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There’s a pretty pervasive perception of Canadians being a genteel crop of cleanly northerners. That well may be true in some cities and of some people, but just in the same way most of world figures Americans as dumb brutes, there’s no way to properly surmise an entire culture through reductive means.

What folks frequently forget is that Canada’s initial population wasn’t too different that the States. Perhaps there were a few more Frenchy trappers up there than down here, but a similar exploratory lust served to open up that country up there. What the spirit didn’t translate to in Canada was a revelatory crop of musicians. But while there’s not a Canadian rivaling the changes Terry Riley or the Ramones levied on music, more than a few decent garage acts cropped up during the sixties.