Bruce Dyck was the drummer in Fun 100, the B-Lines, You Say Party, They Shoot Horses and LeMaster. he is also the author of "Three reincarnations of the Smilin' Buddha Cabaret: Entertainment, gentrification, and respectability in Vancouver's Downtown Eastside 1952-84" a Master's thesis at SFU.

Ryan Dyck was the vocalist in Fun 100 and B-Lines. He was the label manager at Mint Records and ran Hockey Dad Records.

The Smilin’ Buddha Cabaret at 109 East Hastings Street began live as a cabaret in the 1950s. It evolved into Vancouver's iconic punk music venue in the late '70s and early 80s. It was a diy venue under the name SBC from 2013 to 2019, when it re-opened as Buddha's. It was the site of a fire in 2023 and is now closed.

Other venues visisted: Ms Ts Cabaret, Pub 340, original Red Gate (152 E Hastings), the Helen Pitt Gallery, Honey Lounge/The Lotus/Lick, Interurban Gallery, Brandy’s, The Regent, the Balmoral, the Cobalt.

Also mentioned: The Picadilly Pub, Burlesque House (Abbotsford), Pat’s Pub.

Vancouver Complication is a compilation album featuring many influential Vancouver punk bands. It was released in 1979 on Pinned Records and was compiled by Grant McDonagh who was a founder of Zulu Records. “Blanc Vanc!” at the Helen Pitt Gallery, was a two night show featuring U-J3RK5 (aka the U-Jerks), Exxotone, the Shades, [e], and a Generators reunion show.

Other bands discussed: Hot Hot Heat, The Unicorns, Three Inches of Blood, Witness Protection Program, Melt Banana, Nirvana, Fucked Up, SNFU, Blank Dogs, Pointed Sticks, Clorox Girls, Red Dawns, Tranzmitors, STREETS, the K-Tels, Glad Rags, the Skulls, the Furies, They Shoot Horses, Mutators, the Isotopes.

Thank you to Kellarissa for the original theme music. This conversation was recorded on February 17th, 2024.

Music clips used with artist permission.

Fun 100: "The Government" from Hit it & Quit. 2005

B-Lines: "Opening Band" from Opening Band LP on Hockey Dad Records. 2014