Underbelly series was brilliant. I worked on the doors the in Kings Cross and Bondi for several months just after all that madness, and it was still a little crazy. Bikers and Lebanese were the main issues, but the general hassle was with the Brit tourists (like myself, though i chose to work instead of make a tit of myself). Worked Kings Cross Hotel/Buddah's Bar, and Hotel Bondi. Both for RSM Security. Great times.
I was backpacking in 89 and ended up in a hostel on the main drag in the Cross. After that, me and another three POMs got an flat in Potts Point. Two of the lads from Sheffield got a bar job at a House music club called the Zigerate (something like that). We had the best time over those few months. Yes the Cross was a bit grim at times and you had to be street wise to wander its streets in the early morning, but if you did not go looking for trouble, then most of the time you would be OK. Some great memories.....
I first got interested in Australian crime as a young biker back in the 80's when Chopper Read hit the headlines been following it ever since, the history is brutal
Hey Mate I have been binge watching your videos lately and i must say that they are well made and informative. Awesome work. But i have a video request. Please make a video on Lee Morrison. He is a combatives instructor and i am sure you are aware of him. So yeah a video covering him would be appreciated. Thanks
@@enquirer2.0Hey Mate I have been binge watching your videos lately and i must say that they are well made and informative. Awesome work. But i have a video request. Please make a video on Lee Morrison. He is a combatives instructor and i am sure you are aware of him. So yeah a video covering him would be appreciated. Thanks
Bikie Gangs have been around in big numbers for 40 years in Australia. I met John Ibrahim briefly in a Nightclub business deal, he was a Gentleman and spoke respectfully and was a pleasure to do business with.
Thats mid 90's. 80's is a bit too early for John Ibrahim's club ownership days I'm fairly certain. The 80's was still the Lenny McPherson/Roger rogerson era
Sydney is a pretty interesting place for its history, as is Melbourne (although Melbourne has been more than meticulously documented in comparison). Their 70’s-80’s era is especially compelling.
I visited Sydney 6 years ago and stayed at Potts Point, the area is right next to Kings X and it was very smart as was Kings X itself. Dont know what it was like but it was was very quiet when we were there and have seen much rowdier places in the UK. I presume the authorities have clamped down there as the security was much stricter than anywhere here.
Yep -allroneddownand all the stuff like violence being dished out to drunks and prostitutes standing around and "watchers"and "pimps"watching from the distance -was all but finished by about 2017-ish...😢 Never in a million years dis weaver omgine the "Cross"to be anything wleby full of sin...
Great video………impressive format & very informative. From someone who was there for most of the events that were documented, I can tell this video is almost 100% spot on. One update that needs to be mentioned though, is Sam Ibrahim’s deportation was overturned before finalising so he never left Australia (he was held in immigration detention for a very long time) so he still lives in Australia (which is really his home anyway). And in my opinion that is proper justice & how it should be, because had Sam, John & their crew not stood up to the bikies & won, paving the way for the future & allowing Kings Cross & the whole of Sydney to become a proper party capital of the world for the following 2 decades, who knows how bad, much more dangerous & ugly it could have been if the original bikies took over the Sydney nightlife. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now days as the government, along with the pandemic put an end to Sydney’s entertainment nightlife for good.
I was in the Cross in the 90's for a bucks,a week before my young brother committed suicide,I was pissed off and started a blue with the doormen at a strip club,I got kicked in the head by a martial arts bouncer,lucky for us detectives were across the road and intervened,my father was a detective sergeant at the Cross at the time and told the 2 detectives I was going in and to keep and eye out for me,he told me this 2 days later as well as that Asian man could have kicked the shit out of me and dumped me in the ocean,I'm not a bad fighter,but you got to know your limitations,never went in the Cross for 5 years after that,and when I did it was with respect
And lifetime biker and a lot of that that you share with us is absolutely correct. I have been in fights with some of Life the weakest pieces of shit. They are very large men with big mouth and they were on my side. Thank you for sharing that moment in time because I had no idea about it
@@BradleyFerguson-oi5ym Aussies have much respect in UK not juts Oz. Was point. And your passive aggressive one was? What? If you want to "debate" or start a war of words at least do it.That was off top of my head.Jimmy the Pom and Ray Chuck, Abbott and Cox CUT ABOVE. Radev, Williams ,Lanfranchie all wanna bees.
My favourite Aussie gangster to read about and I've seen the film and underbelly episode about squizzy Taylor, He basically was there version of al Capone,
Should do one on Dane Sweetman a notorious and violent skinhead from back in the day in Melbourne. He was actually the inspiration for Russell Crowe as Hando in Romper Stomper. He put an axe through a guy’s head at a birthday celebration for Hitler in Adelaide years ago because he thought the guy was hitting on his mrs.
Cmon buddy 1 thing for certain is he was never a street fighting machine haha the fact he wasn't an isn't is exactly y he is where he is he kept his smarts simple as that
