Commercial Hotel, 301 High Street, Northcote
(Now known as the Northcote Social Club)
In December 1983 Dolores San Miguel asked Denise and Dave if they wanted to run a Tuesday night venue in Northcote, in a hotel recently taken over by the owner of the Exford Hotel. It ran from February 1984 to late January 1985, when it ended because of complaints from local residents.
(All information below is from Denise’s diaries from 1984-1985)
Denise and Dave “managed” The Bum Steers and Use No Hooks from 1983 to 1985
Global Entertainment was the business name Dave chose for the posters that he designed and created.
Tuesday February 28th, 1984
Opening night
$2 entry – 8 to 11pm
Happy hour from 8-9pm
Buick KBT (paid $50)
Roxanne/Vicki Cole (Dancer)
Christopher Kid (paid $16)
Films by Michael Buckley
See poster by Dave Light here
Tuesday March 6th, 1984
$2.50 entry – 8-11pm
Lynching Party ($45)
Orchestra of Skin and Bones ($21)
Krang (John Murphy)
Food and films
See poster by Dave Light here
Tuesday March 13th, 1984
$2 entry – 7 to 10pm
Spring Plains ($25)
The Feet ($11)
The Blessing by James Buck
Food and films
See poster by Dave Light here
Tuesday March 20th, 1984
Harem Scarem ($20)
The Sermon/Noizez ($9)
Food and films
See poster by Dave Light here
Tuesday March 27th, 1984
The Feral Dinosaurs ($47)
Mr Bum and P.J. Nicholls ($20)
Cricket movies from the 70s.
See poster by Dave Light here
Tuesday April 3rd, 1984
The Trial
The Inquest
Films, food and happy hour
(Loss of $17 for the night)
See poster by Dave Light here
Tuesday April 17th, 1984
Decay Constant ($17)
Bum Steers ($10)
Mr Bum and P.J. Nicholls ($5)
Tuesday April 24th, 1984
High Octane Passiona ($5)
Bum Steers ($0)
The Price (Angie – 10 minutes)
Tuesday May 1st, 1984
Spring Plains
Lynching Party
Tuesday May 8th, 1984
Ku Klux Frankenstein ($30)
Separate Tables
Cricket movies from the 70s.
Tuesday May 15th, 1984
Free entry
Shower Scene from Psycho
Lynching Party
Bum Steers
Tuesday May 22nd, 1984
Noizez
Mr Bum and PJ Nicholls
Tuesday May 29th, 1984
Buick KBT
Lynching Party
Tuesday June 5th, 1984
Pilot to Bombadier ($30)
Separate Tables ($22)
Tuesday June 12th, 1984
Free entry
Bum Steers
Tuesday June 19th, 1984
Delta Cubed ($15)
Tuesday June 26th, 1984
Ku Klux Frankenstein ($17)
Separate Tables ($5)
Tuesday July 24th, 1984
Box of Fish
Ku Klux Frankenstein
Tuesday July 31st, 1984
I Spit On Your Gravy
Bum Steers
BBQ Bob and Fred
Pizza Sluts
and films
Change of name of venue to Bum Club – new poster by Fred Negro
(Thanks Fred, love your work)
Change of hours due to giving away free food (Chilli con carne, cooked by Stuart Grant)
Change of price of entry to $1
Tuesday July 31st, 1984
$1 entry – 9pm to 1am
First night of a permanent late licence
Mr Bum and PJ Nicholls
Tuesday August 21st, 1984
Buick KBT ($45)
Mr Bum and PJ Nicholls ($17)
Bum Steers ($17)
Chris ($10)
See poster here
Tuesday August 28th, 1984
Pilot to Bombadier
Bum Club Dancers
Mr Bum and PJ Nicholls
BBQ Bob and Fred
See poster here
Tuesday September 4th, 1984
Killjoy
Dilapidata
Mr Bum Trio
Tuesday September 11th, 1984
Country and Western night
Jika Jika Players
Bum Steers C & W
See poster here
Tuesday September 18th, 1984
Accentrix
Nude Girls on Stage
Mr Bum Trio
Tuesday September 25th, 1984
Spring Plains
Bum Steers
Tuesday October 2nd, 1984
I Spit On Your Gravy
Hard core Bum Steers
See posters here
And here
Tuesday October 9th, 1984
Uninvited Guests
Accentrix
Mr Bum Trio
See poster here
Tuesday October 16th, 1984
Bum Steers
3 Toed Sloths
Tuesday October 23rd, 1984
Dilapidata
Mr Bum Trio
See poster here
Tuesday October 30th, 1984
Weddings, Parties, Anything
Daughters of Charity
Mr Bum Trio
(Barnshack cancelled)
See poster here
Tuesday November 6th, 1984
Bum Steers
Planet Earth
Mr Bum Trio
(Mental Health Foundation cancelled)
See poster here
Tuesday November 13th, 1984
I Spit On Your Gravy
Vicious Circle
Bum Steers
Tuesday November 20th, 1984
Manic Dirge
Wet Ones
Tuesday November 27th, 1984
Weddings, Parties, Anything
Nude Girls On Stage
Tuesday December 4th, 1984
Mental Health Foundation
Silver Fish
Pizza Sluts
Tuesday December 11th, 1984
Slaughterhouse
Horse
Tuesday December 18th, 1984
Deadbeats
Mr Bum Trio
Rod, Jack and Fred
Krang
Tuesday January 7th, 1985
Pizza Sluts
Tuesday January 14th, 1985
Wide Boys
Tuesday January 22nd, 1985
Death Sentence
Depression
Bum Steers
See poster here