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Topic: Top 5 Canadian Rock n Roll acts ever Return to archive Page: 1 2 3
27th November 2006 05:31 PM
Phog The New Pornographers are from Canada, and they kick fucking ass.
27th November 2006 06:05 PM
Left Shoe Shuffle April Wine
Triumph
Loverboy
Glass Tiger
Nickelback

27th November 2006 06:11 PM
Fiji Joe This is the best album I've ever heard come out of Canada...shame they couldn't follow up



http://www.amazon.com/Up-Here-Tragically-Hip/dp/B000002O66


[Edited by Fiji Joe]
27th November 2006 06:20 PM
M.O.W.A.T. The one and only Helix:



Claim to fame: "Rock You"


Fiji,

You are right about the Hip, their music is too Canada-centric (if such a word applies) and Gord Downie makes Michael Stipe sound normal these days.
27th November 2006 06:23 PM
Fiji Joe
quote:
M.O.W.A.T. wrote:
The one and only Helix:

Fiji,

You are right about the Hip, their music is too Canada-centric (if such a word applies) and Gord Downie makes Michael Stipe sound normal these days.



Agreed...I guess that's why Up to Here was such a great album...they must have forgotten they were Canadian when they made that
27th November 2006 06:49 PM
lotsajizz
quote:
Fiji Joe wrote:


It's just like those days back in Brooklyn...yeah, you'd throw down your cardboard...and you'd crank up the LL Cool J...but in the end, you were just another cracker from the burbs trying to pop and lock with the brothers...




You must have me confused with your dealer.....go score more L'il man....
27th November 2006 07:14 PM
72Tele The Band-Rick Danko and Richard Manuel were beyond great.
Neil Young-Not a big fan but realize its not about me.
Tragically Hip-If they were from Chicago they would be huge
Teenage Head-loud,drunk and the most sounding Keith guitar I ever heard(not the open g type stuff but the Berry fills)
27th November 2006 07:53 PM
Fiji Joe
quote:
lotsajizz wrote:


You must have me confused with your dealer.....go score more L'il man....



Dude...just say "uncle" and go about your business
27th November 2006 08:04 PM
nanatod Neil Young
The Band
The Guess Who (but only on "Live at Paramount")
The Tragically Hip
The Tea Party (may be too heavy metal for this board)
Pat Travers Band
Barenaked Ladies (before they became too pop)
Blue Rodeo
Moxy Fruvous
Sloan (I don't like them, but many people do)
Tom Landa and the Paperboys (terrific live)
New Pornographers
Broken Social Scene (another band I don't like, but many people do)
Feist (I have no patience for her, but many people like her)


27th November 2006 08:36 PM
fireontheplatter
quote:
Highwire Rob wrote:
As far as Folk/Rock I'm a Gordon Lightfoot fan!

Sundown... Carefree Highway... If You Could Read My Mind... Rainy Day People...

Now those are excellent!



great great songs. i agree
27th November 2006 08:39 PM
lotsajizz
quote:
Fiji Joe wrote:


Dude...just say "uncle" and go about your business




bark like a dog L'il man....you know wanna let it out!!



27th November 2006 09:11 PM
Lazy Bones
quote:
lotsajizz wrote:
Word.
Even Journey's Steve Perry is more listenable than Geddy Lee!!!



ok, don't get all stupid on us now...

I'm man enough to say I like Rush. I just haven't decided when I'm gonna say it...

Great band. I've always enjoyed them.
27th November 2006 09:25 PM
Fiji Joe
quote:
Lazy Bones wrote:


ok, don't get all stupid on us now...

I'm man enough to say I like Rush. I just haven't decided when I'm gonna say it...

Great band. I've always enjoyed them.



Getting stupid is what Jizzy does best...he's was born to roll that way

Just a matter of time before he puffs out his chest and drops his digits on me and challenges me to rassle...it's his stupid de grace...so to speak
27th November 2006 09:29 PM
Lazy Bones
quote:
nanatod wrote:
Neil Young
The Band
The Guess Who (but only on "Live at Paramount")
The Tragically Hip
The Tea Party (may be too heavy metal for this board)
Pat Travers Band
Barenaked Ladies (before they became too pop)
Blue Rodeo
Moxy Fruvous
Sloan (I don't like them, but many people do)
Tom Landa and the Paperboys (terrific live)
New Pornographers
Broken Social Scene (another band I don't like, but many people do)
Feist (I have no patience for her, but many people like her)



Yes, The Tea Party (Jeff Martin, essentially) was a great band. They were also very successful in Oz.

Live At The Paramount - great album. If "Paramount" was Ya-Ya's, American Woman is Midnight Rambler. The roast beef's gone!

Moxy Fruvous...holy shit, that brings back memories from my first year of university in Toronto. I've got their first cassette kickin' around somewhere...
27th November 2006 09:34 PM
Lazy Bones
quote:
Fiji Joe wrote:
This is the best album I've ever heard come out of Canada...shame they couldn't follow up



http://www.amazon.com/Up-Here-Tragically-Hip/dp/B000002O66


[Edited by Fiji Joe]



Road Apples is even better - particularly the song writing. I used to be a huge Hip fan until Gord's freakish on-stage antics and writing became too much to handle. He's trying to be Cohen and he's not.

The only act I've seen more times live than the Hip is Bob Dylan.
27th November 2006 09:41 PM
Lazy Bones So, Canadian rock n' roll, eh...

two words...Gordie Johnson! Formerly of Big Sugar. Now, with Grady.





Gordie and I (Nov 2003)
27th November 2006 10:58 PM
Taptrick
I still listen to this album. Also love Blue Collar, a very unBTO tune:



27th November 2006 11:43 PM
VoodooChileInWOnderl
quote:
Lazy Bones wrote:
So, Canadian rock n' roll, eh...

two words...Gordie Johnson! Formerly of Big Sugar. Now, with Grady.




Gonna try to listen Mr. J. but to be honest he looks like a Southern USA rocker

27th November 2006 11:46 PM
VoodooChileInWOnderl Honorific mention to John Kay, he was born in Germany but started as a Canadia act leading The Sparrow
27th November 2006 11:57 PM
Fiji Joe
quote:
Lazy Bones wrote:


Road Apples is even better - particularly the song writing. I used to be a huge Hip fan until Gord's freakish on-stage antics and writing became too much to handle. He's trying to be Cohen and he's not.

The only act I've seen more times live than the Hip is Bob Dylan.



I didn't think Road Apples was better..good album though...honestly, I haven't heard anything they've done after fully and completely
28th November 2006 12:32 AM
M.O.W.A.T.
quote:
Lazy Bones wrote:
So, Canadian rock n' roll, eh...

two words...Gordie Johnson! Formerly of Big Sugar. Now, with Grady.





Gordie and I (Nov 2003)




Big Sugar! Awesome band!. Saw them play at the local college back in '98. Talk about loud, rude guitar-playing!
28th November 2006 01:37 AM
Brainbell Jangler
quote:
Gazza wrote:
I have no idea who David Clayton Thomas is but if he's as bad as Rush, I'll take your word for it


David Clayton Thomas was lead vocalist for Blood, Sweat and Tears (except for the first album w/Al Kooper).
28th November 2006 01:42 AM
glencar The Band & Neil Yopung & that's all. Canada sucks. Musically, I mean. I like the country itself & like to visit too.
28th November 2006 05:26 AM
RSRTG Wot about The Tragically Hip?
My fav album is "Up To Here".
I would love to see these catz live.
28th November 2006 06:01 AM
lotsajizz
quote:
Fiji Joe wrote:


Just a matter of time before he puffs out his chest and drops his digits on me and challenges me to rassle...it's his stupid de grace...so to speak



Gee, I did not know you were a Rush fan, L'il man....


but I could have guessed...



28th November 2006 08:49 AM
TampabayStone
quote:
nanatod wrote:
Neil Young
The Band
The Guess Who (but only on "Live at Paramount")
The Tragically Hip
The Tea Party (may be too heavy metal for this board)
Pat Travers Band
Barenaked Ladies (before they became too pop)
Blue Rodeo
Moxy Fruvous
Sloan (I don't like them, but many people do)
Tom Landa and the Paperboys (terrific live)
New Pornographers
Broken Social Scene (another band I don't like, but many people do)
Feist (I have no patience for her, but many people like her)







Wow, I did not know Pat Travers was a Canadian (I might need to do some back ground checks on those closest to me). Boom Boom Out Go the Lights! That song was pretty big down here when I was a kid thought he was from the South.

How about Jeff Healy? Went to his club in Toronto a few years back and enjoyed the hell out of it. Also, his supporting role in RoadHouse is top notch, as a mater of fact, that is a 90's flick, no?
28th November 2006 09:19 AM
Lazy Bones
quote:
VoodooChileInWOnderl wrote:
Gonna try to listen Mr. J. but to be honest he looks like a Southern USA rocker



He's trying to be! I don't like it. He's losing his uniqueness. Two years ago in Austin, they drove around during a music festival playing on a flat bed truck. Ring any bells? He disbanded Big Sugar and formed Grady - including bassist "Big" Ben Richardson and Chris Layton (former Double Trouble drummer) who has recently left the band.

Grady was formed, and now reside, in Austin, TX. The first Grady album was a remix of BS songs dipped in grease - southern style. Gordie "Grady" Johnson is looking for a US label to sign him.

Big Sugar opened for the Stones in Feb. 1999 in Toronto.
28th November 2006 08:55 PM
sweetcharmedlife
quote:
TampabayStone wrote:



Wow, I did not know Pat Travers was a Canadian (I might need to do some back ground checks on those closest to me). Boom Boom Out Go the Lights! That song was pretty big down here when I was a kid thought he was from the South.


Pat Travers, is indeed canadian. I did not know this either. But according to wikipedia, he was born and raised in toronto. So in that case here is my top 5
1.Neil Young
2.Loverboy
3.Pat Travers
4.Rush
5.Bryan Adams
28th November 2006 11:28 PM
guitarman53 I really love 60's Canadian bands.
1-The Ugly Ducklings (in 1966 Jagger himself said they were his favorite Canadian band, Ugly Ducklings opened for the Stones at Maple Leaf Gardens)
2-The Sparrow (as mentioned before eventually became Steppenwolf, with a few member changes)
3-The Mandala (with lead singer George Oliver).
4-A Foot In Cold Water (remember "make me do anything you want")
5-Crowbar.
29th November 2006 02:06 AM
Lazy Bones some other notables...

Our Lady Peace
Saga
the Headstones
Lighthouse
the Kings
Lovin Spoonful
Moist
Doug and the Slugs
Goddo
Trooper
Max Webster
Harlequin
Coney Hatch
David Wilcox
Chilliwack
Rough Trade
5 Man Electrical Band
Men Without Hats
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