| Description |
1 online resource (206 pages) : color illustrations |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Contents |
Once Upon a Saturday Night -- The Twenties Roar -- Brother, Can You Spare a Ballroom? -- Come Dancing -- Death and Taxes and a Light at the End of the Cave -- Thank Drew It's Friday -- Barbarians at the Gate -- Up Perryscope -- Cheap Thrills -- January 1979 -- Ballroom Blitz -- Bounced -- Night After Night -- Torn Up and Torn Out - The New Showmen -- Queen of Clubs -- Afterword & Acknowledgments. |
| Summary |
"Vancouver's Commodore Ballroom is, like New York's CBGB's and Los Angeles's Whiskey a Go-Go, one of the most venerated rock clubs in the world; originally built in 1930, it's hosted a who's-who of music greats before they made it big: The Police, The Clash, Blondie, Talking Heads, Nirvana, New York Dolls, U2, and, more recently, Lady Gaga and the White Stripes. Filled with never-before-published photographs, posters, and paraphernalia, Live at the Commodore is a visceral, energetic portrait of one of the world's great rock venues. Aaron Chapman is a musician and journalist, and the author of Liquor, Lust, and the Law"--Provided by publisher. |
| Note |
Print version record. |
| Subject |
Commodore Ballroom (Vancouver, B.C.) -- History.
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Music-halls -- British Columbia -- Vancouver.
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Rock music -- British Columbia -- Vancouver -- History and criticism.
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Vancouver (B.C.) -- Buildings, structures, etc.
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MUSIC -- Instruction & Study -- Theory.
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| Added Author |
Safyan, Susan, editor.
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McBride, Gerilee, book designer.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Chapman, Aaron, 1971- Live at the Commodore. Vancouver, BC : Arsenal Pulp Press, [2014] 1551525666 (DLC) 2014481935 (OCoLC)897874894 |
| ISBN |
9781551525679 (electronic book) |
| Music No. |
EB00645345 Recorded Books |
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