[direwolf74]

The boys were double booked with Nirvana at a club in the US just before Nirvana hit it big. Apparently, the bands got along well enough, but Gord only really remembers Kurt's behaviour that night as a little strange: He slept on a pool table in the back.

You know Steve, I'm starting to think maybe you know every SINGLE useless fact about this band.... Most people might say sad.. I'm going to go ahead and say you're my hero. :thumb:

My favorite useless Hip fact:

The band originally wanted to call their 3rd album "Saskadelphia", but the record company deemed it too 'Canadian' and asked them to change the name. So the Hip figured they'd play the ultimate joke on the label and give it a name that was even MORE Canadian (Road Apples). The record company didn't get it. The hockey reference aside, they also didn't realize that by calling it Road Apples, the band was essentially referring to their album as 'horse shit'. Now that's some funny stuff.

I freakin' love this band! :mrgreen:

[The Darkest Canuck]

y'know as good as Escapes is, i really couldn't put it above (or below) any of the other songs on that album, it's just too freakin good of an album

[grooveless touque]

You know Steve, I'm starting to think maybe you know every SINGLE useless fact about this band.... Most people might say sad.. I'm going to go ahead and say you're my hero. :thumb:

Credit where credit is due: in the original Escape thread, Rye was the one who submitted this tidbit.

I love the live versions of this song, but I can't believe it's leading the Kingston poll. There's a hundred version of it out there! It was one of the most often-played songs in the two years after PP came out!

[LoftyPines]

The boys were double booked with Nirvana at a club in the US just before Nirvana hit it big. Apparently, the bands got along well enough, but Gord only really remembers Kurt's behaviour that night as a little strange: He slept on a pool table in the back.

You know Steve, I'm starting to think maybe you know every SINGLE useless fact about this band.... Most people might say sad.. I'm going to go ahead and say you're my hero. :thumb:

My favorite useless Hip fact:

The band originally wanted to call their 3rd album "Saskadelphia", but the record company deemed it too 'Canadian' and asked them to change the name. So the Hip figured they'd play the ultimate joke on the label and give it a name that was even MORE Canadian (Road Apples). The record company didn't get it. The hockey reference aside, they also didn't realize that by calling it Road Apples, the band was essentially referring to their album as 'horse shit'. Now that's some funny stuff.

I freakin' love this band! :mrgreen:

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however it is actually "Saskaphiladelphia" not Saskadelphia, but a great story none-the-less.

[Stephen Dame]

You know Steve, I'm starting to think maybe you know every SINGLE useless fact about this band.... Most people might say sad.. I'm going to go ahead and say you're my hero. :thumb:

Credit where credit is due: in the original Escape thread, Rye was the one who submitted this tidbit.

Credit due? Okay, I think I learned this little tid bit from Casey close to four years ago. But thanks for the input.

P.S. I bow down to said Mr. DW74 as the real knower of all things HIP.