The Official "Canadian Artists Rock" Thread (not just a lame copycat)...

[speedoo]

So many great contemporary artists are from Canada:



Leonard Cohen




Gordon Lightfoot




Joni Mitchell




Neil Young




k d Lang




Ian and Sylvia




Diana Krall




(RIP, Rick and Richard)

[KFC]

1. You forgot Nickelback

The cutting edge.

[Benfea]

2. NIckelback is a refutation of the previous argument.

As is Celine Dion.

[BarenakedLady]

3. Uhm Hello?

:hi:

Steven Page alone should get a nod, if not the rest of the Ladies.

[graywarrior]

4. I'll stay out of this for a while.

[wildhorses]

5. not to mention--

Celine Dion:evilgrin:

[av8rdave]

6. NEIL!!! However, you did forget Rush

[speedoo]

7. I wish I could forget Rush.

They ummm... annoy me.

Sorry.

[Elidor]

8. I won't let you forget

:P

They annoy me, too, but I love them anyway.

2112!
:headbang:

[driver8]

13. Rush rules!!

They are the kings of Canadian rock and roll!!

By the way, I saw this tour...

[av8rdave]

23. Guess it's a matter of personal taste...they do a great show

[ghostsofgiants]

9. Alexisonfire/City And Colour/Black Lungs

http://www.myspace.com/alexisonfire
http://www.myspace.com/dallasgreen
http://www.myspace.com/dirtyblacklungs

(The latter two are solo projects of members of Alexisonfire)

Death From Above 1979 (sadly defunct)
http://www.myspace.com/deathfromabove1979

Cancer Bats
http://www.myspace.com/cancerbats
(And since my favourite song of theres isn't included on the page: http://www.teamdistort.com/100grandcanyon)

Protest The Hero
http://www.myspace.com/protestthehero

Closet Monster (Also defunt, I believe.)
http://www.myspace.com/uoclosetmonster
(That page only has one song, so here's a video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qpUT3TStIrE)

Moneen
http://www.myspace.com/moneen

The Brat Attack (Saw their singer do a solo show Saturday night, it was fun.)
http://www.myspace.com/thebratattack

Wintersleep
http://www.myspace.com/wintersleepmusic

The Arcade Fire
http://www.myspace.com/arcadefire

The Stills
http://www.myspace.com/thestills

And so forth.

[Omphaloskepsis]

24. Jesus fucking Christ P1.......

Propagandhi

http://www.g7welcomingcommittee.com/bands/propagandhi.php

[ghostsofgiants]

30. Fuck, how the hell did I forget them?

I suck at Canadian punk rock.

[bbernardini]

10. Barenaked Ladies, Moxy Fruvous, The Tea Party, Rick James (kind of) nt

[driver8]

11. Triumph, Max Webster, April Wine, Blue Rodeo, Cowboy Junkies,

Bruce Cockburn
Tragically Hip
Great Big Sea
Alannis Morisette

[speedoo]

16. I like Bruce Cockburn. nt

[Broken_Hero]

12. Sarah Mclachlan, and Bryan Adams...

Yes, I like both, a lot...:) :hi: Sarah, is by far, my favorite female vocalist...

[Lautremont]

14. The Weakerthans, Wolf Parade, The Arcade Fire, Final Fantasy,

The New Pornographers, Novillero, Destroyer, Broken Social Scene, Eric's Trip, Sloan, The Sadies, and, of course,


Neil Sedaka.

[ghostsofgiants]

18. Good call on The Weakerthans and Broken Social Scene.

[TrogL]

15. Bachman Turner Overdrive

I've met Bachman.

[speedoo]

17. Speaking of BTO, I'm surprised no one's mentioned The Guess Who.

And I'm trying to recall the name of a group from Canada I heard recently on local radio. They were really good... just getting started. Maybe it's one of the groups mentioned here.

[idgiehkt]

19. just where are Shania and Celine Dion?

hmmm?

[speedoo]

21. Well, they both have made a lot of money.

And Celine has been very generous in working for causes I like.

Shania? I did not even know she was from Canada. I don't think too much of her.

[borlis]

20. Don't forget Rik Emmett

Simply awesome guitar player.




I have seen him with Triumph a few times years ago, and the past two years at the House of Blues in Chicago and he is still simply amazing.

[HEyHEY]

22. Arcade Fire - the only band doing anything cool from Canada now

[Bunny]

25. No love for Burton Cummings or the Guess Who??? Stunning.

[speedoo]

27. see post #17 nt

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

26. Tragically Hip, anybody?

[LoZoccolo]

28. Look at the lyrics to "Lunatic Fringe" by Red Rider.

One of the guys in the band says it's just as relevant now as when he wrote it.

[driver8]

31. Tom Cochrane wrote it, I think.

That is a great song.

I was at the House of Blues in March and this song was playing before the show started. This woman standing in front of me asked me who sang it and I completely blanked.

Of course, I remembered who sang it as I was driving home!!

[LoZoccolo]

29. Oh, and LEN is my favorite.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MwtTOxouD5Q

[southpaw]

32. Jann Arden