Canadian rock and roll bands

[Can-Con]

I can't image that Shania fans and Beeper fans would even know who the other one is.

Was supposed to be a joke ,, I know, a bit of a stretch.  

[slusher]

Red Rider Also  51 seconds before the picture shows up

Edited March 24, 2016 by slusher

[RAT-T]

DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ALDO NOVA

 

Edited March 24, 2016 by RAT-T

[Can-Con]

DIDN'T KNOW ABOUT ALDO NOVA

 

Oh, yea. One hit wonder even here in Canada. The song's a real slice of '80s Montreal flavour though,, cocaine and hookers. LOL

 

I almost forgot about Crash Test Dummies and Barenaked Ladies though. 

[Petetrucker07]

They were the first band in my post. It's alright, I'm used to being overlooked.

I knew somebody would mention Rush. But OMG... Geddy Lee's voice? Yeesh! Nails on a chalkboard are less annoying!

[slusher]

Bryan Adams

 

 

[slusher]

Cory Hart

 

 

[Crazy Ed]

   I do like that Tune Carl, but couldn't have named who did it. Funny, I Googled Bryan Adams, and he was 10 years Old in the Summer of '69.

Edited March 24, 2016 by Crazy Ed

[RAT-T]

Oh, yea. One hit wonder even here in Canada. The song's a real slice of '80s Montreal flavour though,, cocaine and hookers. LOL

LOL           https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g6LhrNIVI7k

[dieseldawg142]

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Edited May 10, 2018 by dieseldawg142

[Dave Ambrose]

Harry, we're largely in agreement. T-Hip, Cowboy Junkies, Steppenwolf, But, no Gordon Lightfoot for me. I'll stick with Joni Mitchell.

[slusher]

Here is another Canadian band and I have the cd

 

[1930fordpickup]

Colin James https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i4o4iLfHTFQ

[1930fordpickup]

The late great Jeff Healey 

Honeymoon Suite 

[Belugawrx]

Headstones

 

[Belugawrx]

1/2 of these guys

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwjljefOtNnLAhXBQCYKHVOeAeMQ3ywIgAEwAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DsjCw3-YTffo&usg=AFQjCNG4Hr-Bb2vZPiZSqO5eDuOWA99I1g&sig2=0YIZ96OW-l05vtr23fvbUQ&bvm=bv.117604692,d.eWE

 

[Belugawrx]

theTREWS

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwj3reHKtdnLAhVKPCYKHRDMDnQQ3ywIHDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DDnfdHcTscA0&usg=AFQjCNFlSt6BxKTpsWpnyRNjb_Q9fBJYLw&sig2=VZJJvwoyT3SgEDF_BryVgA&bvm=bv.117604692,d.eWE

[Belugawrx]

Monster Truck

https://www.google.ca/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=0ahUKEwii57_attnLAhVKSSYKHX2ODo0QuAIIHDAA&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DwHrRPLHRgDA&usg=AFQjCNH5MPyzcbd5p9BCG6LPdUIS7MxrLA&sig2=ZYM-EhvZ4QVp7zPDZ7KS8g&bvm=bv.117604692,d.eWE
 

[iamsuperdan]

For me, essential Canadian bands and some of my thoughts on them:

Our Lady Peace - their debut album was Naveed, and to this day it still goes down as one of my all time favourites.

I Mother Earth - the debut album DIG is still amazing. The follow up, Scenery & Fish, is even better. 

The Tea Party - Edges of Twilight. Just go find it.

Big Wreck - Gee. Tar. That is all.

Big Sugar - amazing live band. That much nopise and sound from a three piece? Awesome.

Sons of Freedom - a little more alternative and obscure, but two very solid early 90s albums. Awesome band.

Bootsauce - like your Red Hot Chili Peppers? This is right up your alley.

Varga - because there's always time for some old school thrash metal

Slik Toxik - because why not fly the flag for hair metal. Doin' The Nasty is cheesy and awful and it's fantastic.

Skinny Puppy - godfathers of industrial music. Their song Worlock is one of my all time favs.

 

 

[Can-Con]

   I do like that Tune Carl, but couldn't have named who did it. Funny, I Googled Bryan Adams, and he was 10 years Old in the Summer of '69.

Well Ed, He's on record as saying it refers to a different kind of "69", not the year. 

If he was serious or joking, I don't really know.

[Crazy Ed]

Well Ed, He's on record as saying it refers to a different kind of "69", not the year. 

If he was serious or joking, I don't really know.

I shoulda stoodup, 'cause that one went over my head. Once mentioned it hit me like the Cheer the Cheer Leaders in M*A*S*H* used ......

[Harry P.]

Carl... OMG! I can't believe that I totally overlooked Bryan Adams! I love "Summer of '69!" My all-time favorite Bryan Adams song. A close second... "Cuts Like a Knife."

An absolutely killer live version from Live Aid 1985...

[DaveM]

Okay... Just to stir things up.  I remember this was the big song for about a week when I was in eighth grade.  Not exactly my favorite band, but he made Geddy Lee sound like an opera singer!

 

He was also a founder of this Vancouver based band

 

 

He left Sweeney Todd to go solo and was replaced by Bryan Adams.  

(I just switched this video from the album version to the single, as the cover art features some risque silhouettes.    I remember hearing this at Skateland and the Family Roller Rink up here.  (Family Roller Rink was a budget operation, and wouldn't have picked up the album until it hit the cutout bin...)   

They also did this song on an album with Bryan Adams, but that cover art was  nude.  If I can find the Bryan Adams version without the cover art, I will try to tack it on.  They sped up his voice to make it a bit higher so it would match Gilder's.  

 

In reality, my favorites have already been mentioned; Rush, Gordon Lightfoot, Guess Who, Neil Young.  Buffalo Springfield,  (Half Canadian) and Joni Mitchell.

Edited March 25, 2016 by DaveM
Changed from album to single becuse of cover art.

[om617]

I think it`s refered to as AOR. Good old radio classics.  

[iamsuperdan]

Harem Scarem!! Their tune No Justice is still awesome.