B.C. rock band’s gear stolen on the road in Washington [Video]

A B.C. rock band is trying to recover and replace the expensive equipment it needs to make music after their van, and everything inside it, was stolen while on their first American tour.

Connor Brooks, drummer and singer in Chase the Bear, told CTV News his group woke up in a Seattle suburb Sunday at the end of a two-week U.S. tour and were about to clean up the van before driving home to Vancouver—when they realized it was gone.

“We just thought it was a joke or something; it just seemed surreal,” he said Monday. “It felt like we were in a weird TV show or something, but not a very good one.”

Ironically, the Vancouver-based band that started in Fort St. John recently released a single called “Shi*t Show,” he added.

Inside the van—dubbed Baloo—were guitars, amps, a drum kit, a keyboard, band merch, cash and personal items. …