I was lucky in that my Dads client and friend owned the Town Pump "bar" in Vancouver. His sons ran the bar. Their father also owned the building and a tenant was Bruce Allen Management. Then my fathers family grew up near Langford BC, grand father was career Canadian Navy. My uncles friends in his youth was Paul Hyde and Bob Rock...... The latter became a top record producer in Canada and the USA. Net in the 1980's into the 1990's, got into most big shows here with awesome tickets. The Town Pump had live bands nightly. So sometimes in the Hips early days, they played there. I've seen the Hip pretty much every time they did a show in Vancouver. Small venues too large "stadium" shows. Live possibly the best band of my generation....