Good Canadian rock bands.... Can anyone name one?

[leesixxrose]

ME and my friend were sitting around and we were thinking that there are no good rock bands from Canada...

We came up with the obvious shitty ones... Bryan Adams, Foriegner,  I swear that there has to be ONE good band from Canada... can anyone think of one??

[*Izzy*]

Nope? I know a bad one though....SUM41?

[Captain Obvious]

There are lots.

Tea party
Big Wreck
Mathew Good Band
The Waking Eyes are awesome from what I've heard
Tragically Hip, I guess this would be the national pride of Canada, not a huge fan myself though
3 Days Grace isn't bad

[kj_jive]

                     

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[Eazy E]

I Mother Earth
Moist
Finger Eleven
The Headstones
Treble Charger (pre American Psycho)
Our Lady Peace
Limblifter
Age Of Electric
Econoline Crush
The Guess Who
54-40
Sloan
Sam Roberts
Big Wreck

and they've already been mentioned but:
The Tragically Hip
Matthew Good (Band)
Rush
The Tea Party


There's a handful of others, but I guess you wouldn't be familiar with them unless you're FROM Canada.? Which is a shame, because I would place most of these bands above a ton of known American bands.

If you want a taste of Canadian rock, listen to The Hip, Matt Good, Sloan, or I Mother Earth (preferably with Edwin singing).

Edit - BTW, I'm not sure if he can be considered "rock", but anyone with any sense should immediately download "Striptease" by Hawksley Workman.  He writes all the lyrics and does all the instrumentation on his albums, and I believe he produces them as well.  If he keeps it up, 10 years down the line I'll gladly start a thread to argue with D about who's more talented, Hawksley or Prince.

[journey]

ME and my friend were sitting around and we were thinking that there are no good rock bands from Canada...

We came up with the obvious shitty ones... Bryan Adams, Foriegner,? I swear that there has to be ONE good band from Canada... can anyone think of one??

I can't believe you said that about my Canadian hero, Bryan Adams!?

Rush is a great Canadian band.

Loverboy

I think Nickelback is Canadian.

[leesixxrose]

ok we did miss Rush...

but all those other bands... your right i have absolutly NO idea who they are.. ive never even heard of them....  The only other one i can think of is "Bare Naked Ladies"

[Malcolm]

Theres lots of good Canadian Rock Bands..

The Guess Who
Rush
Bryan Adams
April Wine
The Tragically Hip
Nickelback
Barenaked Ladies
Our Lady Peace

[jgfnsr]

Theres lots of good Canadian Rock Bands..

The Guess Who
Rush
Bryan Adams
April Wine
The Tragically Hip
Nickelback
Barenaked Ladies
Our Lady Peace

If the criteria is "good," Rush and Nickelback should be eliminated from this list.  They're not even bad.  They're worse than bad.

[Malcolm]

You gotta be kidding me?..Rush is one of the only 3 man bands that actually play live with only 3 members..Nirvana never did..Three Days Grace dosent..and Nickelback created there own sound which means a long career..and Chad is very talented

[jgfnsr]

You gotta be kidding me?..Rush is one of the only 3 man bands that actually play live with only 3 members...

And?? There are many capable musicans out there who don't make good music.

Nirvana never did.

Nirvana always sucked.

Three Days Grace dosent...

Never heard them.

and Nickelback created there own sound which means a long career..

Huh?? Nickelback has always sounded like Puddle of Mudd, and both of 'em have always sounded like wannabe-Nirvana's.? And, as mentioned above, Nirvana sucks.? Hence, Nickelback sucks.  You do the math.?

and Chad is very talented

Never heard them either.

[Malcolm]

Chad is the lead singer of Nickleback..and Nickleback was around before POM

[*Izzy*]

Never heard of any of these?

  Izzy?

[KeVoRkIaN]

Neil Young
Skinny Puppy
Front Line Assembly
Monster Voodoo Machine
Bachman Turner Overdrive
Jakalope


Don't like following but.....
Avril Lavigne and Shania Twain
Great Big Sea
Moist
Men Without Hats
Platinum Blonde
Triumph
Simple Plan
Big Sugar
Colin James
Jeff Healey
I think Saga was big in Europe

There are some great metal and punk ones...
Strapping Young Lad (Gene Hoglan is the only american member I think) Devin Townsend!!!!!
Malhavoc
Kataklysm
Dayglo Abortions
DOA (Chuck Biscuits is a drum god!!)

[Skeletor]

The Devin Townsend Band

Devin Townsend is a god.

[Lord Blackadder]

What about The Hart Foundation. Oh wait...

[Layne420]

Here's some others


Serial Joe
Default
Jet Set Satelllite
Staggerd Crossing
Deadman Theory

[N.I.B]

Billy Talent - don't like em
Rush
3 Days Grace
Tragicly Hip
Niel Young

thats all the "good" bands i can think of

[Mama Kin]

You gotta be kidding me?..Rush is one of the only 3 man bands that actually play live with only 3 members...

And?? There are many capable musicans out there who don't make good music.

Nirvana never did.

Nirvana always sucked.

Three Days Grace dosent...

Never heard them.

and Nickelback created there own sound which means a long career..

Huh?? Nickelback has always sounded like Puddle of Mudd, and both of 'em have always sounded like wannabe-Nirvana's.? And, as mentioned above, Nirvana sucks.? Hence, Nickelback sucks.? You do the math.?

and Chad is very talented

Never heard them either.

He meant Chad Kroeger, the very untalented lead singer of Nickelback.

Yeah, Nickelback may have created their own sound, it's a single sound and they use it on every song. There's a website out there, which I don't have the link for at the moment that plays two Nickelback songs together, one in the left speaker, one in the right...They sound exactly the same.

Nickelback sucks.

[Rob]

Of all the bands mentioned the only one that's any good is Rush.  However, Canada has produced one of the greatest frontmen of our time.  The iatola of rock n' rolla, Chris Jericho!  Fozzy are huge rock stars.