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Power of ten band1/8/2024 Photo: The Last Waltz via The Band, Facebook After getting their start as Bob Dylan’s backing band, the group later made a name for themselves with iconic songs like “ The Weight” and “ The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.” Their 1974 farewell show was the subject of Martin Scorsese’s concert film The Last Waltz. Their 2018 album The Wake was named Metal/Hard Music Album of the Year at the 2019 JUNO Awards.įormed in Toronto, The Band were one of the seminal roots-rock groups of the 1960s and 1970s. Their 1989 album Nothingface received critical acclaim and hit 114 on the Billboard 200 Charts. The Quebec thrash metal icons are known for their experimental style and paranoid, science fiction-themed lyrics. Their satirical “ Heterosexual Man” was known for its music video, which starred comedy troupe The Kids in the Hall.Īs The New Odds, they also contributed the end credits theme for popular sitcom Corner Gas (“My Happy Place”). Quirky tracks like “ Eat My Brain,” “ It Falls Apart,” and “ Someone Who Is Cool” are Canadian radio staples. The witty Vancouver alt-rockers have a repertoire of songs as offbeat as their name. The Halifax rockers are responsible for stone-cold classics like “ Oowatanite,” “ I Like to Rock,” the power ballad “ Just Between You and Me,” and their epic covers of “ Sign of the Gypsy Queen” and “ You Could Have Been a Lady.” With dozens of charting singles, they’ve been Canadian radio staples since the early 1970s, and broke into the U.S. Their 1993 album 5 Days in July went 6x Platinum With well-known songs “ Hasn’t Hit Me Yet,” “ 5 Days in May,” and “ Til I Gain Control Again.” They were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in 2012. The Toronto country rockers have released fifteen original albums since their formation in 1984, winning twelve JUNO Awards.
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