the 'almost made it" bands.

[TrekkiELO]

Fanny

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fanny_(band)

 

[Jake T]

There are a number of outstanding Canadian bands that should've been internationally successful: Pat Travers Band, Saga & Rob Moratti and Max Webster, to name a few.

I agree with Saga. On the Loose climbed to #3 in the US in 1981 and they had a few other minor hits, but they are too progressive for the mainstream listener.

Saga - Wind Him Up (#7 in Germany in 1981)

 

[Fever]

Point Blank

 

[Big Ears]

FM - Not the soulful British melodic rock band, but the Canadian progressive rock band from the seventies, which sound a bit like UK. I was sure there was a thread here on Canadian bands, but couldn't find it using the search.

 

[CLASIKROKR]

Triumph could arguably said to have made it, but they really should have been bigger then they were!!!

 

[Khor1255]

Canned Heat
Crack the Sky
Angel Witch
Screaming Trees
Mindfunk (ha!!!!!)

Wait, James Gang didn't 'make it'? With two heavily rotated songs and a movie? I know, I'm just feeling punchy.

 

[Big Ears]

I agree with Angel Witch (they get a lot of mentions here, don't they?), but I thought Canned Heat were big at least in the US.

 

[Big Ears]

I agree with Saga. On the Loose climbed to #3 in the US in 1981 and they had a few other minor hits, but they are too progressive for the mainstream listener.

They have also been described as being too mainstream for the progressive listener!

 

[Phil B.]

Dust
Angel
Starz
Big Country
Riot
Fridjid Pink
Spooky Tooth
Trapeze
Axe
Aphrodite's Child
Buffalo