Top Five Canadian Bands Ever

[middle class gangster]

im having trouble putting together a top five list of canadian bands, any sugestions? base your choices on originality, influence(worldwide) and just all round awesomeness.

[radio_bomb]

BTO and The Guess Who although they are not one of my favourites

Edited November 29, 2004 by radio_bomb

[Broken]

The Hip

Matthew Good

Devin Townsend

Tegan And Sara

Cleavage

 

My favourite Canadian Bands anyway. There all in my top 10 favourite bands of all time ;)

[spiritofeden]

The Arcade Fire

Hot Hot Heat

Godspeed You Black Emperor!

The Dears

Matthew Good

The Constantines

The Sadies

[Matt]

1)"Limblifter"

2)"Moist"

3)"Sam Roberts"

4)"Rye"

5)"Matthew Good Band"

[therethere]

The Dears

Broken Social Scene

Metric

Stars

The Arcade Fire

 

I left out solo artists, but if i included them:

 

Matthew Good

Sarah Harmer

Gord Downie

Leslie Feist

Kathleen Edwards

Edited November 29, 2004 by therethere

[marik]

WHAT no olp????

 

;)

[montrealmike]

Since this is a 'best of' and not 'favorites' list, the top 5 in any order should be:

 

1- Tragically Hip

2- Guess Who

3- Rush

4- Sloan

5- Tea Party

 

*with special mention to Crazy Horse and The Band & BTO

[here is no why]

bands that could be up there:

The Hip / CCR / Rush / BTO / The Guess Who

[montrealmike]

bands that could be up there:

The Hip / CCR / Rush / BTO / The Guess Who

Since when is CCR Canadian?

[Broken]

The Constantines

I so didnt know they were Canadian

[no yu begin wher i end]

Rush

Hip

Guess Who

MG (naturally)

Neil Young

[Ravenous Yam]

Rush

Hip

Guess Who

MG (naturally)

Neil Young

Yeah, this would be my list too.

[spiritofeden]

The Constantines

I so didnt know they were Canadian

they are from the Guelph area, I beleive.

[Dookas27018]

You're all forgetting Sarah McLachlan and BNL, as much as you all love to hate them I'm sure, as well as I for the most part, they are both massive commercial successes

[penismightier]

5. The Guess Who

4. The Tragically Hip

3. Crazyhorse

2. L. Cohen

1. Rush

 

and i wouldnt do this because i like them, because i dont, i just do this because its probably the bands that are most widely successful and such.

[compman_55]

Since this is a 'best of' and not 'favorites' list, the top 5 in any order should be:

 

1- Tragically Hip

2- Guess Who

3- Rush

4- Sloan

5- Tea Party

 

*with special mention to Crazy Horse and The Band & BTO

"Tea party" what ever

[penismightier]

meh i doubt that one.

[Moonlight_Graham]

Neil Young & Crazy Horse

Tom Cochrane (and his band)

MGB

The Hip

Rush

 

w/ special shout-out to the Moffats.

[Drizzt]

olp, matthew good(band), billy talent, sam roberts

[NationofCool]

olp, matthew good(band), billy talent, sam roberts

Theres a teenybopper answer.

Billy Talent and Sam Roberts are both great.. but only have 1 album..so I disagree.

 

In alphabetical order,

 

- I Mother Earth

- Matthew Good Band

- Moist

- Our Lady Peace

- The Tragically Hip

 

Who the hell is Rush???

And Crazyhorse??

Man you western Canadians are so kooky.

wasnt tom cochrane a one hit wonder? *i could be wrong*

[Matt]

olp, matthew good(band), billy talent, sam roberts

Sam Roberts are both great.. but only have 1 album..so I disagree.

Not to purposely advertise my website, but if you look at the discography section of my un-official "Sam Roberts" website you may notice more than one album...

[Auqakuh]

i can't do small lists when it comes to music. i apologise. ;)

 

this is haphazardly based on three or more of the following: genius, passion, mastery of craft, evolution, influence, innovation, live impact, staying power...

 

-the band (disregard the fact it was kickstarted by two arkansan lads - it was primarily constituted of canadians)

-rush

-red rider

-tragically hip, gord downie+band

-blue rodeo

-matthew good band + MG and current band

-barenaked ladies

-moist and david usher+band members

-sarah mclachlan+band members

-tea party

-skinny puppy

-neil young and crazy horse (even though as far as i know most,if not all, of crazy horse members over the years were not canadian)

-leonard cohen+musicians (when he used 'em)

 

i could go on forever. grr. 'another symptom of my damned disease...' :angry:

Edited December 3, 2004 by Auqakuh

[Moonlight_Graham]

Who the hell is Rush???

And Crazyhorse??

Man you western Canadians are so kooky.

wasnt tom cochrane a one hit wonder? *i could be wrong*

i'm shaking my head in disgusted disappointment at you.

 

a) Rush is a wicked rock band from 70's/80's. The lead siger freaks me out though. One of Canada's most famous bands.

 

B) Crazy Horse is/was Neil Young's band.

 

c) Tom Cochrane (and his band 'Red Rider') wasn't a 1-hit wonder. "Big League", "Lunatic Fringe", Stonecutter's Arms", "Boy Inside the Man", "I Wish You Well" etc. were all hits.

 

don't u listen to any classic-rock radio?????

Edited December 4, 2004 by Moonlight_Graham

[glassjaw]

influential can-rock bands/artists

 

Neil Young

Tragically Hip

Rush

Stompin Tom Connors

Tom Cochrane

Guess Who/Randy Bachman/Burton Cummings

Big Sugar

 

Fav. Can-Rock bands

 

Matthew Good (Band)

The Hip

Sarah Maclachlan

Turn Off The Stars

Ian Thornley

Moist

Age of Electric

Finger Eleven