<P> The Tragically Hip formed in 1984 in Kingston , Ontario . Gord Sinclair and Rob Baker were students at Kingston Collegiate and had performed together at the KCVI Variety Show as the Rodents . Baker and Sinclair joined with Downie and Fay in 1984 and began playing gigs around Kingston with some memorable stints at Clark Hall Pub and Alfie 's , student bars on Queen 's University campus . Guitarist Paul Langlois joined in 1986 ; saxophonist Davis Manning left that same year . They took their name from a skit in the Michael Nesmith movie Elephant Parts . </P>
<P> The Tragically Hip formed in 1984 in Kingston , Ontario . Gord Sinclair and Rob Baker were students at Kingston Collegiate and had performed together at the KCVI Variety Show as the Rodents . Baker and Sinclair joined with Downie and Fay in 1984 and began playing gigs around Kingston with some memorable stints at Clark Hall Pub and Alfie 's , student bars on Queen 's University campus . Guitarist Paul Langlois joined in 1986 ; saxophonist Davis Manning left that same year . They took their name from a skit in the Michael Nesmith movie Elephant Parts . </P>
where did the tragically hip get their name
where did the tragically hip get their name
a skit in the Michael Nesmith movie Elephant Parts
a skit in the Michael Nesmith movie Elephant Parts