April Wine to be inducted into Canadian Music Hall of Fame

According to CBC News - Halifax's April Wine will be inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame on April 18 during the 2010 Juno Awards gala in St. John's, N.L.

The band originally formed in Halifax in 1969 before moving to Montreal in 1970. Between 1971 and 1985 they had 23 top 40 hits in Canada and 3 in the United States. They are also known for something else.

"The band is also famous for opening for a mystery group called the Cockroaches at the El Mocambo club in Toronto in 1977. The Cockroaches turned out to be the Rolling Stones and the album recorded from that session, Live At The El Mocambo, features April Wine's She's No Angel."

You can read more about the band at Wikipedia or aprilwine.ca - according to that site the band is now back in the studio recording another album.

April Wine - Anything You Want, You Got It - 1982 Live @ Cedar Rapids, Iowa