Exploring the Nightclub Underworld: Ex Nightclub Owner's SHOCKING Confessions - King Street Melb

Welcome to 'Clubland Chronicles with Danny Rants' - Episode 1.
Where the dim-lit streets of King Street come alive with the untold tales of nightlife's seedy underbelly. Join ex-nightclub owner and promoter Danny Grant as he peels back the layers of King Street's gritty and raw are revealed alongside scandalous secrets and unforgettable anecdotes from his time in the shadows of the club scene. Each step of his stories uncover the pulse of King Street's nocturnal rhythm. With Danny as your guide, prepare for a journey into the heart of darkness, where every twist and turn unveils the raw essence of one of Australia's most notorious streets.

[@Dacland.]

I’m some random from syd who got recommended your vid in the algorithm - good on you for getting yourself and your stories out there , Australia is so under represented in this sort of shit and you got the persona for it. I’m sure it feels awkward as walking around with a camera, but fuck it bro just keep doing it and you’ll pop off man - subbed

[@Dannysrants]

Oh it does! Thanks for the kind words, dont get heaps when putting yourself out there.

[@jamesrichardson2951]

I second this ! Keep doing your thing bro. Super interesting. Some random from Newcastle 😅

[@sammboJo]

Gosh memory lane for the 80’s as well for me Tunnel , Lazars , Kilkenny , bar 20 .. Mercury lounge , Heat , Chevron the list goes on & on The good old days love it 🎉 Great video Danny 👍

[@punter1]

ikr Bro be like do one for those days INFLATION thur nites Tunnel Hipodrome Heaven Aphrodisiac Sports Bar The Underground👍💯💯💯💯💄💄🎉🎉 bet u no one does though good times Thanks Danny

[@RDHZRD]

Great video Danny takes me back. I use to hit up King ST from about 2005 - 2012 mostly the heavy clubs Bang, Plastic and occasionally Spearmint... good times cheers.

[@Dannysrants]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@onlyhere4vidz]

TOP 3 people watching locations in the world. 3. Cafe in Rome during morning rush 2. Park bench on Venice Beach late afternoon 1. Front door of Tramp Nightclub @ 6am

[@Dannysrants]

HAHAHAHA

[@itsmedeni007]

Bringing back memories…keep the tours coming 👍🏼

[@Dannysrants]

Will be, thanks for the message of support.

[@zorbs4217]

I am going to share your club vids all over FB..... so many of the lads will see these & flip out... greatest times to live & party!! Pitty the new gen will never experience what we did! Keep up the great vids bro! 🤙🏼

[@Dannysrants]

It is sad! I appreciate the love man, only way i can grow this channel.

[@glens1975]

good vid mate, bought back a lot of memories for me, my old man Barry ran a graphic arts business called South Melbourne Art in the early to mid 90s with another young guy Paul. This was in the day when clubs used to have a lot of promotional material printed. From 93 to 95 I was always in these clubs, i was happy to hear that Martha is still around, a real OG. If you read this Martha, thanks for the free drinks and never making me line up, you always looked out for me :) Hope you are doing well!!!

[@Dannysrants]

She is around! I am interviewing her thursday

[@auxtal]

Love your videos man, I've been working in clubs for just over a year now in perth, in a really rough area. I've got so many wild stories already it's rough but I love it!

[@Dannysrants]

I need to get over there!

[@topendtrucker]

King Street for clubbing died in the arse when the strip clubs moved in. end of story. Early 90s Melbourne had a world class clubbing scene

[@Midnightpurpler34]

King Street is officially a ghost town. I really enjoy your videos. Would you consider doing a video on Chapel Street? It seems to be full of life.

[@Dannysrants]

Yeah will head there in the next few weeks!

[@jmastro80s82]

Before all that, in the 80s it was Lazar, Melbourne Underground, Heaven Nightclub, hippodrome etc...

[@troyonplanet]

I remember when Victor LaGrega opened the Hippodrome - $25 to get in - which plenty of people considered soooo expensive 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@jmastro80s82]

@@troyonplanet yes very true!

[@BradleyFerguson-oi5ym]

And was mid 80’s, soooo expensive

[@AndyGraceMedia]

The Underground in the 80s was the place when Brian Goldsmith ran it. Countless A list international celebrities used to hang there. Lucky enough to spin the decks there when I was 18 and it was still awesome. Metro took over when it opened in Bourke Street. Now King Street seems dead.

[@jmastro80s82]

@@AndyGraceMedia you got any footage or cassette recordings from those days at underground?

[@kbeventinfo2562]

I was living this life, way back then, PHD, Bubble, Base Station...Bar code! Then i went on to run festivals...this scene became my legacy

[@andyturbo]

Were you on the Infekted team with me? Its Andy

[@RomLichs]

Basically showed everyone of my clubs that I spent my youth at. Crazy to see how much it has changed, yet stayed the same.

[@omanhaddadtbh]

Chapel St next!!

[@Dannysrants]

Sub, plan on doing all of Melb.

[@logik1677]

This was great man, I left Vic for 15yrs and always wondered wtf happened to the St haha Cheers mate

[@Dannysrants]

Glad you liked it :)

[@tonyt1982]

HEAT SUNDAYS. Never missed one for a year straight. Never waited in those lines, straight in to do those other lines 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@andyturbo]

Hey buddy Andy here (andyturbo) the girl who passed was a good friend of mine and it was actually in the carpark at Bass Station at the Palace, not in blowout alley. What fun times though, fuck yeah bubble!

[@nicolepowell3121]

Anyone else remember Virus on Geddes Lane?? I used to work there. Chris and Collette were gurus. ❤

[@josieoreilly4293]

Yep remember that joint. Super dark basement vibes and banging tunes

[@RugbyOnlyTV]

I'm 28 now!! What a bloody throwback hahah love it. Running up and down these streets with my buddies trying to get into all these venues on fake ID's. Good memories!

[@shadowmoon5445]

when moved to melbourne from uk, 1994-97 just wow, the best memories, awesome party scene for sure

[@Dannysrants]

Love it

[@Big-Show1]

Bar20, Barcode.... I used to live in Southbank I nearly got shot by that 81 flog walking to work. Only found out what he did when they locked the city down. King Street is nothing like it used to be😂 Wild West sports saloon, full of Islanders, Tunnel in Little Bourke Street, Heat in the Casino ... Late 90's - mid 2010's was crazy. Walking along King St was like a 50/50 of will I get stabbed tonight 😂

[@Dannysrants]

Wow!

[@OgglyGoogly]

Back in the days of full crowds before social media now its dead as door nails

[@HouseholdDog]

Barcode was a knockoff bar for prozzies IIRC.

[@danielsmart8398]

Great work Danny! Fk the old King St nights brings back some memories 😂😂 glad those days are over. Just subbed mate, love your work! 💪😂

[@Dannysrants]

Thank you!

[@aussiegamesco]

The Spanian of the Night Scene Love it

[@deanbrowne740]

Mad video, summed it up perfectly. Ive had some belters back in the day at most of those places. I wonder if the new generation is continuing the legacy, or perhaps they are a bit more cluey than we were.

[@Dannysrants]

King street is pretty dead these days

[@jayblazed1526]

Man this is giving me flashbacks bro.. I'm sure I could add some good yarns to this area

[@Dannysrants]

Love to hear them

[@jalexma7704]

So did you take the bag on the bike or not?

[@Dannysrants]

I didnt

[@virginiusmaximus7006]

Between PHD and Cloud 9, Treehouse was at Inflation for a while.

[@Mark-zq7xk]

I seen Showtek at PHD i don't remember much of it 😅 dam that place pumped I remember that much. I thought I was gone till I walked in that joint 😂

[@Jazzjasey]

Phd was always empty

[@Mark-zq7xk]

@@Jazzjasey Only went once for showtek it was packed that night

[@Jazzjasey]

@@Mark-zq7xk yeah that was a special event.. it wasn't a regular night

[@Jazzjasey]

@@Mark-zq7xk i went to that night too.. it was a one ofd

[@dftpnk2011]

I do miss cloud 9 but I think I miss wah wah lounge even more 😢

[@Dannysrants]

i am interviewing the old wah wah owner in 2 weeks

[@MrSwandog1982]

Who ran Bubble? Was is it Frances Street entry?...Master kaos sunday morning at 8am was where I learnt to deal with my emotions lol !!

[@censrd]

Koas was an absolute legend. I had one of his sets on CD, Now i'm gonna have to try and find it. Thanks for reminding me of that name,

[@MrSwandog1982]

@@censrd and papa smurf !

[@evelynlobos1354]

It would be interesting if you had a special with the Owners /managers kfcghe big melbournd clubs. The mobs who ran these club nights. That woman who owns Infllation seems to be one character to talk to, imagine the stories she would have!

[@Dannysrants]

I am interviewing her next week!

[@punter1]

@@Dannysrants bout time man u mentioned that person in the Chapel st one keep em coming plze get someone like you to cover that time frame as well luvin it

[@munstyla6861]

Oh god that street gives me PTSD, the amount of sessions 😅

[@Dannysrants]

Hahahah

[@zorbs4217]

Love Inflations recovery 🤙🏼

[@justcruiser007]

So did u take the baggie off the Harley

[@Dannysrants]

LOL i didnt, seemed to obvious.. Thought was a set up

[@akiddnamedjay]

Damn.. inflation PHD taking me down memory lane.. was waiting for a bubble nightclub shout out..

[@Dannysrants]

Will do in Part 2

[@nathdaniels3449]

So you hradbutted someone ran away and let your mates get bashed? Top bloke 😜🤣🤣🤣

[@Dannysrants]

Yeah i'm a dog

[@andrew1977au]

94-2000 king street was the best!

[@BobSaysWhat22]

I haven’t been to Brown Alley for almost 10 years so not sure what its like today but used to have horrible sound system. Guaranteed come home with ear ringing so from one point I always brought ear plugs when I go Brown Alley.

[@Dannysrants]

It hasnt changed in 30 years tbh

[@anthonypinda1177]

Lol, the two words Melbournian parents dreaded circa 2008: King St!

[@matirving666]

Why go there on a Sunday night man? I can tell it’s 8:30pm Sunday night , Georgie is standing out the front of the fold and the Sunday night Pizzas are getting dropped off lol Go down at 3am on a Sunday morning and show King Street. That’s when it’s rockin an rollin lol

[@jasondenby3895]

Was wondering who took my washing powder off my bike

[@Dannysrants]

🤣

[@jackthompson872]

keep it up legend

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks Jack, appreciate you.

[@OGtalks]

spearmint was the spot after a big casino win.. i got arrested out front one morning for punching on.. cops didn't play on kings st...

[@burnace]

any storys about brown alley? xox

[@Dannysrants]

Yep in my latest episode

[@peteristevski]

No mention of Brown Alley?? Did you know the guys who ran The Likes of You ? They had the best international dj’s come down

[@Dannysrants]

its in part 2

[@peteristevski]

@@Dannysrants ah yes, thanks mate. Loving your vids btw

[@thailandretromods]

Bubbbllle! *Blows whistle*

[@Freedomone153]

Bar codes was at Crown... then was kicked out when the lease ended. Crown was trying to go family friendly back then.

[@sleepa20v]

You didn’t say wether you took the bag or not???

[@87muzcuz]

Bubbleeee

[@SuperDolemite1]

You wouldn’t get me in the city these days homeless and zombies

[@ChrisCre8tor]

yep

[@mox1l]

bubble was the place to be 04 to 09 free my boy bee

[@whtfla]

Fk yeah bubble 😀

[@74ashton74]

This guy could/should sell tours to cheap Asia cities and put large parties together . Like a overseas pub crawl 😂

[@backyard_fuckery]

getting spanian vibes but im all for it haha

[@Dannysrants]

imitation is the best form of flattery isn't it 🤣

[@scottmazza2748]

Oh the memories 😂🎉

[@bishgroundwork3089]

Great memories. I remember I had to go and live in Adelaide for work for a while. Fkn depressing, boring place- lost 2 years of the best years of my youth.

[@HouseholdDog]

I love you still use the old slang.

[@Dannysrants]

Which words?

[@HouseholdDog]

​@@Dannysrants"Off their guts" and "poleaxed" are the two that stood out.

[@punter1]

It would be interesting if you had a special with the Owners The mobs who ran these club nights. Inflation Tunnel Hipodrome Heaven Aphrodisiac Sports Bar The Underground fml that would be epic imagine what they would have to say thanks man

[@Dannysrants]

In my podcasts i do! And will

[@6Thouxaan]

No Way I was locked up with Christopher Hudson, Great guy. guess he just had one of those nights

[@Dannysrants]

You are the second person to tell me that yarn

[@8VDSL8]

What's the "g epidemic"?

[@paulmannhardt9817]

fuck man you are telling the stories of the hoods i was in back in the 2006 and onwards days. My partner at the time used to run the girls at gold fingers. Fuck bro some stories there and all the festivals woo. Do some more interviews with the old and new festival promoters like esoteric festival and the insane amount of police on that party. your a great story teller keep up the youtube of melbs and festivals man it has so much to tell from my first rainbow serpent in 2003 with infected mushroom and a lighting storm woooo.

[@Ghost_-bj4xn]

Bar20 x

[@scottmazza2748]

I remember a bloke called Peewee notorious for blowing out on G everywhere in Melbourne - pest! 😂😂

[@50shadesofgday64]

Taking me down memory lane mate circa 2009-2014, more videos like this. Wasn't sorry Gs just near king street as well?

[@Dannysrants]

Yep

[@Santerres]

well done danny

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks bro

[@mabboyz4lyf]

What was the G epidemic and when was it?

[@TheUltimateStormy]

GHD / Juice, woulda been between 2005-2010ish, i could be wrong.

[@Sub_division_]

2012-2016 ghb was cheap as fuck

[@Rob-pj8sc]

Fuck few sessions at tramp jungle ahhhhh

[@FrankOsbourne]

Youre heaps cool man

[@Dannysrants]

Thanks bro

[@notevennumerals]

Ahhhhh old PHD carpark. I was there the night the chick died.

[@Dannysrants]

Oh no! Thats sad.

[@notevennumerals]

@@Dannysrants I'm surprised it only happened once. I remember the juice epidemic peaked after xqlusive at festy hall, that party killed the hard dance scene for awhile,

[@notevennumerals]

@@Uknow1997heheeh can't remember exactly between 06 and 08 was when shit got real bad

[@andyturbo]

Yeah mate 16 ambulances I remember that night well. Also the OD's at Kryal Castle 07 killed Kryal@@notevennumerals

[@troyonplanet]

King St was nowhere near as seedy as Kings Cross in its heyday - KC was far more violent, more drugs, more gangsters

[@RogueBoyScout]

bwa ha ha ha................. Dude, seriously, you can't even make comparisons they are 2 different ecosystems... Kings Cross in its "hey day"? Which hey day is that. Lived in both Melbourne and Sydney from about '85 to '98 then a 2 years gone troppo up north then ba.. Look, the only people who play these "My post code was tougher than yours" are civilians or the quasi-criminologists..

[@Ridingthecushion]

Definitely sugar coating these stories haha

[@Dannysrants]

What do you mean?

[@kennnyau2455]

That car pack is goated #PHDLIFE

[@cameronwarren2280]

What was in the bag and did u take it

[@Dannysrants]

I have no idea, i thought it was a set up so i left it.

[@PeerWorker]

Granny's Rants....

[@NOVONINJAZ]

can someone get a "king street" counter?

[@bendoe7087]

Like spanner just less shit being spoken which is nice.

[@Dannysrants]

🤣 appreciate that

[@jimmy3235]

How about you say King Street a few more times

[@MF_D0OM]

If EXAGGERATION was a person

[@zacciahwilliams5076]

Coz it feels to fuckin good

[@censrd]

sooooooo........ did u grab the bag off the bike??

[@Dannysrants]

I didnt haha thought it was a set up

[@censrd]

@@Dannysrants "Yes your honor, I walked right past that massive bag of illicit substances, I swear", PS while doing CBD tours you can't not do Honky Tonks, had many good nights there, but by far the best was seeing 2 many DJ's playing on the grand piano/decks after initially getting KB on the door, but then one of my better looking mates arrived talked to the door bi*ch and got them to promise to let him and his crew in, then he returned with about 5 guys and we got in. More on the outskirts of the city was Dream, awesome dirty little raver club back in the day.

[@Bannon04]

yeee yee the danny

[@Handlegend273]

Bros going through a midlife crisis. Missus and kids couldn’t give a shit about his crap stories so he’s come to KZbin 😂🤦🏻‍♂️

[@Dannysrants]

🤣

[@Nae395]

York butter factory. Inflation.

[@SJC-nz7ix]

Click click

[@BarackyBaracky1]

batty park

[@koryguilfoyle6198]

'Promo sm' 😏

[@kermitthehermit9588]

Total flog

[@Dannysrants]

Cheers for the feedback