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Trivia EH? TROOPER

McGuire & Smith have been performing together since 1965. Randy Bachman of BTO signed Applejack to his label…..Applejack became TROOPER “Hot Shots” went 6X platinum and it is estimated that 1 of every 40 Canadians owns it. Ra McGuire and Brian Smith are the original members. They co-write the songs and are both Vancouverites. TROOPER [...]

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Trivia EH? Barenaked Ladies

Hello City’ refers to Halifax, Nova Scotia Brian Wilson did his own version of ‘Brian Wilson’. Sean Lennon took a copy of ‘Be My Yoko Ono’ back to his mother, Yoko ‘The Old Apartment’ refers to buying a house on the Danforth. The Danforth is a street in Toronto. The video was directed by another [...]

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TROOPER

A quick look on the World Wide Web will make you realize that TROOPER still has a faithful fan base. They are still out there playing all those favourites, Two For The Show, The Boys in the Bright White Sportscar, Santa Maria, We’re Here for a Good Time (Not a Long Time), Raise A Little [...]

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Barenaked Ladies (BNL)

I first heard of this band when Toronto Mayor June Rowlands banned them from playing in Nathan Phillips Square (I believe it was New Year’s Eve1991). And I must confess, my initial reaction was “Good!”. Then I heard and saw the band, and realized my first impression was wrong…they were funny, satirical and produced great [...]

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Canuck Quotes: Barenaked Ladies

“Near where I live there’s a viaduct Where people jump when they’re out of luck Raining down on the cars and trucks below They’ve put a net there to catch their fall Like that’ll stop anyone at all What they don’t know is that when nature calls you go” From The Barenaked Ladies song “War [...]

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