Why do Canadians bands suck so much?

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  • Nickelback is bad enough....i honestly think they are the worst piece of crap band to ever write a song; they have only written one they just continuously change the words a bit. I don't hate alot of things but i truely hate their music and always have. Go fuck yourself with that rockstar bullshit song. ok im done. But thank you Canada for Uncle Neil
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  • Not sure if anyone mentioned her yet, but Feist is also great

    http://www.myspace.com/feist

    The Water reminds me of the end of Vs.
  • Sonja_SSonja_S Posts: 444
    Bands like Nickleback definitely do suck, and pretty much everyone I know is ashamed of them. The thing is though, that they get played on radio in Canada because of "Canadian Content" rules... Why do they get played in the US?

    There are so many amazing Canadian bands, but very few of them get recognition south of the border. Sometimes those shitty bands don't even get big in Canada until after they have become big in the US.

    I don't think they are just played because of CanCon, but because they are one of those bands/artists like Bon Jovi or Bryan Adams where you can't even tell the songs apart anymore that are classified as 'middle of the road' and therefor deemed ideal for radio. They are played over here in Austria just as often as in Canada or the US.

    Sad thing is, I met people who line up to scream hysterically at Bryan Adams from the first row or think Jon Bon Jovi can actually sing. I guess we're just not the target group ;)

    I just managed to 'infect' someone with Blue Rodeo/Jim Cuddy again this week though, so there's still hope :D
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  • Brisk.Brisk. Posts: 11,557
    Niel Young and Rush???

    maybe you suck
  • Saturnal wrote:
    Not sure if anyone mentioned her yet, but Feist is also great

    http://www.myspace.com/feist

    The Water reminds me of the end of Vs.

    is this one of the members from broken social scene?
    I went to the concert
    And I fought through the crowd
    Guess I got a little too excited
    When I thought you were around
  • Here is just a small list of the Canadian imported bullshit that has poisoned American radio

    Nickelback
    Finger Eleven
    Sum 41
    Three Days Grace
    Barenaked Ladies
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    Rush
    Simple Plan

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    Try them apples out!!!! This band fucking RAWK!!!

    And stop listening to the radio...it will get you NOWHERE!!! lmao
  • nutmeg81nutmeg81 Posts: 627
    do not forget the shite that is bryan adams!!!

    altho technically arent arcade fire's foundin members from the US and moved
    to canada?!
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  • Sonja_SSonja_S Posts: 444
    nutmeg81 wrote:
    do not forget the shite that is bryan adams!!!

    does he even count as cancon anymore?
    You can tell a man from what he has to say - Neil & Tim Finn
    They love you so badly for sharing their sorrow, so pick up that guitar and go break a heart - Kris Kristofferson
  • I like Billy talent
    Beavis : Is this Pearl Jam?
    Butt-head: This guy makes faces like Eddie Vedder.
    Beavis: No, Eddie Vedder makes faces like this guy.
    Butt-head: I heard these guys, like, came first and Pearl Jam ripped them off.
    Beavis: No, Pearl Jam came first.
    Butt-head: Well, they both suck.
  • jimed14jimed14 Posts: 9,488
    is this one of the members from broken social scene?

    yes, fiest has been in Broken Social Scene ... her and Emily Haines of Metric have shared female vocals for BSS ...
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  • Finger Eleven's first 2 albums, while not groundbreaking, are actually pretty decent. Of course by their third album they started shifting their sound and image to whatever was "popular" at the time.
  • mdigenakismdigenakis Posts: 1,337
    New Pornographers are based in Canada, i think?
    Good band.
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  • mdigenakis wrote:
    New Pornographers are based in Canada, i think?
    Good band.

    They are Canadian. With the exception of Neko, who is a semi-Canadian.
    Cock Fight.
  • The Band! Everyone in the Band was from Canada except Levon Helm, I do believe.

    And right now, I have my favorite "Sunday morning with a cup of coffee by the fire" band:

    Cowboy Junkies. I love Margo Timmons' voice.
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  • I'm sure they were mentioned, but The Hip?
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    I'm sure they were mentioned, but The Hip?

    They've been mentioned a couple times already, but I don't think you could ever mention them enough. Greatest rock band in the world. (sorry Pearl Jam). 22 years into their career and they still kick more ass than most bands half their age. Lone may they run!
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • nutmeg81 wrote:
    do not forget the shite that is bryan adams!!!

    altho technically arent arcade fire's foundin members from the US and moved
    to canada?!

    In Bryan's defense...he's kinda like Phil Collins in that he had hits that went way too far up the ladder and stayed up there for way too long(oversatuation). Bryan is one hellofa geetar player, singer/songwriter...he deserves kudos. I'm not his biggest fan but I will say he has talent, like Phil Collins.

    Besides how can anyone not get Summer of 69? ;)

    How about Tom Cochrane and Red Rider?

    Also, I gotta give some kudos to Gordie Johnson(Big Sugar). He has had one hellofa a great year, as a producer...and he ain't a bad geetar player either!
    I haven't got into his Grady work as of yet but as a producer he did 2 cds last /this year that I would consider masterpieces.
  • Tragically Hip, Sam Roberts, Matt Mays, Neil Young, Sinclaire, Our Lady Peace are all fantastic from canada.


    Do we need to list about all the bad american music that poisons our radio waves? The list would be way longer.
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  • pjoasisrulepjoasisrule Posts: 3,412
    Tragically Hip, Sam Roberts, Matt Mays, Neil Young, Sinclaire, Our Lady Peace are all fantastic from canada.


    Do we need to list about all the bad american music that poisons our radio waves? The list would be way longer.

    My point was that Canada hasnt produced enough good music to make up for the abundance of crap that they have produced. Naming a bunch of average or bad bands that most have never even heard of wont change my mind on it either
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  • direwolf74direwolf74 Posts: 1,622
    My point was that Canada hasnt produced enough good music to make up for the abundance of crap that they have produced. Naming a bunch of average or bad bands that most have never even heard of wont change my mind on it either

    That's cause you're a stubborn close-minded fool who refuses to open his ears to some of the best rock n' roll on the planet. Everybody in this thread continues to prove you wrong time and time again, and yet here you still are. You don't like Canadian music, we get it. Now piss off!
    "I try my best to chug, stomp, weep, whisper, moan, wheeze, scat, blurt, rage, whine, and seduce. With my voice I can sound like a girl, the boogieman, a Theremin, a cherry bomb, a clown, a doctor, a murderer. I can be tribal. Ironic. Or disturbed. My voice is really my instrument."

    -Tom Waits
  • I dislike most woman vocalists, especially ones with screeching vocals.
    thats a dude.... the singer from rush is a dude..... and neil peart is one of the greatest drummers ever! (ironic that both of canadas primary exports are named neil)
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  • and i for one am a big alanis fan... shes a fox! (in an earthy girl-next-door kindof way)
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  • canadian bands suck so much cos theyre simply americans in fleeces

    (seattle is your only redemption america.....and possibly chicago? *pumpkins*)
  • canadian bands suck so much cos theyre simply americans in fleeces

    (seattle is your only redemption america.....and possibly chicago? *pumpkins*)
    if chicago is gonna take credit for any redemption please let it be for buddy guy or bb king and not the pumpkins!

    you might have your beatles and rolling stones but we still got bob dylan and bruce springsteen!
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  • sgossard3 wrote:
    if chicago is gonna take credit for any redemption please let it be for buddy guy or bb king and not the pumpkins!

    you might have your beatles and rolling stones but we still got bob dylan and bruce springsteen!




    you aint got nothing on us yankees!
  • ok... well atleast we can agree on jimi hendrix... that was a tag team effort between america and england... we made him and got him started... you guys boosted him to greatness... kudos
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  • sgossard3 wrote:
    ok... well atleast we can agree on jimi hendrix... that was a tag team effort between america and england... we made him and got him started... you guys boosted him to greatness... kudos



    indeed!
  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    i just heard the new black mountain album and its fantastic........they are from vancouver.. highly recommend checkin them out

    the ten kens album is really good too, they are from TO... Holy Fuck would have to be the 3rd most listened Canadian band for me in the past few weeks
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  • bharQbharQ Posts: 1,201
    direwolf74 wrote:
    That's cause you're a stubborn close-minded fool who refuses to open his ears to some of the best rock n' roll on the planet. Everybody in this thread continues to prove you wrong time and time again, and yet here you still are. You don't like Canadian music, we get it. Now piss off!

    agreed. and for the record pjoasisrule........ oasis do not rule........at all

    im sure whether he likes it or not this thread has lead some open minded people to bands they would have otherwise never heard...

    I Mother Earth - Dig and Scenery and fish... two more classic Canadian gems worth checking out
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  • My point was that Canada hasnt produced enough good music to make up for the abundance of crap that they have produced. Naming a bunch of average or bad bands that most have never even heard of wont change my mind on it either


    Turn your radio off. The internet is at your finger tips, explore the world there is tons of music out there. Don't let some radio station pick the music for you. Or even better go check out your local original music scene.
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