 | FranksWildYears (57)
05/29/2006 | The first Canadian rock band to have a U.S. number one single, The Guess Who were able to blend the melodicism of the British Invasion with the rootsy sound of American bands of the late 60's like CCR. Fronted by an amazing voice and great riff driven guitar songs, they had the great fortune of two stellar songwriters in Randy Bachman and Burton Cummings, both of whom brought elements of jazz and folk to their hardrock foundation. Like many great bands that are fuelled by a musical partnership, tension between the two leaders resulted in great art, but also tore the band apart at its peak. Cummings carried on for several albums fronting a highly competant outfit that produced some great music, but the band's best years were well behind them when he left for a solo career.
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 | Moosekarloff (19)
05/28/2004 | Fairly hard-edged Top 40 rock-oriented pop. They had a few good songs, most notably No Time. I thought it was laughable when Tricia Nixon invited them to play at the White House, not realizing that American Woman was a song with a very strong anti-U.S. bent. I wonder how Tricky Dick felt when he heard them going on about American war machines and ghetto schemes.
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