num_pages: 220
description: 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.
language: English
title: Live at the Commodore: The Story of Vancouver's Historic Commodore Ballroom
publisher: Arsenal Pulp Press