‘The gold standard’: Vancouver rock music legend Tom Harrison dies
Tom Harrison’s name is synonymous with rock music in Vancouver. Since the mid-1970s, he has written about pop and rock.He also had his own band, Bruno Gerussi’s Medallion.
“When there was no internet and you heard of someone coming to town, it was from the newspaper or a music writer like him,” said Aaron Chapman, a Vancouver music historian. “ was the gold standard. If you’re a local band and Tom Harrison reviewed you, the next time you’d play it would be packed because so many people read his column.”
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