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Kim Clarke Champniss started the 80’s as a DJ at Vancouver’s hottest nightclub, Luv-A Fair. He then became the manager of one of Canada’s hottest new wave bands, Images In Vogue. He went on to be a VJ on the culture-defining music television station MuchMusic. He currently hosts the 80’s radio Show that is broadcast right across Canada and has documented the decade that has meant so much to his life in the book The Republic of Rock'n'Roll.

Kim Clarke Champniss currently lives in Toronto with his wife and two sons.

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The Eighties, Vancouver and the Luv-A-Fair: An Excerpt

(0) Comments | Posted March 12, 2013 | 5:47 PM

What follows is an excerpt from former MuchMusic VJ Kim Clark Champniss's new book The Republic of Rock 'n' Roll -- an in-depth exploration of the 1980s and how music and world events influenced each other at the time. In this passage, Champniss writes about '80s Vancouver New Wave club...

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A Former MuchMusic VJ's '80s Flashback

(4) Comments | Posted March 7, 2013 | 1:41 PM

Queen & McCaul Street
Toronto

Fall 1986


Hello everybody,

Well, I've made it to Toronto, although it was tough to leave Vancouver at the height of the summer with all the Expo '86 excitement. But the good news is I got the job with MuchMusic. It's a...

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