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Decades before Vancouver's sensational drug wars resulting from organized crime, street gangs--many associated with individual city parks--held sway over Vancouver's unruly east side.

In his latest book, bestselling author, musician, and cultural historian Aaron Chapman looks back at the most famous music entertainment venues in Vancouver, a city that's transforming so fast it h

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.

Gangsters, movie stars, strippers, corruption, murder: the story of Vancouver's oldest and most venerated nightclub, the legendary Penthouse.

Aaron Chapman's latest Vancouver book explores the gritty history of the West End in the 1970s and '80s.