25 more great Canadian AOR bands/artists...
Date: December 07, 2000 07:51AM
Here are some more great AORand hard rock bands/artists from Canada's past:
Eye Eye, FM (not FM UK), Regatta, Cats Can Fly, One To One (their debut especially), Avalon (Myles Hunter's '70s prog band), Rock and Hyde (ex-Payolas), Wrabit (with future Lee Aaron band members), Syre (excellent melodic rockers), Teaze, Blu Bones, Orphan (like Loverboy), Harlequin (ESSENTIAL early 80's AOR), Lynx (very good early AOR like Styx), Surrender (Zappacosta's first band), Red Rider, the Spoons, Worrall, the Explorers (amazing AOR from 1994 in the style of Honeymoon Suite meets 2nd album Harem Scarem), Gypsy Rose (Gene Simmons-signed hair metal), Slik Toxik, The Partland Brothers (remember "Soul City"?), The Box, The Jitters and Paul Janz.
I can't recommend the Explorers ("We Always Want") enough. What a great hidden gem!
koogles
NP: Prophet "Prophet"