[j-monster]

So I've been feeling a little nostalgic for the days of my youth recently... partly since last weekend I went back to UWO's Homecoming to celebrate my 10-year class reunion... holy crap, where has the time gone?

Anyway, I remember there being some great Canadian rock music "back in the day". And with this thread about an old forgotten favourite of mine, The Pursuit of Happiness (http://www.hipbase.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=7664), it got me to thinking about putting together an ultimate late 80's to early-mid 90's Canadian rock mix CD (or CDs if there is enough material). For this exercise I have decided to not count the Hip, since I already have everything they've released so far, plus several boots of live concerts contributed by some of the fine members of this site. :thumb:

Here are some of the bands that I am considering including a song or two from:

TPOH
Sloan (earlier stuff)
Lowest of the Low
The Watchmen
13 Engines
Rusty
Our Lady Peace (earlier stuff)
I Mother Earth (earlier stuff)
Odds
54-40
Grapes of Wrath
Headstones
Killjoys
Northern Pikes

Now, here's where I ask for your help. I'm sure I'm missing a lot of great bands from that time, so what are your suggestions? What would you include in your ultimate Late 80s - Early-Mid 90's Canadian Rock Mix CD?

Thanks in advance for your input! :thumb:

[das_hips]

When I think '80s Canadian Rock, I think:

Bryan Adam's Reckless:
Summer of '69
Run To You
Kids Want to Rock
Somebody,

Rush's Moving Pictures:
Tom Sawyer,
Limelight,
YYZ,
Red Barchetta

and an 80s/90s Tom Cochrane:
Life is a Highway,
Lunatic Fringe,
Boy Inside the Man

but what the hell do I know, I was born in '84

[Chris Tanz]

how 'bout Spirit of the West ... (quintessentially: Home for a Rest, Political, 5 Free Minutes, and ... And if Venice is Sinking)

thanks for already mentioning Odds and 13 Engines ... I loved those bands!!

ct

[mikeysaint]

Junkhouse
Ginger (ex-Grapes of wrath)
Wild Straberries
Moxy Fruvous
Crash Vegas
Kim Mitchell

just what I could think of

[direwolf74]

Change of Heart
Weeping Tile
Crash Vegas
Doughboys
Eric's Trip
Blue Rodeo
Spirit of the West
The Inbreds
Rheostatics
Skydiggers
Treble Charger (early stuff)

[The Darkest Canuck]

BTO
Neil Young
The Tea Party
Moist
Big Sugar

[opiated]

ghandarvas...

[Lizard King]

Limblifter

[jay420]

Other than what has already been listed, I would suggest some Rainbow Butt Monkeys... "As Far As I Can Spit" or "Danananana" would be good choices. Circles was probably the best known tune from RBM, but I like the 2 that I mentioned better.

[j-monster]

Thanks for the suggestions everyone, keep 'em comin'! :thumb:

This could be one heck of a project... I might have to make two or three CDs instead of just one!

[cochise]

Okay, I'll show some of my age here....................

What about other acts that were huge in the 80's

Gowan
Honeymoon Suite
Platinum Blonde

Hey i'm not saying i am a fan, I am just saying...........

[Chris Tanz]

Add Glass Tiger to that last list.

ct

[Lizard King]

Add Glass Tiger to that last list.

Please dont. :lol:

[PurposelessPlay]

Sons of Freedom and Bootsauce

[direwolf74]

Sons of Freedom and Bootsauce

Sons of Freedom weren't bad. Saw 'em open for the Hip in '92. But man oh man, did I ever hate Bootsauce back in the day. Those guys sucked somethin awful.