Best Canada Bands
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Topic: Best Canada Bands
Posted By: floflo79
Subject: Best Canada Bands
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 02:01
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Because the Canadian Day was the day before yesterday, I made this poll. If your favorite is not in the poll, vote for "others" and post the name of your artist in the replies.
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 02:04
| Sloche pour moi. |
Posted By: floflo79
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 02:46
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Sloche est un excellent groupe, mais je vote pour Rush -------------
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Posted By: hellogoodbye
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 02:53
Always rush hour on P.A. 
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Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 03:16
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I gave my vote to Druckfarben this time. Their latest album geva them a higher ranking on my list. Others: Rush, Hamadryad, Harmonium, Klaatu and Saga. ------------- 
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Posted By: Kazza3
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 03:22
| Godspeed. |
Posted By: progmatic
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 03:42
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I'm sure one band will Rush away with all the votes. For me, it was between Harmonium and Maneige. Given that I play Les Porches more than Harmonium, I voted for Maneige.
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Posted By: Hercules
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 03:56
| I was tempted to put "other" and nominate folk-rock outfit Great Big Sea, but since they aren't prog, I'll be predictable and vote Rush. |
Posted By: Gino 1959
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 04:19
| I wanted to vote for the excellent Machines Dream (from Sault Saint Marie) but it says "cannot vote in this poll"? |
Posted By: sleeper
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 05:36
You need 50 posts before you can vote, it's to avoid the annoying trolls who use multiple accounts to spam these polls. Voted for Unexpect. ------------- Spending more than I should on Prog since 2005 
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Gino 1959 wrote:Posted By: Altairius
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 05:55
This except I go with Harmonium. |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 06:20
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Plenty of great bands on the list, but it would be kind of silly if my vote didn't go to the band listed first. ------------- 
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Posted By: ClemofNazareth
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 06:47
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I have a soft spot for Klaatu but voted for GY!BE 'cause their first record was like nothing before it, then they backed it up with another just as brilliant. Kind of surprised you didn't include A Silver Mt Zion, Do Make Say Think or Chilliwack though. ------------- "Peace is the only battle worth waging." Albert Camus |
Posted By: Gino 1959
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 08:02
Thanks for the answer. Guess making another 48 posts just saying MACHINES DREAM and then voting would be frowned upon I think their debut was awesome - listen for free at http://machinesdream.aurovine.com/ - Eagerly awaiting the follow-up Immunity. Any of you guys know them?
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Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 08:09
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Rush I would also like to give honourable mention to Rose and Mahogany Rush. |
Posted By: Michael678
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 08:25
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"Rush"-ing on out here with the steal! ------------- Progrockdude |
Posted By: zravkapt
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 09:10
Indeed. They'll get 90% or more of the vote easily. The last one of these I voted for Voivod but I'll vote for Maneige this time. ------------- Magma America Great Make Again |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 09:27
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GINO VANNELLI just kidding, Rush. ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 09:37
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Posted By: yam yam
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 09:41
Agreed this band is excellent, and relatively little-known at the moment. Not yet on the site, but recently cleared in Crossover: http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=98493" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=98493 . New album is now mixed and should be released fairly soon, along with a re-issue of the s/t debut.
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Posted By: The Doctor
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 09:54
Justin Bieber. No wait. Cross that out. Celine Dion. Errr, Bryan Adams? 
Rush easily. Although, Saga, GYBE and Druckfarben are all favorites as well. ------------- I can understand your anger at me, but what did the horse I rode in on ever do to you? |
Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 09:59
Didn't know James LaBrie had a solo project.  Voted for Rush. Also, my top 7 Canadian bands (no specific order). Rush Max Webster Voivod Gorguts Devin Townsend's various endeavours Beyond Creation FM Thought I could think of more, considering I'm Canadian and all.
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Posted By: Catcher10
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:04
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Hint:
<--- This guy plays in the band I voted for...c'mon you know the answer! -------------   
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Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:05
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Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:08
 ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: HolyMoly
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:09
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My favorite Canadian bands besides Rush and GY!BE The Guess Who Nomeansno The Pursuit of Happiness Triumph Neil Young ------------- My other avatar is a Porsche It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle if it is lightly greased. -Kehlog Albran |
Posted By: Gino 1959
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:16
| Can the OP include a proxy vote for Machines Dream? |
Posted By: floflo79
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:37
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I remplaced Gorguts by Machines Dream -------------
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Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:39
Harmonium for me. ------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: octopus-4
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:40
------------- I stand with Roger Waters, I stand with Joan Baez, I stand with Victor Jara, I stand with Woody Guthrie. Music is revolution |
Posted By: Gino 1959
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:42
The Machine stirs! Come listen at http://machinesdream.aurovine.com/
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Posted By: irrelevant
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:43
awwww  ------------- https://gabebuller.bandcamp.com/" rel="nofollow - New album! http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385" rel="nofollow - http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=7385 |
Posted By: Progosopher
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:47
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I was hoping Rush would have been excluded since it is obvious they would run away with it - and they have. I voted Other: FM. ------------- The world of sound is certainly capable of infinite variety and, were our sense developed, of infinite extensions. -- George Santayana, "The Sense of Beauty" |
Posted By: HemispheresOfXanadu
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:47
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Posted By: Logan
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 10:48
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My favourite Canadian bands tend to be Quebecois. And a particular favourite (thanks to a PA user for alerting me to the group some years ago) band is Dionne-Brégent. For an artist, my choice is Mort Garson (he would be my first overall choice). Conventum is another I like. On the list, I particularly love Maneige, Sloche, and Miriodor. |
Posted By: verslibre
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 11:03
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Shatner!
Just kidding. Rush, of course! ------------- https://www.ebay.com/sch/i.html?_ipg=50&_sop=1&_rdc=1&_ssn=musicosm" rel="nofollow - eBay |
Posted By: questionsneverknown
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 11:37
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Love Rush and Harmonium, but I would also note FM (who are on this site) and Figgy Duff (who are not). I've been listening fairly obsessively recently to FM's Black Noise since the death of Nash the Slash. It's really a remarkable record. ------------- The damage that we do is just so powerfully strong we call it love The damage that we do just goes on and on and on but not long enough. --Robyn Hitchcock |
Posted By: Progfan1958
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 11:45
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Max Webster ! If only they had continued... ------------- Progfan1958 "Peace to you all" "La paix est avec vous" "Pax vobiscum" "Al salaam a'alaykum" "Vrede zij met u allen" "Shalom aleichem" |
Posted By: presdoug
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 11:46
Moxy Teaze Avalon The Hunt |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 12:02
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Bieber Patrol
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Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 12:17
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CANO ------------- |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 13:41
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Boards of
------------- Help me I'm falling! |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 13:53
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^Shards Of Jonathan! Love em  Especially Geogaddi. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: akamaisondufromage
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 13:55
Geogaddi is what I'm listening to at this very mo! 
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 13:58
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Good man 1969, Julie & Candy and well pretty much every tune on it are like golden jello sliding down a Brazilian babe's bottom. Smooth baby, smooth! ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Man With Hat
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 18:33
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Miriodor ------------- Dig me...But don't...Bury me I'm running still, I shall until, one day, I hope that I'll arrive Warning: Listening to jazz excessively can cause a laxative effect. |
Posted By: Horizons
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 18:38
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I'm not even going to try to give a pity vote or anything like that - let's be realistic here. I'll continue with the crowd. ------------- Crushed like a rose in the riverflow. |
Posted By: SteveG
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 18:50
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^True. True.
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Posted By: Dellinger
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 21:05
| Oh, I wouln't really know who to choose. Actually, I know very little of Canadian prog. The one I have the most is from Rush (thanks to PA), whom of course are great. But I actually knew Harmonium before, and I still like "Histoires sans paroles" better than any song from Rush themselves. Also, I just got my first album from Devin Townsed, "Terria", and I'm really loving it. Once again, I like it better than any full album by Rush. |
Posted By: Earendil
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 21:22
| Unexpect followed by GY!BE |
Posted By: Wanorak
Date Posted: July 03 2014 at 23:04
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Saga followed by Rush. ------------- A GREAT YEAR FOR PROG!!! |
Posted By: BarryGlibb
Date Posted: July 04 2014 at 05:51
| Where's Loverboy?!!! |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: July 05 2014 at 08:07
^Right here baby  Seriously though, Loverboy isn't on PA (strange if they were I might add). ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Xonty
Date Posted: July 05 2014 at 09:19
Listening to GY!BE right now, Harmonium are awesome, but it has to be Rush. They've probably released the most truly great prog rock albums by quite a way 
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Posted By: silverpot
Date Posted: July 05 2014 at 14:47
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My favorite Canadian band is: The Band. Not prog , but it wasn't specified by the OP that it had to be. |
Posted By: proggman
Date Posted: July 05 2014 at 22:41
Harmonium------------- When he rides, my fears subside. For darkness turns once more to light. Through the skies, his white horse flies. To find a land beyond the night. |
Posted By: ProgMetaller2112
Date Posted: July 06 2014 at 01:05
Why oh why did you put the obvious ? ------------- “War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Ignorance is strength.” ― George Orwell, Nineteen Eighty-Four "Ignorance and Prejudice and Fear walk Hand in Hand"- Neil Peart |
Posted By: Roj
Date Posted: July 07 2014 at 08:03
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Just like the guys above my first thought was Boards of Canada too !! However as they're from Scotland...... I still voted other. FM, responsible for an all-time top 10 album of mine, Black Noise. |
Posted By: mongofa
Date Posted: July 08 2014 at 00:12
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Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: July 08 2014 at 06:46
You might want to retry this without Rush
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Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: July 08 2014 at 09:06
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Neil Young. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Posted By: Mirror Image
Date Posted: July 08 2014 at 09:45
Rush without even batting an eye at the other choices.  ------------- “Music is enough for a lifetime but a lifetime is not enough for music.” - Sergei Rachmaninov |