Canadian Prog!!!
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Topic: Canadian Prog!!!
Posted By: Drake's Theory
Subject: Canadian Prog!!!
Date Posted: May 30 2009 at 22:28
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Some really good stuff is coming from Canada, such as Mahogany Frog from Winnipeg Bend Sinister from Vancouver and Drake's Theory from Edmonton look them up, I'm sure everyone will enjoy, post your favorite Canadian Prog bands, see if we can find one in each city1!! ------------- www.myspace.com/drakestheory |
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Posted By: Alitare
Date Posted: May 30 2009 at 22:42
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Devin Townsend/SYL *mandatory Rush reference* |
Posted By: SergiUriah
Date Posted: May 30 2009 at 23:11
I don´ know even a little about actual Canadian bands, although several bands from your country are in my prefered top music, as The Guess Who, Helix, Rush, April Wine, Triumph, Femme Fatale, Tanglefoot, Saga, Slaughter...people know how to rock there!
I´m listening now to your myspace and you have good songs there. The Bigots Veil and Pharma....are excellent tunes. Congratulations.
The picture with the beautiful woman is the album cover? Nice painting. ------------- http://img229.imageshack.us/i/bonfirma.jpg/"> 
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Drake's Theory wrote:Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: May 30 2009 at 23:26
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check out Leitmotiv from Quebec - excellent prog in the vein of Maneige, Genesis. Best of all, their album Entangles is available for direct download, and you can donate what you feel. (though they suggest a certain price)
------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 03:28
Which is your band? Just started to listen to your myspace page right now. I love the pianoriff In The Bigots Veil. Your music sometimes reminds me of Il Balletto Di Bronzo (which is a good thing). I seriously think you need to do something about your image (sorry for being superficial). Dress up in black suits, like monks or whatever. Those baggy shorts and comfortable t-shirts etc, are very practical and a natural choice for a sunny afternoon, but works strongly against your attemt on creating drama, aggression and mystery in your music. Anyway I like the whole Quebec scene of the 70's with Maneige, Toubabou, Dionne-Bregent, Conventum, L'Infonie, Sloche etc... That city alone made Canada one of the most interesting (and underrated) nations for progressive music back then. ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: someone_else
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 06:03
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Rush, Saga, The Collectors, Harmonium, Maneige, Hamadryad... Guess it's just the top of the iceberg. I know too little of prog... ------------- 
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Posted By: Slartibartfast
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 08:07
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Talisma
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Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 09:27
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pollen, sloche, et cetera, Voivod, Le match, Harmonium, many a quebec band compared to the rest of Canada. FM, Maneige, Morse Code, Eclipse, Caramel Mou, Klaatu ... ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Petrovsk Mizinski
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 10:33
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My fave Canadians would be Devin Townsend and Protest The Hero.
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Posted By: Captain Capricorn
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 10:54
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early math rockers Nomeansno
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomeansno - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nomeansno
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Posted By: The Quiet One
Date Posted: May 31 2009 at 11:24
Indeed, great band! Entangled is a very good and original Symphonic Prog album! |
Posted By: mobby
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 03:32
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kaos moon were quite good
also visible wind has few very good releases..esp their intrumental tracks..
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Posted By: Nipsey88
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 03:38
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The one Canadian band that has me all geeked up right now is the one off from Pollen..great kinda GG inspired stuff. Also really dig on Et Cetera (another GG-esque group from the 70's), Sloche, and have been getting into Hamadryad. And oh yeah, there's this power trio from as far back as the 70's, you know, the one where the lead singer has a real high voice and they do a lot of arena rock anthems? You know, the one NOT named Triumph... ------------- http://www.last.fm/user/Nipsey88/?chartstyle=myspace02" rel="nofollow"> 
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Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 05:28
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Loreena McKennitt (celtic folk with arabic influences)
Augury (prog death metal)
Voivod (prog thrash metal)
Klaatu (symphonic prog)
Spaced Out (jazz metal)
FM (jazz-rock /prog à la Mahavishnu Orchestra and UK)
electro quarterstaff (avant-garde metal)
martyr (prog death metal)
Buffy Sainte-Marie (psychedelic folk)
Joni Mitchell (folk/blues/jazz/rock)
Cano (folk prog)
et cetera (RIO)
Triumph (heavy metal)
Harmonium (folk prog)
Dalbello (pop prog as of Whomanfoursays)
Reign ghost (psychedelic folk)
Annihilator (thrash metal 'Alice in Hell' is a true masterpiece of the genre)
Neil Young (rock)
Pollen (symphonic prog)
A silver Mt. Zion (post-rock)
Godspeed you! black emperor (post-rock)
Miriodor (RIO)
Black Symphony (metal prog)
Unexpect (avant-garde death metal)
------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: Rocktopus
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 07:06
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I'm also a fan of two brilliant acid folk bands: http://standinatthecrossroads-blackcatbone.blogspot.com/2007/10/ptarmigan-ptarmigan-canadian-psych.html - Ptarmigan and http://waxidermy.com/2006/01/11/jan-and-lorraine-gypsy-people/ - Jan & Lorraine + current Post/Chamber rock from Montreal http://www.myspace.com/esmerinemontreal - Esmerine and http://www.myspace.com/fifthsofseven - Fifths of Seven (only Ptarmigan is in the archives of all these) ------------- Over land and under ashes In the sunlight, see - it flashes Find a fly and eat his eye But don't believe in me Don't believe in me Don't believe in me |
Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 10:18
Octobre is always overlooked and they were actually musically solid. Not much has even been written about them in Canadian or even French Canadian music books! They`re completely ignored in such "definitive" works as Heart Of Gold, The Encyclopedia Of Canadian Rock, Pop & Folk Music and perhaps the most glaring ommission, The Encyclopedia Of Music In Canada.  That`s fairly typical though........ ------------- |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 12:37
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Canoe ! which reminds me, I've just uploaded their albums Spirit of the North & Eclipse to my PC. I really must burn them to CD, and come back with some reviews. Oh, and I guess Martyr's guitarist will be the one filling Piggy's spot for some shows from Voivod. The plan is to play music only from pre-Jasonic albums, and the new one - Infini. Nice to see someone else getting into Leitmotiv. ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 12:50
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For some obscure reason, it's CANO and not CANOE ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: rushfan4
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 13:10
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Two bands that haven't been mentioned and have had Rush members on as guest musicians are Max Webster w/Kim Mitchell and Rheostatics. Max Webster was on the Anthem label with Rush and they are from Sarnia. Rheostatics had Neil Peart play drums on one song on one of their albums. They are from Etobicoke, Ontario, which is apparently also a part of Toronto. ------------- 
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Posted By: Vibrationbaby
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 13:57
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MARTHA AND THE MUFFINS Sorry not prog but their song Echo Beach is cool! One band that was not quite prog was The Spoons from Burlington, Ontario. Some of their songs such as Smiling In Winter remind me of some shorter yes compositions. The bass player, Sandy Horn, has a lot of Chris Squire qualities. She must have listened to at least a few Yes albums for sure. They also use a lot of Yes-like vocal harmonies. I partied with these guys once backstage. Punch in Spoons - Smiling In Winter MUSIC VIDEO in HD on youtube. ------------- |
Posted By: OzzProg
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 16:31
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I heer dat teh Beetles come from Canadia? All the RPQ stuff is great (Harmonium, Pollen etc...) -------------  |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 16:43
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hehe un nouveau sous-genre RPQ ? (rock progressif québecois)  ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: lucas
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 16:46
Yes, in their seond incarnation they were renamed Klaatu and relocated in Canada ------------- "Magma was the very first gothic rock band" (Didier Lockwood) |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: June 01 2009 at 19:41
I've tried, good lord knows I've tried. But then they ask me what commonalities are shared apart from location and all I can say is Talent !  ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |
Posted By: Gooner
Date Posted: June 03 2009 at 22:19
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TERRACED GARDEN
THE BOX (first 2 albums...listed here on progarchives)
SAGA
RUSH
SYMPHONIC SLAM
KEN BAIRD
FM
NASH THE SLASH
POLLEN(from Quebec)
MANEIGE
FIRST AID(from Vancouver)
MYSTERY
NATHAN MAHL
UZEB
PARAGON(from Alberta) SIANISPHERIC(the first album)
MAHOGANY FROG
BEN MINK(solo album)
MAX WESBTER(from Sarnia,ON. way underrated)
TALISMA
HAMADRYAD
MYSTERY
VOIVOD
RHEOSTATICS(sort of like Canada's version of XTC)
NOODLE HOUSE
MARTHA & THE MUFFINS(the first 3) ...just to name a few.
Julian
Host of "The Purple Room:
CJAM 91.5 FM
http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55379 - http://www.progarchives.com/forum/forum_posts.asp?TID=55379
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Posted By: Gooner
Date Posted: June 03 2009 at 22:22
| MICHAEL BROOK (great solo albums on 4AD)...also played w/ Fripp & Sylvian. |
Posted By: Jethro's Toe
Date Posted: June 08 2009 at 18:24
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Kind of new around here, but here goes for Canadian: Max Webster, Rush, FM, Nash the Slash, early acoustic Bruce Cockburn instrumentals, Joni Mitchell, Perth County Conspiracy are all very good. Have a real hard time with some of the semi-progressive Canuck "stuff"...like: Klattu, Saga, Prism, Zon, Goddo and so many others. ------------- "How can you be in two places at once; when your not anywhere at all?" Firesign Theater |
Posted By: Sean Trane
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 09:37
And Thank YOU very much Christer....
 I shall look into these
You'll enjoy Eclipse, but Spirit Of Thge North is simply not them anymore..... but their first two are the best and easiily obtauinable
BTW that's CANO (four upprcase letter) for Compagnie Artistique du Nouvel Ontario ------------- let's just stay above the moral melee prefer the sink to the gutter keep our sand-castle virtues content to be a doer as well as a thinker, prefer lifting our pen rather than un-sheath our sword |
Posted By: Dalezilla
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 09:45
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Not prog, but close enough and I really think every progger should give them a chance: http://www.myspace.com/brokensocialscene - http://www.myspace.com/brokensocialscene |
Posted By: debrewguy
Date Posted: June 10 2009 at 10:57
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Cano , Spirit of the North is a compilation done by Record execs hoping to break a bilingual group in English Canada. Three "new" songs that , as you say, were no longer Cano. Wish I could find Visible to see if they got back to their sound. I came across L'Engoulevent. Then re-listened to Breche. And I'm starting to wonder if Garolou might not be a good candidate for PA. And I wonder how serious Gooner is about Martha & the Muffins being prog. I'm gonna have to give a listen to their albums again. Especially the song - Swimming. "we're afraind to call it love, let's call it swimming" > Just love that guitar part. ------------- "Here I am talking to some of the smartest people in the world and I didn't even notice,” Lieutenant Columbo, episode The Bye-Bye Sky-High I.Q. Murder Case. |