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[CareBear]

Hawksley Workman and Sam Roberts are amazing!!

[Carli07]

Oh! And Rufus Wainwright... he's awesome in concert too.

[Canada1972]

What about Blue Rodeo & Corey Hart (I'm feeling nostalgic!)

[Belldandy]

[b]There are so many awsome canadian bands out there:[/b]Billy Talent
Snow Patrol
Sarah McLachlan
Hot Hot Heat
Sum 41
Avril Lavigne
Treble Charger
Simple Plan
[b]And don't forget the oldies but goodies:[/b]
Rush
Blue Rodeo
April Wine
Tom Cochrane
The Diamonds
The Guess Who
Alannah Myles
Red Rider
Trooper
Neil Young
Tragically Hip

[slowalkers]

Snow Patrol are from Northern Ireland, they are not Canadian! Excellent band though.

My canadian favorites:
Godspeed you black emperor!
Silver Mt Zion
Fly Pan Am
Destroy All Dreamers
The Weakerthans
Barzin
Below the Sea
People for Audio
Broken Social Scene
Stars
A Northern Chorus

[maudelynn]

I agree with those who mentioned:

The Weakerthans
Hot Hot Heat
Rufus Wainwright
Hawksley Workman
Tegan And Sara

and I would add:

The Dears
Arcade Fire
The Hidden Cameras
Martha Wainwright (not just Rufus' "Little Sister"!)

[mulba]

Dont forget Bryan Adams

[CareBear]

How could we forget Brian Freakin' Adams....even though there are a ton of great Canadian bands to choose from the radio still plays tons of Brian Adams...it is PATHETIC!!
To fill their 60/40 quota