Courtesy of the Tragically Hip The Tragically Hip were the single most definitive act of the CanRock Renaissance between 1985-1995. Beginning in 1985, they built their audience with electric live performances, one rapt concert-goer after another, until 1991's 'Road Apples' thrust them into the mainstream. Suddenly they were ubiquitous: on ...

Courtesy of 'Have Not Been the Same' Men Without Hats have become a punchline in the past 25 years, an easy '80s reference for sitcoms looking for an identifiably ridiculous band name and a one-hit wonder; as bandleader Ivan Doroschuk recently told Spinner,"The Safety Dance" has been featured three times on 'The Simpsons' alone. But the band ...

Image From 'Have Not Been the Same' It shouldn't be too hard for any music fan to name groundbreaking and influential Canadian artists: Neil Young, Joni Mitchell, the Band, Leonard Cohen... and then Arcade Fire, Feist, New Pornographers, Broken Social Scene. But what about the in-between? 'Have Not Been the Same,' first published in 2001 ...