| Gordon Downie | |
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 Gordon Downie performing in Ottawa, Ontario
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| Background information | |
| Born | February 6, 1964 Amherstview, Ontario |
| Origin | Kingston, Ontario, Canada |
| Genre(s) | Rock, Alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instrument(s) | Vocals, Guitar |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Associated acts | The Tragically Hip The Dinner Is Ruined |
| Website | www.wienerart.net |
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Biography
Early life
Downie was born in Amherstview, Ontario. Loyalist is a township in central eastern Ontario, Canada on Lake Ontario. [1] He is the godson of former Boston Bruins general manager and coach Harry Sinden. The Boston Bruins are a professional Ice hockey team based in Boston Massachusetts. Harry James Sinden (born September 14, 1932 in Kingston Ontario, Canada) was the long-time general manager coach and president for the [2] He attended Ernestown Secondary School (Odessa, Ontario) in grade nine and part of grade ten. Loyalist is a township in central eastern Ontario, Canada on Lake Ontario. He graduated from Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute in 1982, a school also attended by his band-mates. Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute (KCVI is a secondary school in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Downie then studied film at Queen's University in Kingston. Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational non-sectarian Public university located in Kingston, Ontario [3] Downie was a minor league hockey goalie and played for an Ontario championship winning Bantam level team in 1979. Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. This article is about the goaltender in Ice hockey. For the similar position in other sports see Goalkeeper.
Career
Downie's use of stories and myths about life in Canada, along with his wild antics and rantings on stage, has helped enshrine The Tragically Hip as a home-grown and much-loved Canadian band. Band performances are peppered with his seemingly endless and incomprehensible rantings between song verses—a trait that endears him to his fans. One notable rant is the "KillerWhaleTank" rant from the song "New Orleans Is Sinking". [4] Another is the double suicide story line in the song "Highway Girl".
Comparisons have been drawn between Gordon Downie and Michael Stipe of R.E.M. because both are known for writing intelligent, eclectic, and introspective lyrics, the meaning of which are often difficult to decipher, and also because they share similar performing styles. John Michael Stipe (born January 4 1960 in Decatur Georgia) is an American singer who is the lead vocalist for the Alternative rock band R REM is an American rock band formed in Athens, Georgia, in 1980 by Michael Stipe ( lead vocals) Peter Buck ( Guitar [5][6][7][8]
Downie has cameo appearances in Men with Brooms, in which The Tragically Hip play a curling team. Men with Brooms is a Canadian English language Romantic comedy film released in 2002 and centered around the sport of Curling Curling is a team Sport with similarities to Bowls and Shuffle board, played by two teams of four players each on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared Downie also appears in the Trailer Park Boys movie The Big Dirty, where he and Alex Lifeson play a pair of police officers. Trailer Park Boys is a popular Canadian Mockumentary Television series focusing on the misadventures of a group of Trailer park Alex Lifeson, OC (born Aleksandar Živojinović on August 27 1953 in Fernie, British Columbia) is a Canadian Musician Downie is also featured in the sitcom Corner Gas in the episode "Rock On!" where The Tragically Hip are shown as a local band practising in the main characters garage. Corner Gas is a Canadian Television sitcom created by Brent Butt and airing on CTV and in the United States on WGN Colin James is also featured in the same episode. See also Colin James (disambiguation Colin James Munn (born August 17, 1964 in Regina Saskatchewan) is a Canadian singer
Downie is mentioned in the second volume of the Scott Pilgrim series of graphic novels, Scott Pilgrim Vs. Scott Pilgrim is a Comedy / the World. In it, the title character and his friend listen to one of Downie's solo albums, and repeatedly describe him as "a genius".
Downie worked with fellow Canadian musician Dallas Green to contribute vocals on the track "Sleeping Sickness" for Green's album, Bring Me Your Love. Dallas Green (born September 29, 1980) is a Canadian singer-songwriter and musician primarily known for his work as a guitarist and singer for the post-hardcore Bring Me Your Love is the second album by City and Colour, released on February 12 2008.
Downie resides in Toronto[9] and is a Trustee of Lake Ontario through his support of the Waterkeeper Alliance. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. Waterkeeper Alliance is an environmental organization founded in 1999 responding to a growing movement of organizations with the name Riverkeeper, Baykeeper Soundkeeper and [10]
Discography
- Coke Machine Glow (2001)
- Battle of the Nudes (2003)
Bibliography
- Coke Machine Glow (2001)
References
- ^ Lake Ontario Waterkeeper
- ^ Gord Downie - Biography
- ^ Alumni Affairs
- ^ Killerwhaletank Rant
- ^ Sasquatch Music Festival 2006: one times one review
- ^ Gordon Downie: Coke Machine Glow - PopMatters Music Review
- ^ Gordon Downie - AOL Music
- ^ Rambles: Gordon Downie, Battle of the Nudes
- ^ The Tragically Hip: A biography by John Kendle Oct. 2005
- ^ Waterkeeper Alliance Trustees of Lake Ontario
External links
- Gordon Downie official website
- The Tragically Hip official website
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