Happy Canada Day: Classic Canadian Alternative compendium

I've been enjoying going back in time and reminding myself of the great Canadian bands that changed the course of independent and alternative music back from the late 80s to early 90s. Why not enjoy some Classic Canadian Alternative while celebrating Canada's birthday on Canada Day?

Click through to music from the following great bands:

Grapes of Wrath

Universal Honey

National Velvet

Wild Strawberries

Pure

Doughboys

The Killjoys

Rusty

Sandbox

Rhymes with Orange

Rough Trade

Lava Hay

hHead

Collider

Classic Canadian Alternative: Sandbox

Sandbox formed in 1993 in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Their 1995 album Bionic had a couple of cool singles on it. The band is most famous for having Mike Smith, now famous for the character Bubbles from Trailer Park Boys, as one of their guitarists.

"Curious"

"Collide"

Pic from last.fm.