About the Book
Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 50. Chapters: The Guess Who, Bachman-Turner Overdrive, Crash Test Dummies, Propagandhi, The Weakerthans, The Consumer Goods, The Watchmen, Starfield, Econoline Crush, WHY, MacLean & MacLean, Comeback Kid, Harlequin, Mr. Pine, Streetheart, Mood Ruff, KEN mode, Cone Five, The Duhks, Novillero, The Enthusiasts, The Wailin' Jennys, Domenica, Eagle & Hawk, Burnt Project 1, Swallowing Shit, The Judes, The Waking Eyes, List of Winnipeg musicians, Brave Belt, The Horribly Awfuls, Dust Rhinos, Tin Foil Phoenix, High Five Drive, Alphabet Soup Children's Entertainment, Duotang, Acoustically Inclined, Paper Moon, Floor Thirteen, I Spy, Ironhorse, The Details, The Perpetrators, The Paperbacks, Head Hits Concrete, Grand Analog, Banned from Atlantis, Jet Set Satellite, Electro Quarterstaff, Deliverance, Projektor, Figure Four, Burnthe8track, Painted Thin, Nathan, Kittens, Transistor Sound & Lighting Co., Scruj macduhk, Vitaminsforyou, New Meanies, Sixty Stories, Pete Samples, The Quid, McMaster & James. Excerpt: Bachman-Turner Overdrive (; frequently known as BTO) is a Canadian rock group from Winnipeg, Manitoba, that had a string of hit albums and singles in the 1970s, selling over 7 million albums in Canada in that decade. Their 1970s catalog included five Top 40 albums and six Top 40 singles. The band has sold over 20 million albums worldwide, and has fans affectionately known as "gearheads" (derived from the band's gear-shaped logo). Many of their songs, including "Let It Ride," "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet," "Takin' Care of Business," "Hey You," and "Roll On Down the Highway," still receive play on FM classic rock stations. The pronunciation is an example of a speech pattern known as Canadian Shift. However, the pronunciation of is the standard outside of Canada. It has become so widespread, especially on American radio, that the band no l...