“So we’re just saying, ‘Well, hi! How are the grandkids?”Ĭhilliwack’s bassist Ab Bryant said that with the combination of summer music festivals and casino gigs, many of the honourees see each other quite often. “We’re certainly among friends here,” noted guitarist Al Harlow, who was honoured as part of Vancouver rockers Prism. His sentiment was shared by many of his fellow inductees on the pre-show red carpet, where they described the familiar faces they passed backstage. “We’re all here on the same ride tonight,” Loverboy’s Mike Reno proclaimed early in the ceremony. Glass Tiger, Loverboy and Trooper were among the bands toasted at Toronto’s Massey Hall as part of a “mega-induction” ceremony dubbed “Rock of Fame,” which celebrated a time when the country’s rock pulse was pounding.īetween a packed lineup of live performances, the night was loaded with laughs about time passed, hair lost and the follies of aging. Thirteen Canadian rock bands of the 1970s and 1980s rolled back the clock on Thursday as they were inducted into Canada’s Walk of Fame with a night chock full of good memories and even greater radio hits.
