Jump to content
Main menu
Main menu
move to sidebar
hide
Navigation
Main page
Recent changes
Random page
Help about MediaWiki
Special pages
Niidae Wiki
Search
Search
Appearance
Create account
Log in
Personal tools
Create account
Log in
Pages for logged out editors
learn more
Contributions
Talk
Editing
Garage rock
(section)
Page
Discussion
English
Read
Edit
View history
Tools
Tools
move to sidebar
hide
Actions
Read
Edit
View history
General
What links here
Related changes
Page information
Appearance
move to sidebar
hide
Warning:
You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you
log in
or
create an account
, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.
Anti-spam check. Do
not
fill this in!
====Canada, islands, and territories==== [[File:The Paupers.png|thumb|[[The Paupers]] in 1967]] Like the United States, Canada experienced a large and vigorous garage rock movement. Vancouver's [[The Northwest Company (band)|the Northwest Company]], who recorded "Hard to Cry", had a power chord-driven approach.<ref>{{cite web|last=Montfichet|first=Stansted|title=Northwest Company|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/northwest-company-mn0001780132/biography|access-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180729230516/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/northwest-company-mn0001780132/biography|archive-date=July 29, 2018|url-status=live}}</ref> The Painted Ship were known for primal songs such as the angst-ridden "Frustration" and "Little White Lies", which Stansted Montfichet called a "punk classic".<ref>{{cite web|last1=Montfichet|first1=Stansted|title=Painted Ship|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/painted-ship-mn0001822541|access-date=July 13, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160617111941/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/painted-ship-mn0001822541|archive-date=June 17, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> Chad Allan and the Reflections from [[Winnipeg]], Manitoba, began in 1962 and had a hit in the mid-1960s, [[Johnny Kidd & the Pirates|Johnny Kidd & the Pirates]]' "[[Shakin' All Over]]", then went on to greater success in the late 1960s and early 1970s as [[the Guess Who]].<ref>{{cite web|last1=Sendra|first1=Tim|title=Shakin' All Over/Hey Ho/It's Time: All Music Review|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/shakin-all-over-hey-ho-its-time-mw0000318376|access-date=July 9, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131228010540/http://www.allmusic.com/album/shakin-all-over-hey-ho-its-time-mw0000318376|archive-date=December 28, 2013|url-status=live}}</ref> In 1966, [[The Ugly Ducklings (band)|the Ugly Ducklings]] from [[Toronto]] had a hit with "Nothin{{'"}} and toured with the Rolling Stones.<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=The Ugly Ducklings|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-ugly-ducklings-mn0000209318/biography|access-date=July 9, 2015|archive-date=February 21, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150221130934/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-ugly-ducklings-mn0000209318/biography|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Pettipas|first1=Keith|title=The Ugly Ducklings - Somewhere Outside|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/somewhere-outside-mw0000474564|website=AllMusic|access-date=January 29, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202195252/http://www.allmusic.com/album/somewhere-outside-mw0000474564|archive-date=February 2, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref> [[The Haunted (Canadian band)|The Haunted]] from Montreal specialized in a gritty blues-based sound influenced by the Rolling Stones and released the single "1β2β5".<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=The Haunted|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-haunted-mn0001469476/biography|access-date=July 26, 2015|archive-date=December 22, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222203256/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-haunted-mn0001469476/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> Two other bands from Toronto were [[the Paupers]] and [[the Mynah Birds]]. The Paupers released several singles and two albums.<ref>{{cite web|last=Bush|first=John|title=The Paupers|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-paupers-mn0002141110/biography|access-date=July 10, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160313105835/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-paupers-mn0002141110/biography|archive-date=March 13, 2016|url-status=live}}</ref> The Mynah Birds featured the combination of [[Rick James]] on lead vocals and [[Neil Young]] on guitar, who both went on to fame as solo acts, as well as [[Bruce Palmer]] who later accompanied Young to California to join [[Buffalo Springfield]] in 1966.<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|title=The Mynah Birds|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mynah-birds-mn0001374260|access-date=June 16, 2017|archive-date=June 13, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170613072711/http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-mynah-birds-mn0001374260|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name="Jones (Mynah Birds)">{{cite web|last1=Jones|first1=Josh|title=When Neil Young & Rick James Created the 60's Motown Band, The Mynah Birds|url=http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/when-neil-young-rick-james-created-the-60s-motown-band-the-mynah-birds.html|website=Open Culture|access-date=July 10, 2015|date=May 1, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150924061438/http://www.openculture.com/2014/05/when-neil-young-rick-james-created-the-60s-motown-band-the-mynah-birds.html|archive-date=September 24, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref> They signed a contract with [[Motown Records]] and recorded several songs including "It's My Time".<ref name="Jones (Mynah Birds)"/> Outside of the mainland, garage rock became a fixture in the islands and territories adjacent to the continent.<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=The Savages|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-savages-mn0001217264/biography|access-date=July 10, 2015|archive-date=July 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707042104/https://www.allmusic.com/artist/the-savages-mn0001217264/biography|url-status=live}}</ref> [[The Savages (Bermuda band)|The Savages]] from Bermuda recorded the album ''[[Live 'n Wild]]'',<ref>{{cite web|last=Unterberger|first=Richie|author-link=Richie Unterberger|title=The Savages: Live 'n Wild (Review)|website=AllMusic|url=http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-n-wild-mw0000886479|access-date=April 24, 2017|archive-date=April 24, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170424174845/http://www.allmusic.com/album/live-n-wild-mw0000886479|url-status=live}}</ref> which features "[[The World Ain't Round It's Square]]", an angry song of youthful defiance.{{sfn|Markesich|2012|pp=209, 387}}
Summary:
Please note that all contributions to Niidae Wiki may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here.
You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see
Encyclopedia:Copyrights
for details).
Do not submit copyrighted work without permission!
Cancel
Editing help
(opens in new window)
Search
Search
Editing
Garage rock
(section)
Add topic