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x Stephen Fearing StephenFearing 2007 Folk music Vancouver
Stephen Fearing (born 1963) is a Canadian folk singer-songwriter. Fearing was born in Vancouver, British Columbia and raised in Dublin, Ireland. He returned to Canada in 1981 and began pursuing a career in music. In addition to his solo career,...
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x Prism Prism's Armageddon album, 1979 (re-released in 2004) Pop rock Vancouver
Prism (or PRiSM) is a Canadian rock band originally from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They were active from 1977 to 1984 and are active again from 1988 to present. The band's sound is a mix of Album-Oriented Rock (AOR) and pop rock. They...
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Rock music
x Spirit of the West Spirit of the West frontmen John Mann and Geoffrey Kelly, Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver 2001 Folk rock Vancouver
Spirit of the West are a Canadian folk rock band, who were popular on the Canadian folk music scene in the 1980s before evolving a blend of hard rock, Britpop, and Celtic folk influences which made them one of Canada's most successful alternative...
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x Darryl Neudorf   Rock music Vancouver
Darryl Neudorf (born June 7, 1964 in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan) is a Canadian musician, record producer and audio engineer. He was the drummer for 54-40 from 1982–1986. He is best known during this time for co-writing the hit song "I Go Blind", a...
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x The Poppy Family The Poppy Family Psychedelic pop Vancouver
The Poppy Family was a late 1960s and early 1970s Canadian pop music group, based in Vancouver, British Columbia. "In the late summer of 1969 the Canadian record buying public chose to endorse The Poppy Family by establishing "Which Way You Goin'...
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x Nardwuar the Human Serviette Nardwuar by William Jans Garage rock Vancouver
Nardwuar the Human Serviette (born John Ruskin, July 5, 1968) is a Canadian celebrity interviewer and musician from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. He is the lead singer and keyboardist for The Evaporators and plays in Thee Goblins. He is an...
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x Linda McRae   Folk rock Vancouver
Linda McRae is a Canadian rock and alternative country musician. McRae was a member of platinum folk rock band Spirit of the West from 1988 to 1996. A multi-instrumentalist playing accordion, guitar, bass, and banjo she also appeared as a guest...
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Alternative country
x The Canadian Sweethearts   Rockabilly Vancouver
The Canadian Sweethearts were a Canadian singing duo popular during the 1960s until its disbandment in 1977. The duo consisted of vocalist Lucille Starr, and her guitar playing husband, Bob Regan. Often referred to as Bob & Lucille, the duo recorded...
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x Craig Wood   Alternative rock Vancouver
David Craig Wood (born 1978 in Vancouver) is Avril Lavigne's ex-rhythm guitarist and was previously a member of the Vancouver punk pop band Gob, where he played bass guitar. After Jesse Colburn left in 2003, Craig replaced him in Avril's band and...
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Pop punk Guitarist
Punk rock Social network user
Pop rock
x Young Canadians   Punk rock Vancouver
Young Canadians (originally The K-Tels) were a Vancouver punk rock band active for just under two years. The YC's were influenced not only by the other punk bands in town at that time such as D.O.A. and the Pointed Sticks, but also by the Dolls, the...
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New Wave
x Stabilo Stabilo Rock music Vancouver
Stabilo (originally Stabilo Boss) are a rock band from Maple Ridge, British Columbia, Canada. Formed around 1999, they are best known for their songs "Everybody", "One More Pill", "Don't Look In Their Eyes", "Flawed Design," and "Kidding Ourselves",...
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Acoustic music Maple Ridge Social network user
Folk rock
x Sweeney Todd   Hard rock Vancouver
Sweeney Todd is a Canadian glam rock band that formed in 1975. The band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, originally consisted of vocalist Nick Gilder, guitarist Jim McCulloch, bassist Budd Marr, keyboardist Dan Gaudin and drummer John Booth....
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Rock music
Glam rock
x Sweatshop Union Sweatshop Union's logo Hip Hop Vancouver
Sweatshop Union is a Canadian hip hop collective formed in 2000 when four politically-minded rap acts—Dirty Circus, Creative Minds, Innocent Bystanders, and solo artist Kyprios—came together "to create a powerful, distinctive voice", and to produce...
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x Keith Scott Kei Rock music Vancouver
Keith Douglas Scott (born 20 July 1954) is a Canadian guitar player. He is best known for his long-term collaboration with the singer-songwriter Bryan Adams. He has also worked with Cher, Tina Turner, Bryan Ferry, Tom Cochrane, Craig Northey and...
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Hard rock Film actor
Adult contemporary music Guitarist
Pop rock
Soft rock
x In Medias Res Band Logo Indie rock Vancouver
In Medias Res is an indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, consisting of Andrew Lee (lead vocals and guitar), Steve Watts (drums and backup vocals), Ash Poon (lead guitar), and Ryan Flowers (bass). In the band's history, they have...
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x Cory Lee Cory Lee Pop music Alberta
Cory Lee (born November 13, 1984 as Cory Lee Urhahn) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and actress. She is most noted for playing the role of Karma in the television series Instant Star. Born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada to a...
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Rhythm and blues Vancouver Social network user
x Rich Priske Richrock2006   Vancouver
Rich "Rock" Priske (born August 29, 1967) is a Canadian musician born in Vancouver, British Columbia. He has long been active in the Vancouver music scene, and has played bass and/or written songs for DSK, ShoCore, Bif Naked and Real McKenzies, and...
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Film actor
x Precious Fathers   Post-rock Vancouver
Precious Fathers is a Vancouver-based instrumental post-rock shoegazer ensemble, with members linked to other projects such as Destroyer, Loscil, Sparrow and The Battles.
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Shoegazing
x Idle Eyes   Pop music Vancouver
Idle Eyes is a Canadian band formed in the 1980s by Tad Campbell, Donna McConville, and others. They are best known for their #1 1985 Canadian single "Tokyo Rose". The band won the Juno Award for "Most Promising New Group" in 1985.
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Rock music
x Suzie Ungerleider Oh Susanna performing at the 2007 NXNE festival Alternative country Vancouver
Suzie Ungerleider, who writes and performs as Oh Susanna, is a Canadian alternative country singer-songwriter. She was born and raised in Vancouver, British Columbia. She released her first recording, a seven-song EP, in 1997. In 1999, she released...
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x Trevor Guthrie Trevor2 Pop music Vancouver
Trevor Guthrie (born February 11, 1973) was the lead singer of the now defunct pop group soulDecision and is now a solo artist. He is the cousin of Karlee Van Norman, who was crushed when the band broke up. Trevor Guthrie was born in Vancouver,...
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Dance music Musical Group Member
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x West End Girls West End Girls Pop music Vancouver
West End Girls were a Canadian pop band and girl group in the early 1990s. The band was formed in Vancouver by producers John Dexter and John Livingston, and consisted of three teenaged girls, Camille Henderson, Aimee MacKenzie and Silvana Petrozzi ...
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Rhythm and blues
x Craig Northey Craig Northey playing with Stripper's Union at the Underground in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2006 Alternative rock Vancouver
Craig Northey is a Canadian musician and one of the founding members of the band Odds. After the breakup of Odds in 1999, Northey has embarked on several other ventures, including working with Colin James, Rosanne Cash, Glen Phillips, Bruce...
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Post-punk Guitarist
Power pop Film music contributor
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x They Shoot Horses, Don't They?   Indie rock Vancouver
They Shoot Horses, Don't They? were a rock and roll band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Their final show was on 2008-04-27 at the Astoria in Vancouver, British Columbia. Their debut album Boo Hoo Hoo Boo was released on the Kill Rock...
 
x Whitfield Whitfield Indie rock Vancouver
This is an article about the music group Whitfield. For other uses of the word, see Whitfield. Whitfield is a Vancouver-based indie rock group composed of Jobie Mallett (lead vocals, guitar, keyboards), Sam Bastedo (drums, percussion, backing vocals...
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x Imaad Wasif ImaadWasif Rock music Vancouver
Imaad Wasif is a Canadian-born Indian singer-songwriter and guitar player whose music combines elements of both folk and rock music. Wasif’s music has been described as “unbelievably intense with sparkling, raga-influenced guitar and a mystic bent.”...
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x A Spectre is Haunting Europe   Post-punk revival Vancouver
A Spectre Is Haunting Europe is a progressive deathrock band hailing from Vancouver, Canada. A Spectre Is Haunting Europe formed in 2002, during the height of Vancouver's post-punk revival, and were initially billed as Decora. The band's activity...
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Indie rock Social network user
Deathrock
x Marianas Trench Marianas Trench Indie rock Vancouver
Marianas Trench is a Juno award nominated Canadian pop rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia signed to 604 Records. The band released their first full length album Fix Me on October 3, 2006. Some of the demos the band sent out four years before...
 
Pop punk
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Pop rock
x The Manvils Manvils press Neo-Psychedelia Vancouver
The Manvils are a Canadian rock band from Vancouver. The band, consists of singer, songwriter and guitarist Mike Manville, bassist Greg Buhr and drummer Jay Koenderman. The Manvils have shared the stage with Stereophonics, Suicide Girls, The...
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Indie rock Social network user
Alternative rock
Rock music
x Rymes With Orange Rymes With Orange Alternative rock Vancouver
Rymes With Orange is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. RWO formed in Vancouver in the early 1990s after a chance meeting between Manchester born singer Lyndon Johnson and guitarist Rob Lulic. The group has since released four CDs and...
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Rock music
x Veal   Indie rock Vancouver
Veal is a Canadian indie rock band with country music influences that formed in Vancouver in the mid-1990s. They are now based in Toronto. Veal's front man Luke Doucet was named Musician of the Year at the 2001 West Coast Music Awards. Luke has been...
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x Norman Nawrocki Norman Nawrocki at Chaotic Insurrection Congress Klezmer Vancouver
Norman Nawrocki (born Vancouver, British Columbia), is a Montreal-based comedian, sex educator, cabaret artist, musician, author, actor, producer and composer. Nawrocki together with Sylvain Côté were the founding members of "rock 'n roll cabaret"...
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Punk rock Social network user
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x Social deviantz   Hip Hop Vancouver
Social Deviantz are a Canadian rap trio based in Vancouver, British Columbia. First formed in early 1992, the group consists of lyricists A-Train and Fatbone, and DJ/producer Junya. To date, they have two full-length releases; Essential Mental...
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x Econoline Crush Econoline Crush Post-grunge Vancouver
Econoline Crush is a band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada formed in 1992. Originally formed in Seattle, they eventually moved back to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. They have released four studio albums and have had notable singles like ...
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Alternative rock Winnipeg Social network user
Alternative metal
Industrial metal
x Doubting Thomas   Industrial music Vancouver
Doubting Thomas is an industrial band formed by two members of Skinny Puppy: cEvin Key and the late Dwayne Goettel. It is considered a Skinny Puppy side project. The band shares its name with an American roots band, to whom they have no relation....
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x Heart Heart logo Rock music Seattle
Heart is a rock band whose founding members came from Seattle, Washington, USA in the early 1970s. Going through several lineup changes, the only constant members of the group are sisters Ann and Nancy Wilson. The group rose to fame in the 1970s...
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Hard rock Vancouver Broadcast Artist
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Pop rock Social network user
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x Skinny Puppy Skinny Puppy Electro-industrial Vancouver
Skinny Puppy is a Canadian industrial band, formed in Vancouver, British Columbia in 1982. Initially envisioned as an experimental side project by cEvin Key (born Kevin Crompton) while he was in the new wave band Images In Vogue, Nivek Ogre (born...
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Industrial music Broadcast Artist
Electronica Social network user
Industrial rock
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x Front Line Assembly Left-Right: Rhys Fulber, Bill Leeb, Chris Peterson, Adrian White, Jeremy Inkel Electronic body music Vancouver
Front Line Assembly (abbreviated FLA) is a Canadian electro-industrial band formed by Bill Leeb in 1986 after leaving Skinny Puppy. Influenced by early Industrial acts such as Cabaret Voltaire, Portion Control, D.A.F., Test Dept, SPK, and Severed...
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Industrial music Social network user
Electronica
Industrial metal
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x Delerium Early publicity photo Pop music Vancouver
Delerium is a band from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, formed in 1987, originally as a side project of the influential industrial music act, Front Line Assembly. Throughout the band’s history, their musical style has encompassed a broad range,...
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Ambient music Musical Group
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x Download Download Industrial music Vancouver
Download is an electronic music group formed by Dwayne Goettel and cEvin Key of Skinny Puppy in 1994. The initial lineup also included Off & Gone's Phil Western and Mark Spybey of Dead Voices on Air, but has since been particularly fluid, with Key...
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Intelligent dance music Musical Group Member
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x PlatEAU   Intelligent dance music Vancouver
PlatEAU is an electronic music project featuring cEvin Key and Phil Western. The project resembles a very loose approach to the Download project featuring the same members. The song names and album titles refer to the coffeeshop culture of Amsterdam...
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Electronic music
x Moist   Alternative rock Vancouver
Moist was a five-piece Canadian alternative rock band that was popular in the mid-to-late-1990s. The band was led by lead singer David Usher, along with Mark Makoway (guitars), Jeff Pearce (bass), Kevin Young (keyboards) and Paul Wilcox (drums)....
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Hard rock Musical Group
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x Numb Numb Electro-industrial Vancouver
Numb is an electro-industrial band that was based in Vancouver, Canada. It was founded by Don Gordon, David Hall and Sean Stubbs in 1986. Following his Suspended single, Gordon retired the project and moved to Vietnam to live with his wife.
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x Swollen Members from left to right: Prevail, Mad Child, and Rob the Viking Hip Hop Vancouver
Swollen Members are a Canadian hip hop group from Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada consisting principally of the duo Mad Child and Prevail. They have been called "two of the most innovative people in hip-hop". Frequent collaborators include...
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West Coast hip hop Social network user
x D.O.A. JoeyShithead Punk rock Vancouver
D.O.A. is a hardcore punk band from Vancouver, BC. They are often referred to as the "founders" of hardcore punk, along with Black Flag, Bad Brains, and Minor Threat. Their second album Hardcore '81 was thought by many to have been the first actual...
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Hardcore punk Musical Group
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x Nomeansno Nomeansno promotional shot in Edmonton Punk rock Vancouver
NoMeansNo is a Canadian progressive punk rock music group originally from Victoria, British Columbia and now located in Vancouver. The band has never had, nor have they seemed to pursue, strong mainstream success, but they do have a devoted...
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Rock music Victoria Musical Group
Math rock Social network user
x Cub   Indie pop Vancouver
Cub was an indie rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia, which formed in 1992 and disbanded in 1997. They played a melodic, jangly form of pop punk which was dubbed "cuddlecore" by some music critics. Their song "New York City" was covered by...
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Punk rock Musical Group Member
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x Trooper Trooper Hard rock Vancouver
Trooper is a Juno Award winning Canadian rock band that developed from a group formed by vocalist Ramon McGuire and guitarist Brian Smith in 1965. As the principal songwriters for the group, McGuire and Smith have performed as Trooper (originally...
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Rock music Broadcast Artist
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x soulDecision soulDecision Pop music Vancouver
soulDecision was a Canadian pop group active from 1993 to 2005, perhaps best known for their hit single "Faded". The group was formed in Vancouver under the original name Indecision by singers Trevor Guthrie and David Bowman, and keyboard player Ken...
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Dance music
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Boy band
x Holly McNarland Holly McNarland at the Vibe in Peterborough   Vancouver
Holly McNarland (born October 23, 1975 in The Pas, Manitoba, raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba) is a Canadian musician, singer and songwriter. She collaborated with Matthew Good on the song "Flight Recorder From Viking 7" from the album Loser Anthems as...
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x Cheech & Chong Image of the Cheech and Chong comedy album Cheech and Chong's Greatest Hit Comedy Vancouver
Cheech & Chong are a comedy duo consisting of Richard "Cheech" Marin and Tommy Chong, who found a wide audience in the 1970s and 1980s for their stand-up routines, which were based upon the era's hippie, free love, and especially drug culture...
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x Chilliwack Chilliwack Rock music Vancouver
Chilliwack are a Canadian rock band that had their heyday during the 1970s and 1980s. They are perhaps best remembered for their three biggest songs "My Girl (Gone Gone Gone)", "I Believe" and "Whatcha Gonna Do." The band's lineup has changed...
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Broadcast Artist
x Payolas   New Wave Vancouver
The Payolas (or Payola$) were part of Vancouver's new wave of bands and active in the Canadian music scene for a decade from the late 1970s. In 2007, they became active again, releasing an EP of new material (Langford Part One) and touring. The band...
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Rock music Broadcast Artist
x Limblifter   Alternative rock Vancouver
Limblifter is a Canadian alternative rock group from Vancouver, formed in 1996. The group was originally formed by brothers Ryan Dahle and Kurt Dahle, as a side project from their main band, Age of Electric. Ian Somers was the band's other member....
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x 54-40 54-40 Alternative rock Vancouver
54•40 is a Canadian alternative rock group from Tsawwassen, British Columbia. The band takes their name from the slogan "Fifty-Four Forty or Fight!", coined to express the expansionist agenda of James K. Polk's presidency, intent upon controlling a...
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Rock music Tsawwassen, British Columbia
x Doug and The Slugs   Alternative rock Vancouver
Doug and the Slugs was a Canadian alternative pop band based in Vancouver. The group was formed in 1977 and was most active throughout the 1980s. Doug Bennett was the band's namesake and lead singer. He continued to perform with the group until his...
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Pop music Broadcast Artist
x Default DefaultLogo Post-grunge Vancouver
Default is a Canadian post-grunge/alternative rock band from Vancouver, British Columbia. Since forming in 1999 they have released four albums, and have sold more than a million records. The majority of their fan base is in Canada, but they gained...
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Alternative rock Abbotsford Broadcast Artist
Hard rock Social network user
Alternative metal
x The Kings   Rock music Vancouver
The Kings are a Canadian band formed in the 1970s, best known for their 1980 North American hit "This Beat Goes On/Switchin' To Glide". The Kings were formed in Vancouver, British Columbia, and Oakville, Ontario in the late 1970s. The original...
Musical Group
Pop rock
x Rose Chronicles   Alternative rock Vancouver
Rose Chronicles was a Canadian alternative rock band in the 1990s. The band, from Vancouver, consisted of vocalist Kristy Thirsk, guitarist Richard Maranda, bassist Judd Cochrane and drummer Steve van der Woerd. Their musical style merged elements...
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x Cyberaktif   Industrial music Vancouver
Cyberaktif was a one-time musical collaboration project between Bill Leeb of the band Front Line Assembly, and cEvin Key and Dwayne Goettel of Skinny Puppy. Blixa Bargeld from Einstürzende Neubauten guested on the tracks “Paradiessiets” and ...
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