Canadian Bands from the 90s That Should Get on Board with This Current Reunion Trend
With everyone from the Tea Party to the Killjoys making noise again, I’m wondering what other Canadian bands from the 90s should get back together, at least for a tour.
1. Jale
A cool band from Halifax that was around during the early-to-mid-90s, Jale gave us two albums, both released on Sub Pop. They never made it as big as they should have, but perhaps there’s no time like the present to give it another shot…?
2. Glueleg
Toronto’s Glueleg made good music throughout almost all of the 90s (1990-1998), and I blame them personally for the lack of cool saxophone in my collection of alt rock from the 2000s.
3. Scratching Post
Scratching Post’s rock would fit airwaves and venues just as well today.
4. 13 Engines
I wonder if this Toronto band might have made it big if they’d kept at it a little longer. Twenty years after their breakup might be the right time to resume.
5. Doughboys
Other than a brief live reunion in 2011, we haven’t heard from Montreal’s Doughboys since 1997. Former members are still active in music, and I think a reunion tour would be quite well-received.
Here are some other suggestions that have come in.
- Thrush Hermit
- Superfriendz
- King Apparatus
- Moist
- Bif Naked
- The Odds
- Watchmen
- Econoline Crush
- Treble Charger
Anyone else?
Sandbox, Thrush Hermit, Local Rabbits, The Smalls, Joydrop, pursuit of happiness, Tristan psionic. I’m sure there are others.
Flashlight Brown
Barstool Prophets
Pursuit of happiness for sure! Econoline Crush, they reunite and tour here and there but a full scale tour would be awesome! Shocore and some Bottlerockets
Pure, there Generation 6-Pack album was amazing.
I’ve seen two TPOH reunion shows! Last one was December 2014. They still kick fucking ass.
Sadly Todd Simko of Pure died tragically five years ago: https://ajournalofmusicalthings.com/update-rip-todd-simko/
Pluto!
Nirvana, Krist and Dave could use an Ouija board to channel Kurt’s spirit. Once channelled his spirit can then possess a lookalike which would then lead to a new album and world tour. But Courtney would come up with a scheme to reap most of the profits leading to some awkward and possibly funny and dramatic situations. WAIT…….. Sorry I might have been pitching this to Netflix for a possible TV series. Nevermind!
The Gandharvas
Rusty?
National Velvet, Lowest of the Low, and TPOH
Hhead!
hHead
Matthew Good Band comes to mind.
ERIC’S TRIP
Mystery Machine
Weeping Tile
Off the top of my head here’s what comes to mind…Look People, Rheostatics, Corky & the Juice Pigs, Ron Hawkins & the Rusty Nails, Bootsauce, My Dog Popper, NoMeansNo (original lineup), Lowest of the Low, Bourban Tabernacle Choir, Grim Skunk, Groovy Aardvark, Mystery Machine, Rocktapus
was coming down here just to add my two cents with hHead. Glad there are others agreeing!
For those posting Lowest Of The Low, where have you been the last 5 or so years?? LOTL still play regularly. In fact, they have a new album coming down the pipe in the near future. Ron Hawkins is still rocking it solo but still keeps the fires burning with LOTL and his other band, The Do Good Assassins. A Rusty Nails reunion is long overdue, however….
Tricky Woo