saw them live in 1977 opening up for Styx in Montreal.

Your list brought back lots of memories. I have seen most of those bands live. Maybe the wierdest one most don't realize from your list is how big Saga was in their time. They filled up the Montreal Forum in the early 80's.

I just don't agree with everyone saying Tragically Hip. Of course they are amazing, but their music just doesn't have the timeless staying power for me as say Neil Young, Rush... I used to listen to their early records over and over but it has been years since I wanted to put them on my playlist.

new school: the birthday massacre
old school: Voivod

I've seen Trooper live maybe half a dozen times. They did a comeback tour in bars across Canada one year back in the mid-80's that was incredible.

For me it's Goddo, which I find are one seriously underrated group. So many great albums and tunes from there I wouldn't know where to start, and their stage presence every time I've seen them (and I've seen them more than a dozen times over the past 25 years) has always been second to none.

The Hip -- I worked their "roadside attraction" tour stop in Winnipeg one year, did security in the VIP/media area stage-right... the Hip are gods, plain and simple. I imagine they will always be highly-mentioned in any thread like this. Their performance at the Junos last year (in Winnipeg) was killer. I love all that highway girl/locked in the trunk of a car shit they do, it's great.

But you're right, several of my earlier-than-the-hip favorites like Rush or April Wine, Triumph, Guess Who, BTO, etc would be placed higher on my list.

For sure April Wine would be ahead for me too.

I saw The Hip in Syracuse NY at a bar in the mid 90's that had a couple of hundred people in it and they had just played a couple of nights earlier at the Corel Centre in Ottawa to like 18,000. Wierd that they never caught on more in the US even though they toured there a lot...

My most underrated group is The Skydiggers. I wish they would have become a major act as there stuff is awesome and I just saw them last month for probably the 10th time in 6 cities.

Not sure why, but I always get a visual of a "hoser" from Ontario wearing a flanel lumberjack jacket and Kodiak construction boots when I think of the average Hip fan. :winkwink: :upsidedow

Rush and April Wine are my favourites out of all mentioned.

i was about to post this if anyone else hadn't. hes awesome live.

Bump for Southern Rock!

yup she was even on trailer park boys

Helix!

give me an r-o-c-k-what ya got?
"rock"
and what cha gonna do
"rock you"

Another group that really should have made it huge in the US but didn't (mostly due to bad managerial actions and decisions early-on) was Streetheart. They are absolutely without a doubt one of my all-time top favorite Canadian groups, Kenny & Co. still do shows here in Winnipeg and other places too from time to time. So many great songs, anyone who loves classic rock and is not familiar with Streetheart is missing out big time.

It's not that surprising to see all the love for the Hip, they are the archetypical Canadian band, as is Neil Young. They have both worked hard enough and deserve the respect.

I was surprised that no one mentioned Propagandhi, one of the better punk bands to some from Canada. They have made it into countless skate and snowboard videos throughout the 90's.

Someone mentioned Alexisonfire, I think that they are going to be the next big Canadian export. It's only logical, Dallas Green is just too good a songwriter and the genre they are in is exploding stateside at the moment.

The Dears is another group to watch out for.

No Hawksley Workman mention at all?

I have no idea with the guy you talked about.

At least you mentioned I Mother Earth in your next shot at it... you've been redeemed
:thumbsup

yeah, everyone seems to like the hip but beyond some of their early work, they just bore the fuck out of me. it seems that some people think they have to like the hip to be canadian or something.

Great Canandian up&coming artists to check out:

Joel Plaskett (from Hali)
The 6ixty 8ights
The Golden Dogs

:winkwink:

Worst?

HELIX

Tokyo Police Club ~ Great band...!

The Tragically Hip is probably the greatest all-time Canadian band.

I like Nickleback

Best of all time for me: Rush
But lately really got into Blue Rodeo.

I'd have to say Neil Young and the Hip are my faves, though we do have a ton of talent around.

re-thinking worst might be Len lol
was never really a fan of em & I think most ppl I knew wanted to shoot someone whenever that 'steal my sunshine' song came on ;p

Everyone knows it is Helix.

I mean, they had good lyrics like, "Gimme an R-O-C-K", and the crowd yells "ROCK" really loud. Now that's a fuckin' concert!


Rush just don't do stuff like that. They got these lyrics about how trees are talking to each other and how different sides of your brain works, or outerspace bullshit.

:winkwink: