Daves place or it used to be known still have sone old bands like 1927 do an encore gig now and then

Every Thursday night and Weekend's at Caringbah inn during the early eighties , great band after great band. Sunday Sessions at Northies, Saturday night at Cronulla Workers. And the bunch of local bands doing it hard at small Bistro's like Bogies in Miranda. During my youth years I was presented with a wealth of Aussie talent, good times.

Manno might be the Manningham over Bulleen way or the Manhattan in Ringwood that had a revolving dance floor. The Middle in Ferntree Gully way was also a good spot out east. 💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻💃🏻

Saw some awesome bands there over time.

the "sun herald" only on sundays???

i only use newspapers to start my fire.....;) ;)

Always remember seeing Powderfinger and Jebediah double for $10 at Broadbeach Tavern on the Gold Coast.
Double Allergic had just come out and JJJ was starting to rotate pick you up heavily - awsome night - $2 rum or bourbons happy hour.

Now days Hardrock cafe in sufers usually have gigs but $30 entry and drink and food is astronomical.
Expensive night for some local talent..... :(

the SUN??

we haven't had a SUN in Sydney for years have we????

Ask your mum if she remembers the "GIG GUIDE" , it used to be a green section in the telegraph every monday morning, it was anywhere from 4 pages to 8 pages and had every gig for the coming week and a whole load of reviews of the previous weeks gigs.......used to be great reference and we called it the bible

yeah Ralph is always a good gig, he has Danny spencer as a songwriter partner and guitarist, he is awesome, i think he was from the rogue traders???

yes...very true

haha, I'm sure you had mad times! free life back in the day, no cctv, no mobiles, glass jugs to consume lol......no RBT !
Bold are ones I've been to above - then thinking back also Moby Dicks at Whale Beach - Avalon RSL - Cammeray hotel used to have live bands as well. Good ol Richard Clapton.
Tivoli hotel I think. The big gigs Hodern Pavilion :) Entertainment Centre early days.

As a roadie you must have tons of stories to tell.

:d yes mate - my first visit was seeing a young Angry and Rose Tattoo !
Heavy place back in its day - bikies were everywhere at that gig being a late teen I was 8-[

Being a northside kid I grew up seeing countless bands at the Manly Vale Hotel (Bryants) - Narrabeen Antler, old days used to hit the ol Basement where it was originally. Have gone back a few times at the new site still great atmosphere seeing live muso's........

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i used to work in a road crew with my brothers, my brother was road manager, and my foster brother was the drummer......we used to gig all over the east coast, was awesome,supporting bands like, Mi-sex,dragon,rose tattoo,INXS, XTC, the Hitmen, heaven, angels and many many more the most popular gigs then were

Des ryans caringbah inn, the family inn rydalmere,frenchs,monavale,the civic,panthers,comb & cutter,the chatswood charles, bexley inn, manning bar, sylvanis hotel, doyalson RSL, ally cat wine bar,bondi lifsaver, box hill tavern, barton inn, play house and now the memory lapses i'm sorry

:d yes mate - my first visit was seeing a young Angry and Rose Tattoo !
Heavy place back in its day - bikies were everywhere at that gig being a late teen I was 8-[

Being a northside kid I grew up seeing countless bands at the Manly Vale Hotel (Bryants) - Narrabeen Antler, old days used to hit the ol Basement where it was originally. Have gone back a few times at the new site still great atmosphere seeing live muso's........

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A bit before my time methinks?:-k

this will test any of you sydneysiders......

anyone been to and remember the "Bondi Lifesaver"........??

Blaxland Tavern late 90's Tumbleweed, Rocket Science Regurgitator you am I 28 Days. It was the venue for live music in the blue Mountains.
The aircon that was broke, the smoke cloud that sat at bar height, the stage that was a foot higher than the floor. $2 house beer and spirits from 8pm to 12 am.
It was a shame when they lost their live music licence. Was never the same after that.

No but I lived in Sydney a long time ago. In Chatswood and Hornsby.

Saw the Jezabels play in a nightclub in Vancouver. That was amazing.

My mum went to see Jet at the Tav with a friend when they burst onto the scene :lol:
Were you from the hills originally?

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Saw machine gun fellatio at the castle hill tavern for free before they were really big and chatted with chit chat at the bar who is now the main guy on music max.

Nah Burwood in Sydney,NSW.
I was listening to an interview a few months back and they interviewed one of their members. T
They said they played some of their first gigs around Burwood.

Edited by SocaWho: 22/11/2015 02:42:22 PM

Burwood WA? Re Bon being a Westerner?


Yer what about Jailbreak video filmed out the back of Sunshine. F*#£~n Sunshine. 👅

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+1
Indeed, I was raised on a diet of great Aussie pub rock, and I have seen many of the great Aussie bands you have listed above, and they were all fantastic live, especially Midnight Oil, The Radiators and Rose Tattoo, and the Angels as well (RIP Doc Neeson).

Although the live pub rock scene is not what it was say back in the 1980's, some of the above bands are still playing, however the current generation of kids are more into this "DOOF, DOOF" dance music crap.

I'm mates with the drummer in Ted Mulry Gang,well when Ted was still with us. So many amazing stories.

ACDC....Made in Burwood.
Who would have thought.

Fawk saw many a good bands play in Townsville before a lot of them stop touring.

Powderfinger, The Living End, Eskimo Joe etc.

-PB

Noise pollution in this day and age :-$
Great times ! Frdiay Sat nights or weekend afternoons.
Saw most of our great aussie bands of the past - Oils, Radiators, Angels, INXS countless times,Hunters, Ted Mulray Gang,Skyhooks,Mentals, Sunnyboys, Machinations, Aussie Crawl, Kevin Borich Express, Rose Tattoo to name a few.
Pubs were awesum back then and damn it was affordable.

They've died in the arse now but saw Joe Camilleri and the Black Sorrows at some dive in Kings Cross way back in the day for a $2 cover charge.

Saw Painters and Dockers at Johnos Blues Bar (gone now) in Cairns for about $5. About 20 people all up in the bar but they were fantastic.

Saw farking Ratcat at the Rivcol in Wagga for either free or very nearly free. Ratcat! There's a blast from the past.

At the breaking of the dry concert I saw, on the same bill, the Radiators, Midnight Oil, Croweded House and Hunters and Collectors in Townsville.

Saw the Hoodoo Gurus out the back of the Darwin Casino for about $15 and Paul Kelly at the NT Uni for free.

Those were the days.

Shit you've brought back some memories.

Great thread.

Aussie rock was so accessible. Down at the local after work, maybe on Friday nights. You could literally talk to Bon or Angus, have a yarn to Angry, Jimmy or Mossy, try to sing Fall of Rome with Aussie Crawl. Those were the days.