For Canada150, I decided to do a post about obscure Canadian bands. But, working in campus radio, focusing on modern obscure Canadian bands seemed to easy. And I could easily come up with 150 well known bands. So, I limited myself to bands before about 2000.
I am a huge, huge, HUGE fan of Canadian music, especially the obscure stuff, and I LOVE sharing older, obscure Canadian underground bands. I have a huge amount of them in my own collection. I spent a good week looking through my collection, digging around the internet and wracking my own brain to come up with enough bands. I'll also be linking to a website or Youtube video if I can find something for the bands, so you can enjoy them too.
Got a band you loved that I missed? Comment! We just might do this again next year!
Note: Now that this is finished, I actually found bands I know exist but have no presence on the internet at all (no one remembers Din, The Magnetic People, The Puritans, The Whirligigs, Supercar, The Trees, The Sturgeons, The J. Jonah Jamesons and so many others!)
1) 6cylinder (Vancouver, late 70s/early 80s - roots/indy)
2) Alien Heirs (Vancouver, early 80s - new wave)
3) Alta Moda (Toronto, late 80s - R&B/funk)
4) Animal Slaves (Vancouver, early 90s - indy/post punk)
5) Annihilator (Ottawa/Vancouver, mid 80s to present - metal)
6) Asexuals (Montreal, late 80s - indy)
7) Bamboo (Toronto, mid 80s - reggae)
8) The Battered Wives (Toronto, late 80s/early 80s - new wave/punk)
9) Bloody Chicletts (Calgary, mid 90s - alt-rock)
10) Blue Northern (Vancouver, early 80s - roots rock)
11) Blue Peter (Toronto, late 70s/early 80s - new wave)
12) Bob's Your Uncle (Vancouver, mid 80s - indy)
13) The Bonaduces (Winnipeg, late 90s - indy/punk)
14) Boys Brigade (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
15) Monte Cantsin (Montreal. mid 80s - electronic/experimental)
16) Cats Can Fly (Toronto, mid 80s - new wave)
17) Chalk Circle (Ottawa, late 80s - indy/new wave)
18) Change of Heart (Toronto, late 80s/early 90s - indy)
19) Chixdiggit (Calgary, mid 90s - punk)
20) Colour Me Psycho (Calgary, mid 80s - goth-rock)
21) cub (Vancouver, early 90s - "cuddlecore")
22) Curse of Horseflesh (Calgary, mid 80s - surf/roots)
23) Darkest of Hillside Thickets (Vancouver, 90s-present - horror rock)
24) Dayglo Abortions (Vancouver, 80s-present - punk)
25) Decoded Feedback (Montreal, 90s-present - industrial)
26) Deja Voodoo (Montreal, 80s - garage rock)
27) The Demics (London, ON, early 80s - punk/new wave)
28) The Deserters (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
29) The Dice (Toronto, early 80s - rock)
30) The Dik Van Dykes (Hamilton, ON, 80s - punk/garage)
31) The Dinner is Ruined (Toronto, 90s - rock/experimental)
32) The Diodes (Toronto, 80s - new wave/punk)
33) The Dishrags (Vancouver, early 80s - new wave/punk)
34) Disappointed a Few People (Montreal, mid 80s - indy)
36) Eight Seconds (Ottawa, early 80s - new wave)
37) Elevator to Hell (Halifax, late 90s - indy)
38) The Enigmas (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/garage)
39) Eric's Trip (Moncton, NB, 90s - indy/garage)
40) Exciter (Ottawa, 80s - metal)
41) The Extras (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
42) The Extroverts (Regina, early 80s - new wave)
43) Family Plot (Vancouver, late 80s - post punk)
44) Fifth Column (Toronto, early 80s - punk)
45) Forbidden Dimension (Calgary, late 80s/early 90s - horrorpunk)
46) The Forgotten Rebels (Hamilton, 80s - punk)
47) Funeral Factory (Calgary, 80s - goth pop)
48) BB Gabor (Toronto, mid 80s - new wave/rock)
49) Go Four 3 (Vancouver, late 80s - indy)
50) Golden Calgarians (Calgary, mid 80s - indy)
51) The Gruesomes (Montreal, 80s - garage)
52) Bruce Haack (Edmonton, 60-80s - electronic)
53) Hardship Post (Halifax, early 90s - indy)
54) hHead (Toronto, 90s - grunge)
55) Hissanol (Victoria, 90s - indy/punk)
56) Huevos Rancheros (Calgary, 90s - surf/punk)
57) Iko (Montreal, early 80s - electronic)
58) Images in Vogue (Vancouver, early 80s - synthpop)
59) The Inbreds (Halifax, 90s - indy)
60) Industrial Artz (Toronto, early 90s - industrial)
61) Insex (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
62) Interstellar Root Cellar (Calgary, 90s - funk)
63) Jale (Halifax, mid 90s - indy)
64) Jerry Jerry and the Sons of Rhythm Orchestra (Edmonton, late 80s - indy)
65) Sherry Kean (Toronto, mid 80s - pop)
66) Kick Axe (Regina, mid 80s - metal)
67) King Apparatus (Toronto, late 80s - ska)
68) King Lettuce (Edmonton, mid 89s - alt-rock)
69) Kish (Toronto, late 80s - hip-hop)
70) Konkan (Toronto, mid 80s - dance/pop)
71) Lava Hay (Toronto, late 80s/early 90s - folk/indy pop)
72) The Leather Uppers (Toronto, 90s - punk)
73) The Look People (Toronto, 80s/90s - indy)
74) Manteca (Toronto, 60s - jazz/fusion)
75) The Mants (Victoria, BC, 90s - garage/punk)
76) Maow (Vancouver, early 90s - indy/punk)
77) Mecca Normal (Vancouver, 80s-present - indy/experimental)
78) Mendelson Joe (Toronto, 70s-present - folk/experimental)
79) Belinda Metz (Edmonton/Toronto, mid 80s - pop)
80) Minutes from Downtown (Toronto, mid 80s - new wave)
81) The Modernettes (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/new wave)
82) Monuments Galore (Winnpeg, mid 80s - indy)
83) My Dog Popper (Calgary, 80s - punk)
84) Nash the Slash (Toronto, 70s/80s - new wave)
85) National Velvet (Toronto, early 90s - indy rock)
86) Neo A4 (Edmonton, mid 80s - radio pop)
87) New Regime (Toronto, early 80s - new wave)
88) Nihilist Spasm Band (London, ON, 60s/70s-present - experimental)
89) The Nils (Montreal, mid 80s-present - punk)
90) No Fun (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
91) Noise Unit (Vancouver, 90s-present - industrial)
92) NoMeansNo (Victoria, 80s-present - punk/noise)
93) Numb (Vancouver, late 80s/early 90s - industrial)
94) Offenbach (Montreal, 80s/90s - blues rock/French)
95) John Oswald (Toronto, 90s-present - experimental)
96) Oversoul Seven (Vancouver, late 80s - indy)
97) Painted Thin (Winnipeg, late 90s - indy/punk)
98) Perfume Tree (Vancouver, 90s - post punk/electronic)
99) Personality Crisis (Winnipeg, early 80s - punk)
100) Phono-Comb (Toronto, early 90s - surf/roots)
101) Picture Comes to Life (Toronto, late 80s - new wave)
102) The Primrods (Calgary, early 90s - indy/post punk)
103) Plumtree (Halifax, early 90s - indy)
104) The Pointed Sticks (Vancouver, late 70s/early 80s - new wave/punk)
105) Poisoned (Vancouver, late 80s - indy/punk)
106) Polyrock (Canadians based in New York, early 80s - post punk)
107) Psyche (Calgary, late 80s/early 90s - industrial/synthpop)
108) Purple Knight (Moncton, late 70s/early 80s - garage/punk)
109) Raggadeath (Toronto, 90s - reggae/punk)
110) Random Killing (Toronto, mid 80s - punk)
111) Rational Youth (Montreal, early 80s - new wave)
112) Ray Condo (Vancouver, 80s/90s - country/rockabilly)
113) The Razorbacks (Toronto, late 80s - rockabilly)
114) Removal (Vancouver, 80s/90s - punk)
115) The Ripcordz (Montreal, 80s/90s - punk)
116) Scott B. Sympathy (Toronto 80s - indy/roots)
117) The Scramblers (Vancouver, 80s - punk/rockabilly)
118) The Secret V's (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/indy)
119) Showbusiness Giants (Victoria, 80s/90s - indy/punk)
120) SIANspheric (Hamilton, 90s/present - drone/post punk)
121) The Silver Darts (Toronto?, 80s - indy)
122) Simply Saucer (Hamilton, 60s/70s - proto-punk)
123) Slow (Vancouver, mid 80s - punk)
124) The Smugglers (Vancouver, late 90s - punk/garage)
125) SNFU (Calgary, 80s/90s-present - punk)
126) Sons of Freedom (Vancouver, late 80s - punk/indy)
127) The Stand GT (Toronto, late 80s - punk)
128) Strange Advance (Vancouver, early 80s - synthpop)
129) Stretch Marks (Winnipeg, early 80s - punk)
130) Stunt Chimps (Toronto, mid 80s - electrorock)
131) The Subhumans (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
132) The Super Friendz (Halifax, mid 90s - indy)
133) Tankhog (Vancouver, late 80s - punk)
134) Teenage Head (Hamilton, early 80s - punk)
135) Thrush Hermit (Halifax, 90s - indy)
136) Trans-X (Montreal, early 80s - electro/new wave)
137) Tristan Psionic (Hamilton, 90s - indy)
138) U.I.C. (Exeter, ON, 80s - punk)
139) UJ3RK5 (Vancouver, early 80s - punk/new wave)
140) Uzeb (Montreal, 80s/90s - jazz rock)
141) The Viletones (Montreal, late 70s/early 80s - punk)
142) The Vindicators (Calgary, 80s - punk/garage)
143) Voivod (Montreal, 80s-present - metal)
144) The Von Zippers (Calgary. 80s - punk)
145) Wagbeard (Calgary, 90s - punk/indy)
146) Weeping Tile (Kingston, ON, 90s - indy/roots)
147) The Wooden Stars (Sackville, NB, 90s - indy)
148) The Young Canadians (Vancouver, early 80s - punk)
149) Zon (Toronto, 70s - prog rock)
150) Zuckerbaby (Calgary, 90s - alt-rock)
151!!!!) Zumpano (Vancouver, 90s - indy rock)
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