The Band Prism Trooper April Wine Triumph Chilliwack Toronto Rough Trade Headpins Northern Pikes Lee Aaron Stompin' Tom Connors Sweeney Todd Nick Gilder Aldo Nova Jerry Doucette Max Webster Goddo Moxy Saga Amanda Marshall Powder Blues Band Downchild Blues Band Colin James Doug And The Slugs The Jitters Streetheart Harlequin The Wilkinson's Amanda Wilkinson Paul Brant Skinny Puppy Teenage Head BTO Crowbar Stampeders Ian Thomas Alanna Miles Ironhorse (To start with)

The Band, and they're farewell concert DVD *"The Last Waltz".* Directed by Martin Scorsese

Mandala, The Band, Steppenwolf, The Hip, April Wine, Downchild, Rush, Max Webster, Mahogany Rush, Stampeders, 5 Man Electric, Mainline, Lighthouse, Crowbar, DOA, Biff Naked, Poppy Family, Continental Drift, Guess Who, Jeff Healy, Teenage Head, Subhumans, …and…uh…brain slowing…sure I’ve missed some pretty obvious ones. I didn’t do many individual musicians by name, like Kim Mitchel or Dom Troiano or Robbie Robertson or Joanie Mitchell or Lightfoot or the Tysons or Sarah Mc(can’t spell her name) and I’m sure many more-like Bobby Kertola and Bruce Coburn and Richard “King Biscuit Boy” Newell, to name a few (like kd Lang, Gino Vinnelli, Terry Jacks, Stompin’ Tom, or Buffy St Marie. This is about actual bands. I just know I’m gonna wake up tonight suddenly remembering some glaring omission. Then prob’ly won’t be able to get back to sleep. Oh well.

Hey you forgot ANVIL the greatest band that never was.

Sorry you guys are clueless

Klaatu, Mother Mother, Saga

Bryan Adams not mentioned!

Triumph, April Wine for me. I like Rush, but too much time spent on tem in this vid.

Nobody mentioned Gordon Lightfoot, Ian Thomas, Murray McLaughlin, Michel Pagliaro, Gino Vanelli, Ken Tobias , Hank Snow, Mark Jordan, Bruce Cockburn, Junkhouse, Leonard Cohen, Anne Murray, and I'm sure I am still missing some. For a country of our size , we sure have produced some of the very best musicians ever.

You guys are a bunch of nerds. GODDO, COONEY HATCH, KIM MITCHELL, RUSH and the very best is APRIL WINE.

As a 70 year old Canadian that was a solid list though the commenters have provided a bunch of great alternatives. The Band 4/5ths Canadian (Not Levon Helm), Triumph & Mahogany Rush would seem the most obvious omissions. Domenic Troiano who appeared in the Guess Who video (also in the bands Mandala (Love Itis)/Bush & James Gang had a tremendous solo career, he is one of best rock/jazz fusion guitarists that we have produced. Had a fair hit in Canada with We all Need Love. Good Job

BTO

Also Walter Rossi

Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush

Trooper, Toronto

The Band is Canadian

You want us to "straighten your asses out?" OK, here goes....... 1) If you're going to put up a banner referring to bands "you didn't know were Canadian," then it needs to be about lesser known bands that weren't as popular or mainstream, not 8 or 10 of the best known, best selling and most commonly recognized bands from Canada. It's understandable that people who may not be big music fans might not know the origin of these acts but if you guys are presenting yourselves as music experts, or even just music aficionados, and you don't know these acts are Canadian then one has to ask - "Where have your heads been stuck?!" 2) Joe Lynn Turner.... an American.... was NEVER a member of Bachman Turner Overdrive. The "Turner" in that name refers to Fred Turner, their bass player... and a Canadian!

Love that Jimi Hendrix soundtrack; especially Room Full of Mirrors.

Why Québec is always left apart we have good music like Harmonium,Offenbach,Les cowboy fringants,Les coloc,Vulgaires machins and many more

hey what about triumph

These guys are very school in Canadian music, lots of errors where is Triumph??

Three Canadian bands that I love that almost no one mentions are Max Webster, Prism and Klaatu. Kim Mitchell is a Canuck treasure and had many excellent solo hits in the 1980s but he was the lead singer of Max Webster in the '70s. Their High Class In Borrowed Shoes album (1977) is a classic period. Klaatu's debut album 3:47 EST (1976) is one of my all-time favourites; it is eclectic with great melodies and some humour/cheekiness. If people know Prism it is usually through the kitschy radio hit Spaceship Superstar but for me it is their album Armageddon (1979), particularly the amazing Side 1 and the epic title track on Side 2 that make the LP a rock classic. The unfortunate death of charismatic lead singer Ron Tabak killed the band's career.

1. Neil Young 2. Rush 3. The Band 4. Joni Mitchell 5. Arcade Fire 6. Bryan Adams 7. Céline Dion 8. Alanis Morissette 9. Heart 10. Leonard Cohen 11. Guess Who 12. Paul Anka 13. Gordon Lightfoot 14. Nickelback 15. Avril Lavigne 16. Sarah McLachlan 17. Nelly Furtado 18. Justin Bieber 19. Drake 20. Blue Rodeo 21. Steppenwolf 22. Robert Charlebois 23. Éric Lapointe 24. Buffy Sainte-Marie 25. Barenaked Ladies 26. k.d. lang 27. Our Lady Peace 28. Tragically Hip 29. Triumph 30. Cowboy Junkies 31. Jack Scott 32. Three Days Grace 33. Ian & Sylvia 34. Wolf Parade 35. Les Cowboys Fringants 36. Sloan 37. Alannah Myles 38. Broken Social Scene 39. New Pornographers 40. Diamonds 41. Bruce Cockburn 42. Chantal Kreviazuk 43. Robbie Robertson 44. Gino Vanelli 45. Saga 46. Jane Child 47. Harmonium 48. Bachman-Turner Overdrive 49. Daniel Lanois 50. Voivod 51. Martha & The Muffins 52. Mathew Good / Mathew Good Band 53. Feist 54. April Wine 55. Loverboy 56. Tom Cochrane 57. Sum 41 58. Skip Spence 59. Kate & Anna McGarrigle 60. Ariane Moffatt 61. Lighthouse 62. Fefe Dobson 63. K-os 64. Godspeed You Black Emperor! 65. Rheostatics 66. Constantines 67. Pat Travers 68. Andy Kim 69. Corey Hart 70. Payola$ 71. Jean-Pierre Ferland 72. Prism 73. Chilliwack 74. Burton Cummings 75. Kardinal Offishall 76. Rough Trade 77. Sam Roberts 78. Alexisonfire 79. Crash Test Dummies 80. Black Mountain 81. Eric's Trip 82. Ian Thomas 83. Simple Plan 84. Snow 85. Weakerthans 86. Dan Hill 87. Aldo Nova 88. Stampeders 89. Swollen Members 90. Northern Pikes 91. Pursuit of Happiness 92. Rascalz 93. Bran Van 3000 94. Billy Talent 95. Beau Marks 96. Crowbar 97. Jean Leloup 98. Ron Sexsmith 99. Teenage Head 100. FM 101. Men Without Hats 102. Poppy Family 103. Red Rider 104. DeFranco Family 105. Kings 106. Finger Eleven 107. Vincent Vallieres 108. Max Webster 109. Terry Jacks 110. Irish Rovers 111. Spoons 112. Moffats 113. Trooper 114. Five Man Electrical Band 115. Sue Foley 116. Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers 117. Bells 118. Edward Bear 119. Down with Webster 120. Claude Dubois 121. Joey Gregorash 122. Gary & Dave 123. Goddo 124. Demics 125. Gob 126. Ugly Ducklings 127. Simply Saucer 128. Bobby Curtola 129. Sweeney Todd 130. Raes 131. Little Caesar & the Consuls 132. Terry Black

I first knew this Canadian band as Chad Allan and the Expressions. They changed to the Guess Who . Shaking All Over is still my favorite. (Chad Allen was the vocalist

Signs, Signs, everywhere a sign! The Five Man Electrical Band /

OFFENBACH

Bands you didn't know were Canadian? Those were too easy and sure enough he got em all. Try this list. Prism - Armageddon Jerry Doucette - Mama Let em Play Halequin - Thinking of You or Innocence. The Kings - The Beat goes on/Switchin' to Glide Trooper - The Boys in the Bright White sports Car. Pat Travers - Snortin Whiskey Mahogany Rush/ Frank Marino - It's Begun to Rain Chilliwack - Fly by Night SAGA - On the Loose The Band - The Weight Triumph - Lay it on the Line BTW, when it comes to Nazareth my favorite and imo their most famous song is 'This Flight Tonight'. Did you know the song is a cover originally written by Canadian icon Joni Mitchell? Also April Wine has quite a few hits and my favorite is 'Roller" just saying.

I've quickly scrolled the chat and I have a few more for guys. How about "Toronto", "Colin James", "Martha And The Muffins", "Headpins", "Headstones" "Paul Hyde And The Payolas" and "Doucette". Apologies if someone else beat me to some of these.

April Wine had a top 10 And videoo. Enough is Enough

Neal said theyvalways try to wriite a song hey cant play onstage. Physically cant play😅

I got married in 1989 to Just Between You And Me by April Wine

APRIL WINE!!!! All my adult life. Im 65.

Like the shirt Todd. 2112 is my favourite album also.

Permanent Waves is my Fave Rush album!!!

No mention of Robbie Robertson? You could also do a whole video of the Jeff Healey story. Those of us blessed to have seen him play live will go to our graves with him as one of the best guitar players to bring joy to our souls.

Very disappointing. I've been listening to new rock my whole life (i'm 63) and my biggest issue with my own generation is that their taste in music refuses to evolve and stays stuck in the past. Touting Nickelback as new is ridiculous. Do yourselves a favour and stop listening to any songs written before 2000. There's lots of great new music out there

The Hip was huge here for decades. #1 IMO.

I havent seen anyone mention Prism! They had a few hits in the late 70s and 80s

My favorite Canadian band of all time is Strange Advance with the talented Drew Arnott and Daryl Kromm.

The Guess Who clip showed guitarist Domenic Troiano not Randy Bachman and while B.T.O. had a Turner in it it's not Joe Lynn Turner it's really C.F. (Fred) Turner who's a member and not a member of Rainbow plus not a super group in the sense of say Asia.

Max Webster

What about guess who , triumph

don't forget Teenage Head, The Demics, DOA, The Diodes, Klaatu, 54-40....

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I've read through the comments/replies and appreciate the conversation you started here! So much great music from Canada. There's a clip from Rock History Canada where both Kim Mitchell (Max Webster) and Andy Curran (Coney Hatch, Envy of None {with Alex Lifeson}) say the most under recognized or underrated artist in Canada is Ian Thornley (Big Wreck, Thornley, Ian Fletcher Thornley). Andy goes so far as to say he's the most talented musician he's ever met and there's just something about him. While Big Wreck started in Boston with Ian the only Canadian, he's always been the principal songwriter and vocalist, and today's band is all Canadian. They are recognised by many as a 'musician's band'. A trivia note: if you look up 'That Song' (from 'in loving memory...' 1997 but released as a single in 1998) you'll find it it was the most played song on Canadian rock radio by a Canadian artist between 1995 and 2016. It's a song about hearing a song that takes you to a place, feeling, moment, memory. Nostalgic when it came out, more nostalgic now. And performed live at Suhr 2015 we get the better version where he practically screams at the top of his lungs. Coming out with Pages 2 EP this year, we hope!

Rush isn't even close to the biggest band out of Canada. I know everyone says they hate them. But NickleBack is the biggest rock band out of Canada. Not say8ng that are better at all. Just a bigger band with mote sales.

Rush is was the best band in the world, april wine is my favorite band, apparently there still going but there are no orginal members anymore goodwyn retired.Steppenwolf had at least one band member who was from the us.

No offence but your knowledge of good Canadian bands is somewhat limited, you should be mentioning groups like 54-40, Triumph, Streetheart, The Headstones, Leonard Cohen, Great Big Sea, The Band combo with an American Levon Helm, Neil Young, Joni Mitchell among many others. Mentioning bands like LoverBoy and Nickelback and not some of the above doesn’t make a lot of sense. Also being Canadian and a gray beard I do appreciate your knowledge of music and wished you’d mentioned some of the above. There are many more great Canadian artists, unfortunately like many other great bands around the world they haven’t been able to break into markets that would propel them to superstardom. Great channel.

When I think of Canadian music, I think of BTO, the Guess Who, Amanda Marshall, Rush, and try to AVOID thinking of Celine (gag).

Listen to Blackie & the Rodeo Kings. 3 great Canadian roots musicians coming together as a tribute to Willie P. Bennett,