The Northern Pikes are a Canadian rock band formed in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, in 1984. The original members are Jay Semko, Bryan Potvin, Merl Bryck and Glen Hollingshead, who left the band in 1985 and was replaced by Don Schmid in June 1986.
The band was active until 1993 and toured and recorded again from 1999 through to the present.
The Northern Pikes were inducted into the Western Canadian Music Hall of Fame on Sunday, September 30, 2012, in Regina, Saskatchewan.
The band released its 9th record of original material, "Forest of Love", on June 7, 2019. The 10-track record is the band's first in 16 years and features original members Semko, Schmid and Potvin joined by Kevin Kane. BlueFrog Studios hosted the Pikes for two official pre-release concerts on June 6, 2019, which were viewed via Facebook Live and YouTube Live.