In no particular Order
- Steppenwolf
- Rush
- The Guess Who (BTO too)
- Tragically Hip
- D.O.A.
- 54-40
- Hayden
- The Superfriendz
- Thrush Hermit
- Big Sugar
Honourable Mentions go to
- Jale
- Eric’s Trip
- The Headstones,
- Chixdiggit
- I Mother Earth
- The Tea Party
Never heard of any of those bands except for Rush and Steppenwolf. Heart were canucks, weren’t they? And Celine Dion.
Chilliwack!
Heart was from Seattle.
SNFU was from Canada! 
I’ve been going through a Lime phase, although they weren’t technically a band.
Top ten Canadian bands? Who knows from Canadian music? Is there such a thing? Does anyone care about Canadian music outside of Moose Jaw? Isn’t the very idea of ranking Canadian bands in a forum not catering to posters strictly from Moose Jaw rather like making a list of the top ten Austrian ship builders? Top ten Jamaican bobsledders? Top ten Pakistani bacon producers? Top ten French restaurants in Fargo, North Dakota?
I mean…Canadian music? What, didn’t you have access to the good stuff when you were growing up? When that second-rate punk band from Vancouver came through Moose Jaw on their third cross-country tour, didn’t it ever occur to you that there was a reason their influences were all British and American? Even a modicum of pre-internet era research would have indicated that they were serving up lukewarm bosh that had been blazing trails in Manchester and London and LA five years previously. When that fourth-rate “roots-rock-alt-country” outfit from Toronto were slogging their fifth album from the stage at a one-nighter in Moose Jaw before a showcase gig in Calgary, didn’t you ever wonder why the hockey-playing accents of those fresh-scrubbed Canucklehead boys evolved rather sharply into Texas twangs when they hit the first verse?
Elvis, Memphis, Beatles, surf’s up, Dylan, Who, Nashville, London, the man in black, Woodstock, Isle of Wight, Stones, Syd, Iggy, Pistols, Jam, Specials, Springsteen, Costello, Dublin, Clash, Smiths, XTC, REM, Madchester, Prince, My Bloody Valentine, Sonic Youth, Pixies, Nirvana, Stereolab…gasp…the list is endless.
Postwar popular music is the domain of the British and the Americans (and in that order of importance and quality, I might add), with few exceptions. I mean, let’s be realistic here…
Why should anyone outside of Moose Jaw know from Canadian music?
That’s an easy one:
- Deitmar
- Adolf
- Pauli
- Rainer
- Manfred
- Oktav
- Stefan
- Gernot
- Clemenz
- Guenther
Not that I like their music, but they seemed pretty popular outside Canada
Barenaked Ladies. You may recognize their song: If I had a million dollars.
:wanker:
What happened to
Bryan Adams and
Corey Hart
American woman stay away from me. I don’t need your war machines. I don’t need your ghetto scenes.
Ummmm…Leonard, Sarah, KD, Shania, Alannis. Okay, that last one sucks as much as Celine, but hey…
What about April Wine?
When I was knee-high to a hockey stick, I used to shove my ear up against the built-in speaker of my K-mart record player, listening intently as the vinyl spun around at 45 rpm, held in place by a penny taped to the stylus (Canadian penny, not US…in those days our money weighed more) for the fade out line of this song:
“good bye american woman, good bye american shit”.
It was the first time I ever heard a swear word in mass media format. Of course, later that year, I snuck into A Clockwork Orange at the local cinnie…kinda lost my jones for Randy (or was it Burton) saying “shit”.
Neil Young’s from somewhere in Ontario isn’t he? He may not admit to being Canadian now (considered a traitor?), seeing that he’s lived in California for however-many years…
One of my favorite bands has always been The Band – I’m pretty sure that the lead singer and songwriter, Robbie Robertson, is from Canada. Ironically, some consider the Band the quientessential “American” rock n roll group.
Sarah Mclachlin (sp) is Canadian too, eh?
the constantines
our lady peace
tegan and sarah
danko jones
the weakerthans
propaghandi
cowboy junkies
clan zu
mogwai
eric’s trip
matthew good band
joni mitchell
bif naked
pansy division
skinny puppy
sloan
kinnie starr
the bands listed above are all that i can think of at the moment. neil young is indeed from canada.
porcelainprincess,
you must have really hate your hometown or moose jaw in general. i mean, there was more passion in your post than anything i’ve read on the internet for the past two weeks.
That’s not true. Not true at all. Relative to their small populations, Australia and New Zealand have loads of great bands.
Bachman Turner Overdrive-----Takin’ Care Of Business
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Postwar popular music is the domain of the British and the Americans (and in that order of importance and quality, I might add), with few exceptions. I mean, let’s be realistic here…
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That’s not true. Not true at all. Relative to their small populations, Australia and New Zealand have loads of great bands.[/quote]
Completely true. What, are you on crack? Let me guess…you’re Canadian too (at least, you look like one!).
Oz and Kiwiland have some stellar bands. But, as you’ll note by my syntax above, they’re covered by the “exceptions.”
Oh, and Can. Can’t forget the immortal Can.
I saw Damo Suzuki live two years ago!
You’ve found my sore spot. Yep, I hate Moose Jaw. Never been there, but there’s something about that place that just gets to me. Know what I mean?
Although not bands as such - Neil Young and Joni Mitchell are Canadian faves.
Sloan are(were) a great band.
Not a big fan but the Tea Party were Canadian as well.
Ian and Sylvia
They had a little boy who they called Mr. Spoons or Spoony. One day he ran away from home and they finally found him, after Sylvia was frantic. He had on his little cowboy boots and his little cowboy hat and he was carrying a violin case. And they said, “Where ya goin’ Spoony?”
And he said, “Goin’ on the road.”
(That’s the story that David Rabe told to Joni Mitchell.)
Diana Krall; Elvis Costello is one lucky puppy!
CK
Who are these people? I always thought the most popular bands were Stan Rogers, Tom Conners, Dutch Mason, and Roy Batherson. 