Battle of the Canadian bands!

Foxhound · 01-28-2016, 07:32 PM

So here's the scene. It's the Canada Day weekend and the Kee to Bala in scenic Bala, Ontario is hosting an all-Canadian monster battle of the bands!

Music fans and assorted revellers flood into Bala from hundreds of miles around. Traffic is snarled for fifty kilometres around. Every hotel room from Washago to Honey Harbour to Huntsville to Lake of Bays is full. Muskoka area campsites are mobbed. The line up to get into Don's Bakery extends down the block and around the corner. Drunkeness and casual nudity abound. The local Beer Store runs short of product and requires an emergency shipment of more stock:

The OPP is overwhelmed and has completely given up on policing minor liquor and drug offences and concentrates instead on public safety and controlling carnage on the roads.

To encourage participating bands to give it their all instead of just going through the motions, the Kee has put up a two-four of Labatt 50 Ale for each and every member of the winning band!

With visions of drunken revellery dancing like sugar plums before their eyes, the bands all give their all. Which of these Canadian bands would get your vote?

Doug & the Slugs

Goddo

Harlequin

Honeymoon Suite

Kings

Loverboy

Max Webster

Triumph

Trooper

Zombeels · 01-28-2016, 08:31 PM

Trooper with Doug & The Slugs taking second.

JET · 01-28-2016, 10:35 PM

Trooper

TrekkiELO · 01-28-2016, 11:20 PM

Loverboy

MusicLover7 · 01-29-2016, 06:57 AM

Triumph

mostfurious · 01-29-2016, 07:40 AM

Man, tough call.. I'm going with Triumph, followed closely by Harlequin.

Always wanted to see Triumph.. one of the few bands in this poll I actually haven't seen.

Wheeds · 01-29-2016, 09:26 AM

Triumph. I saw them once.

I saw Honeymoon Suite opening for someone once. Jethro Tull maybe? At any rate the guitarist and the singer came out and stood in the crowd during the headliner's set. They seemed much shorter up close than they did on stage.

CrazyConnie · 01-29-2016, 09:58 AM

Triumph for me!

Norwood · 01-30-2016, 03:12 PM

Trooper

Foxhound · 02-01-2016, 11:29 AM

Goddo for me, followed by Doug & the Slugs and the Kings.

diezman · 02-05-2016, 06:06 PM

The Kings!

Foxhound · 02-08-2016, 09:01 AM

I'm really surprised to see Triumph with half the votes in this poll. I didn't know that Triumph was so popular. I actually thought Loverboy would end up with a plurality of the votes based on a similar poll I did six years ago involving four of these bands.

Foxhound · 05-24-2017, 10:10 AM

I overlooked Platinum Blonde when I was doing this one.

They would have fit right in.

zeppboy · 05-27-2017, 08:45 PM

Triumph

Foxhound · 01-04-2021, 12:19 PM

This one certainly merits revisiting!

dr wu · 01-05-2021, 10:27 AM

A bunch of bands I never listened to...but Max Webster is on Prog Archives so they get the nod.

Foxhound · 01-05-2021, 02:30 PM

Given your taste in music, you might want to delve deeper into these two bands:

Doug & the Slugs

Goddo

I believe that's a rarely heard accordion in Chantal.

dr wu · 01-05-2021, 11:31 PM

Neither band is on PA but I will give them a deeper listen.

View Poll Results: Which band do you ike the most?
Doug & the Slugs	1	5.56%
Goddo	1	5.56%
Harlequin	0	0%
Honeymoon Suite	0	0%
Kings	1	5.56%
Loverboy	2	11.11%
Max Webster	1	5.56%
Triumph	9	50.00%
Trooper	3	16.67%
Voters: 18. You may not vote on this poll

01-28-2016, 07:32 PM	#1
Foxhound Classic Rocker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: French Quarter, New Orléans Posts: 7,293 Gameroom cash: $30466 Give Thanks: 286 Thanked 154 Times in 137 Posts	Battle of the Canadian bands! So here's the scene. It's the Canada Day weekend and the Kee to Bala in scenic Bala, Ontario is hosting an all-Canadian monster battle of the bands! Music fans and assorted revellers flood into Bala from hundreds of miles around. Traffic is snarled for fifty kilometres around. Every hotel room from Washago to Honey Harbour to Huntsville to Lake of Bays is full. Muskoka area campsites are mobbed. The line up to get into Don's Bakery extends down the block and around the corner. Drunkeness and casual nudity abound. The local Beer Store runs short of product and requires an emergency shipment of more stock: The OPP is overwhelmed and has completely given up on policing minor liquor and drug offences and concentrates instead on public safety and controlling carnage on the roads. To encourage participating bands to give it their all instead of just going through the motions, the Kee has put up a two-four of Labatt 50 Ale for each and every member of the winning band! With visions of drunken revellery dancing like sugar plums before their eyes, the bands all give their all. Which of these Canadian bands would get your vote? Doug & the Slugs Goddo Harlequin Honeymoon Suite Kings Loverboy Max Webster Triumph Trooper __________________ The top rock 'n roll animal on this side of the tracks! Last edited by Foxhound : 01-05-2021 at 11:47 AM.

01-28-2016, 08:31 PM	#2
Zombeels Classic Rocker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Thetis Island, BC Posts: 2,274 Gameroom cash: $3819 Give Thanks: 1 Thanked 33 Times in 28 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Trooper with Doug & The Slugs taking second. __________________ I have better taste in music than all of you. This is not up for discussion. Carry on.

01-28-2016, 10:35 PM	#3
JET Midway Up The Ceiling Join Date: Jan 2012 Location: On The Hill Posts: 9,120 My Mood: Gameroom cash: $47422 Give Thanks: 67 Thanked 182 Times in 171 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Trooper __________________ In His hand is the life of every creature and the breath of all mankind. - Job 12:10

01-28-2016, 11:20 PM	#4
TrekkiELO Classic Rocker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: SoCal Posts: 2,917 My Mood: Gameroom cash: $1103 Give Thanks: 93 Thanked 7 Times in 7 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Loverboy __________________ Rick Vendl II

01-29-2016, 06:57 AM	#5
MusicLover7 Classic Rocker Join Date: Feb 2010 Location: New Jersey Posts: 22,316 Gameroom cash: $61142 Give Thanks: 472 Thanked 296 Times in 279 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Triumph

01-29-2016, 07:40 AM	#6
mostfurious Professional Slacker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Where the Great Plains Begin Posts: 3,535 Gameroom cash: $11460 Give Thanks: 28 Thanked 36 Times in 32 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Man, tough call.. I'm going with Triumph, followed closely by Harlequin. Always wanted to see Triumph.. one of the few bands in this poll I actually haven't seen.

01-29-2016, 09:26 AM	#7
Wheeds Classic Rocker Join Date: Jan 2010 Location: Seattle Posts: 1,856 Gameroom cash: $2079 Give Thanks: 1 Thanked 32 Times in 27 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Triumph. I saw them once. I saw Honeymoon Suite opening for someone once. Jethro Tull maybe? At any rate the guitarist and the singer came out and stood in the crowd during the headliner's set. They seemed much shorter up close than they did on stage.

01-29-2016, 09:58 AM	#8
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01-30-2016, 03:12 PM	#9
Norwood Classic Rocker Join Date: Mar 2015 Location: On a slippery slope Posts: 118 Gameroom cash: $2683 Give Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Trooper

02-01-2016, 11:29 AM	#10
Foxhound Classic Rocker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: French Quarter, New Orléans Posts: 7,293 Gameroom cash: $30466 Give Thanks: 286 Thanked 154 Times in 137 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Goddo for me, followed by Doug & the Slugs and the Kings. __________________ The top rock 'n roll animal on this side of the tracks!

02-05-2016, 06:06 PM	#11
diezman Classic Rocker Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Upper Peninsula of Michigan Posts: 1,535 Gameroom cash: $1018 Give Thanks: 19 Thanked 8 Times in 8 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! The Kings! __________________ Tough times don't last.......Tough people do.

02-08-2016, 09:01 AM	#12
Foxhound Classic Rocker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: French Quarter, New Orléans Posts: 7,293 Gameroom cash: $30466 Give Thanks: 286 Thanked 154 Times in 137 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! I'm really surprised to see Triumph with half the votes in this poll. I didn't know that Triumph was so popular. I actually thought Loverboy would end up with a plurality of the votes based on a similar poll I did six years ago involving four of these bands. __________________ The top rock 'n roll animal on this side of the tracks!

05-24-2017, 10:10 AM	#13
Foxhound Classic Rocker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: French Quarter, New Orléans Posts: 7,293 Gameroom cash: $30466 Give Thanks: 286 Thanked 154 Times in 137 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! I overlooked Platinum Blonde when I was doing this one. They would have fit right in. __________________ The top rock 'n roll animal on this side of the tracks!

05-27-2017, 08:45 PM	#14
zeppboy The Hammer of the Gods Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 12,346 Gameroom cash: $2204 Give Thanks: 6 Thanked 12 Times in 11 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Triumph

01-04-2021, 12:19 PM	#15
Foxhound Classic Rocker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: French Quarter, New Orléans Posts: 7,293 Gameroom cash: $30466 Give Thanks: 286 Thanked 154 Times in 137 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! This one certainly merits revisiting! __________________ The top rock 'n roll animal on this side of the tracks!

01-05-2021, 10:27 AM	#16
dr wu Dr Prog Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Indiana , US Posts: 845 Gameroom cash: $4938 Give Thanks: 24 Thanked 50 Times in 46 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! A bunch of bands I never listened to...but Max Webster is on Prog Archives so they get the nod.

01-05-2021, 02:30 PM	#17
Foxhound Classic Rocker Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: French Quarter, New Orléans Posts: 7,293 Gameroom cash: $30466 Give Thanks: 286 Thanked 154 Times in 137 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Given your taste in music, you might want to delve deeper into these two bands: Doug & the Slugs Goddo I believe that's a rarely heard accordion in Chantal. __________________ The top rock 'n roll animal on this side of the tracks!

01-05-2021, 11:31 PM	#18
dr wu Dr Prog Join Date: Mar 2020 Location: Indiana , US Posts: 845 Gameroom cash: $4938 Give Thanks: 24 Thanked 50 Times in 46 Posts	Re: Battle of the Canadian bands! Neither band is on PA but I will give them a deeper listen.

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