# Semi-obscure mid-90s Canadian rock bands **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [May 29, 2008, 12:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-mid-90s-canadian-rock-bands/450968 "2008-05-29T00:45:43Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 7\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 11:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-mid-90s-canadian-rock-bands/450968/41 "2012-05-07T23:01:50Z")
> [@gallows\_fodder](#): > > [Spirit of the West](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spirit_of_the_West) > > I’ve never actually heard their music, but I had a Canadian pen pal (pre-internet) who was obsessed with this band. It wouldn’t be a dance party in Canada without [Home For A Rest](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZbqV_qfWfg&feature=related) being played - I love dancing to this song! > [@D18](#): > > Ashley MacIsaac’s celtic fusion hey day was in the 1990s with [Sleepy Maggie](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aoApELfgWcg). Canadian tv/music trivia - I’m about 99% sure that Ashley MacIsaac was the fiddler playing during a recent episode of “Lost Girl.” 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ludovic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@Ludovic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ludovic)\ **Post date:** [May 7, 2012, 11:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-mid-90s-canadian-rock-bands/450968/42 "2012-05-07T23:08:03Z")
My two have also been mentioned but For me it’s Odds and Sloan, and I especially second Someone Who’s Cool. Seemed to go nowhere compared to Heterosexual Man which seemed to achieve minor hit status in the States, whereas Someone Who’s Cool only got a tiny bit of airplay despite being their best song by far. ---
**Author:** ![LC\_Strawhouse](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/e19adc/32.png) [@LC\_Strawhouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LC_Strawhouse)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 12:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-mid-90s-canadian-rock-bands/450968/43 "2012-05-08T00:13:12Z")
[A Common Disaster](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TsS_W5jN-vU) by the Cowboy Junkies was BIG in Ontario in the mid-90s, like ubiquitous background music at times. ---
**Author:** ![Robot\_Arm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/robot_arm/32/18280_2.png) [@Robot\_Arm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Robot_Arm)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 1:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-mid-90s-canadian-rock-bands/450968/44 "2012-05-08T01:22:32Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > It wouldn’t be a dance party in Canada without [Home For A Rest](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0ZbqV_qfWfg&feature=related) being played - I love dancing to this song! A couple years ago, when the tall ships festival was in Boston, I met up with some old friends in an Irish pub downtown. The band played that song, dedicated to our ship. (Found out that Maggie, the purser, had requested it.) I don’t think there’s a better way to hear that song than with a bunch of sailors in port for the weekend. ---
**Author:** ![Nobody](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/94ad74/32.png) [@Nobody](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nobody)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 8:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-mid-90s-canadian-rock-bands/450968/45 "2012-05-08T08:34:03Z")
> [@Cat\_Whisperer](#): > > [Colin James is working a lot with some guys from the Odds](http://www.colinjames.com/) - Colin James is a great representative of Canadian music from the 90’s (from the 80’s to current, actually). I only know one song from him that came out 22 years ago, but it’s one of my all-time favorites - [Just Came Back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NetqMq8e31k) ---
**Author:** ![Cat\_Whisperer](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cat_whisperer/32/4839_2.png) [@Cat\_Whisperer](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cat_Whisperer)\ **Post date:** [May 8, 2012, 2:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-mid-90s-canadian-rock-bands/450968/46 "2012-05-08T14:05:21Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > A couple years ago, when the tall ships festival was in Boston, I met up with some old friends in an Irish pub downtown. The band played that song, dedicated to our ship. (Found out that Maggie, the purser, had requested it.) I don’t think there’s a better way to hear that song than with a bunch of sailors in port for the weekend. Were they all dancing jigs? 😃 > [@Nobody](#): > > I only know one song from him that came out 22 years ago, but it’s one of my all-time favorites - [Just Came Back](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NetqMq8e31k) Colin James has quietly been putting out excellent albums for, must be 30 years now - his soon-to-be released album is called “Fifteen,” because it’s his fifteenth album. I really don’t know why the guy hasn’t achieved super-stardom - he’s so massively talented. ---
**Author:** ![The\_Raven\_1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@The\_Raven\_1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/The_Raven_1)\ **Post date:** [May 9, 2012, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-mid-90s-canadian-rock-bands/450968/47 "2012-05-09T17:07:00Z")
> [@Anastasaeon](#): > > Oh, and, let’s not forget how **Edwin** left \*\*I Mother Earth \*\* and did his solo thing that was freaking _hilarious_. He also worked on Alex Lifeson’s solo project, _Victor_. The first track, _Don’t Care_, is scary as hell. The whole album is worth a listen. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/semi-obscure-mid-90s-canadian-rock-bands/450968.md?page=2)