Well you mentioned Kim Mitchell, and yeah, you gotta love Kim, but Max Webster was around from 1972 to 1981, and they were awesome live.

 

Although I did hear some of their songs, I was not familiar with Max Webster. I only started to listen to their stuff under Kim Mitchell. I have no doubt that they were great live.

 

Triumph
Frank Marino and Mahogany Rush
Goddo
Rough Trade
Lee Aaron
Gowan
The Headpins
Coney Hatch
FM
Frank Soda and the Imps
Zon
Saga

 

I knew that there were many that I forgot.

 

Kilowatt
Trooper
Teenage Head
Queen City Kids
54:40

other bands probably not on that circuit:
Martha & The Muffins
Dayglo Abortions
DOA

 

Kilowatt
Trooper
Teenage Head
Queen City Kids
54:40

4-17?

other bands probably not on that circuit:
Martha & The Muffins
Dayglo Abortions
DOA

Loved the QCK

 

Were Doug and the Slugs a rock band?

When I was a kid I literally wore out my 45 of Echo Beach

 

I didn't realize that they were a Canadian band.

 

Thanks for the bands that I forgot about. Brings back memories during my high school years...partying, drinking, hooking up with girls, making a complete ass of myself...good times.

 

 

The Bureaucrats, the Red Squares, Telemann (later called Rabid) and Mickey Rat.

 

best bar band
GODDO

 

Also a big fan of his earlier band Fludd.

 

Frank Soda and the Imps

His pyro guy taught me how to do concussion and flash pots.

He had that $hit down to a fine art.

 

they played a bar here, I had seen a show previously and was telling my buddy "he is going to jump on someones table grab their beer to play slide then chug the beer"....sure enuff later I came back from the can to see my empty beer and my buddy grinning ear to ear.

pyro TV on his head as well if memory serves.

 

The Stampeders Greatest Hits is a lot of fun.

In 1970, I was in a record store in New York City and saw that American Woman by the Guess Who was a #1 album. "How cute," I thought, "A Canadian section!" Boy was I surprised that it was #1 across the USA.

 

Warmed up for the stampeders once…got to hang with them, Ronnie was still alive, great guys, beer buffalos😀. Saw them a couple months ago ago, they can still sing n play.

 

 

Love the late 70s Canadian bar band genre like Harlequin, Loverboy, Toronto etc. - believe it was a bit of a unique sound they didn't really have in the US (maybe Foreigner). Similar to the arena rock but still a little more raw with all the melody.

Here's a cool Streetheart set from back in the day with Spider Sinnaeve on bass who eventually hooked back up with Paul Dean & Matt Frenette who were in the original Streetheart before forming Loverboy. Love their version of Under My Thumb too!

Edit: Totally never thought to mention I weirdly met someone in line yesterday who told me he played the bar scene during this period when I mentioned Winnipeg. Cool synchronicity.

 

Love the late 70s Canadian bar band genre like Harlequin, Loverboy, Toronto etc. - believe it was a bit of a unique sound they didn't really have in the US (maybe Foreigner). Similar to the arena rock but still a little more raw with all the melody.

100% agree

 

Anvil

 

David Wilcox
Gowan

My wife has been scowling at me for years every time I start shaking my hips along with Layin Pipe 😆

 

I didn't read through the whole thread, did anyone mention Lighthouse?

 

I remember seeing Lighthouse in 1973 at either Nathan Phillips Square or High Park and there were huge, huge crowds ..

 

Nazareth yeah they were tehcnically scottish, but really got their big break in Canada.

And a vote for Goddo!

Guess Who
BTO

 

Early 90's I liked The Watchmen
Couple of really good songs anyway

 

Oh, Ian Thomas, Dave's brother, softish rock, but he had a few beauties!

 

The Pumps
Bruce Cockburn
Exciter
Kick Axe
Prism
Sweeny Todd....Nick Gilder
Murray Mclauchlan
Valdy

 

How the fuck did this thread go this long before anyone mentioned Prism?

 

I was more into alternative or new wave sounds…
Payolas (Rock & Hyde)
Rough Trade
The Spoons
Jane Siberry
Nash the Slash
The Box
Images in Vogue
Breeding Ground
Blue Peter
Men Without Hats
Strange Advance
Skinny Puppy
Boys Brigade

 

This was my genre as well. Saw Blue Peter no less than 10x in the 80s. Saw the Spoons 2 or 3 times.

 

Nobody mentioned Toronto?

 

Prism
Klaatu
Platinum Blonde
Honeymoon Suite

 

Ahem...Helix? The pride of the Kitchener Waterloo area?

 

Does Steppenwolf count?

 

Major Hoople’s Boarding House