100 Greatest Canadian Rock Artists

Adam · **Joined:** Tue Dec 21, 2010 1:48 am **Posts:** 53

Criteria: - To be eligible for this list, artists must have been born in Canada. In the case of groups or duos, they must have been formed in Canada. The following artists were ranked on their initial and lasting popularity, influence as well as acclaim received from critics and other musicians.

Edited By: Adam

1. Neil Young
2. Rush
3. The Band
4. Arcade Fire
5. Joni Mitchell
6. Bryan Adams
7. Drake
8. Heart
9. Guess Who
10. Leonard Cohen
11. Gordon Lightfoot
12. Alanis Morissette
13. Nickelback
14. Blue Rodeo
15. Steppenwolf
16. Robert Charlebois
17. Barenaked Ladies
18. Nelly Furtado
19. Éric Lapointe
20. Buffy Sainte-Marie
21. Avril Lavigne
22. k.d. lang
23. Triumph
24. Our Lady Peace
25. Tragically Hip
26. Cowboy Junkies
27. Les Cowboys Fringants
28. Three Days Grace
29. Ian & Sylvia
30. Sloan
31. New Pornographers
32. Jack Scott
33. Diamonds
34. Bruce Cockburn
35. Robbie Robertson
36. Gino Vanelli
37. Saga
38. Harmonium
39. Bachman-Turner Overdrive
40. Daniel Lanois
41. Voivod
42. Martha & The Muffins
43. Mathew Good Band
44. Feist
45. April Wine
46. Loverboy
47. Tom Cochrane
48. Sum 41
49. Skip Spence
50. Kate & Anna McGarrigle
51. Ariane Moffatt
52. Lighthouse
53. Fefe Dobson
54. Kardinal Offishall
55. K-os
56. Godspeed You Black Emperor!
57. Rheostatics
58. Constantines
59. Pat Travers
60. Andy Kim
61. Corey Hart
62. Payola$
63. Jean-Pierre Ferland
64. Prism
65. Chilliwack
66. Burton Cummings
67. Rough Trade
68. Sam Roberts
69. Alexisonfire
70. Crash Test Dummies
71. Black Mountain
72. Eric's Trip
73. Ian Thomas
74. Simple Plan
75. Snow
76. Weakerthans
77. Dan Hill
78. Aldo Nova
79. Stampeders
80. Swollen Members
81. Northern Pikes
82. Pursuit of Happiness
83. Rascalz
84. Bran Van 3000
85. Billy Talent
86. Beau Marks
87. Crowbar
88. Jean Leloup
89. Ron Sexsmith
90. Teenage Head
91. FM
92. Men Without Hats
93. Poppy Family
94. Red Rider
95. Kings
96. Finger Eleven
97. Vincent Vallières
98. Max Webster
99. Terry Jacks
100. Irish Rovers

101. Spoons
102. Moffats
103. Trooper
104. Five Man Electrical Band
105. Sue Foley
106. Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
107. Bells
108. Edward Bear
109. Down with Webster
110. Claude Dubois
111. Joey Gregorash
112. Gary & Dave
113. Goddo
114. Demics
115. Gob
116. Ugly Ducklings
117. Simply Saucer
118. Bobby Curtola
119. Sweeney Todd
120. Raes
121. Little Caesar & the Consuls
122. Terry Black

pave · **Posted:** Mon Jul 04, 2011 10:03 pm

wow, canada kind of sucks when it comes to rock music lol.

love Neil though

Georgi · **Joined:** Thu Oct 07, 2010 3:37 pm **Posts:** 7267

Drake 7 already? Blimey.

piper · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 10:36 am

Drake at #7 is ridiculous.

We already have a Greatest International Artists (non-US, non-UK) list. How about basing this list off of the Canadian Artists on that one?

pauldrach · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 3:28 pm

Could it be that this list is based on a Canadian point of view? If so, it would have to differ from my list.

piper · **Posted:** Tue Jul 05, 2011 5:25 pm

If it was, The Tragically Hip would be in the Top 10.

pauldrach · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 11:32 am

That's true. But it can't be from an international point of view either. I mean, who the hell is Éric Lapointe? Or Les Cowboys Fringants?

piper · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:18 pm

Dunno. This user is new, so maybe he doesn't have a good grip on our criteria?

pauldrach · **Posted:** Wed Jul 06, 2011 2:26 pm

Is it the same guy as the one who did the song lists for 1947-49? Not that I could make an educated statement on that topic, but they don't look all that bad really. Adam, are you here? Could you perhaps explain your approach to creating this list?

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

This is not really that important ...Heart is listed at #8 and the criteria at the top says "the artist must have been born in Canada" ..... as a note of trivia, none of the members of Heart were born in Canada ... nor are all the members of Steppenwolf .... and Levon Helm of the Band is an American etc .... and the Irish Rovers listed at #100 are not a rock band :lol:

....Take care

pauldrach · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 11:31 am

Looks like the band pretty much formed switching back and forth between Seattle and Vancouver which is close enough, even though they are originally a Washington band.

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

pauldrach wrote:

Looks like the band pretty much formed switching back and forth between Seattle and Vancouver which is close enough, even though they are originally a Washington band.

... it was in those draft dogging days of the Vietnam War but none of the members were born in Canada even though in the early years they told everyone they were from Canada :smile:

... and all the members of the Irish Rovers were oddly enough born in Ireland or Northern Ireland ...Take care

piper · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 12:26 pm

gminer wrote:

pauldrach wrote:

Looks like the band pretty much formed switching back and forth between Seattle and Vancouver which is close enough, even though they are originally a Washington band.

... it was in those draft dogging days of the Vietnam War but none of the members were born in Canada even though in the early years they told everyone they were from Canada :smile:

... and all the members of the Irish Rovers were oddly enough born in Ireland or Northern Ireland ...Take care

Yup, that's right. That's also why Rick James was in one of Neil Young's early bands, The Mynah Bird.

pauldrach · **Posted:** Fri Jul 08, 2011 4:17 pm

gminer wrote:

pauldrach wrote:

Looks like the band pretty much formed switching back and forth between Seattle and Vancouver which is close enough, even though they are originally a Washington band.

... it was in those draft dogging days of the Vietnam War but none of the members were born in Canada even though in the early years they told everyone they were from Canada :smile:

... and all the members of the Irish Rovers were oddly enough born in Ireland or Northern Ireland ...Take care

Adam wrote:

In the case of groups or duos, they must have been formed in Canada.

Anyway they're not exactly rock (The Irish Rovers, not Heart).

gminer · **Joined:** Mon Oct 11, 2010 5:17 pm **Posts:** 2453

pauldrach wrote:

gminer wrote:

pauldrach wrote:

Looks like the band pretty much formed switching back and forth between Seattle and Vancouver which is close enough, even though they are originally a Washington band.

... it was in those draft dogging days of the Vietnam War but none of the members were born in Canada even though in the early years they told everyone they were from Canada :smile:

... and all the members of the Irish Rovers were oddly enough born in Ireland or Northern Ireland ...Take care

Adam wrote:

In the case of groups or duos, they must have been formed in Canada.

Anyway they're not exactly rock (The Irish Rovers, not Heart).

An Irish Folk band formed in Canada would be a better description ... Take care

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