What is the Best canadian band / artist ever?
BLuNT-Mc @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 12:56 pm
Me and Monolith... underground hip-hop in toronto...
or wait no...
celine dion... lmmfao...
Hester @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:21 pm
Crash Test Dummies
Sarah McLaughlin
Tom Cochrane/Red Rider
Jeff Healey
Pursuit of Happiness
Northern Pikes
Amanda Marshall
There are so many others out there that we're not even considering.
Stompin' Tom Connors
Tommy Hunter
Rita McNeil
Anne Murray
Gordon Lightfoot
Murray McLaughlin
PENATRATOR @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 1:38 pm
Dan Cutter
http://www.canadaka.ca/modules.php?name ... person=165
Arctic_Menace @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:10 pm
FINGER ELEVEN!!!!!!!!!!
The Hoser @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:26 pm
Gordon Lightfoot kicks so much ass... Alberta Bound! Canadian Railroad Trilogy! Wreck of the Edmund Fitzgerald!
W.Bush Esquire @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:33 pm
Every single band mentioned reside in the U.S. Why are Canadians proud of that?
The Hoser @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 2:42 pm
Several reasons for that. A lot of record companies are in California, so a lot of musicians are forced to go their. But that doesn't mean t hat all of those living in Cali wouldn't rather be back in Canada. And quite a few of those bands do live in Canada... The Tragically Hip, for one.
Hester @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:06 pm
We are not proud that so many reside in the US. We are proud of their Canadian Heritage. Even if, like Bryan Adams, they have almost no association with Canada anymore. Bryan Adams is so removed from Canada that his last album (last one that I'm aware of, it seems like 10 years ago "The only thing that looks good on you is me") didn't qualify for the Junos.
There is more opportunity in the states, which we regret. But we still, kinda, love 'em (Celine Dion, Shania Twain, et al 
)
truecdneh @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 3:43 pm
W.Bush Esquire W.Bush Esquire:
Every single band mentioned reside in the U.S. Why are Canadians proud of that?
That's pretty obvious isn't it? In a market that is obviously larger, companies that can offer bigger contracts, more exposure? geez... doesn't take a rocket scientist. They're Canadian born and bred.. period. They'll never be Americans at heart. Typical scenerio applies though where the US likes to lure the best away from the rest and claim it as their own or at least do their best to justify it. Pretty hefty failure rate though seen by those who aren't naive enough to adopt that mentality. (i.e. the rest of the world)
xerxes @ Wed Jun 01, 2005 4:06 pm
Yeah, and for the longest time Canadian artists had to go to the US to get record deals becaue htere were few Canadian labels willing to sign them. People like Joni Mitchell and Neil Young were pretty much forced to go to US labels. Now it's different, but the money is still in the US and talent (often but not always) follows the money.
Mudbug @ Wed Jun 15, 2005 12:28 pm
Joni Mitchell, has to be!
sr1515 @ Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:04 pm
There are many but Guess Who is #1 for me.
PrairieChick @ Wed Jun 15, 2005 2:22 pm
Don't shoot me but I'm a Prairie Girl so I have to say Terri Clark 
Paul Brandt is pretty good, spent the late 80's early 90's listening to the Headpins, Rush, Trooper, Queen City Kids, also have make special mention of Johner Brothers Nickelback is pretty good, and another favorite would be Great Big Sea, I hooked a friend down here on them and all these rednecks think he is crazy LOL
Magnum @ Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:17 pm
sr1515 sr1515:
There are many but Guess Who is #1 for me.
I have to agree with that!!!
After all the thread is the "Best Band EVER!!"
The Hoser @ Wed Jun 15, 2005 5:20 pm
Ya, The Guess Who are amazing. Burton Cummings has the best voice I've ever heard. Randy Bachman is amazing aswell, he's a testement to Canadian music and ingenuity.