As a Canadian I say you are only speaking for yourself, obviously since he is watching a list compiled by someone in order that person felt otherwise, I don't agree with the list, and feel some great artist are missing from it, you can't say the list in invalid, since the one who made it has there own terms, if you disagree with it create your own list for him to review
I am Canadian who constantly listened to music in the 60s, 70s, and 80s and I have never heard of a lot of these artists. I don't know who compiled this list but they missed many, many better ones.
So much great music, so many memories. Others I can think of: Ian Thomas, Murray McLaughlin, Anne Murray, Dear Rouge, The Beaches, Serena Ryder, Stomping Tom Connors, Spirit of the west. And Bruce Cockburn, it is astounding how many big artist list him as a huge influence in their music.
I agree Bruce Cockburn🌟❤️🥰💕🇨🇦🍁, saw him in 2003 as lead in to Bruce Springsteen as a double Bill at Montreal’s Bell Centre.. what a show. Bruce Cockburn I think is in the Toronto area still.
I remember an anecdotal story from a very young Rik Emmet that he and I think it was Kim Mitchell went to a Bruce Cockburn concert to see what this guy was about for real. The assumption was Cockburn HAS to be using effects to get one guitar to sound like that. So Cockburn sits down, one guitar, no pedals . . . Reaction: "Damn it!" LOL.
Just noticed that Anne Murray and Bruce Cockburn were not on this list. Stomping Tom Connors and his hockey song is as pure Canadian song as our Maple Syrup. ruclips.net/video/UxJvrD80nJ4/видео.html
I agree, also Alvvays and Cybertronic Spree should have been added. This list could have added at least another 50 artists. I know Hip hop and Rap weren't included, probably because of the music Genres. I just saw a documentary on prime about the Toronto Hip hop and rap scene in the '80's, 90's, and very early 2000's I learned a lot.
@@carolmurphy7572 Original video says "top Canadian bands and singers". And quite a few of these are not rock and metal. Celine, for example, would be a massive stretch to call rock.
The biggest omission I could see for a "Rock and Metal" list would have been Colin James who had some huge hits in the early 90s. This list most Canadians would consider much better than the Spotify one you had reviewed previously.
Colin James is a blues musician with a rock influence on many of his popular songs. Saw him live twice both for free (at the Kee to Bala and downtown Kingston).
@@13coyote13 Colin James is great but only the media touted him as the new Stevie. (Not even close) Colin took his own path and we are lucky for that There are always too many wannabes out there
You think Colin James is under-rated. You do realize he was recognized by Stevie Ray Vaughan as an excellent, innovative blues guitarist? A high accolade that I'm sure he was proud of. I've seen Colin James live twice and he's definitely recognized for his work, just not in this crappy list of Canadian musicians.
I am Canadian, and this list reflects the mindset of whoever created it more than it does the wealth of musical talent in Canada. Right off the top of my head, I was surprised that Headstones, Rough Trade, The Modernettes, The Dirty Nil and Stompin' Tom Connors were absent, and that is a pitifully small sampling.
Blue Rodeo DESERVED to be in that top 10. They've had an amazing 35 years together - and Jim has had an amazing solo career. That's just wrong that they were so far down the list.
Not my favorite Canadian artist by a long shot, but I can't argue that they deserve to be there. I mean, you can't even turn on the radio (country, classics, rock... doesn't matter which) without hearing them. Platinum Blonde should also be in the top 10 I'd argue. Course, I haven't finished the video so I don't yet know what actually is their top 10. Lol. Personally, I'm a Triumph, Killer Dwarf, Sloan kinda guy... but there's a lot on this list that brings back a lot of memories so far. Gonna keep going and see.
@@Wilem35 I stand by what I said. I've seen them many times in concert over the past few decades. Phenomenal musicians who put on an amazing show. Every time.
@@user-rs8tz1qi1c I've been front row center at almost every one of their concerts. Amazing vocals from Jim and Greg - incredible band. They don't need all of the tricks and fanfare for their shows. Their fans don't need it when their TALENT shines through. Jim is very personable and truly appreciates his fans. Met him a few years ago - and he was a total sweetheart.
The Trews, Headstones, Five Man Electrical Band, Kim Mitchell, Max Webster, David Wilcox, Cowboy Junkies, Alan Doyle and Great Big Sea should all be on that list.
It was a golden little era in the 90s for Canadian Rock - The Tea Party, I Mother Earth, Big Sugar, Big Wreck, Moist, Econoline Crush, Crash Test Dummies, Our Lady Peace, Matthew Good Band, The Headstones, The Age of Electric, Treble Charger, The Tragically Hip, Sloan, The Odds, Junkhouse, Limblifter, Billy Talent, 54-40.... and most of these bands are still around today.
The Killjoys, Punchbuggy, Rusty, superfriendz, The Grapes of Wrath, Hayden, The Northern Pikes, jale, Eric's Trip, The Gandharvas, The Inbreds, Bran Van 3000.
Really can't believe Gordon Lightfoot is not on the list or Burton Cummings, as a solo artist he is incredibly talented and a great showman but he is often overlooked. Also shocked that one of the best punk/rock bands ever Teenage Head is not on the list. They were Huge back in 79/80 when their album "Frantic City" featuring songs like "Something on my mind" and "Let's Shake" took Canada by storm and went GOLD!! I'm sure they would have been very successful if they had been able to do their series of concerts set up in New City. Unfortunately, Gordie Lewis was in a serious car accident, broke his neck and was in recovery for over a year. The tour was cancelled and they never really got out of Canada. Even after the band went back and forth with band members over the years they still sold out everywhere they went across Canada; even after Frankie Venom died. Their shows rocked the house with devoted fans. Sadly now with the death of Gordie Lewis in 2022 we are only left with the many memories of awesome shows and great creative music. I had the pleasure of meeting Gordie once in the theatre I worked in, he was such a nice guy and loved his fans. He was also very generous when anyone asked him for an autograph or autographed donations for fundraisers. I don't think "no" was in his vocabulary according to his close friends. RIP Frankie & Gordie.
In 1971, the CRTC enacted a law that came to be known as "Can Con" to promote Canadian content. Not everyone liked it, but I think it was a great boon to the Canadian music industry. Otherwise, Canadian music would have been swamped by American music. That gave Canadians a chance to produce such great music.
I suspect the need for Can Con is less now that the music industry is less tied to LA, Nashville and NYC. RUclips is one example of how Canadian content can succeed without any government intervention - there's plenty of very successful Canadian content creators.
I'm of two minds on CanCon. It mandated a certain percentage of air time for Canadian Content. As result I never found the need to purchase a lot of them cause it was on the radio all the time.
This is a good point. The weird part about this is I think other people outside of Canada know many of these artists and they don't. We heard much of this music so much that it's like second nature but you go outside of Canada and people don't know them.
@@Lochness19 None of that's true. The music industry is even more consolidated in those locals than ever. That's like saying because the movie industry does shoots all over the world that the industry is less tied to LA. The executives are in NY, LA and Nashville. 'Record' sales are no longer profitable except for the biggest acts pushed by 'the industry'. The money for the artists now is in live playing.
Great list, several I never heard of, mostly 2000 and up. A few that were overlooked surprised me, artists like Rough Trade, Buffy Sainte Marie, Harmonium, Bruce Cockburn, Edward Bear, Stompin’ Tom Connors, Felix Leclerc, Lighthouse, Anne Murray, Teenage Head, Prairie Oyster.
Fun fact: Grimes is Elon Musk's baby mama. Most of this list is alt or hard rock or metal. Other bands to listen to: Arkells, Default (and lead singer now solo Dallas Smith, doing country), Dear Rouge, The Beaches, Dallas Green (lead singer from Alexisonfire) and his other persona City & Colour, July Talk, Marianas Trench, Great Big Sea....oh and listen to Stompin' Tom Connors!!! He was a legend. If you want more pop, Justin Beiber, Shawn Mendes, Michael Buble, Drake, Alessia Cara, Lights, Keshia Chante, Fefe Dobson, Sass Jordan to name just a few!
This was more the 150 songs of pop/rock radio. Ian Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot are the two biggest omissions for me. Hank Snow wrote some of the most iconic country songs of all time. Stomping Tom, Corb Lund, Maestro Fresh Wes, Stan Rogers, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Joel Plaskett all deserved spots. They included Joni but picked a weird obscure song from her catalog.
Not much was covered prior to the late sixties. And it paid more attention to the various metal genres. A good list above, and still there are more omissions as noted in the comments. Yes, some odd song selections that weren't necessarily the act's best material.
Colin James, Kim Mitchell, Doug and the Slugs are a few I could think of were missed. Really awesome the great percentage of Canadian female artists. I think the 80s really opened the door to obscure bands all over the map
@@shanewalton8888He also had a big solo career, though. Maybe bigger than with Max Webster. Others were represented more than once - e.g. Tom Cochrane solo plus Red Rider.
Happy to see April Wine made the list. They were a favorite of mine late 70s and 80s. Would have liked to see Luba and Zappacosta on the list as well as some great French-Canadian talent
Harem Scarem!!!Gordon Lightfoot and Anne Murray. Brighton Rock, Headstones, Big Sugar, Colin James, Barney Bentall, Kim Mitchell's solo career...so many more
There were quite a few bands I never even heard of, and a few that I didn't know were Canadian, of course they missed some too : Luba, Amanda Marshall, Gordon Lightfoot , The Stampeders, Lighthouse, Kim Mitchell, Colin James, Powder blues band, Michelle Branch, Uzeb, Skywalk, to name a few that should be on there !
Beside forgotten bands (Lighthouse,Chiliwack) and french-canadian ones: i will dispute Leonard Cohen not beeing in the top ten. Same for Gordon Lightfoot !!!!
The singer for Moist, went solo, and he was awesome. His name is David Usher, great music. There is also "Downway" and "Deville" from Canada. There was a Canadian Idol star who's band became a huge in the 2000s, "Hedley" was the band. I forgot that Terry Jacks was from Canada. "Seasons in the sun" is an iconic song from the 60s.
David Usher is awesome. I have all his CDs, lol. Hedley's lead singer was convicted of s. assault. I can't in all conscience recommend their music as a result anymore.
David is one of my favourite Canadian artists - he's absolutely fantastic. Very unique music - done with a lot of heart and passion. Too bad that Jacob veered so badly off the path. He could have had an amazing career.
French Canadian here, I didn’t even know that these groups were from Canada with the exception of maybe 10% of them! You asked about Céline Dion, well not particularly a fan but I saw her in Las Vegas and her show was very good. She is extremely popular in Quebec. Your videos are entertaining.
This list covers all music genres, progress rock, adult contemporary etc. it is quite comprehensive, I only recognize the tunes most closely associated with my generation and my personal music tastes, but every category gets a mention or two, notably absent... Great Big Sea, Doug and the Slugs, Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot. Cant please them all I guess
It's not that we can't be pleased it's that the list ignores Gordon Lightfoot who is the most successful Canadian artist of all time-he directly influenced many of the musicians and bands listed. He is Bob Dylans favorite artist, who he considered his only real competition. Robbie Robertson called him Canada's greatest national treasure. His songs have been recorded by nearly 800 other artists, from every genre. including rap. He's left off the list while a bunch of indistinguishable screech bands make the list along with Martha and the muffins and the horror known as Nickelback.
The list is in no order and extremely rock focused. In just 40 seconds I could think of a ton of artists completely omitted: Drake, Justin Bieber, Choclair, Snow, Shawn Mendes, Diana Krall, Anne Murray, Michael Buble, Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot, Terri Clark, Rufus Wainwright, Deadmau5, Alessia Cara, Hank Snow, Paul Brandt, Guy Lombardo, Measha Bruggergosman, Oscar Peterson, Maestro Fresh Wes, The Four Lads, Gino Soccio, etc. Some sold 100s of millions of records. To leave them off is bizarre.
Its called white dude racism(guy who made the video and thought anyone cares about one hit wonder hair bands) for the most part... But Gordon Lightfoot is inexcusable
Despite having a difficult childhood and struggles as a young man Stomping Tom was a successful gentleman who shared his talent with us. Rest in peace Sir.
Lots of great acts missing from this list! * Big Sugar * Sheepdogs * Crowbar * Downchild blues band * Sue Foley * Colter Wall * the Dead South * Glorious Sons So many many more.
Listing a bunch of no-name Canadian bands doesn't make them worthy of being here; I've only heard of two of these bands and that was when radio was still listened to.
Basically had no Canadian country other than Shania Twain and KD Lang. Colter Wall is big right now, but there is also Corb Lund, Ian Tyson etc etc. Also many punk bands missing starting with SNFU.
I think that the 70's 80's were the best!!! As A Canadian I have heard most of these bands ....but didn't know that they were Canadian.They are all amazing!!!
Gordon Lightfoot and Stompin Tom not being on this shocks me, there’s a lot of really good East Coast music missing from here, and no Classified?? One of his biggest hits is called Oh Canada
Although The Band made the list, Robbie Robertson deserved to do so as a solo artist. His self titled debut is a master piece. It won the JUNO for Album of the year in 1988. It was produce by Daniel Lanois while he was producing Joshua Tree for U2 and it includes Peter Gabriel and Bono as back up lyricists. Yeah it's that good.
am i the only person not upset about this list? it even covered doa and the viletones. this is a super comprehensive cross genre list with some long forgotten gems. spot on 👏🏻 it did miss some beloved classics but only had 150 spots. we’d need a 1000 list to cover ALL the good artists
The McGarrigle Sisters, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Patrick Watson, Sass Jordan, The Box, Bran Van 3000, Oliver Jones, Oscar Peterson, K'Naan, Great Big Sea, Ashley MacIsaac, Elisapie Isaac, Samian... I mean, Canada is bigly big, so you'll never get a comprehensive picture of all the awesome musicians we've produced over the years. And, as usual, you could also have an entirely different list if we were talking about French-language or "Frenglish" artists.
Back in the 80s when the UK came out with "Do they Know its Christmas" and the US did "We are the World" for famine relief in Ethiopia, Canada's top music acts put out "Tears are not Enough". It's a great song and there's a documentary about how it all came together. A lot of bands non-Canadians would not know but it's still super interesting. This reminds me David Foster was also not on this list.
Not a great list. I'm 60 and so many of those heavy metal bands I've never even heard of and so very many great popular Canadian bands and Artists are missing from that list.
Triumph is likely the band that should have made a bigger international impact than they did. Great lead vocals, guitarist ,and one of the best drummers in the world.
I wouldn't call Gil Moore one of the best drummers in the world. He did what he had to do for each song and he did it well. If you watch him play compared to say, Neil Peart, you see a HUGE difference in talent.
@@chrisw2546 yes exactly. He was totally fine for Triumph, but really he was just a decent drummer. However, I did admire him for being able to sing and drum at the same time. Not many drummers can do that.
I was in the Hard Rock Hotel, in Shenzhen, China...in one of the restaurants, the memorabilia included one of Gil Moore's drum skins and cymbals and Rik Emmett's tour jacket.
I've read a lot of comments, and I'll just add this... Harmonium (one of many french canadian bands) is not mentioned in the list. They only made 3 albums, but their second one is still ranked among the 50 best prog rock albums of all time (along with Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis and our other very own Rush 😊). Then again, so many great canadian bands went unknown , and the list counts only a 150 of them that at some point... well, you get what I mean. If we should do the same list with England's bands, 150 would miss so many of them.
Bruce Cockburn, Tom Cochrane, Gordon Lightfoot, Five Man Electrical Band, Ian Thomas, ... also 50s groups the Crewcuts and the Diamonds. and plenty in other categories like Oscar Peterson. About 20% of the listed acts... I've never heard of.
Love Rush, but Neil Young’s influence has been so deep, so significant, profound and long lasting, how can he not be #1? He’s an artist that will pace the Beatles and Dylan for future listeners! Peace
Rush was a huge influence on bands and musicians that followed them and if anything their music is growing in popularity as more people are introduced to it over social media.
@@Fred-vy1hm Undoubtedly true, but I’m old and stuck in my ways! Spent over 40 years in the Canadian music biz. Worked with Jack Richardson, Bob Ezrin, the Lanois brothers, David Essig and Aleck Fraser. I’m an analog old school, studio rat, from the 70’s. Morgan Earle, Thunder Sounds, Nimbus 9, etc - stuck in my ways and thoughts. Neil is a hero to me - up until he married Daryl Hana, anyway! Peace
That’s a good point, but I think rush should be #1 still. But most of the list I never heard about. Maybe because I’m from Quebec, but some great artists who had successful careers singing in French are missing.
Oh....you can triple, or quadruple, or more.....that list. Soooooooo many weren't on it. And the lack of bluegras folk, country, jazz, blues, rap, adult contemporary, etc, is rather telling about the people that compiled the list.😎 And yes...a lot of rock was left out.
I am a Canadian born in Toronto and now living in Paris, France; On any weekend or weekday, you could go to a corner bar and see amazing bands. We were inundated with diverse and talented bands.
I will add to ones missing. Poweder blued band, Downchild blues band, Oscar Peterson. It is almost impossible to do one of these lists and not miss artists that deserve to be on it. This list did dive deep in to some obscure Canadian bands.
Missing - Gordon Lightfoot would be Top 5, Anne Murray & Michael Buble Top 20, Bruce Cockburn & Amanda Marshall top 30. Others missing Platinum Blonde, Jann Arden, Diana Krall
The Jeff Healey Band appeared in the movie Roadhouse. In my opinion they should have been higher on the list. If you watch any of their videos you will notice Jeff's unusual guitar playing style. He was blind, having lost his sight to cancer at a very young age. Amazing musician, he also played trumpet in a jazz band and hosted a radio show on CBC where he would play music from his large collection of 78 rpm records and discuss the history of the songs. Tal Bachman is the son of Randy Bachman from The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO), and Bachman and Turner. I feel Tal didn't quite get the respect he deserved in Canada because of who his father is. He actually has some pretty good songs. Leonard Cohen was another great poet, one of his most well known songs in and out of Canada is Hallelujah, most popular version is the K.D. Lang version. There are a lot on the list I've heard, but didn't know they were Canadian, as well as a lot I forgot were Canadian.
Bro...what a great list....some of the bands I've never heard of, but I may have been too young. Hahaha. I'm from Toronto and we had a massive punk scene, folk scene, R&B scene, rock scene...throughout the decades. I''m in the industry and I never think of all these band in one chunk like this video. So great. What makes me laugh is how many friends of mine have either produced, recorded or played with a ton of these groups. Mind blowing. Love this.
One band that's always missed is Doug and the Slugs. I think they're great - and they have the most cheezie early 80s videos. Hilarious. I hadn't heard of many, many bands on this list. Also, unless I missed them, they didn't include Michael Buble or Justin Bieber - probably 2 of the most successful.
Yes, Doug and the Slugs were awesome. I noted that Buble and Bieber were missing, but they aren't really that 'Canadian' in substance -- more like made-up American.
I came up with a couple other bands that were quite big in Canada but never hit it big outside of the country one was sass Jordan couple great albums and the late '80s early '90s and a lady called Luba she has a song called every time I see your picture I Cry check it out one of the strongest female rock voices ever never did understand how she didn't make it worldwide just a thought from an old Canadian who started listening to rock in the late sixties up till now
Yes, Bruce Cockburn influenced a lot of artists internationally. Lovers in a Dangerous Time is a good example of his music. My favourite line is “Kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight. “ Check him out my friend.
Dialogue With The Devil does it for me. I saw him play that live at University of Guelph about 1973/1974. One musician, one stool, one guitar. Haunting.@@Veggamattic
#29 Glass Tiger’s lead Alan Frew is from Coatbridge Scotland. My first concert as a wee teen! Thank you so much for your contribution! LOL, Cheers ps-just a couple(of many more) amazing, unlisted here bands, Junkhouse and The Watchmen
That's a much better list! lol Lot of bands I have forgotten about over time. But there are more, in other genres that were not mentioned. We have more talent in this country than people believe. 😃
Honeymoon Suite, Headpins, Stampeders, the Spoons, The Northern Pikes, Frozen Ghost, Kim Mitchell, Bryan Adams..... A few missing from the first take... Mostly Ontario based in my list, but just about all of them had multiple hits. Great video, great subject! 🇨🇦🍻✌️
@@user-rs8tz1qi1c Heh, no thx on the drugs, but yeah, I got excited with a bunch of band names I hadn't thought of during his 1st video covering this subject. So I put them down as I thought of them, so I wouldn't forget, while listening to the list. Not as dramatic as you made out, but hey life's happening while you're busy making snap assumptions bout droogs. 😉✌️
It's amazing how many bands are missed here. Here's just some: Rusty, Teenage Head, The Odds, Age of Electric, Limblifter, Tricky Woo, Hayden, Propagandhi, the Weakerthans, White Lung, BA Johnston, Diodes, Sianspheric, Kim Mitchell...
Haven't heard of any of the bands you listed, so no wonder they didn't make the list. Probably just local bands to wherever you grew up, but certainly not nation wide.
I'm not sure Rita McNeil should be on the list but she had a string of adult contemporary/country type hits. She also done a song called "Working Man" with a choir of coal workers from New Brunswick called Men of The Deep. Amazing song.
You could easily do a top 150 list of Canadian music artists of every genre and still be missing a lot of very good ones. The 80s will always be, for me, my all time faves. So many on here that I've forgotten about! So many good memories! ❤
This list is WAY better than the last one. There’s some bands missing - as someone else said, the east coast bands like Great Big Sea or Ashley MacIsaac were completely absent. But this list wasn’t just Nickelback 🤮 and Avril so it’s a much better coverage. Thanks for looking for a better video! It must be difficult to find good stuff to watch going at it blind like that!
Lots of them were unfamiliar, but ... damn ... there were some class acts there! Great list! I was surprised to see Jeff Healey at #144 (assuming, of course, there was some reason for the order). Great sound; great performer; tragic story though. He deserves a listen, if you have time.
@@CraigShifflet Tom Cochrane behind Tal Bachman would be a joke, if it was ordered as best to worst. Cochrane had a huge repertoire or hits, even after leaving Red Rider. Bachman only had the one (very good) hit and his family name to put him in the spotlight. Both deserve recognition in this list, but Cochrane is a top-50 all-timer in most anyone's books.
I'm reading the comments and going, "Oh yeah! I forgot about them!" One name I haven't seen is Luba. Will say, I really grew up with late 70s/all 80s music, so seeing Platinum Blonde, Toronto, Honeymoon Suite, Harlequinn and Streetheart brought back a lot of memories.
Great list, and yes brought back a few memories of driving down the road with the radio blaring! I know this was mainly rock and metal, so understand why the did not make it. I would suggest you and your son check out a group called 'The Irish Rovers'. Particularly their party anthem classic 'Wasn't that a party'!(Might be a great subject for a future video) Thanks for the videos and the channel, lots of fun rediscovering my homeland through you eyes!
Thanks to the CanCon rules without which many of these bands never would've had the necessary airplay - don't forget that since I remember what the Canadian radio stations played prior to the CanCon rules. By the 1990s, IMO, we no longer needed the CanCon rules and the up & coming bands could stand up without crutches.
There were some I haven't heard of, but surprisingly many that I had, and spent a lot of time listening to and even bought their albums, but had no clue they were Canadian!
Wow, I feel really old! Triumph played at my high school as did Max Webster. Saw triumph at the Forum, and open for Rush all within a few years. Used to party with Kim Mitchell (Max Webster), my ex auditioned for Gowan b4 he was big. So many that I didn't know were from Canada. So many I've seen. The 80's were the best for any genre you were looking for. So many played local clubs on their first Canadian tours. Thanks,Very cool 🤘💜🤟
This was a nice trip down memory lane. There were many I didn't know, and a lot I personally wouldn't listen to, but it's a pretty exhaustive list for the most part. Definitely some missing content, though. There was a collection of CDs made years ago called "Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music". That collection does well to show the diversity of Canadian music
Lawrence Gowan (Gowan, lead vocalist for Styx since ‘99) and Alan Frew (lead singer of Glass Tiger) both are Glaswegian-born. We’ve probably poached a lot more, but those two pop to mind. I was obsessed by music in the 80s!!! Completely! And for me, it was all Canadian and British bands. That list actually reminded me of how many of those acts I saw live, and many more that I served when I was a waitress in a hotel restaurant that most touring acts stayed in. Lee Aaron had some serious death threats when she stayed with us, so room service had to be given to a security detail and her room was heavily guarded. Tom Cochrane (solo artist & lead singer of Red Rider) would take 2 drags off of long cigarettes & then put them out. I was constantly changing his ashtray because it filled fast. The band Trooper and their roadies went crazy for our Ukrainian Platters. They were tired of road/restaurant food, and were pleased to see something different they could order. And my first concert ever was Platinum Blonde, fronted by Mancunian-born Mark Holmes. What a decade!
Woah... I've been wondering what Gowan was up to these days. How long has he been with Styx? Isn't Tommy Shaw back with them too? This I need to check out! Thanks for mentioning.
Yep, the song choices definitely weren't the best. For example, never even heard that April Wine song before...and I've seen the band live a few times!
Yes many artists did not get promoted outside of Canada but some college's in the radio back in the day played groups like Sloan and Matt Good etc. Great list we could add to it for sure.
Sometimes they did, sometimes they didn't. Most of the one-hit wonders were their biggest hits, but it seems they went with the lower charting songs when there was a choice. Clumsy for OLP and It's All Been Done for BNL are probably the two exceptions (they were both their biggest hits, even if they had songs with heavier radio play and therefore more recognition - late 90s charts were problematic because the rules were outdated as new media became a force).
I’m a 60 year old Canadian, working in and managing radio stations for over 30 years. I’ve never heard of at least 30% of these bands, and the songs featured for most of the well known acts are their B-sides…
An example Northern Pikes should of been "She's Not Pretty" , April Wine "Roller" , Aldo Nova "Fantasy" Theory Of A Deadman "Lowlife" , Honeymoon Suite "Stay in the Light" , Northern Pikes "She Ain't Pretty" , Men Without Hats "Safety Dance" plus a lot more
Deadmau5, Front Line Assembly, Delerium, Conjure One... tons of other great suggestions in the comments. Super proud of our Canadian artists and happy to say that I've seen a large number of the ones in the video and comments. Gotta love the summer festivals!!
I can't see that this was in any order. Still lots of Canadians that should have been in the top 150 if you like them or not, that is a different story ... Michael Buble, Kim Mitchell, Diana Krall, Justin Bieber, Anne Murray, Great Big Sea, Jann Arden, Gordon Lightfoot, Spirit Of The West... and more and more.
The real list of top 150 would include all of those, Glen Gould, Oscar Peterson, Deadmau5, Shania Twain, Skid Row, Ritchie Hawten, The Guess Who, and on and on 👍🏻
This runs through so quickly. The few seconds of the Devin Townsend Project happened to be from a huge two level production at the Royal Albert Hall in London. I'm very happy to see Big Wreck and Dalbello represented in the top 50. And great that Saga made the top 10.
Ive only seen three or four that I don't know so far. I've seen 95% of these bands live, some more than once, the Hip 14 times, Blue Rodeo 12 times, Rush 4 times. Most people might pee on me for this but Celine is a Canadian treasure. So many great concerts over 45 years. I could tell you a story about just every band. What a great memory. Awesome. I'd be willing to bet the #1 artist is Brian Adams.
I can believe that Rush was ahead of Niel Young because he hasn't been a Canadian in over 40 years. Also this list was missing Doug and the Slugs, Kim Mitchell, Jack Soul. Paul Anka , The Box and a whole bunch more
Close but no cigar. Agree with your additions (you missed Barney Bentall) but Neil always has been/always will be a Canadian. JUST like Neil Peart who spent his last 10 years in Califirnia.
59 year old Canadian here. This is a much more comprehensive list than the last one but interestingly (or not) I was NOT familiar with the vast majority of these. Partly it’s age, partly it’s taste. I don’t listen to anything that has come out this century. There’s too much from the ‘70s and ‘80s worth listening to. And most are not to my taste as I’m not a hard rocker. I’m a Joni Mitchell, K.D. Lang, Brian Adams, Guess Who, BTO, Trooper, Gowan, Neil Young, Corey Hart, Shania Twain kinda guy. What I also found interesting was that some of the artists here had their lesser known (IMO) hits profiled. As to Céline Dion, she has an absolutely beautiful voice and I wish her well in her current health battles, but I always found her a bit cheesy. The bottom line is that the depth and breadth of Canadian music is huge for a country of only 40 M people, so Canadians should be justifiably proud of them all.
There were some that I thought I had never heard before; but, when I listened to more of the song they were familiar to me. The clips in this video are so short that it was hard to recognize some of them.
Maybe because this seems to be metal but I have heard of maybe 20 of these bands. I was more into folky type music - Gordon Lightfoot, Rankin Family, Anne Murray - music like this.
Great memories. As a Canadian I probably know about two thirds of these groups. I likely would have Loverboy number one but am good having Rush there as well. I cant believe I forgot about Frozen Ghost, they had some good songs back in the day and I will go re familiarize myself with them again. I think you had too many obscure heavy metal groups though. There are probably better ommisions out there than some of these.
I recently purchased Burton Cummings on vinyl. Didn't realize Gob and Sum 41 were both Canadian. Great list but I would personally rearrange the entire list. Thanks for sharing
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As A Canadian, this list does not list accurately the top 150 artists according to fame. It is just a list of 150 Canadian artists unranked.
I agree, lot of band that never made the list from to 70's and 80's
There maybe 20 actual big good songs. Who made this isnt actually Canadian.
Ian Thomas! Neil Young
To be fair, though, there was a lot on the list I had forgotten about. I think they needed a bigger list, too.
As a Canadian I say you are only speaking for yourself, obviously since he is watching a list compiled by someone in order that person felt otherwise, I don't agree with the list, and feel some great artist are missing from it, you can't say the list in invalid, since the one who made it has there own terms, if you disagree with it create your own list for him to review
I am Canadian who constantly listened to music in the 60s, 70s, and 80s and I have never heard of a lot of these artists. I don't know who compiled this list but they missed many, many better ones.
Same here brother
Truth. Way better than the other one, but still severely lacking.
100% correct...this is no accurate
@@charmsoju I think the list is pretty much random there's no real rankings
Mostlikely a journalist from Toronto. Lol
So much great music, so many memories. Others I can think of: Ian Thomas, Murray McLaughlin, Anne Murray, Dear Rouge, The Beaches, Serena Ryder, Stomping Tom Connors, Spirit of the west. And Bruce Cockburn, it is astounding how many big artist list him as a huge influence in their music.
Spirit of the West. Love them!
I agree Bruce Cockburn🌟❤️🥰💕🇨🇦🍁, saw him in 2003 as lead in to Bruce Springsteen as a double Bill at Montreal’s Bell Centre.. what a show. Bruce Cockburn I think is in the Toronto area still.
I remember an anecdotal story from a very young Rik Emmet that he and I think it was Kim Mitchell went to a Bruce Cockburn concert to see what this guy was about for real. The assumption was Cockburn HAS to be using effects to get one guitar to sound like that. So Cockburn sits down, one guitar, no pedals . . . Reaction: "Damn it!" LOL.
Just noticed that Anne Murray and Bruce Cockburn were not on this list.
Stomping Tom Connors and his hockey song is as pure Canadian song as our Maple Syrup.
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I agree, also Alvvays and Cybertronic Spree should have been added. This list could have added at least another 50 artists. I know Hip hop and Rap weren't included, probably because of the music Genres. I just saw a documentary on prime about the Toronto Hip hop and rap scene in the '80's, 90's, and very early 2000's I learned a lot.
I’m an American and can tell you Rush isn’t only the best Canadian artists but the worlds best artists!!!
Big Sugar, Big Wreck, and one of my favorites from the 80's Doug and the Slugs.
Gordon Lightfoot, Stan Rogers, Anne Murray, Rita McNeil and Walk Off The Earth should have been on this list.
Great big Sea as well!
Love some Stan Rogers. Our family loves him, and my dad will play his songs on his guitar whenever we camp.
To be fair, the thumbnail says "ROCK AND METAL". Those acts don't fit in that genre.
Colin james also
@@carolmurphy7572 Original video says "top Canadian bands and singers". And quite a few of these are not rock and metal. Celine, for example, would be a massive stretch to call rock.
The biggest omission I could see for a "Rock and Metal" list would have been Colin James who had some huge hits in the early 90s. This list most Canadians would consider much better than the Spotify one you had reviewed previously.
Yes! Where is Colin James??
Colin James is a blues musician with a rock influence on many of his popular songs. Saw him live twice both for free (at the Kee to Bala and downtown Kingston).
He was the one who was slotted to take over for Stevie Ray Vaughn but changed his genre of music and totally moved away from blues.
@@13coyote13 Colin James is great but only the media touted him as the new Stevie. (Not even close) Colin took his own path and we are lucky for that There are always too many wannabes out there
Big Sugar. Spirit of the West. Colin James(one of the most under-rated musicians in Canadian history). I think they needed a top 500 list.
I kept wondering where Spirit of the West where.
Spirit of the West are fabulous
I was about to ask about Spirit of the West.
You think Colin James is under-rated. You do realize he was recognized by Stevie Ray Vaughan as an excellent, innovative blues guitarist? A high accolade that I'm sure he was proud of. I've seen Colin James live twice and he's definitely recognized for his work, just not in this crappy list of Canadian musicians.
Colin James is an beautiful musician. Loved seeing him live and very underrated. A lot of soul in the guy.
Great Big Sea are definitely iconic
I am Canadian, and this list reflects the mindset of whoever created it more than it does the wealth of musical talent in Canada. Right off the top of my head, I was surprised that Headstones, Rough Trade, The Modernettes, The Dirty Nil and Stompin' Tom Connors were absent, and that is a pitifully small sampling.
Yes ! Rough Trade...Carol Pope's voice was fantastic.
Speaking truth, @BillAdams!
I also didn't see Gordon Lightfoot.
For sure! I'd like to see Chilliwack and the Headpins on this list, too.
The Headstones is definitely a huge omission imo. And it's insane that Gordon Lightfoot wasn't on there.
As a Canadian I can confirm that the method used to rank these artist was: CHOAS.
And drunkardness. And Ignorance...
As a Canadian I never heard of many of these artists. Many huge stars left off the list
Totally agree
Seriously? Other then the metal most of these songs still get played constantly. Lots of good artists missing though.
then you need to listen to more music. this list was great
@@lowlifehighroad thanks karen
Blue Rodeo DESERVED to be in that top 10. They've had an amazing 35 years together - and Jim has had an amazing solo career. That's just wrong that they were so far down the list.
Not my favorite Canadian artist by a long shot, but I can't argue that they deserve to be there. I mean, you can't even turn on the radio (country, classics, rock... doesn't matter which) without hearing them. Platinum Blonde should also be in the top 10 I'd argue. Course, I haven't finished the video so I don't yet know what actually is their top 10. Lol. Personally, I'm a Triumph, Killer Dwarf, Sloan kinda guy... but there's a lot on this list that brings back a lot of memories so far. Gonna keep going and see.
ummm no
@@Wilem35 I stand by what I said. I've seen them many times in concert over the past few decades. Phenomenal musicians who put on an amazing show. Every time.
Completely agree! Amazing stage performance too.
@@user-rs8tz1qi1c I've been front row center at almost every one of their concerts. Amazing vocals from Jim and Greg - incredible band. They don't need all of the tricks and fanfare for their shows. Their fans don't need it when their TALENT shines through. Jim is very personable and truly appreciates his fans. Met him a few years ago - and he was a total sweetheart.
The Trews, Headstones, Five Man Electrical Band, Kim Mitchell, Max Webster, David Wilcox, Cowboy Junkies, Alan Doyle and Great Big Sea should all be on that list.
Max Webster and CJ were there. Agree with the rest, and would add the Sheepdogs as well!
@@CaptainTedStryker list went by so quick I must’ve missed them but I definitely agree with adding the Sheepdogs to the list
Cowboy Junkies were there.
Sheepdogs & Monstertruck
USS, (Ubiquitous Singery Seeker)
🇨🇦 here. Have to confess, at 56, there are a few here I haven’t heard of but will definitely be exploring 😉
"RUSH" at #1 I totally agree.
It was a golden little era in the 90s for Canadian Rock - The Tea Party, I Mother Earth, Big Sugar, Big Wreck, Moist, Econoline Crush, Crash Test Dummies, Our Lady Peace, Matthew Good Band, The Headstones, The Age of Electric, Treble Charger, The Tragically Hip, Sloan, The Odds, Junkhouse, Limblifter, Billy Talent, 54-40.... and most of these bands are still around today.
Spirit of the West
As old rocker guy here I love the Headstones Long Way To Neverland and their cover of Tweeter and the Monkey Man
Big Sugar was so awesome. Saw them so many times in yhe ninties, my ears are still recovering.😊
I had the opportunity to work with The Headstones. They are lovely people!
The Killjoys, Punchbuggy, Rusty, superfriendz, The Grapes of Wrath, Hayden, The Northern Pikes, jale, Eric's Trip, The Gandharvas, The Inbreds, Bran Van 3000.
Really can't believe Gordon Lightfoot is not on the list or Burton Cummings, as a solo artist he is incredibly talented and a great showman but he is often overlooked. Also shocked that one of the best punk/rock bands ever Teenage Head is not on the list. They were Huge back in 79/80 when their album "Frantic City" featuring songs like "Something on my mind" and "Let's Shake" took Canada by storm and went GOLD!! I'm sure they would have been very successful if they had been able to do their series of concerts set up in New City. Unfortunately, Gordie Lewis was in a serious car accident, broke his neck and was in recovery for over a year. The tour was cancelled and they never really got out of Canada. Even after the band went back and forth with band members over the years they still sold out everywhere they went across Canada; even after Frankie Venom died. Their shows rocked the house with devoted fans. Sadly now with the death of Gordie Lewis in 2022 we are only left with the many memories of awesome shows and great creative music. I had the pleasure of meeting Gordie once in the theatre I worked in, he was such a nice guy and loved his fans. He was also very generous when anyone asked him for an autograph or autographed donations for fundraisers. I don't think "no" was in his vocabulary according to his close friends. RIP Frankie & Gordie.
Burton was number 2, go check again,,,
@@1gerger1 That's the Guess Who. I was talking about his solo career.
I agrée Teenage head was huge!!
It was really more of a rock list. Plenty of folk, country, jazz musicians that could be added.
Leonard Cohen, Joni Mitchell, Neil Young
In 1971, the CRTC enacted a law that came to be known as "Can Con" to promote Canadian content. Not everyone liked it, but I think it was a great boon to the Canadian music industry. Otherwise, Canadian music would have been swamped by American music. That gave Canadians a chance to produce such great music.
I thought it was brilliant so we could support home grown bands! I remember some people against it, but what a huge success it has been! ❤
I suspect the need for Can Con is less now that the music industry is less tied to LA, Nashville and NYC. RUclips is one example of how Canadian content can succeed without any government intervention - there's plenty of very successful Canadian content creators.
I'm of two minds on CanCon. It mandated a certain percentage of air time for Canadian Content. As result I never found the need to purchase a lot of them cause it was on the radio all the time.
This is a good point. The weird part about this is I think other people outside of Canada know many of these artists and they don't. We heard much of this music so much that it's like second nature but you go outside of Canada and people don't know them.
@@Lochness19 None of that's true. The music industry is even more consolidated in those locals than ever. That's like saying because the movie industry does shoots all over the world that the industry is less tied to LA. The executives are in NY, LA and Nashville. 'Record' sales are no longer profitable except for the biggest acts pushed by 'the industry'. The money for the artists now is in live playing.
Great list, several I never heard of, mostly 2000 and up. A few that were overlooked surprised me, artists like Rough Trade, Buffy Sainte Marie, Harmonium, Bruce Cockburn, Edward Bear, Stompin’ Tom Connors, Felix Leclerc, Lighthouse, Anne Murray, Teenage Head, Prairie Oyster.
The 80’s was definitely the best time for Canadian talent.
Fun fact: Grimes is Elon Musk's baby mama. Most of this list is alt or hard rock or metal. Other bands to listen to: Arkells, Default (and lead singer now solo Dallas Smith, doing country), Dear Rouge, The Beaches, Dallas Green (lead singer from Alexisonfire) and his other persona City & Colour, July Talk, Marianas Trench, Great Big Sea....oh and listen to Stompin' Tom Connors!!! He was a legend. If you want more pop, Justin Beiber, Shawn Mendes, Michael Buble, Drake, Alessia Cara, Lights, Keshia Chante, Fefe Dobson, Sass Jordan to name just a few!
This was more the 150 songs of pop/rock radio. Ian Tyson, Gordon Lightfoot are the two biggest omissions for me. Hank Snow wrote some of the most iconic country songs of all time. Stomping Tom, Corb Lund, Maestro Fresh Wes, Stan Rogers, Kate and Anna McGarrigle and Joel Plaskett all deserved spots. They included Joni but picked a weird obscure song from her catalog.
Not much was covered prior to the late sixties. And it paid more attention to the various metal genres. A good list above, and still there are more omissions as noted in the comments. Yes, some odd song selections that weren't necessarily the act's best material.
Alotvof the songs they chose for the artists were less popular or obscure. I wonder if it was to get around the copyright thing of youtube
Hank Snow is in my opinion the greatest solo artist Canada ever produced. I have a picture he autographed for my dad back in the late 1960's
Paul Brandt should be included with country as well as quite a few others.
they dropped the ball on this list
Colin James, Kim Mitchell, Doug and the Slugs are a few I could think of were missed. Really awesome the great percentage of Canadian female artists. I think the 80s really opened the door to obscure bands all over the map
Kim Mitchell was on there. His band was Max Webster.
@@shanewalton8888 at 135. such a crime
@@shanewalton8888He also had a big solo career, though. Maybe bigger than with Max Webster. Others were represented more than once - e.g. Tom Cochrane solo plus Red Rider.
@@shanewalton8888 Yes, but he has had better success as a solo career. He could have been there twice, like Tom Cochrane and Devin Townsend ;)
Happy to see April Wine made the list. They were a favorite of mine late 70s and 80s. Would have liked to see Luba and Zappacosta on the list as well as some great French-Canadian talent
Harem Scarem!!!Gordon Lightfoot and Anne Murray. Brighton Rock, Headstones, Big Sugar, Colin James, Barney Bentall, Kim Mitchell's solo career...so many more
There were quite a few bands I never even heard of, and a few that I didn't know were Canadian, of course they missed some too : Luba, Amanda Marshall, Gordon Lightfoot , The Stampeders, Lighthouse, Kim Mitchell, Colin James, Powder blues band, Michelle Branch, Uzeb, Skywalk, to name a few that should be on there !
Stampeders and Kim Mitchell (Max Webster) were on the list. You are right about Colin James and Powder Blues. Both really great.
Beside forgotten bands (Lighthouse,Chiliwack) and french-canadian ones: i will dispute Leonard Cohen not beeing in the top ten. Same for Gordon Lightfoot !!!!
Chilliwack was on there maybe 1/3 of the way in.
Thankyou for mentioning our french canadian artists
The singer for Moist, went solo, and he was awesome. His name is David Usher, great music. There is also "Downway" and "Deville" from Canada. There was a Canadian Idol star who's band became a huge in the 2000s, "Hedley" was the band. I forgot that Terry Jacks was from Canada. "Seasons in the sun" is an iconic song from the 60s.
David Usher is awesome. I have all his CDs, lol.
Hedley's lead singer was convicted of s. assault. I can't in all conscience recommend their music as a result anymore.
Terry Jacks and his wife Susan were also successful as The Poppy Family. So many artists not listed that should be.
I think Seasons in the Sun may have been revived a few times to become a hit in several years?
David is one of my favourite Canadian artists - he's absolutely fantastic. Very unique music - done with a lot of heart and passion. Too bad that Jacob veered so badly off the path. He could have had an amazing career.
Hedley singer? Ooohh, yeah, is he in jail yet or house arrest?
French Canadian here, I didn’t even know that these groups were from Canada with the exception of maybe 10% of them! You asked about Céline Dion, well not particularly a fan but I saw her in Las Vegas and her show was very good. She is extremely popular in Quebec. Your videos are entertaining.
The 1970's in my opinion was the best decade for Canadian bands. April Wine, the Guess Who, Stampeders, etc.
This list covers all music genres, progress rock, adult contemporary etc. it is quite comprehensive, I only recognize the tunes most closely associated with my generation and my personal music tastes, but every category gets a mention or two, notably absent... Great Big Sea, Doug and the Slugs, Bruce Cockburn, Gordon Lightfoot. Cant please them all I guess
Loved Doug and the Slugs!!
It's not that we can't be pleased it's that the list ignores Gordon Lightfoot who is the most successful Canadian artist of all time-he directly influenced many of the musicians and bands listed. He is Bob Dylans favorite artist, who he considered his only real competition. Robbie Robertson called him Canada's greatest national treasure. His songs have been recorded by nearly 800 other artists, from every genre. including rap. He's left off the list while a bunch of indistinguishable screech bands make the list along with Martha and the muffins and the horror known as Nickelback.
The list is in no order and extremely rock focused. In just 40 seconds I could think of a ton of artists completely omitted: Drake, Justin Bieber, Choclair, Snow, Shawn Mendes, Diana Krall, Anne Murray, Michael Buble, Paul Anka, Gordon Lightfoot, Terri Clark, Rufus Wainwright, Deadmau5, Alessia Cara, Hank Snow, Paul Brandt, Guy Lombardo, Measha Bruggergosman, Oscar Peterson, Maestro Fresh Wes, The Four Lads, Gino Soccio, etc. Some sold 100s of millions of records. To leave them off is bizarre.
I'm glad you mentioned Oscar Peterson. Thanks.
Its called white dude racism(guy who made the video and thought anyone cares about one hit wonder hair bands) for the most part... But Gordon Lightfoot is inexcusable
Great list of those overlooked!
Despite having a difficult childhood and struggles as a young man Stomping Tom was a successful gentleman who shared his talent with us. Rest in peace Sir.
The 70s/80s was the peak of music to me. I've heard of about 1/2 these bands. I learned a few things watching this. Thanks for posting!
I'm from Edmonton Alberta
This was a great list of music
For me... moist and the tea party are the best from my childhood
Lots of great acts missing from this list!
* Big Sugar
* Sheepdogs
* Crowbar
* Downchild blues band
* Sue Foley
* Colter Wall
* the Dead South
* Glorious Sons
So many many more.
Listing a bunch of no-name Canadian bands doesn't make them worthy of being here; I've only heard of two of these bands and that was when radio was still listened to.
Basically had no Canadian country other than Shania Twain and KD Lang. Colter Wall is big right now, but there is also Corb Lund, Ian Tyson etc etc. Also many punk bands missing starting with SNFU.
@@ScubaSteveCanada
Your loss bud
I think that the 70's 80's were the best!!! As A Canadian I have heard most of these bands ....but didn't know that they were Canadian.They are all amazing!!!
Gordon Lightfoot and Stompin Tom not being on this shocks me, there’s a lot of really good East Coast music missing from here, and no Classified?? One of his biggest hits is called Oh Canada
Although The Band made the list, Robbie Robertson deserved to do so as a solo artist. His self titled debut is a master piece. It won the JUNO for Album of the year in 1988. It was produce by Daniel Lanois while he was producing Joshua Tree for U2 and it includes Peter Gabriel and Bono as back up lyricists. Yeah it's that good.
Yes, I remember ''somewhere down the crazy river''
The Poppy Family, the Box, SassJordan, Edward Bear, Michel Pagliaro to mention just a few
The Pag!!
am i the only person not upset about this list? it even covered doa and the viletones. this is a super comprehensive cross genre list with some long forgotten gems. spot on 👏🏻 it did miss some beloved classics but only had 150 spots. we’d need a 1000 list to cover ALL the good artists
The McGarrigle Sisters, Martha Wainwright, Rufus Wainwright, Patrick Watson, Sass Jordan, The Box, Bran Van 3000, Oliver Jones, Oscar Peterson, K'Naan, Great Big Sea, Ashley MacIsaac, Elisapie Isaac, Samian... I mean, Canada is bigly big, so you'll never get a comprehensive picture of all the awesome musicians we've produced over the years.
And, as usual, you could also have an entirely different list if we were talking about French-language or "Frenglish" artists.
Back in the 80s when the UK came out with "Do they Know its Christmas" and the US did "We are the World" for famine relief in Ethiopia, Canada's top music acts put out "Tears are not Enough". It's a great song and there's a documentary about how it all came together. A lot of bands non-Canadians would not know but it's still super interesting.
This reminds me David Foster was also not on this list.
We Are The World is one of the dreariest self-indulgent compositions possible. It kills me to know that Quincy Jones was one of the producers.
Not a great list. I'm 60 and so many of those heavy metal bands I've never even heard of and so very many great popular Canadian bands and Artists are missing from that list.
Triumph is likely the band that should have made a bigger international impact than they did. Great lead vocals, guitarist ,and one of the best drummers in the world.
I wouldn't call Gil Moore one of the best drummers in the world. He did what he had to do for each song and he did it well. If you watch him play compared to say, Neil Peart, you see a HUGE difference in talent.
@@chrisw2546 yes exactly. He was totally fine for Triumph, but really he was just a decent drummer. However, I did admire him for being able to sing and drum at the same time. Not many drummers can do that.
I was in the Hard Rock Hotel, in Shenzhen, China...in one of the restaurants, the memorabilia included one of Gil Moore's drum skins and cymbals and Rik Emmett's tour jacket.
I've read a lot of comments, and I'll just add this... Harmonium (one of many french canadian bands) is not mentioned in the list. They only made 3 albums, but their second one is still ranked among the 50 best prog rock albums of all time (along with Yes, Pink Floyd, Genesis and our other very own Rush 😊). Then again, so many great canadian bands went unknown , and the list counts only a 150 of them that at some point... well, you get what I mean. If we should do the same list with England's bands, 150 would miss so many of them.
Harmonium was awesome... thanks for mentioning...
Bruce Cockburn, Tom Cochrane, Gordon Lightfoot, Five Man Electrical Band, Ian Thomas, ... also 50s groups the Crewcuts and the Diamonds. and plenty in other categories like Oscar Peterson. About 20% of the listed acts... I've never heard of.
Rush has worldwide respect. All three extremely talented
Rush is 💩
5 Man Electrical Band, A Foot In Cold Water, Colin James, Sven Gali, Rockhead, Teaze & Teenage Head should have been on this list
Love Rush, but Neil Young’s influence has been so deep, so significant, profound and long lasting, how can he not be #1?
He’s an artist that will pace the Beatles and Dylan for future listeners!
Peace
Neil Young as a songwriter and singer in country and rock is easily No.1.
Rush was a huge influence on bands and musicians that followed them and if anything their music is growing in popularity as more people are introduced to it over social media.
@@Fred-vy1hm Undoubtedly true, but I’m old and stuck in my ways! Spent over 40 years in the Canadian music biz. Worked with Jack Richardson, Bob Ezrin, the Lanois brothers, David Essig and Aleck Fraser. I’m an analog old school, studio rat, from the 70’s. Morgan Earle, Thunder Sounds, Nimbus 9, etc - stuck in my ways and thoughts. Neil is a hero to me - up until he married Daryl Hana, anyway!
Peace
That’s a good point, but I think rush should be #1 still. But most of the list I never heard about. Maybe because I’m from Quebec, but some great artists who had successful careers singing in French are missing.
Oh....you can triple, or quadruple, or more.....that list.
Soooooooo many weren't on it.
And the lack of bluegras folk, country, jazz, blues, rap, adult contemporary, etc, is rather telling about the people that compiled the list.😎
And yes...a lot of rock was left out.
I am a Canadian born in Toronto and now living in Paris, France; On any weekend or weekday, you could go to a corner bar and see amazing bands. We were inundated with diverse and talented bands.
Imagine living in England in the late sixties.
I will add to ones missing. Poweder blued band, Downchild blues band, Oscar Peterson. It is almost impossible to do one of these lists and not miss artists that deserve to be on it. This list did dive deep in to some obscure Canadian bands.
Leona Boyd also comes to mind.
British Blues singer Long John Baldry became a Canadian. Not sure if we would count that.
It’s the Powder Blues Band.
@@smiling_chaos Yeah Typo.
@@shinjofox Jessie Cook too.
Missing - Gordon Lightfoot would be Top 5, Anne Murray & Michael Buble Top 20, Bruce Cockburn & Amanda Marshall top 30. Others missing Platinum Blonde, Jann Arden, Diana Krall
Holly Cole, too
I don’t understand how Gordon Lightfoot (RIP) isn’t on this list.
The Jeff Healey Band appeared in the movie Roadhouse. In my opinion they should have been higher on the list. If you watch any of their videos you will notice Jeff's unusual guitar playing style. He was blind, having lost his sight to cancer at a very young age. Amazing musician, he also played trumpet in a jazz band and hosted a radio show on CBC where he would play music from his large collection of 78 rpm records and discuss the history of the songs.
Tal Bachman is the son of Randy Bachman from The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive (BTO), and Bachman and Turner. I feel Tal didn't quite get the respect he deserved in Canada because of who his father is. He actually has some pretty good songs.
Leonard Cohen was another great poet, one of his most well known songs in and out of Canada is Hallelujah, most popular version is the K.D. Lang version.
There are a lot on the list I've heard, but didn't know they were Canadian, as well as a lot I forgot were Canadian.
Triumph! Rik Emmett's guitar teacher was also my guitar teacher in Music College in Toronto, the late Peter Harris.
Bro...what a great list....some of the bands I've never heard of, but I may have been too young. Hahaha. I'm from Toronto and we had a massive punk scene, folk scene, R&B scene, rock scene...throughout the decades. I''m in the industry and I never think of all these band in one chunk like this video. So great. What makes me laugh is how many friends of mine have either produced, recorded or played with a ton of these groups. Mind blowing. Love this.
You should do it per decade. Even the 50’s. Canada has been rocking since rock was invented.🤘
Gordon Lightfoot, Anne Murray, Great Big Sea, Stompin' Tom Connors. It was nice to see a lot more bands on this list.
One band that's always missed is Doug and the Slugs. I think they're great - and they have the most cheezie early 80s videos. Hilarious.
I hadn't heard of many, many bands on this list. Also, unless I missed them, they didn't include Michael Buble or Justin Bieber - probably 2 of the most successful.
Yes, Doug and the Slugs were awesome. I noted that Buble and Bieber were missing, but they aren't really that 'Canadian' in substance -- more like made-up American.
Cool video mate thanks for the upload!!
I came up with a couple other bands that were quite big in Canada but never hit it big outside of the country one was sass Jordan couple great albums and the late '80s early '90s and a lady called Luba she has a song called every time I see your picture I Cry check it out one of the strongest female rock voices ever never did understand how she didn't make it worldwide just a thought from an old Canadian who started listening to rock in the late sixties up till now
Being in my early 50s. I grew up to rock. A lot of those bands I didn’t know were Canadian. As a Canadian I am proud to see this video. Thanks.
Yes, Bruce Cockburn influenced a lot of artists internationally. Lovers in a Dangerous Time is a good example of his music. My favourite line is “Kick at the darkness till it bleeds daylight. “ Check him out my friend.
It's so insanely repetitive.
Dialogue With The Devil does it for me. I saw him play that live at University of Guelph about 1973/1974. One musician, one stool, one guitar. Haunting.@@Veggamattic
Pacing the Cage is mine.
I am Canadian and about a third of these groups I have never heard of. A lot of that is due to the style of music.
Same. Not a fan of metal, so didn't know any of them.
So many amazing artists missing .... canadian music is really underrated
#29 Glass Tiger’s lead Alan Frew is from Coatbridge Scotland. My first concert as a wee teen! Thank you so much for your contribution! LOL, Cheers ps-just a couple(of many more) amazing, unlisted here bands, Junkhouse and The Watchmen
That's a much better list! lol Lot of bands I have forgotten about over time. But there are more, in other genres that were not mentioned. We have more talent in this country than people believe. 😃
Honeymoon Suite, Headpins, Stampeders, the Spoons, The Northern Pikes, Frozen Ghost, Kim Mitchell, Bryan Adams.....
A few missing from the first take...
Mostly Ontario based in my list, but just about all of them had multiple hits.
Great video, great subject!
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@@user-rs8tz1qi1c Heh, no thx on the drugs, but yeah, I got excited with a bunch of band names I hadn't thought of during his 1st video covering this subject.
So I put them down as I thought of them, so I wouldn't forget, while listening to the list.
Not as dramatic as you made out, but hey life's happening while you're busy making snap assumptions bout droogs.
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It's amazing how many bands are missed here. Here's just some:
Rusty, Teenage Head, The Odds, Age of Electric, Limblifter, Tricky Woo, Hayden, Propagandhi, the Weakerthans, White Lung, BA Johnston, Diodes, Sianspheric, Kim Mitchell...
Haven't heard of any of the bands you listed, so no wonder they didn't make the list. Probably just local bands to wherever you grew up, but certainly not nation wide.
Kim Mitchell was on the list, but perhaps as Max Webster (#135).
Rusty was a great band. Listen to fluke.
The Smalls!
I have to say Mert, I've been to Scotland 20 times in the past 30 years...and I really love it, the music, culture, comedy and history! Cheers!
I'm not sure Rita McNeil should be on the list but she had a string of adult contemporary/country type hits. She also done a song called "Working Man" with a choir of coal workers from New Brunswick called Men of The Deep. Amazing song.
coal miners from Cape Breton.
You could easily do a top 150 list of Canadian music artists of every genre and still be missing a lot of very good ones. The 80s will always be, for me, my all time faves. So many on here that I've forgotten about! So many good memories! ❤
This list is WAY better than the last one. There’s some bands missing - as someone else said, the east coast bands like Great Big Sea or Ashley MacIsaac were completely absent. But this list wasn’t just Nickelback 🤮 and Avril so it’s a much better coverage.
Thanks for looking for a better video! It must be difficult to find good stuff to watch going at it blind like that!
Lots of them were unfamiliar, but ... damn ... there were some class acts there! Great list!
I was surprised to see Jeff Healey at #144 (assuming, of course, there was some reason for the order). Great sound; great performer; tragic story though. He deserves a listen, if you have time.
I hope there wasn't a reason for the order. Blue Rodeo behind Terry Jacks?!? Man, I hate that song.
@@CraigShifflet Tom Cochrane behind Tal Bachman would be a joke, if it was ordered as best to worst. Cochrane had a huge repertoire or hits, even after leaving Red Rider. Bachman only had the one (very good) hit and his family name to put him in the spotlight. Both deserve recognition in this list, but Cochrane is a top-50 all-timer in most anyone's books.
Your right for Jeff Healy. Saw live fantastic showman and musician.
Im canaian and love Canadian music and im 55 and iv never heard if most of these.
I'm reading the comments and going, "Oh yeah! I forgot about them!" One name I haven't seen is Luba. Will say, I really grew up with late 70s/all 80s music, so seeing Platinum Blonde, Toronto, Honeymoon Suite, Harlequinn and Streetheart brought back a lot of memories.
The 70's hands down were the best years. Music, school field trips, barefoot, bell bottoms, roller skates and concets. Am I wrong?
Great list, and yes brought back a few memories of driving down the road with the radio blaring! I know this was mainly rock and metal, so understand why the did not make it. I would suggest you and your son check out a group called 'The Irish Rovers'. Particularly their party anthem classic 'Wasn't that a party'!(Might be a great subject for a future video) Thanks for the videos and the channel, lots of fun rediscovering my homeland through you eyes!
Canada has produced such high quality music for decades!! We produce the best creative musicians in the world!!
Thanks to the CanCon rules without which many of these bands never would've had the necessary airplay - don't forget that since I remember what the Canadian radio stations played prior to the CanCon rules. By the 1990s, IMO, we no longer needed the CanCon rules and the up & coming bands could stand up without crutches.
There were some I haven't heard of, but surprisingly many that I had, and spent a lot of time listening to and even bought their albums, but had no clue they were Canadian!
Wow, I feel really old! Triumph played at my high school as did Max Webster. Saw triumph at the Forum, and open for Rush all within a few years. Used to party with Kim Mitchell (Max Webster), my ex auditioned for Gowan b4 he was big. So many that I didn't know were from Canada. So many I've seen. The 80's were the best for any genre you were looking for. So many played local clubs on their first Canadian tours. Thanks,Very cool 🤘💜🤟
This was a nice trip down memory lane. There were many I didn't know, and a lot I personally wouldn't listen to, but it's a pretty exhaustive list for the most part. Definitely some missing content, though. There was a collection of CDs made years ago called "Oh What a Feeling: A Vital Collection of Canadian Music". That collection does well to show the diversity of Canadian music
Lawrence Gowan (Gowan, lead vocalist for Styx since ‘99) and Alan Frew (lead singer of Glass Tiger) both are Glaswegian-born. We’ve probably poached a lot more, but those two pop to mind.
I was obsessed by music in the 80s!!! Completely! And for me, it was all Canadian and British bands. That list actually reminded me of how many of those acts I saw live, and many more that I served when I was a waitress in a hotel restaurant that most touring acts stayed in. Lee Aaron had some serious death threats when she stayed with us, so room service had to be given to a security detail and her room was heavily guarded. Tom Cochrane (solo artist & lead singer of Red Rider) would take 2 drags off of long cigarettes & then put them out. I was constantly changing his ashtray because it filled fast. The band Trooper and their roadies went crazy for our Ukrainian Platters. They were tired of road/restaurant food, and were pleased to see something different they could order. And my first concert ever was Platinum Blonde, fronted by Mancunian-born Mark Holmes. What a decade!
I went to high school with Lawrence
Woah... I've been wondering what Gowan was up to these days. How long has he been with Styx? Isn't Tommy Shaw back with them too? This I need to check out! Thanks for mentioning.
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This list is better, but I am surprised by some of the songs they picked to showcase certain bands.
Yep, the song choices definitely weren't the best. For example, never even heard that April Wine song before...and I've seen the band live a few times!
Yes many artists did not get promoted outside of Canada but some college's in the radio back in the day played groups like Sloan and Matt Good etc. Great list we could add to it for sure.
Being Canadian, I thank you. We have such GREAT music up here
They didn’t choose the most popular tunes by each band. Weird!
Sometimes they did, sometimes they didn't. Most of the one-hit wonders were their biggest hits, but it seems they went with the lower charting songs when there was a choice.
Clumsy for OLP and It's All Been Done for BNL are probably the two exceptions (they were both their biggest hits, even if they had songs with heavier radio play and therefore more recognition - late 90s charts were problematic because the rules were outdated as new media became a force).
Not sure what some of those songs were supposed to represent. Men Without Hats and not Safety Dance, c'mon.
Noticed that too.
I noticed that also. Whoever compiled that list was either not a Canadian and or had any idea about Canadian bands and singers..
There are a lot of English and French bands and artists in Quebec that rarely get the love they deserve.
Because no one likes Quebec, not even Quebec.
Try Harmonium, Beau Dommage, Offenbach, Robert Charleslebois, just to name a few Quebecous bands and artists.
@@JudyPitcher I agree! Not to forget about French Canadian bands from Ontario......like CANO from Sudbury.
@@CharCanuck14 I had forgotten them, sorry.
@@JudyPitcher OuI!! Malajube, Les Colocs et Les Cowboys Fringants aussi!
Seventies and eighties are some of the best ones
Rough Trade and Carole Pope,
The Payolas
Jane Sibbery
Honeymoon Suite
Glass Tiger
In thee 70’s and 80’s Canadian music ruled.
I’m a 60 year old Canadian, working in and managing radio stations for over 30 years. I’ve never heard of at least 30% of these bands, and the songs featured for most of the well known acts are their B-sides…
An example Northern Pikes should of been "She's Not Pretty" , April Wine "Roller" , Aldo Nova "Fantasy" Theory Of A Deadman "Lowlife" , Honeymoon Suite "Stay in the Light" , Northern Pikes "She Ain't Pretty" , Men Without Hats "Safety Dance" plus a lot more
Deadmau5, Front Line Assembly, Delerium, Conjure One... tons of other great suggestions in the comments. Super proud of our Canadian artists and happy to say that I've seen a large number of the ones in the video and comments. Gotta love the summer festivals!!
I can't see that this was in any order.
Still lots of Canadians that should have been in the top 150 if you like them or not, that is a different story ...
Michael Buble, Kim Mitchell, Diana Krall, Justin Bieber, Anne Murray, Great Big Sea, Jann Arden, Gordon Lightfoot, Spirit Of The West... and more and more.
The real list of top 150 would include all of those, Glen Gould, Oscar Peterson, Deadmau5, Shania Twain, Skid Row, Ritchie Hawten, The Guess Who, and on and on 👍🏻
Good God, the album sales of just those you mentioned, probably exceed the album sales on this entire list!
This runs through so quickly. The few seconds of the Devin Townsend Project happened to be from a huge two level production at the Royal Albert Hall in London.
I'm very happy to see Big Wreck and Dalbello represented in the top 50. And great that Saga made the top 10.
Ive only seen three or four that I don't know so far. I've seen 95% of these bands live, some more than once, the Hip 14 times, Blue Rodeo 12 times, Rush 4 times. Most people might pee on me for this but Celine is a Canadian treasure. So many great concerts over 45 years. I could tell you a story about just every band. What a great memory. Awesome. I'd be willing to bet the #1 artist is Brian Adams.
The 80's is the decade for Canadian music. It was fantastic.
I can believe that Rush was ahead of Niel Young because he hasn't been a Canadian in over 40 years. Also this list was missing Doug and the Slugs, Kim Mitchell, Jack Soul. Paul Anka , The Box and a whole bunch more
Close but no cigar. Agree with your additions (you missed Barney Bentall) but Neil always has been/always will be a Canadian. JUST like Neil Peart who spent his last 10 years in Califirnia.
59 year old Canadian here. This is a much more comprehensive list than the last one but interestingly (or not) I was NOT familiar with the vast majority of these. Partly it’s age, partly it’s taste. I don’t listen to anything that has come out this century. There’s too much from the ‘70s and ‘80s worth listening to. And most are not to my taste as I’m not a hard rocker. I’m a Joni Mitchell, K.D. Lang, Brian Adams, Guess Who, BTO, Trooper, Gowan, Neil Young, Corey Hart, Shania Twain kinda guy. What I also found interesting was that some of the artists here had their lesser known (IMO) hits profiled. As to Céline Dion, she has an absolutely beautiful voice and I wish her well in her current health battles, but I always found her a bit cheesy.
The bottom line is that the depth and breadth of Canadian music is huge for a country of only 40 M people, so Canadians should be justifiably proud of them all.
There were some that I thought I had never heard before; but, when I listened to more of the song they were familiar to me. The clips in this video are so short that it was hard to recognize some of them.
Maybe because this seems to be metal but I have heard of maybe 20 of these bands. I was more into folky type music - Gordon Lightfoot, Rankin Family, Anne Murray - music like this.
@@lyndayoung2000 Yes, at the beginning of the video it states 'Rock & Metal'
Great memories. As a Canadian I probably know about two thirds of these groups. I likely would have Loverboy number one but am good having Rush there as well.
I cant believe I forgot about Frozen Ghost, they had some good songs back in the day and I will go re familiarize myself with them again.
I think you had too many obscure heavy metal groups though. There are probably better ommisions out there than some of these.
I recently purchased Burton Cummings on vinyl. Didn't realize Gob and Sum 41 were both Canadian. Great list but I would personally rearrange the entire list. Thanks for sharing
Marianas Trench should also be on this list. Great Big Sea as well.