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| | Canadian band still seeking U.S. success |
 | | PHILADELPHIA - Onstage, Gord Downie, lead singer of The Tragically Hip, is a mass of primal, unhinged energy. |
 | | The five guys - Downie, Gord Sinclair, Robby Baker, Johnny Fay and Paul Langolis - teamed up in 1984 in Kingston, Ontario, as a cover band of lesser-known songs by groups like the Yardbirds, the Monkees or the Rolling Stones. |
 | | Sinclair, 38, said that for the first few albums, the group assumed it would get attention in the United States similar to what it was getting in Canada. |
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