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• 3 Inches of Blood
  3 Inches of Blood
  3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia, currently consisting of Cam Pipes, Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, and Ash Pearson...
  
  
• The 3tards
  The 3tards
  The 3tards are a Canadian punk rock band that was formed in Brampton, Ontario , in 2001.The band was formed by vocalist , guitarist Mike Tard , bassist Rich Tard and drummer Rob Tard...
  
  
• 11:30
  11:30
  11:30 was a dance-pop duo from Montreal, Quebec, Canada that consisted of identical twin sisters Toni and Trish Sherwood...
  
  
• 13 Engines
  13 Engines
  13 Engines was a Canadian alternative rock band active in the 1990s.Formed in 1985 as The Ikons, the band consisted of four York University students—vocalist John Critchley, guitarist Mike Robbins, bassist Jim Hughes and drummer Grant Ethier. They released a self-titled independent cassette in 1986...
  
  
• 54-40
  54-40
  54•40 is a Canadian alternative rock group from Tsawwassen, British Columbia.The band takes their name from the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!", coined to express the expansionist agenda of James K...
  
  
• 1755
  1755 (band)
  1755 is an Acadian band formed by Kenneth Saulnier, Pierre Robichaud, Roland Gauvin, Donald Boudreau and Ronald Dupuis. The band was active from 1975 to 1984, when it officially disbanded...
  
  

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• Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships
  Abandon All Ships is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2006, the group is currently signed to Universal Music Group, Underground Operations along with Rise Records and its subsidiary, Velocity...
  
  
• Acid Test
  Acid Test (band)
  Acid Test was a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Toronto in 1990. The band consisted of vocalist and bassist Lucy Di Santo, guitarist Steve Fall, keyboardist Atom Percy, drummer Jim Alty, and DJ Mike Harland. Fall played a prominent role in the Bruce McDonald black comedy Highway 61 in...
  
  
• The Acorn
  The Acorn
  The Acorn is a Canadian indie folk band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 2003. Their songs have charted on Canadian campus charts and have been in rotation on CBC Radio 3 and The Verge....
  
  
• Acoustically Inclined
  Acoustically Inclined
  Acoustically Inclined was a folk music group founded in 1988 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Past members of the band included Luke Doucet. The band released three albums on the Oh Yah! record label.-History:...
  
  
• Ad Vielle Que Pourra
  Ad Vielle Que Pourra
  Ad Vielle Que Pourra was a Quebec music group founded in 1985 performing traditional celtic music, mostly from Brittany. Members have included Daniel Thonon, Luc Thonon, Gilles Plante, Alain Leroux, Clement Demers-Recordings:...
  
  
• AfroNubians
  AfroNubians
  The AfroNubians were a world music band based in Toronto. Its founders included Sudanese emigrant Tarig Abubakar and Adam Solomon who would participate in the Juno Award winning album African Guitar Summit, a recent band from whom lead guitarist, Pa Joe from Ghana would figure very prominently...
  
  
• Age of Daze
  Age of Daze
  Age of Daze is a Canadian alternative rock band from Fredericton, New Brunswick formed in 2005. They released their debut self-titled independent EP that year. They released their second album "Hollywood Ending" in 2007...
  
  
• Age of Electric
  Age of Electric
  Age of Electric was a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s.The band, consisting of two pairs of brothers, formed in Lanigan, Saskatchewan in 1989. The members were guitarists Ryan Dahle and Todd Kerns, bassist John Kerns and drummer Kurt Dahle. Ryan, Todd and Kurt all contributed vocals as...
  
  
• The Agonist
  The Agonist
  The Agonist is a Canadian metal band from Montreal, Quebec. Their debut full-length album, Once Only Imagined was released on August 14, 2007. Their second full-length album, Lullabies for the Dormant Mind was released on March 19, 2009. Alissa White-Gluz uses both vocal fry and clean vocals for...
  
  
• AIDS Wolf
  AIDS Wolf
  AIDS Wolf is a Canadian noise rock band, who debuted on Pasalymany tapes but are currently on Skin Graft Records and Lovepump United.-Name:According to singer Chloe Lum, the name "AIDS Wolf" comes from an urban legend wherein wolves carry AIDS and pass it to house pets who then pass it on to...
  
  
• Air Traffic Control
  Air Traffic Control (band)
  Air Traffic Control is a power pop/rock band hailing from Nova Scotia's South Shore. The band has a history that predates even its current name. Brothers Kirk and Jordi Comstock made their first foray into music while in elementary school...
  
  
• Akuma
  Akuma (band)
  Akuma is a punk band from Quebec formed in 1998 from the ashes of Banlieue Rouge.Akuma is a character from the Street Fighter series....
  
  
• Alert the Medic
  Alert the Medic
  Alert The Medic is a Canadian rock band based out of Halifax, Nova Scotia. The group consists of vocalist and guitarist Ryan MacDonald, bassist Matt Campbell, guitarist Troy Arseneault and drummer Dale Wilson...
  
  
• Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire
  Alexisonfire was a five-piece, Juno-nominated post-hardcore band that formed in St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada in 2001. The band consisted of George Pettit , Dallas Green , Wade MacNeil , Chris Steele , and Jordan Hastings .They describe their music as "the sound of two Catholic high-school girls...
  
  
• Alias
  Alias (band)
  Alias was a Canadian album-oriented rock/hard rock supergroup band, formed in 1988 by vocalist Freddy Curci and guitarist Steve DeMarchi of the Canadian arena rock band Sheriff , along with Heart founding members Roger Fisher, Steve Fossen, and Mike DeRosier.The band released its self-titled debut...
  
  
• All Systems Go!
  All Systems Go!
  All Systems Go! is a Canadian punk rock group, and features members of Big Drill Car, Doughboys, the Asexuals and The Carnations. The band was formed after Frank Daly and Mark Arnold's previous band Big Drill Car broke up in 1995 and John Kastner's and Peter Arsenault's previous band The Doughboys...
  
  
• Alpha Galates
• Alta Moda
  Alta Moda
  Alta Moda were a Canadian funk-rock band in the 1980s.Formed in 1979 in Toronto, Ontario, the band originally consisted of singer Molly Johnson and guitarist Norman Orenstein. Drummer Steven Gelineau and bassist Etric Lyons were added in 1982 and 1983 respectively.The band eventually signed to CBS...
  
  
• Amati Quartet
  Amati Quartet
  The Amati Quartet in Residence is a string quartet, associated with the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, Canada.The ensemble performs with four instruments made by the Amati family of luthiers now owned by the university. They were acquired from farmer and collector Steven Kolbinson in...
  
  
• Amphibious Assault
  Fallon Bowman
  Fallon Bowman is a musician from Ontario, Canada, best known for her involvement with Kittie, Pigface, Amphibious Assault and most recently, a solo career. She is of Dutch and Indonesian descent.-Kittie:...
  
  
• Anagram
  Anagram (band)
  Anagram is a Canadian punk rock band from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada based out of Toronto.The band has been through extensive personnel changes since Matt Mason founded the band with his fraternal twin Willy Mason, but it eventually settled into its current membership: Matt Mason, lead vocals; Jeff...
  
  
• André
  André (band)
  André is a rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is made up of Maxime Philibert, Frédérick St-Onge, Louis Therrien-Galasso, and David Bussières. Frontman Maxime Philibert also works as a psychology professor at the Université du Québec à Montréal.André Papanicolaou, guitarist, is a...
  
  
• Annihilator
  Annihilator (band)
  Annihilator is a Canadian heavy metal band hailing from Ottawa, Ontario, also from Vancouver, British Columbia between 1987-2002 by founding member, vocalist, guitarist and bassist Jeff Waters. The band has been around since 1984 and is the biggest selling heavy metal artist from Canada in history,...
  
  
• Anonymus
  Anonymus (band)
  Anonymus is a Quebec thrash metal band founded in 1989. Their last studio album, "Chapter Chaos Begins", was released by Galy Records in 2006. They are known for their collaboration on the album L'Académie du Massacre featuring songs by Quebec satirical singer Mononc' Serge.The band was nominated...
  
  
• Anvil
  Anvil (band)
  Anvil is a Canadian heavy metal band comprising Steve "Lips" Kudlow , Robb Reiner , and Glenn Five...
  
  
• Apollo Ghosts
  Apollo Ghosts
  Apollo Ghosts is a Canadian indie rock band. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the band consists of singer and guitarist Adrian Teacher, bassist and guitarist Jason Oliver, bassist Jarrett K, and drummer Amanda Panda....
  
  
• Apostle of Hustle
  Apostle of Hustle
  Apostle of Hustle is a Canadian indie rock group, formed in 2001 by Andrew Whiteman.-History:The band is more or less the brainchild of Andrew Whiteman, who has been in such groups as Bourbon Tabernacle Choir and Que Vida. He released a solo effort titled Fear of Zen in 1995. He is also the lead...
  
  
• An April March
  An April March
  An April March is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Kitchener, Ontario in 1989. The band's last incarnation consisted of singer/guitarist Danella Hocevar, guitarist Chris Perry and drummer Michael Klüg...
  
  
• April Wine
  April Wine
  April Wine is a Canadian rock band formed in 1969. According to the band, they chose the name 'April Wine' simply because members thought the two words sounded good together...
  
  
• Arcade Fire
• Arise and Ruin
  Arise and Ruin
  Arise and Ruin was a Canadian metalcore band from Guelph, Ontario, currently signed to Victory Records.-History:Arise and Ruin formed in 2005, and quickly signed with Stereo Dynamite Recordings, a Toronto-based independent label. Their debut EP appeared in April 2006, and the group won critical...
  
  
• Arkaea
  Arkaea
  Arkaea is an industrial metal supergroup formed in 2008 featuring members from Threat Signal and Fear Factory.-Formation:The band was formed by Christian Olde Wolbers and Raymond Herrera who had recorded a demo for a new band. They sent the demo to Threat Signal vocalist Jon Howard and Arkaea was...
  
  
• Arkells
  Arkells
  Arkells are a Canadian rock band, formed in Hamilton, Ontario. In 2006, they signed with Dine Alone Records, the label for other Canadian acts such as City and Colour, Attack In Black, Alexisonfire, and Tokyo Police Club.-Band history:...
  
  
• Armchair Cynics
  Armchair Cynics
  Armchair Cynics are a rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. In 2004 the band signed a recording and development contract with Vancouver based 604 Records. The initial release with 604 records was the EP Killing the Romance and is distributed by Universal Music Canada. The recording...
  
  
• Armed and Hammered
  Armed and Hammered
  Armed and Hammered was a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario, spawned from the Kensington Market, BFG scene. They played their first show June 7, 1989 and their final show on April 19, 2003...
  
  
• Armistice
  Armistice (band)
  Armistice is a Canadian indie pop band, consisting of singer-songwriter Béatrice Martin, better known by her stage name Coeur de pirate, and Jay Malinowski of Bedouin Soundclash. The duo released a five-song EP, Armistice, on February 15, 2011 on Dare to Care Records...
  
  
• Arraymusic
  Arraymusic
  Arraymusic is a Canadian organization specializing in the performance and the promotion of contemporary classical music. It presents its virtuosic 7-member chamber ensemble, The Array Ensemble, each summer season in a 3-month series of Toronto-based concerts....
  
  
• The Arrogant Worms
  The Arrogant Worms
  The Arrogant Worms are a Canadian musical comedy trio that parodies many musical genres. They are well known for their humorous on-stage banter in addition to their music.-History:...
  
  
• The Arrows
  The Arrows (Canadian band)
  The Arrows were a popular 1980s new wave band from Canada. They are not identical to the british 70s-band Arrows, well known for their greatest hit I Love Rock N' Roll, covered later by Joan Jett, Britney Spears e Miley Cyrus.-Biography:...
  
  
• Art of Dying
  Art of Dying (band)
  Art of Dying is a Canadian rock band fronted by Jonny Hetherington. The band has built an international following since 2006 touring with Seether and Disturbed as well as performing at international festivals such as Download and Virginfest alongside artists like Tool, Metallica and...
  
  
• Artificial Joy Club
  Artificial Joy Club
  Artificial Joy Club was a Canadian alternative rock band.The group formed in 1993 when Louise Reny and Leslie Howe, formerly of the pop group One to One, joined with guitarist Michael Goyette, bassist Tim Dupont and drummer Andrew Lamarche. Initially taking the name Sal's Birdland, the group...
  
  
• The Artist Life
  The Artist Life
  The Artist Life is a pop punk band from Toronto, Ontario signed to Underground Operations as of September 2008.-History:The Artist Life was started by Ian Blackwood on vocals and guitar, and Dean Richards on guitar and vocals in January 2006...
  
  
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• Ashes of Soma
  Ashes of Soma
  -Members:*Randy Gray *Mike Preney *Paul Doman *Joel Bishop -Biography:Three Windsor high school classmates which consisted of Gray, Preney, and an unnamed vocalist sought out to start a band and found their drummer in Paul Doman, creating the band Knematic...
  
  
• At the Mercy of Inspiration
  At the Mercy of Inspiration
  At the Mercy of Inspiration was a technical metal band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band formed in 2000 and went on indefinite hiatus in 2005.They toured with Alexisonfire and The End....
  
  
• Atach Tatuq
  Atach Tatuq
  Atach Tatuq is a Canadian hip hop group from Montreal, consisting of musicians DJ Naes, Egypto, 1-2 d'Piq, L'Intrus, Virus, Dee, Khyro, R.U., Casco, Arnak and Haikai....
  
  
• Attack In Black
  Attack in Black
  Attack in Black was a Canadian indie rock band from Welland, Ontario. They first signed to Skate Ahead Records for their self-titled album debut in 2005. In spring 2006, they signed with Dine Alone Records...
  
  
• Atomic 7
  Atomic 7
  Atomic 7 is a Canadian instrumental rock trio formed in 1998, led by its only constant member, former Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet guitarist Brian Connelly. While Shadowy Men rarely used vocals, Atomic 7's music is completely instrumental...
  
  
• Austra
  Austra (band)
  Austra is a Canadian New Wave band, fronted by singer-songwriter Katie Stelmanis.The band, also featuring Stelmanis' former Galaxy bandmate Maya Postepski and former Spiral Beach bassist Dorian Wolf, played a number of early shows under the name Private Life before learning that another band was...
  
  
• The Awkward Stage
  The Awkward Stage
  The Awkward Stage is a Canadian indie pop band, based in Vancouver, British Columbia and fronted by singer-songwriter Shane Nelken. The band's supporting lineup currently consists of Tygh Runyan on lead guitar, Tony Koelwyn on drums and Chris Mitchell on trumpet and keyboards.Nelken, who works as a...
  
  
• Axis of Advance
  Axis of Advance
  Axis of Advance was a death metal band from Canada that formed in 1998 and dissolved in 2008. The band was formerly known as Sacramentary Abolishment, until drummer Paulus Kressman left the band...
  
  
• Ayria
  Ayria
  Ayria, pronounced area, is a Canadian futurepop/synthpop musical project formed in early 2003 by Toronto's Jennifer Parkin following her departure from Epsilon Minus.-Biography:The first Ayria album, Debris, was released on Alfa Matrix in 2003....
  
  
• Azeda Booth
  Azeda Booth
  Azeda Booth was a Calgary, Alberta, Canada, based experimental-pop band formed in 2004, influenced by glitch, IDM, and experimental music.-Music and history:Self-described as "Cherry-Pop", Azeda Booth's music pulled from many genres....
  
  

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• B2Krazy
  B2Krazy
  B2Krazy were a dance pop group from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The group consist of two young instrumentalists, Zael and Brett , rapper Revren , female lead singer Geneviève Marchesseau and spiritual advisor Yahoo.The group is well known for their top 20 Canadian hits, "Dream About You" B2Krazy...
  
  
• B4-4
  B4-4
  b4-4 later on Before Four was a Canadian boy band from Toronto, Ontario. The band was composed of the twins Ryan and Dan Kowarsky, and Ohad Einbinder. They were signed to Sony Records and achieved commercial success in Canada and later on as Before Four in Germany...
  
  
• Bachman–Turner Overdrive
• Bad Flirt
  Bad Flirt (band)
  Bad Flirt is an indie pop band from Montreal, Canada, originally formed as a solo project. The band was launched in its current form in the winter of 2004 and has since played more than 200 shows.-History:...
  
  
• Bakunin's Bum
  Bakunin's Bum
  Bakunin's Bum, named after the anarchist philosopher Mikhail Bakunin, is a musical collaboration between Norman Nawrocki and Godspeed You! Black Emperor drummer Aidan Girt. Their first recording, Fight to Win! was released as a benefit for the Ontario Coalition Against Poverty and features spoken...
  
  
• The Band
  The Band
  The Band was an acclaimed and influential roots rock group. The original group consisted of Rick Danko , Garth Hudson , Richard Manuel , and Robbie Robertson , and Levon Helm...
  
  
• Banlieue Rouge
  Banlieue Rouge
  Banlieue Rouge was a punk band from Montreal, Quebec active through the early to mid 1990s. They disbanded in 1999.Banlieue Rouge was formed in 1989 in Longueuil, a Montreal suburb. Heavily influenced by French punk rock bands such as Bérurier Noir, they started with a drum machine, which was...
  
  
• Banned From Atlantis
  Banned From Atlantis
  Banned From Atlantis were a Winnipeg based punk, rock, punk rock and indie band from the early 90's to 1995. They released a couple of 7" splits, 1 cassette tape called "Outie" and a full length CD called People Write to Geena Davis in Japanese....
  
  
• Baptized in Blood
  Baptized in Blood
  Baptized in Blood are a 5-piece London, Ontario based heavy metal band. They are managed by Mark Adelman and Dave Mustaine, the frontman of American heavy metal band, Megadeth. They have been signed to Roadrunner Records since December 2009...
  
  
• Barachois
  Barachois (band)
  Barachois is a Canadian band from Prince Edward Island that plays traditional Acadian music.The members of the group are:*Albert Arsenault - fiddle, percussion, bass, vocals*Hélène Bergeron - keyboard, guitar, fiddle, vocals...
  
  
• Barcelona Pavilion
  Barcelona Pavilion (band)
  Barcelona Pavilion was an indie pop band formed in 2001 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Their releases include It's Because of the Barcelona Pavilion and It's the Barcelona Pavilion, on Blocks Recording Club leading to a devoted cult following....
  
  
• Barenaked Ladies
  Barenaked Ladies
  Barenaked Ladies is a Canadian alternative rock band. The band is currently composed of Jim Creeggan, Kevin Hearn, Ed Robertson, and Tyler Stewart. Barenaked Ladies formed in 1988 in Scarborough, Ontario, then a suburban municipality outside the City of Toronto...
  
  
• Barley Bree
  Barley Bree
  Barley Bree was an Irish-Canadian band active in the 1980s and ‘90s. They comprised Tom Sweeney and Jimmy Sweeney , Donegal fiddler P.V. O’Donnell and Brian Doherty . The group was formed in Northern Ireland but moved to Canada in 1977. From their base in Nova Scotia, they widely toured North America...
  
  
• Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
  Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts
  Barney Bentall and the Legendary Hearts are a Canadian rock band, based out of Vancouver that formed in 1980. The band's name was taken from the title of Lou Reed's 1983 album.-Biography:...
  
  
• Barra MacNeils
  Barra MacNeils
  The Barra MacNeils are a Canadian musical group from Sydney Mines, Nova Scotia. The founding members of the group are siblings Sheumas, Kyle, Stewart, and Lucy MacNeil. In 2005 two additional brothers, Ryan and Boyd, joined the band...
  
  
• Barstool Prophets
  Barstool Prophets
  The Barstool Prophets were a rock band formed in Cornwall, Ontario in 1989 that was active throughout the 1990s. The members were bassist Glenn Forrester, singer/songwriter Graham Greer, guitarist Al Morier, and drummer Bobby Tamas. Originally known as the Wallflowers, the band changed its name in...
  
  
• Bass is Base
  Bass is Base
  Bass is Base was a Canadian R&B group from Toronto, Ontario, active during the 1990s.The band consisted of Chin Injeti on bass, Ivana Santilli on keyboards, and MC Mystic on percussion...
  
  
• The Battered Wives
  The Battered Wives
  Battered Wives was a Canadian punk rock band from Toronto, active during the late 1970s. The group was spawned on Queen St. It consisted of Toby Swann , Colin Fox , and Robert Stewart, . The whole idea being to turn it up to ten and saw the knobs off...
  
  
• The Be Good Tanyas
  The Be Good Tanyas
  The Be Good Tanyas are a Canadian traditional music group, whose influences included folk, country, and bluegrass. The style of music they performed can be referred to as alt-country or Americana.-Career:...
  
  
• Beau Dommage
  Beau Dommage
  Beau Dommage is a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, who achieved popular success in Quebec and France in the 1970s. The group's style included rich vocal harmonies and elements borrowed from folk and country music.-History:...
  
  
• Beast
• Bedouin Soundclash
  Bedouin Soundclash
  Bedouin Soundclash is a Canadian band currently based in Toronto. Their sound can be described as reggae and ska.-History:The band's current lineup consists of vocalist and guitarist Jay Malinowski, and bassist Eon Sinclair with Sekou Lumumba on drums. Their debut album, Root Fire, released in 2001...
  
  
• Bell Orchestre
  Bell Orchestre
  Bell Orchestre is a six-piece instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.In late 2003, they recorded their first album, at the same time and in the same studio that Arcade Fire recorded Funeral. However, Arcade Fire's popularity was just beginning to break when they asked Bell Orchestre to...
  
  
• Bell Tower
  Bell Tower (band)
  Bell Tower is a four-piece alternative rock/garage rock band from Calgary, Alberta. They have released mulitple singles and an EP album with Calgarian independent record label Studio014 Entertainment.Winners of the 2009 MRU Battle Royale.-Biography:...
  
  
• Bella
  Bella (band)
  Bella is a Canadian indie pop band from Vancouver, who formed in 2003, and have released two full-length albums. The band signed to Vancouver's Mint Records in 2006 and released the full-length "No One will Know" featuring guest musicians Roddy Bottum , Will Schwartz , John Collins and Jason...
  
  
• The Belle Game
  The Belle Game
  The Belle Game is an indie folk pop band originating from Vancouver, British Columbia. Formed in July 2009, the band currently consists of permanent members Adam Nanji, Andrea Lo, Alex Andrew, Katrina Jones, Rob Chursinoff, and Ian Cook.-Origin:...
  
  
• The Bells
• Belvedere
  Belvedere (band)
  Belvedere was a Canadian Punk Rock band formed in 1995. Originally not meant to play a show, they gained a cult following in Canada's punk scene...
  
  
• Beneath the Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre
  Beneath the Massacre is a Canadian death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Their debut album, Evidence of Inequity, was released in 2005, under Galy Records. In early 2006, the band signed with Prosthetic Records and has since released their first full-length album, Mechanics of...
  
  
• The Besnard Lakes
  The Besnard Lakes
  The Besnard Lakes are a Canadian indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Formed in 2003 by the husband and wife team of Jace Lasek and Olga Goreas, two of their three albums have been nominated for the Polaris Music Prize.-History:...
  
  
• Bet.e & Stef
  Bet.e & Stef
  Bet.e & Stef is a bossa nova jazz group from Montreal, Canada. They were nominated in 2003 for the Juno New Group of the Year.The female-male duo has released two albums:* Jazz/Bossa Nova *# "So Danco Samba"*# "Boomerang Baby"*# "Fever"...
  
  
• Big Dirty Band
  Big Dirty Band
  The Big Dirty Band is a Canadian supergroup composed of Rush's Geddy Lee and Alex Lifeson , Thornley's and Big Wreck's Ian Thornley , Three Days Grace's Adam Gontier , Die Mannequin's Care Failure and The Tea Party drummer Jeff Burrows.The Big Dirty Band was put together in support of the Trailer...
  
  
• Big Sugar
  Big Sugar
  Big Sugar is a Canadian blues-rock band, they were active from 1991 to 2004 and again since April 2010. The band has sold more than half a million albums in Canada.-History:...
  
  
• Big Wreck
  Big Wreck
  Big Wreck is a rock band formed by Ian Thornley in 1994. They disbanded in 2002 and Ian Thornley went onto a successful solo career with his own band Thornley. In 2010, Ian Thornley and Brian Doherty reunited for a cross-Canada tour, playing both Big Wreck and Thornley songs. Doherty then...
  
  
• Bike for Three!
  Bike for Three!
  Bike for Three! is a "cross-continental collaboration" between Canadian hip-hop artist Rich Terfry, also known as Buck 65, and Belgian producer Joëlle Phuong Minh Lê, also known as Greetings from Tuskan. Their debut album, More Heart Than Brains, was released by Anticon on May 26, 2009...
  
  
• Billy Talent
  Billy Talent
  Billy Talent is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Streetsville, Ontario. They formed in 1993 with Ben Kowalewicz as the lead vocalist, Ian D'Sa on lead guitar, bassist Jon Gallant and drummer Aaron Solowoniuk ....
  
  
• The Birthday Massacre
  The Birthday Massacre
  The Birthday Massacre is a synthrock band, based in Toronto, Canada. The band formed in 1999, known then as Imagica...
  
  
• Bison B.C.
  Bison B.C.
  Bison B.C. are a heavy metal band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.They are currently signed to California based Metal Blade records....
  
  
• BKS
  BKS
  BKS is a Toronto-based techno group created by radio DJ Chris Sheppard, with other members Hennie Bekker and Greg Kavanagh....
  
  
• The Black Halos
  The Black Halos
  The Black Halos are a Vancouver, BC based punk rock band founded in 1993 by lead singer Billy Hopeless and guitarist Rich Jones as The Black Market Babies. The band was briefly on Sub Pop Records, and later signed with History Music...
  
  
• Black Jays
  Black Jays
  Black Jays is a Canadian independent record label, production company, and musical collective, specializing in hip-hop, R&B, and reggae music. Founded in 2000 by rappers Kardinal Offishall and Solitair, it was originally known as Silver House and the Girl . In 2004, the group came to prominence...
  
  
• Black Lung Inner City Choir
• The Black Lungs
• The Black Maria
  The Black Maria
  The Black Maria was a rock band from Toronto, Canada. After touring and recording actively between 2003–2007, the band has gone into a permanent hiatus.-History:The Black Maria was formed in 2003, based out of the Greater Toronto Area in Canada....
  
  
• Black Mountain
  Black Mountain (band)
  Black Mountain is a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band is composed of Stephen McBean, Amber Webber, Matt Camirand, Jeremy Schmidt and Joshua Wells.-Overview:...
  
  
• Black Ox Orkestar
  Black Ox Orkestar
  Black Ox Orkestar is a quartet of musicians from Montreal, Canada who play European Jewish folk music. They formed in the summer of 2000 to explore their common Jewish heritage through music. The band's music is entirely acoustic; texts are sung in Yiddish....
  
  
• Blackberry Wood
  Blackberry Wood
  Blackberry Wood is a musical group based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. It consists of guitar, vocals, stand-up bass, drum-kit, percussion, and horn section. Depending on the event and their line-up, they will also perform with accordion and fiddle....
  
  
• Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
  Blackie and the Rodeo Kings
  Blackie and the Rodeo Kings are a Canadian folk rock/alternative country band with blues and country influences. The band was formed in 1996, in Hamilton, Ontario, by Tom Wilson, Stephen Fearing, and Colin Linden.-Early Period: 1990s:...
  
  
• Blasphemy
  Blasphemy (band)
  Blasphemy are a black/death metal band formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1984. The band released a demo titled Blood Upon the Altar in 1989 and their debut album, Fallen Angel of Doom, the following year through Wild Rags, a record label they had signed to while touring the United...
  
  
• Blessed by a Broken Heart
  Blessed by a Broken Heart
  Blessed by a Broken Heart, stylized as BBABH, is a post-hardcore and glam metal band, originally from Montreal, Quebec, Canada that was formed in 2003. They are currently signed to Tooth & Nail records.-History:...
  
  
• Blinker the Star
  Blinker the Star
  Blinker the Star is a Canadian indie rock band, originally from Pembroke, Ontario, Canada. Band leader Jordon Zadorozny is known for having cowritten songs with Courtney Love...
  
  
• Blood Meridian
  Blood Meridian (band)
  Blood Meridian is a Canadian alternative country band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band consists of singer and songwriter Matt Camirand, guitarist Jeff Lee, keyboardist Shira Blustein, bassist Kevin Grant and drummer Joshua Wells...
  
  
• Blue Dog Pict
  Blue Dog Pict
  Blue Dog Pict fuses rock, jazz, Cabaret, performance art, glam, ambient-electronica and alternative sensibilities together to form what some compared to Pink Floyd, Mr...
  
  
• Blue Peter
  Blue Peter (band)
  Blue Peter was a Canadian new wave synthpop founded in 1978 in Markham, Ontario by Chris Wardman and Paul Humphrey. In their heyday, Blue Peter opened for major international acts such as The Police and Simple Minds...
  
  
• Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo
  Blue Rodeo is a Canadian pop and country rock band, which was formed in 1984 in Toronto, Ontario. They have been signed with Warner Music Group since their debut album Outskirts in March 1987...
  
  
• Blurtonia
  Blurtonia
  Blurtonia was a Canadian indie rock group, formed in May 1999 to play live shows in support of the well-received self-released debut Adventures in the Kingdom of Blurtonia, co-produced by Daryl Smith whose credits include Sloan, Tricky Woo, and Godspeed You! Black Emperor.In addition to Adventures,...
  
  
• Bob's Your Uncle
  Bob's Your Uncle (band)
  Bob's Your Uncle was a Canadian alternative rock band in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Based in Vancouver, the band consisted of band founder guitarist Jamie Junger, vocalist and guitarist Sook-Yin Lee, bassist Bernie Radelfinger, harmonica player Peter Lizotte and drummer John Rule...
  
  
• Bobs and Lolo
  Bobs and Lolo
  Bobs and Lolo is a Vancouver-based children's music duo consisting of Robyn Hardy , and Lorraine Pond .Originally formed in 2003, Bobs and Lolo gained initial success by performing at the Vancouver Aquarium where Pond worked as an environmental educator...
  
  
• Bobby Kris & The Imperials
  Bobby Kris & The Imperials
  Bobby Kris & The Imperials were a 1960s Toronto folk-rock band, that had a local hit with Burt Bacharach and Hal David's "Walk On By".-Origins:...
  
  
• Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
  Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers
  Bobby Taylor & the Vancouvers were a soul band from Vancouver, British Columbia. Briefly signed to Motown Records in the late 1960s, they had one top 30 hit single, "Does Your Mama Know About Me". As a producer and solo artist, Bobby Taylor contributed to several other soul recordings, both inside...
  
  
• Bombs Over Providence
  Bombs Over Providence
  Bombs Over Providence was a Canadian pop-punk/punk rock band from Brampton, Ontario. They were one of the first bands signed to Underground Operations. Their lyrics mainly have a theme of politics. They broke up around the same time Closet Monster did....
  
  
• The Boomtang Boys
  The Boomtang Boys
  The Boomtang Boys are a Canadian dance-remix trio. They are known for both their remix work and pop-dance music. Their debut album, Greatest Hits Volume One, was released in 1999, and produced the hit "Squeeze Toy" as well as "Pictures", both performed by Kim Esty. Greatest Hits did well in...
  
  
• Bootsauce
  Bootsauce
  Bootsauce was a Canadian rock band formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1989 composed of Drew Ling , Pere Fume , Sonny Greenwich Jr. , Alan Baculis , and John “Fatboy” Lalley...
  
  
• Born Dead Icons
  Born Dead Icons
  Born Dead Icons was a hardcore punk band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They played melodic, heavy and dark d-beat hardcore punk with various influences, mainly British bands Amebix, Discharge, Zounds, and Motörhead. They are notable for playing slower and singing more clearly than most bands in...
  
  
• Born Ruffians
  Born Ruffians
  Born Ruffians, formerly known as Mornington Drive, are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2004, originally from Midland, Ontario, located near Georgian Bay. They are currently signed to Warp Records. The members are Luke Lalonde , Mitch Derosier and Steven Hamelin...
  
  
• La Bottine Souriante
  La Bottine Souriante
  La Bottine Souriante is a folk band from Quebec specialising in traditional Québécois music, often with a modern twist.Formed in 1976, they have toured extensively through North America and Europe. As well as the traditional accordion, fiddle, guitar, piano and double bass, the band added a...
  
  
• Boulevard
  Boulevard (band)
  Boulevard was a Canadian band formed in the mid-1980s by Mark Holden and Randy Gould . The band broke up in 1991.-History:...
  
  
• Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
  Bourbon Tabernacle Choir
  The Bourbon Tabernacle Choir were a Canadian alternative rock band that formed in 1985 in Toronto, Ontario. Their R&B-flavoured rock made them a mainstay on Canadian campus radio in the early 1990s, but the band never quite broke through to the mainstream....
  
  
• Bowser and Blue
  Bowser and Blue
  George Bowser and Rick Blue, better known as Bowser and Blue, are a musical duo from Quebec, Canada who write and perform comedic songs...
  
  
• The Box
  The Box (band)
  The Box is a Canadian New Wave group from Montreal. Founded in 1981, they achieved commercial success in Canada, recording four charting albums and 10 charting singles between 1984 and 1990. The group broke up in 1992, but a new lineup of the band was founded in 2002...
  
  
• BOY
• Boys Brigade
  Boys Brigade (band)
  Boys Brigade was a Canadian New Wave band in the 1980s. Formed in 1980 in Toronto, the band consisted of vocalist and keyboardist Malcolm Burn, guitarist and vocalist Tony Lester, bass guitar Wayne Lorenz, drummer/bu vocals Billie Brock and percussionists/bu vocals David Porter and Jeff Packer...
  
  
• Boys Night Out
  Boys Night Out (band)
  Boys Night Out is a Canadian emo/post-hardcore band from Burlington, Ontario.-Career:The band formed in a 2001 when lead vocalist Connor Lovat-Fraser and current guitarist Jeff Davis started collaborating on . The work eventually led to the four-song You Are My Canvas demo, an EP influenced by...
  
  
• Braided
  Braided
  Braided is a musical group consisting of Casey LeBlanc, Ashley Leitao, and Amber Fleury, who all competed on the third season of Canadian Idol in 2005. They are the third music group to come from an Idol show in the world, second being Young Divas from Australia and first being Feminnem from Croatia...
  
  
• Braids
  Braids (band)
  Braids is an art rock band from Calgary, Alberta and presently based in Montreal, Quebec. Braids consists of Raphaelle Standell-Preston, Katie Lee, Austin Tufts and Taylor Smith. The band members met at a young age and began collaborating in high school...
  
  
• Bran Van 3000
  Bran Van 3000
  Bran Van 3000 is an electronica collective from Manhattan, New York City, New York and Montreal, Quebec. Founded by DJ James Di Salvio and E.P...
  
  
• Brandon Paris Band
  Brandon Paris Band
  Brandon Paris Band is a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Brandon Paris started the band in 2002. The band performs a fusion of pop, rock, reggae, punk and soul. They have gained a huge amount of popularity in many parts of Canada and attained an already significant fan base...
  
  
• BrassMunk
  BrassMunk
  BrassMunk is a Canadian hip hop group from Scarborough, Ontario, located in east Toronto. Formed in 1997, the group consists of emcees S-Roc, Clip, Reign , and DJ/producer Agile...
  
  
• Brasse-Camarade
  Brasse-Camarade
  Brasse-Camarade was a francophone rock and blues group from Ontario, Canada during the 1990s. They were one of the most popular and successful musical groups in Franco-Ontarian history, scoring Top 40 hits in Quebec and Portugal and becoming in 1995 the first Franco-Ontarian group ever to reach #1...
  
  
• Brasstronaut
  Brasstronaut
  Brasstronaut is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, with roots in pop, rock, and jazz. They were formed in 2007. Their current line-up consists of Bryan Davies on trumpet, Edo Van Breemen on piano and vocals, Sam Davidson on clarinet and EWI, Tariq Hussain on lap steel & electric...
  
  
• The Brat Attack
  The Brat Attack
  The Brat Attack are a political punk band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Their first two albums were released on guitarist/vocalist/songwriter Dave Zegarac's label, 3rd Generation Records. Underground Operations signed the band in 2005 and released their album, From This Beauty Comes Chaos and...
  
  
• Brave Belt
  Brave Belt
  Brave Belt was a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba originally consisting of Randy Bachman , his former The Guess Who bandmate, Chad Allan , and Randy's brother Robbie . Randy also provided bass tracks for the recording of the band's first album, Brave Belt I . But C. F...
  
  
• Breach of Trust
  Breach of Trust
  Breach of Trust is a Canadian alternative rock band originally from La Ronge, Saskatchewan. The band currently consists of vocalist Marty Ballentyne, guitarist Donovan Bruyere, bass guitarist Colin Cheechoo and drummer William Aubut...
  
  
• Les Breastfeeders
  Les Breastfeeders
  -History:Formed in 1999, Les Breastfeeders were finalists in the 2003 edition of Les Francouvertes and also won the SOCAN award for best francophone song of the year in 2003, with their song Angle Mort...
  
  
• Breeding Ground
• Brighton Rock
  Brighton Rock (band)
  Brighton Rock are a Canadian glam metal band who released three albums in their home country during the 1980s and 90s. They broke up in 1991 before reuniting and releasing a live album in 2002.-Biography:...
  
  
• Broken Social Scene
  Broken Social Scene
  Broken Social Scene is a Canadian indie rock band, a musical collective including as few as six and as many as nineteen members, formed in 1999 by Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning. Most of its members currently play in various other groups and solo projects, mainly based around the city of Toronto...
  
  
• The Brothers Creeggan
  The Brothers Creeggan
  The Brothers Creeggan is a Canadian alternative rock/jazz band composed of Jim Creeggan , Andy Creeggan and Ian McLauchlan...
  
  
• The Brothers-in-Law
  The Brothers-in-Law
  The Brothers-in-Law was a Canadian satirical musical group that was active in the 1960s and early 1970s, recording a number of popular record albums and generating occasional controversy....
  
  
• Brown Brigade
  Brown Brigade
  Brown Brigade is a reggae-influenced heavy metal band created by former Sum 41 guitarist Dave "Brownsound" Baksh, after leaving Sum 41 in May 2006...
  
  
• Bruce Peninsula
  Bruce Peninsula (band)
  Bruce Peninsula is a Canadian indie rock band, whose style has been described as "a near indescribable and rousing potpourri of prog, gospel, folk, rock, pop and country."...
  
  
• Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers
  Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers
  Buddy Wasisname and the Other Fellers is the name of a musical and comedy trio from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada, which is composed of Kevin Blackmore , Wayne Chaulk and Ray Johnson...
  
  
• Bullmoose
  Bullmoose
  Bullmoose is a Canadian rock trio originally formed in Elgin, Ontario in 1996. Three of the original members continue in the band, which today is based in Montreal. They include twin brothers Jeff Cowan and Seamus Cowan from Westport, Ontario and Eric Lawrance from Delta, Ontario, who launched...
  
  
• Bunchofuckingoofs
  Bunchofuckingoofs
  Bunchofuckingoofs, or the BFGs, are an infamous hardcore punk band from Kensington Market in Toronto, Ontario who formed in November 1983 as a response to "a local war with glue huffing nazi skinheads." They ran a 24 hour a day, seven day a week boozecan from July 1983 to July 1988 at their Baldwin...
  
  
• Bündock
  Bundock
  Bündock is a band from Grand-Mère, Quebec that achieved brief national fame in Canada during the 1980s. First formed in 1979, the band eventually moved to Montreal in 1983 and soon began writing songs in English. They scored a minor hit in Canada with the folksy, orchestral-tinged "American...
  
  
• Burning Love
  Burning Love (band)
  Burning Love is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada formed in 2007. The band consists Chris Colohan of the hardcore band Cursed and of the ex-members of Toronto-based sludge band Our Father...
  
  
• Burnthe8track
  Burnthe8track
  burnthe8track is a punk rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. The group formed in 2001 and has toured extensively in over 30 countries through the United States, Canada, and Europe. The band's debut album was The Ocean...
  
  

• Burnt Project 1
  Burnt Project 1
  Burnt Project 1 is a Canadian First Nations band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. An eleven-member musical collective, the band incorporates elements of rock music, blues, jazz, funk and traditional First Nations music into its style. African, Middle Eastern and Latin beats are also included in their...
  
  
• Bush
  Bush (Canadian band)
  Bush was a Canadian rock band in the early 1970s, which evolved from the respected club act Mandala. The latter had a minor Canadian hit with the song "Love-Itis". Bush consisted of ex-Mandala bandmates Domenic Troiano, Roy Kenner, Hugh Sullivan and Pentti Glan, plus Prakash John. The group...
  
  
• Butterfinger
  Butterfinger (Canadian band)
  Butterfinger is a Saskatchewan-based Canadian alternative/rock band having released an independently recorded studio album.Their song, "Breathe", won several awards including the national songwriting competition in conjunction with Canadian Music Week in 2001...
  
  
• By Divine Right
  By Divine Right
  By Divine Right is a Canadian indie rock band, led by guitarist and vocalist José Miguel Contreras.-History:The band was formed in 1989 by high school friends Contreras, drummer Mark Goldstein, bassist Liz Teear and guitarist Steve Berman. They put out a number of independent releases before...
  
  

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• CANO
  CANO
  CANO were a Canadian progressive rock band in the 1970s and 1980s. They were the most popular and internationally successful musical group in Franco-Ontarian history.-Origins:...
  
  
• The Cameron Family Singers
  The Cameron Family Singers
  The Cameron Family Singers are a Canadian country music band, who play weekly shows as the house band at the Cameron Public House, a major live music venue in Toronto, Ontario....
  
  
• Camouflage Nights
  Camouflage Nights
  Camouflage Nights is an electro-rock band from Toronto headed by Rob Benvie and Ian McGettigan, former members of the defunct Halifax indie band Thrush Hermit....
  
  
• Canadian Brass
  Canadian Brass
  The Canadian Brass is a brass quintet founded by Dr. Charles Daellenbach and Gene Watts in 1970. In addition to maintaining a heavy international touring schedule, the Canadian Brass have recorded over 80 CDs and DVDs...
  
  
• Canadian Bush Party
  Canadian Bush Party
  Canadian Bush Party is a punk trio from Canada, formed by Sheppy Fortrell, Jimi Payne, and Bucky Lopez in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1977.Canadian Bush Party is known for their unsubtle use of Canadian imagery, such as Don Cherry, or the Squamish Five...
  
  
• The Canadian Sweethearts
  The Canadian Sweethearts
  The Canadian Sweethearts were a Canadian singing duo, who were popular during the 1960s, but disbanded in 1977. The duo consisted of vocalist Lucille Starr, and her guitar playing husband, Bob Regan...
  
  
• Cancer Bats
  Cancer Bats
  Cancer Bats are a hardcore punk/sludge metal band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-Background:Cancer Bats originated in May 2004 with singer Liam Cormier and guitarist Scott Middleton, former member of Toronto heavy metal band At the Mercy of Inspiration...
  
  
• Candi & The Backbeat
  Candi & The Backbeat
  Candi & The Backbeat was a Canadian pop band with lead vocalist Candy Pennella . They started out as an Italian wedding band before releasing their debut self-titled album, Candi, in 1988 on the I.R.S. Records label...
  
  
• The Cape May
  The Cape May
  The Cape May are a musical act from Calgary, Alberta. Formed in 2003 by Clinton St. John and Jeff Macleod the band released their first album Central City May Rise Again on Flemish Eye in 2005. The band's lineup is now rounded out by multi-instrumentalist Matt Flegel...
  
  
• Captain Tractor
  Captain Tractor
  Captain Tractor is a Canadian folk rock band, based in Edmonton, Alberta. They play a punk-influenced variant of Celtic folk music, similar to such bands as Great Big Sea, The Pogues or Spirit of the West...
  
  
• Career Suicide
  Career Suicide
  Career Suicide is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada. Effectively formed in 2001, the band's first live performance took place in January 2002, with first recorded output soon to follow. The band has gone on to record several full-length albums and singles on various international labels...
  
  
• The Carpet Frogs
  The Carpet Frogs
  The Carpet Frogs are a Toronto based rock band. They are best known for their work with Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings.-Band members:Nick Sinopoli - Percussion and vocalsDavid Love - Guitar and vocals...
  
  
• The Carps
  The Carps
  The Carps are a Canadian rock music duo consisting of bassist Neil White and drummer Jahmal Tonge. They are signed to Toronto-based URBNET Records.-History:The band began its career in Scarborough, a borough of the city of Toronto, in 2005....
  
  
• The Cash Brothers
  The Cash Brothers
  The Cash Brothers are a Canadian alternative country/folk rock duo, consisting of brothers Andrew and Peter Cash.-Career:Prior to the creation of The Cash Brothers, Andrew and Peter Cash both had established careers as songwriters and musicians. Andrew was a member of the bands L'Étranger and...
  
  
• Cats Can Fly
  Cats Can Fly
  Cats Can Fly was a Canadian synthpop band in the 1980s. They released one album in 1986.Cats Can Fly began as a school rock band called Ethos at Elia Junior High School in North York, Ontario in 1971. The original members were Jim Longmuir on guitar, Alan Frizell on guitar, Frank Miller on drums...
  
  
• Cauldron
  Cauldron (band)
  Cauldron is a heavy metal band based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were formed in 2006 following the breakup of Goat Horn, with guitarist Brandon Wars leaving to form a new band, Zuku...
  
  
• Cauterize
• Chalk Circle
  Chalk Circle
  Chalk Circle was a Canadian college rock band in the 1980s. The band consisted of lead singer and guitarist Chris Tait, bassist Brad Hopkins, keyboardist Tad Winklarz and drummer Derrick Murphy.-History:...
  
  
• Change of Heart
  Change of Heart (band)
  Change of Heart was a Canadian alternative rock band. They had one Top 40 hit, "There You Go" in 1992, as well as several hits on Canada's modern rock charts, including "Trigger" and "Little Kingdoms".-History:...
  
  
• Chango Family
  Chango family
  La Chango Family is a Montreal, Quebec based band that plays a mixture of reggae, ska, funk, and other genres of music, which is often called world music....
  
  
• Che: Chapter 127
  Che: Chapter 127
  Che: Chapter 127 was a Canadian heavy metal band, active in the early 2000s. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the band consisted of vocalist Meegan Riot, guitarists Brent Anderson and Ian White, bassist Brandon Edwards and drummer Daniella Booth....
  
  
• Chéri
  Chéri (band)
  Chéri is a female dance music duo from Montreal, consisting of American Rosalind Hunt and Canadian the Lyn Cullerier. In 1982 they had their only Hot 100 entry, "Murphy's Law," which hit #39...
  
  
• La Chicane
  La Chicane
  La Chicane is a francophone rock band from Québec, Canada. They performed at the 2003 Toronto Rocks SARS benefit concert.-Past & Present Members:* Dany Bédar, bassist * Martin Bédard, drummer and Dany Bedar brother...
  
  
• Les Chiens
  Les Chiens
  Les Chiens are a Canadian indie rock band from Quebec. The name of the group means The dogs. Les Chiens is also the title of a 1979 film featuring Gérard Depardieu.-Discography:*2000: Nuit Dérobée *2002: Music-Hall 2001...
  
  
• Chilliwack
  Chilliwack (band)
  Chilliwack are a Canadian rock band that had their heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. Although they are a Canadian band, the members were all born in, as well as reside in, the United States of America. They are perhaps best remembered for their five biggest songs "My Girl ", "I Believe", "Whatcha...
  
  
• Chimo!
  Chimo!
  Chimo! was a Canadian rock band of the late '60s and early '70s, evolving from the Georgian People in 1969. The band recorded an album for Revolver Records....
  
  
• Chixdiggit
• The Choir Practice
  The Choir Practice
  -External links:*...
  
  
• Chokehold
  Chokehold (band)
  Chokehold were a vegan straight edge hardcore/punk band hailing from Hamilton, Ontario in Canada. They first formed in 1990, releasing the "More Than Ever" demo tape in 1991. This was quickly followed in 1992 by a split EP with Crisis of Faith and the Life Goes On EP that same year...
  
  
• Choke
  Choke (band)
  -History:With original members Jack Jaggard, Clay Shea, Shawn Moncrieff and Stefan Levasseur, Choke has toured non-stop in Canada and the USA.Choke released their first two albums independently, Lotion in 1995 and Give'er in 1996, which was later released through Smallman Records who signed the...
  
  
• Chore
  Chore (band)
  Chore were a Canadian alternative rock band that formed in January 1995. They released three albums on the Sonic Unyon indie label in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada: Another Plebeian in 1997, Take My Mask and Breathe in 1999, and The Coastaline Fire in 2002.Their video for the single "General Warning"...
  
  
• Chris Brown and Kate Fenner
  Chris Brown and Kate Fenner
  Chris Brown and Kate Fenner are a Canadian folk rock duo, consisting of singer-songwriters Chris Brown and Kate Fenner.-History:Brown and Fenner were founding members of the Canadian alternative rock group Bourbon Tabernacle Choir in the 1980s...
  
  
• Chromeo
  Chromeo
  Chromeo is an electrofunk duo formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 2004.-History:Chromeo is composed of P-Thugg on keyboards, synthesizers, and talk box, and Dave 1 on guitar and lead vocals...
  
  
• Chucky Danger Band
• City and Colour
  City and Colour
  City and Colour is the recording alias for Juno Award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter Dallas Green, who was also the guitarist and vocalist of the post-hardcore band Alexisonfire. He plays melodic acoustic and folk music and is often accompanied by a rotating number of Canadian indie rock...
  
  
• Cities in Dust
  Cities in Dust (band)
  Cities in Dust is a Canadian indie rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. The band took its name from the Siouxsie and the Banshees song "Cities in Dust" and formed in 2003. Its members consist of Zach Frank , Craig Nordemann , Simon Toye and Matt Winters...
  
  
• Clark
  Clark (band)
  CLARK the band was an indie rock band operating out of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada.The band was formed in Ottawa in 1999 by John Tielli who sang, played guitar and composed....
  
  
• Clarknova
  Clarknova
  Clarknova was a 5 piece alternative rock band from Newmarket, Canada. The group originally formed in the early 1990s under the name Tribal Stomp, and released 2 records, one entitled Blue and a second, self-titled album, Tribal Stomp. This record had 2 singles, Breathe and Stain, with videos for...
  
  
• Classic Albums Live
  Classic Albums Live
  Classic Albums Live is a concert series based in Toronto, Ontario, in which musicians perform a classic rock album in its entirety. The series was founded in 2003 by Craig Martin, a musician who had previously produced a series of boutique cabaret shows as well as composed music for television and...
  
  
• The Cliks
  The Cliks
  The Cliks are a Canadian rock band consisting of Lucas Silveira , Tobi Parks and Brian Viglione . The Cliks' major label debut album, Snakehouse was released on April 24, 2007 by Warner Music in Canada and by Tommy Boy Records in the United States.-History:In an In The Life interview, Silveira...
  
  
• Closet Monster
  Closet Monster
  Closet Monster was a Canadian punk rock band from Ajax, Ontario.-Biography:Closet Monster formed in 1997 and broke up in 2005. They played their final show on December 8, 2005 at the Phoenix in Toronto with Underground Operations label mates Dead Letter Dept, Bombs Over Providence, Hostage Life and...
  
  
• Closure
  Closure (band)
  Closure is a Canadian rock band previously signed to TVT Records. The band released their first album, a self-titled album, in 2003. The album was fueled by the hit single "Look Out Below". The band is currently writing their new album and is awaiting word from their label...
  
  
• Clumsy Lovers
  Clumsy Lovers
  The Clumsy Lovers are a folk rock/bluegrass/Celtic jam band based in the Vancouver, British Columbia suburb of Coquitlam, with more than 2000 live performances in a decade to its credit...
  
  
• Code Revivial
  Code Revivial
  Code Revival is a Canadian rock band based in Toronto, originating in the summer of 2004. Their single "Don't Change A Thing" resulted in a fourth place finish in the 2004 Mix 99.9 songwriting contest...
  
  
• Coley
  Coley (band)
  Coley is a Canadian indie rock band, from Sherbrooke, Quebec. The band is the brainchild of singer/guitarist JF Coley, joined by Jocelyn Blanchette on the drums and David Jalbert on bass. Their musical style has been referred to as a "post-grunge throwback to British 60's pop"...
  
  
• Collapsing Opposites
  Collapsing Opposites
  Collapsing Opposites is an indie rock group and music project from Vancouver, BC. It was founded in 2002 by Ryan McCormick and has subsequently included over 18 different members.-History:...
  
  
• The Collectors
• Les Colocs
  Les Colocs
  -External links:**Extensive French Wikipedia Les Colocs information***...
  
  
• Comeback Kid
  Comeback Kid
  Comeback Kid is a Canadian hardcore band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Formed in 2002, the band is currently signed to Facedown Records. Their name comes from a headline in a newspaper about hockey player, Mario Lemieux coming back to the NHL. The band was formed in 2002 by Andrew Neufeld and Jeremy...
  
  
• Cone Five
  Cone Five
  Cone Five was an indie noise-pop band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, active from 1999 to 2006. The band began as a recording project spearheaded by Matt McLennan, Galaxy Jenny, Sean Pauls and Ryan McVeigh...
  
  
• Coney Hatch
  Coney Hatch
  Coney Hatch is a Canadian hard rock band who released 3 albums in the 1980s. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Carl Dixon who would also go on to play with April Wine and a Burton Cummings-less Guess Who for several years, as well as touring solo and releasing...
  
  
• Conjure One
  Conjure One
  Conjure One is a Canadian electronic music project, headed by Rhys Fulber, better known as a member of Front Line Assembly and Delerium, as well as other musical groups alongside Bill Leeb.-History:...
  
  
• The Consonant C
  The Consonant C
  The Consonant C are a Canadian alternative pop group from Calgary, Alberta. They are currently unsigned. They pull their influences from various genres of music including classical, jazz, punk rock and folk...
  
  
• Constantines
  Constantines
  -History:The band was formed by Steve Lambke, Bryan Webb, Doug MacGregor, and Dallas Wehrle in 1999, following the break-up of Webb and MacGregor's emotional hardcore band Shoulder...
  
  
• The Consumer Goods
  The Consumer Goods
  The Consumer Goods are a Canadian indie rock/pop band originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their wickedly incisive and politically-charged music has earned both praise and contempt, but rarely disinterest...
  
  
• Contrived
  Contrived
  Contrived is a Canadian indie rock band based in Halifax and Montreal that formed in June 2000. The band consists of Mike Bigelow, Loel Campbell, Mike MacNeill, Tim D'Eon and Jon Samuel. They are signed to Hand Drawn Dracula. Four of the five members are in the Juno Award-winning band Wintersleep,...
  
  
• controller.controller
  Controller.controller
  controller.controller was a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consisted of vocalist Nirmala Basnayake, guitarists Colwyn Llewellyn-Thomas and Scott Kaija, bassist Ronnie Morris and drummer Jeff Scheven. The band took its name from a song by Shotmaker. The band formed in 2002...
  
  
• Copyright
  Copyright (band)
  Copyright was a Canadian alternative rock band, active in the 1990s. The band was launched by vocalist Thomas Anselmi and guitarist Christian Thorvaldson, former members of the short-lived and controversial punk rock band Slow, with new bassist Eric Marxsen and drummer Pete Bourne.Initially, the...
  
  
• Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
  Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans
  Corb Lund and the Hurtin' Albertans are a Canadian country music band, formerly known as the Corb Lund Band.-Corb Lund:Corb Lund, the lead singer, grew up in Southern Alberta living on his family's farm and ranches near Taber, Cardston and Rosemary. He is proud of being an Albertan...
  
  
• Corky and the Juice Pigs
  Corky and the Juice Pigs
  -Filmography:* 1996 - A Little Off the Top* 1996 - MadTV * 26 October 1998 - SketchCom -References:**...
  
  
• Th' Corn Gangg
  Th' Corn Gangg
  Th' Corn Gangg is an indie pop/hip hop band from Montreal, Canada. The band was founded by Jamie Thompson and Nicholas Thorburn as a direct off-shoot project of The Unicorns several months prior to their December 2004 break-up, but prior to the formation of Islands by those same two musicians.Th'...
  
  
• The Corn Sisters
• The Cottars
  The Cottars
  The Cottars are a Canadian Celtic musical group originating from Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia- Conception to Feast :From 2000 to March 2006 The Cottars were composed of: Ciarán and Fiona MacGillivray of Albert Bridge, Cape Breton, Nova Scotia and The MacKenzies of Cape Breton. In 2006, big...
  
  
• Les Cousins Branchaud
  Les Cousins Branchaud
  Les Cousins Branchaud are a traditional folk group from Sainte-Ursule, Quebec. The group is known for their energy on stage as they put their own spin on old classiques and original traditional-style songs.- History :...
  
  
• Cowboy Junkies
  Cowboy Junkies
  Cowboy Junkies are a Canadian alternative country/blues/folk rock band. The group was formed in Toronto in 1985 by Margo Timmins , Michael Timmins , Peter Timmins and Alan Anton ....
  
  
• Les Cowboys Fringants
  Les Cowboys Fringants
  Les Cowboys Fringants are a popular band and cult phenomenon from Quebec, who perform Québécois néo-trad music , the band also draws on Country music. They have gained an international underground following, especially in France, French-speaking Belgium and Switzerland...
  
  
• Crash Karma
  Crash Karma
  Crash Karma is a Canadian rock supergroup formed in 2008 consisting of Edwin , Mike Turner , Jeff Burrows , and Amir Epstein of Zygote. The band's first full live concert was held in Burlington, Ontario on June 20, 2009. Their first single "Awake" premiered on July 10, 2009...
  
  
• Crash Parallel
  Crash Parallel
  Crash Parallel is an alternative band from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada who have been compared to Lifehouse, Counting Crows, the Fray, Coldplay, and David Gray. Their debut album, World We Know, was released May 6, 2008 and includes the first single and title track, "World We...
  
  
• Crash Test Dummies
  Crash Test Dummies
  The Crash Test Dummies is a Canadian folk rock/alternative rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, widely known for their 1993 single "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm".The band is most identifiable through Brad Roberts and his distinctive bass-baritone voice...
  
  
• Crash Vegas
  Crash Vegas
  Crash Vegas was a Canadian folk rock band which formed in 1988, and achieved moderate success in the early 1990s.-Biography:The band was formed by Michelle McAdorey and Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo in 1988. Jocelyne Lanois joined the band as bassist and shortly after Ambrose Pottie as drummer...
  
  
• The Creeping Nobodies
  The Creeping Nobodies
  The Creeping Nobodies were a Canadian rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2001. They played their final gig in 2009.The Creeping Nobodies began as a one-off performance for a tribute night to the UK band The Fall, and were put together by Derek Westerholm...
  
  
• The Creepshow
  The Creepshow
  The Creepshow is a band from Burlington, Ontario, Canada. The band formed in 2005 when the four original members got together with the purpose of starting a psychobilly band. The Creepshow writes the majority of their songs about horror films....
  
  
• The Crew-Cuts
  The Crew-Cuts
  The Crew-Cuts were a Canadian vocal quartet, that made a number of popular records that charted in the United States and worldwide. They named themselves after the then popular crew cut haircut, one of the first connections made between pop music and hairstyle...
  
  
• Criollo
  Criollo (band)
  Criollo is a Montreal-based Latin, Hip hop band.Their music, in the "Bahire" style , draws from Bachata, Hip hop, Reggae, Latin and R&B influences, and is sung in Spanish....
  
  
• Crowbar
  Crowbar (Canadian band)
  Crowbar was a Canadian rock band based in Hamilton, Ontario, probably best known for their 1971 hit "Oh, What a Feeling".- History :From 1969 to 1970, most of the members of the group had been a backup band for Ronnie Hawkins under the name "And Many Others"...
  
  
• Crush
• Crush Luther
  Crush Luther
  Crush Luther is a Canadian pop-rock band based in Toronto, best known for their 2007 single "City Girl" and 2010 single "A Light".- History :The band formed in London, Ontario in 2002, with members from both Uxbridge, Ontario and Arnprior, Ontario...
  
  
• Cry of the Afflicted
  Cry of the Afflicted
  Cry of the Afflicted was a Christian post-hardcore band from Kelowna, British Columbia.-History:Cry of the Afflicted formed in December 2003. They recorded their first single "Tale of a Soul" in January 2004 and quickly rose in popularity in their city's local scene...
  
  
• Cryptopsy
  Cryptopsy
  Cryptopsy is a Canadian technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 1988. The band has sold over 300,000 records.-Necrosis :...
  
  
• Crystal Castles
  Crystal Castles (band)
  Crystal Castles are an experimental electronic band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of producer Ethan Kath and lyricist and vocalist Alice Glass. Crystal Castles are known for their chaotic live shows and their lo-fi home productions. The duo released many limited EPs between 2006 and...
  
  
• Cub
  Cub (band)
  Cub was an indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia that formed in 1992 and disbanded in 1997. They played a melodic, jangly form of pop punk that was dubbed "cuddlecore" by some music critics...
  
  
• Cuff the Duke
  Cuff the Duke
  Cuff the Duke is a Canadian band from Oshawa, Ontario. They play a blend of traditional country and folk music with indie rock influences, and can be categorized as an alt-country group.-History:...
  
  
• Cursed
  Cursed (band)
  Cursed was a hardcore punk band featuring former and current members of numerous other Canadian DIY bands spanning from the early 1990s to the present, such as Haymaker, Left for Dead, The Swarm aka Knee Deep in the Dead, Acrid, Ruination, The Black Hand, Countdown to Oblivion, At the Mercy of...
  
  
• Cyberaktif
  Cyberaktif
  Cyberaktif was a one-time musical collaboration project between Bill Leeb of the band Front Line Assembly, and cEvin Key and Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy...
  
  
• Cyprian
  Cyprian
  Cyprian was bishop of Carthage and an important Early Christian writer, many of whose Latin works are extant. He was born around the beginning of the 3rd century in North Africa, perhaps at Carthage, where he received a classical education...
  
  

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• Dala (band)
  Dala (band)
  Dala is a Canadian acoustic-folk two-piece musical group, made up by Sheila Carabine and Amanda Walther, both of Scarborough, Ontario.-Early history :...
  
  
• D-Cru
  D-Cru
  D-Cru was a Canadian R&B music group formed in Vancouver, consisting of singers Tanessa Tompkins, Tito Chipman, Craig Smart, Damien Kyles and Aimee Mackenzie....
  
  
• D.O.A.
  D.O.A. (band)
  D.O.A. is a hardcore punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They are often referred to as the "founders" of hardcore punk, along with Black Flag, Bad Brains, Teen Idles, and Minor Threat. Their second album Hardcore '81 was thought by many to have been the first actual reference to...
  
  
• Daedalean Complex
  Daedalean Complex
  Daedalean Complex is a band from Quebec City performing a blend of goth metal and industrial metal. The band was founded in 2007 and the name was derived from Greek mythology with a contemporary twist.-2007:...
  
  
• Daggermouth
  Daggermouth
  Daggermouth was a Canadian pop punk/Hardcore Punk band originating from Vancouver, British Columbia. They started around early 2004 quickly building a solid reputation by touring with bands such as Moneen and SNFU. They were signed to Smallman Records and in late-2005 released their debut album...
  
  
• The Daggers
  The Daggers
  The Daggers are a punk rock n roll band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The band formed in 1997 and their music is heavily influenced by late seventies punk and rock n roll bands...
  
  
• Dahmer
  Dahmer (band)
  Dahmer was a grindcore band formed in Quebec City, Canada in 1995 by Sébastien and Yvan Dionne. They composed songs about serial killers , mass murderers and other various topics, some not even criminal-related and mostly humorous.Though the group split up in early 2000, members are currently...
  
  
• Daniel Wesley
  Daniel Wesley
  - External links :* official site* at CBC Radio 3* Fitzgerald, Nicole. "", Pique Newsmagazine, 11 October 2007.*...
  
  
• Danko Jones
  Danko Jones
  Danko Jones is a Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Danko Jones and JC...
  
  
• The Danks
  The Danks
  The Danks are a Canadian indie rock band from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, founded by Brohan Moore and Alec O'Hanley. Chris Doiron originally played bass guitar, but was replaced by Andrew MacDonald, a bandmate of O'Hanley's from Two Hours Traffic...
  
  
• The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
  The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets
  The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets is a rock band from Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. Their music largely consists of often tongue-in-cheek homages to the works of H. P...
  
  
• The Darling DeMaes
  The Darling DeMaes
  The Darling DeMaes are a Canadian indie rock band based in Montreal, Quebec. The band consists of guitarist and singer/songwriter Erik Virtanen, guitarist Buz , bassist Trevor Lashmore, drummer Stefan Jovanovic and vocalist/guitarist Tasha Cyr.- History :Winter Keep Us Warm Acoustic EPIn May...
  
  
• Dayglo Abortions
  Dayglo Abortions
  The Dayglo Abortions are a Canadian punk band from Victoria, British Columbia. Their lyrics are informed by a complete disregard for societal norms. They formed in 1979 and released their first album in 1981...
  
  
• D.b.s.
  D.b.s.
  d.b.s. were a punk rock band from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. From their beginnings in 1992 to their eventual breakup in 2001, they gained popularity in the Canadian punk rock scene d.b.s. were a punk rock band from North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. From their beginnings in...
  
  
• DD/MM/YYYY
  DD/MM/YYYY
  DD/MM/YYYY was a Canadian experimental indie band from Toronto, Canada. They were known for their abstract music, which involves the use of unconventional instruments and combinations thereof, steadily changing time signatures and rotating member roles. They played their final show on 11/11/2011...
  
  
• Dead Brain Cells
  Dead Brain Cells
  Dead Brain Cells are a Canadian thrash metal band from the late 1980s. Called DBC for short, the band started in 1985 in Montreal as a small project named "Final Chapter" by guitar players Eddie Shahini and Gerry Ouellette, who put an ad in a magazine looking for a drummer...
  
  
• Dead Celebrity Status
  Dead Celebrity Status
  Dead Celebrity Status is a Canadian hip-hop group originating in Sudbury, Ontario. Rappers Yas Taalat and Bobby McIntosh, both former members of the rock/rap band Project Wyze, teamed up with onetime DMC World Champion DJ Dopey to form Dead Celebrity Status in 2003.-History:Following the breakup of...
  
  
• Dead and Divine
  Dead and Divine
  Dead and Divine is a five-piece Post-Hardcore band out of Burlington, Ontario, Canada. Their initial success spawned from their 2005 EP What Really Happened At Lover's Lane on Verona Records .-What Really Happened At Lovers Lane :What Really Happened At Lover's Lane beat all expectations when in...
  
  
• Dead Letter Dept.
  Dead Letter Dept.
  Dead Letter Dept., formerly known as The Stiffs, are a band from Ontario, Canada. The band consists of Rob Moir - , Mike Leblanc - , Andrew Sparks - , Danny Complex - . The band announced their break up on their Myspace blog in 2008. Their songs are mainly about girls and relationship with the...
  
  
• Deadly Apples
  Deadly Apples
  Deadly Apples is a Canadian post-industrial and industrial rock act, founded in 2002 by Alex Martel in Montreal, Quebec. Martel is the only original member of Deadly Apples and serves as its frontman, producer, art director, songwriter and instrumentalist along with bandmates Antoine Lamothe and...
  
  
• The Deadly Snakes
  The Deadly Snakes
  The Deadly Snakes were a Canadian indie rock band influenced by garage rock, punk, folk rock, and early r&b.-History:Formed in Toronto in 1996, the band's final line-up consisted of Andre Ethier on vocals and guitars, Matthew Carlson on guitar, trumpet and bass, Chad Ross on guitar, bass and...
  
  
• Dean Lickyer
  Dean Lickyer
  -Biography:The band’s name pays homage to Dean Lequyer, a high school friend of band member Sean’s father. Dean had introduced Sean’s father to classic rock artists before they were widely popular, including Pink Floyd, Led Zeppelin and Humble Pie to name a few. Although Dean died in the mid...
  
  
• Dear Jane, I...
  Dear Jane, I...
  Dear Jane, I... is a Toronto, Ontario, based band that started in early 2003. The band's current members include Jeremy Dove , James Wells , Kat Lucas , Mark Cohene , and Neil Uppal ....
  
  
• The Dears
  The Dears
  -History:The band formed in 1995 and released their first album, End of a Hollywood Bedtime Story, in 2000. Their orchestral, dark pop sound and dramatic live shows cemented The Dears at the foundation of the then-emerging Canadian indie renaissance...
  
  
• Death from Above 1979
  Death from Above 1979
  Death from Above 1979 are a Toronto-based Canadian dance-punk/noise rock duo. Their album, You're a Woman, I'm a Machine, was released in late 2004. The band broke up in 2006, but announced a reunion in 2011.-History:...
  
  
• Debaser
  Debaser (band)
  Debaser was a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario.Vocalist Luke Higginson is also the younger brother of actress Torri Higginson....
  
  
• Decoded Feedback
  Decoded Feedback
  Decoded Feedback is a Canadian musical project which incorporates styles of electro-industrial and aggrotech. The duo currently releases music on the North American distributor Metropolis Records, and the European record label Out of Line.-History:...
  
  
• The Deep Dark Woods
  The Deep Dark Woods
  The Deep Dark Woods are a Canadian alternative country band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, currently signed to Sugar Hill Records in the United States and Six Shooter Records in Canada...
  
  
• Default
  Default (band)
  Default is a Canadian post-grunge/alternative rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. Since forming in 1999 they have released four albums, and have sold more than a million records...
  
  
• The DeFranco Family
  The DeFranco Family
  The DeFranco Family featuring Tony DeFranco was a 1970s pop music group and family from Port Colborne, Ontario, Canada. The group, all siblings, consists of Benny DeFranco , the guitarist; Marisa DeFranco , the keyboardist; Nino DeFranco , the second guitarist; Merlina DeFranco , the...
  
  
• Deja Voodoo
  Deja Voodoo (Canadian band)
  Déjà Voodoo was formed by Gerard van Herk and his friend Tony Dewald . Combining 1950s horror imagery with rockabilly and country musical influences they created a sound which gained them a unique standing amongst Canadian artists...
  
  
• Delerium
  Delerium
  Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly...
  
  
• Deliverance
  Deliverance (pop band)
  Deliverance was a Canadian Christian pop music band that was active in the late 1970s and early 1980s. Danny Janz, Ken Janz, and Paul Janz formed Deliverance in Lorrach, Germany though the three were from Alberta, Canada. All three were raised in Basel, Switzerland and attended Black Forest Academy...
  
  
• The Demics
  The Demics
  The Demics were a Canadian punk rock band, active in the late 1970s.Originally formed in London, Ontario in 1977, the band consisted of vocalist Keith Whittaker, guitarist Rob Brent, bassist Iain Atkinson-Staines and drummer J. D. Weatherstone. Through 1978, the band were rising stars in the...
  
  
• Despised Icon
  Despised Icon
  Despised Icon was a Canadian deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 2002, the band is notable for the use of two vocalists; Alexandre Erian, takes use of a mid-range screaming technique, and Steve Marois for the low growling vocals, and high pitched screamed vocals...
  
  
• Despistado
  Despistado
  -History:Despistado was active from 2001 to 2004. The band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Dagan Harding, guitarist Leif Thorseth, bassist Joel Passmore and drummer Brenan Schwartz....
  
  
• Destroyalldreamers
  Destroyalldreamers
  Destroyalldreamers was a four-piece instrumental shoegaze band based in Montreal, Canada consisting of guitarists Eric Quach and Mathieu Grisé, drummer Shaun Doré and former bassist Michèle Martin. Their sound has often been described as a mix of classic '90's shoegazing with Godspeed You! Black...
  
  
• Destroyer
  Destroyer (band)
  Destroyer is a Canadian indie pop band fronted by singer-songwriter Dan Bejar.- Overview :Daniel Bejar is an independent pop singer-songwriter from Vancouver who formed Destroyer in 1995. He self-produced his first album, the lo-fi We'll Build Them a Golden Bridge, which was recorded at his in...
  
  
• Detective Kalita
  Detective Kalita
  Detective Kalita is a Toronto indie rock band, consisting of singer, songwriter and guitarist Andy Swan, guitarist and lap steel player Sandro Perri, bassist Greg Smith and drummer Shayne "The Velvet Fog" Cox.The band releases its material on Kelp Records...
  
  
• The Devin Townsend Band
• The Diableros
  The Diableros
  The Diableros are a Canadian rock band, formed in Toronto in 2004.-History:The band is fronted by singer-songwriter Pete Carmichael. The group started after founding drummer Phoebe Lee suggested to Carmichael that they play his unheard original songs together...
  
  
• The Diamonds
  The Diamonds
  The Diamonds are a Canadian vocal quartet who rose to prominence in the 1950s and early 1960s with sixteen Billboard hit records. The original members were Dave Somerville , Ted Kowalski , Phil Levitt , and Bill Reed .-1950s:...
  
  
• Die Mannequin
  Die Mannequin
  Die Mannequin is a punk rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are fronted by 23-year-old guitar player and singer Care Failure . They played the "Next Big Thing" Stage at Edgefest 1 in 2006, have toured across Eastern Canada several times on their own as well as opening for Buckcherry on...
  
  
• Dig Circus
  Dig Circus
  Dig Circus was a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. Although popular on the Queen Street West scene in Toronto, the band broke up in the mid-1990s without having achieved mainstream success...
  
  
• The Dik Van Dykes
  The Dik Van Dykes
  The Dik Van Dykes were a garage punk sextet based in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada who first formed in 1985 and folded in 1989.They released two albums, Nobody Likes...The Dik Van Dykes, released 1987, and Waste Mor Vinyl, released 1989, on the Og Records label, preceded by a limited edition indie...
  
  
• The Dinner Is Ruined
  The dinner is ruined
  The Dinner Is Ruined is a Canadian indie rock band. Formed in 1991 by Dale Morningstar, the band plays an experimental and improvisational brand of blues rock.The band members are Dale Morningstar, Dave Clark and Dr. Johnny Pee...
  
  
• The Diodes
  The Diodes
  The Diodes are a Canadian punk/new wave band formed in 1976. They released five albums: Diodes , Released , Action-Reaction , Survivors , and Time/Damage Live 1978...
  
  
• Dionysos
  Dionysos (Canadian band)
  - External links :* * http://www.progarchives.com/artist.asp?id=3004...
  
  
• Dirty Circus
  Dirty Circus
  Dirty Circus is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant and Mos Eisley of the band Sweatshop Union. Already an established act on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver prior to joining Sweatshop Union, they released their first album as a duo, Alive and Well,...
  
  
• District 7
  District 7
  District 7 is a four person band from Ontario, Canada that was formed in June of 1999. District 7 does not really fit into any real genre perfectly; however, they do share a number of stylistic similarities with Skate punk music. Music influences and similarities include Strike Anywhere, Bigwig,...
  
  
• Do Make Say Think
  Do Make Say Think
  Do Make Say Think is a Canadian instrumental post-rock band from Toronto, Ontario. Their music combines jazz style drums, distorted guitars and wind instruments, as well as a prominent use of the bass guitar.-Biography:...
  
  
• Doc Walker
  Doc Walker
  Doc Walker is a country music group from Portage La Prairie, Manitoba, Canada. They have won Canadian Country Music Awards and had radio hits with the songs "I Am Ready" and "The Show is Free" from the 2003 album Everyone Aboard. In 2001 they released the album Curve...
  
  
• Doctor
  Doctor (band)
  Doctor is a Canadian rock band founded by vocalist Daniel Greaves, formerly of The Watchmen, and bassist Rob Higgins, formerly of Change of Heart. The duo was joined in studio by guitarist Jamie Edwards and drummer Dan Cornelius to record the band's debut album, High Is As High Gets...
  
  
• Dr. Draw
  Dr. Draw
  Dr. Draw is a Canadian electronic band which is named after the nickname of their leader, Eugene Draw. In the band, Draw plays electric violin, and incorporates a guitarist, an electronic keyboardist,an electric harpist, an electric cellist, a rock bassist and a drummer.-Discography:* The City *...
  
  
• Dog Day
  Dog Day (band)
  Dog Day is a Canadian indie rock duo based in Halifax, Nova Scotia consisting of husband and wife team Seth Smith and Nancy Urich. Originally a four-piece, the band released its debut EP, Thank You in 2005 on homemade CD-Rs...
  
  
• Don Vail
  Don Vail
  Don Vail is a Canadian indie rock band, formed by Mitch Bowden and David Dunham. Some of the band's songs were written for their earlier band Chore, but not recorded by that band before it broke up....
  
  
• Donkey Heart
  Donkey Heart
  Donkey Heart is an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was known for its DIY attitude and energetic live performances, which often included makeshift costumes, toy instruments, partial to full nudity and lots of dancing.-History:...
  
  
• The Dope Poet Society
  The Dope Poet Society
  The Dope Poet Society is a politically charged hip hop group from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Their music is characterized by clever and sometimes controversial lyrics. ProfessorD.us is the lead vocalist of the group, known for his tongue twisting, “rapid fire” rap style. The group has been active...
  
  
• Doubting Thomas
• Doug and the Slugs
  Doug and the Slugs
  Doug and the Slugs are a Canadian new-wave/power-pop band based in Vancouver. The group was formed in 1977 and was most active throughout the 1980s. They are best remembered for the Canadian top 40 hits "Too Bad" , "Making It Work" and "Tomcat Prowl"...
  
  
• Doughboys
  Doughboys (band)
  Doughboys were a Canadian alternative rock band that were active in the late 1980s and early/mid 1990s. The band was renowned for its musical blend of punk and pop-style melodies.-Early Years:...
  
  
• Downchild Blues Band
  Downchild Blues Band
  The Downchild Blues Band is a Canadian blues band, described by one reviewer as "the premier blues band in Canada". The band is still commonly known as the Downchild Blues Band, though the actual band name was shortened to "Downchild" as of the early 1980s....
  
  
• Downhere
  Downhere
  Not to be confused with the album Down Here by Tracy Bonham.Downhere is a Juno Award-winning Christian rock band from Canada...
  
  
• Download
  Download (band)
  Download is an electronic music group formed by Dwayne Goettel and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1994. The initial lineup also included Off & Gone's Phil Western and Mark Spybey of Dead Voices on Air, but has since been particularly fluid, with Key and Western being the only constant members...
  
  
• Down With Webster
  Down with Webster
  Down with Webster, or DWW, is a 7-man Canadian rap rock band from The Beaches area of Toronto, Ontario who signed with Universal Motown in April 2009. During live shows the band occasionally uses a 3-piece horn section....
  
  
• Dragon Fli Empire
  Dragon Fli Empire
  Dragon Fli Empire is a hip hop duo from Calgary, Canada, comprising Tarik Robinson, also known as Teekay , and Adam Hicks, also known as DJ Cosm ....
  
  
• Dragonette
  Dragonette
  Dragonette is a Canadian electropop group active since 2005. Dragonette consists of singer-songwriter Martina Sorbara, bassist and producer Dan Kurtz and drummer Joel Stouffer....
  
  
• Dream Warriors
  Dream Warriors
  Dream Warriors were a Canadian hip hop duo from Toronto, Ontario, comprising King Lou and Capital Q. Described as "a pair of deft, intelligent rappers" by Allmusic, they were major contributors to the jazz rap movement of the early 1990s. Their 1991 debut album, And Now the Legacy Begins, is...
  
  
• Dubmatique
  Dubmatique
  Dubmatique are a Canadian hip hop group from Montreal. They were the first French language hip hop crew from Canada to break through to Canada's francophone pop charts...
  
  
• Duchess Says
  Duchess Says
  Duchess Says is a Canadian punk band from Montreal. The band, formed in late 2003, describes its own genre as "moog rock".The band consists of vocalist and guitarist Annie-Claude Deschênes, keyboardist and guitarist Ismael Tremblay, guitarist and bassist Philippe Clément and percussionist Simon...
  
  
• The Dudes
  The Dudes
  The Dudes are a Canadian indie rock band, formed in 1996 in Calgary, Alberta. Dan Vacon is The Dudes' major creative force in the band. The group also includes guitarist Bob Quaschnick, drummer Scott Ross and newest member Brock Geiger on bass....
  
  
• The Duhks
  The Duhks
  The Duhks is a band from Winnipeg, Canada.The members play a blend of Canadian soul, gospel, North American folk, Brazilian samba, old time country string band, zydeco, and Irish dance music. Hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, their music draws heavily on all of the North American musical traditions,...
  
  
• Dunk
  Dunk (band)
  Dunk was a Canadian pop-rock band from Niagara Falls, Ontario, best known for their 2000 Canadian top-30 single "Crowdsurfing".-Starkicker:The group formed after the Dunk brothers dissolved their earlier project Starkicker a few years prior...
  
  
• Duplex!
  Duplex! (Canadian band)
  Duplex! is a children's music band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that claims influences from urban folk to punk rock. The members range in birth years from 1967 to 2002; both toddler Abe Caruso and noted Canadian musician Veda Hille played on the debut album.-Members:Ages given are as of...
  
  
• The D'Urbervilles
  The D'Urbervilles
  Matters are a Canadian indie rock band from Guelph, Ontario. The band consists of Tim Bruton , Kyle Donnelly , John O'Regan and Greg Santilly...
  
  

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• 11:30
  11:30
  11:30 was a dance-pop duo from Montreal, Quebec, Canada that consisted of identical twin sisters Toni and Trish Sherwood...
  
  
• Eagle & Hawk
  Eagle & Hawk
  Eagle & Hawk is a Canadian First Nations rock group, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba. The core of the band consists of lead guitarist Vince Fontaine, lead singer and guitarist Jay Bodner, bass guitarist Lawrence 'Spatch' Mulhall and drummer Marty Chapman...
  
  
• Econoline Crush
  Econoline Crush
  Econoline Crush is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada formed in 1992. Originally formed in Seattle, they eventually moved back to Vancouver...
  
  
• Eden Ants
  Eden Ants
  Eden Ants was a Canadian indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario, founded in 2000 by the Montreal-born Ender brothers. Eden Ants was fronted by Adymm Ender on vocals, with guitarist Rob Ender, drummer Ryan MacMaster, Joe False on bass, and guitarist Wolfgang....
  
  
• Edward Bear
  Edward Bear
  Edward Bear was a Toronto based Canadian pop-rock group, formed originally in 1966 by Larry Evoy and Craig Hemming. The third member to join was Paul Weldon. The band signed with Capitol Records in 1969. Most of their chart successes were in the early 1970s before disbanding in 1974. Their band...
  
  
• Egger
• Eidolon
  Eidolon (band)
  Eidolon was a Canadian power metal band formed in 1993 by brothers Shawn and Glen Drover . The band was signed to Metal Blade Records, but was let go in 2004, in part because of a refusal to tour. Eidolon signed soon after to Escapi Records. The band has released seven studio albums to date...
  
  
• Eight Seconds
  Eight Seconds
  Eight Seconds was a new wave-pop band formed in 1982 in Ottawa, Canada. They are best known for their 1987 top-30 single "Kiss You " from the full-length album Almacantar...
  
  
• Eldebrock
  Eldebrock
  Eldebrock is a Canadian rock band, formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada, in 2009. The group consists of lead vocalist Jay Wegenast, lead guitarist Barrett Moore, rhythm guitarist Del Bannerman, bass guitarist Richard Lalonde and drummer Shawn Bannerman....
  
  
• Electro Quarterstaff
  Electro Quarterstaff
  Electro Quarterstaff is an instrumental metal band hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. They play a form of progressive/technical heavy metal and employ three lead guitarists. Initially consisting of just three guitarists and drummer, they added a bassist to their line-up in winter 2006 and...
  
  
• Elephant Stone
  Elephant Stone (band)
  Elephant Stone is a Canadian indie rock band. Fronted by Rishi Dhir , the band's style incorporates aspects of traditional Indian music including the sitar.-History:...
  
  
• Elevator
  Elevator (band)
  Elevator is a band from Moncton, New Brunswick. Started in 1994 as Elevator To Hell, a solo outlet for Eric's Trip lead man Rick White, the project eventually grew to include Eric's Trip drummer Mark Gaudet and White's ex-wife Tara on bass and, for a short while, Ron Bates of Orange Glass as a...
  
  
• The Elizabeth Shepherd Trio
  The Elizabeth Shepherd Trio
  The Elizabeth Shepherd Trio is a Juno Award nominated jazz outfit from Toronto, Canada, fronted by vocalist and pianist Elizabeth Shepherd.The trio is completed with bassist Scott Kemp and drummer Colin Kingsmore...
  
  
• Elliott Brood
  Elliott Brood
  Elliott BROOD is a three-piece, alt-country band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, consisting of Mark Sasso on lead vocals, guitar, banjo, ukulele, and harmonica, Casey Laforet on guitar, backing vocals, bass pedals, keys and ukulele and Stephen Pitkin on percussion, sampler and backing vocals...
  
  
• Emerson Drive
  Emerson Drive
  Emerson Drive is a country music band founded in Grande Prairie, Alberta, Canada in 1995. The band is Brad Mates , Danick Dupelle , Mike Melancon , Dale Wallace , and David Pichette .Early on, the band found minor success in Canada, releasing two albums under the name of 12 Gauge, the first Open...
  
  
• Empyria
  Empyria
  Empyria is a progressive power metal band, formed in 1991 by Mike Kischnick, Paul Falcon, and Simon Adam in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-History:...
  
  
• Emily Haines & the Soft Skeleton
  Emily Haines
  Emily Haines is a Canadian indie rock singer-songwriter. She is the lead singer and keyboardist of the band Metric and a member of Broken Social Scene. As a solo artist, she performed with her own name and under the alias Emily Haines & The Soft Skeleton...
  
  
• The End
• The English Teeth
  The English Teeth
  The English Teeth were a band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They played a mostly Anglo blend of 60s garage and discerning 70s and 80s rock and punk.-History:...
  
  
• English Words
  English Words
  English Words is a Canadian Indie Rock Band based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. It is made up of two song writing brothers , a cousin , an old friend and a spring chicken...
  
  
• Epsilon Minus
  Epsilon Minus
  Epsilon Minus was a Canadian futurepop/trance band formed in 2000 by Bogart Shwadchuck and Jennifer Parkin. The name "Epsilon Minus" is a reference to Aldous Huxley's novel, Brave New World....
  
  
• Eric's Trip
  Eric's Trip
  Eric's Trip is a Canadian indie rock band from Moncton, New Brunswick. Eric's Trip achieved prominence as the first Canadian band to be signed to Seattle's flagship grunge label Sub Pop in the early 1990s...
  
  
• Esmerine
  Esmerine
  Esmerine is an experimental instrumental group started by Bruce Cawdron and Beckie Foon, who have contributed to other Montreal-based bands as Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Set Fire to Flames, and Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band...
  
  
• The Essentials
  The Essentials (band)
  The Essentials are a Canadian a cappella group founded in London, Ontario, Canada in 1993, now based out of Toronto. Band co-founder Joe Oliva attended London Central Secondary School where he co-founded a predecessor a cappella group to The Essentials, called The Humdingers.-Biography:The...
  
  
• Esthero
  Esthero
  Esthero ,born Jenny-Bea Englishman, is a Canadian singer-songwriter who currently lives in Los Angeles, California. The name Esthero refers both to the singer and formerly to the two-person team of herself and producer Doc McKinney...
  
  
• L'Étranger
  L'Étranger (band)
  L'Étranger was a Canadian punk rock band in the early 1980s. Named for the novel L'Étranger by Albert Camus, the band played a politically-minded brand of punk music that drew on both Clash influences and the band members' social justice-oriented Roman Catholic faith...
  
  
• Eudoxis
  Eudoxis
  Eudoxis was a thrash metal band formed in 1984 in Montreal, Canada. They released the Metal Fix demo and video in 1985. The video received extensive airplay on the Canadian cable channel MuchMusic's "Power Hour." This was followed by the 1986 EP Attack from Above and the 1991 LP Open Fire...
  
  
• Euphoria
  Euphoria (music project)
  Euphoria is a Canadian trance, techno, and electronica music project formed in Toronto in 1993 by Ken Ramm. The music groups has released three albums....
  
  
• Evans Blue
  Evans Blue
  Evans Blue is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada founded in 2005.- Origins :Evans Blue came together in early 2005. Five musicians, then in three separate bands, met through a local musician's message board...
  
  
• Evening Hymns
  Evening Hymns
  Evening Hymns is a Canadian indie folk rock band, whose core member is singer and songwriter Jonas Bonnetta. A native of Orono, Ontario, Bonnetta released a solo recording, Farewell to Harmony, under his own name in 2007 before choosing the name Evening Hymns, because he did not want his music to...
  
  
• Everyone's Talking
  Everyone's Talking
  Everybody's Talking was a game show which aired on ABC from February 6 to December 29, 1967. Former dance-party host Lloyd Thaxton was the host; Wink Martindale and Charlie O'Donnell were the announcers...
  
  
• The Evaporators
  The Evaporators
  The Evaporators is a Canadian punk rock band formed in 1986 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Nardwuar, its founding member, is known for interviewing politicians and celebrities.-History:...
  
  
• Exciter
  Exciter (band)
  Exciter is a Canadian speed metal band from Ottawa, Ontario. They are widely considered to be one of the first speed metal bands and a seminal influence of the thrash metal genre. Exciter have sold nearly 2.3 million units in the USA and a total sells at 10 million units worldwide...
  
  
• Exhaust
  Exhaust (band)
  Exhaust is a bass clarinet, drum and tape trio from Montreal that started in the mid-90s. The bands members are Aidan Girt , Gordon Krieger and Mike Zabitsky . Their debut album was a self-released 7" cassette entitled 230596. Their first release on Constellation Records was in 1998 . It was...
  
  
• The Expos
  The Expos
  Originally known as The Donuts, The Expos are a Canadian reggae band, making music from their hometown of Newmarket, Ontario. Their debut album, "Old Friends," was re-released 2007 under the new record label, Stomp, and the new moniker, "The Expos."-Band members:* Reed Neagle – vocals, drums*...
  
  

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• 54-40
  54-40
  54•40 is a Canadian alternative rock group from Tsawwassen, British Columbia.The band takes their name from the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!", coined to express the expansionist agenda of James K...
  
  
• FM
  FM (Canadian band)
  FM is a progressive rock band from Toronto, Canada which existed from 1976 to 1996, with a brief return in 2006, although they had a period of inactivity between 1989 and 1994. Their music has been categorized as space rock, and lyrics are dominated by science fiction themes...
  
  
• FM Static
  FM Static
  FM Static is a two-piece Toronto-based pop punk band currently signed to Tooth & Nail Records. The band was started as a side project by Thousand Foot Krutch frontman Trevor McNevan, and drummer Steve Augustine...
  
  
• Faber Drive
  Faber Drive
  Faber Drive is a four-piece, Canadian pop punk band from Mission, British Columbia.-Biography:Discovered by Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, and signed to his 604 Records label after winning Fox Seeds, a local radio challenge, Faber Drive released their debut album, Seven Second Surgery, on May 15, 2007...
  
  
• Fake Shark - Real Zombie!
  Fake Shark - Real Zombie!
  Fake Shark – Real Zombie! is a Canadian dance punk band. Formed in 2005, their musical style combines elements of IDM and post-hardcore. The name is a reference to Lucio Fulci's film Zombi 2, where a real shark and a zombie engage in combat.-History:...
  
  
• Failed States
• Fair Ground
  Fair Ground
  Fair Ground is a Canadian Rock band.Fair Ground was formed by Canadian guitarists Pete Lesperance and Mike Turner, of the bands Harem Scarem and Our Lady Peace, respectively...
  
  
• Farm Fresh
  Farm Fresh
  Farm Fresh is a hip hop group from Brandon, Manitoba, Canada. Made up of mcenroe, Pip Skid and DJ Hunnicutt, they released their first recording The Space EP in 1994 followed by a full length album named Crazy Friction in 1995....
  
  
• Farrell Brothers
• Faunts
  Faunts
  -History:Faunts was formed in the fall of 2000 by two brothers Steve and Tim Batke. Faunts are released on Friendly Fire Recordings. In 2005, their debut album High Expectations/Low Results was well-received. In 2006, a 40-minute EP entitled M4 was released that grew out of music crafted to...
  
  
• FemBots
  FemBots
  FemBots are a Canadian indie rock band, originating from Toronto, Ontario. Originating members Dave MacKinnon and Brian Poirier also travel with The Weakerthans on tour...
  
  
• Femme Fatale
• Feu Thérèse
  Feu Thérèse
  Feu Thérèse is a Canadian band formed in 2005.The band is composed of guitarist and Fly Pan Am member Jonathan Parant, bassist Alexandre Saint-Onge , keyboardist and guitarist Stephen De Oliveira, and drummer Luc Paradis...
  
  
• Field Day
  Field Day (band)
  Field Day was a Canadian pop-punk band from Calgary, Alberta. The bands original lineup consisted of guitarist and singer John Hiebert, drummer Jay Kreway along with bassist Jonas Smith .After a number of local cassette and EP releases, the band released their first full length album...
  
  
• Fifth Column
• Figgy Duff
  Figgy Duff
  Figgy Duff was a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland. They played a major role in the Newfoundland cultural renaissance of the 1970s and 80s. Formed in 1976 by Noel Dinn, who named the band after a kind of traditional white pudding, Figgy Duff travelled across Newfoundland, learning...
  
  
• Final Fantasy
• Finest Kind
  Finest Kind
  Finest Kind is a folk music trio based in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It consists of Ian Robb, Ann Downey and Shelley Posen.Finest Kind has released four albums in its own name . Individually, its members have appeared on several solo CDs...
  
  
• Finger Eleven
  Finger Eleven
  Finger Eleven is a Canadian rock band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 1989. They have currently released five studio albums, with their album The Greyest of Blue Skies bringing them into the mainstream...
  
  
• First Words
  First Words
  First Words is a Canadian hip hop group, consisting of Halifax beatmaker Jorun, DJ STV and emcees Sean One & Above. Their pre-release peaked at #1 on the top 30 and hip hop charts of Fredericton, New Brunswick's CHSR, which landed them at #13 on cumshots national hip hop charts in December, 2004...
  
  
• Five Foot Nothing
  Five Foot Nothing
  Five Foot Nothing was a Canadian alternative rock band who performed in the late 1980s and early 1990s as part of the Toronto hardcore scene. They were based in Ajax Ontario and composed of Jason Vincent , Mark Lepper , and Tod Laverty . Previous members included Matt from 2 Line Filler and Al...
  
  
• Five Man Electrical Band
  Five Man Electrical Band
  The Five Man Electrical Band was a rock group from Canada's capital city of Ottawa, best known for their 1971 hit single "Signs"....
  
  
• Flannel Jimmy
  Flannel Jimmy
  Flannel Jimmy were a Canadian rock band who originated in Nanaimo and Vancouver, British Columbia. They signed to Nettwerk Records in the early 2000s and toured Canada to support their debut album, which was produced by Allan Rodger.- History :...
  
  
• The Flashing Lights
  The Flashing Lights
  The Flashing Lights were a Canadian alternative rock band, active in the late 1990s and early 2000s.Originally a side project that primarily played as a cover band when Matt Murphy wasn't occupied with his primary band The Super Friendz, the band consisted of Murphy on guitar and lead vocals, Gavin...
  
  
• The Flatliners
  The Flatliners
  The Flatliners are a punk rock/ska punk band from Richmond Hill and Brampton, Ontario, Canada. Since their formation in 2002, The Flatliners have been a growing influence in the Toronto punk/ska scene as well as other areas of the Greater Toronto Area. They are currently signed to Fat Wreck Chords...
  
  
• Fludd
  Fludd (band)
  Fludd was a Canadian rock band in the 1970s, best known for their 1973 hit "Cousin Mary".The band had its roots in a band called The Pretty Ones, formed by Ed Pilling and Greg Godovitz. The band was briefly part of Toronto's Yorkville scene in the 1960s, but broke up before achieving much...
  
  
• Fly Pan Am
  Fly Pan Am
  Fly Pan Am, or Le Fly Pan Am, are a Canadian experimental rock band formed in Montreal in 1996. They release their albums through the Montreal-based Constellation Records, producing and collaborating on works with Godspeed You! Black Emperor and Shalabi Effect.-About the band:The band was formed in...
  
  
• Flybanger
  Flybanger
  Flybanger was a Canadian metal band. Once known as Jar, they released 2 CDs under that name before releasing a 5 track EP titled "Outlived" as well as their major label debut "Headtrip To Nowhere" as Flybanger through Sony Music in 2001. The band has since broken up...
  
  
• Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
  Flying Bulgar Klezmer Band
  The Flying Bulgars is a Canadian folk music band, who play original music rooted in the folk and celebration music of Jews originating in Eastern Europe. The band's music adds elements of rock, jazz and salsa....
  
  
• The Flying Circus
• Fond of Tigers
  Fond of Tigers
  Fond of Tigers is a seven-piece instrumental band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The group began in 2000 as a solo project of guitarist Stephen Lyons, and became a full band in 2003. An article states that "the origins of Fond of Tigers' process lies in the group's beginnings. After the demise...
  
  
• A Foot in Coldwater
  A Foot in Coldwater
  A Foot in Coldwater is a Canadian rock band initially composed of Alex Machin , Bob Horne , Paul Naumann , Danny Taylor , and Hughie Leggat...
  
  
• Forest City Lovers
  Forest City Lovers
  Forest City Lovers are a Canadian folk indie pop band. Based in Toronto, the band is centered around the songwriting of singer and guitarist Kat Burns...
  
  
• Forgotten Rebels
  Forgotten Rebels
  The Forgotten Rebels are a punk rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. With roots dating back to 1977 to the present day, the Forgotten Rebels have left a discography of seven albums and a collection of EPs and singles that have influenced many other Canadian and international bands forming in...
  
  
• Forgotten Tales
  Forgotten Tales
  Forgotten Tales is a Canadian power metal band from Quebec City, Quebec originally assembled in 1999.-Biography:Forgotten Tales got their start in 1999 as a cover band, with the intent of covering power metal songs by their favorite European bands...
  
  
• Forty Foot Echo
  Forty Foot Echo
  Forty Foot Echo is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 2002 from Los Angeles, California, United States of America.-History:Murray Yates, formerly of the band Templar, is the band's lead vocals, with Ryan Chamberlain as rhythm guitarist, Izzy Allen as bassist, Dayvid Swart on the drums and...
  
  
• Four80East
  Four80East
  Four80East is the Toronto based electro jazz ensemble of Rob DeBoer and Tony Grace ; accompanied by various session musicians....
  
  
• The Four Lads
  The Four Lads
  The Four Lads is a popular Canadian male singing quartet. In the 1950s, 1960s, and 1970s, the group earned many gold singles and albums. Its million-selling signature tunes include "Moments to Remember," "Standin' on the Corner," "No, Not Much," "Who Needs You," and "Istanbul."The Four Lads makes...
  
  
• The Framework
  The Framework
  The Framework is a new-wave inspired indie-rock band from Toronto, Ontario, formed in late 2006. In January 2007, the band's song "She Thinks I'm Famous" was a finalist in the Radiostar Songwriting Contest sponsored by Mix 99.9. Shortly after forming, the band received press in high profile...
  
  
• Fraser & DeBolt
  Fraser & DeBolt
  Fraser & DeBolt were a Canadian folk duo, active in the late 1960s and early 1970s. Its members were Allan Fraser and Daisy DeBolt .-Career:Allan Fraser and Daisy DeBolt met at a workshop at the 1968 Mariposa Folk Festival...
  
  
• Frog Eyes
  Frog Eyes
  Frog Eyes is an indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada known for their highly idiosyncratic songs, which pit Carey Mercer's melodic falsetto whoops against an avalanche of guitar, keyboards, piano, and drums. Their 2010 album Paul's Tomb: A Triumph was a longlisted nominee for the...
  
  
• Front Line Assembly
  Front Line Assembly
  Front Line Assembly is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed Heads, FLA has developed its own unique sound while combining...
  
  
• Frozen Ghost
  Frozen Ghost
  Frōzen Ghōst was a Canadian rock band formed in 1985 by Arnold Lanni and Wolf Hassel who were previously with the band Sheriff. The band received a Juno Award for "Most Promising Group of the Year" in 1987....
  
  
• Fuck the Facts
  Fuck the Facts
  Fuck the Facts is a Canadian grindcore band from Ottawa, Ontario, formed in 1998. They began in the late nineties as a solo recording project constructed by musician Topon Das. After many early recordings, including split tapes with groups from around the world, Fuck the Facts began developing a...
  
  
• Fucked Up
  Fucked Up
  Fucked Up is a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada. The band won the 2009 Polaris Music Prize for the album The Chemistry of Common Life.-History:The band formed and played their first shows in early 2001...
  
  
• Fun 100
  Fun 100
  Fun 100 were a Canadian indie rock band from Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada.-History:They formed on the first day of the year 2000. They mostly played in and around Vancouver, and have gone on two tours across Canada....
  
  
• Furnaceface
  Furnaceface
  Furnaceface was a Canadian indie rock band formed in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada which was active from 1989 to 1999. The group consisted of vocalist and guitarist Pat Banister, vocalist and bassist Tom Stewart, and drummer Dave Dudley...
  
  

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• GFK
  GFK (band)
  GFK are a Canadian hardcore metal band, formed in Quebec in 1996. According to their biography, they are "a head-on, relentless blend of hardcore and metal that actually manages to thoughtfully and intelligently address issues of relevance to anyone living under the current downward spiral of...
  
  
• Galaxie
• The Gandharvas
  The Gandharvas
  The Gandharvas were a Canadian rock band from London, Ontario, who were active in the 1990s.-History:The band formed in 1989 as The Droogs , and released a self-titled EP in 1991...
  
  
• Garolou
  Garolou
  Garolou is a French Canadian folk-rock group created in 1975. It was originally called Lougarou, but had to change its name after being sued by a dance troup named Les Loups-garous...
  
  
• Gatineau
  Gatineau (band)
  Gatineau is a Canadian francophone hip hop band from Montreal. Their self-titled debut album, released in 2007, won the 2008 Félix Award for Best Hip Hop Album, and was a longlisted nominee for the 2008 Polaris Music Prize....
  
  
• Genetic Control
  Genetic Control
  Genetic Control is a Canadian Hardcore punk band from Montreal, whose "First Impressions" single is one of the most sought after item for punk record collectors. They existed from 1983 to 1986, and then reunited in 1998. They played with many bands such as the Dead Kennedys, Charged GBH and...
  
  
• Les Georges Leningrad
  Les Georges Leningrad
  Les Georges Leningrad are a rock band from Montreal, Québec.The band originally consisted of four members, although they were reduced to a trio with the departure of bassist Toundra LaLouve after their first album was released....
  
  
• Germans
  Germans (band)
  Germans is a Canadian indie rock band whose members included Julian Kado, Roman Harrison, Livingston Fagan, Aidan Koper, Steven Lappano, Jesse Foster, Michael Rozenberg, and Leon Taheny. They are signed to Portland, Oregon-based label Arena Rock Recording Co...
  
  
• Ghetto Concept
  Ghetto Concept
  Ghetto Concept is a Canadian hip-hop duo from Toronto, Ontario, composed of Kwajo Cinqo and Dolo. Infinite, who is currently a solo artist, is a former member of Ghetto Concept.-History:...
  
  
• The Ghost Is Dancing
  The Ghost Is Dancing
  The Ghost Is Dancing is a Canadian indie-pop band formed in 2002 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-History:Their first show was performed in August 2004 to commemorate the end of their residency at 2 French Avenue, the student apartment at which the group started playing and improvising...
  
  
• Ghosts of Modern Man
  Ghosts of Modern Man
  Ghosts of Modern Man are an alternative rock band that was formed in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1994.- Early days :In 1994, Jonah Krieser and Jamie Deal, along with drummer Chris McBennet , began playing together as Pillar...
  
  
• Gigi
  Gigi (music project)
  Gigi is a Canadian music recording project, based in Vancouver, formed in 2005 by songwriter Nick Krgovich and record producer Colin Stewart after Stewart got possession of two vintage plate reverb units and asked Krgovich to write songs— Phil Spector-inspired 1950s and 60s-style pop music—to make...
  
  
• Ginger
  Ginger (band)
  Ginger was a Canadian rock band in the 1990s. The band initially consisted of Tom Hooper on bass, Chris Hooper on drums and Vincent Jones on keyboards, following the departure of Kevin Kane from their earlier band The Grapes of Wrath...
  
  
• Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger
  Glass Tiger is a Canadian rock band formed in 1983, in Newmarket, Ontario.-Biography:Originally named 'Tokyo', the band produced several hit singles in Canada and placed two songs on Billboard magazine's top 10: "Don't Forget Me " and "Someday," both of which came from their debut album, The Thin...
  
  
• Glissandro 70
  Glissandro 70
  Glissandro 70 is a Canadian band, consisting of Craig Dunsmuir and Sandro Perri, who play an amalgam of dance and experimental rock styles...
  
  
• Glueleg
• Goat Horn
  Goat Horn
  Goat Horn is a heavy metal band founded in Pembroke, Ontario, Canada in late 1999. The band was composed of Jason Decay , Brandon Wars and Steel Rider . Decay, Wars, and Rider had all been in and out of bands on the local scene before forming Goat Horn. What began as a jam of Cathedral and Judas...
  
  
• Gob
  Gob (band)
  Gob is a Canadian punk band from Langley, British Columbia formed in 1993, The Band consists of Tom Thacker, Theo Goutzinakis, Gabe Mantle and Steven Fairweather. Gob's most successful album is World According to Gob and their most successful song to date is I Hear You Calling...
  
  
• God Made Me Funky
  God Made Me Funky
  God Made Me Funky is a Toronto-based funk group. The group started in 1996 as an "instrumental funk fusion experiment" and developed a popular following in the Toronto music scene.-Awards and nominations:...
  
  
• Goddo
  Goddo
  Goddo is a Canadian band formed in 1975. Goddo had mixed major label success from the mid-1970s to the early 1980s. After reforming in 1989, they revived their career with several new studio and 'best of' packages...
  
  
• Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  Godspeed You! Black Emperor
  Godspeed You! Black Emperor is a Canadian post-rock band which originated from Montreal, Quebec in 1994...
  
  
• Go Ghetto Tiger
  Go Ghetto Tiger
  Go Ghetto Tiger is a Canadian band from Vancouver, B.C.. They are an independent band that formed in 2004. Their sound is described as Pop/Big Beat/Experimental.-Members:*Marquo Blacquiere vocals, bass guitar*Jason Quirk drums...
  
  
• The Golden Dogs
  The Golden Dogs
  The Golden Dogs are a pop-rock band based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Formed in 2001, the band is known for their wild, energetic live shows and were labelled as one of the best live bands in Canada by Chart Magazine.-History:...
  
  
• The Good Brothers
  The Good Brothers
  The Good Brothers are a Canadian country, bluegrass and folk music group originating from Richmond Hill, Ontario. The band's core members are Brian Good , his twin brother Bruce Good and younger brother Larry Good ....
  
  
• The Good Lovelies
  The Good Lovelies
  The Good Lovelies are a Canadian folk/country trio, consisting of Caroline Brooks, Kerri Ough and Sue Passmore.The group's three members were all solo artists in the Toronto area when they came together in 2006 to perform at a Christmas concert at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel. They subsequently...
  
  
• The Gorgeous
  The Gorgeous
  The Gorgeous were a metalcore band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band formed in the summer of 2003 with Dali on guitar, Julien on Bass and Miguel on drums. The three played a few shows without a vocalist and quickly recruited Jordon....
  
  
• Gorguts
  Gorguts
  Gorguts is a technical death metal band from Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada. The band's only constant member is Luc Lemay.-History:Gorguts were formed in 1989 by Luc Lemay , Sylvain Marcoux , Éric Giguère and Stephane Provencher...
  
  
• The Government
  The Government
  The Government was a Canadian new wave, art punk band, primarily active in Toronto during the 1979–1981 period.-Singles:* 1979 "Hemingway " / "I Only Drive My Car At Night" -...
  
  
• Grade
  Grade (band)
  Grade was a Canadian hardcore/emo group. Grade's first release was the Grade/Believe split which was released in 1994 on a small Canadian label - Workshop Records. And Such Is Progress followed in 1997 and Separate the Magnets was released in 1998, earning them critical praise and high profile...
  
  
• Gramercy Riffs
  Gramercy Riffs (band)
  The Gramercy Riffs is a Canadian indie rock band formed in St. John's in 2008. The band is in rotation on CBC Radio. The band was the recipient of the 2010 Atlantis Music Prize for their debut LP It's Heartbreak. The album also received a positive review from Exclaim!.- Origin :The Gramercy...
  
  
• Grand Analog
  Grand Analog
  Grand Analog is a Canadian hip hop band, formed in 2006 and fronted by Odario Williams. The group was conceived as a project combining R&B, jazz, reggae and rock influences into a hip hop style performed mainly on live instruments instead of digital electronics....
  
  
• Grand Theft Bus
  Grand Theft Bus
  Grand Theft Bus is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2000 from Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada. They are known for their live shows, playing about 150 shows across Canada, and occasionally touring festivals in the United States.-History:...
  
  
• Grant Smith & The Power
  Grant Smith & The Power
  Grant Smith & The Power were a popular Canadian rock-soul outfit from the 1960s that had a hit with a cover of Jackie Edwards' "Keep On Running" and was also a training ground for musicians who went on to the likes of McKenna Mendelson Mainline, Motherlode, Crowbar and Leigh Ashford.- Group...
  
  
• The Grapes of Wrath
  The Grapes of Wrath (band)
  The Grapes of Wrath are a Canadian folk rock band, who were one of Canada's most successful pop bands in the late 1980s and early 1990s before disbanding in 1992. With the band name tied up in litigation, most of the band continued to record through the 1990s as Ginger. The Grapes of Wrath briefly...
  
  
• Great Aunt Ida
• Great Big Sea
  Great Big Sea
  Great Big Sea is a Canadian folk-rock band from Newfoundland and Labrador, best known for performing energetic rock interpretations of traditional Newfoundland folk songs including sea shanties, which draw from the island's 500-year-old Irish, English, and French heritage...
  
  
• Great Lake Swimmers
  Great Lake Swimmers
  Great Lake Swimmers is a Canadian band built around the melodic folk rock songs of singer-songwriter Tony Dekker. Originally from Wainfleet, Ontario, the band is currently based in Toronto....
  
  
• Great Speckled Bird
  Great Speckled Bird (band)
  Great Speckled Bird was a country rock group formed in 1969 by the Canadian musical duo Ian & Sylvia. Ian Tyson sang, played guitar and composed. Sylvia Tyson sang, composed and occasionally played piano...
  
  
• Greek Buck
  Greek Buck
  Greek Buck were a Canadian musical duo, consisting of Don Pyle and Andrew Zealley. They are best known for "Spunk", the theme song to the American television series Queer as Folk...
  
  
• Gregory Hoskins and the Stickpeople
  Gregory Hoskins and the Stickpeople
  Gregory Hoskins and the Stickpeople were a Canadian folk rock band in the 1990s, best known for their 1991 single "Neighbourhood". The band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Gregory Hoskins, backing vocalist Lynn Simmons, keyboardist George Civello, saxophonist Colleen Allen, bass guitarist Mike...
  
  
• Grievous Angels
  Grievous Angels
  Grievous Angels were a Canadian alternative country band, active from 1986 to 2004. The band's primary member was singer-songwriter Charlie Angus, who entered electoral politics in 2004 as the New Democratic Party Member of Parliament for Timmins—James Bay....
  
  
• GrimSkunk
• The Groove Kings
  The Groove Kings
  The Groove Kings are a Canadian R&B group that reached top 40 and top 20 hits during the 1990s. Their hits include "Tell Me", and "Everybody Knows". In November 2009 their third full length album "Blood Red" was released. On April 23rd, 2010 Groove Kings were voted group of the year at the...
  
  
• Groovy Aardvark
  Groovy Aardvark
  Groovy Aardvark was a Canadian rock band noted for its longevity in the Quebec music scene. Their final concert was staged in August 2005.-Discography:*1994: Eater's Digest*1996: Vacuum*1998: Oryctérope*1999: Exit Stage Dive...
  
  
• The Gruesomes
  The Gruesomes
  The Gruesomes are a Canadian Garage Punk band formed in 1985 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:Bobby Beaton , Gerry Alvarez , John Davis and his brother Eric Davis were all between the ages of 16 and 19 and had absolutely no previous musical experience...
  
  
• Guerilla Welfare
  Guerilla Welfare
  Guerilla Welfare was an independent electronic music duo from Edmonton, Canada. The duo produced music from processed acoustic and electric instruments with spoken word and field recordings of acoustic "world" instruments and singing samples. The resulting sound was a pan-ethnic and somewhat...
  
  
• The Guess Who
  The Guess Who
  The Guess Who are a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba. Initially gaining recognition in Canada, they also found international success from the late 1960s through the mid-1970s with numerous hit singles, including "American Woman", "These Eyes" and "Share the Land"...
  
  
• The Guthries
  The Guthries
  The Guthries were a Canadian country rock band, active in the late 1990s and early 2000s. Originally formed by Ruth Minnikin and Dale Murray, the band included their respective siblings Gabe Minnikin and Brian Murray, as well as high school friends Serge Samson and Matt Mays...
  
  

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• hHead
  HHead
  hHead were a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. The band consisted of Noah Mintz, Brendan Canning and a succession of drummers. They were originally known as Head, but added the second h after discovering that another band was already recording as Head.The band's first album, Fireman, was...
  
  
• Hail the Villain
  Hail the Villain
  - Members :*Joseph Stamp - Guitar*Chad Taylor - Bass*Flavio Cirillo - Drums Former members*Bryan Crouch - Vocals*Drew Dockrill - Drums- History :...
  
  
• Handsome Furs
  Handsome Furs
  Handsome Furs is a Montreal-based indie rock duo which consists of Dan Boeckner, of Wolf Parade and Atlas Strategic, and his wife, writer Alexei Perry.-Music:...
  
  
• Hangedup
  Hangedup
  Hangedup are an experimental rock group from Montreal, Canada. They are a two-piece band, featuring Genevieve Heistek on Viola and Eric Craven on drums and percussion...
  
  
• The Hanson Brothers
  The Hanson Brothers
  The Hanson Brothers are a Canadian punk rock band based in Vancouver, British Columbia and led by John and Rob Wright and Tom Holliston, all members of the punk rock band Nomeansno....
  
  
• Hard Rock Miners
  Hard Rock Miners
  Hard Rock Miners are a Canadian rockabilly/hillbilly/country/folk band based in Vancouver, British Columbia.In 1987, the Hard Rock Miners could be found busking on the streets of Vancouver, particularly on the very trendy Robson Street. Their music could be best described as eclectic...
  
  
• Harpoondodger
• The Hardship Post
  The Hardship Post
  Hardship Post was an alternative rock band that formed in Newfoundland and moved to Halifax, Nova Scotia, during the Halifax Pop Explosion of the early 1990s...
  
  
• Harem Scarem
  Harem Scarem
  Harem Scarem were a Canadian melodic rock band from Toronto, ON. Harem Scarem achieved popularity in Japan and their native Canada in the early 1990s. Harem Scarem were active from 1987 to 2008...
  
  
• Harlequin
  Harlequin (band)
  Harlequin is a Canadian rock band that formed in Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1975 and lasted until the mid-1980s. The band is best known for their hit singles "I Did It For Love," "Thinking of You," "Superstitious Feeling," and "Innocence."...
  
  
• Harmonium
  Harmonium (band)
  Harmonium was a Canadian progressive rock band from Montreal, Quebec.-History:Lead vocalist and guitarist Serge Fiori met Michel Normandeau in a theatre music meeting on November 1972. Later on in 1973 they met bassist Louis Valois and became Harmonium. In November 1973 the group performed their...
  
  
• Hart-Rouge
  Hart-Rouge
  Hart-Rouge are a Canadian folk music group, consisting of siblings Paul Campagne, Michelle Campagne and Suzanne Campagne.The three previously recorded and performed with several other family members as Folle Avoine, and formed Hart-Rouge with another sibling, Annette Campagne, when that band ended...
  
  
• Hawk Nelson
  Hawk Nelson
  Hawk Nelson is a Christian rock band from Peterborough, Ontario. The band has become very popular in the Christian music scene and was voted "Favorite New Artist" by CCM Magazine in their February 2006 Reader's Choice Awards. In 2006 Hawk Nelson won a No...
  
  
• Haywire
• Head Hits Concrete
  Head Hits Concrete
  Head Hits Concrete is a political grindcore band that formed in April 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Between 1999 and 2004 the band recorded a cassette demo, 3 EPs and split records with My Minds Mine and Bodies Lay Broken. Head Hits Concrete went on extended hiatus in 2004, but reformed for a...
  
  
• Headpins
  Headpins
  Headpins are a Canadian rock group, founded as a side project in the late 1970s by then Chilliwack members Ab Bryant and Brian MacLeod. Macleod was impressed by the vocal talents of Vancouver rock singer Denise McCann, and asked her to join his new venture...
  
  
• The Headstones
  The Headstones
  Headstones are a Canadian hard rock band that began in the late 1980s in Kingston, Ontario and were active until 2003, subsequently reforming in 2011. The band consists of vocalist Hugh Dillon, guitarist Trent Carr, bassist Tim White, and drummer Dale Harrison...
  
  
• Hedley
  Hedley (band)
  Hedley is a Canadian pop rock band comprising lead singer Jacob Hoggard, Tommy Mac on bass, Dave Rosin on lead guitar and Chris Crippin on drums. The current band retains the original name of Hoggard's pre-Canadian Idol group, although the membership has changed. The band originated in Abbotsford,...
  
  
• Helix
  Helix (band)
  Helix are a Canadian hard rock/heavy metal band. They formed in 1974, and are best known for their 1984 single "Rock You". The original lineup was formed by drummer Bruce Arnold, and consisted of lead vocalist Brian Vollmer, guitarists Ron Watson and Rick "Minstrel" Trembley, keyboardist Don...
  
  
• Hello Beautiful
  Hello Beautiful
  Hello Beautiful is an alternative/hip hop/rock fusion band from Whitby, Ontario, Canada. They are known primarily for their hybrid sound of punk, rock, hip hop and jazz. They were formed in 2004 by vocalist/guitarist Cole Martin and drummer Kevin Walsh, who were later joined by bass guitarist Dan...
  
  
• Hello, Blue Roses
  Hello, Blue Roses
  Hello, Blue Roses is a musical collaboration involving Dan Bejar and his girlfriend, Sydney Vermont, a visual artist from Vancouver, British Columbia.-Discography:...
  
  
• Hemingway Corner
  Hemingway Corner
  Hemingway Corner was a Canadian-American folk pop group, active in the 1990s.-Biography:The group was formed in 1992 by two established singer-songwriters, David Martin and Johnny Douglas. Martin, from Atlanta, Georgia, was a musician and songwriter who lived in Nashville before moving to Los...
  
  
• Henri Fabergé and the Adorables
  Henri Fabergé and the Adorables
  Henri Fabergé and the Adorables are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2005 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-History:Henri Fabergé and the Adorables formed in 2005 and is a musical collective including members of The Bicycles, Born Ruffians, Spitfires & Mayflowers, Woodhands, The Rural Alberta...
  
  
• The Hermit
  The Hermit (band)
  The Hermit is a Canadian electronica group started by Hamish Thomson. Based in Vancouver, the group initially consisted solely of Thomson but has come to include other musicians, notably singer Allison Shevernoha...
  
  
• Hexes and Ohs
  Hexes and Ohs
  Hexes & Ohs is a Canadian electronic indie pop group from Montreal. Their sound combines 1980s inspired beats and synthesizer sounds with indie pop structures and melodies.They have released three albums since 2005 and have opened for many artists such as Tokyo Police Club, Sloan, and Mates of State...
  
  
• Hey Romeo
  Hey Romeo
  Hey Romeo is a Canadian country music group from Edmonton, Alberta composed of Stacie Roper , Darren Gusnowsky and Rob Shapiro . Their 2007 single "Second Hand News," a cover of the 1977 Fleetwood Mac song, reached the Top 50 on the Radio & Records Canadian country singles chart...
  
  
• Hey Rosetta!
  Hey Rosetta!
  Hey Rosetta! is a six-piece Canadian indie rock band from St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador. Known for its energized live shows, the band creates a massive, layered sound by incorporating piano, violin and cello into the traditional four-piece garage rock sound.-History:Their influences include...
  
  
• The Hidden Cameras
  The Hidden Cameras
  The Hidden Cameras are a Canadian indie pop band. Fronted by singer-songwriter Joel Gibb, the band consists of a varying roster of musicians who play what Gibb once described as "gay church folk music"...
  
  
• The High Dials
  The High Dials
  The High Dials are an indie rock band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada formed in 2003. They evolved out of an earlier band known as The Datsons .-History:...
  
  
• High Five Drive
  High Five Drive
  High Five Drive is a Melodic hardcore/Skate punk band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, known for their high-energy live performances.-History:...
  
  
• High Holy Days
  High Holy Days (band)
  High Holy Days is a Canadian rock band. HHD formed in North Bay, Ontario as the Arcand Band in 1998. In 2000 the name was changed to High Holy Days. The band currently consists of vocalist Marc Arcand, guitarist Bill MacGregor, bassist Chris Amey and drummer Brian Bird. Former members of the...
  
  
• High Valley
  High Valley
  High Valley is a Canadian country music group from Blumenort, Alberta which is located close to the town of La Crete. The band is composed of brothers Brad, Bryan and Curtis Rempel...
  
  
• Hinterland
  Hinterland (band)
  Hinterland is a band from Vancouver, Canada. Hinterland's music is best described as dreampop/shoegaze/New Wave with soaring, ethereal vocals, and is currently released by Submerged Records. Hinterland's second album The Picture Plane spent three months in the Canadian college radio top 50...
  
  
• Hip Club Groove
  Hip Club Groove
  Hip Club Groove was a Canadian hip hop band, active in the 1990s. Originally from Truro, Nova Scotia and later based in Halifax, the band consisted of rappers Derek "MC" Mackenzie and Cory "Cheklove Shakil" Bowles, and DJ Brian "DJ Moves" Higgins....
  
  
• Hokus Pick
  Hokus Pick
  Hokus Pick was a Christian pop/rock band that was together from 1988 to 1999. The four members of Hokus Pick met in Vancouver, British Columbia. Hokus Pick was well known for their quirky sense of humor, using sarcasm, satire, and general silliness to convey a deeper message.Hokus Pick toured...
  
  
• Hollerado
  Hollerado
  Hollerado is a Juno Award nominated, Canadian, indie rock band formed in 2007, and originally from Manotick, Ontario, Canada.-History:Three of the four members of Hollerado grew up on the same street in Manotick, Ontario. Hollerado later recorded and periodically lived in Montreal, Quebec where...
  
  
• Hollowick
• Hollowphonic
  Hollowphonic
  Hollowphonic is an ambient, space-rock musical collective from the Canadian city of Mississauga, Ontario. The outfit, founded by Brad Ketchen in July 1996, has performed at various notable events, including the Canadian Music Week and North by Northeast festivals.Hollowphonic has also opened for a...
  
  
• Holly Cole Trio
• Holy Fuck
• The Home Team
  The Home Team
  The Home Team are a band from Landmark, Manitoba. Formed out of the ashes of the band Gooch, a band that at one time included The Undecided member Dan Thomas, The Home Team signed with RocketStar Recordings in 2002 and released the album Time and Place which was produced by Get Up Kids producer Ed...
  
  
• Hometown Band
  Hometown Band
  The Hometown Band was founded in 1975 by Claire Lawrence, a former member of The Collectors and Chilliwack, as the back-up group for Canadian folk artist Valdy. The band comprised Shari Ulrich , Geoff Eyre , Robbie King , and Doug Edwards...
  
  
• Honeymoon Suite
  Honeymoon Suite (band)
  Honeymoon Suite is a Canadian rock band formed in 1981 in Niagara Falls, Ontario. The band's name was a nod to the fact that Niagara Falls is the unofficial honeymoon capital.-Band history:...
  
  
• Hooded Fang
  Hooded Fang (band)
  Hooded Fang is a Canadian indie rock band formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 2007. The band is in rotation on CBC Radio. The band's debut recording EP was self-released 15 September 2008. Their first full length album Album was self-released 6 August 2010 and distributed by Outside Music...
  
  
• Hostage Life
  Hostage Life
  Hostage Life was a Canadian punk band from Toronto, Ontario. Formed in 2002, Hostage Life released its first EP, Sing for the Enemy on Toronto's independent punk rock label, Underground Operations, home to such bands as Closet Monster and Protest The Hero...
  
  
• Hot Hot Heat
  Hot Hot Heat
  Hot Hot Heat is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Career:Dustin Hawthorne and Steve Bays had been in many different bands together since 1995 and met Hawley in 1998. In 1999, Hawley bought a Juno 6 keyboard and asked Bays to try playing it, as no one...
  
  
• Hot Little Rocket
  Hot Little Rocket
  Hot Little Rocket was a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1998 and based in Calgary, Alberta, Canada.-History:Hot Little Rocket formed in 1998, the band released its debut EP, Laika, in 2000, and followed up with Danish Documentary the following year...
  
  
• Hot Nasties
  Hot Nasties
  The Hot Nasties were a punk rock band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. They were of the first wave of Canadian punk rock and notably featured future Liberal Party of Canada strategist and lawyer Warren Kinsella on bass and vocals.-History:...
  
  
• Hot One
  Hot One
  Hot One is a US rock band formed in 2005. Its members are guitarist/vocalist Nathan Larson, bassist/vocalist Emm Gryner, drummer Kevin March, and guitarist Jordan Kern. The band is characterized by a glam rock/post-punk sound and overtly political lyrical content...
  
  
• Hot Panda
  Hot Panda
  Hot Panda is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 based in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.-History:Hot Panda formed in 2006 naming themselves after a Chinese restaurant in Edmonton. The band released their debut EP Whale Headed Girl July 2007. They subsequently signed to Mint Records and released...
  
  
• Hot Springs
  Hot Springs (band)
  Hot Springs were an indie-rock band formed in 2004 based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They were unique in the Montreal music scene, in that they had an equal fan-base within both the francophone and anglophone communities.-History:...
  
  
• Hrsta
  Hrsta
  ' is a Montreal post-rock band that records on Constellation Records. The band's leader, Mike Moya , was also one of the founding members of Godspeed You! Black Emperor. Hrsta's sound has been compared to that of Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra & Tra-La-La Band...
  
  
• Huevos Rancheros
  Huevos Rancheros
  Huevos Rancheros are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1990 from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.-History:Huevos Rancheros perform an instrumental blend of rockabilly, surf, Grunge and punk music. The band currently consists of guitarist Brent Cooper, bassist Tommy Kennedy and drummer Richie Ranchero...
  
  
• Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir
  Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir
  The Hugh Dillon Redemption Choir is a Canadian indie rock band, led by Hugh Dillon formed in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 2004. The band's style draws from country, pop, punk and New Wave influences.-Current:*Hugh Dillon – vocals *J.P...
  
  
• Human Highway
  Human Highway (band)
  Human Highway is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2008 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band's name is a reference to the Neil Young song "Human Highway" as suggested by founding member Nicholas Thorburn after attending a Neil Young concert.-History:...
  
  
• Humanifesto
  Humanifesto
  Humanifesto is a Canadian punk band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in Summer 2004, the band quickly wrote and recorded their first album, A Declaration Of Intent with the help of The Sainte Catherines' Rich Bouthillier filling in on drums, and their guitarist Marc-Andre Beaudet behind the mixing...
  
  
• Hummer
  Hummer (band)
  Hummer was a short-lived Canadian indie rock band, including The Lowest of the Low frontman Ron Hawkins on bass. The band released one album, Electrically Operated Product, in 1997....
  
  
• The Hunters
  The Hunters (band)
  The Hunters are a punk rock band from Quebec, Quebec, Canada. Since their formation in 2006, The Hunters have toured extensively in Quebec and Ontario, as well as a Canadian tour in the winter of 2010. Their first full-length, Dissent Lasts..., have been released independently in 2008. In June...
  
  
• Hunter Valentine
  Hunter Valentine
  Hunter Valentine is an alternative rock band formed in 2004 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Hunter Valentine is a girl band with a moderate fan base in southern Ontario.-History:...
  
  
• Huron
  Huron (Canadian band)
  Huron is a Canadian rock band formed in January 2008 from Hamilton, Ontario. Members include Aaron Goldstein, known for his session work with such bands as Cowboy Junkies, and Cam Malcolm, who was previously in the band Sweet Homewreckers. Drummer Pete Hall was also a founding member of A Northern...
  
  
• Hylozoists
  Hylozoists (band)
  The Hylozoists are a Canadian instrumental rock supergroup formed in 2001 in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. The band's name is derived from hylozoism and was started as a side project of record producer and multi-instrumentalist Paul Aucoin.-History:...
  
  

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• I Hate Sally
  I Hate Sally
  I Hate Sally was a four-piece metal/post-hardcore band from Ontario, Canada. It was formed in 2000 in Kingston, Ontario by Marc Garniss, Ben Thomas and Kelly Payne.-Biography:...
  
  
• I Mother Earth
  I Mother Earth
  I Mother Earth, or IME, was a Canadian alternative rock band. The band was at the peak of its popularity in the mid-to-late 1990s; its members have moved on to other projects.-Early years:...
  
  
• I Spy
  I Spy (band)
  I Spy was a Canadian hardcore punk band founded in Regina, Saskatchewan in 1991, relocated to Winnipeg, Manitoba in 1994, and disbanded in 1996.-History:...
  
  
• Ian and Sylvia
  Ian and Sylvia
  Ian & Sylvia were a Canadian folk and country music duo which consisted of Ian and Sylvia Tyson, née Fricker. They began performing together in 1959, married in 1964, and divorced and stopped performing together in 1975.-Early lives:...
  
  
• Idle Eyes
  Idle Eyes
  Idle Eyes is a Canadian band formed in the 1980s by Tad Campbell, Donna McConville, and others. They are best known for their #1 1985 Canadian single "Tokyo Rose"...
  
  
• Idle Sons
  Idle Sons
  Idle Sons is a Burlington, Ontario based rock band that formed in 1994 under the name Slurpymundae.-Biography:Idle Sons was a Burlington, Ontario based rock band that has earned a devoted following in Canada and beyond. The group was formed in 1994 by childhood friends Mike Eastick, Sean Kelly,...
  
  
• IllScarlett
  IllScarlett
  IllScarlett is a Canadian rock and reggae band.Their sound can be defined as pop infused rock reggae. They have made a name for themselves in the Canadian music scene and are making their name known throughout the United States and around the world...
  
  
• Images in Vogue
  Images in Vogue
  Images in Vogue was a Canadian New Wave group in the 1980s.The band was formed in 1981 in Vancouver, and originally consisted of vocalist Dale Martindale, guitarist Don Gordon , synth players Joe Vizvary and Glen Nelson, bassist Gary Smith and percussionist Kevin Crompton...
  
  
• Imaginary Cities
  Imaginary Cities
  Imaginary Cities is a Canadian indie pop band. Based in Winnipeg, the band consists of multi-instrumentalist Rusty Matyas, formerly of The Waking Eyes and a sometime collaborator with The Weakerthans, and vocalist Marti Sarbit....
  
  
• Immaculate Machine
  Immaculate Machine
  Immaculate Machine was a Canadian indie pop band from Victoria, British Columbia, active from 2003 to 2011.The band's name is taken from the lyrics of "One-Trick Pony" from the album One-Trick Pony by Paul Simon.-History:...
  
  
• In-Flight Safety
  In-Flight Safety
  -External links:* official website*...
  
  
• The Inbreds
  The Inbreds
  The Inbreds were a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1992. Originally from Kingston, Ontario, Canada the band relocated to Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1996. Three of the four albums released during the band's existence reached number one on the Canadian national university charts, and the band...
  
  
• Infernäl Mäjesty
  Infernäl Mäjesty
  Infernäl Mäjesty is a Canadian thrash metal band, formed in Toronto in 1986. They are best known for their debut album None Shall Defy, released in 1987. However, the 1998 re-issue by Displeased Records inspired the band to get back together and recorded a new album, followed by a European tour...
  
  
• Infidels
  Infidels (band)
  Infidels were a Canadian funk-rock band in the 1990s.The band formed in 1990 when Molly Johnson reunited with Norman Orenstein, her partner in the short-lived 1980s band Alta Moda. They added Washington Savage, Jeff Jones and Owen Tennyson to the lineup, and released a self-titled album in 1991 on...
  
  
• Intermix
  Intermix (band)
  Intermix was a musical band in the 1990s, made of Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber.Unlike their other projects , Intermix showed somewhat more of a techno music influence, while Delerium was more mellow like ambient music, and FLA had a very industrial music style.On the first two albums Intermix sounded...
  
  
• Into Eternity
• Intoxicado
  Intoxicado
  Intoxicado is a Canadian indie-rock group from Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They established their hard driving alt-country blues rock sound through a mix of musical influences, ranging from Guns N' Roses, The Black Crowes, Faith No More, Blue Rodeo and 1970's Elton John...
  
  
• Ion Dissonance
  Ion Dissonance
  Ion Dissonance is a Canadian mathcore/deathcore band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They're known for their technical mathcore style but changed to a more heavy, groove based style with the release of their 2007 album Minus the Herd.-History:...
  
  
• The Irish Rovers
  The Irish Rovers
  The Irish Rovers is a Canadian Irish folk group created in 1963 and named after the traditional song "The Irish Rover". The group is best known for their international television series, and renditions of traditional Irish drinking songs, as well as early hits, Shel Silverstein's "The Unicorn",...
  
  
• Ironhorse
  Ironhorse
  Ironhorse was a Canadian rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed by the former The Guess Who and Bachman-Turner Overdrive member, Randy Bachman along with Tom Sparks , Chris Leighton and Ron Foos ....
  
  
• Iskra
  Iskra
  Iskra was a political newspaper of Russian socialist emigrants established as the official organ of the Russian Social Democratic Labour Party. Initially, it was managed by Vladimir Lenin, moving as he moved. The first edition was published in Stuttgart on December 1, 1900. Other editions were...
  
  
• Islands
  Islands (band)
  Islands is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2005 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, and currently based in Brooklyn, New York.-Return to the Sea:In mid-2005 Islands recorded a debut album titled Return to the Sea, which was released in April 2006...
  
  
• Ivory Knight
  Ivory Knight
  Ivory Knight was a Canadian metal quartet whose sound combined elements of power metal, thrash, progressive metal, hard rock, and death metal.Ivory Knight was originally founded in 1988 by vocalist / multi-instrumentalist John Devadasan Perinbam and Paul Malek, who played drums on the Annihilator...
  
  

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• Jack London & The Sparrows
  Jack London & The Sparrows
  Jack London and The Sparrows were a sixties “Toronto British invasion” band, and are best known for including future Steppenwolf members, Jerry Edmonton, Goldy McJohn and Nick St...
  
  
• Jacksoul
  Jacksoul
  jacksoul, sometimes stylized as jackSOUL, was a Canadian soul and R&B band. Based in Toronto, the band was fronted by singer Haydain Neale, and was best known for their hits "Can't Stop" and "Still Believe in Love"....
  
  
• Jades
  The Jades
  The Jades were a rock band formed in late 1960, and consisted of musicians Neil Young, Ken Koblun, John Daniel, David Gregg, and Jim Atkin. The band formed out of Earl Grey Junior High School in Winnipeg.-History:...
  
  
• Jakalope
  Jakalope
  Jakalope is a Canadian pop/electronica group. They are named for the fictional animal of the same name, although the animal's name is more commonly spelled jackalope. The band was formed in 2003 by noted Canadian industrial musician and producer Dave "Rave" Ogilvie most famous for his studio work...
  
  
• Jale
  Jale
  Jale was an indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia, on the east coast of Canada. Contemporaries of Sloan and The Super Friendz, they were formed in 1992 and disbanded in 1996...
  
  
• Jane Vain and the Dark Matter
  Jane Vain and the Dark Matter
  Jane Vain and the Dark Matter is an indie rock band formed in 2005 from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The band is fronted by Calgary native Jamie Fooks, and signed to Edmonton’s Rectangle Records. They describe their sound as indie/electro/pop. The Montreal Mirror called their music “melancholy" and...
  
  
• Japandroids
  Japandroids
  Japandroids is a Canadian rock duo from Vancouver, British Columbia. The group consists of Brian King and David Prowse . Formed in 2006, Japandroids rose to prominence in 2009 following the release of their debut album Post-Nothing...
  
  
• Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra
  Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra
  Jaymz Bee and the Royal Jelly Orchestra is a Canadian lounge music and jazz band.-History:The band was formed by Jaymz Bee , following the breakup of The Look People, and were quickly offered a spot on Molly Johnson's Kumbaya Festival bill...
  
  
• Jazzberry Ram
  Jazzberry Ram
  Jazzberry Ram is an independent Canadian band which toured internationally between 1993 and 2003. They completed 14 Canadian and 4 US tours, playing alongside RUN DMC, Great Big Sea, Nazareth, Big Sugar, Wide Mouth Mason and many more well known acts. In addition to releasing 4 official albums,...
  
  
• Jeff Healey Band
• Jellyfishbabies
  Jellyfishbabies
  Jellyfishbabies were an alternative rock band in Canada, active from 1986 to 1991. Although the band never attained mainstream success, they were one of the major influences on the Halifax Pop Explosion scene of the early 1990s....
  
  
• Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
  Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra
  Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra is a Canadian alternative rock band whose musical style blends elements of surf music, gospel music, rockabilly, garage, and punk. The band also experimented with jazz on their third album Don't Mind If I Do....
  
  
• Jersey
  Jersey (band)
  Jersey was a Burlington, Ontario ska punk band from 1996 to 2005. In 1997, the band released a demo tape which they sold at local concerts. The band had immediate hype partially due to frontman Taylor's previous band, Grade....
  
  
• Jet Set Satellite
  Jet Set Satellite
  Jet Set Satellite is a rock band founded in 1998 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by Trevor Tuminski and Dave Swiecicki. After a short audition process Mike Keller joined the band shortly before releasing their debut album "Blueprint" in 2000 on Nettwerk Records...
  
  
• Jet Black Stare
  Jet Black Stare
  Jet Black Stare is a hard rock band from Vancouver, Canada. Their debut album, In This Life, was released on July 15, 2008.Jet Black Stare has toured The US and Canada extensively, in opening slots with bands such as 3 Doors Down, Staind, Hinder, Puddle Of Mudd, Shinedown, Drowning Pool, Theory Of...
  
  
• Jets Overhead
  Jets Overhead
  Jets Overhead are a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 2003 and based in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada.-Formation and debut:Singer Adam Kittredge conceived of the name Jets Overhead while observing air traffic patterns in London, England...
  
  
• Jimmy George
  Jimmy George (band)
  Jimmy George is a Canadian folk rock band, who blended Celtic folk with rock influences in a manner similar to Spirit of the West and Great Big Sea....
  
  
• The Jimmy Swift Band
  The Jimmy Swift Band
  The Jimmy Swift Band was a band from Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada that combined elements of rock, jam, and electronica. Composed of Craig Mercer on guitar and vocals, Mike MacDougall on bass, Aaron Collier on keyboards and effects, and Doug Cameron on drums, the band was most often described as...
  
  
• The Jitters
  The Jitters
  The Jitters were a Canadian band formed in Toronto in 1981 by Blair Packham, Danny Levy and Matthew Greenberg. Five years of constant performing established them as one of the premier club bands in the Greater Toronto Area....
  
  
• Joel Plaskett Emergency
• Johnny and the Moon
  Johnny and the Moon
  Johnny and the Moon is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 based in Shawnigan Lake, British Columbia, Canada. The band is fronted by Dante DeCaro of Hot Hot Heat and Wolf Parade and includes Lindy Gerrard, Mark Devoe, and Jeff "Big Juicy Papa" Phillips...
  
  
• The Johnstones
  The Johnstones
  The Johnstones are a ska punk band from Ajax, Ontario, Canada formed in 2002 and signed to the Union Label Group. In 2006, they signed to Stomp Records of Montreal, released the full length album Word is Bond and began touring Canada and the U.S. Their video 'Gone for a Long Time' received...
  
  
• The Jolts
  The Jolts
  The Jolts are a Canadian punk rock group formed in Vancouver, BC in 2004 with a focus on playing relentless high-energy classic 1970s style punk rock.The band also moonlights as a Ramones tribute band called The Ramores.-History:...
  
  
• Jon and Lee & The Checkmates
  Jon and Lee & The Checkmates
  Jon and Lee & The Checkmates are an Canadian music group, best known for containing future members of Elektra band Rhinoceros. Together with Mandala, they spearheaded Toronto's R&B scene during the mid 1960s. As the Jon-Lee Group, the band released a lone single for ABC Records before splitting up...
  
  
• Jon-Rae and the River
• JoSH
  JoSH (band)
  Josh is a Montreal-based Indian/Pakistani fusion band. Present members are "Rup" and "q" . Their songs showcase both modern and traditional bhangra beats and music, but are strongly influenced by hip hop and pop music.JIn 2009 Josh Performed in coke studio along with Pakistani Leading artist...
  
  
• Joydrop
  Joydrop
  Joydrop was a Canadian alternative rock band in the late 1990s and early 2000s from Toronto, Ontario. The band consisted of vocalist Tara Slone, guitarist Thomas Payne, bassist Tom McKay, and drummer Tony Rabalao....
  
  
• The Judes
  The Judes
  The Judes are an Indie rock band formed in 2007 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band was formed by Cory Pritchard Jim Anderson and Romi Topper...
  
  
• Judy & David
  Judy & David
  Judy & David are children's recording artists, composers, television personalities, and live concert artists based in the Toronto, Ontario area. They launched their career in 1993 with the release of Jumpin' Up & Down and the multi-million selling My Little Yellow Bus collection. They are best...
  
  
• July Fourth Toilet
  July Fourth Toilet
  July Fourth Toilet is a band from Vancouver, Canada. They are an experimental act that can be loosely described as rock, although they incorporate elements of several styles of music....
  
  
• The Junction
  The Junction (band)
  The Junction is an indie rock band formed in 2000 from Brampton, Ontario, Canada.They signed to Universal Music in 2006 but later split from the label and went on to release recordings on their own independent label.-History:...
  
  
• Junior Blue
  Junior Blue
  Junior Blue is a Canadian post-rock group, consisting of Justin Peroff and Dylan Hudecki, along with contributions by Peroff's Broken Social Scene bandmates Kevin Drew and Brendan Canning, and Hudecki's By Divine Right bandmates José Miguel Contreras and Brian Borcherdt.The band has released one...
  
  
• Junior Boys
  Junior Boys
  -History:Junior Boys formed in 1999 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada as a duo of Jeremy Greenspan and Johnny Dark. Years of collaboration followed and a demo was produced, but after many rejections and near-misses, they were resigned to being bedroom beat constructors. Soon after, Johnny Dark left the...
  
  
• Junkhouse
  Junkhouse
  -History:Formed in 1989 in Hamilton, Ontario, the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Tom Wilson, guitarist Dan Achen, bassist Russ Wilson and drummer Ray Farrugia....
  
  
• The Just Us
  The Just Us
  The Just Us were a short-lived Toronto based, R&B band from the mid 1960s, which later morphed into The Tripp and then Livingstone’s Journey. The group’s personnel included Neil Merryweather and Stan Endersby.-Origins:...
  
  

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• KC Accidental
  KC Accidental
  K.C. Accidental was a Canadian post-rock band formed in 1998 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. This band was the original basis for Broken Social Scene.-History:...
  
  
• Karkwa
  Karkwa
  -History:Formed in 1998, the group consists of vocalist and guitarist Louis-Jean Cormier, keyboardist François Lafontaine, bass guitarist Martin Lamontagne, percussionist Julien Sagot, and drummer Stéphane Bergeron...
  
  
• Kashtin
  Kashtin
  Kashtin were a Canadian folk rock duo in the 1980s and 1990s, one of the most commercially successful and famous musical groups in First Nations history....
  
  
• Kataklysm
  Kataklysm
  Kataklysm is a Canadian death metal band. They call their musical style "northern hyperblast" after an advertisement in M.E.A.T. magazine describing another band, Fear Factory, as "hyperblast". The term refers to the extremely fast blast beats that Kataklysm's drummer, Max Duhamel, fuses into the...
  
  
• The Kelele Brothers
• KEN mode
  KEN mode
  KEN mode is a Canadian metallic hardcore-influenced noise rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba that was formed in September 1999.-History:...
  
  
• Kensington Market
• Kepler
  Kepler (band)
  Kepler was a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1997 from Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. Kepler initially garnered attention for its exceptionally slow and quiet sound, reminiscent of groups such as Low, Codeine, and Bedhead.-History:...
  
  
• Kermess
  Kermess
  -Members:*Martin Fillion *François Landry *Mario Landry *Dominic Morin *Sylvain Tremblay...
  
  
• Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle
  Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle
  Kevin Hearn and Thin Buckle are a Canadian band consisting of Barenaked Ladies multi-instrumentalist Kevin Hearn as the front man , bassist Chris Gartner and drummer Great Bob Scott. The three had previously collaborated as members of the Canadian alternative rock band The Look People...
  
  
• Key Witness
  Key Witness
  Key Witness is a Canadian alternative country band formed in 2005 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-History:Their debut album Mercury in Retrograde was self-released in 2007, following several hand-made EPs...
  
  
• Kick Axe
  Kick Axe
  Kick Axe is the name of a heavy metal band from Canada that reached its climax in the 1980s. They produced four albums during their career, with the longest gap between albums being 18 years...
  
  
• Kids on TV
  Kids on TV
  Kids on TV are a punk-house queercore band based in Toronto.The group consists of John Caffery on bass and vocals, Minus Smile on drums, electronics and vocals, Wolf on guitar and vocals, and Roxy on keyboard and vocals. The band is known for performing outside of the usual venues, such as bars,...
  
  
• Kill Cheerleader
  Kill Cheerleader
  Kill Cheerleader was a rock n' roll band whose teenage members formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada as "Cheerleader 666". Mainly influenced by punk and heavy metal acts such as The Stooges, early era Guns N' Roses, Mötley Crüe, Iron Maiden, the Ramones, Girlschool, Joan Jett and Neil Young,...
  
  
• Killer Bunnies
  Killer Bunnies (dance project)
  The Killer Bunnies was a techno/house project based out of Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They also charted under another alias, Outta Control....
  
  
• Killer Dwarfs
  Killer Dwarfs
  Killer Dwarfs were a heavy metal band who formed in late 1981 in Oshawa, Ontario. Though they were known for their off beat sense of humor , they were nominated for two Juno Awards....
  
  
• The Killjoys
  The Killjoys (Canadian band)
  The Killjoys were a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 1992.Their first album was Starry, released in 1994, followed by Gimme Five in 1996, and Melos Modos in 1997. In 1998 a live album was released entitled Onenight and a Morningafter...
  
  
• Kinetic Ideals
  Kinetic Ideals
  Kinetic Ideals was a Canadian new wave band from Mississauga, Ontario. They released one single and three EPs on the Mannequin record label, formed by Paul Abrahams, manager of the new romantic group Spoons ....
  
  
• King Apparatus
  King Apparatus
  King Apparatus was a Canadian third wave ska band, active in the early 1990s. Formed in 1987 in London, Ontario and later based in Toronto, the band's lineup varied over its lifetime, including vocalist Chris Murray, guitarists Sam Tallo, Paul Ruston, J. C...
  
  
• King Cobb Steelie
  King Cobb Steelie
  King Cobb Steelie is a Canadian Indie rock band formed in 1991 from Guelph, Ontario, Canada. The band's most successful single was 1997's "Rational", from the album Junior Relaxer. Their music fuses elements of punk, funk, jazz and dance.-History:...
  
  
• The King Khan & BBQ Show
  The King Khan & BBQ Show
  The King Khan & BBQ Show was a Canadian Garage rock duo from Montreal, Quebec who mixed doo-wop and punk. The band was composed of former Spaceshits bandmates Mark Sultan and Blacksnake, alias King Khan. Mark Sultan, under the pseudonym BBQ, contributed vocals, guitar, tambourine, bass drum, and...
  
  
• The Kings
  The Kings
  The Kings are a Canadian band formed in the 1970s, best known for their 1980 North American hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide".-Recording history:The Kings were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Oakville, Ontario in the late 1970s...
  
  
• Kiros
  Kiros (band)
  Kiros is a rock band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The band's name, Kiros, comes from the Greek word meaning "a moment of divine time". Kiros has played in such gigs as the Spring Break 08 Tour , the Class of 08 Tour , the Canadian Bacon Eh Tour with School Boy Humor, Broadway,...
  
  
• Kittens
  Kittens (band)
  The Kittens were a three piece noise rock band, with some country influences, from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. Their albums were released on Sonic Unyon. After disbanding for almost eight years, they had a reunion show on News Years of 2007....
  
  
• Kittie
  Kittie
  Kittie is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in London, Ontario in 1996. A quartet of women, the group rose to success in 1999 when the track "Brackish" from their debut album Spit became a hit single...
  
  
• Klaatu
• Knacker
  Knacker (band)
  Knacker was a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1998 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-History:The band consisted of brothers Dean Marino and Peter Marino with guitarist Jeff Nedza and drummers Chris Edelman and Gerard Ross ....
  
  
• Kon Kan
  Kon Kan
  Kon Kan was a Canadian synthpop band formed in 1988 in Toronto, Ontario. The band was awarded a 1990 Juno for their song "I Beg Your Pardon " and nominated for a 1991 Juno Award for their single "Puss n' Boots/These Boots ".-History:The band members consisted of Barry Harris and Kevin Wynne...
  
  
• The Kramdens
  The Kramdens
  The Kramdens are a Canadian Indie rock band formed in 1990 from Guelph, Ontario, Canada.-History:Craig Norris , Robert Leader , Michael T Plater Findlay , Steve Knox and Will Kee have been together sixteen years and throughout that time have...
  
  
• Kubasonics
  Kubasonics
  The Kubasonics are a band of Edmontonians honored in Alberta’s Ukrainian Canadian community for recreating traditional Ukrainian melodies, with a twist...
  
  

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• Lace
  Lace (band)
  Lace was a Canadian country music group who formed in 1998 with the backing of music producer David Foster. Active between 1998 and 2001, the band charted four singles on national country music charts, in addition to releasing a self-titled studio album on 143 Records Lace was a Canadian country...
  
  
• Ladyhawk
  Ladyhawk (band)
  Ladyhawk is a Canadian indie rock band formed on February 27, 2004 from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Their debut album, Ladyhawk was released on June 6, 2006 on Jagjaguwar Records. The lead single on the album was "Dugout", followed by "My Old Jacknife". They are signed to play at the 2008...
  
  
• Land of Talk
  Land of Talk
  Land of Talk is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band consists of singer and guitarist Elizabeth Powell, bass guitarist Joseph Yarmush and drummer Andrew Barr.-History:...
  
  
• Last Man Out
  Last Man Out
  Last Man Out is a band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada.-Leeches single :Leeches was the first song written by Last Man Out after the “Song Era” when they were fourteen. it was eventually recorded, and then re-recorded in 2006....
  
  
• The Latency
  The Latency
  The Latency is a pop rock band from Maple Ridge, BC. They formed in 2006 from the remains of three previous bands. They have since signed to Maple Music and released their self-titled debut album on September 8, 2009. They will be releasing a second album in 2011.On September 1, 2010 it was...
  
  
• Lava Hay
  Lava Hay
  Lava Hay were a Canadian folk-pop duo in the early 1990s. The duo consisted of Suzanne Little and Michele Gould. Little and Gould first met in 1986 in Toronto, Ontario...
  
  
• Leahy
  Leahy
  Leahy is the name of a Canadian folk music group. The eight band members, all from the Leahy family of eleven siblings, are from Lakefield, Ontario and have been actively touring Canada and internationally since the early 1980s when they were known as The Leahy Family...
  
  
• Lee Harvey Osmond
  Lee Harvey Osmond
  Lee Harvey Osmond, stylized as LeE HARVeY OsMOND, is a Canadian "acid folk" band, whose core member is musician Tom Wilson.The band first took shape as a collaboration between Wilson, Michael Timmins of Cowboy Junkies and Josh Finlayson of Skydiggers, who wrote, recorded and released the band's...
  
  
• Left Spine Down
  Left Spine Down
  Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada, Left Spine Down is a band that plays what they call "cyberpunk," a mixture of electronica, metal, punk, and drum & bass....
  
  
• Leigh Ashford
  Leigh Ashford
  Leigh Ashford was a rock group formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, and which existed between 1966 and 1974.- History :The group was formed in 1967 by, the guitarist Gord Waszek, drummer Dave Cairns, bassist Joe Agnello and keyboard player Newton Garwood. In 1969, record producer Jack Richardson...
  
  
• Len
  Len (band)
  Len is a Canadian alternative rock group from Toronto, Ontario. They are best known as a one-hit wonder for their song "Steal My Sunshine" in 1999. The band consists of siblings Marc Costanzo and Sharon Costanzo .-Studio albums:...
  
  
• Lesbians on Ecstasy
  Lesbians on Ecstasy
  Lesbians on Ecstasy is an electronic band from Montreal, Quebec.The band toured across Canada and the U.S. with Le Tigre before the release of their first recording.The first album, the self-titled Lesbians on Ecstasy was released on October 26, 2004...
  
  
• Leslie Spit Treeo
  Leslie Spit Treeo
  Leslie Spit Treeo were a Canadian folk-rock band in the 1980s and 1990s. The band took its name from the Leslie Street Spit area of Toronto Harbour.-History:...
  
  
• L'Étranger
  L'Étranger (band)
  L'Étranger was a Canadian punk rock band in the early 1980s. Named for the novel L'Étranger by Albert Camus, the band played a politically-minded brand of punk music that drew on both Clash influences and the band members' social justice-oriented Roman Catholic faith...
  
  
• Letters to Elora
  Letters to Elora
  Letters to Elora are a Mississauga, Ontario, Canada based alternative/rock band that consists of Andrew Bryce , Jeff Raposo , Nick Chang-Fong and Calvin Castellino . The band has released one original album, Backdrop in 2006 and a single Never Let You Down from a 2008 untitled album...
  
  
• Library Voices
  Library Voices
  Library Voices are a Canadian indie pop band from Regina, Saskatchewan. Formed in 2008 as a ten-piece group of musician friends, they have released two EPs and two full-length albums...
  
  
• Lighthouse
  Lighthouse (band)
  Lighthouse is a Canadian rock band formed in 1968 in Toronto which included horns, string instruments, and vibraphone; their music reflected elements of rock music, jazz, classical music and swing...
  
  
• Lightning Dust
  Lightning Dust
  Lightning Dust is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2007 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-History:The band is a side project of Amber Webber and Joshua Wells, both members of Black Mountain...
  
  
• Lights
• Liferuiner
  Liferuiner
  Liferuiner was originally founded as a metalcore band from the Greater Toronto Area, Canada formed in 2004. The band was originally created to make a sort of joke against mainstream straight-edge bands by writing lyrics about hate and death rather than preaching their lifestyle.As of today,...
  
  
• Lili Fatale
  Lili Fatale
  Lili Fatale is a Quebec-based band whose members are lead vocalist Nathalie Courchesne, Richard Valmont Binette and Uranian Valcéanu. Martin Beaulieu is a former member. They perform in the pop music domain with electronic stylings.-Discography:...
  
  
• Lillix
  Lillix
  Lillix is a pop/rock band from Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada, formed under the name Tigerlily in 1997 when the early members were in high school. The band was originally composed of guitarist Tasha-Ray Evin, keyboardist Lacey-Lee Evin, bassist Louise Burns, and drummer Sierra Hills...
  
  
• Limblifter
  Limblifter
  Limblifter is a Canadian alternative rock group from Vancouver, formed in 1996.-History:The group was originally formed by brothers Ryan Dahle and Kurt Dahle, as a side project from their main band, Age of Electric, along with a third member, Ian Somers...
  
  
• Lime
  Lime (band)
  Lime was a synth-pop group from Montréal, Canada, during the 1980s. The group was composed of husband and wife Denis and Denyse LePage, although two younger and more attractive singers, Joy Dorris and Chris Marsh, were chosen to tour and appear as the act. They are most noted for their songs "Angel...
  
  
• The Lincolns
  The Lincolns
  - History :In 1979, after leaving the Alice Cooper tours, Prakash John returned to Toronto and founded an R&B band in tribute to the Toronto bands of his youth. He recruited some of the best musicians available, some from previous tours, particularly the Lou Reed Sally Can't Dance album and tour...
  
  
• Lioness
  Lioness (band)
  Lioness is a Canadian indie rock dance band formed in January 2007 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-History:The band was formed by Ronnie Morris and Jeff Scheven, former rhythm section of controller.controller and No Dynamics' vocalist Vanessa Fischer...
  
  
• Little Caesar and the Consuls
  Little Caesar and the Consuls
  Little Caesar and the Consuls were a Canadian rock music group, originally active from 1957 to 1971. Originally known as The Consuls, the band added Little Caesar to their name after a number of fans commented that lead singer Bruce Morshead resembled Edward G...
  
  
• Little Girls
  Little Girls (band)
  Little Girls is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2008 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band emerged from Toronto's post-punk scene as a solo recording project of multi-instrumentalist Josh McIntyre. In the wake of a series of high-profile blog mentions, Little Girls released their debut...
  
  
• Live on Arrival
  Live on Arrival (band)
  Live on Arrival is a Canadian based modern rock/alternative group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, known for their work with Mothers Against Drunk Driving...
  
  
• LiveonRelease
  LiveonRelease
  LiveonRelease was a Canadian all-girl pop punk/rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band formed in 2000 and broke up in 2003.LiveonRelease's genre of music follows the likes of Blink-182...
  
  
• LMDS
  LMDS (band)
  LMDS, abbreviation for "Les Messagers du Son" was a French language hip hop duo in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in the late 1990s made up of Lyrik and Mélo / Mélopsy .The group broke up in 2001...
  
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• Local Rabbits
  Local Rabbits
  Local Rabbits were a Canadian alternative rock band, active in the 1990s and early 2000s.-Background:Based in Montreal, the band consisted of vocalists and guitarists Peter Elkas and Ben Gunning, bassist Ryan Myshrall and drummer Jay Tustin...
  
  
• Loco Locass
  Loco Locass
  Loco Locass are a hip hop group from Quebec formed in 1995. The group often defends the role of the French language in Canada, and champions Quebec sovereignty.Loco Locass' lyrics often deal with the role of the French language, and Quebec's role in Canada...
  
  
• Lola Dutronic
  Lola Dutronic
  Lola Dutronic is a Canadian electronica duo, consisting of remixer/producer Richard Citroen and vocalist Frankie Hart. The band adapts songs from the French and British sixties with modern electronic arrangements...
  
  
• Longing for Dawn
  Longing for Dawn
  Longing for Dawn is a funeral doom metal band based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada signed to Grau Records. The band has released three albums, the most recent of which is Between Elation and Despair, which was released in March 2009.-Current members:...
  
  
• The Look People
  The Look People
  Look People was a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1980s and 1990s. They had a moderate hit in 1991 with a cover of War's "Low Rider", and received five CASBY Award nominations for their CD Small Fish, Big Pond....
  
  
• Lost & Profound
  Lost & Profound
  Lost & Profound were a Canadian folk rock band in the early 1990s. Originally from Calgary, Alberta, where they began under the name The Psychedelic Folk Virgins, the band consisted of vocalist Lisa Boudreau and guitarist Terry Tompkins, with a varying roster of supporting musicians that included...
  
  
• Lost Dakotas
  Lost Dakotas
  Lost Dakotas was a Canadian alternative country band in the 1990s. The band originally consisted of vocalist Paul Dakota and bassist Greg McConnell , who began in 1989 as a busker duo at the corner of Yonge and Dundas Streets in Toronto, Ontario...
  
  
• Lotus Child
  Lotus Child
  Lotus Child was a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2003 from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The band members were notable figures in the Canadian music scene after the release of their second record “Gossip Diet” in 2006...
  
  
• Love Inc.
  Love Inc. (band)
  Love Inc. was a dance music act from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The group was formed by DJ/remixer/producers Chris Sheppard and Brad Daymond, with Simone Denny on vocals. The Sheppard and Denny combination previously worked together in the Quality Records dance outfit BKS, an acronym using the...
  
  
• Love and Sas
  Love and Sas
  Love and Sas were a Canadian r&b-, funk-, and rap-influenced pop duo who scored several Top 40 hits on Canadian pop charts. Lovena 'Love' Fox had worked as a back-up singer for Bon Jovi, The Payolas, and Colin James...
  
  
• Love Kills
  Love Kills (band)
  Love Kills is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Canada, which formed in 2005, with lead guitarist, vocalist, and chief songwriter Pat Rijd, lead vocalist Heather Flood, brother and guitarist Tom Flood, bassist Mark Bergshoeff, and drummer Jay Talsma...
  
  
• The Lovely Feathers
  The Lovely Feathers
  The Lovely Feathers are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2004 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band toured with Metric in late 2005. Their first release was an independent release titled My Best Friend Daniel. Their second album , Hind Hind Legs, was released on April 18, 2006 by Equator...
  
  
• Loverboy
  Loverboy
  Loverboy is a Canadian rock group formed in 1980 in Calgary, Alberta. Throughout the 1980s, the band accumulated numerous hit songs in Canada and the United States, earning four multi-platinum albums and selling millions of records...
  
  
• The Lowest of the Low
  The Lowest of the Low
  The Lowest of the Low is a Canadian alternative rock group formed in 1991 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They were one of the most influential bands on the Canadian alternative music scene in the early 1990s, garnering widespread critical acclaim and radio play...
  
  
• Low Level Flight
  Low Level Flight
  Low Level Flight is a five-piece alternative rock band based in Toronto, Canada. It was formed by Ryan Malcolm in 2006. LLF toured much of Canada, the US, Mexico and Asia in support of their debut album Urgency, which was produced by Mike Borkosky. The band had three top ten videos and two top 40...
  
  
• Luke & The Apostles
  Luke & The Apostles
  Luke & The Apostles was a 1960s blues group from Toronto known for their 1967 hit "Been Burnt". Band members included Canadian guitarist Mike McKenna, Luke Gibson, Peter Jermyn, Jim Jones, and Pat Little...
  
  
• Luther Wright and the Wrongs
  Luther Wright and the Wrongs
  -History:The band began as a side project for Wright when he was a member of Weeping Tile. When that band amicably parted ways following their 1998 recording This Great Black Night, the Wrongs became Wright's primary band. The band membership has shifted a number of times since its inception...
  
  
• The Luyas
  The Luyas
  The Luyas are a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2006 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada.-History:The Luyas did their first live performance in December 2006...
  
  

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• MCJ & Cool G
• The MRQ
  The MRQ
  The Modern Rock Quartet was a Canadian jazz-rock band put together by former Luke & The Apostles keyboard player Peter Jermyn with several musicians who had played with Bruce Cockburn in the final lineup of The Esquires.-Origins:...
  
  
• MacLean & MacLean
  MacLean & MacLean
  MacLean & MacLean were a popular Canadian Juno nominated musical-comedy duo who performed regularly in Canada between 1972 and 1998 and also recorded seven albums. The duo consisted of brothers Gary MacLean and Blair MacLean...
  
  
• Machete Avenue
  Machete Avenue
  -History:Machete Avenue now known just as "Chad Michael Stewart" consists of two band members, Chad Michael Stewart who is the lead vocalist, and Scott Parker who plays the keyboard/piano. These two Canadian musicians, from St. Thomas and London Ontario, formed Machete Avenue in 2005...
  
  
• Madrid
  Madrid (band)
  Madrid is a Canadian psych-tronic band consisting of Adam Perry , Duncan Christie and Eric Lightfoot . Their music is a combination of Electro, Shoegaze, and Psychedelia....
  
  
• Magneta Lane
  Magneta Lane
  Magneta Lane are a Canadian indie band hailing from Toronto, Ontario. The all-female line-up consists of family members Lexi Valentine and Nadia King and French . The band has received critical acclaim for their debut EP The Constant Lover...
  
  
• Maharahj
  Maharahj
  Maharahj is a metalcore band from Oakville, Ontario. Their name originated from a modified spelling of the East Indian term maharaja. This now defunct band was founded in 1997 by Garren and Clay under the original name One Winged Angel. Over the course five years the band released one demo and...
  
  
• Mahogany Rush
  Mahogany Rush
  Mahogany Rush is a Canadian rock band led by guitarist Frank Marino. The band had its peak of popularity in the 1970s, playing such venues as California Jam II together with bands such as Aerosmith, Ted Nugent and Heart....
  
  
• The Mahones
  The Mahones
  -Biography:The Mahones are an Irish-born, Canadian Celtic punk band, influenced by the Celtic Rock revival of the late 1980's, pioneered by such bands as the Pogues and the Waterboys....
  
  
• Main Source
  Main Source
  Main Source was an innovative, acclaimed Toronto and New York-based hip hop group comprising Toronto natives Sir Scratch, K-Cut, and Queens native Large Professor...
  
  
• Major Maker
  Major Maker
  Major Maker is a Canadian indie rock band, formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2006 by Bulgarian-born Todor Kobakov, and Icelandic singer-songwriter Lindy Vopnfjord. Their track "Rollercoaster" was used in a Maynards candy commercial, which led the company to be inundated with requests for the name of...
  
  
• Malajube
  Malajube
  Malajube is a francophone indie rock band based in Montreal. The band has three albums out on Dare to Care Records.-History:Formed by a group of friends in Montreal, the band made itself known in 2004 with the release of its first album, Le Compte complet. Critics welcomed the disc with positive...
  
  
• Malhavoc
• Mandala
• Manic Drive
  Manic Drive
  Manic Drive is a Christian Rock band formed by founding members Michael A. Cavallo and Shawn Cavallo hailing from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They are internationally known in North America and Europe and have established themselves through the Christian/Gospel music industry...
  
  
• Mannequin Depressives
  Mannequin Depressives
  Mannequin Depressives are a synth-pop group formed in 1998.Current members are: Rod C. Dornian , Russ Magee , Scott Johns , and Nebulous .-Name:The band's name is taken from a humorous...
  
  
• Manteca
  Manteca (band)
  Manteca is a Canadian jazz fusion band that toured during the 1980s and 1990s. It was formed by percussionist Matt Zimbel and bassist Henry Heillig in 1979.Their repertoire consisted of pieces composed by keyboardist Aaron Davis and Rick Tait...
  
  
• The Manvils
  The Manvils
  The Manvils are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver. The band, consists of singer, songwriter and guitarist Mikey Manville, bassist Greg Buhr and drummer Jay Koenderman....
  
  
• Maow
  Maow
  Maow was a Canadian indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. A pop punk combo, the band was part of the "cuddlecore" scene led by cub.Maow consisted of guitarist Tobey Black, bassist Corrina Hammond and drummer Neko Case...
  
  
• The Marble Index
  The Marble Index (band)
  The Marble Index was a Canadian rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. The group formed in 2001, and comprised Brad Germain , Ryan Tweedle , and Adam Knickle . The band is named after the album “The Marble Index” by Nico.-History:...
  
  
• Mare
  Mare (band)
  Mare were a Canadian band from Toronto who fused sludge metal with more experimental traits such as jazz, unusual time signatures and Gregorian Chant. Mare consisted of Tyler Semrick-Palmateer on vocals and guitar, Rob Shortil on bass, and Caleb Collins on drums. The first release of a demo was...
  
  
• Marianas Trench
  Marianas Trench (band)
  Marianas Trench is a Juno-nominated Canadian pop punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, formed in 2001. They have released three full length albums, the most recent titled Ever After, released on November 21, 2011...
  
  
• Marilyn's Vitamins
  Marilyn's Vitamins
  Marilyn's Vitamins were a punk rock band formed in 1995 from Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, playing their last show December 28, 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. In those near-five years they released two albums on Raw Energy and 7"s on Ductape, and Ugly Pop Vinyl. A posthumous collection was released on...
  
  
• The Mark Inside
  The Mark Inside
  The Mark Inside is a four-piece rock band from Whitby, Ontario, that is currently based out of Toronto. The Mark Inside was formed in early 2000 and has toured extensively across Canada and England...
  
  
• Martha and the Muffins
  Martha and the Muffins
  Martha and the Muffins are a Canadian new wave band, active from 1977 to the present. Although they only had one major international hit single under their original band name, they had a number of hits in their native Canada, and the core members of the band also charted in Canada and...
  
  
• Martyr
  Martyr (band)
  Martyr is a Canadian death metal band from Trois-Rivières, Québec, founded in 1994 by brothers Daniel and François Mongrain.- History :Formed in 1994 by brothers Daniel and François Mongrain , along with Pier-Luc Lampron and François Richard , Martyr recorded a demo tape in September 1995...
  
  
• Mashmakhan
  Mashmakhan
  Mashmakhan was a Canadian rock fusion band that was most active in the early 1970s, and is best known for their hit single "As the Years Go By."-History:...
  
  
• Masochistic Religion
  Masochistic Religion
  Masochistic Religion were one of the first goth bands from Toronto, Ontario. Masochistic Religion went through many line-up changes over the years with Mitch Krol as the only consistent member. The band formed in the late 80s and broke up in 1998. Their album Litanies of Satan is based on Charles...
  
  
• The Matadors
  The Matadors
  The Matadors were a beat band from Czechoslovakia. The members were Otto Bezloja , Radim Hladík , Jan "Farmer" Obermayer , Miroslav "Tony Black" Schwarz as well as Karel Kahovec and Vladimír Mišík . The latter two have been replaced in late 1966 by ex-Flamengo Viktor Sodoma jr...
  
  
• Matthew Good Band
  Matthew Good Band
  Matthew Good Band was a Canadian alternative rock band formed by Matthew Good that existed from 1993 to 2002. The band consisted of Good , Dave Genn , Ian Browne and Geoff Lloyd from 1995 to 1999...
  
  
• Matt Mays & El Torpedo
  Matt Mays
  Matt Mays is a Canadian singer-songwriter and was the lead singer of Matt Mays & El Torpedo, a rock music group based in Cole Harbour, Nova Scotia and New York City. Previously, Mays was a member of a Canadian indie band The Guthries...
  
  
• Max Webster
  Max Webster
  Max Webster was a Canadian rock band of the 1970s and early 1980s.-Career:The band was formed in 1973 in Toronto, Ontario and originally consisted of guitarist and vocalist Kim Mitchell, keyboardist Terry Watkinson, bassist Mike Tilka and drummer Paul Kersey. Mitchell and Pye Dubois would write the...
  
  
• The McDades
  The McDades
  The McDades are a Canadian band made up of siblings Shannon Johnson , Solon McDade , Jeremiah McDade and their musical friends....
  
  
• Kate and Anna McGarrigle
  Kate and Anna McGarrigle
  Kate and Anna McGarrigle, were a pair of Canadian singer-songwriters from Quebec, who performed as a duo until Kate McGarrigle's death on January 18, 2010.-Profile:...
  
  
• McKenna Mendelson Mainline
  McKenna Mendelson Mainline
  McKenna Mendelson Mainline is a seminal Canadian blues band, working the same English club circuit as the then up and coming bands Fleetwood Mac and Led Zeppelin...
  
  
• McMaster & James
  McMaster & James
  McMaster & James was a music duo from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.The band is named after its principal members, Luke McMaster and Rob James, who met in 1997. Their self-titled debut CD released in February 2000 on BMG, followed by numerous tour dates, including an opening spot on Christina...
  
  
• The McRackins
  The McRackins
  The McRackins are a Canadian pop punk band that was formed in 1994. Their song and album titles revolve around egg puns They have had approximately 70 releases from over 30 different record labels....
  
  
• Me Mom & Morgentaler
• Mean Red Spiders
  Mean Red Spiders
  Mean Red Spiders are a Canadian alternative rock band formed in Toronto, Canada in September 1993. Mean Red Spiders' music is largely guitar-based indie rock influenced by psychedelic music. Their music makes extensive use of distortion, digital keyboard loops, recorded voice samples, and effects...
  
  
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• Mecca Normal
  Mecca Normal
  Formed by Jean Smith and David Lester in 1984, Mecca Normal is a two-piece indie rock band from Vancouver, Canada. Smith writes lyrics and sings in a style that is often confrontational and laced with feminist themes; Lester's melodic yet dissonant guitar swirls and loops around her vocals...
  
  
• The Meligrove Band
  The Meligrove Band
  The Meligrove Band is a Canadian indie rock band, based in Toronto, and consisting of Jason Nunes on vocals, guitar and piano, Darcy Rego on vocals and drums, Brian O'Reilly on guitar and synthesizer, and Michael Small on bass guitar.-History:...
  
  
• The Memories Attack
  The Memories Attack
  The Memories Attack is a Canadian indie pop duo from Atlantic Canada. The group consists of Eric's Trip guitarist Chris Thompson and Ron Bates of the pop group Orange Glass...
  
  
• Memoryhouse
  Memoryhouse
  Memoryhouse is a dream pop group from Toronto, Ontario, signed to Sub Pop. Memoryhouse consists of Evan Abeele and Denise Nouvion . Their sound has been described as similar to that of Beach House.- Reception :...
  
  
• Memphis
  Memphis (band)
  Memphis is a musical duo consisting of long-time friends Torquil Campbell and Chris Dumont.Dumont, originally from North Carolina, first met Campbell in New York City in the early 1990s. With Campbell's childhood friends Chris Seligman, James Shaw, and Adam Marvy, the pair played together in a band...
  
  
• Men Without Hats
  Men Without Hats
  Men Without Hats is a Canadian New Wave group from Montreal, Quebec. Their music was characterized by the distinctive baritone voice of their lead singer Ivan Doroschuk as well as their elaborate use of synthesizers and electronic processing...
  
  
• Mercey Brothers
  Mercey Brothers
  The Mercey Brothers was a Canadian country music group active from 1957 to 1989.-Before they were famous:The Mercey family grew up to music in their household at an early age. Brothers Larry, Ray, and Lloyd Mercey formed a country-infused musical group in 1966...
  
  
• Mercy, the Sexton
  Mercy, the Sexton
  Mercy, the Sexton is a Canadian indie pop band from St. John's, Newfoundland, founded by brothers Luke and Duncan Major in March 2007. The other band members initially were Chris Johansen and Jon Hynes...
  
  
• Merlin
  Merlin Bronques
  Merlin Bronques is the controversial nightlife personality behind the website lastnightsparty.com. Based in New York, he is the site’s founder and sole photographer and travels frequently to Miami, Las Vegas, Los Angeles, Chicago, Austin, Berlin, London, Tokyo, Rio de Janeiro, Buenos Aires, and a...
  
  
• Merryweather
  Merryweather (band)
  Merryweather was a late sixties Canadian rock band that relocated to California in the autumn of 1968 and recorded for Capitol Records. The band was led by singer/bass player Neil Merryweather and most of the band subsequently formed Salt and Pepper with Rick James.-Early years:After leaving Bruce...
  
  
• Mes Aïeux
  Mes Aïeux
  Mes Aïeux is a folk music group from Quebec, Canada founded in 1996.Although they are labeled as leaders of the "neo-traditional" movement in Quebec, they frequently use subjects and characters from traditional French Canadian folklore in order to approach modern themes with a...
  
  
• Metalwood
  Metalwood
  -Awards and recognition:* 1998: Juno Award, Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Metalwood* 1999: Juno Award, Best Contemporary Jazz Album, Metalwood 2-Discography:*1997: Metalwood*1998: Metalwood 2*1999: "Metalwood Live"*2001: Metalwood 3...
  
  
• Metric
  Metric (band)
  Metric is a Canadian indie rock and New Wave band founded in 1998 in Toronto. The band has also at various times been based in Montreal, London, New York City and Los Angeles...
  
  
• The Midway State
  The Midway State
  The Midway State is an alternative rock band from Toronto, Canada. The band is signed to Remedy Records worldwide and to Universal Publishing for the world outside North America. The band released their debut album Holes in 2008...
  
  
• Mir
  Mir (band)
  Mir is a band based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada. Their projects have been released in Canada and Europe, and their 2006 itinerary includes 4 tours in Germany.Asif Illyas is the band's lead vocalist, guitarist and pianist...
  
  
• Miriodor
  Miriodor
  Miriodor is a Canadian musical group in the field of what is known as Rock in Opposition; the band combines jazz, progressive rock and chamber music into a powerful sound reminiscent of better known artists like Univers Zéro or Art Zoyd...
  
  
• Mobile
  Mobile (band)
  Mobile were a Canadian Alternative Rock band from Montreal initially composed of Mathieu Joly , Christian Brais , Pierre-Marc Hamelin , Dominic Viola and Frank Williamson . Their debut album, Tomorrow Starts Today, was released in 2006. The band was nominated for two Juno Awards in 2007 and went...
  
  
• Moev
  Moev
  Founded in 1981 by Tom Ferris and Cal Stephenson, Moev is an electronic music group that recorded on Atlantic Records, Nettwerk Records, Go! Records and Cop International...
  
  
• The Moffatts
  The Moffatts
  The Moffatts were a Canadian pop/rock band, composed of brothers Scott, Clint, Bob and Dave Moffatt. Eldest brother Scott was born on March 30, 1983 in Whitehorse, Yukon. Less than a year later, on March 8, 1984, triplets Bob, Clint and Dave were born in Vancouver, British Columbia...
  
  
• The Mohawk Lodge
  The Mohawk Lodge
  The Mohawk Lodge is a Canadian indie rock group, fronted by singer and songwriter Ryder Havdale, who tours with different collaborators and guests....
  
  
• Moist
• Moneen
  Moneen
  Moneen is an indie rock band from Brampton, Ontario, Canada.-History:The band formed in 1999 after the dissolution of another band, called Perfectly Normal. Moneen's original bass player, Mark Bowser, was replaced by Chris Slorach, who left the band after the release of The Theory of Harmonial Value...
  
  
• Moneyshot
  Moneyshot
  Moneyshot is a Canadian rock/punk band who formed in 1999 and are based out of Victoria, British Columbia. They have an energetic live stage show and play music that falls somewhere between Guns 'n Roses and Social Distortion.- Discography :...
  
  
• Monster Voodoo Machine
  Monster Voodoo Machine
  Monster Voodoo Machine a Canadian Industrial metal band, originally active from 1991 to 1998, has recently begun working on a new album.- History :...
  
  
• Mood Ruff
  Mood Ruff
  Mood Ruff was a conscious hip-hop group hailing from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The group consisted of Odario, Spitz, Breakz, and ICQRI. Their final album I Do My Own Stunts, which was released in 2005, contained their first hit, "Rocketship".-History:...
  
  
• Moonlyght
  Moonlyght
  Moonlyght is a metal band from Quebec, Canada.-Background:In 1995, guitarist/vocalist Sébastien "Roby" Robitaille, drummer Luc Gaulin, guitarist Vincent Gauvin, bassist Christian Jacques, and backup guitarist Simon Rheaume-Goulet formed Moonlyght, and recorded a demo tape in cassette format by...
  
  
• The Most Serene Republic
  The Most Serene Republic
  The Most Serene Republic is a Canadian indie rock band based in Milton, Ontario. It takes its name from the sobriquet of formerly independent Venice under the Doges, which was regarded as "The Most Serene Republic of Venice".-Members:...
  
  
• Mother Mother
  Mother Mother
  Mother Mother is a five-piece Canadian indie rock band originally from Quadra Island, now based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mother Mother consists of Ryan Guldemond on guitar and vocals, Molly Guldemond on vocals and keyboard, Jasmin Parkin on keyboard and vocals, Ali Siadat on drums, and...
  
  
• Motion Ensemble
  Motion Ensemble
  Motion Ensemble is a musical group formed in New Brunswick. They play contemporary classical music and experimental music. Motion Ensemble Inc. is a non-profit organization in the province of New Brunswick founded in 1998....
  
  
• Mountain City Four
  Mountain City Four
  The Mountain City Four were a Canadian folk music group, based in Montreal and active in the 1960s. The group consisted of Jack Nissenson, Peter Weldon, Kate McGarrigle and Anna McGarrigle....
  
  
• The Mountains and the Trees
  The Mountains and the Trees
  The Mountains and the Trees is a Canadian folk rock band whose sole constant member is Jon Janes of Pasadena, Newfoundland and Labrador. The band is now based in St. John's. Canadian singer-songwriter Hayden is a significant musical influence. In addition to Hayden, the musical style has also been...
  
  
• Moxy
  Moxy (band)
  Moxy was a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band, formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1974, from previous members of the rock group, Leigh Ashford — which included singer Douglas "Buzz" Shearman Earl Johnson , Bill Wade Moxy was a Canadian hard rock and heavy metal band, formed in Toronto, Ontario in...
  
  
• Moxy Früvous
  Moxy Früvous
  Moxy Früvous was a politically satirical folk-pop band from Thornhill, Ontario, Canada. The band was founded in 1989, and was active throughout the 1990s...
  
  
• Mr. Pine
  Mr. Pine
  Mr. Pine are a Canadian psych folk band formed in 2003 from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-History:The band's music combines elements of acid folk, classical music, pop, and several kinds of roots music, especially British folk music. The band was formed in 2003 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, by Matt McLennan...
  
  
• Mudmen
  Mudmen
  Mudmen are a Canadian rock band that formed in Toronto, Ontario in 2000. Initially comprising vocalist Zoy Nicoles, guitarist Lonny Knapp, bassist Tommy Skilton, drummer Ryan McCaffrey and bagpipe-playing brothers Robby and Sandy Campbell...
  
  
• The Musical Box
  The Musical Box (band)
  The Musical Box is a prominent Genesis tribute band.-Covering the Peter Gabriel era of Genesis:Taking their name from the 1971 track of the same name, The Musical Box formed in Montreal, Quebec in 1993 to commemorate the twentieth anniversary of the 1973 album Selling England by the Pound...
  
  
• MSTRKRFT
  MSTRKRFT
  MSTRKRFT is a Canadian electronic music duo from Toronto, Ontario. The group was started in 2005 by Jesse F. Keeler of Death from Above 1979 and Al-P formerly of the Mississauga, Ontario electropop group Girlsareshort...
  
  
• The Mynah Birds
  The Mynah Birds
  The Mynah Birds were a Canadian R&B band formed in Toronto, Ontario active from 1964 to 1967. Although the band never released an album, it is notable as featuring a number of musicians who went on to have successful careers in rock, folk rock and funk....
  
  
• Mystery Machine
  Mystery Machine (band)
  Mystery Machine are a Canadian alternative rock band, mainly active in the 1990s. Based in Vancouver, the core of the band consisted of Jordan Pratt, Luke Rogalsky, Bean and Shane Ward....
  
  
• Mythos
  Mythos (musical project)
  Mythos is a new age musical project started by Bob D'Eith and Paul Schmidt in 1996. Bob and Paul collectively wrote, produced, and performed on the albums with the help of various session performers. The centerpiece of the Mythos sound rests on the acoustic guitar and piano, which are accented...
  
  
• Mother Mother
  Mother Mother
  Mother Mother is a five-piece Canadian indie rock band originally from Quadra Island, now based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Mother Mother consists of Ryan Guldemond on guitar and vocals, Molly Guldemond on vocals and keyboard, Jasmin Parkin on keyboard and vocals, Ali Siadat on drums, and...
  
  

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• NQ Arbuckle
  NQ Arbuckle
  NQ Arbuckle is a Canadian alternative country band, consisting of Neville Quinlan , Mark Kesper, Peter Kesper and John Dinsmore...
  
  
• Nathan
  Nathan (band)
  Nathan are an alt-country band from Winnipeg, Manitoba in Canada.After their debut independent album Stranger won a Prairie Music Award for Outstanding Independent Album, the band signed to Nettwerk Records...
  
  
• National Velvet
  National Velvet (band)
  National Velvet were a Canadian goth rock band in the 1980s and 1990s. The band took its name from the 1944 Elizabeth Taylor movie National Velvet....
  
  
• Navet Confit
  Navet Confit
  -External links:* * at Bande à part...
  
  
• Negativa
  Negativa
  Negativa were a Canadian avant-garde technical death metal band from Montreal, Quebec formed by Steeve Hurdle ex member of the technical death metal band Gorguts. It also includes musicians from Ion Dissonance and Augury. The band released their first three-song recording, a self-titled release...
  
  
• NEON BLUE
  NEON BLUE
  NEON BLUE is a five-piece indie country rock band from Bancroft, Ontario, Canada. The band is fronted by singer/songwriter/bassist Mark Doney and drummer/harmony singer Sean Doney. Together the brothers independently funded the debut NEON BLUE self-titled cd and released it to the European radio...
  
  
• A Neon Rome
  A Neon Rome
  A Neon Rome was a Canadian alternative rock band, active from 1984 to 1987. Commonly described as a cross between The Sex Pistols, The Doors and The Velvet Underground, the band were prominent on Toronto's Queen Street West music scene...
  
  
• Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra
  Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra
  The Neufeld-Occhipinti Jazz Orchestra is a jazz musical group from Toronto, Canada since 1994.Paul Neufeld and Michael Occhipinti are the principal artists, who are joined by numerous other musicians on their projects and performances. Their present label is True North Records...
  
  
• Neuraxis
  Neuraxis
  Neuraxis is a Canadian technical/melodic death metal band. It was formed in Montreal in 1994 by Steven Henry, Yan Thiel and Felipe Angel Quinzanos...
  
  
• Neurosonic
  Neurosonic
  Neurosonic was founded in Vancouver, British Columbia in February, 2006 by vocalist/guitarist Jason Darr, who was the former lead singer of Calgary's Out of Your Mouth...
  
  
• Neverending White Lights
  Neverending White Lights
  Neverending White Lights is a Canadian music collaboration project fronted by Daniel Victor from Windsor, Ontario, and featuring several artists mainly from Canada and the United States. Daniel Victor performs all musical instruments, with most of his songs featuring guest singers...
  
  
• The New Cities
  The New Cities
  The New Cities is a Juno Award and ADISQ Award nominated band originating from Trois-Rivières, Quebec, Canada and currently based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The current members of The New Cities are David Brown, Christian Bergeron, Nicolas Denis, Francis Fugere, Philippe Lachance, and Julien...
  
  
• New Country Rehab
  New Country Rehab
  New Country Rehab is a Canadian alternative country band. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band consists of John Showman on vocals and fiddle, James Robertson on guitar, Ben Whiteley on bass and Roman Tomé on drums...
  
  
• The New Deal
  The New Deal (band)
  The New Deal is a three-piece electronic band formed in 1998 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. With a drummer , bass guitarist , and keyboard player , the music incorporates many elements of modern electronica, which they have branded live progressive breakbeat house.The band formed in 1998 after a...
  
  
• The New Grand
  The New Grand
  The New Grand is a Canadian indie rock band from London, Ontario, Canada. Known for their explosive live shows, they released two full-length albums on Sonic Unyon Records....
  
  
• New Meanies
  New Meanies
  The New Meanies, originally called the Blue Meanies, are a four piece rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.-History:Formed around 1990 by high school friends Damon Mitchell , Jeff Hondubura , Sky Onosson and Jason Kane started playing blues-influenced rock.-Releases:After...
  
  
• The New Pornographers
  The New Pornographers
  The New Pornographers is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1997 in Vancouver, British Columbia.-History:The band's first four albums each ranked in the top 40 on The Village Voices Pazz & Jop year-end poll of hundreds of music reviewers. From 2000 to 2006, either a New Pornographers' album or a...
  
  
• Nick Buzz
  Nick Buzz
  -External links:*...
  
  
• Nickelback
  Nickelback
  Nickelback is a Canadian rock band from Hanna, Alberta. Since 1995 the band has included guitarist and lead vocalist Chad Kroeger, guitarist and back-up vocalist Ryan Peake and bassist Mike Kroeger.. The band's current drummer and percussionist is Daniel Adair who has been with the band since 2005....
  
  
• The Nils
  The Nils
  The Nils was a Canadian power pop and punk rock band originating in Montreal, Quebec which produced several releases between 1978 and 1994.The band was founded in 1978 by then 12-year old Alex Soria with his brother Carlos Soria. The band never achieved widespread fame despite critical success and...
  
  
• Nine Mile
  Nine Mile (band)
  Nine Mile is a Canadian pop-rock band, based in Toronto. Founded in 2001, original members included: D'Ari Pouyat , Trevor Norris , Joshua Cowan and Dave Matthews . The founding members only recorded one album together entitled "Run"...
  
  
• Ninja High School
  Ninja High School (band)
  Ninja High School were a Canadian dance-punk band, based in Toronto, Ontario, who merged hip hop and hardcore punk influences. It consisted of Matt Collins, Gregory Collins, Adrian Cvitkovic, Star DT, Whitney Kemble, Catherine Ribeiro, Steve Kado and Wolfgang Nessel...
  
  
• No Kids
  No Kids
  No Kids is a Canadian indie pop band. Based in Vancouver, the band was formed by Justin Kellam, Julia Chirka and Nick Krgovich following the departure of Larissa Loyva from their earlier band P:ano....
  
  
• No Warning
  No Warning (band)
  No Warning was a hardcore punk band from Toronto, Canada.-History:The band was founded in 1998 under the name As We Once Were by singer Ben Cook and guitarists Matt Delong and Alan "Yeti" Riches. They released two demos, both in 1998, as As We Once Were. The band subsequently renamed itself No...
  
  
• Noise Unit
  Noise Unit
  Noise Unit is a musical band, a side-project of the prolific Bill Leeb and Rhys Fulber, of Front Line Assembly. Its members have included Marc Verhaeghen and Chris Peterson...
  
  
• Nomeansno
  Nomeansno
  NoMeansNo is a Canadian progressive punk rock music group originally from Victoria, British Columbia and now located in Vancouver.The band has never had, nor have they seemed to pursue, strong mainstream success, but they do have a devoted underground following in North America and Europe...
  
  
• Norteño
  Norteño (band)
  Norteño is a self-proclaimed "Tango nuevo quintet" from the Ottawa, Ontario area. It was started by Pierre-Paul Provencher and Laurie Rosewarne in 1993...
  
  
• A Northern Chorus
  A Northern Chorus
  A Northern Chorus was a Canadian band from Hamilton, Ontario.-History:The band was formed in 1999 after the breakup of Stu Livingstone and Pete Hall's previous band, Datura Dream Defered. They have released four records on the Sonic Unyon label, Before We All Go To Pieces, Spirit Flags, Bitter...
  
  
• Northern Lights
• The Northern Pikes
  The Northern Pikes
  The Northern Pikes are a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan in 1984. The original members were Bryan Potvin, Jay Semko, Merl Bryck and Glen Hollingshead. Hollingshead left the band in 1985, and was replaced by Don Schmid in 1986...
  
  
• North of America
  North of America
  North of America is a rock band from Nova Scotia that has recorded with Matlock Records in Canada and the American label Level Plane Records. Members of Halifax's State Champs and Truro's The Motes formed North of America in 1997...
  
  
• Not by Choice
  Not by Choice
  Not by Choice is a Canadian punk rock music band from Ajax, Ontario. They have released two albums, Maybe One Day in 2002 , and Secondhand Opinions in 2004....
  
  
• Novacosm
  Novacosm
  Novacosm is an eclectic alternative rock band, fronted by former white racist and World Church of the Creator minister George Burdi. Novacosm was founded in 1998, subsequent to Burdi's decision to leave the white power scene in 1997, and began looking for new artistic and spiritual outlets.Before...
  
  
• Novillero
  Novillero
  Novillero is a Canadian indie pop band formed in 1999 in Winnipeg, Manitoba. Their musical style has been dubbed "mod-pop".Novillero formed in 1999 out of the ashes of Winnipeg lounge pop darlings Transonic, picking up Rod Slaughter , Dave Berthiaume , and Rusty Matyas along the way...
  
  
• Nudimension
  Nudimension
  Nudimension were a francophone French Canadian New Wave/Synthpop band from Montréal, Canada who were active between 1982 and 1989.Composed of Lead Singer/composer Louie Louie , Non musician Marc Fontaine and - - vocalist Anne Marie Cyr...
  
  
• Numb
  Numb (band)
  Numb is an electro-industrial band that was based in Vancouver, Canada. It was founded by Don Gordon, David Hall and Sean Stubbs in 1986. Following his Suspended single, Gordon retired the project and moved to Vietnam to live with his wife.-Past members:...
  
  
• The Nylons
  The Nylons
  The Nylons are an a cappella group founded in 1978 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Best known for their covers of The Turtles' "Happy Together", Steam's "Na Na Hey Hey Kiss Him Goodbye", and The Tokens' version of the traditional "The Lion Sleeps Tonight"....
  
  

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• OK Cobra
  OK Cobra
  OK Cobra is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of rapper Fritz tha Cat and producer Recordface . Childhood friends originally from London, Ontario, Fritz tha Cat and Recordface later reunited in Montreal, releasing their self-titled debut album in July 2006.The album quickly reached #1 on Charts...
  
  
• Obscene Eulogy
  Obscene Eulogy
  Obscene Eulogy is a death/black metal band from Saint John, New Brunswick, who are most notable for having recorded with Impaled Nazarene's Mika Luttinen on vocals. Their current singer is Tapio Wilska of Finntroll.-Current members:...
  
  
• Ocean
  Ocean (band)
  Ocean was a gospel rock band formed in 1970 in Toronto, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They are best known for their million-selling 1971 single "Put Your Hand in the Hand", penned by Gene MacLellan. The gramophone record sold over one million copies and received a gold disc awarded by the Recording...
  
  
• Octoberman
  Octoberman
  Octoberman is a Canadian indie rock band. Fronted by singer-songwriter Marc Morrissette, the band also includes Tavo Diez de Bonilla on bass, Marshall Bureau on drums, as well as contributions from a number of frequent guest musicians, including Randy Lee , Anju Singh , Shaun Brodie , Jessica...
  
  
• Odds
  Odds (band)
  Odds are a Canadian alternative rock band. The band's power pop style has been frequently compared to that of contemporaries such as Squeeze, Elvis Costello, Weezer, Tom Petty, Sloan, The Clash, XTC, Franz Ferdinand, and The Tubes.-Odds :...
  
  
• Offenbach
  Offenbach (band)
  Offenbach is a Quebec blues rock band, initially active from 1969 to 1985. Following a successful reunion tour in 1996, the band released a new album in 2005.-History:...
  
  
• Oh No Forest Fires
  Oh No Forest Fires
  Oh No Forest Fires was a Canadian indie pop band from Toronto and nearby Brampton, Ontario, formed in 2007 and disbanded in 2010. The group's members were singer-guitarist Rajiv Thavanathan, guitarist-singer Brock Swanek, bassist Matt Del Buono and drummer Adam Nimmo.- History :Rajiv Thavanathan,...
  
  
• Ohbijou
  Ohbijou
  -Biography:Ohbijou began as the solo project of Brantford singer-songwriter Casey Mecija . Through the process of songwriting and composition, Casey discovered a need for the musical support of her sister Jennifer Mecija , whom Casey invited to assist with her early performances...
  
  
• Okoumé
  Okoumé (band)
  -Members:*Michel Duguay - bass*Éric Gosselin - drums, percussion*Frédéric Lebrasseur - percussion *Éloi Painchaud - backing vocals, guitar, harmonica, flute*Jonathan Painchaud - lead vocals, acoustic guitar...
  
  
• Old World Vulture
  Old World Vulture (band)
  -Biography:The band formed in 2008 and released its self-titled debut EP on May 11, 2010. The EP was recorded by Chris Hegge in Toronto. The album reached the Top 50 and Top 200 positions on !earshot's Canadian campus and community radio charts...
  
  
• Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
  Olenka and the Autumn Lovers
  Olenka and the Autumn Lovers are an active indie folk band based out of London, Ontario.- Style and history :Fronted by Polish actress Olenka Krakus, the band's sound is mix of orchestral folk pop with elements reminiscent of classic country and folk music, and Eastern European folk...
  
  
• Oliver Black
  Oliver Black
  Townline is a Canadian rock group from Welland, Ontario. Members of the band include Serena Prine , Nick Lesyk , Greg Zack , and Allan Colavecchia . Musically the band performs a mix of Americana and Southern Rock music with a slight Country flare, moving on from their past heavy rock and roll...
  
  
• The Olympic Symphonium
  The Olympic Symphonium
  The Olympic Symphonium is a Canadian indie folk trio from Fredericton, New Brunswick. The band consists of Nick Cobham , Kyle Cunjak , and Graeme Walker...
  
  
• One Bad Son
  One Bad Son
  One Bad Son is a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada.-Origin:The band was formed in 2004. Two full length albums have been released by independent record label Versailles Records in New York. The third album is being completed in Vancouver, with an expected release in 2011...
  
  
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• One to One
• The Organ
  The Organ
  The Organ was a Canadian indie pop band formed in 2001 in Vancouver, British Columbia. They officially broke up on December 7, 2006, due to illness and personal conflicts in the band.-Early years:...
  
  
• Organized Rhyme
  Organized Rhyme
  Organized Rhyme was a short-lived Canadian hip hop group based in Ottawa, known primarily for the fame later achieved by one of its members, comedian Tom Green....
  
  
• Our Lady Peace
  Our Lady Peace
  Our Lady Peace is a Canadian alternative rock band that formed in Toronto, Ontario in 1992. Headed by lead vocalist Raine Maida since its formation, the band additionally consists of Jeremy Taggart on percussion, Duncan Coutts on bass, and Steve Mazur as lead guitarist...
  
  
• Our Mercury
  Our Mercury
  Our Mercury was a Canadian indie rock band. Its members were singer/guitarist Ben Stevenson, drummer John Watson, bassist Joseph Lubinski-Mast, and keyboardist Eric Budd.-History:...
  
  
• Ours to Destroy
  Ours to Destroy
  Ours To Destroy is an Anarchist Folk Rock band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The current line-up is David Morley, Steven Dodd, and Roland Griffith...
  
  
• Out of Your Mouth
  Out of Your Mouth
  Out of Your Mouth was a Canadian hard rock band from Calgary, Alberta. The band consisted of vocalist Jason Darr, guitarist Jerrod Maxwell-Lyster, bassist Paule Sperman and drummer Rob Shawcross. Their debut album, Draghdad, was released in 2004, scoring a Canadian Top 40 hit with a rocked-up cover...
  
  
• Ox
  Ox (band)
  Ox is a Canadian alternative country indie band. The core of the band consists of Mark Browning on lead vocals and guitar, Ryan Bishops on guitar and piano, Shawn Dicey on bass and Max Myth on drums...
  
  

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• P:ano
  P:ano
  P:ano was a Canadian indie pop band formed in 1999 from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The band's members consisted of Larissa Loyva, Justin Kellam, Julia Chirka, and Nick Krgovich...
  
  
• The Pack A.D.
  The Pack A.D.
  The Pack A.D. is a garage rock duo from Vancouver, Canada. Formed in 2006, The Pack A.D. consists of singer/songwriter/guitarist Becky Black and drummer/songwriter Maya Miller. The Pack A.D...
  
  
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• Painted Thin
  Painted Thin
  Painted Thin was a Canadian hardcore punk band, based in Winnipeg, Manitoba and active from 1994 to 1999. The core of the band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Stephen Carroll and bassist and vocalist Paul Furgale, with a variety of guest musicians, including James Ash, Dan McCafferty and Jason...
  
  
• Paper Moon
  Paper Moon (band)
  Paper Moon is an indie rock band based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, that has released three albums and an EP.- History :The band was formed from the ashes of former Winnipeg bands B'ehl, The Bonaduces and The Electrosonics...
  
  
• The Paperbacks
  The Paperbacks
  The Paperbacks are an indie rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band formed in 2000 after the disbanding of popular local Winnipeg punk-rock act The Bonaduces. The band is heavily involved with the local Winnipeg music scene with close ties to such bands as The Weakerthans and Novillero....
  
  
• The Paperboys
  The Paperboys
  The Paperboys are a Canadian folk music band from Vancouver that formed in 1991. The Paperboys blend Celtic folk with bluegrass, Mexican, Eastern European, African, zydeco, soul and country influences...
  
  
• Parabelle
  Parabelle
  Parabelle is a rock band that initially formed in 2007 as a side project by Kevin Matisyn, the former lead singer of Evans Blue, and Kenneth Nixon of Framing Hanley. Since then, the band has undergone numerous line-up changes. The band's first release was a double album entitled A Summit...
  
  
• Parachute Club
• Paradox
  Paradox (band)
  Paradox was a Canadian band formed in the 1980s by singer/guitarist Sylvain Cossette. The band's best known lineup featured Sylvain on vocals, Francois Cossette , Denis Lavigne , and Jean-Francois Houle...
  
  
• Parallels
  Parallels (band)
  Parallels is a synthpop band formed in October 2008 in Toronto, Canada. The band consists of Holly Dodson , Cameron Findlay and Joey Kehoe .- History :...
  
  
• Partland Brothers
  Partland Brothers
  The Partland Brothers, comprising brothers G.P. and Chris, are a Canadian rock band/duo formed in 1983, in Toronto, Ontario, best known for their 1987 hit single, "Soul City."-Biography:The Partlands come from the small community of Colgan, north of Toronto...
  
  
• A Passing Fancy
  A Passing Fancy
  A Passing Fancy was a Toronto band from the mid-1960s fronted by the singer-songwriter and guitarist Jay Telfer, today publisher and editor of the antique collector's magazine Wayback Times, and Dr...
  
  
• La Patère Rose
  La Patère Rose
  La Patère Rose is a Québécois electro-pop group, composed of keyboardist Roboto , drummer Kilojules and singer-pianist Fanny Bloom ....
  
  
• Patrick Watson
• The Paupers
  The Paupers
  The Paupers are a Canadian psychedelic rock band that recorded two albums for Verve Forecast Records in 1967 and 1968 and appeared at the Monterey International Pop Festival.-Origins:...
  
  
• Payolas
• A Perfect Murder
  A Perfect Murder
  A Perfect Murder is a 1998 American thriller film directed by Andrew Davis and starring Michael Douglas, Gwyneth Paltrow and Viggo Mortensen. It is a modern remake of Alfred Hitchcock's 1954 film, Dial M for Murder, though the characters' names are all changed, and over half the plot is completely...
  
  
• The Perpetrators
  The Perpetrators
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• Perth County Conspiracy
  Perth County Conspiracy
  Perth County Conspiracy, also known as Perth County Conspiracy was a Canadian folk music group based in Stratford, Ontario. It was formed in 1969 and was active until at least 1977...
  
  
• The Pettit Project
• The Philosopher Kings
  The Philosopher Kings
  The Philosopher Kings are a Canadian rhythm and blues band who were most commercially successful in the late 1990s. The name of the band is derived from Plato's Republic, in which he outlines the design of an idealistic government, ruled by philosopher-kings...
  
  
• Phoenix Christ
  Phoenix Christ
  Phoenix Christ is a Canadian hard rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. The band has released several independent songs on the Internet, which have been praised/played in multiple countries...
  
  
• Pholde
• Phono-Comb
  Phono-Comb
  Phono-Comb was a Canadian instrumental/modern surf rock group that originated in Toronto, Ontario.-History:Phono-Comb first materialized when Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet played with Jad Fair when he was performing in Toronto to promote a film about his band Half Japanese...
  
  
• Picastro
  Picastro
  Picastro is a sleep rock band from Toronto.Currently members include guitarist/vocalist Liz Hysen, cellist Nick Storring and drummer Brandon Valdivia...
  
  
• Pigeon Hole
  Pigeon Hole (band)
  Pigeon Hole is a Canadian hip hop duo, consisting of Colin "Dusty Melo" McCue and Lee "Marmalade" Napthine of the band Sweatshop Union. Already an established act on the local hip hop scene in their hometown of Vancouver prior to joining Sweatshop Union, they released their first album as a duo,...
  
  
• Piledriver
  Piledriver (band)
  Piledriver is a Canadian thrash / heavy metal band, formed in 1985 by Gord Kirchin . They are known for an over-the-top image and flamboyant song titles and lyrics...
  
  
• Pilot Speed
  Pilot Speed
  Pilot Speed is a Canadian rock band that formed in 1999 in Toronto, Ontario. The quartet's debut EP, For All That's Given, Wasted, was released in 2001 which gathered attention from MapleMusic Recordings who later signed them...
  
  
• Pink Mountaintops
  Pink Mountaintops
  Pink Mountaintops is a shoegaze psychedelic rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. The band consists of many of the same musicians who participate in the Black Mountain collective.-Band members:*Stephen McBean*Amber Webber*CC Rose*Lyndsay Sung...
  
  
• Plaid Tongued Devils
  Plaid Tongued Devils
  The Plaid Tongued Devils are a Canadian musical group. It started as an alternative country duet with singer Ty Semaka and guitarist Alan Kolodziejzyk in 1990 and has been a 5 piece since 1992. Since 1998, their music has combined Roma, Klezmer, Ska, Rock and Jazz music, dubbed romaklezkarock by...
  
  
• The Planet Smashers
  The Planet Smashers
  The Planet Smashers are a ska punk band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Since their formation in 1994, they have been a staple of the Montreal music scene. During the third wave of ska, they quickly rose to national, and eventual international fame, with tours in the United States, Europe, and Japan...
  
  
• Plants and Animals
  Plants and Animals
  Plants and Animals are a Canadian indie-rock band from Montreal which comprises guitarist-vocalists Warren Spicer and Nic Basque and drummer-vocalist Matthew Woody Woodley. They often describe their music as post-classic rock. They are signed to Secret City Records...
  
  
• Platinum Blonde
  Platinum Blonde (band)
  Platinum Blonde is a Canadian New Wave group in the mid 1980s-early 1990s. The band originally consisted of Mark Holmes from Scarborough on vocals and bass, Sergio Galli on guitar and Chris Steffler on drums. Scottish musician Kenny MacLean later joined the group as the bassist. The name of the...
  
  
• Plumtree
  Plumtree (band)
  -History:The band formed in their hometown of Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1993 after meeting through their music teachers. The original line-up included Lynette Gillis on drums, Carla Gillis on guitar and vocals, Amanda Braden on guitar and vocals and Nina Martin on bass and occasional vocals.When...
  
  
• Pluto
  Pluto (Canadian band)
  Pluto was a Canadian alternative rock band from in Vancouver, British Columbia. They were nominated for a Juno at the Juno Awards of 1997. The band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Ian Jones, guitarist Rolf Hetherington, bassist John Ounpuu and, drummer Justin Leigh.-History:Pluto formed in...
  
  
• Po' Girl
  Po' Girl
  Po' Girl is a Canadian group whose style derives from folk, country and jazz. The style of music they perform is called "urban roots."The band evolved from a series of jam sessions, in 2000, between Trish Klein of The Be Good Tanyas and Allison Russell, then of Fear of Drinking...
  
  
• Pocket Dwellers
  Pocket dwellers
  The Pocket Dwellers are a seven member experimental hip-hop group from the Toronto area. They have been performing since 1996...
  
  
• Pointed Sticks
  Pointed Sticks
  Pointed Sticks are a Canadian punk rock/power pop band from Vancouver. Originally active from 1978 to 1981, they reunited to perform in 2006 and have remained together since then....
  
  
• Poledo
  Poledo
  Poledo was a Canadian alternative rock band, active in the 1990s. Consisting of vocalist and bassist Joshua Malinsky, vocalist and guitarist Mitch Roth and drummer Dave Capogna, the band formed in 1994 and released two independent cassettes, Buzz Muffin and Let Up, before signing to Sonic Unyon...
  
  
• Pony Up
• The Poppy Family
  The Poppy Family
  The Poppy Family was a late 1960s and early 1970s Canadian pop music group, based in Vancouver, British Columbia.-Career:Seventeen year old Susan Pesklevits met Terry Jacks in the middle 1960s while she was a regular performer on a national teen TV show called Music Hop as well as many other...
  
  
• Porkbelly Futures
  Porkbelly Futures
  Porkbelly Futures is a Canadian musical group. Although originally formed as a Chicago blues band in homage to Paul Butterfield, they soon opened themselves to other influences and began creating original work in a roots/country/folk/r'n'b mode...
  
  
• Prairie Oyster
  Prairie Oyster
  Prairie Oyster is an award-winning Canadian country music group from Ontario. They were named Country Group or Duo of the year six times by both the Canadian Country Music Association and the Juno Awards. The band also won the Bud Country Fans' Choice Award from the CCMA in 1994...
  
  
• Precious Fathers
  Precious Fathers
  Precious Fathers is a Vancouver-based instrumental post-rock shoegazer ensemble, with members linked to other projects such as Destroyer, Loscil, Sparrow and The Battles.-Albums:* Precious Fathers * Alluvial Fan -External links:**...
  
  
• Pretty Boy Floyd
• The Priddle Concern
  The Priddle Concern
  The Priddle Concern is a Canadian indie rock band. Based in Toronto, the band is Bill Priddle's first project since leaving Treble Charger in 2003. The band consists of Priddle on vocals and guitar, Mitch Bowden on guitar, Scott Remila of Raising the Fawn on bass and Dave Dunham of Chore on drums...
  
  
• Pride Tiger
  Pride Tiger
  Pride Tiger was a Canadian rock band, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Consisting of vocalist and drummer Matt Wood, guitarists Bob Froese and Sunny Dhak and bassist Mike Payette, the band released its debut EP in 2006...
  
  
• Priestess
  Priestess (band)
  Priestess is a Canadian stoner rock band formed in 2003 by Mikey Heppner , Mike Dyball , Vince Nudo , and Dan Watchorn .-Biography:...
  
  
• Prism
  Prism (band)
  Prism is a Canadian rock band originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They were active from 1977 to 1984 and are active again from 1988 to present. The band's sound is a mix of Album-Oriented Rock and pop rock. They have released a total of 13 albums to date...
  
  
• Project Wyze
  Project Wyze
  Project Wyze was a Canadian rap rock band active from 1996 before breaking up in 2003 to pursue their side-project Dead Celebrity Status.-History:...
  
  
• Projet Orange
  Projet Orange
  Projet Orange was a Quebecois musical band from Quebec City, Quebec. They performed britpop-inspired rock.- Profile :Formed in Quebec City by brothers Jean-Christophe and Jean-Sébastien Boies, Projet Orange played a britpop-like, catchy and flowing sound...
  
  
• Propagandhi
  Propagandhi
  Propagandhi is a Canadian punk band formed in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba in 1986 by Chris Hannah and Jord Samolesky. The band is currently located in Winnipeg, Manitoba....
  
  
• Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero
  Protest the Hero is a Canadian progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario. Originally named Happy Go Lucky, the band line-up has remained the same since their formation in 1999. The band changed their name to Protest the Hero shortly before releasing their debut EP, Search for the Truth, in 2002...
  
  
• Prozzäk
  Prozzäk
  Prozzäk was a Canadian pop music virtual band that consisted of Simon and Milo . The name Prozzäk was inspired by the drug Prozac. In an interview with the New York Times, McCollum mentions that their music makes people feel good and happy which is an effect of the drug Prozac...
  
  
• Psyche
  Psyche (band)
  Psyche are a Canadian dark synthpop band, now based in Germany. They are centered on singer Darrin Huss, who has been the only constant member, with various line-ups including his brother Stephen Huss, later followed by David Kristian, Per-Anders Kurenbach, and Remi Szyszka, all recording albums...
  
  
• Pukka Orchestra
  Pukka Orchestra
  The Pukka Orchestra was a Canadian New Wave band in the 1980s. The core of the band consisted of vocalist Graeme Williamson and guitarists Neil Chapman and Tony Duggan-Smith, although the band made frequent use of guest musicians....
  
  
• Pulse Ultra
  Pulse Ultra
  -History:Pulse Ultra was initially formed as Head Space in 1997 by guitarist Dominic Cifarelli and bassist Jeff Feldman. Drummer Maxx Zinno was added that same year, followed by vocalist Zo Vizza two years later....
  
  
• Punky Brüster
• Pure
  Pure (band)
  Pure was a Canadian rock band, formed in Vancouver in 1991. Previously, the band was known as After All and Grin Factory. Signed to the Reprise label, the band reached a greater audience once their song "Greedy" was featured on the soundtrack album Songs from the Cool World, and the single "Blast"...
  
  
• The Pursuit of Happiness
• Put the Rifle Down
  Put the Rifle Down
  Put the Rifle Down is a Canadian Electronic dance band based in Toronto, Canada that were signed to Montreal label Summer Lovers Unlimited. Their debut full-length, Selector, was released in 2009. The band includes Michael Countryman , Anthony Bruno , Jordan Bimm , and Mark Cassidy...
  
  

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• Quartette
  Quartette (band)
  Quartette is a Canadian country-folk group featuring Cindy Church, Caitlin Hanford, Gwen Swick and Sylvia Tyson. Each of the four members also records as a solo artist in addition to their work as a group.-Biography:...
  
  
• Quartetto Gelato
  Quartetto Gelato
  Quartetto Gelato is a Canadian new classical quartet currently composed of Peter DeSotto, Liza McLellan, Alexander Sevastian and Colin Maier, and based in Toronto, Ontario...
  
  
• Quebec Connection
  Quebec Connection
  Quebec Connection is a Canadian electronic music group, based in Montreal. The band's primary member is producer and musician Nathaniel Hebert, in collaboration with a female vocalist and lyricist who uses the stage name "Synergy Plus"....
  
  
• Queen City Kids
  Queen City Kids
  Queen City Kids is the name of a band from Regina, Saskatchewan.The four current members of QCK met while in high school in Regina, and formed a band in December 1968 originally called The VIP's, a name given to them by John Donnelly's father...
  
  
• Quest for Fire
  Quest for Fire (band)
  Quest for Fire is a Canadian psychedelic rock band, consisting of Andrew Moszynski, Chad Ross, Mike Maxymuik and Josh Bauman. Moszynski and Ross were previously in the band The Deadly Snakes, while Maxymuik was formerly in the band Cursed and Bauman was previously in the band No No Zero.The band...
  
  
• Quickflight
• Quo Vadis
  Quo Vadis (band)
  Quo Vadis is a technical melodic death metal band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada, formed in 1992 by Bart Frydrychowicz, Yanic Bercier, and Arie Itman and is named after the novel by Polish writer Henryk Sienkiewicz...
  
  

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• The Rabid Whole
  The Rabid Whole
  Currently based in Toronto, ON, Canada, The Rabid Whole is a band that plays a mixture of rock, industrial, electronica, and alternative music....
  
  
• Radio Radio
  Radio Radio (band)
  Radio Radio is a Canadian electro hip-hop band formed in 2007 from Clare, Nova Scotia, Canada. The trio rap in Acadian French.-History:Radio Radio released their first EP entitled Télé-Télé in 2007...
  
  
• The Raes
  The Raes
  The Raes were the Welsh-Canadian husband-and-wife singing duo of Robbie and Cherrill Rae, who had a handful of disco-inflected pop hits in the late 1970s.-Career:...
  
  
• Raggadeath
  Raggadeath
  Raggadeath was a Canadian alternative rock–hip hop band in the 1990s that fused hard rock with dancehall reggae-style rhythms and vocals. The band featured a number of vocalists, including emcee Michie Mee...
  
  
• Rah Rah
  Rah Rah (band)
  Rah Rah is an indie rock band from Regina, Saskatchewan. They have toured cross-Canada and have released two albums.- History :Funded by Amelie G, a famous singer, the group formed as a three piece in 2005 made up of Erin Passmore , Kyrie Kristmanson and Marshall Burns...
  
  
• Rainbow Butt Monkeys
• Raised by Swans
  Raised by Swans
  Raised by Swans is an indie rock band from London, Ontario, Canada. The band consists of singer-guitarist Eric Howden, guitarist Alex Wright, bassist Andy Magoffin, and drummer Brady Parr....
  
  
• Raising the Fawn
  Raising the Fawn
  Raising the Fawn is a Canadian indie rock band, with its roots in Toronto. The band is composed of John Crossingham , Scott Remila and Dylan Green...
  
  
• Random Killing
  Random Killing
  Random Killing is a punk rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada who were assembled initially as a joke in 1984. Their original name was Roy's Comrades, which was a nod to Roy McMurtry, Attorney General of Ontario at the time. After writing a few decent songs, the band decided to record and stay...
  
  
• The Rankin Family
  The Rankin Family
  The Rankin Family is a Canadian musical family group from Mabou, Cape Breton Island, Nova Scotia. The group has won many Canadian music awards, including 15 East Coast Music Awards, six Juno Awards, four SOCAN Awards, three Canadian Country Music Awards and two Big Country Music Awards.- Career...
  
  
• Rascalz
  Rascalz
  The Rascalz are a Canadian hip-hop group from Vancouver, British Columbia, who played a crucial role in the artistic and commercial development of Canadian hip hop. The group consists of MCs Red1 and Misfit, and DJ Kemo. Breakdancers, Zebroc and Dedos were also part of the group.Formed in 1991, the...
  
  
• Rational Youth
  Rational Youth
  Rational Youth is a Canadian New Wave band, originally formed in 1981 in Montreal, Quebec, by synthesizer wizards Tracy Howe, former singer and drummer for Montreal punk band "The Normals", and Bill Vorn, both of whom idolized the German synthpop pioneers Kraftwerk.Among the band's notable singles...
  
  
• Rawlins Cross
  Rawlins Cross
  Rawlins Cross is a Canadian Celtic band. With members from Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and Ontario, the band took its name from an intersection in St. John's, Newfoundland.-Formation and early history:Rawlins Cross was formed in St...
  
  
• Ray Condo and His Hardrock Goners
  Ray Condo
  Ray Condo was a Canadian rockabilly singer, saxophonist, and guitarist.-Life:Born Ray Tremblay in Hull, Quebec, Ray grew up across the river in Ottawa, Ontario the third of five children. Ray's two brothers, William and Robert were younger; his two sisters, Eileen and Maureen were older...
  
  
• Razor
  Razor (band)
  Razor is a Canadian thrash metal band formed in 1984 at Guelph, Ontario. The group shot music videos for songs such as "Evil Invaders", "Shotgun Justice", "American Luck", and "Sucker for Punishment". The band dissolved in 1992, but reformed in the late 1990s to record another album, titled...
  
  
• Re:
• Recovery Child
  Recovery Child
  Recovery Child is a four-piece alternative rock band from Toronto, Ontario.Formed in early 2006, the band frequently played Southern Ontario before releasing their independent EP On Being And The Affect later that year...
  
  
• Real McKenzies
  Real McKenzies
  The Real McKenzies is a North American Celtic punk band founded in 1992 and based in Vancouver, British Columbia.In addition to writing and performing original music, Real McKenzies perform traditional Scottish songs, giving them a new punk-influenced sound...
  
  
• The Reason
  The Reason (band)
  The Reason is a Canadian rock band, formed by Adam White and James Nelan in 2003.-History:Adam White and James "Cubby" Nelan formed The Reason in late 2003 after the passing of their punk rock band, Sewing With Nancie...
  
  
• Red Rider
  Red Rider
  Red Rider are a Canadian rock band popular in the 1980s. While the band achieved great success in Canada, in the US, the band never had a song in the Top 40....
  
  
• Redeye Empire
  Redeye Empire
  Redeye Empire is a rock-reggae band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, and is prominent in the rock-reggae scene in Vancouver and Whistler, British Columbia....
  
  
• Republic of Safety
  Republic of Safety
  Republic of Safety was a Canadian indie rock band formed in 2005 from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Originally consisting of vocalist Maggie MacDonald, guitarist Jonny Dovercourt, bassists Kat Gligorijevic and Kate McGee and drummer Evan Davies...
  
  
• The Respectables
  The Respectables
  Les Respectables are a French Canadian rock band founded in Montreal in the early 1990s.-History:Returning home after a long journey to the United States, guitarist and singer Sébastien Plante got back in touch with Pascal Dufour, his partner of a decade of the Moonlight Drive...
  
  
• Le Rêve du Diable
  Le Rêve du Diable
  Le Rêve du Diable is one of the oldest folkloric music bands in the Canadian province of Quebec. The band was founded by Gervais Lessard and made their first, eponymous album in 1976. They have since then released seven albums, their latest in the spring of 2003.-External links:**...
  
  
• Reverie Sound Revue
  Reverie Sound Revue
  Reverie Sound Revue is a Canadian indie pop group based out of three major Canadian cities. The group originally formed in Calgary in January 2002 and they disbanded in January 2004 but reformed in September 2005.-History:...
  
  
• Revised Edition
• The Revols
  The Revols
  The Revols were a Canadian band from Stratford, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1957, with Richard Manuel on piano and vocals, John Till on guitar, Ken Kalmusky on bass, Doug Rhodes on vocals and Jim Winkler on Drums...
  
  
• Rhea's Obsession
  Rhea's Obsession
  Rhea's Obsession, which takes its name from the Greek goddess, Rhea, is a band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Their music mixes several different styles including gothic rock, darkwave, and world music, similar to Dead Can Dance.-Brief history:...
  
  
• Rheostatics
  Rheostatics
  Rheostatics was a Genie Award-winning Canadian indie rock band, active from 1980 to 2007.Although they had only one Top 40 hit, "Claire" in 1995, they were simultaneously one of Canada's most influential and unconventional rock bands, a band whose eclectic take on pop and rock music has been...
  
  
• Rhinoceros
  Rhinoceros (band)
  Rhinoceros was a rock band established in 1967 by Elektra Records as that label's intended supergroup. The band, while well respected in many circles, did not live up to the record label's expectations...
  
  
• Rhythm Activism
  Rhythm Activism
  Rhythm Activism was a Canadian musical collective, revolving around the core duo of Sylvain Côté and Norman Nawrocki. The group, based in Montreal, performed a politically radical brand of "rock 'n roll cabaret"....
  
  
• Ripcordz
  Ripcordz
  Ripcordz are a Canadian punk band, formed in Montreal in 1980. They have released 10 full-length albums and continue to tour extensively as a three-piece band. The band re-released their first album, Are Go!, in 2004. Ripcordz have played over 2000 shows since their formation and have never played...
  
  
• Ripped
• Robin Black and the Intergalactic Rock Stars
• Rock Plaza Central
  Rock Plaza Central
  Rock Plaza Central is a Canadian indie rock band. After a pair of glowing reviews from the influential music website Pitchfork Media, they have come to prominence as a major indie rock band...
  
  
• Rockets Red Glare
  Rockets Red Glare
  Rockets Red Glare was a band from Toronto, Canada.Rockets Red Glare formed in the winter of 1999 following the demise of hardcore band Blake and instrumental trio Blue Light Blockade. Based in Canada this three piece band toured Canada extensively and also played in North America, gaining critical...
  
  
• Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails
  Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails
  Ron Hawkins and the Rusty Nails were a Canadian indie rock band in the late 1990s.The band was formed by musician Ron Hawkins out of the sessions for his 1996 solo album The Secret of My Excess, following the breakup of The Lowest of the Low...
  
  
• Rose Chronicles
  Rose Chronicles
  Rose Chronicles was a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. The band, from Vancouver, consisted of vocalist Kristy Thirsk, guitarist Richard Maranda, bassist Judd Cochrane and drummer Steve van der Woerd.-Career:...
  
  
• Rough Trade
  Rough Trade (band)
  Rough Trade was a Canadian new wave rock band in the 1970s and 1980s, centred on singer Carole Pope and multi-instrumentalist Kevan Staples. The band was noted for their provocative lyrics and stage antics; singer Pope often performed in bondage attire, and their 1981 hit "High School...
  
  
• Royal City
• Rubber
• Ruby Jean and the Thoughtful Bees
• The Rugrats
  The Rugrats
  The Rugrats were a Canadian children's musical group created by Ronney Abramson, Ron Garant and Fred Mollin. The group's made the show to debut, Rugrat Rock won the Best Children's Album category at the 1984 Juno Awards.-Discography:...
  
  
• The Rural Alberta Advantage
  The Rural Alberta Advantage
  The Rural Alberta Advantage is a Canadian indie rock band that formed in 2005. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band consists of Nils Edenloff on lead vocals and guitar, Amy Cole on backing vocals and keyboard, and Paul Banwatt on drums....
  
  
• Rush
  Rush (band)
  Rush is a Canadian rock band formed in August 1968, in the Willowdale neighbourhood of Toronto, Ontario. The band is composed of bassist, keyboardist, and lead vocalist Geddy Lee, guitarist Alex Lifeson, and drummer and lyricist Neil Peart...
  
  
• The Russian Futurists
  The Russian Futurists
  The Russian Futurists are a Canadian indie pop band based in Toronto. Their music can be described as lo-fi, indie-electronica fused with a twee-pop temperament...
  
  
• Rusty
  Rusty (band)
  Rusty is a Canadian alternative rock band formed in 1994 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The band earned a 1996 Juno Award nomination in the category Best Alternative Album for Fluke.-History:...
  
  
• Ryan's Fancy
  Ryan's Fancy
  Ryan’s Fancy was a musical group active from the 1960s until the 1980s, all three of whose members were Irish immigrants to Canada.-Early years:...
  
  
• RyanDan
  RyanDan
  RyanDan is a Canadian musical, songwriting and producing duo, consisting of identical twins Ryan and Dan Kowarsky, whose music is a mix of pop, opera, and classical....
  
  
• Rymes With Orange
  Rymes With Orange
  Rymes with Orange is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-History:RWO formed in Vancouver in the early 1990s. Rob Lulic and Alexander Julien were looking for a fresh new singer to assist them in the upcoming Battle of the bands. After a chance meeting with Manchester born singer Lyndon...
  
  

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• SNFU
  SNFU
  SNFU is a Canadian punk rock band formed in 1981 in Edmonton, Alberta and later relocated to Vancouver, British Columbia. They have released nine full-length albums and are cited as a formative influence on the skate punk sub-genre....
  
  
• Sackville
  Sackville (band)
  Sackville was a Montreal-based musical group that played what has been classified as country and pop, although their style resembles more folk, rock and avantgarde...
  
  
• The Saddletramps
  The Saddletramps
  The Saddletramps were an alternative country band from Toronto, Ontario in the 1980s and 1990s. Core members of the band included Ken Horne, Andrew Lindsay, John DeHaas and Brian Duguay. Sarah Harmer was also an early member of the band....
  
  
• The Sadies
  The Sadies
  The Sadies are a Canadian indie rock and alternative country band from Toronto, Ontario.-Background:The band consists of Dallas Good , Travis Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky...
  
  
• Saga
  Saga (band)
  Saga is a progressive rock quintet, formed in Oakville, Ontario, Canada. Jim Crichton and Welsh-born vocalist Michael Sadler have been the principal songwriters for Saga. Ian Crichton is the band's guitarist; apart from his work with Saga, he has recorded several solo albums as well as sessions...
  
  
• Sagapool
  Sagapool
  Sagapool is a world music band from Montreal, Quebec. Formed in 1999, the band used to be called Manouche until 2008.The six band members are:* Luzio Altobelli * Guillaume Bourque...
  
  
• Said the Whale
  Said The Whale
  Said the Whale is a Vancouver-based indie rock band started by Ben Worcester and Tyler Bancroft.Their debut EP Taking Abalonia was released in 2007. It was re-released with seven new songs on June 3, 2008 in Canada as a full-length LP under the name Howe Sounds/Taking Abalonia...
  
  
• Saint Alvia
• The Sainte Catherines
  The Sainte Catherines
  The Sainte Catherines are a 6 piece punk-rock band who formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada in 1999. The group's name comes from Rue Sainte-Catherine, one of Montreal's main streets. Their third record, The Art of Arrogance was released on local label Dare to Care Records in 2003 and on the German...
  
  
• Saints & Sinners
  Saints & Sinners (heavy metal band)
  -Biography:The band was formed in 1991 by ex-Sword members Rick Hughes and Jeff Salem. The other three members were Stephane Dufour, Martin Balduc, and Jesse Bradman . The band released one album, Saints & Sinners in 1992, but the grunge movement in the early 1990s ruined the bands chance of having...
  
  
• The Salads
  The Salads
  The Salads are a punk rock band from Ontario, Canada, with strong reggae tendencies. They are currently signed to their own label, Maui Wowie Records, after having been signed to Kindling Music, a sub-division of Warner Music Canada.- History :...
  
  
• Salmonblaster
  Salmonblaster
  Salmonblaster was a Canadian alternative rock band from London, Ontario. The bands lineup consisted of guitarist and singer Matt Werm, drummer Brady Parr and bassist Mat Davis. They were best known for their 1996 song "Freeway" from their Salmonblaster self titled album, which received regular play...
  
  
• The Salteens
  The Salteens
  The Salteens are a Canadian indie pop group formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1997. The band is in rotation on CBC Radio.-History:Their 2000 debut LP Short-Term Memories was released on Endearing Records...
  
  
• Sam Roberts Band
  Sam Roberts
  Sam Roberts is a Juno Award-winning Canadian rock singer-songwriter, whose 2001 debut release, The Inhuman Condition, became one of the bestselling independent releases in Quebec and Canadian music history.-Life and career:...
  
  
• Samba Squad
  Samba Squad
  Samba Squad is a Canadian World Music Fusion group. The Squad was formed in 1999 by percussionist Rick Shadrach Lazar. The band incorporates world rhythms performed on Brazilian Bateria drums and percussion. Their musical style combines Samba with other styles such as Salsa, Soca, Reggae and...
  
  
• Same Same
  Same Same
  Same Same was a pop band consisting of identical twins, Bob and Clint Moffatt, originally members of the Canadian boyband The Moffatts. Same Same was based in Thailand and they sold albums and perform mainly in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and the Philippines.On March 26, 2006, Same Same released...
  
  
• Sandalspring
  Sandalspring
  Sandalspring was a Canadian Folk Rock band that was formed in 1968 and performed extensively at a number of Vancouver clubs until early 1970.- History :...
  
  
• Sandbox
  Sandbox (band)
  Sandbox was a Canadian alternative rock band, originally from Pictou County, Nova Scotia. The band consisted of Paul Murray on vocals, Mike Smith and Jason Archibald on guitar, Scott MacFarlane on bass and Troy Shanks on drums...
  
  
• Sattalites
  Sattalites
  The is a Canadian reggae group. They came together over twenty years ago in Toronto, Ontario as a music school; from then they have flourished across Canada as a very influential reggae group. They signed with the Canadian record label Solid Gold Records early in their career and have been with...
  
  
• Scatterheart
  Scatterheart
  -Genre:Branding itself as The Love Rock Revolution, Scatterheart's music is edgy and heavy without being angry or self-absorbed. Their Queen-inspired glam/punk rock is uplifting and infectious, with a high energy positive vibe that strives to make rock and roll fun again...
  
  
• The Scenics
  The Scenics
  The Scenics are a band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada, active from 1976 to 1982, and from 2008 to the present. Their style incorporates punk rock, post-punk, and art punk...
  
  
• Sea Snakes
  Sea Snakes
  Sea Snakes were a Canadian indie rock band, formed in 2002 and disbanded in 2005. The band consisted of vocalist and guitarist Jimmy McIntyre, guitarist Kristian Galberg, bassist and saxophonist Jeremy Strachan, keyboardist Shaw-Han Liem and drummer Nathan Lawr.Strachan played in the defunct band...
  
  
• Secret and Whisper
  Secret and Whisper
  Secret and Whisper was a post-hardcore band from Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Secret and Whisper formed after the band Stutterfly changed its name. Their first album, Great White Whale was released on February 12, 2008. The band's first single was "XOXOXO" followed by "Vanishings"...
  
  
• Sect
  Sect (band)
  Sect was a Vancouver, Canada industrial trance band, comprising Michael Victory, Jason McEvoy and Bruce Young, who released an album on Third Mind Records in 1994 and were represented on a handful of Dossier compilations from 1993–1995....
  
  
• Sector Seven
  Sector Seven
  SectorSeven is a Canadian punk band that formed in Grimsby, Ontario in 1992.In 2000, guitarist Ryan Allan left the band, making the band a four piece. The band released their self-titled album in 2002. SectorSeven was nominated for a Much Music Video Award in 2000.SectorSeven's most recent...
  
  
• See Spot Run
  See Spot Run (band)
  See Spot Run is a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec whose members are Chris Brodbeck, Randy Bowen, Fudge and Aaron Little.See Spot Run released their fourth album titled "Gonna Getcha" in late 2007 through DEP/Universal Music Canada. The title track from the album “Gonna Getcha” was...
  
  
• Sequester
  Sequester (band)
  Sequester is a Canadian heavy metal band created by Ryan Boc in 2005. Ryan Boc remains the sole member, writing and performing all of the music thus far. The music draws inspiration from: various styles of metal, progressive and psychedelic rock, traditional English and Scottish folk, grunge and...
  
  
• Serial Joe
  Serial Joe
  Serial Joe was a Canadian band from Newmarket, Ontario which consisted of high school students Ryan Dennis , Ryan Stever , John Davidson and Dan Stadnicki . The group released four full-length albums...
  
  
• The Sessions
  The Sessions (band)
  The Sessions were a Canadian band that won the worlds largest battle of the bands, Emergenza, in 2006. In the 2006 season, 7,631 bands from 16 countries competed, and The Sessions won first place at the finals in Rothenburg, Germany. The band recorded an album with the world renowned producer...
  
  
• Set Fire to Flames
  Set Fire to Flames
  Set Fire to Flames is a post-rock band of thirteen musicians from Montreal, Canada, who have released two albums on Alien8 Recordings, FatCat Records....
  
  
• Sexual Assault
  Sexual Assault (band)
  Sexual Assault was a fun loving Canadian punk band from St. Catharines, Ontario. Their songs tend to be about drinking, doing drugs, and social satire. They formed in early 2008, a four piece band...
  
  
• Shades of Culture
  Shades Of Culture
  Shades of Culture is a Canadian hip hop trio based in Montreal. The trio was started in 1991 and its members are known as DShade, Revolution, and DJ Storm...
  
  
• Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
  Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet
  Shadowy Men on a Shadowy Planet were a Juno Award-winning Canadian instrumental rock band, formed in 1984. They remain best-known for the track "Having an Average Weekend," which was used as the theme to the Canadian sketch comedy TV show The Kids in the Hall...
  
  
• Shaker
  Shaker (band)
  Shaker are a Canadian rock/pop group, known for their commercially viable modern rock music, featuring lush vocal harmonies with a southern rock-influenced foundation.-Early days:...
  
  
• Shalabi Effect
  Shalabi Effect
  Shalabi Effect, a mostly instrumental band from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band was originally formed in 1996 as a duo composed of Anthony Seck and Sam Shalabi. The first incarnation of Shalabi Effect released a limited edition cassette recording. In 1998, Shalabi Effect doubled in size by...
  
  
• Shallow North Dakota
  Shallow North Dakota
  Shallow North Dakota is a three-piece noise rock/sludge metal band from Hamilton, Ontario. They have released several records on local label Sonic Unyon, and have toured with other notable Canadian acts such as Chore and Kittens...
  
  
• Shapes and Sizes
  Shapes and Sizes
  Shapes and Sizes are a Canadian indie rock band from Victoria, British Columbia. There are four members — Nathan Gage, Caila Thompson-Hannant, Rory Seydel and John Crellin. After self-releasing their self-titled first album in early 2006, the band caught the attention of Sufjan Stevens' record...
  
  
• Sharon, Lois & Bram
  Sharon, Lois & Bram
  Sharon, Lois & Bram is the name of a Canadian children's musical trio composed of Sharon Hampson , Lois Ada Lilienstein , and Bramwell "Bram" Morrison .-Group formation:Sharon Hampson, Lois Lillenstein, and Bram Morrison began their singing...
  
  
• Shaye
  Shaye
  Shaye was a Canadian pop group, consisting of singer-songwriters Kim Stockwood, Damhnait Doyle and Tara MacLean who left the group in 2007.-The Bridge:...
  
  
• Sheavy
  Sheavy
  -Formation and name change:Sheavy formed in St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada in 1993, and originally performed under the name Green Machine. In 1994, the band discovered there was another band in the United States with the same name, so a decision was made to rename the band Sheavy...
  
  
• The Sheepdogs
  The Sheepdogs
  The Sheepdogs are a Canadian rock band from Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, consisting of Ewan Currie on vocals and guitar, Leot Hanson on guitar, Ryan Gullen on bass and Sam Corbett on drums....
  
  
• Sheriff
  Sheriff (band)
  Sheriff was a Canadian rock band in the early 1980s, best known for their hit song "When I'm with You".-Biography:The band was formed in 1979 in Toronto, Ontario and consisted of vocalist Freddy Curci, guitarist Steve DeMarchi, keyboardist Arnold Lanni, bassist Wolf Hassel and drummer Rob...
  
  
• Shit From Hell
• Shotgun & Jaybird
  Shotgun & Jaybird
  Shotgun & Jaybird were a Canadian indie rock band based in Sackville, New Brunswick.-History:Shotgun & Jaybird formed in mid-2003 when Dick Morello, formerly of The Janitors, travelled to the Yukon and was later joined by his lifelong friend and former Janitor, Shotgun Jimmie, from Ajax, Ontario...
  
  
• Shoulder
• Shout Out Out Out Out
  Shout Out Out Out Out
  Shout Out Out Out Out is a Canadian dance punk/electro group from Edmonton, Alberta. Their debut album Not Saying/Just Saying, released in 2006, quickly garnered significant airplay on Canadian campus radio and on CBC Radio 3. The album debuted at #11 on Canada's national campus radio chart,...
  
  
• Showbusiness Giants
  Showbusiness Giants
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• The Shuffle Demons
  The Shuffle Demons
  The Shuffle Demons are a Canadian jazz fusion band, who had a surprise Top 40 hit in Canada with their 1986 single "Spadina Bus". The song, from their debut album Streetniks, referred to the Toronto Transit Commission's Spadina Avenue bus in Toronto, Ontario...
  
  
• Shyne Factory
  Shyne Factory
  Shyne Factory is a Halifax, Nova Scotia based progressive rock band that was formed in 1992 by Shawn Scott and twin brothers Mike and Matt Johnson.-Albums:*1997: Candy Coated *1999: Lava...
  
  
• Sianspheric
  Sianspheric
  SIANspheric , is a shoegaze/dream pop-oriented rock band from Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. They formed in 1994, and signed with the then-fledgling record label Sonic Unyon. The following year, Somnium, their debut album, was released...
  
  
• A Silver Mt. Zion
  A Silver Mt. Zion
  Thee Silver Mt. Zion Memorial Orchestra are a Canadian band which formed in 1999, originating from Montreal, Quebec...
  
  
• Silverstein
  Silverstein (band)
  Silverstein is a Canadian post-hardcore band from Burlington, Ontario, formed in 2000. Their band name is a reference to the famous children's author Shel Silverstein, whom the band had admired and read the stories of as children. They have released a total of five studio albums, three EP's, a...
  
  
• Simani
  Simani
  Simani is a Newfoundland and Labrador musical duet and considered the cornerstone of traditional Newfoundland music. Formed in 1977 by Bud Davidge and Sim Savory , their music keeps Newfoundland’s unique heritage alive by putting old stories to song and by their recording of local jigs and reels...
  
  
• Simon Caine
  Simon Caine
  Simon Caine was a short-lived Toronto funk/soul band, which recorded a solitary album in 1970. Most of the musicians went on to become top session players on the Canadian music scene throughout the 1970s and 1980s working with the likes of Bruce Cockburn, David Wiffen and Murray McLauchlan.-Early...
  
  
• Simple Plan
  Simple Plan
  Simple Plan is a Canadian pop punk band from Montréal, Québec. The band has had no line up changes since its inception in 1999. Members are Pierre Bouvier , Jeff Stinco , Sébastien Lefebvre , David Desrosiers and Chuck Comeau...
  
  
• Simply Saucer
  Simply Saucer
  Simply Saucer was a Canadian rock band, active in the 1970s. Based in Hamilton, Ontario, the band consisted of guitarist and vocalist Edgar Breau, keyboardist John LaPlante , bass guitarist Kevin Christoff and drummer Neil DeMarchant...
  
  
• Siskiyou
  Siskiyou (band)
  Siskiyou is a Canadian indie folk band, consisting of singer-songwriter Colin Huebert and guitarist Erik Arnesen. Formed to record songs that Huebert wrote after leaving Great Lake Swimmers to work on an organic farm in British Columbia, the band released its self-titled debut album on September 7,...
  
  
• Skinny Puppy
  Skinny Puppy
  Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial musical group, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada in 1982. The group is widely considered to be the founders of the electro-industrial genre....
  
  
• The Skitzos
  The Skitzos
  The Skitzos were a punk rock band from Calgary, Alberta, Canada, but according to The Skitzos they play "rock and roll". They performed around Western Canada from 2005 until 2008 and are regarded as Calgary's "thrashiest and trashiest", and best contemporary punk rock band...
  
  
• The Skulls
  The Skulls (Canadian band)
  The Skulls were an early Vancouver punk rock band, whose members would later found two of the area's bands: D.O.A. and The Subhumans. They toured heavily and issued a demo, but never released any albums.-Biography:...
  
  
• Sky
  Sky (Canadian band)
  Sky was an R&B-influenced pop music group from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The duo originally consisted of James Renald and Antoine Sicotte. Both were songwriters, producers and multi-instrumentalists, who met in 1992 at a music engineering school in Montreal...
  
  
• Skydiggers
  Skydiggers
  Skydiggers are a Canadian roots rock band from Toronto, Ontario.-Biography:Formed in 1987 by singer Andy Maize and lead guitarist Josh Finlayson, the band soon added rhythm guitarist Peter Cash, drummer Wayne Stokes and bassist Ron Macey to their lineup...
  
  
• Slaughter
  Slaughter (Canadian band)
  Slaughter was a Canadian death/thrash band. They formed in Toronto, Ontario, Canada in 1984 playing thrash metal and briefly featured Chuck Schuldiner on guitar in 1986. Originally, they released two demos and two full albums...
  
  
• Slaveco.
  Slaveco.
  Slaveco. was a Canadian alternative rock band primarily active from 2002–2004, and sporadically active until 2006. The group was composed of three former members of the group Ocean 3, joined by Ken Chinn , the lead singer of the influential skate punk band SNFU.-History:The band members first met...
  
  
• Slik Toxik
  Slik Toxik
  -Biography:Slik Toxik was formed from several different members of Toronto's hard rock/glam metal scene in the late 1980s. Glam metal band Virgin Angel was made up of singer/guitarist Nick Walsh, guitarist Rob Bruce, rhythm guitarist Kevin Gale, bassist Frank Currell, and drummer Alex Munro...
  
  
• Sloan
  Sloan (band)
  Sloan is a Toronto-based alternative rock quartet from Halifax, Nova Scotia. Throughout their 20-year tenure Sloan has released 10 LPs , two EPs, a live album, a "best of" collection and no less than thirty singles...
  
  
• Sloche
  Sloche (band)
  Sloche were a 1970s fusion band from Quebec, Canada.The band's name comes from the word used in Quebec for wet snow. It is an English word, 'slush', but is written so as to sound the same in French....
  
  
• Slow
  Slow (band)
  Slow is a Canadian punk rock band that started in the mid-1980's. Based in Vancouver, British Columbia, the band consisted of vocalist Thomas Anselmi, guitarist Christian Thorvaldson, bassist Stephen Hamm and drummer Terry Russell...
  
  
• Slowburn
  Slowburn (band)
  Slowburn was a Canadian alternative rock band, best known for the 1996 Alternative top-10 single Whatever from their self-titled album released on the Handsome Boy Records label and from the soundtrack to the 1995 movie My Teacher's Wife....
  
  
• Slowcoaster
  Slowcoaster
  Slowcoaster is a Canadian indie rock band from Sydney, Nova Scotia.The band's sound is essentially rock-based, with strong influences of reggae, ska, folk and jazz, combined with pop hooks and improvisation.-History:...
  
  
• Small Sins
  Small Sins
  Small Sins is the Toronto-based indie rock act of Thomas D'Arcy, former member of The Carnations. The Small Sins were once known as The Ladies and Gentlemen, but due to legal reasons they had to change their name...
  
  
• The Smalls
  The Smalls
  The Smalls were a hard rock/metal band from Edmonton, Alberta, with jazz, hardcore punk, speed metal and country music influences. They were probably the most prominent Alberta band in the second wave of performers coming out of the Canadian west coast DIY scene that was first ushered into Alberta...
  
  
• Smoother
• The Smugglers
  The Smugglers (band)
  The Smugglers are a Canadian indie rock band. The band consists of vocalist Grant Lawrence, guitarists Nick Thomas and David Carswell, bassist Beez and drummers Graham Watson and Bryce Dunn.-Discography:* 1990: Up and Down...
  
  
• Snailhouse
  Snailhouse
  Snailhouse is the pseudonym of the Canadian indie rock artist Mike Feuerstack. Feuerstack is also the guitarist of indie rock band Wooden Stars. Snailhouse is essentially a solo project with multiple contributing artists, including Julie Doiron of Eric's Trip, with production work by Jeremy Gara of...
  
  
• Social Code
  Social Code
  Social Code is a Canadian alternative rock group from St. Albert, Alberta, Canada.-Formation and early years :...
  
  
• Social Deviantz
  Social Deviantz
  Social Deviantz are a Canadian rap trio based in Vancouver, British Columbia.First formed in early 1992, the group consists of lyricists A-Train and Fatbone, and DJ/producer Junya...
  
  
• Sol
  Sol (band)
  Sol was a Canadian indie rock band in the 1990s. From Moncton, New Brunswick, the band consisted of singer and bassist Stacy Ricker, guitarist Robin Anne Ettles and drummer Chris Mersereau....
  
  
• Son
  Son (band)
  Son was a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. The band included Jason Beck, Dominic Salole and Dave Szigeti.- Discography :*Thriller - Warner Bros. Records, 1996*Filler - EP, 1997*Wolfstein - Warner Bros. Records, 1998- Notes :...
  
  
• Sons of Butcher
  Sons of Butcher (band)
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• Sons of Freedom
  Sons of Freedom (band)
  Sons of Freedom were a Canadian alternative rock band of the late 1980s and early 1990s. The band, consisting of vocalist James Newton, guitarist Don Harrison, bassist Don Binns and drummer Don Short, formed in 1987 in Vancouver, British Columbia....
  
  
• Sons of Maxwell
  Sons of Maxwell
  Sons of Maxwell is a Canadian music duo who perform both traditional Celtic folk music and original compositions with a pop-folk sound. The duo consists of brothers Don and Dave Carroll, originally from Timmins, Ontario, now living in Halifax, Nova Scotia...
  
  
• Sons of Otis
  Sons of Otis
  Sons of Otis are a stoner rock/doom band from Toronto, Canada. Sons of Otis was formed by Ken Baluke in Toronto sometime around the years 1992 and 1993. Strongly influenced by the underground heavy music of the time , their first release, "Paid To Suffer", came out in 1994...
  
  
• SoulDecision
  SoulDecision
  soulDecision is a Canadian pop group active from 1993 to 2005, best known for their hit single "Faded".-Career:The group was formed in Vancouver under the original name Indecision by singers Trevor Guthrie and David Bowman, and keyboard player Ken Lewko, who were studying music together at Capilano...
  
  
• The Sparrows
  The Sparrows
  The Sparrow was a Canadian blues-rock band that existed in the 1960s, and which evolved out of Jack London & The Sparrow and later morphed into heavy rock group, Steppenwolf.-Early years:...
  
  
• A Spectre is Haunting Europe
  A Spectre is Haunting Europe
  A Spectre Is Haunting Europe is a progressive deathrock band hailing from Vancouver, Canada.-History:A Spectre Is Haunting Europe formed in 2002, during the height of Vancouver's post-punk revival, and were initially billed as Decora...
  
  
• Spiral Beach
  Spiral Beach
  Spiral Beach was a Canadian indie rock band, based in Toronto, Ontario, active from 2003 to 2009. The group consisted of vocalist and guitarist Airick Woodhead, vocalist and keyboardist Maddy Wilde, bassist Dorian Wolf and drummer Daniel Woodhead.-History:...
  
  
• Spirit of the West
  Spirit of the West
  Spirit of the West are a Canadian folk rock band, who were popular on the Canadian folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of hard rock, Britpop, and Celtic folk influences which made them one of Canada's most successful alternative rock acts in the 1990s.-Early years:The band began...
  
  
• Splitting Adam
  Splitting Adam
  Splitting Adam is an independent Canadian contemporary rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia consisting of five band members: Seren , Thompson , Antonio , Rob and Jordo .In 2000, Splitting Adam licensed two songs to NBC for use in the television series Just Deal...
  
  
• Spring Breakup
  Spring Breakup (band)
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• Sproll
  Sproll
  Sproll is a Canadian indie rock band that was formed in 2003 in the city of Moncton, New Brunswick, Canada.The band Sproll consists of lead vocalist Corey Hachey, guitarist Neal MacLean, bassist Glen Austin Farquhar, and drummer Thom Cooke...
  
  
• Spoons
  Spoons (band)
  Spoons are a Canadian New Wave new romantic synth pop music group, formed in 1979 in Burlington, Ontario. They recorded several Canadian chart hits between 1982 and 1989, and in 1983, they won Group of the Year at the U-Know awards...
  
  
• SS Cardiacs
  SS Cardiacs
  SS Cardiacs was a Canadian indie rock band, briefly active in the early 2000s.First formed in 2004 by Jessie Stein, Andy Lloyd and Dana Snell, the band released its sole album, Fear the Love, on Blocks in 2005. Stein's brother, José Miguel Contreras of By Divine Right, also participated in the...
  
  
• Stabilo
  Stabilo (band)
  Stabilo are a rock band from Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Formed around 1999, they are best known for their songs "Everybody", One More Pill, "Don't Look In Their Eyes", "Flawed Design", and "Kidding Ourselves"....
  
  
• Staggered Crossing
  Staggered Crossing
  Staggered Crossing, sometimes nicknamed StagX, are a Canadian roots rock band.-Early years:The original group was formed in 1996 in Toronto by four high school friends, Julian Taylor , David E.G. Marshall, Dan Black and Jeremy Elliott. The group quickly gained a local following in North Toronto...
  
  
• The Stampeders
  The Stampeders
  The Stampeders are a Canadian rock trio, consisting of Rich Dodson, Ronnie King, and Kim Berly.-Career:The band formed in Calgary, Alberta in 1964 as The Rebounds....
  
  
• Stars
• Starfield
• Startools
  Startools
  Startools is the name of a group of doctors who perform rock music for charitable causes in the Ottawa, Ontario, Canada area. They have raised over 2 million dollars since their formation in 1978. Current members are Dr. Barry Bruce , Dr. Ray Dawes , Dr. John Shier , Dr. Doug Mirsky , Dr...
  
  
• State of Shock
  State of Shock (band)
  State of Shock is a Canadian-based band from Vancouver, British Columbia. They made their debut in June 2004 with their album Guilty by Association....
  
  
• Static in Stereo
  Static In Stereo
  Static in Stereo was a Canadian band consisting of vocalist/guitarist Todd Kerns, his brothers John Kerns and Ryan Kerns, and drummer Scott McCargar. They released a self-titled first album in 2002, and it spawned a Canadian TV and radio hit "Before My Time"...
  
  
• Steel River
  Steel River (band)
  Steel River was a Canadian rock group based in Toronto which performed primarily during the 1970s. They are best known for a Canadian Top 10 single "Ten Pound Note" released in 1970.-History:...
  
  
• Steppenwolf
  Steppenwolf (band)
  Steppenwolf are a Canadian-American rock group that was prominent in the late 1960s. The group was formed in 1967 in Los Angeles by vocalist John Kay, guitarist Michael Monarch, bassist Rushton Moreve, keyboardist Goldy McJohn and drummer Jerry Edmonton after the dissolution of Toronto group The...
  
  
• Stereos
• Stiff Valentine
  Stiff Valentine
  Based in Vancouver, BC, Canada; Stiff Valentine is a Canadian rock band. They play a unique style of hard rock mixed with industrial, techno, metal and punk elements....
  
  
• The Stills
  The Stills
  The Stills were a Canadian rock band from Montreal, Quebec, formed in 2000. The band consists of Tim Fletcher , Dave Hamelin , Olivier Corbeil , and Liam O'Neil , Gregory Paquet .-History:The band members have known each other since the age of...
  
  
• The Stolen Minks
  The Stolen Minks
  The Stolen Minks are a three-piece Canadian garage punk band who have been praised as "Halifax's answer to The Gossip and The Detroit Cobras".They have shared stages with prominent bands of their genre, including the Black Lips, Wanda Jackson, King Khan & BBQ, Brutal Knights, The Death Set, Statues...
  
  
• Stonebolt
  Stonebolt
  Stonebolt was a rock band from Vancouver, Canada. They first formed in 1969 under the name Perth Amboy, and after adding a vocalist and keyboard player, they changed their name to Stonebolt in the early 1970s. They remained a local attraction in Vancouver until 1977, when they landed a recording...
  
  
• Strange Advance
  Strange Advance
  Strange Advance was a Canadian New Wave band formed in 1982 in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They were nominated for a 1983 Juno Award as Most Promising Group of the Year and again in 1985 as Group of the Year...
  
  
• Strapping Young Lad
  Strapping Young Lad
  Strapping Young Lad was a Canadian extreme metal band formed by Devin Townsend in Vancouver, British Columbia, in 1994. The band started as a one-man studio project; Townsend played most of the instruments on the 1995 debut album, Heavy as a Really Heavy Thing...
  
  
• Stratochief
  Stratochief
  Stratochief is a Canadian alternative country band.The band was originally formed by Greg McConnell, following the breakup of his earlier band, Lost Dakotas. Vaughan Passmore and Johnny Trash, McConnell's 1980s bandmates in Absolute Whores, joined McConnell in the new band.The band's debut album,...
  
  
• Streetheart
  Streetheart (band)
  Streetheart is a Canadian rock band, from Winnipeg, Manitoba that got its start in Regina, Saskatchewan. Their best known songs include "Action", "Hollywood", "Teenage Rage", "One More Time", "Tin Soldier", "What Kind of Love is This", and their disco remake of "Under My Thumb".-Biography:Keyboard...
  
  
• Streetnix
  Streetnix
  Streetnix was a Canadian a cappella group based in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. They performed a total of over 2,500 shows across Canada and the United States, making over 300 appearances a year at their height....
  
  
• Stringband
  Stringband
  Stringband was a Canadian folk music ensemble, fronted by Bob Bossin and Marie-Lynn Hammond. Founded in 1971, Stringband recorded four studio albums between 1973 and 1978, and was an active touring ensemble through 1986...
  
  
• Stripper's Union
  Stripper's Union
  Stripper's Union is a Canadian rock band consisting of Rob Baker , Craig Northey , Doug Elliott , Simon Kendall , and Pat Steward ....
  
  
• Stutterfly
  Stutterfly
  Stutterfly was a post-hardcore band formed in 1998, originally named Uncle Ed's Private Jet. In February 2007, the band changed its name to Secret and Whisper due to the replacement of their founding vocalist and the corresponding changes in their musical style.The band started in Kelowna, British...
  
  
• Subhumans
  Subhumans (Canadian band)
  The Subhumans are a punk band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada that formed in 1978.Known by pejorative, punk rock nicknames, original members were known simply as "Useless" , "Dimwit" , "Wimpy" and "Normal" .-History:Dimwit quit the band shortly after their first 7" was released to join...
  
  
• Submission Hold
  Submission Hold (band)
  Submission Hold were a Vancouver-based punk band active from 1993–2005. They were known for their unusual sound, once labeled "post-genre", which combines hardcore punk with elements of experimental and Eastern-European folk music. Submission Hold's lyrics often related to anarchist and feminist...
  
  
• Sugar Jones
  Sugar Jones
  Sugar Jones was a Canadian pop group created on the first season of the Canadian version of Popstars. It consisted of five members chosen from thousands of people who auditioned for the group...
  
  
• The Suits XL
  The Suits XL
  The Suits XL was a Canadian indie pop band signed to the 604 Records label. They are currently best known for their moderately successful single "Play", as well as their second single "Low".-Band members:*Sam Loubier-Demers: vocals and guitars...
  
  
• Sum 41
  Sum 41
  Sum 41 is a Canadian rock band from Ajax, Ontario. The band was formed in 1996 and currently consists of members Deryck Whibley , Tom Thacker , Jason McCaslin and Steve Jocz .In 1999, the band signed an international record deal with Island Records...
  
  
• Sunparlour Players
  Sunparlour Players
  Sunparlour Players are a Canadian alternative/folk rock band. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band consists of Andrew Penner on lead vocals, guitar, bass, banjo, organ pedal, and kick drum, Dennis Van Dine on bass, keyboard, clarinet, banjo, glockenspiel, percussion and backing vocals, and Michael...
  
  
• Sunset Rubdown
  Sunset Rubdown
  Sunset Rubdown is an art rock band from Montreal, Canada. The band began as a solo project for Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, who released his debut, Snake's Got a Leg, in early 2005...
  
  
• The Super Friendz
  The Super Friendz
  The Super Friendz are a band from Halifax, Nova Scotia, active between 1994 and 1997, reforming in 2003. Contemporaries of Sloan, their early work was on Sloan's Murderecords label.-Origins:...
  
  
• Supergarage
  Supergarage
  Supergarage is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1996 in Thorold, Ontario, Canada. They have released four albums.-History:Supergarage took their name from and auto shop owned by Passero's father. Supergarage is based out of Toronto. They have released four albums. In 1996, they released their...
  
  
• Sven Gali
  Sven Gali
  Sven Gali is a hard rock/glam metal band which originally started as a cover band in 1987 in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. Their original lineup consisted of Dave Wanless , Dee Cernile , Andy Frank , Shawn T.T. Mahar , and Steve Macgregor .-Early days and Sven Gali: 1987-1993:Sven Gali played covers...
  
  
• Swallowing Shit
  Swallowing Shit
  Swallowing Shit was a short-lived Canadian grindcore band, active in Winnipeg, Manitoba in the mid-1990s.-History:Swallowing Shit was formed in 1994 by vocalist Mike Alexander with guitarist Mike Koop of The Bonaduces, drummer Steve Dueck of The Undecided and, for one show only, bassist Dave...
  
  
• Swan Lake
  Swan Lake (band)
  Swan Lake is a Canadian indie supergroup comprising Carey Mercer of Frog Eyes and Blackout Beach, Daniel Bejar of Destroyer, Hello, Blue Roses and The New Pornographers, and Spencer Krug of Wolf Parade, Sunset Rubdown and Frog Eyes. Originally playing under the moniker "Thunder Cloud", the group...
  
  
• Sweatshop Union
  Sweatshop Union
  Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective formed in 2000 when four politically minded rap acts—Dirty Circus, Pigeon Hole, Kyprios and Innocent Bystander —came together "to create a powerful, distinctive voice", and to produce their first album, which was published in 2001.Known for an...
  
  
• Sweeney Todd
  Sweeney Todd (band)
  Sweeney Todd is a Canadian glam rock band that formed in 1975.The band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, originally consisted of vocalist Nick Gilder, guitarist Jim McCulloch, bassist Budd Marr, keyboardist Dan Gaudin and drummer John Booth...
  
  
• Sweet Thing
  Sweet Thing (band)
  Sweet Thing are a Canadian pop rock band based in Toronto who have been signed to EMI Music Canada since 2008. They are best known for their singles "Dance Mother" and "Change of Seasons".- History :...
  
  
• Swing
  Swing (band)
  Swing is a Canadian néo-trad band of Franco-Ontarian origins. The two main members of Swing are Michel Bénac and Jean-Philippe Goulet.-Profile:...
  
  
• Switchblade Valentines
  Switchblade Valentines
  The Switchblade Valentines are a psychobilly band from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. The band consists of R.P. Fogarty on vocals and guitar, Mikey Valentine on guitar and backing vocals, Pauly Valentine on drums, and Alec Valentine on stand up bass. R.P. left the band for a short time but...
  
  
• Swollen Members
  Swollen Members
  Swollen Members is a Canadian hip hop group from Vancouver and Victoria, British Columbia, Canada consisting mainly of the duo Mad Child, and Prevail. Frequent collaborators include vocalist Moka Only and producer Rob the Viking, an official group member since 2002...
  
  
• Sword
  Sword (band)
  Sword is a Canadian heavy metal band that was active in the 1980s and just announced a reunion for 2011.-History:In the early 80's, south of Montréal in Saint Bruno, Quebec, Rick and Dan Hughes formed a heavy metal band called Sword. They were joined by guitarist Mike Plant and bassist Mike...
  
  
• Sylvie
  Sylvie
  Sylvie is a Canadian musical group from Regina, Saskatchewan. It features singer/guitarist Joel Passmore, formerly of the now-disbanded Despistado, alongside bass player Riva Farrell Racette, guitarist Chris Notenboom, keyboardist Erin Passmore and drummer Jeff Romanyk...
  
  
• Sympathy
  Sympathy (band)
  Sympathy is a technical death metal band from Canada, formed in 1991. Sympathy got some notable attention in the Benelux, Germany and Switzerland as those are the countries where their previous label Fear Dark is usually marketing its bands. The band is known for its professional musicianship...
  
  
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• 2preciious
  2preciious
  2preciious was a Canadian alternative rock band of the 1990s. The band consisted of Lee Aaron, guitarist Don Harrison, bassist Don Binns and drummer Don Short. The "three Dons" were all former members of the band Sons of Freedom....
  
  
• 3 Inches of Blood
  3 Inches of Blood
  3 Inches of Blood is a Canadian heavy metal band formed in 2000 in Vancouver, British Columbia, currently consisting of Cam Pipes, Justin Hagberg, Shane Clark, and Ash Pearson...
  
  
• 13 Engines
  13 Engines
  13 Engines was a Canadian alternative rock band active in the 1990s.Formed in 1985 as The Ikons, the band consisted of four York University students—vocalist John Critchley, guitarist Mike Robbins, bassist Jim Hughes and drummer Grant Ethier. They released a self-titled independent cassette in 1986...
  
  
• Taima
  Taima (band)
  Elisapie Isaac is a Canadian pop singer. Born in Salluit, Quebec to an Inuk mother and a father from Newfoundland, she collaborated with instrumentalist Alain Auger in the musical project Taima in the early 2000s...
  
  
• Tanglefoot
  Tanglefoot (band)
  Tanglefoot was a folk band from Ontario, Canada. Formed in the early 1980s by schoolteachers Joe Grant, Bob Wagar, and Tim Rowat to play traditional music, they became a five-piece band playing largely original music...
  
  
• Tapps
  Tapps
  Tapps is the name of Canada's eurodance/Hi-NRG recording acts. Formed and based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, the group's original line-up consisted of Allan Coelho, Tony DaCosta and Paul Silva. In the midst of composing their debut single which was to become "My Forbidden Lover", Silva exited the...
  
  
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• The Tea Party
  The Tea Party
  The Tea Party is a Canadian rock band with blues, progressive rock, Indian and Middle Eastern influences, dubbed "Moroccan roll" by the media. Active throughout the 1990s up until 2005 when the band broke up, The Tea Party released eight albums on EMI Music Canada, selling 1.6 million records...
  
  
• The Tear Garden
  The Tear Garden
  The Tear Garden is a psychedelic/gothic/electronic band, formed by Edward Ka-Spel of The Legendary Pink Dots and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1985 after Key served as a sound engineer on tour in Canada for Ka-Spel...
  
  
• Teenage Head
  Teenage Head (band)
  Teenage Head is a Canadian rock group from Hamilton, Ontario and was one of the most popular Canadian punk rock bands during the early 1980s....
  
  
• Tegan and Sara
  Tegan and Sara
  Tegan and Sara are a Canadian indie band composed of identical twin sisters Tegan Rain Quin and Sara Keirsten Quin . Both Tegan and Sara play guitar and keyboard and write songs.-History:...
  
  
• Ten Second Epic
  Ten Second Epic
  Ten Second Epic is a five-piece rock band from Edmonton, Alberta. The band formed in 2002 and still consists of original lineup Andrew Usenik , Daniel Carriere , Craig Spelliscy , Sandy MacKinnon and Patrick Birtles . The band has released two full-length albums, Count Yourself In and Hometown...
  
  
• Tenth of May
  Tenth of May
  Tenth of May is the name under which Angus Fraser releases his original music through Crony Records.Raised in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada and currently based in Toronto, Ontario, Angus Fraser has been producing his own music since 1998, and under the Tenth of May moniker since 2003. The music styles...
  
  
• Tetrix
  Tetrix (band)
  Tetrix is a psychedelic rock/improvised music band formed in Calgary, Alberta, Canada. The band was formed in 2001 with the intention of exploring connections between jazz, psychedelic rock, hip hop, punk rock and electronic music.The name Tetrix is derived from the popular computer game Tetris...
  
  
• Theory of a Deadman
  Theory of a Deadman
  Theory of a Deadman is a Canadian rock band from Delta, British Columbia, formed in 2001. The band is currently signed to Roadrunner Records as well as Island Records. The band also includes traits of other music styles, such as country and acoustic, as well as their post-grunge and alternative...
  
  
• Theset
  Theset
  Theset is a rock band hailing from Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 2004.-Overview:The band originally formed with the intention of playing only one set, so they wrote a full set of songs. They adopted the name 'Theset' for this reason. The band members originally included Kyle Dark ,...
  
  
• Thesyre
  Thesyre
  Thesyre is a band from the province of Québec in Canada. Formed in 1995, Thesyre incorporate elements of black metal, thrash metal, punk rock and industrial music. Eric Syre, as a solo artist under the name Thesyre, contributed to various tribute albums before releasing its own material to a larger...
  
  
• These Kids Wear Crowns
  These Kids Wear Crowns
  These Kids Wear Crowns is a six-member Canadian pop rock band, formed in 2009 in Chilliwack, British Columbia, Canada. They were "discovered" on MuchMusic's "disBand" and signed to a contract with Capitol Records/EMI. They have performed with acts such as Hedley, Faber Drive, Forever The Sickest...
  
  
• They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
  They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (band)
  They Shoot Horses, Don't They? were a rock and roll band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Their final show was on April 27th, 2008 at the Astoria in Vancouver, British Columbia....
  
  
• Thine Eyes Bleed
  Thine Eyes Bleed
  Thine Eyes Bleed is a melodic death metal band from London, Ontario, Canada. They released their first album In the Wake of Separation in 2005. And on April, 15th 2008 released their follow up album, Thine Eyes Bleed.-Members:...
  
  
• Think About Life
  Think About Life
  Think About Life is an indie rock band from Montreal, Québec, Canada, formed in 2005 by drummer Matt Shane and keyboardist Graham Van Pelt.Think About Life's third member, vocalist Martin Cesar, also records and performs as Dishwasher. He has released a CD-R on Pink Triforce Tapes...
  
  
• This Is A Standoff
  This Is A Standoff
  This Is a Standoff is a Canadian melodic hardcore/punk rock band.After the demise of their former band Belvedere, songwriter/guitarist Steve Rawles and drummer Graham Churchill were set on starting a new project and getting back on the road. After joining forces with Forty Cent Fix’s John Meloche,...
  
  
• Thor
  Thor (band)
  Thor is a heavy metal band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Biography:Thor started out out as a concept band in 1973. They were first called "Centaur" and then "Mikl Body Rock". These entities were the brainchild of Jon Mikl Thor, a vocalist, musician and body building champion who won...
  
  
• Thornley
  Thornley (band)
  Thornley is a Canadian post-grunge/hard rock band formed by Ian Thornley in 2002. The band was started when Ian Thornley returned to Toronto after the breakup of his earlier band, Big Wreck. With the help of Chad Kroeger of Nickelback, Thornley signed on to Kroeger's 604 Records...
  
  
• Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch
  Thousand Foot Krutch is a Canadian Christian rock band formed in 1995. They have released five major studio albums: Set It Off , Phenomenon , The Art of Breaking , The Flame In All of Us , and Welcome to the Masquerade . They also have one live album, Live at the Masquerade...
  
  
• Threat Signal
  Threat Signal
  Threat Signal is a Canadian Melodic death metal band hailing from the city of Hamilton. However, different members of the band hail from other parts of the Ontario province...
  
  
• Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace
  Three Days Grace is a Canadian rock band, formed in Norwood, Ontario, Canada in 1992, originally under the name Groundswell. After a breakup in late 1997, the band regrouped in the same year under its current name and with a line-up consisting of guitarist and lead vocalist Adam Gontier, drummer...
  
  
• Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
  Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie
  Three Dead Trolls in a Baggie are a Canadian comedy group from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Childhood friends Wes Borg and Joe Bird met actress Cathleen Rootsaert at a weekly Theatre Sports comedy jam to form the initial group. Later, Neil Grahn was recruited...
  
  
• Thrush Hermit
  Thrush Hermit
  -History:Thrush Hermit was formed in Halifax, Nova Scotia in 1992 by Joel Plaskett , Rob Benvie , Ian McGettigan , and Michael Catano...
  
  
• Timber Timbre
  Timber Timbre
  Timber Timbre is a Canadian folk music project, featuring Mika Posen, Simon Trottier and Taylor Kirk. The moniker refers to an early series of recordings made in a timber-framed cabin set in the wooded outskirts of Bobcaygeon, Ontario....
  
  
• Tin Foil Phoenix
  Tin Foil Phoenix
  Stephan Kray Tin Foil Phoenix is a post-grunge band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band formed from the ashes of a previous incarnation under the moniker of Sonic Bloom with core members Michael Allen Zirk and Steven Kray. Guitarist Fish joined soon thereafter...
  
  
• Tinker
  Tinker (band)
  Tinker was a Canadian alternative rock band, formed in Montréal in 1993 by Melissa Auf der Maur and Steve Durand. The band reached limited success, before Auf der Maur left and became bassist for Hole...
  
  
• Tokyo Police Club
  Tokyo Police Club
  Tokyo Police Club is an indie rock band from Newmarket, Ontario, Canada. It consists of vocalist and bassist David Monks , keyboardist Graham Wright, guitarist Josh Hook , and drummer Greg Alsop ....
  
  
• Tom Fun Orchestra
  Tom fun orchestra
  The Tom Fun Orchestra is an indie rock ensemble from Cape Breton, Canada. The band features an unconventional mix of electric and acoustic instruments, including violin, banjo, accordion, trumpet, double bass, electric guitars and drums, and have elicited comparisons to acts ranging from The Clash,...
  
  
• Torngat
  Torngat
  Torngat is a Montreal indie band and instrumental trio established in 2001.-Biography:Torngat's popularity increased with the 2005 release of their EP La Rouge. During the spring of 2006 and after increasing demand, Torngat toured Eastern Canada. Torngat signed a two-album deal with Montreal...
  
  
• Toronto
  Toronto (band)
  Toronto was a Canadian rock band from the late seventies and early eighties who have been compared to Heart and Pat Benatar. They were formed in the late 1970s in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, when singer Annie "Holly" Woods met guitarist Brian Allen...
  
  
• Touch and Nato
  Touch and Nato
  Touch and Nato are a hip hop duo from Edmonton, Canada. The members are Touch , and Nato .The group's debut album, ...Are The Representatives in Intelligent Design, was released in June 2007 to rave reviews from outlets like CD Baby, HeroHill.com, Now Magazine and HipHopCanada.com...
  
  
• The Town Pants
  The Town Pants
  The Town Pants is a Celtic rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed from the remnants of The Van Demons by brothers Dave and Duane Keogh...
  
  
• The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip
  The Tragically Hip, often referred to simply as The Hip, is a Canadian rock band from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay . Since their formation in 1983 they have released 12 studio albums, two live albums, and 46 singles...
  
  
• Tranby Croft
  Tranby Croft (band)
  Tranby Croft is a Canadian folk group that was located in London, Ontario, Canada.Tranby Croft performed a mix of Celtic to contemporary music from about 1993 to 2007...
  
  
• Trans-X
  Trans-X
  Trans-X is a Canadian 1980s synth band formed in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. They are known for their hit song "Living on Video" which charted world wide.-History:...
  
  
• The Travellers
  The Travellers (band)
  For other meanings of the term see The Travellers For the American folk trio see Travelers 3The Travellers were a Canadian folk singing group which formed in the summer of 1953...
  
  
• Treble Charger
  Treble Charger
  Treble Charger was a Canadian rock group, consisting of vocalist Greig Nori, bassist Rosie Martin and drummer Trevor MacGregor. Guitarist Bill Priddle, a founding member of the band, left in 2003. They began with a melodic indie rock style, but evolved into more of a pop punk band after signing to...
  
  
• Tricky Woo
• Les Trois Accords
  Les Trois Accords
  Les Trois Accords is a rock band from Drummondville, Quebec. The band launched its first album Gros mammouth album in 2003. Some of the notable songs, taken from that album, include "Hawaïenne", "Saskatchewan" and "Lucille". Along with their videos, these songs received heavy exposure in Quebec...
  
  
• The Trews
  The Trews
  The Trews are a Canadian rock band from Antigonish, Nova Scotia, consisting of vocalist Colin MacDonald, guitarist John-Angus MacDonald, bassist Jack Syperek, and drummer Sean Dalton...
  
  
• Trillionaire$
  Trillionaire$
  Trillionaire$ is a Canadian hip hop project, consisting of Metty the DertMerchant of the band Sweatshop Union and underground Vancouver hip hop musician Evil Ebenezer.They released their debut album, By Hook or by Crook, in 2010 on URBNET Records...
  
  
• The Tripp
  The Tripp
  The Tripp was a short-lived Canadian rock band, based in Toronto from the mid 1960s, featuring Neil Merryweather and Stan Endersby and formed the link between The Just Us and Livingston’s Journey.-The Just Us:...
  
  
• Tristan Psionic
  Tristan Psionic
  Tristan Psionic was a Canadian indie rock band.Formed in the early 1990s in Hamilton, Ontario, the band consisted of vocalist Sandy McIntosh, guitarist Mark Milne, bassist Gary "Wool" McMaster and drummer Tim Potocic...
  
  
• Triumph
  Triumph (band)
  Triumph is a Canadian hard rock power trio that was popular in the late 1970s through the 1980s. Eight of the band's albums were certified gold or higher, and Triumph was nominated for multiple Juno Awards, including Group of the Year Award in 1979, 1985, 1986 and 1987.Like their fellow Canadians...
  
  
• Les Trois Accords
  Les Trois Accords
  Les Trois Accords is a rock band from Drummondville, Quebec. The band launched its first album Gros mammouth album in 2003. Some of the notable songs, taken from that album, include "Hawaïenne", "Saskatchewan" and "Lucille". Along with their videos, these songs received heavy exposure in Quebec...
  
  
• Trooper
  Trooper (band)
  Trooper is a Juno Award winning Canadian rock band that developed from a group formed by vocalist Ramon McGuire and guitarist Brian Smith in 1975...
  
  
• True Myth
  True Myth
  True Myth was a Canadian musical group formed in London, Ontario. The band members were students at that city's Fanshawe College who began the group for a class project.-History:...
  
  
• Tú
  Tú (band)
  Tú was a Canadian pop music duo from the Toronto area in the late 1980s, featuring twin sisters Amanda DiBlasi and Cassandra DiBlasi. They released a self-titled album in 1987, produced for T.B.A. Productions on the RCA label...
  
  
• Tudjaat
  Tudjaat
  Tudjaat are Madeleine Allakariallak and Phoebe Atagotaaluk, two Inuit women from Nunavut, Canada who are keeping the ancient tradition of Inuit throat singing alive. Tudjaat got its start when Madelaine, who performed as part of a backup chorus with Susan Aglukark's third CD, was noticed by its...
  
  
• Tupelo Honey
  Tupelo Honey (band)
  Tupelo Honey is a Canadian rock band formed in St. Albert, Alberta, Canada, in February 2003. They have played with numerous headlining acts such as Bon Jovi, Default, Theory of a Deadman, Bif Naked, Three Days Grace, Thornley, The Trews, Billy Talent, and Sam Roberts.-Formation:The members of...
  
  
• Turn Off the Stars
  Turn Off the Stars
  Turn Off the Stars was a Canadian pop rock band based in Toronto, Ontario. The band's name is taken from a Bill Evans song. Their atmospheric, anthemic songwriting has been compared to Britpop artists such as Coldplay, Doves and Keane. The band has toured nationally in the US and Canada, and has...
  
  
• Tvangeste
  Tvangeste
  Tvangeste is a symphonic black metal band from Russia .- Biography :* 1995 — Michael Chirva starts seeking members through advertisiments in local newspaper* 1997 — The band is officially born...
  
  
• Two Fingers
  Two Fingers
  Two Fingers is an international musical collaboration between electronic musicians Amon Tobin and Doubleclick. The duo released an eponymous album in 2009 on Paper Bag Records in North America and Big Dada in the United Kingdom....
  
  
• Two Hours Traffic
  Two Hours Traffic
  Two Hours Traffic is a Canadian indie rock band, based in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island. They are named after a line in the prologue to Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. Although often described as the band that Halifax guitarist Joel Plaskett took "under his wing", they have increasingly...
  
  
• Two-Minute Miracles
  Two-Minute Miracles
  The Two-Minute Miracles are a Canadian indie rock band from London, Ontario, fronted by songwriter and singer-guitarist Andy Magoffin. The band, having a history of fluid membership, now consists of Magoffin, guitarist Justin Nace, keyboardist Michael Christoff, bassist Greg Smith and drummer Aaron...
  
  

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• Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
  Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker
  Ubiquitous Synergy Seeker is a musical duo that began working out of Parkdale, a neighbourhood situated in the west end of Toronto, Ontario, Canada...
  
  
• UHF
  UHF (band)
  UHF is a Canadian folk music supergroup, consisting of singer-songwriters Bill Henderson of Chilliwack fame, Shari Ulrich and Roy Forbes. The band's name comes from the initials of the members' surnames....
  
  
• UJ3RK5
  UJ3RK5
  U-J3RK5 was a Vancouver based band from the late 1970s. Their style was post punk/new wave, but was more art rock than synth pop. U-J3RK5's short lived local success was influenced by the music industry's infatuation with Martha and the Muffins styled male-female bands...
  
  
• The Ugly Ducklings
• Uisce Beatha
  Uisce Beatha (band)
  Uisce Beatha was a Canadian folk rock band in the 1990s. Formed in London, Ontario, the band consisted of Alan Glen on lead vocals and banjo, John Glen on mandolin and tin whistle, Paul Meadows on fiddle and harp, Damian Morrissy on bass guitar, Doug Watt on guitar and Marty Coles on drums later...
  
  
• Uncle Seth
  Uncle Seth
  Uncle Seth is a Canadian indie rock band formed in 1999 in Scarborough. In 2006, their involvement with the Canadian and international podcast community saw them named by "the official band of Canadian podcasting" by prominent podcasters Tod Maffin, Mark Blevis and Bob Goyetche, among others.The...
  
  
• Uncut
  Uncut (band)
  Uncut is an indie rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada. They formed as a duo consisting of Ian Worang and Jake Fairley in 2001, and have released two 12" singles and two full-length albums...
  
  
• The Undecided
  The Undecided
  The Undecided was a Christian pop punk band from Steinbach, Manitoba, Canada. The group released one independent album before releasing two albums for Tooth and Nail Records. They released The Undecided in 1999 and More to See in 2001. They were the first Canadian group to be signed by Tooth and...
  
  
• Unexpect
  Unexpect
  Unexpect is an avant-garde extreme metal band from Montreal, Canada featuring a unique amalgamation of different styles of music, including black metal, death metal, thrash metal, progressive metal, melodic heavy metal, classical music, dark cabaret, opera, medieval music, jazz, funk, electro,...
  
  
• The Unicorns
  The Unicorns
  The Unicorns were a Lo-Fi/Indie Pop band from Montreal, Canada formed in December 2000 by Nicholas Thorburn and Alden Penner , who were later joined by Jamie Thompson in December 2003.-History:...
  
  
• The Unintended
  The Unintended
  The Unintended is a Canadian indie supergroup, consisting of Dallas Good, Travis Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky of The Sadies, Greg Keelor of Blue Rodeo and Rick White of Eric's Trip and Elevator....
  
  
• Unit 187
  Unit 187
  Unit 187 is a Canadian industrial band, started by John Morgan and Tod Law in 1994.- History :Unit 187 was formed in Vancouver, Canada. Vancouver industrial scene influences such as Front Line Assembly and Skinny Puppy helped guide the band to write their first self titled studio album which was...
  
  
• The United Steel Workers of Montreal
• Universal Honey
  Universal Honey
  Universal Honey is a Canadian pop music group.The group was formed in 1992 by Johnny Sinclair and Leslie Stanwyck, both formerly of The Pursuit of Happiness.The band had moderate radio success in Canada in 1996 with the single "Any Road Back".-Discography:...
  
  
• UnKindness Of Ravens
  UnKindness Of Ravens
  UnKindness Of Ravens was formed in 1991 as a musical experiment with unconventional sound construction. While the large and often changing ensemble uses some traditional instrumentation, the bulk of its sound comes from self-constructed instruments—often created much like its music, in surreal...
  
  
• Unravelled Broken Orchestra
  Unravelled Broken Orchestra
  Unravelled Broken Orchestra is an avant garde ensemble based in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. With a core of regular players and an open door policy to others, they create unique soundscapes that are equally inspired by Miles Davis and Sonic Youth...
  
  
• Urgent
  Urgent (Canadian band)
  Urgent was a 1980s Canadian rock band from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.-History:Often confused with a band from New York with the same name, the Canadian band Urgent was from Toronto, Ontario, Canada and came together during the heyday of heavy metal's hairdays. The group's origins began when drummer...
  
  
• Uzeb
  Uzeb
  UZEB was a Canadian jazz fusion band from Montreal, Quebec, who were active from 1976 to 1992. The members were Alain Caron , Michel Cusson , and Paul Brochu . UZEB had a blend of skilled playing and modern synthesized timbres, along with an emphasis on original compositions...
  
  

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• Vacuity
  Vacuity (band)
  Vacuity is a Canadian alternative rock band from Kitchener, Ontario. Vacuity's albums include The Middle Ground, released in 2004, and 2006's Come On Get Real. The band released its 2008 album, At the Command of a Blanket Sky on CD, USB Drive, and as a free download via their website, and released...
  
  
• Valley of the Giants
  Valley of the Giants (band)
  Valley of the Giants is a Canadian post-rock supergroup formed in Lanark Highlands, Ontario, Canada, in early 2002. The group is composed of members from Broken Social Scene, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Silver Mt. Zion, Do Make Say Think, Shalabi Effect and Strawberry...
  
  
• Veal
  Veal (band)
  Veal is a Canadian indie rock band with country music influences that formed in Vancouver in the mid-1990s. They are now based in Toronto.Veal's front man Luke Doucet was named Musician of the Year at the 2001 West Coast Music Awards...
  
  
• The Veer Union
  The Veer Union
  The Veer Union is a Canadian post-grunge band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.-Formation, as "Veer" :The band was formed in 2004 by founders Crispin Earl, and Eric Schraeder, under the original name of "Veer". The band released one independent album, Time to Break the Spell, in 2006...
  
  
• Velvet Empire
  Velvet Empire
  Velvet Empire was a Canadian pop music group that was formed through the second edition of the Global TV show Popstars, entitled "Boy Meets Girl." The group was formed in the spring of 2002. The winners of the 10-month competition, intended to form a pop group comprising both male and female...
  
  
• Venetian Snares
  Venetian Snares
  Venetian Snares is the main performing alias of Canadian electronic musician Aaron Funk .From Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada, Funk is known for making electronic music often in odd numbered time signatures...
  
  
• Le Vent du Nord
  Le Vent du Nord
  Le Vent du Nord is a folk music group from Quebec, Canada. The band, formed in 2002, performs traditional Québécois music in French...
  
  
• Verbal Deception
  Verbal Deception
  Verbal Deception is a Pirate Metal band formed in Calgary, Canada, in November 2002.-Biography:Formed in 2002 by original members, Kresho Klarich , Walt Fleming ,and Taylor Pierce ....
  
  
• The Vermicious Knid
  The Vermicious Knid
  The Vermicious Knid was an indie rock band from Brantford, Ontario. Formed in October 2000,. They released an EP independently in 2001 and released a second EP, Days That Stand Still, on AntiAntenna Recordings in 2002...
  
  
• Vilain Pingouin
  Vilain Pingouin
  Vilain Pingouin is a rock band from Quebec, Canada. The band's name, roughly translated, means "Evil Auk" in English. There have been many changes in the band...
  
  
• The Viletones
  The Viletones
  The Viletones were a Canadian punk band from Toronto, led by Steven Leckie, a.k.a. "Nazi Dog" or "Dog" on vocals. Other members from the original line-up were Freddie Pompeii, on guitar/vocals; Chris Paputts, a.k.a. "Chris Hate" on bass guitar/vocals and Mike Anderson, a.k.a. "Motor X" on the...
  
  
• The Vincent Black Shadow
  The Vincent Black Shadow
  -Studio albums:-EP's:-Singles:External links=*...
  
  
• The Violet Archers
  The Violet Archers
  The Violet Archers is a Canadian indie pop band. Led by former Rheostatics bassist Tim Vesely, the band consists of Vesely on vocals, Yawd Sylvester on guitar, drummer Camille Giroux, bassist Scott Remila, Ida Nilsen on piano...
  
  
• Vincat
  Vincat
  Vincat is a Canadian three piece indie pop band from Victoria, British Columbia.- Singles :*"The Brightest" - Do The Mint Twist Mint Records - 2007"Werewolves" - The Aaargh Annual Aaargh Records - 2007- External links :* at MySpace...
  
  
• Visible Wind
  Visible wind
  Visible Wind is a canadian progressive rock band from the province of Québec.-Band members:* Stephen Geysens : Keyboards, vocals* Luc Hébert : drums* Louis Roy : bass guitar* Philippe Woolgar : guitar, vocals...
  
  
• vitaminsforyou
  Vitaminsforyou
  Vitaminsforyou is a Canadian electronic music project led by Bryce Kushnier, a pioneer of the “lo-fi bedroom electronics” genre of music. Originally based in Winnipeg, the band currently operates from Toronto....
  
  
• Voggue
  Voggue
  Voggue was a female disco vocal duo from Canada composed of Chantal Condor and Angela Songui.In 1980, the duo released its first self-titled album, which contains the singles "Love Buzz", "Here We Are" and their most successful single, "Dancin' the Night Away". In 1983, a second album was released...
  
  
• Voice Industrie
  Voice Industrie
  Voice Industrie http://www.voiceindustrie.comElectronic music from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.Members:VI version 1...
  
  
• Voivod
  Voivod (band)
  Voivod are a Canadian heavy metal band from Jonquière, Quebec, Canada. Their musical style has changed several times since the band's origin in the early 1980s...
  
  
• La Volée d'Castors
  La Volée d'Castors
  La Volée d'Castors is a Quebec folk band formed in 1993. Since the end of the 90s they have gained a lot of fame in Quebec and internationally and have toured 15 countries.-Biography:...
  
  
• Vulgaires Machins
  Vulgaires Machins
  Vulgaires Machins is a French Canadian punk rock group from Granby, Quebec. Formed in 1995, the group consists of Guillaume Beauregard , Marie-Ève Roy , Maxime Beauregard and Patrick Landry ....
  
  

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• The Wailin' Jennys
  The Wailin' Jennys
  The Wailin' Jennys are a Juno Award-winning Canadian folk trio from Winnipeg, Manitoba, and New York, and they consist of soprano Ruth Moody, mezzo Nicky Mehta and alto Heather Masse. In previous years, the Jennys have also toured with fiddler and mandolinist Jeremy Penner, who is from Ruth's...
  
  
• Waiting for God
  Waiting for God (band)
  Waiting for God was a goth-industrial band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada who recorded from 1994 to 1997. The band consisted of Daemon Cadman, Martin Myers, Greg Price and Steven Fairweather; lead singer Cadman's lyrics were often about her murdered brother, Jesse Cadman...
  
  
• The Waking Eyes
  The Waking Eyes
  The Waking Eyes is a Canadian rock band from Winnipeg and Steinbach, Manitoba.-History:The band formed after the break-up of two other Manitoba bands, The Pets from Steinbach and Novillero from Winnipeg. In 2002 The Waking Eyes released a full-length album, Combing the Clouds. This was followed up...
  
  
• The Waltons
  The Waltons (Canadian band)
  The Waltons were a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. Originally from Regina, Saskatchewan, the band was formed in 1987 by vocalist/guitarist Jason Plumb, Bass guitarist Keith Nakonechny and drummer David Cooney.-History:...
  
  
• The Watchmen
  The Watchmen
  The Watchmen is a Canadian rock band. They were one of the most commercially successful Canadian alternative rock groups of the mid to late 1990s. During their peak years the band had three gold records and one platinum record...
  
  
• Water on Mars
• Watermen
  Watermen
  Watermen are river workers who transfer passengers across and along city centre rivers and estuaries in Britain and its colonies. Most notable are those on the River Thames and River Medway, but other rivers such as the River Tyne and River Dee, Wales also had their watermen who formed guilds in...
  
  
• Wave
  Wave (band)
  Wave was a Canadian pop rock duo, from Niagara Falls, Ontario. The band members were Dave Thomson and Paul Gigliotti. They were signed by Warner Music Canada and released their debut album, Nothing as It Seems. Their radio single "California" quickly increased in airplay and reached #1 on the...
  
  
• We Are the City
  We Are the City
  We Are The City is a Canadian rock band formed in 2008 in Kelowna, British Columbia, and are now based in Vancouver. The current band members include singer-keyboardist Cayne McKenzie and drummer Andy Huculiak. Their musical style is often referred to as prog rock.- History :Their debut album, In a...
  
  
• We Are Wolves
  We Are Wolves
  We Are Wolves are a Quebec indie rock band, based in Montreal, consisting of vocalist and bassist Alexander Ortiz, keyboardist/backing vocalist Vincent Levesque and drummer/vocalist Antonin Marquis. The band released their debut album, Non-Stop Je Te Plie en Deux with Fat Possum Records, in 2005...
  
  
• The Weakerthans
  The Weakerthans
  The Weakerthans are a four-piece Canadian indie rock band.-History:The band was formed in 1997 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by John K. Samson, after he left the punk band Propagandhi to start a publishing company. Samson joined forces with bassist John P...
  
  
• Wednesday
  Wednesday (band)
  Wednesday was a pop vocal group from Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. They scored a hit single in the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974 with their cover of the song "Last Kiss", which peaked at #34. That same year, they were nominated for the Canadian Juno Award for Most Promising Group. The single...
  
  
• Wednesday Night Heroes
  Wednesday Night Heroes
  Wednesday Night Heroes are a punk band from Edmonton, Alberta, Canada.They released their first demo in September, 1997, which included six songs. In July, 2001, they released their first full length album, which was self-titled....
  
  
• The Weekend
• Weeping Tile
  Weeping Tile (band)
  Weeping Tile was a Canadian rock band in the 1990s.-History:The band was started by singer-songwriter Sarah Harmer in 1993, when she was invited to fill in for the opening band at a Thomas Trio and the Red Albino concert in Ottawa...
  
  
• West End Girls
  West End Girls (Canadian band)
  West End Girls were a Canadian pop band and girl group in the early 1990s.-History:The band was formed in Vancouver by producers John Dexter and John Livingston, and consisted of three teenaged girls, Camille Henderson, Aimee MacKenzie and Silvana Petrozzi...
  
  
• The Western Investor
  The Western Investor
  The Western Investor is a Canadian indie pop band from Vancouver, British Columbia, signed to the indie label Sci Con Records. The foursome have also performed as Feisty and The Mean Reds. The band members are Heidi Ernest, Drew Pirie, Rob Walter and Gareth Eaves...
  
  
• What's He Building In There?
  What's He Building in There?
  What's He Building in There? was a Canadian experimental metal band, formed in 2006 in Waterloo, Ontario. The band's music combined elements of funk, avant-garde metal and progressive rock. The band, named after a Tom Waits song from Mule Variations, were known for their live show in which they...
  
  
• White Lung
• White Wires
• Whitey Houston
  Whitey Houston
  Whitey Houston is a four man rock group from Alberta. Their debut album was released in 2005. Their name is taken from Whitney Houston, the famous pop singer...
  
  
• Whitfield
  Whitfield (band)
  This is an article about the music group Whitfield. For other uses of the word, see Whitfield.Whitfield is a Vancouver-based indie rock group composed of Jobie Mallett , Sam Bastedo , Josh McCulloch , and Jordan Irwin .Originally from the UK, Mallett...
  
  
• Wide Mouth Mason
  Wide Mouth Mason
  Wide Mouth Mason is a Canadian blues-based rock band, consisting of Shaun Verreault , Safwan Javed , and Gordie Johnson . Former bassist Earl Pereira was also co-founder of Wide Mouth Mason...
  
  
• Widelife
  Widelife
  Widelife is a Canadian dance music songwriting and production team consisting of Ian J. Nieman and Rachid Wehbi.-Success:Widelife first came to prominence when their debut single "I Don't Want You" reached the top of Billboard magazine's Hot Dance Music/Club Play chart in October 2002...
  
  
• Wild Strawberries
  Wild Strawberries (band)
  Wild Strawberries is a Canadian pop band made up of married couple Roberta Carter-Harrison and Ken Harrison, who are also, respectively, a physiotherapist and a doctor by trade...
  
  
• Wild T and the Spirit
  Wild T and the Spirit
  Wild T and the Spirit is a Canadian blues rock band, fronted by guitarist Tony Springer.Formed in 1990 by Springer with bassist Brian Dickie and drummer Danny Bilan , the band released its debut album, Love Crazy, in 1991...
  
  
• The Wilkinsons
  The Wilkinsons
  The Wilkinsons is a country music trio from Trenton, Ontario, Canada. Founded in 1997, the group comprises lead singer Amanda Wilkinson, her brother Tyler Wilkinson, and their father, Steve Wilkinson. The Wilkinsons achieved success late in 1998 with the hit single "26 Cents", a Number One on the...
  
  
• Will Currie & The Country French
  Will Currie & The Country French
  Will Currie & The Country French is a Canadian indie rock band from Waterloo, Ontario, consisting of singer and pianist Will Currie, guitarist Dan Beacock, Fender Rhodes and percussionist Stephen Wood, drummer Aaron Mariash, bassist Daniel MacPherson, and Amanda Currie on vocals and...
  
  
• The Wilsons
  The Wilsons (country duo)
  The Wilsons is a Canadian country music duo composed of Dave and Kortney Wilson. Both Dave and Kortney had solo deals with Lyric Street Records. While neither artist released an album for Lyric Street, Kortney charted two singles on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in the United...
  
  
• Winnipeg's Most
  Winnipeg's Most
  Winnipeg's Most is made up of rappers Jon-C Charlie Fettah and Brooklyn . They debuted in summer 2010 with their hits, All That I Know and Bang Bang, taken from their self-titled debut studio album, released in June 2010, the album was completely produced by Juno nominated producers Stomp and Jay...
  
  
• Windwalker
• Winston
  Winston (band)
  Winston is a Canadian indie pop band from Vancouver founded by singer-songwriter Ryan Hauschild. Although it is now essentially his solo project, the band previously comprised Hauschild on vocals, guitars and piano; guitarist Lanny Hussey; drummer Robbie Watkins; and bass guitarist Tony Kerr. The...
  
  
• Winter Equinox
  Winter Equinox
  Winter Equinox were a post-rock/experimental band hailing from Dundas & Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, formed in May 2004.The band was a mainly instrumental quartet that created music with elements of post-rock, electronic, glitch, and experimental sounds...
  
  
• Winter Gloves
  Winter Gloves
  Winter Gloves is a Canadian indie rock band. Based in Montreal, Quebec, the band consists of Charles F. on vocals, Wurlitzer, organ, Vincent Chalifour on synth bass and keyboards, Patrick Sayers on drums and Nico Ormiston on guitars....
  
  
• Winter Rose
  Winter Rose
  Winter Rose was a Canadian glam metal band who were active in the 1980s. They released a self-titled album in 1989, which was re-released ten years later by InsideOut Music. It was their only album....
  
  
• Wintersleep
  Wintersleep
  Wintersleep is a Canadian indie rock band from Halifax, Nova Scotia.-Background:Wintersleep formed in 2001 and released two albums with Dependent Music, a music label and artists' collective that began in Yarmouth, Nova Scotia in 1994....
  
  
• Wolf Parade
  Wolf Parade
  Wolf Parade is an indie rock band formed in 2003 from Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The band is currently on an indefinite hiatus as of May 31, 2011.-History:...
  
  
• Women
  Women (band)
  Women are an art rock band from Calgary, Canada. Their debut album Women was released on VanGaalen's label Flemish Eye on July 8, 2008 in Canada and on Jagjaguwar in the United States on October 7, 2008...
  
  
• Wonderful Grand Band
  Wonderful Grand Band
  The Wonderful Grand Band was a music and comedy group from Newfoundland and Labrador, Canada.The group had a short-lived eponymous television musical variety show on CBC, producing over 40 half-hour episodes between 1980 and 1983...
  
  
• The Wooden Sky
  The Wooden Sky
  The Wooden Sky are a Canadian indie rock band based in Toronto, Ontario. They formed in 2003 as Friday Morning's Regret, but changed their name in 2007. They are currently signed to Black Box Recordings who has released their last two records....
  
  
• Wooden Stars
  Wooden Stars
  Wooden Stars are a Canadian indie rock band formed in the 1990s. The band, from Ottawa, consists of vocalist and guitarist Julien Beillard, guitarist Mike Feuerstack, bassists Josh Latour and Mathieu Beillard, and drummer Andrew McCormack.-Style:...
  
  
• Woodhands
  Woodhands
  Woodhands is a Canadian electro-pop band. Based in Toronto, Ontario, the band currently consists of musicians Dan Werb and Paul Banwatt . They work closely with producer Roger Leavens at Boombox Sound in Toronto...
  
  
• Woodpigeon
  Woodpigeon (band)
  Woodpigeon are an independent rock band from Calgary, Alberta, consisting of eight core members: Mark Hamilton , Kenna Burima , Michael Gratton , Annalea Sordi , Daren Powell , Peter Moersch , Foon Yap , AJ Benoit...
  
  
• Woods of Ypres
  Woods of Ypres
  -Biography:Woods of Ypres was formed in 2002 by David Gold, Aaron Palmer and Brian McManus. The trio released the first Woods Of Ypres demo, Against the Seasons: Cold Winter Songs from the Dead Summer Heat, the same year. In 2003, David Gold moved to Toronto to begin working on a full-length album...
  
  
• Wool on Wolves
  Wool on Wolves
  Wool on Wolves is a Canadian folk-rock band based in Edmonton, Alberta. The band formed in October of 2008 while attending the University of Alberta....
  
  
• World on Edge
  World On Edge
  World On Edge were a Canadian pop group from Quebec from the early 1990s. The four-some comprised Rob Meyer, Steph Thompson, Peter Hopkins, & Jon Daniels and perfected their group's music in Germany with Christian Schudde their co-producer...
  
  
• Wyrd Sisters
  Wyrd Sisters (band)
  The Wyrd Sisters are a Canadian folk music group.The band was formed in 1990 in Winnipeg, Manitoba by founding members Kim Baryluk, Nancy Reinhold and Kim Segal. The band chose the name "the Wyrd Sisters" to represent and reclaim the ancient pre-Christian triple goddess, also known as Weird, Wurd,...
  
  

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• Yellow Plastic Bucket
  Yellow Plastic Bucket
  Yellow Plastic Bucket was a band based in Oakville, Ontario, Canada, formed in 1993 and disbanded in 1997.Their better-known songs include "Just Got Back/I Tried" and the Mark Kramer produced "Young Again/Empire Maple". Their members include Gord on bass guitar, Phil on drums, and Chris and Jamie...
  
  
• You Say Party
• Neil Young & Crazy Horse
• Young and Sexy
  Young and Sexy
  Young and Sexy is a Canadian indie pop band from Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting of vocalists Paul Pittman and Lucy Brain, guitarist André Lagacé, bassist Brent McDonald and former drummer Alex Brain...
  
  
• Young Canadians
  Young Canadians
  Young Canadians were a Vancouver punk rock band active for just under two years. The YC's were influenced not only by the other punk bands in town at that time such as D.O.A. and the Pointed Sticks, but also by the Dolls, the Stooges, and 1960s garage rock...
  
  
• Young Galaxy
  Young Galaxy
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• Young Rival
  Young Rival
  Young Rival is a Canadian indie rock band from Hamilton, Ontario. The group consists of singer-guitarist Aron D’Alesio, bassist John Smith, and drummer Noah Fralick. Guitarist Kyle Kuchmey left the band at the end of 2009. In the early 2000s, the group was called The Ride Theory, and released two...
  
  
• Yukon Blonde
  Yukon Blonde
  Yukon Blonde is a Canadian indie rock band originally from Kelowna, British Columbia. Formed in 2005 as a quintet called Alphababy, the band members changed the name in late 2008 at the suggestion of Jon-Rae Fletcher, with whom the band was touring. The band has been based in Vancouver since 2009...
  
  

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• Zaraza
  Zaraza
  Zaraza was an experimental/industrial funeral doom band from Canada.-Biography:Formed in Montreal, Canada, in early 1993, Zaraza was born out of a meeting between newly arrived Polish immigrant Jacek and local Montreal industrial/noise artist Grzegorz Haus ov Doom, with the object of fully...
  
  
• Zébulon
  Zébulon (band)
  Zébulon is a music group based in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, comprising singer-bassist Marc Déry, guitarist Yves Déry, keyboardist Yves Marchand and drummer Alain Quirion. Marc and Yves are brothers. They have produced songs such as "Job Steady"...
  
  
• Zekuhl
  Zekuhl
  Atna Jean Emmanuel Njock, aka Zekuhl, is a singer, guitarist, percussionist and a songwriter of world music. He presents a Bolbo-Jazz style....
  
  
• Zeus
  Zeus (band)
  Zeus is a Toronto-based Canadian indie rock band signed to the Arts & Crafts record label. Its members include Rob Drake, Carlin Nicholson, Mike O'Brien, and Neil Quin...
  
  
• Zimmers Hole
• The Zolas
  The Zolas
  The Zolas is a Canadian progressive rock band based in Vancouver, British Columbia. They are signed to Light Organ Records. The core of the band is duo Zachary Gray and Tom Dobrzanski , with other musicians supporting them live and on record.Their debut album, 'Tic Toc Tic', was released in 2010...
  
  
• Zolty Cracker
  Zolty Cracker
  Zolty Cracker, was a Canadian band formed in 1989 based out of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. The band members were Gilles Zolty , Annie Wilkinson and Wayne Adams .-History:Zolty Cracker toured Canada, the United States and Europe from 1989 to 1997, playing what has been described by The...
  
  
• Zombie Girl
  Zombie Girl
  Zombie Girl is a Canadian electro-industrial/industrial rock project, initially composed of Renee Cooper, the eponymous Zombie Girl and formerly Sebastian Komor her exproducer. She is now however a solo act who uses various live musicians and writing new Zombie girl tracks without Komor. Started in...
  
  
• Zubot and Dawson
  Zubot and Dawson
  Zubot and Dawson are a "Strang" music group from Vancouver, BC. Canada. The group is composed of Jesse Zubot on fiddle and Steve Dawson on guitar who play "Strang", which is in short a blend of folk and jazz music.- History :...
  
  
• Zuckerbaby
  Zuckerbaby
  Zuckerbaby is an Alberta-based rock band who found success in the late 1990s. "Andromeda", "Heavy" and "Shampoo" were singles released from their debut, self-titled album...
  
  
• Zumpano
  Zumpano
  Zumpano was a Canadian indie rock group in the 1990s.The band, whose power pop style resembled such contemporaries as Sloan and The Super Friendz, comprised vocalist/guitarist Carl Newman, keyboardist Michael Ledwidge, bassist Stefan Niemann and drummer Jason Zumpano.The band formed in 1992 after...
  
  

See also

• :Category:Canadian musical groups
• :Category:Canadian record labels
• :Category:Music festivals in Canada
• List of Canadian musicians