[Daradon]

Surprised I only saw one The Tea Party here. They are far and away my fave. A lot of people only think about their Transmission album. While an excellent album, they have so much more to offer than that. World music sounds, crazy instruments, a little electronica thrown in for good measure. A lead singer that can hit some great notes. One of the most talented bands I've ever watched too. Creative, technical, just great.

So, I guess mine would be:

The Tea Party
Matt Good/Matt Good Band
Strapping Young Lad/Devin Townsend
Delerium
Rush
The Tragically Hip
The Guess Who/BTO
Moist
Skinny Puppy/Front Line Assenbly
Deadmau5

Surprised I didn't see any SYL or Skinny Puppy up there too.

Got a nice mix in my top 10, could probably throw up another 10 of honorble mentions.

EDIT: Whoops, forgot all about Sarah McLachlan. Definitely up there. Not sure to kick out though, so I'll have a list of 11. Though I guess you could throw Delerium up with FLA and Skinny puppy as the artists came from there, (in most of the incarnations) but the sound is so different...