Hard-Rocking 70s Canadian Bands |
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HemispheresOfXanadu
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Topic: Hard-Rocking 70s Canadian Bands Posted: January 05 2017 at 20:04 |
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Here are some hard rock bands from the 70s you might not have heard but might appeal to prog fans. Have a listen to a track by each band, then vote on the one you enjoyed the most. I'll only have videos for songs that still have radio airtime.
Also, I'll post a few comments for you so you don't have to: "Glad Rush is the only hard rock band I know from Canada" "There were Rush copycats in the 70s?" "[Band name] is fine, but they're no Rush." "All these songs are under 12 minutes long. Waste of time, no vote." "Haven't heard of most of these, so no vote from me!" "Radio airtime? Radio sucks. Radio is just a means to control the masses. I only listen to music on vinyl." "Rush." [tube][/tube] TROOPER PRISM STREETHEART CHILLIWACK (there's some heavy-ish guitar playing anyway)
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Finnforest
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Posted: January 05 2017 at 20:11 | |
You forgot one quote
"Should have Triumph up there dude" |
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Posted: January 05 2017 at 20:28 | |
SPACESHIP SUPERSTAR!!!!!!
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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Logan
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Posted: January 05 2017 at 20:48 | |
I once had vinyls by Trooper, Prism, and Chilliwack in my collection as a gift of his old goods from one of my brothers when he moved out from home. Can't say I ever really listened to them. Anyway, those three have all been staples of classic rock radio and so I know their bigger hits. I vote for Chilliwack -- "Fly at Night" is a damned fine song.
I've been to Chilliwack, by the way, they have a WalMart there. |
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Magnum Vaeltaja
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Posted: January 05 2017 at 20:55 | |
Hey, don't sell Chilliwack short! I drove through (read: past) it a few months ago and noticed they also have a White Spot. And Best Buy. Even a London Drugs.
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when i was a kid a doller was worth ten dollers - now a doller couldnt even buy you fifty cents
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HemispheresOfXanadu
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Posted: January 05 2017 at 21:12 | |
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Sean Trane
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Posted: January 06 2017 at 00:38 | |
Prism's only really good song with Armageddon >> only that album is worthy of something, IMHO Trooper had a very good debut, but little else Streetheart (my choice) has two very good albums (the first two) Chilliwck's first two albums are fantastic Amerindian-laced psych rock, but by the mid-70's they were bland AOR (not even hard rock, IMHO) |
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Sean Trane
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Posted: January 06 2017 at 00:42 | |
Chilliwack started out in Vancouver as The Collectors >> killer proto-prog http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2336 And their first two albums are very worthy. |
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Kingsnake
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Posted: January 06 2017 at 02:27 | |
Saga is great of course, but why is Triumph not in this list (or on Progarchives).
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Atavachron
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Posted: January 06 2017 at 02:43 | |
^ because it's only two letters away from 'Trump'
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Sean Trane
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Posted: January 06 2017 at 04:54 | |
http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=2023 |
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