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Lived here all my life. Rush are considered an instution here. They are loved here by many.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Who cares about Rush in Canada! I want to know how popular they are in Kazakhstan! Clown

Maybe Borat Sagdiyev can tell us how popular Rush are in Kazakhstan. Smile
 
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For the completists:

Lesser known but in PA : the amazing Rick Miller, Nathan Mahl, Huis, Hamadryad, Dean Watson, Antoine Fafard, Ken Baird, Maneige, Machines Dream, Red Sand, FM and Monarch Trail. 

In the rock world, you forgot BTO, Streetheart, Gowan, Heart (half US), Max Webster, Prism,Trooper and Rough Trade. 

Electro/other:  Front Line Assembly, Skinny Puppy, Moev, Men Without Hats, Delerium, Richie Hawtin, Intermix, Martha and the Muffins, Spoons, Strange Advance , the Payolas and Gino Vannelli . 

Surely missing a few others....


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Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Paul, you forgot Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, Gordon Lightfoot, Shania Twain and Celine Dion. ;)
 
Out of those bands I listed, you can probably Guess Who my favourite Canadian band are. Wink

The Guess Who? LOL Not sure what my list of mostly women has to do with it though. Wink
From your list, I'd choose Sarah McLachlan, seeing as I have six of her albums on CD. Smile
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by AFlowerKingCrimson AFlowerKingCrimson wrote:

Paul, you forgot Sarah McLachlan, Joni Mitchell, Alanis Morissette, Gordon Lightfoot, Shania Twain and Celine Dion. ;)
 
Out of those bands I listed, you can probably Guess Who my favourite Canadian band are. Wink

The Guess Who? LOL Not sure what my list of mostly women has to do with it though. Wink
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

Canadian bands I know, besides Rush obviously are Saga, Annihilator, Devin Townsend, Mystery, Bolus, Borealis, GY!BE, Harmonium, Third Ion, Triumph, Universe Effects, Voivod. Big smile

Underrated thrash band. Their first three albums are great. They're not that good after that...
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Originally posted by Sean Trane Sean Trane wrote:

Originally posted by verslibre verslibre wrote:

What, no Crash Test Dummies, Platinum Blonde or Toronto? LOL
 

Don't know about CTD's internal popularity, but Platimnum Blonde only had a local success (they started out as a The Police cover band) and Toronto's best-known moments was disputing Pat Benetar's You Better Run hit for authorship of the song. Interesting to see the links between them and Rose and Honeymoon Suite (the latter had a long career)

The video for their annoying song "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm" was all over eMpTyVee in '93. That song was a big hit here in the States and in the UK & Oz. I guess it wasn't as big on their home turf.

I posted about Toronto's original version of "What About Love," which became a huge hit for Heart.
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Originally posted by Awesoreno Awesoreno wrote:

I remember when this thread was about Rush hehe.

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Canadians are the only ones who can help with this thread. Big smile
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I remember when this thread was about Rush hehe.
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Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:

Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Let's not forget April Wine.

True dat, I have a couple of their albums on cassette........

Let's also not forget Red Rider, here in 'Merica known for their one-hit wonder Lunatic Fringe, great song!! I have a few of their albums also. I like their music, great 80's stuff.
 

Red Rider and Tom Cochrane's (the leader of Red Rider) solo work is all quite popular in Canada.  Cochrane had a pretty big hit by himself, more known in Canada than the US (even though I did know it before I moved to Canada) called "Life is a Highway"
That's a great song!! Forgot about Tom's solo efforts, I remember that video......That song is played a lot here in US.
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Originally posted by Catcher10 Catcher10 wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Let's not forget April Wine.

True dat, I have a couple of their albums on cassette........

Let's also not forget Red Rider, here in 'Merica known for their one-hit wonder Lunatic Fringe, great song!! I have a few of their albums also. I like their music, great 80's stuff.
 

Red Rider and Tom Cochrane's (the leader of Red Rider) solo work is all quite popular in Canada.  Cochrane had a pretty big hit by himself, more known in Canada than the US (even though I did know it before I moved to Canada) called "Life is a Highway"


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Then there is the London, Ontario-based progressive band "True Myth" that everyone (even Canadians) have forgotten about, even though their debut album was not bad.  However, they do have the honor of being the first ever album recorded digitally in Canada and the 3rd in the world (following Ry Cooder's "Bop til You Drop" and Stevie Wonder's "Journey Through the Secret Life of Plants").  They are in the Archives by the way.

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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Let's not forget April Wine.

True dat, I have a couple of their albums on cassette........

Let's also not forget Red Rider, here in 'Merica known for their one-hit wonder Lunatic Fringe, great song!! I have a few of their albums also. I like their music, great 80's stuff.
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Originally posted by SteveG SteveG wrote:

Who cares about Rush in Canada! I want to know how popular they are in Kazakhstan! Clown


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Who cares about Rush in Canada! I want to know how popular they are in Kazakhstan! Clown
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Originally posted by TCat TCat wrote:

The Tragically Hip is another Canadian band that is a lot bigger up here than most places.  The lead singer passed away not too long ago.

Rush is so big in Canada that I've heard them played even in supermarkets.  In fact, I heard Jacob's Ladder just the other day in the local Foodland.  It was a pretty big deal up here when Peart passed away.
Ok that's pretty cool, in a Foodland and to pick Jacob's Ladder, clearly the mgr was a Rush fan. The day it was announced I was in Sacramento for business and we all sent to a Kings basketball game that night and every intermission, every timeout and at half time (part of it as they had a pre-arranged dance show set already) they played Rush song snipets. Every time the crowd cheered loudly.
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Originally posted by Mudpuppy64 Mudpuppy64 wrote:

Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Born and raised in the Great White North less than an hour from the origins of  the band I can say with absolute confidence they are known...and highly thought of. It's a generational thing, but they are probbaly the most popular Canadian rock band after The Guess Who.


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Tragically Hip, Blue Rodeo, Great Big Sea were never among my favourite bands. Even bands like Triumph or Helix (which we shared a manager and a tour route with for a time) weren't high on my listen list. But let's not forget the Canadian one hit wonders...
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Originally posted by Psychedelic Paul Psychedelic Paul wrote:

Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

shame on me, I forgot about Guess Who. Embarrassed
 
The Guess Who were the first Canadian band I thought of and I didn't forget April Wine either. Smile

sometimes one forgets the most obvious thing. LOL
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Originally posted by JD JD wrote:

Born and raised in the Great White North less than an hour from the origins of  the band I can say with absolute confidence they are known...and highly thought of. It's a generational thing, but they are probbaly the most popular Canadian rock band after The Guess Who.


And the Hip Thumbs Up
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Originally posted by Cristi Cristi wrote:

shame on me, I forgot about Guess Who. Embarrassed
 
The Guess Who were the first Canadian band I thought of and I didn't forget April Wine either. Smile
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