For me, it's a toss-up between Rush and Loverboy.  8)

Bryan Adams and Men Without Hats

Bryan Adams and Men Without Hats


Same here!

tanya

other: images in vogue, skinny puppy

I voted for Rush off your list, I was big into them and Max Webster in the early 80s(has anyone outside of Canada heard of Max Webster ?) The Tragically Hip needs mention, not thought of as an 80's band their album from 89 'Up To Here' is excellent.  :)

Of Course it´s Rush and another Rush, namely Mahogany Rush with Frank Marino coming second. Rush´s saga still continues. so I guess Saga comes then.

I like all the artists on your list, especially Rush and Loverboy. But I still had to go with other. My favorite Canadian band would have to be TRIUMPH. Loads of great songs and an incredible live show. TRIUMPH ruled the eighties in Canada!

There were some great Canadian bands in the 80's.
Check out the Kings and 'This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide'

Men Without Hats
Bryan Adams



Howard

Honeymoon Suite and other, Toronto

Honeymoon Suite,Triumph and Frozen Ghost

Loverboy, Triumph and Honeymoon Suite :)

I vote for Rush,

2nd choice Bryan Adams

There were some great Canadian bands in the 80's.
Check out the Kings and 'This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide'


Alright!! Another Kings and 'This Beat Goes On/Switchin' to Glide' fan. And I know there are many others out there.
It's one of my favs from the '80s. It didn't get any airplay where I live when it was first released but finally did two years later.

Other '80s Canadian artists favorites...

Limelight - Rush
Working for the Weekend - Loverboy
Living Inside Myself - Gino Vannelli

I hope I didn't miss any good ones from Canada for that decade.

:)

I hope I didn't miss any good ones from Canada for that decade.

:)



no,z..only about 50  ;)

edited to add..i just posted my fave songs in a new topic...not quite 50, but pretty close  :D

I chose "Other." My favourites are:

Images In Vogue, Rational Youth, and Strange Advance.

Absolutely Vile

Honeymoon Suite and Other: Haywire!

ok..just spent a lot of time compiling popular Canadian bands/artists when i was growing up in the 80s  :):
Payola$
Toronto
Headpins
Harlequin
Haywire
Streetheart
Honeymoon Suite
Glass Tiger
Men Without Hats
Platinum Blonde
Corey Hart
Colin James
Frozen Ghost
Saga
Triumph
Rush
Bryan Adams
Spoons
Alannah Myles
Sass Jordan
Luba
Candi
Parachute Club
Roch Voisine
Gino Vanelli
Dan Hill
Strange Advance
Gowan
Zappacosta
The Northern Pikes
Grapes Of Wrath
54-40
Images In Vogue
New Regime
Trooper
Loverboy
Kim Mitchell/Max Webster
Red Rider
Blue Rodeo
Sarah McLachlan

Rush - Limelight rocked!

There was another one-hit wonder Canadian group who put out a great song in the early 80's:

My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - Chillowack

From the list I chose Rush...also liked Aldo Nova,Prism and April Wine..

I pretty much like all the bands people have mentioned though..

The only two from the main list I've seen live are Loverboy and Honeymoon Suite..Both were very entertaining..

There was another one-hit wonder Canadian group who put out a great song in the early 80's:

My Girl (Gone, Gone, Gone) - Chillowack


chilliwack had a handful of hits,so I wouldn't say they were a one hit wonder..."Watcha Gonna Do" and "I Believe" come to mind..

Bryan Adams and Loverboy

chilliwack had a handful of hits,so I wouldn't say they were a one hit wonder..."Watcha Gonna Do" and "I Believe" come to mind..



a couple other great songs from Chilliwack were 'fly at night' and 'lonesome mary' , both still get played alot on the radio :)

ok..just spent a lot of time compiling popular Canadian bands/artists when i was growing up in the 80s  :):
Parachute Club
Sarah McLachlan


Parachute Club. I remember them. "Rise Up" comes to mind off that 1983 album. I may still have that cassette.
And Sarah McLachlan, I always thought of her as '90s only. Guess not.

And someone else also mentioned Chilliwack. I too, remember that "I Believe" song from 1982.

:)

And Sarah McLachlan, I always thought of her as '90s only. Guess not.
:)


hi,z..Sarah McLachlan debuted in Canada in the late 80s...she probably didn't get to you guys till the 90s  ;)

hi,z..Sarah McLachlan debuted in Canada in the late 80s...she probably didn't get to you guys till the 90s  ;)


I actually remember her first(?) single from 1989, interestingly called "Vox." Great song. :)

Absolutely Vile

Loverboy



Howard

The Arrows and One to One are my favourites, both artists I grew up listening to on the radio :)

Does anybody have any MP3s of Tu, the twin sisters from Toronto who put a couple of albums out in the late 80s?  All I've heard so far is some samples from this page: http://www.musicbymailcanada.com/Tu/index2.html

I'd never heard of this group in my life until I heard "Stay With Me" at the barbor shop last time I got a haircut and the song stuck in my head.  I succeeded in finding out who did it, but, alas, I haven't had any luck finding their albums or songs anywhere.

Does anybody have any MP3s of Tu, the twin sisters from Toronto who put a couple of albums out in the late 80s?  All I've heard so far is some samples from this page: http://www.musicbymailcanada.com/Tu/index2.html

I'd never heard of this group in my life until I heard "Stay With Me" at the barbor shop last time I got a haircut and the song stuck in my head.  I succeeded in finding out who did it, but, alas, I haven't had any luck finding their albums or songs anywhere.


Let me know your e-mail address and the mp3 shall be yours :)

what about Barney Bentall? or was he just a west coast icon?
three cheers for the payola$ and parachute club

and whatever happened to TPOH?

I voted for Rush out of nostalgia for the happy days of my youth, playing air guitar to "Xanadu" and "Temples Of Syrinx" at the local heavy metal club.

what about Barney Bentall? or was he just a west coast icon?
three cheers for the payola$ and parachute club

and whatever happened to TPOH?



I don't know much about Barney Bentall, but I do remember his song 'Something to Live For' was a hit all across Canada :)
Last I heard, TPOH are working on a comeback album :)