<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 a Queen 's University pub called Alfie 's . 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 a Queen 's University pub called Alfie 's . 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 name tragically hip come from
where did the name tragically hip come from
a skit in the Michael Nesmith movie Elephant Parts
a skit in the Michael Nesmith movie Elephant Parts