Melbourne Music Venue: The Gasometer Hotel

May 30, 2020May 28, 2020 ~ tippettg ~ Leave a comment

Address: 484 Smith St, Collingwood VIC 3066

Trading as The Gasometer Hotel (from 2011), was also know as Gasometer Hotel (1861 to 1997), Irish Murphy’s (1997 to 2000), Father Flanagan’s Hotel (2001 to 2010 (information via https://collingwoodhs.org.au/view/all-hotels-2/entry/44/).

Currently this venue is up for sale. There’s some nice interior shots via the link https://www.commercialrealestate.com.au/business-for-sale/gasometer-hotel-1p4990-2016213506. Hopefully it will stay a venue rather than turning into appartments.

1st gig to see here was Home Blitz, Ruined Fortune Band, Constant Mongrel and East Link, on 7/10/2012. (going by my concert archives account https://www.concertarchives.org/gregory/venues/the-gasometer-hotel–10)

Highlight were Maggot Fest Three and seeing my mates band The Pink Tiles play a residency in the upstairs band room.

Above photo has current colour of red, which I didn’t notice as most of the times I would be here at night time. This corner shot is at the tram stop for the 86, where I would normally get off.

9/09/2018 – picture of the band room looking down from the mezzanine level, which you can also see the retractable roof. Not sure if the band was The Sugarcanes or Baby Blue.

The Pink Ties playing in the upstairs band room, was taken during their Wednesday residency for June 2013.

Melbourne Music Venue: The Old Bar

May 21, 2020May 20, 2020 ~ tippettg ~ Leave a comment

Location: 74-76 Johnston St, Fitzroy VIC 3065

Trading as The Old Bar since 2001 (wiki)

My 1st gig at the Old Bar was back in 2001, an open mike night to support a work mate Martin Myles.

Old Bar Gigs 29 08 2007 — Old Bar’s Gig Board, 29/08/2007

441DFC56-BC53-4239-9D13-EF35D2460348 — Posters of gigs at The Old Bar, 16/05/2010

Plague Doctor at The Old Bar 28 12 2012 — Plague Doctor, 28/12/2012

Richie1250-IMG_2763 01 05 09 — Richie 1250 & The Brides of Christ, 1/05/2009

Old Bar 27 06 10 IMG_5054 — That Elvis poster in the beer garden (my mate Mara on the right), 27/06/2010

The Old Bar 16 05 2010 IMG_4528 2 — Bar Drinks (1), 16/05/2010

The Old Bar 16 05 2010 IMG_4533 — Bar Drinks (2), 16/05/2010

Melbourne Music Venue: The Tote

May 14, 2020June 28, 2020 ~ tippettg ~ Leave a comment

While we are in lockdown, I thought it would be a good time to go out for a walk and take photo’s of music venues, dig into my photo archive and my favourite gigs .

The Tote Hotel, operating under this name since 1980 (wiki link).
Address: 67-71 Johnston St, Collingwood VIC 3066

The Tote Johnston Street side gig listing, prior to shutdown. 28/03/2020.

The-Tote-Last-Days — The last day of The Tote before it closed on Sunday 17/01/2010

My mate and I wanted to go to the closing down day in 2010 and have one last drink and watch some bands, but as you can see, the line to get it was quite long.

We ended up complaining and walking down to a nearly empty Gem Bar, had a couple of Carlton Draughts and talked about the getting bitten by flea’s, sticky carpets and how the smell of cigarets cover the smell vomit.

tumblr_lysofsdYVi1ro9wp8o1_1280 — Sun God Replica at the Tote (Front Bar) on Sunday 28/01/2012

Above picture has Sun God Replica playing in the front bar, currently that’s where the pool table is. There were a few front bar gigs played here rather than the front door location.

tumblr_mfglbfPMU91ro9wp8o1_1280 — Useless Children at The Tote (Band room) 22/12/2012

Jay_Reatard_IMG_1061 — Jay Reatard, The Tote (Band room) 10/3/2008

The above photo is a mess, either using a Pentax or a Canon digital camera.

This gig was a solid line up, supporting Jay Reatard were Digger & The Pussycats, Cut Sick, The Focus and UV Race all for a mere $27.

Jay Reatard was touring ‘Blood Visions’ album, I had no expectations on this gig, enjoyed the big hair stylings, and though they were fresh and tight.

My original thought from 2008 about this gig can be found here https://noisecity.blogspot.com/2008/03/jay-reatard.html

Another favourite gig at the Tote was Eddy Current Suppression Ring, who played with The Sailors, The Onyas and The Breadmakers.

Eddy Current were a really hot act at the time, I thought they were the future of Aussie Rock. They also played the whole set in area in front of the stage. That was great as everyone could see the performance.

Also my original thoughts on this gig can be found below.

https://noisecity.blogspot.com/2007/02/eddy-current-suppression-ring.html