Another group from Vancouver to achieve superstardom during the '70's was Trooper. With mainstays Ra McGuire and Brian Smith, they hold the distinction of being the country's first group to have a record certified quadruple platinum, selling over 400,000 copies with '79's HOT SHOTS. The 'best of' collection contained some of Canadian radio's favourite tracks, including "Boys In The Bright White Sports Car", "Pretty Lady" and "Raise A Little Hell".

After leaving The Guess Who in 1970, Randy Bachman experimented with a country/rock fusion called Brave Belt. Tho the group only lasted two albums, he would take the remnants and form Bachman Turner Overdrive in 1973. BTO would quickly become one of the country's biggest chart-toppers and concert draws thru the seventies, with the classics "Hey You", "Takin' Care Of Business", "Four Wheel Drive", "Let It Ride" and "You Ain't Seen Nothin' Yet".

Though formed in Toronto in 1969, it wasn't until '74 that Rush saw their self-titled debut released independantly. They would eventually evolve into one of the world's greatest rock groups, penning the hits "2112", "Closer To The Heart" in 1977, and hit their peak during the 80's with the classics "Tom Sawyer", "Spirit Of The Radio" and "New World Man". Widely regarded as one of the finest groups of musicians rock has ever known. They received the Order Of Canada in 1997 and were inducted into the Canadian Music Hall Of Fame in 1994.

Max Webster, formed by a group of Toronto-area musicians in '75 and led by Kim Mitchell & Terry Watkinson, quickly developed a cult folllowing centered around the band's eccentric appearance and electric performances. Along with Pye Dubois as main lyricist and several line-ups, they cut four studio records during the '70's, spawning the hits "A Million Vacations", "Night Flights" and "Paradise Skies". Although they seemed on the verge of superstardom, it was after they split up in 1982, following their biggest seller UNIVERSAL JUVENILES that would see Mitchell achieve his greatest success as a successful solo artist.

Red Rider, formed in Toronto in '76, was always the critics' fave. From their debut the next year, the creative team of Ken Greer and Tom Cochrane churned out a multitude of well-written pop songs with a strong sense of thought-provoking lyrics. With such classics as "Napolean Sheds His Skin", "Cowboys In Hong Kong", "White Hot" and "Lunatic Fringe, they were widely considered one of Canada's top draws of the mid '70's thru to the '80's and one of the country's most 'artistically integral groups'. Cochrane would maintain his success as a solo artist in the '90's, scoring several Top 40 hits.

Sweeney Todd, possibly Canadian rock's greatest 'almost story', was formed in 1975 in Vancouver. Their smash hit "Roxy Roller" cracked Billboard's Top 100 three times, originally with Nick Gilder, then just a few months later with new vocalist Perry Clark, and finally months later again with a 16 year old Bryan Adams, who appeared onstage with the band to accept the 1977 Juno for New Group of The Year. They would disband a year later. Gilder would go on in '78 to top the charts with "Hot Child In The City" that year and a very successful career both as a solo artist, as well as writing hits for several other artists. Same can be said for Adams.

Another outfit to emerge from Ontario at that time was Triumph. Consisting of Rik Emmett, Gil Moore and Mike Levine and perhaps improperly tagged as 'hard rock', from their debut in 1976 they masterfully blended the heaviest of riffs with Emmett's classical and Spanish influenced guitar impresarios. With classics such as "Blinding Light Show", the 1977 cover of Joe Walsh's "Rocky Mountain Way", and the smash hit from '79 "Lay It On The Line", they dominated the airwaves. The trio would record record more classics during the 80's and become one of the greatest FM groups in Canadian music history. Emmett would embark on a solo career in 1989 and has become one of the world's most respected guitarists, mastering every style of playing the guitar has to offer.

The prairies would also produce one of the country's top concert draws of the seventies and early eighties in Streetheart. From their debut in '78, Kenny Shields and company all but owned the airwaves, with hits like "Action", "Look At Me", "Pressure" and covers of "Under My Thumb" and "Here Comes The Night". Following the departure of Paul Dean and Matt Frennette in '79 to form Loverboy, Streetheart's good fortunes continued - charting several other hits, including "What Kind Of Love Is This", "Dancing With Danger", "Look In Your Eyes" and "Snow White".