Power Ranking: The Top Broken Social Scene Spin Offs

Broken Social Scene is the Death Star of the Canadian indie rock scene. Like the Death Star, it has many Tie Fighters or spin off projects. So, which ones are the best of a very crowded group of Toronto bohemians. Well, I present to you my power rankings for Broken Social Scene spin-off bands.

First, this list is purely subjective but based on the following criteria:

• Success as solo artist or spin-off band (both commercial and critical, but mostly based on my own entirely subjective opinion)

And

• Quality and quantity of Contribution to Broken Social Scene (again, entirely subjective)

Let the Debate Begin:

Didn’t make the cut: Valley of the Giants, Junior Blue, Fembots, Reverie Sound Revue

The List:
10) K.C. Accidental - Kevin Drew and Charles Spearin
9) K-OS - Kheaven Brereton
8) Do Make Say Think - Charles Spearin and Ohad Benchetrit
7) Raising the Fawn - John Crossingham
6) The Weakerthans – Jason Tait (Great band but only a minimal contribution to BSS so they’re ranked lower on this list despite my love for them)
5) Metric - James Shaw and Emily Haines
4) Jason Collett
3) Stars - Evan Cranley, Amy Millan, and Torquil Campbell

2) Apostle of Hustle - Andrew Whiteman

1) Leslie Feist

BSS performs "7/4 (Shoreline)" on Conan (with both Haines and Feist):

For the record I consider the BSS lineup to be: Brendan Canning, Kevin Drew, Justin Peroff, Charles Spearin, Andrew Whiteman, Jason Collett, David Newfeld, Leslie Feist, Emily Haines, James Shaw, Evan Cranley, Amy Millan, Ohad Benchetrit, Martin Davis Kinack, Jo-ann Goldsmith, Torquil Campbell, John Crossingham, Lisa Lobsinger, Julie Penner, Jason Tait, Kheaven Brereton