The Junos' Wildest Moments Through the Decades

The moments

1. The 1980 Juno boycott — the year major artists stayed home over category and scheduling disputes — the show went on without its biggest names (see our features).
2. The Rascalz refusal (1998) — the rap category's off-telecast placement (see our Northern Touch feature): the boycott that changed the show (see our features).
3. The Stompin' Tom protest (1978) — the returned Junos (see our Stompin' Tom feature): the principled middle finger that history vindicated (see our features).
4. The 1991 rap category's creation — the fight that made the category (see our Maestro feature): the institution dragged toward the future (see our features).
5. **The 2000s' "who is this?" moments** — the acceptance speeches that ran long, the surprise winners nobody predicted — the ceremony's living chaos (see our features).

the modern era's biggest night (see our features). the memorial segments that became the show's heart (see our features). the era that tested the format and found it adaptable (see our features).

The Juno paradox

The wildest moments (see our features) are (see our features) the important ones (see our features): the boycotts (see our features) that changed the show (see our features), the protests (see our features) that widened the canon (see our features), the nights (see our features) that went sideways (see our features) and became history (see our features). The Junos (see our features) at their wildest (see our features) are (see our features) the Junos (see our features) at (see our features) their best (see our features). The respectability (see our features) hides (see our features) the fight (see our features). The fight (see our features) is (see our features) the show (see our features).