User:Bearcat/Canadian alternative rock
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This is an outline for a future article on Canadian alternative rock. It will not be moved into article space until substantially expanded.
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[edit] 1970s/early punk
Separate article on Canadian punk?
- The Viletones
- The Diodes
- Teenage Head
- Young Canadians
- D.O.A.
- Pointed Sticks
- The Demics
- Forgotten Rebels
[edit] 1980s/New Wave
- Rough Trade
- Parachute Club
- Martha and the Muffins
- Spoons
- Blue Peter
- Rational Youth
- Trans-X
- Men Without Hats
- Images in Vogue
- Dalbello
- Jane Siberry
- k.d. lang
[edit] 1980s/media
[edit] Og Records/It Came from Canada
[edit] Nettwerk
[edit] other 1980s
- The Pursuit of Happiness
- The Tragically Hip
- 54-40
- Spirit of the West
- Nomeansno
- Dayglo Abortions; censorship controversy.
[edit] early 1990s
Note prominence of folk/roots and Britpop influences, relative lack of grunge influence in this era.
- Barenaked Ladies, The Yellow Tape
- The Lowest of the Low
- Sloan
- Madchester influence (Teknakuller Raincoats, Acid Test)
- 13 Engines
- Odds
- Crash Test Dummies
- Doughboys
- Junkhouse
- Rheostatics
[edit] mid-1990s
Post-grunge begins to emerge: I Mother Earth, Our Lady Peace, Matthew Good Band
[edit] late 1990s
[edit] 2000s
Possibly a separate article on Canadian indie rock instead?
- indie: The New Pornographers, Arcade Fire, Broken Social Scene, The Hidden Cameras, The Dears, The Constantines, Metric, The Weakerthans, Godspeed You! Black Emperor, Stars, Death from Above 1979, Feist, Wolf Parade, The Stills, Final Fantasy, The Unicorns, Royal City, Cuff the Duke, Black Mountain, Wax Mannequin, Chad VanGaalen, The Meligrove Band, Jim Guthrie, Islands and Sunset Rubdown
