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Many of the names of the band's from the videos are references to bands that the members of The Hip were in prior to being in The Hip.

The Rodents - Poets
The Prisonoires - Something On
The Constellations - Bobcaygeon: Fits the lyrics of the song. (The Constellations reveal themselves, one star at a time...)

There are more, but I can't remember right now.

KWT - I don't see what connection you are implying between the house of cats and the band name.

The cat house was featured on an episode of Donahue, just prior to The Hip shooting their video there.