EX Nightclub Owner EXPOSES The Secret Club Underworld Of The Iconic Chapel Street In Melbourne

Delve into the gritty nightlife of Melbourne's Chapel Street as a former nightclub owner unveils its hidden underground scene. Discover the secrets and stories behind the iconic clubs, offering a unique glimpse into the city's after-dark culture

[@findrich]

Bro, you're articulate, reflective, reminiscent....and definitely on the spectrum. Peace

[@moregoldmoregold]

As someone in mid 40s who lived in Richmond and south Yarra in my twenties early 30s good to watch this and bring the memories back. Was hectic but fun times.

[@Dannysrants]

Was such a vibe!

[@iggyblitz8739]

​​​@@DannysrantsI moved to Melbourne in my 20's in 1997 until mid 2000's, it was a great place to be and the best era, lived in South Yarra and the easy access to the club scene was insane, I used to walk to Q-bar, had many wild nights in the area, thanks for bringing back some fun memories and dome crazy ones too ;)

[@Kingkong-qu8eh]

I have so much history there. I remember going to the arcade place above qbar in the early to mid 90s. this video brings back so many memories and that area has changed so much. Lotus bar was almost across the road to south Yarra station like 4 shops to the left on the other side of the road…

[@taker3106]

Crazy thing is - Steve who owned rythem and soul records on Greville street is still there - he owns profile music directly across the road and is still going strong - he is the last man standing from that area of house/techno vinyl only shops

[@Dannysrants]

Thats awesome!

[@doofhound]

“This is the most amazing record. Whatever famous dj pops into my mind while I’m talking, they are smashing this record. You must buy this record I’ve been holding it for you”. “Here are another 50 records that you must buy, whatever I just said about the other record, same goes for these50”. Amazing

[@lat-roc9733]

Great record shop - when he is around

[@zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz9]

I used to go to rhythm and soul and dmc recirds almost every day. Thanks for letting us know. I will go pay him a visit

[@taker3106]

@@lat-roc9733 is he not working the full 6 days anymore?? The lad use to do 12 hour shifts in there haha - May be semi retired now?

[@Kingkong-qu8eh]

Late 90s early 00 best place in Melbourne EVER. Will never have anything like it.

[@busayaphatchinchaibun6473]

Late 80's early 90's destroyed anything after it.

[@tarabattersby8129]

Tryst, Viper Room, Market, Circus, Revs, Candy bar, the nostalgia, flashbacks and good times 💜

[@RondelleDesigns]

I never did the Melbourne nightclub scene in my 20s/30s but legit couldn’t stop watching this video!! Super entertaining. You’re a great storyteller

[@Dannysrants]

Love that!

[@Juniorshuf]

“She text his number off the car and it was destiny and they got two kids now and probably live in Roxburgh park.” 😂😂😂😂

[@andyturbo]

Keep up the awesome content man, great memories and I know what you mean about going into the city these days at night alone and feeling safe/at home even now. Such good times!

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks for the comment :)

[@musher967myers8]

I just went way back in time... Thank you I needed this 🙏

[@JVCKSO]

I’m having full ptsd flashbacks as if I served in a war, foc moiiiiii 😂😅

[@Trekz86]

Hahaha me too😂😂

[@troyonplanet]

You’re a bit too young to have been at Chasers back in the crazy 80’s when they had some bad ass boys working the doors and plenty of heads often got kicked - where the McDonalds is on the corner used to be a kebab shop and quite a few fights would happen around in that street. Frostbites was originally the New Orleans Hotel - the Black Prince bar used to be back down Chapel towards the river on the other side ( great party nights ) - and the Country Road Store on the corner of Chapel & Toorak used to be the South Yarra Arms Hotel - ahh, so many fun memories of Chapel - pity the South Yarra / Prahran part is screwed now and all the action has shifted up to Windsor

[@lat-roc9733]

The South Yarra Arms (now Cnutry Road) - I used to go there prior to watching Spinal Tap on Toorak Road

[@sollyharr]

Yup, those Chasers bouncers were real scum...i spewed up a couple of bottles of red wine in the middle of the black prince, we did runners from everywhere, etc etc fun times for sure..80s-98

[@troyonplanet]

@@lat-roc9733 spinal tap is gold - such a laugh 🤣🤣🤣

[@Kingkong-qu8eh]

Everyone had those country road bags

[@sollyharr]

@@Kingkong-qu8eh my girlfriend did..

[@uzzinho]

Great content Danny! I used to live in South Yarra in the 90’s at the peak of its clubbing scene. Way back from Saloon and Warehouse on Toorak. The legendary Checkpoint Charlie’s to Chasers and Viper Room on Chapel St. That area used to be the hub of nightlife back in the day. I was there when Snoop performed in Chasers and knew some of those people you mentioned. Thanks for the memories. Cheers 🙌

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks for watching :)

[@zembryoz]

One of the owners of Checkpoint Charlie's was my waterpolo coach at Wesley College. That place was filled with us wagging and getting pissed underage.

[@shaunbernal4144]

Mate mate mate that was awesome. Im 45 and live in Dunsborough 2 hours from Perth living a very chill life style now at the beach but lm born and bred in Melbourne up till I was 25 going to alot of clubs like Revolver and a shit load more. I was very hard core into the techno clubs all over Melbourne like Hard Candy were I knew big players in the game my self were it was getting to heavy were I witnessed I professional hit take place in one of the night clubs I used to go to and I decided I was getting to involved in the hard core scene. So at 25 yrs old decided to live Melbourne and look for a better life for me. I loved being a part of the 1998 - 2005 days of clubbing witch listening to this sounds like the best days for it. I was one to always walk with respect in clubs and that's part of the reasons why I knew so many big names in the under ground scene. I will always remember we're Im from and thanks for making the video cause it's been 20 years since and such great memories came flooding back to me. Do you remember one of the doorman at Revolver with his whole face tattooed, very intimidating looking guy, very staunch, trained in martial arts but he was a really good guy to talk to. Anyways thanks again mate that was awesome.

[@Dannysrants]

Love it

[@glennharrison1891]

Awesome vid Danny. I used to club in the 90s, ol' billboards, warehouse, zoss, the works, even ran the old chap laps back in the days. Sharing and promoting your channel, keep it up bro.

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks heaps for the support! You are a legend.

[@Trekz86]

Which Glen Harrison is this ??? Are you Egyptian ?

[@JK-mf1po]

I’m 51 now so in my late teens 20s 30s Salt Dome (Janes Bar!!) Freakazoid Virgin Mary’s! On a Sunday arvo Everybody! High AF! 😂Good crazy times! Opposite 3faces there was a club so the back of that is a laneway and the end a door Club Uranus! Man the techno trance and all weekend! 🎉time! Who remembers Zuzu’s? In the cbd Russell st. Saw Dave Seaman at Salt! Paul Van Dyke at Redheads! Pier 14 Winterdaze Docklands! So many raves too many to mention BUT those decades Were the Best! Glad to experience it growing up But now?! Nothing just a bar for me 🙏🏼 Salt was great! Miss that place! Rip to those that drowned in the yarra

[@Dannysrants]

Janes bar lives on at billboard

[@Simon-Simon-Simon]

I grew up in Sydney then moved near Melbourne Melbourne was great but have to say SYDNEY was another level I just remember walking out of qbar mid summer and freezing my ass off MIAMI may be the place now

[@pearcey1113]

I’m 51 born 6th March 1973 great generation 👍

[@HouseholdDog]

​@@DannysrantsIs Jane still running it?

[@HouseholdDog]

I'm from the same era. Same rotation. Later there was Samsara, Subway (The old one near Inkerman). You could walk into a club alone in those days and either there was someone you know there or you make another weekend friend.

[@steelearmstrong9616]

If you are mid 40’s to mid 50’s you these were awesome times

[@andrewmagro7703]

Fkuc yeah !

[@johnmolfese5327]

Fuck yeah I lived at viper , Zos for about 5 plus years b4 hitting other clubs. Come to think about it I spent way too many years and far too much cash. FUN TIMES just the same

[@Dominator78]

Love the channel, bro. Keep up the fantastic work. Would love if you could get some old timers from back in the day to rip out sone legendary stories from the 80’s and 90s, back when things would’ve been a lot more ‘loose’ so to speak lol ❤️🎵

[@zahrajaza2606]

This brings back so many memories.. Such a shame that so many of the venues don't exist anymore.. Loving these videos

[@Dannysrants]

Yeah it is isnt it..

[@depletedmind]

I’ve only been to a couple of these clubs but I know all the streets and hearing all these stories is so interesting, keep doing it haha great work

[@AmandaMicallef]

This just came up on my youtube feed. This is brilliant 😢😢😢 Melbourne back then was the place to be man. So many memories

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks for the message

[@Stevo-klo45453]

I’m not sure what happened to Melbourne now days. It just seems so boring now. 2000’s was a golden era, I heard the 80’s and 90’s were even more golden.

[@adzer0_0]

This was like a trip down memory lane for me, used to frequent a lot of these places in my late teens / early 20s. Thanks for sharing mate.

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks for watching

[@salsung73]

Omg. Thank you 🙏 Danny for an amazing walk down memory lane ❣️❣️❣️

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks for watching

[@postiebikeracer]

Great stories my man. I’m from Perth but I’m familiar with a few or the places you’re talking about. Keep u the good work

[@Dannysrants]

Awesome! Maybe ill get to perth one day.

[@lifeintheseam8083]

yew! I'm big into the Melbourne Psytrance scene. So I havent been to a lot of these clubs on Chapel. But alot of them are on my to do list. Great video mate.

[@johnrousakis5251]

Fark! We’re getting old now, Warehouse, Chevron, Dome, amazing memories

[@georgereaperkambosos4029]

The kids of today will never understand mate….great times chapel street use to be pumping

[@Dannysrants]

Need to cover these places

[@AnkosLoveSlave]

Chevron was a old haunt of mine. I can remember some of the old DJ's from in there being Sean Quinn and John Course. But Sunday nights in there were special to me. Chocolate Starfish played there when they started as a 60's and 70's cover band and the night always rocked.

[@duke1724]

Remember Boulevards night club😂

[@Y2Kr4SHM4N]

I used to hate Prahan. As a youngin, I used to always get dragged there, I’m adhd and a bit different, either attracts people, which is good, or causes trouble from those who sense a difference they don’t like. I’m also gay, (not quite the stereotype!) I remember always ending up in fights in the straight clubs because people would see my ADHD stereotype for being an easy target. (I think ADHDers evolved as the worlds promote hunters, not wise to mess with em.) Being kicked out of venues for defending myself (with great reservation) was not my idea of a good time. Prahran was the stuffiest, most gloomy, wintry atmosphere. Always hated it. As this dude says, Melbournians prefer rundown to classy. And I hated Market which was formerly 3 faces. And yes, rarely, but sometimes straight dudes would go there and lose their pants or shirts. Maybe it was always too hot in there? I didn’t get it, the lisping didn’t really do anything for me there. Maybe they figures any holes a goal?

[@pureroadster59]

Before Saratoga was an underage scene they used to have an awesome Thursday night which would attract a few big name DJ's. Was mine and my mates frequent for many years. Great times!

[@Itchydexx01]

Man that brings back memories. I started work as a bus boy at inflations in 1999. Your walks bring back a lot of memories.

[@Dannysrants]

So glad i can do that for you!

[@user-mt5ff6qd8x]

Interesting vid, first one of yours I've seen. Chevron and Hippodrome during the mid to late 80's was my scene, real crazy times.

[@Shark_Eyes]

That Dome story. Truer words were never spoken. My 47 year old self witnessed it first hand from the guest list line that night and I have and still do, re-tell the story to this day in vivid detail. One of the most surreal clubbing moments of my life.

[@Dannysrants]

The guard involved is still on the streets running boys today

[@Shark_Eyes]

@@Dannysrants Annnnd I'm pretty sure I still remember his name lol. Being in the club that night while it was locked down after the cops cordoned off the front entrance and declared it a crime scene, was nuts. Management were crafty though, opened a side room door, threw a trestle table inside and some staff and started letting punters in a side entrance. Side note: the final NYE at Dome, I was allowed to bring a HandiCam in the club and film. I still have the tapes, as well as many photos from my 2 years spent there lol

[@ellenik7407]

⁠@@Shark_EyesI was there that night out the front in guest list line too and witnessed it. A group of us ran to the car park further up once the shots fired. Other than that night, absolutely loved the Dome Skin on Saturdays. I’d love to see your footage and photos. Please share!!

[@Shark_Eyes]

@@ellenik7407 I was waiting to see if anyone else who was there would find this video and chime in. When I saw the gun pulled and the shots let off, I pushed my two friends to the side wall of the building and watched it all unfold from there. We were basically at the front of the line when the dust settled because most people had run off, maybe you were one of those people lol As for the film footage, I haven't looked at it in years, but I'm not sure how safe it is for KZbin lol The photos on the other hand show many a familiar face who attended that place weekly.

[@ellenik7407]

Wow, You must have seen the people get shot first hand. Shocking! I haven’t ever spoken to anyone else that witnessed it besides my friends that night. We were in the middle of the line and once the gunshots fired, I first ran behind the telephone box that was there, then my friend yelled at me to run with them. Yeah we didn’t stay there long but still remember it all like it was yesterday. Strange thing happened before the shooting about 3 months prior, I had a dream that I was at the front of Dome and ran behind a telephone box, so when it actually happened it was such a freaky déjà vu moment. Yeah I can understand about the footage as I was there and saw what went on lol. Still so curious to see though. I’m sure I’d see lots of familiar faces too.

[@dashonedashtwo4304]

Could watch your tours & stories for hours on end brother. Keep rocking it….

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks so much for the kind words!

[@bodhi9464]

Lotus , Q , Robarda , the Saint, 16 , Revolting 😂 ahhh the memories ..

[@Dannysrants]

Good times

[@ryanj9731]

this is wicked! good vid!

[@Dannysrants]

Thank you

[@farqueue]

I was about 4 years before you.... finishing up when you started! great yarns bro

[@zoe11854]

So happy you did 161, use to go every weekend and was my fav place for many many years. Very sad to see such a dramatic change & lack of the old school bars & clubs… thought blue bar might of got a mention 😅 Awesome times and memories

[@Dannysrants]

Probably should have!

[@user-bg4ht2tv3s]

I’m from Perth and had a gf that lived in Melbourne was seeing her for two years travelling there every month for a week and go to know these clubs well. You’re a great storyteller and suit your vocation to a tee! 👌

[@Jonsonlouis]

You’re a legend mate! 😂 so good to see someone thought of doing this!

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks mate

[@ScottAnderson-zi3vv]

Cool vid mate great memories :P

[@Dannysrants]

Thank you

[@MattNucleus]

The record store on Greville St was called 'Rhythm And Soul'. Central Station stores are dead now, but Alley Tunes in Hawthorn still kicks. Great content so far!

[@Dannysrants]

What did i call it? I didnt know alley tunes was still open!

[@julianm9103]

​@@Dannysrantsrhythm and vine

[@duke1724]

My cousin Greg owned it

[@MattNucleus]

@@duke1724 And now he owns Hub 301 records.

[@duke1724]

@@MattNucleus thanks for that info haven't seen Greg for yrs I'll drop in now I know we're he is

[@Ghost_-bj4xn]

Oh! And . For all those who remember all those places! Kenny Norris , diamonds for her ! Your welcome

[@RaffiDiranBassclef]

Before it was Bridie O'Reilly's it was a club called The Church, great vibe and music but horrible acoustics. Next to Chasers there was the Z bar which was full of the older 'after dinner' crowd who would be sweating to live speed jazz packed together like sardines. After the incident at Salt it was referred to as 'Assault', but before that it was the legendary Warehouse the station hotel before the renovation had massive vibes, they used to host rap freestyle open mic nights called 'The Cypher' Soooo many memories in that area! My time there was from mid 90's to early 2000's Thanks dude

[@yobesondieki1]

Proper flashbacks from the early naughty’s. Nicely done.

[@Rozza228]

This is great. I'm in Melbourne but never went anywhere near the club stuff. It's like a whole hidden history of Melbourne thing

[@codym4846]

that was a great watch, really enjoyed it a lot, crazy how much it has all changed and how different the scene is nowadays

[@Dannysrants]

Yeah wild, thanks for the comment

[@wowTharabbi]

Great work I used to run Sublounge on Mondays industry night, so a big hello :)

[@Dannysrants]

hello!

[@magicbluestar]

@@Dannysrants

[@heathRocco]

I was a Zos then Chasers rocker from 2004 to 2012 nearly every Saturday night I was there & at some of the other old venues on chapel st. Always good memories back then 👌💪

[@Dannysrants]

Love it!

[@britsluver]

Yesssss

[@dangerdjk]

Going out in that era was awesome. Would have loved some imagines from inside the venues edited into the video as you explain but still kinda cool

[@kykev]

man thx for the memories! I was DJing RnB and hip hop at many of the clubs in the 00s. You gotta find someone to go through the history of RnB/hip hop nights in Melbourne from the 90s onwards!

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks for the comment

[@namesdemeanusboth9568]

“Punching through these like cones in a bungalow…” 😂😂😂 Best memories of Checkpoint Charlie, across the road from there (3 Faces?), Chevron, Metro, Billboard, Warehouse, Cadillac Bar, Bombay, Inflation, Underground, Chasers, incredible vibes so lucky to be in my twenties during this golden era 😂

[@buckeroonii]

Got into revolver via the roof in about 2003, thanks to a double story ladder at a building site out the back. Got my 161 medallion confiscated for being too cooked. Great content!

[@Dannysrants]

🤣

[@waterratfishing1648]

Used to work at Lotus when Johnny & Mel owned it, Adam Trace was the regular Dj, It's now an IGA, the facade of the IGA is still the same as when it was Lotus. Mel and her mum had matching Ferrari silver convertibles. Johnny apparently is responsible for some of the bullet holes at Viper. Spent 4 years working at Tryst when it was owned by Dean, it's now Leonards house of Love, a chicken restaurant. Tryst was once the nunnery for Brideys back when it was a church, then it was a brothel, hence the red light that used to be on the front left corner of the building. It was then a cafe before becoming Tryst. 2 biggest nights were the Superbad premier afterparty and then the last night after Dean sold it before buying Crystal that used to be Hugo Lounge, Tony Mokbels old club.

[@Dannysrants]

Yeah wow haha. I know some stories but was worried to spill all the beans.

[@waterratfishing1648]

@@Dannysrants Hugo had shiny metal shelves in the toilets... I remember removing them helping out with the demo for Dean. It took about a year for the sale to go through due to proceeds of crime investigation.

[@andrewstuart8736]

Something Gen Z will never experience. 2000 to 2018 RIP

[@kemshasan8866]

Oh the nostalgia of BEAT magazine, Chap Laps! I was in the underground rave scene and went to alot of the docklands raves at SHED 14, Beat mag was a huge thing for me in high school

[@Dannysrants]

I only ever went to one

[@avizayat]

Omg all these clubs I used to go to. Full of great memories. Clubs were soooo good back then. Packed all the time and opened all weekend. So many clubs to chose from. Without fail you’d have the best music playing ppl dancing all night and just having fun. Nothing compares. Glad I had the opportunity to experience clubbing back then.

[@Dannysrants]

same

[@poppukonfilm]

The club scene is defs not what it used to be. But it's still pumping on chapel every Friday/Saturday night. Maybe not a fat stack of clubs like back then, but still some decent new bars down windsor end and a few old clubs still kicking it. Great vid btw, so many spots I've never heard of.

[@Dannysrants]

Thank you

[@AustrALIEN666]

I used to work and hang out at Inflations. I remember Martha, what a legend she is....

[@michael_birdsnest]

Was part of the opening bar staff at ZoS, it was so dead the whole 6-8 months I worked there. Then ended up rounding out my nightclub bar work at Q Bar a few years later, it was the Summer of red mitsies and probably one of the best 6 months of club work/partying I ever did. Great memories of all the venues you visited in this vid - keep ranting!

[@shirleyM8899]

In the late 90's earlier 2000 ( I was still in high school year 11, 12) I worked at Kanpai Japanese Restaurant close to the end of chapel st and near Toorak rd and I also worked at another Japanese restaurant Sushi Belt on Toorak near the hotel Como in early 2000 too. That Asian night things you were saying, I was there on that night and the 2 guys died are brothers and 1 of the guy was my friend's boyfriend at that time, my husband and me know them personally! It's a very sad story for the family! Boys were only fighting because a girl! Thank you that I able to have a look around by your lens, back the days cheapl st always packed of cars, now like no body there!

[@spencereastburn321]

Early 90's were eyewateringly epic - Chevron, Sugar Shack, Inflation, Warehouse, Metro, Tunnel, Frostbites, Chasers, Silvers @ Trak, Caddy Bar, Bobby McGees, Santa Fe, The Ivy, Joose, Stylus, the list goes on. Then there were the endless pubs with live music - ET's, Geebung, Cherry Tree, Cherry Bar, awesome times in Melbourne. Heavy Traffic and Joey's on Toorak rd were always a great place to end the night at 7am!

[@stelchor]

28:08 Haha VL turbo people! Great video, brought back memories.

[@Dannysrants]

🤣

[@loomibiq]

I lived at Q bar. Used to get wasted there. Loved Sean Quinn, John Course and Adam Bartas. Richard Chatdiled was lovely and kind. A great owner.

[@Dannysrants]

His still around owning venues

[@Hito856]

Started clubbing at 15 in all these places. Thanks for the memories. Happy I grew out of it by the time I was 20.

[@Dannysrants]

Glad you enjoyed the throwback

[@87muzcuz]

That carpark at viper was wild , still love the viper room vol 3 cd

[@Dannysrants]

I can only imagine!

[@Stu-wi6mk]

Mad memories watching this. Was living in St.kilda and working at the Motel for 8years in the early 2000s

[@jamesmatson5205]

Danny, ex worker at Mercury Lounge, Bass Station and The Ivy here! Have a LOT of stories of stuff that went on (particularly at Mercury Lounge) but my fractured memories from the time (substances, substances) makes me foggy on some of the names of the players. Did you know them? Circa 1998-2000? From Michael Gudinski on down. If you do, would be keen to chat. Help fill the gaps in my memory! :)

[@Dannysrants]

Unfortunately im 2005 onwards

[@HouseholdDog]

Love you used the proper wog way of saying "Inflation". "Inflations". Bonus points for "The Inflations".

[@stelchor]

Haha that’s gold! Inflations!

[@knomelbourne]

Circus bar ! - i remember when i had a DJ set in the smoker's area upstairs - the single tripod mounted speaker may as well should have been a single Apple AirPod. Haha

[@Dannysrants]

hahaha yeah they always had sound restrictions there

[@Alex7-07]

Before it was salt used to be called the warehouse

[@samanthacurrey4219]

Warehouse was a haunt for me in the late 80’s … Awesome times & trannys everywhere on Toorak rd at 7am in the morning … Saloon bar down the the road also a rocking place … I could name all the clubs in that area back in the days 80’s early 90’s Gosh the good old days & fun times 🎉

[@deesalkelly3069]

the Kebab joint near South Yarra station - good times

[@constantinepaxinos]

@@deesalkelly3069 Mr Squeeze ! use to rock until the early hours for years .

[@zorbs4217]

Man these vids are awesome!! I miss those days.... taking me down memory lane puts a smile on my face .... ZOS was the shit & the KFC was a club in it's self 😂.... Love Mac Sundays was great at one point...

[@Dannysrants]

Glad you enjoy the, i like making them so happy some people are watching.

[@zorbs4217]

Dome was sick!! Hope you do a vid for it & 3 faces was a scary place too 😂

[@Dannysrants]

I want to if i can find the right tour guide

[@ryaanford3642]

content is mad keep it up

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks for the message!

[@huwwrites]

I think the last place was called Milk Bar before Killing Time? Great vid mate

[@MsSovereign1214]

i was always hanging at smith street when i was younger but its interesting to learn the lore behind chapel

[@Mike-vq1fm]

Lotus was nice, I went to a kickboxing afterparty there. There was a really beautiful and classy club next door for a while mid 2000s. That Chasers sign is the original sign from the 1980s. It was only Zos for a few years then they brought the OG sign back out of storage. In the late 90s, the Chasers owners and security always looked after their staff. Some of the police were corrupt in that area.

[@Dannysrants]

They used to have the muscley dude holding the world on top of it, not sure when they got rid of it.

[@AnkosLoveSlave]

Man the 80's and 90 were as wild as when you're talking about You forgot Joe's that use to be up the stairs and The Saloon Bar which had wild nights and that's just on Toorak Road The Market was Three Faces before that I think

[@Dannysrants]

Oh really, i didnt know that.

[@KodiakKidbeats]

That party on the rooftop was my year 12 formal afterparty haha was siiick!! ALSO didn't mention candy bars infamous 3 day parties!!! that was my introduction to chapel street for sure they were wild ;)

[@alot1312]

Who remembers Virgin Mary's Sunday afternoons?

[@gti500]

Dome, Freakazoid, Virgin Marys then Megabar, then Sunday night at Q Bar with Sean Quinn on the decks and the Men's Gallery girls in the back room. Walk of shame home Monday morning then work. Alternative Sunday night at Hellfire. Go hard or go home.

[@alot1312]

@@gti500 there was also a very crusty Monday morning recovery off Hardware Lane. CBD I think it was called. The trauma of exiting at lunchtime was too much!

[@bennywallis1527]

I remember Chaplaps in my Gemini and also Bridey's.. Always overheated, so had to get to the servo and or turn it off as I waited to move.. HAHA.

[@bradj78]

George Haritos just sold the penthouse above Politix and General Pants Co. I went to the auction where it was passed in. Still has all the glam fitout inside. Outdoor area was looking a bit tired though.

[@jarethrichardson9320]

Such a great throwback!

[@Dannysrants]

Glad you liked it

[@mattrizzle4910]

So many painful but great memories, sitting at the train station after sunrise from a sick night out. these kids are missing out!

[@DanTuber]

19:23 love the spanian "hectic' impersonation. 😂 10 years ago Temperence was always packed on Sat nights. Now it's dead. Electric was dead, now it's a teenage hang out. Amazing how the scene changes when the venue stays the same.

[@Dannysrants]

I use to watch it happen all the time. Culturally something shifts and then its packed.

[@philipkaraminovski801]

Q bar - the glory days... had my 21st too was too wild lol - still remember behind the bar on the wall, some of us had their own private bottles locked away ready for a mad sat night. and of course the photos of people all over walls inside of the toilets and the red room/green room with the massage chairs to relax in - bouncing between Q bar and 161 cant beat it

[@sooki82]

salt was on the end of Daly street, it was right next to the car park. I was there on the night when those guys jumped into the river, it was horrible 😢

[@DaleHolmes1985]

So sad this is same story all over australia. I went back my old home town in Bendigo last week. The nightlife is non existent. I’m bout same age as you and Bendigo was thriving nightlife in early 2000s. All the old clubs are being turned into apartments. Long long plan of agenda 21 it will never come back 😔

[@Dannysrants]

My mates owned universal and huha back then

[@DaleHolmes1985]

@@Dannysrants uni was great back in day. Haha I was regular at both. Good times !!

[@mikebonz8572]

Bro, what a trip down memory lane if I've ever had one! Those were the days ay

[@matt_travels]

Mate. Talk about memories. I used to got to q bar, the saint and TFU of course. Onesix... ah Good times. And I started going out at cheers and the glenferrie. It's all coming back. I remember seeing Bartas play his first gig at TFU. Crazy. Omg beat magazine. Far out. Haha gold.

[@Dannysrants]

Bartas at TFU back in those days = Elite!

[@elevenzeros]

Feels like a lot of you all would have watched my brother DJ every week at Q, candy bar to name a few back in the 90s / early 2000s. Wish I was born that handful of years earlier so I could have got to spend some time with him and you all enjoying what was clearly an infinitely better scene

[@bennyl2487]

Wasn’t there a club called 161 on chapel too,pretty sure it had orange contact all over the glass window and it went too Monday mornings. And this is why you should wait until the end of the video to comment 😂awesome video,brought back so many memories 👍

[@Dannysrants]

Thank you!

[@ckoulouris3641]

A relatively good account of the early 2000’s. I’m in my mid 40’s so a few years before you and remember hitting most of these places pretty hard. Lotus bar is where the IGA is now. I used to be a hip hop dancer there in 2001 when they did RnB nights. Candy bar had a Gay Sunday which always went off (the original before Love Machine) - Saturdays djs would have live PA and I’d sing (mainly backup tbh). Frostbites used to do fashions shows and one year (maybe 2003??) I won the male comp - the place was full of hens parties and screaming teenagers. Not my sort of venue. I did model for Stevie back then also - funny you mention them (plus a heap of local brands, Christos Choronis, Saba, Deft, Jack London, Politix, Calibre, soho warehouse etc…) 161 I’ve been going to since it opened and it never disappoints. In my mid 40’s and I still feel at home there. Boutique, you can still see the front door. There was a private party there only 2 months back. Used to go to Flash Fridays there - everyone would dress 80’s. Viper was always fun when Moritz and Chrissy Russell used to run the place. Real mixed crowd. One day ended up in a back office area with some Lebo friends and thought I’d be shot if I wasn’t careful . Tantra (jet black / Pawn and Co) - used to go every week, has my drink spiked there once and the security were so good about it. One guy carried me down the stairs and took me home and put me to bed using my licence to find my address. Gamma Bar / Hugo / Original Pawn and Co. Went loads when it was Hugo then loved when it became Pawn - was such a novel concept and people really got into buying the nick nacks. Been to the Greville Pawn a few times and whilst it’s a fun party, doesn’t have the same vibe. Red Bennie’s was HEAPS of fun, but def didn’t last long. I was one of the crazies that used to party at Evolution AND Market without issue. Would check both out and see which one had the best vibe for the night. Met my partner at Market 18 years ago and still together to this day. Nice walk down memory lane - thanks mate, keep it up!

[@MarleneCupido]

CCD (Christopher chronis design) fitted tee shirts was the unofficial uniform for euro guys in chapel st clubs late 90’s. Oh and then there was Roy jeans!

[@ckoulouris3641]

@@MarleneCupido diesel jeans and shoes. 😂 We used to go out in the city on Friday nights straight from the office (in our suits) and when we’d hit chapel street later we’d have to dress down (take off ties and jackets, roll our sleeves) so we didn’t look too ‘city’ for Boutique, Qbar, or 161. Ah to be young again 😂

[@aussierogue6782]

The nostalgia is real.

[@andybrazilian5857]

Salt was the old warehouse nightclub . And lotus bar is now an IGA supermarket opposite the train station .

[@davidspar3384]

LOL I remember Spyder Bar. Those cheesy Greek nights 😂 It was like the 2nd Tier 'Kinisi' nightclub

[@HaydenCharlesFTW]

silvers, redheads, chevron, & what was the venue that had toss the boss in hawthorn tuesdays?, i remember being asked by a mate to dj his 18th or maybe 21st bday at chevron in a side room... i had never done it before but i thought i could wing it. i'd seen what cdjs looked like after all lol. anyway, i arrrived to a 5 disk rotating tray cd changer which was.... challenging, yeah. let's go, playing some banging track maybe professional widow tori amos ... now everyone just talk amongst yourselves while i take that disk out, put a new disk in, wait for the deck to rotate and load, now skip along to track 8....and go! wooo! it was so funny. and ive just come full circle actually buying my first controller & learning to dj.... too funny. i'll have to start getting my demos out to start playing the 45bday party circuit hahaha

[@piglet-xm2kb]

Punching though these stories like cones in a bungalow lol love it

[@MarleneCupido]

Well documented. Loved warehouse before it became salt it’s was a huge called night XTC 1997. QBAR….. still no reunion? Remember the sneaker shop at entrance of qbar called Ghetto….. the best! Pawn and co’s first venue was previously Cristal and prior to that Hugo lounge and prior to that gamma bar which was huge greek night. Cristal was destroyed by fire and sure enough a few years later the rest of the complex went up in flames which caused structural damage and all the other businesses and venues to close. Faulty electrical wiring throughout the entire building apparently! The building was then demolished and the block has been a big arse patch of overgrown weeds with cyclone fencing around it for 5 or so years, awaiting the fancy apartment complex with entertainment and retail….. some of which were existing businesses that were promised a prime position in the new complex….. a big chunk of good vibes was lost along that building. I think that was the beginning of the end of that era for entertainment and retail. Add to that covid lockdowns!

[@Dannysrants]

Yeah wow was Khokolat bar also at one point

[@billba]

XTC was Saturday night

[@wesleybotwright9246]

Shout out to Cameron Cooley Smith owner for Killingtime, hes an absolute legend! Great place

[@patrickdowdle5121]

I used to go to Silvers nightclub on Toorak road in the 80s . Now that was a great place

[@sukisuki84]

You mentioned 161 is a place where people in their late 30's and 40's still go. Where else would you recommend for those of us that age to meet each other?

[@JJ-wi2uw]

I was working at the City of Prahran Council as a 20 year old back in 1990 and remember the By-Laws Officers and Police having "raided" Chasers on weekend for overcrowding. 😁

[@heathRocco]

And during my time rocking it at Chasers between 2007 to 2011 the Police still did regular raids through Chasers nightclub on Saturday nights during F#*k The Love nights.