I, for one, was impressed with Thought Criminals cover of then current Magazine song 'My Mind Aint So Open' substituting badly played mouth organ for tenor sax. Tunes were covers of stuff on Five Live Yardbirds (Clapton), early Manfred Mann etc. the last band that played at Sensoria was New Order, I didnt get any more club gigs after that because it was shut down for lame reasons by the authorities over licencing. From the Kinolibrary Archive Film collections. I am in my mid 50s. However its life would eventually come to close as it became embroiled in a gang war. The Venue (St Kilda), Gigs listed in one week: 358 As well as housing Mark Gerber's Oxford Art Factory, Oxford Street is the hub of Sydney's queer community - including Arq, Australia's biggest gay nightclub, which celebrated its 20th anniversary in 2019. Please keep the list going and updated, its worth it! Where did they go? Hi Brett. In these samples the spatial variation of gigs (represented in the Average distance between gigs figure, and in the visual clustering in the maps) declines over time, while the number of performers increases. Sylvania Hotel (Sylvania) Waiter at Chequers nightclub who lived in Kellett Street, Kings Cross in the 1950s. Chef Dave Evans told the Daily Telegraph people were 'voting with their feet' and going to different parts of Sydney after the laws, Lasting icon: The El Alamein Memorial fountain - a memorial to the soldiers who passed in World War II - stands as a lasting reminder of the link Australian and American servicemen have had with Kings Cross. It looks like you're using an ad blocker. Soap enthusiast who has amassed more than 2,000 bars of soaps is Mass was awesome! Hi ! You left out Apples Disco at The National Hotel. Completely vanished now, Blondie's was a bar above what was Mcdonalds in Bondi Junction. Toby was asked to open a club upstairs of the Roxy by one of the owners (R.Chan), so he sent his friend Patch there to set it up. Historically, its an important spot as it was the virtual birthplace of the Purple Hearts, a band which had as lead guitarist a pimply youth later known as Lobby Lloyd. CHEQUERS (also RAGS 1979) Goulburn Street Sydney. Saffron was born in Sydney in 1919. Does anyone recall this venue? 17 Best Nightclubs in Sydney to Get on the Dance Floor - Time Out Sydney I asked him about the music policy and was told it would be Top 40 (which wasnt a policy) but then he went on to say that it would be easy to draw a crowd as there would be top shelf entertianment including dwarf throwing and wet T-Shirt competitions. web pages How much: $20Hot tip: Free entry if you arrive dressed to the weeks theme. My team, Roy Merrin, Lenny The Giant and I won the Ashes created by incinerating seven copies of snow white and the seven dwarves. Just found out that rogues international that was in underwood on logan road is now a petbarn store for pets. This article, based on oral history interviews, reveals how bodgies modelled their dress and movement on African Americans, including black GIs stationed in Sydney during World War II. The lead singer was Keith Urban! BF590.Peo. VJ the DJ spun some bodacious tunes while we sat in old airplane seats. Public Bar (City/North Melbourne) Every Wednesday night is Jazz night. Nightclub on William St Kings Cross during the 1960s and 1970s. It is the treasure house of the Grape, presided over by the Master Vigneron, Mr. Leo Buring. As well as that,the Homestead was very big from the early 70s.One of the early resident bands was a group called The Clefswho were there for almost 2.5 years.The venue also had an aray of overseas stars at the time including Helen Shapiro,Louis Armstrong,Edward Woodward(a great baritone singer)as well as actor and others too numerous to mention.The Homestead at Zillmere was originally set up by a consortium of tennis professionals. Average distance between gigs: 308m Sign up to unlock our digital magazines and also receive the latest news, events, offers and partner promotions. Esplanade Hotel (St Kilda) Rob Roy (Fitzroy) Strawberry Hills Hotel (Surry Hills) It is mentioned in Pauline Bells book on the history of Brisbanes clubs. A dark rumpus room of swirling disco tunes colliding with Adele remixes, the dancefloor here is thumping to a soundtrack of top notch Priscilla anthems that dont take a breath. McD & East Car Park), Crest Hotel downstairs (now Sebel Citigate), Gardens Point Campus Club, QIT, George St, 210 Brunswick Street, Upstairs next to the Roxy, Alexandra Hills Hotel, Cnr McDonald & Finucane Rds, Basement, Community Arts Centre, 109 Edward St, City Plaza Tavern, Cnr George & Adelaide St, Lands Office, Cnr George and Mary Streets, Embassy Hotel, 214 Elizabeth Street/then Valley, Adelaide Street (rear entrance Alices Rock Cafe). Kings Cross nightclub which featured 'drag' acts. I never took him up on his offer. How much: FreeHot tip: Security is very strict about closed-toe shoes. Needless to say this area became a haven for gurners who would reportedly use it as a picnic ground. The business fell into ruin and was taken over by Chris (actually the names are escaping me right now but I will wake in the middle of the night remembering them LOL) I knew them both seperately, one was a dreamer with no money running the place as Macs 409 Club from about 1983 and the other a doer with money who eventually turned it into the successful Sensoria from about 1984 till it was shut down by the authorities a couple of years later anyone who followed the 4zzz music scene at the time will know these places at the end of George and Roma Sts . Average distance between gigs: 189m Brisbane Tavern was run by Nick (? I worked across the road. THE NAKED CITY - REMEMBERING RHUBARBS - City Hub Sydney | Your Local MILESAGO - Venues - Sydney - Chequers Nightclub established by Chinese entrepreneurs Denis and Keith Wong which attracted a colourful and often notorious clientele to its original basement location in The Strand Arcade in the 1950s. I did stints and residencies at Treasury Hotel, Majestic Hotel, The Criterion, The Embassy, Colmslie Hotel, Court Jester and Whispers. The pub rock sound that defined Australian popular music in the 70s and 80s was still years away. Excelsior Hotel (Surry Hills), Gigs listed in one week: 788 PARIS THEATRE Liverpool St Opposite Hyde Park. Richter described the venue: it was $2 to go in. The most famous clubs in this era, 1980s-2000s, included Club Fac 51 Haidenda in Manchester, England (in a former warehouse that was redesigned by . John chats with Kayley and Ian. Rhythm Zone Wednesday nights at Rumours on Adelaide St. In the Strand Arcade.. Best new wave, alternative & punk music : late 70s- early 80s.. What about Stars A transvestite bar, upstairs on Brunswick St, Fortitude Valley I waitressed in Tonys Downunder early 1990s and I clearly remember visiting Stars a number of times. She was tried for murder andacquitted. Great list! Patch was actually a friend of Toby who was the manager of The Beat right before John Hannay took it over in the late 80s. The screen for King Charles' coronation anointing is revealed, Monstrous tornado seen bearing down on Palm Beach, Ukraine drone strike hits major fuel depot in port Sevastopol, Women's rights activists and pro-trans campaigners separated, Historic chairs to be reused by the King for the coronation service, Hundreds of Household Division members rehearse for coronation, Russian freight train derails and bursts into flames after explosion, 'You motherf***ers don't understand': Bam Margera details 'turmoil', Moment large saltwater crocodile snatches pet dog off beach in QLD, Doctor slams Laurence Fox for 'spewing out biased views', Australian tourist allegedly spits in the face of a Java Imam, Braverman: People crossing Channel are 'at odds with British values', Daniel Piotrowski for Daily Mail Australia, Do not sell or share my personal information. Despite its short lifetime, the venue is crucial to the musical history of Australia. Thanks Loved going there so much so that I would usually go both Friday and Saturday nights. the other problem was with The Roxy having bands (i remember Paul Kelly and the Colour Girls playing there) as well as music from Patches leaking into the Roxy and visa versa. Pingback: Bowie in the Pub: How Sydney Music Died - AUSTRALIAN MUSIC MUSEUM PROJECT, Sydney in the 90s was the best. plus the clubs were better more underground and no drunk asshats. Popular club above Taylor Square onOxford Streetwhich featured drag shows. I took part in the World Dwarf-Throwing series in the Manhatten club Brisbane in November 1986. Much of this occurred during the 1990s, though it wasnt so obvious at the time and there were plenty of other interesting things happening, often within stumbling distance of ones affordable inner-city rental accommodation. Hope that helps straighten out the facts. The room(s) were a completely ridiculous kind of set-up/shape for any serious music venue, but that didn't matter at the time while avant hippypunkers Voight465 Radiator, Crime & The City Solution and some of the initial wave of record company financed Melbourne bands played here (the 'Lethal Weapons' tour). Hopetoun Hotel (Surry Hills) Their website states: The sixties brought the Valley, always a shopping mecca, into the wilder years. A Guided Tour of Sydney 1970's Music Venues. Saturday shoppers would wander past with mouths hanging open at the intensity of the music. 1. Best Nightclubs in Sydney [2023 April Update] - Nightflow.com It's gone - demolished years ago. I have to correct my comment of yesterday April 14, 2017 regarding your Club List under DECADE 1950s for 64 Club. on the Internet. A prominent gay club, the most recent on this list of closers. Cat and Fiddle (Balmain) No sensible drinking cautions, no smoking bans, and generally less . I remember TCs where I met my husband. Angus Kennedy was the DJ, and I believe he did open another club under the same name for a very short time which might be the one you are referring to. 2.0K members Join group About Discussion More About Discussion About this group Rules on joining this group are fairly simple and straightforward. And one boofy-haired fellow (centre) had no qualms about wearing his swimming togs and sandals into the district to have a chat with a man in a suit and a cigar chomping acquaintance, The photos aimed to show the 'surface glitter and underground guts' of the city's inner east, in what historian Judith Dunn said was a time of 'hustle, bustle, excitement and activity' for the Cross, Ms Dunn said then, like now, the Cross has always been a magnet for people looking for something a 'little bit naughty' and unique, Rosaleen Norton, dubbed The Witch of Kings Cross, holds a skull as she sits at a table with Alpine cigarettes and a glass of wine, 'A thrill a minute!' Food and drink Goros Step inside the wonderful world of GOROS, your favourite late-night venue in Surry Hills. I cant quite remember the street address. In a strange twist, I became involved in the same venue (on two separate occasions) under two different management teams. The Best Nightclubs in Sydney - Culture Trip Cat and Fiddle (Balmain) Nightclub in a former car showroom on Elizabeth Street in the city in the 1960s. Thanks for subscribing! Hotel Colmslie, Cnr Wynnum & Junction Rds, 33 Turbot Street (opp. 1960s, 1970s Australia Nightlife, Cocktail Bar, Nightclub, Sydney Did they wear a Velcro suit and also thrown against a Velcro wall? With renewed Chinese immigration in the 21st century, Sydney's Chinese community is rapidly changing. Thanks for commenting, and yes its amazing to remember how much more separate the Australian cities would have seemed in the 1970s and 1980s; they still are (and more so with the borders closed! They trend towards the diminishing role of organisational oligarchs but also the spatial agglomeration of gigs and musicians, a map writ large by the collective web of spatial leashes which accompany DIY creative work. treet haven is one of Sydneys oldest gay clubs and, if you can get in, a paradise of pop bangers from the past and present. after Patchs closed. Decades on, two leggy working women are pictured enjoying a conversation out the front of a community laundry, The Cross is only a short hike from both the city and the beach. Didnt the Nationl hotel become the 502 before late night knockdown by the Dean Brothers famous for knocking Cloudland in the middle of the night.They advertised we only leave memories.I bounced in most bars they left out the New York Hotel in Queens street also with Custers bar downstairs.I think around 1982 a Greek owned it.Great guy.The memories of the old west will live forever from Brisbane nite clubs.Then the strip entertaining came along with Wildside Jerry Harrington.Put a whole new meaning to a theme night in a night club like Rouges International.I laugh to myself every time I think of it being called International.I bounced there also.Great times had. Uploaded by Darling Harbour. Most notably infamous for the death of a 22 year old punter in 1999 the place believed to be an adverse reaction to drugs. She spent decades performing with the troupe, who performed in a purpose-built building owned by 'Mr Sin' - Abe Saffron, Welcome to the Paradise Club, I'm your host: Decked out in a tuxedo (and with very fashionable mutton chops), the master of ceremonies at a Kings Cross strip club glances away from the camera. The Tote (Collingwood) Strut your stuff to Earth, Wind, and Fire while a hype man shouts encouragement from the stage. A hang for stars, wannabees, groupies, roadies, you name it, the Wifeswapper (man, how corny) was the Ozrock scene alive before your very eyes.