Favorite Canadian band(s) besides Rush?

[TAC]

Wrong thread. I think you meant this:

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=42197.4795

[jjrock88]

He might be chunky, but Mike Reno is still freakin cool 

[TAC]

He might be chunky, but Mike Reno is still freakin cool 

Still??

When was he ever cool?

[jjrock88]

He might be chunky, but Mike Reno is still freakin cool 

Still??

When was he ever cool?

As long as you wear a headband, you are cool in my book.

[TAC]

He might be chunky, but Mike Reno is still freakin cool 

Still??

When was he ever cool?

As long as you wear a headband, you are cool in my book.

[jjrock88]

 

now thats a cool dude

[Adami]

No parking.

[TAC]

No parking.

Well, certainly no backing in.

[jammindude]

Fun fact though (and you can look this up)...the cover of Loverboy’s “Get Lucky” does have a male hand on it (no one can seem to remember if it’s Reno’s hand or not) but that ass is a female model.

So if they do a Collins style reissue, it would depend on how well that model stayed in shape. 

[jjrock88]

No parking unless you are cool and wearing a headband.

[TAC]

I definitely had the first two Loverboy albums.

Gangs In The Street

[jjrock88]

I definitely had the first two Loverboy albums.

Gangs In The Street

Obviously Working for the Weekend is awesome, but you can't deny the awesomeness of Loving Every Minute of It, Turn Me Loose, or When It's Over.  If you don't know those tunes, check them out and crank them.

[TAC]

I can definitely deny the awesomeness of Loving Every Minute Of It.

[jjrock88]

I can definitely deny the awesomeness of Loving Every Minute Of It.

Headbands around the world will definitely disagree with you

[jammindude]

I can definitely deny the awesomeness of Loving Every Minute Of It.

Gangs in the Street is so freakin awesome...

[jjrock88]

I can definitely deny the awesomeness of Loving Every Minute Of It.

I can maybe see not digging all the Loverboy tracks.

But there is one Canadian song that is one of my all time favorite songs overall and not even TAC can deny the awesomeness of it. It's real and spectacular.  I can play it over and over again without ever getting tired of it.

April Wine- Sign of the Gypsy Queen

 

[bl5150]

I know absolutely nothing about the band Epica.....but I might have to check them out 

Growlies..................but 5 Wooo! rating for the pics in the booklet.

[jjrock88]

I will add that three of my favorite songs of all time (out of the thousands upon thousands that I've heard) are Canadian

-Rush- Subdivisions

-Triumph- Fight the Good Fight

-April Wine- Sign of the Gypsy Queen

 

[jjrock88]

I know absolutely nothing about the band Epica.....but I might have to check them out 

Growlies..................but 5 Wooo! rating for the pics in the booklet.

If it's growlies I will pass.  Hammers and skin tight leather pants on women will still never override my dislike for freakin growlies.

[Stadler]

The Kid Is Hot Tonite is a very good song. 

[lonestar]

Anciients - Great prof metal band with a third album due out sometime this year

Dear lord I hope so, Voice of the Void was so fucking good.

[TAC]

I can definitely deny the awesomeness of Loving Every Minute Of It.

I can maybe see not digging all the Loverboy tracks.

But there is one Canadian song that is one of my all time favorite songs overall and not even TAC can deny the awesomeness of it. It's real and spectacular.  I can play it over and over again without ever getting tired of it.

April Wine- Sign of the Gypsy Queen

 

Amen Brother!! 5 J’s!!!!

Great song. Great band.

[pg1067]

I can definitely deny the awesomeness of Loving Every Minute Of It.

You keep writing the things I want to write before I have a chance to write them!

But there is one Canadian song that is one of my all time favorite songs overall and not even TAC can deny the awesomeness of it. It's real and spectacular.  I can play it over and over again without ever getting tired of it.

April Wine- Sign of the Gypsy Queen

 

I remember that song being all over the place the first 6-12 months I had MTV, and then I never really heard much of anything by or about that band after that.

Fun fact though (and you can look this up)...the cover of Loverboy’s “Get Lucky” does have a male hand on it (no one can seem to remember if it’s Reno’s hand or not) but that ass is a female model.

So if they do a Collins style reissue, it would depend on how well that model stayed in shape. 

Apparently, there is a "Bottom by T.K." credit in the liner notes, and this article ( https://ultimateclassicrock.com/loverboy-get-lucky-cover/ ) says T.K. was a then 13yo girl named Tymara Kennedy, who was the photographer's daughter.  The article goes on to say that she was killed in a car accident ten years later.

[Stadler]

Where do you even START with that story?   I guess you don't, other than RIP.  But I feel just as queasy realizing I've been looking at a 13-year-old's ass all these years as I used to feel knowing I was looking at Mike Reno's ass. 

[TAC]

I can definitely deny the awesomeness of Loving Every Minute Of It.

You keep writing the things I want to write before I have a chance to write them!

I get a 3 hour head start!

[hefdaddy42]

Where do you even START with that story?   I guess you don't, other than RIP.  But I feel just as queasy realizing I've been looking at a 13-year-old's ass all these years as I used to feel knowing I was looking at Mike Reno's ass. 

I call that the "Traci Lords" feeling.

[King Postwhore]

Where do you even START with that story?   I guess you don't, other than RIP.  But I feel just as queasy realizing I've been looking at a 13-year-old's ass all these years as I used to feel knowing I was looking at Mike Reno's ass. 

I call that the "Traci Lords" feeling.

3 Our Fathers & 3 Hail Mary for knowing this.

[TAC]

I think I assumed it was Reno anyway, so I never spent any time staring at it.

I'm clean!

[hefdaddy42]

Where do you even START with that story?   I guess you don't, other than RIP.  But I feel just as queasy realizing I've been looking at a 13-year-old's ass all these years as I used to feel knowing I was looking at Mike Reno's ass. 

I call that the "Traci Lords" feeling.

3 Our Fathers & 3 Hail Mary for knowing this.

I'm not Catholic.

[King Postwhore]

Dammit.

[hefdaddy42]

Probably so.

[Architeuthis]

I will add that three of my favorite songs of all time (out of the thousands upon thousands that I've heard) are Canadian

-Rush- Subdivisions

-Triumph- Fight the Good Fight

-April Wine- Sign of the Gypsy Queen

 

Those are all great choices! 
 I got to see April Wine live at a casino in my small home town in Washington State. They were amazing!  I can't believe I forgot to mention them earlier in this thread.

[pain of occupation]

for me, Bend Sinister and Pyramid Theorem are where it's at. I've seen Bend 9 times, including 3 straight nights in 3 different cities afew years back. Lead man Dan is probably my favorite song qriter as far as putting a vocal melody to chord progression, riff, pr melody. And Pyramid Theorem are my 2017 AlbumOfTheYear, so of course i gotta share some love.
The band i like but haven't seen mentioned is Sparky. Sorry Into Eternity, but Sparky's Humanination is the neatest metal album to ever come out of our province. Try track 2 Falcon if you want a fun Tool-esque fix.
https://youtu.be/4enQgduKGjE

[johnnysuperfan]

my personal fav's:

Max Webster - A Million Vacations (love that entire album to death)

Kim Mitchell - I Am A Wild Party, We Are In Rockland Wonderland

Triumph - Never Surrender, Thunder Seven, Allied Forces (the masterpiece)

Prism - Spaceship Superstar

Saga - 1st 6 albums all are masterpieces

Mystery - The World Is A Game (Pride: the guitar solo  so melodic)

Transcend - The Mind (double concept album released in 2011, comparable to DT, they are from Montreal)

Randy Bachman (BTO) - still an amazing guitarist in any style


and of course Pyramid Theorem

[silentmac6]

I'm amazed (and appalled) that nobody has mentioned Pat Travers yet. Snorting Whisky was still being played on Canadian radio when I visited in 2002. Pat has made some fine hard/blues rock albums in his time and has been mentioned as one of Alex Lifeson's favourite guitarsts.