The Tragically Hip launching book to celebrate their 40th anniversary, out this fall | CBC Books

Legendary Canadian band The Tragically Hip are celebrating their 40th anniversary with an official anthology referred to as This is Our Life. 

Told within the band’s personal phrases, This is Our Life shares the band’s story from their early beginnings in Kingston, Ont. as excessive schoolers to their success as a Juno-winning rock band. The book attracts from hours of interviews with band members Rob Baker, Gord Downie, Johnny Fay, Paul Langlois, Gord Sinclair, musicians, producers and crew that made their goals actuality. 

“This is Our Life is the true story of five young friends who bonded over their mutual love of all kinds of music, and who, over the course of four decades, found ways to continually renew those bonds of friendship and love through music,” mentioned lead guitarist Rob Baker in a press assertion.

“We shared a dream and that dream became our lives. We explored music, travel and life together. From the very beginnings through to the present day — the albums, the tours, the successes and failures as we saw them — in our own words.”

We shared a dream and that dream grew to become our lives.– Rob Baker

Full of archival photographs and memorabilia, the book reveals never-before-seen materials concerning the beloved band. 

The Tragically Hip | Poets (LIVE)

The Tragically Hip carry out “Poets” in Kingston, the ultimate cease on their 2016 Man Machine Poem tour.

The Tragically Hip are a critically acclaimed band that has been a fixture in Canadian music for over 30 years and are beloved by followers throughout the nation and the world. They’ve gained 15 Juno awards and bought greater than 10 million albums worldwide. They additionally revealed an image book referred to as The Tragically Hip ABC in fall 2023. 

This is Our Life will probably be launched on Oct. 1, 2024.