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Rush, followed by a distant April Wine.  Even though April Wine only had about 6 good songs.  Hottest singer to come out of Canada was Shania Twain.   
 
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3rd best was the folk singing Gordon Lightfoot. 
 
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Oops.  Have to move Neil Young in front of Gordon and the Edmund Fitzgerald.. 
 
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Just leave Rush easily as the best from Canada, and definitely include Triumph and Loverboy in the next tier in no particular order with the others I mentioned. 
 
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What is it with Arcade Fire?  I just don't get it.
 
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The Birthday Massacre...
 
 
look them up.... They are freaking awsome.
 
 
 
And she's a fox!!!!
 
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Quote Originally Posted by wizardofroz:

Oops.  Have to move Neil Young in front of Gordon and the Edmund Fitzgerald.. 
The Legend of the Edmund Fitzgerald. . . what a great song. Did you know that on the same date(Nov 11) of the tragedy of the Edmund Fitzgerald, there were 2 other shipwrecks on Lake Superior? I believe the Edmund Fitzgerald went down in 1975. .  .
 
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A little late to this post.
 
The Hip Baby!
 
"She said she didn't give a fuck about hockey I never heard someone say that before, she held my hand and we walked home the long way"
 
 First start following them in 1989, saw them ilive in 1993, have seen them just about every year since them.  Awsome live band.
 
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Posted: #59
Billy Talent
Idle Sons (Broke up Recently)
 
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Quote Originally Posted by THEMUGG:


If any of these bands were worth a damn, we probably would have heard of them.

Sorry about your taste in your music.  

 
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Posted: #61
what about 5 for fighting. I think those guys are rad.
 
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Rad?????
 
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I thought it was Chiliwack.
 
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The Tragically Hip - Teenage head
Nickelback - Blue Rodeo
Voivod - Simple plan
Anvil - I Mother Earth
Sloan - Slaves on Dope
Mobile - Maestro
Our Lady peace - Tom Cochrane
Gordon Lightfoot - Rascalz
B.T.O - Metric
Guess Who - The Headstones
Barenaked ladies - Alexisonfire
54/40 - the machines
Harem Scarem - Jeff Healey Band
and certain songs
 
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Rush, Sum-41and Helix are the missing Canadian Bands from above
 
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And not to forget Billy Talent,April wine Chilliwack Neil Young except for his single southern man plus Stompin' Tom Connors and certain songs from Avril Lavigne
 
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They always seemed to be getting propped up by Rush, but the band "Max Webster" was pretty good......

 
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Love Neal Young and I'm a Southern Man!
 
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Neil Young and Our Lady Peace are great.  The rest are hosers, eh.

Saw Gordon Lightfoot a couple of weeks ago from the 3rd row.  It was embarrassing and laughable.  The motherfucker looks like he is 104 years old and sounds even older.  His voice is gone.  Most in the audience were shocked as soon as he came out.  He dropped his pick in the middle of a song and spent about 30 seconds looking for it while the band kept playing.  He just looked like an old man bent over trying remember what he was looking for.  Not trying to be disrespectful, but we payed good money to see someone that should have quit long ago. 
 
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You'd have to pay me to see Lightfoot anytime during the last 15 years.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Gunners:

20 something posts and no one mentions "The Band"?????  what kind of taste do you fuckers have?

"The Band" was awesome, but Levon Helm is from Arkansas.
 
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Quote Originally Posted by dennishopson:

You'd have to pay me to see Lightfoot anytime during the last 15 years.

I hear you.  We got hosed
 
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Sons of Freedom; Dayglo Abortions
 
Just because nobody has ever heard of them
 
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RUSH easily is the strongest & best band to come out of Canada. Been to over fifteen shows going back to Permanent Waves. My favorite band, Canadian or otherwise. Neil, Alex & Geddy have no equals.
 
Triumph follows in the 2nd slot. Rik Emmett is, along with Eddie Van Halen and Steve Morse, the most talented guitarists in the last 30 years.  Triumph's concerts, though filled with a lot of pyros & audience interaction, were dissappointing. 10 songs played in a hour and a half. Drummer Gil Moore wanted more bombastics placed on the show instead of showcasing Rik's killer playing, and eventually paid the price by the the band breaking up in the late 80's, and Rik saying fuck you Gil.
 
The Guess Who are next. No Sugar Tonight by itself puts them in the top three. Randy Bachman & Burton Cummings, great writing duo.  April Wine's songs kinda blended together without much substance. I'd give Loverboy the 4th spot based on their first two solid albums (Loverboy & Get Lucky). Saw them in '81 in Oakland at Day on the Green along with Blue Oyster Cult, Heart, Ozzy w/ Randy, & Pat Travers. Good times!
 
 
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Quote Originally Posted by Weathered:

I'm going to throw in a vote for
 
Our Lady Peace
 

 

they'll never be considered the best...but I like those guys too.

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