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[DiabolusInMusic]

Am I the first to mention Tom Cochrane?

Best known for "Life Is A Highway". It was used for the Disney movie "Cars".

Check out his "The Boy Inside The Man".

"Life is a Highway" is all over American media, I had no doubt you guys have heard of Tom Cochrane.

 

[two fingers]

Hating that which does not exist sounds like a lot of work.

It does. It's just not the law yet. We teach virtually no patriotism in schools today. But we sure do teach all the things we got wrong and make sure we hammer those points to death. This is a far as I will go here. OP was just having fun and is clearly proud of his country. Our discussion is for another thread.

 

[rogerbmiller]

I know Tal Bachman because She's So High is an international song and sort of a standard now. And I kno the Tragically Hip because some Canadian friends gave me a cd some 14 years ago.

 

[MatronMother]

Gorguts, Voivod, Bison BC. Protest The Hero, Moneen, 3 Inches Of Blood, Goat Horn, Killer Dwarfs, Cancer Bats, Steppenwolf, Sacrafice. Just a few of the Canadian Bands I listen to that are or were sometimes heard on the radio.

 

[D.A.R.K.]

Toured with Tragically Hip around 90, slept on the Danko Jones bass players couch a few times.
By Divine Right is a great band too.
Bruce Cockburn and Triumph are pretty household names. Good on Canada for supporting its own. The USA doesn't care unless its corporate crap these days, the system is corrupted.

 

[Spectrum]

Definitely Triumph, they were pretty well-known in the US back in the 80s. I have two of their albums on vinyl.

 

[dannster]

Big Wreck and Big Sugar are favorites of mine. Helix, Our Lady Peace, Glass Tiger, Honeymoon Suite, Tragically Hip all have songs I dig.
The rest I just know of.

(00s Pop) Bran Van 3000 - Drinkin' in L.A.
(90s Rock) Bif Naked - I Love Myself Today
(80s Rock) Honeymoon Suite - Burning In Love
(90s Rock) Tragically Hip - New Orleans Is Sinking
(90s Rock) Invalid Link Removed
(90s Rock) I Mother Earth - One More Astronaut
(70s Pop) Gino Vanelli - I Just Want to Stop
(00s Rock) Thornley - Come Again
(90s Rock) Invalid Link Removed
(90s Rock) Big Sugar - Diggin' A Hole
(00s Rock) Invalid Link Removed
(80s Rock) Helix - Rock You
(80s Pop) Glass Tiger - Someday
(80s Rock) Triumph - Lay It On The Line
(90s Rock) Invalid Link Removed
(80s Rock) Kick Axe - On the Road to Rock
(80s Pop) Bruce Cockburn - Wondering Where the Lions Are
(80s Country) Blue Rodeo - Try

 

[Stranger Danger]

I am still surprised anybody enjoys listening to them. Much like when people remember Nickelback in Vancouver, everybody here still remembers the Sheepdogs as a crappy local band.

They are a LOT better than Nickelback. That's pretty crazy.

 

[Jack Butler]

I live in Michigan by Sarnia Ontario, I grew up on Canadian/Detroit radio, it has definitely impacted my music taste.
I love the Trews and Danko Jones!
They are in the area all the time, Toronto is an hour away, too bad border crossing makes it not worth the hassle since , but oh the days back in early nineties! Campbell street, and Riverport ! Sigh..

Campbell st and riverport....oh the memories!

 

[J Gold]

Harmonium was pretty awesome too..

 

[Chili Bo Billy]

Campbell st and riverport....oh the memories!

Are you talking about Campbell St. Station? in Sarnia?

 

[mlove]

NOMEANSNO.

 

[GregC]

It does. It's just not the law yet. We teach virtually no patriotism in schools today. But we sure do teach all the things we got wrong and make sure we hammer those points to death. This is a far as I will go here. OP was just having fun and is clearly proud of his country. Our discussion is for another thread.

Your posts in this thread really have nothing at all to do with the topic. What was it some poster on TB said recently about off-topic, semi-political posts? "You people just can't help yourselves" or something like that?

 

[two fingers]

Your posts in this thread really have nothing at all to do with the topic. What was it some poster on TB said recently about off-topic, semi-political posts? "You people just can't help yourselves" or something like that?

Agreed. I apologize and have discouraged further discussion of the matter here. I was the pot calling the kettle black. Thanks for the reminder.

 

[kodiakblair]

Bran Van 3000 got a fair bit of radio play in the UK. Bruce Cockburn,Triumph, and Tragically Hip ring a bell.
Might know more but I'm terrible catching names from the radio.

 

[reddesert]

I knew the Tragically Hip, Bruce Cockburn, Dream Warriors, and Len. I did not know Dream Warriors or Len were Canadian. Did Len have a career in Canada beyond that song? I thought of them as the prototypical one hit wonder - the song was inescapable one summer, and then nothing.

In the indie music world, there may be more crossover, but it's always unclear how well-known a "well-known indie" act is (for ex, not sure anyone mentioned Arcade Fire or Feist, but they are well-known in the indie music circuit in the US).

 

[DiabolusInMusic]

I knew the Tragically Hip, Bruce Cockburn, Dream Warriors, and Len. I did not know Dream Warriors or Len were Canadian. Did Len have a career in Canada beyond that song? I thought of them as the prototypical one hit wonder - the song was inescapable one summer, and then nothing.

In the indie music world, there may be more crossover, but it's always unclear how well-known a "well-known indie" act is (for ex, not sure anyone mentioned Arcade Fire or Feist, but they are well-known in the indie music circuit in the US).

The Len crew was actually into rap/hip-hop from what I have heard. My friend makes beats for some name rappers and he was friends with a guy who knew the crew. He said they decided to "sell out" so they could do what they wanted with the money. I don't know if this is true or not but buddy does have some name connections so I believed him.

 

[Mosstone]

My grandfather was from Canada... I don't know if that makes me part Canadian (it's not really an ethnicity, is it?).

Canadian bands/artists I've heard of in the U.S.:

Triumph - I always liked Triumph, despite being a "poor man's Rush"
Max Webster - The only reason I've heard of them is due to their connection with Rush. I used to have a bootleg of "Battle Scar" featuring the two bands playing together.
FM - Again, awareness through association with Rush.
Boys Brigade - Only heard of them because Geddy Lee produced one of their albums and mentioned them in an interview once.
Men Without Hats - I thought for sure they were from the U.K.
April Wine - If you were alive during the '80s, you've listened to April Wine... admit it!
Helix - Didn't know they were Canadian. Never listened to them, but I've heard of them.
Loverboy - Didn't know they were Canadian either. Almost as disposable as Honeymoon Suite, though (IMO, of course).
Honeymoon Suite - Saw them live during their 15 minutes of fame back in the '80s (opening for Jethro Tull... whaa??)
Our Lady Peace - Not a fan... just heard of them.
Tragically Hip - Same as OLP
Glass Tiger - Ditto
Bruce Cockburn - I'm SURE I've heard his stuff, but nothing springs to mind.
Kim Mitchell - Same as above.
Five Man Electrical Band - Another OHW I didn't know was from Canada.
Barenaked Ladies - I wouldn't say that they're obscure in America as someone suggested, though. They were pretty well known in the states for a while.
Jacob Moon - Got turned on to him through his acoustic Rush and Marillion covers. Never heard of him before that.
Corey Hart - Got nothing to say about him.
Bryan Adams - Equally ambivalent.


I'm sure there are others, besides the obvious Joni Mitchell, Neil Young, Anne Murray, etc... I just can't think of any more right now.

 

[Yvon]

Let's not forget the second solitude, french canada!

Offenbach


Robert Charlebois (Listen to the bass part on this one)


Jean Leloup (listen to the bass part)


Plume Latraverse


Vilain Pingouin




Many others like
Beau Dommage
Gare au loup
Abitibi
Richard Séguin
Gaston Mandeville
Richard Desjardins

 

[FerK]

Tragically Hip are the only ones I've ever heard of. Oh, and Triumph.

+ 0.5 ('cause I only heard of Tragically Hip, but not Triumph). I guess Canadian acts haven't made it to Europe just yet.