Must confess I'm not familiar with this place.
I am, however familiar with The Laughing Clowns. I remain a fan of their music and the majority of the subsequent Ed Kuepper solo records. Laughing Clowns were very avant garde and different from most of what was going on in the early eighties. I think to a lot of people it sounded like dischordant, messy moaning. Me, I loved it. Still listen to them every now and then.
The Hitmen. I think they are largely responsible for the lingering ringing in my ears twenty five years later. Saw them heaps. Always at the front of the stage, or with our heads in the W bins to enhance the distorted buzzing effect. So stupid! Seemed fun at the time.
The Riptides had the best telegraph pole posters ever. We used to go out at night and untape them from the poles and stick them on the ceiling of our hang out room. Well, we were young. Give us a break,
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Metropole tavern was under the CAGA building at corner of Bent and Philip Streets, ..or was it Bridge street?
Cnr Philip and Bent. You would walk in and there was an alcove with pinball machines.walk up, sometimes the kitchen would be open, load up on chips then throw down gallons of beer and enjoy the likes of the Hitmen...ahhh...
the posters of the Riptides and many other bands in those days were done by John Foy, there's a great book out called Plastered, an Australian collection of band posters from the 50s onwards, a very good companion to this site
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