“Oh yes, I almost forgot the Bombay Rock. What great acts they had in there. I can remember seeing a very young Dragon and local bands like Metalworx and my own band, Streetlife, played there.
“All the big Aussie bands played the Bombay Rock, from INXS, the Choirboys, Mental As Anything and Mondo Rock to the Divinyls, the Radiators and Cold Chisel.”
from Michael Jacobsen
Known Gigs
| Date | Artist | City | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 05/12/85 | Radiators | Radiators in Surfers Paradise | |
| 07/10/83 | Cold Chisel | Cold Chisel in Surfers Paradise | |
| 06/10/83 | Cold Chisel | Cold Chisel in Surfers Paradise | |
Bombay Rock Radio Ad
(Thanks to Lex Strauss for finding this)
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Played this Venue three times i can remember. All with local gold coast band “China Zu”. There has not been a venue like it since.
Was there with Mad Gorilla in Oct ’81 for a 2 week residency, it was crazy ! Some absolutely hilarious stories from that trip. Don’t worry folks I won’t tell all the stories, i’ll only incriminate myself. Ned ( John Mc caughan ) & I took turns doing either lights or stage and of course Coby was on sound, wardrobe & sanity. Just getting there was hit and miss because there was a petrol strike in NSW at the time. I was travelling in Langs’ Sandman panelvan but I know Coby, Zac & Ned had a nightmare trip up there with a dirty drum of fuel in the truck. Then we get to the house we are supposed to stay in and it’s covered in fingerprint dust, a very ominous sign as this was Qld in the Joh Bjelke Peterson era. ( more on the pigs later) We loaded in the next day and as we got the last of the gear in these guys come in through the loading dock. We all said G’day and one of ‘em asked “S’that your truck ?” ” Yeah mate”
” How the fuck did you get it up here???” “We drove it, wasn’t easy with the petrol strike, why?” They were cracking up and told us they were Billy Thorpe’s crew ( they were at the playroom ) & they’d seen the old beast around the traps but couldn’t believe it had made it to Qld. There’s plenty of stories about that truck as well, a genuine ” Hand painted original” Anyhow gotta go, will get some giggles together for later.
Our family owned it. Any body interested in more details. I am from other people that remembered it. Peter George and his brothers ran it….
Hi Chris, I would love any more information or images that you might have. I’d be happy to publish it.
Cheers, Mark
Hey Chris, If you have any more info, pics or anything to share about the ROCK then please let me know….your brothers still around on the gold coast?
thanks Andrew
my name was tracey kingsley it was in the really early 80′s you knew me i used to to nearly live at bombay rock the best venue ever never another one like it since the 80′s was the only year to live in it shaped our lives and our memories even now to remember and to bring a smile only if we could have a weekend to do it mental again. Thanks sooo much.
Bombay Rock Surfers Paradise – I worked as the DJ there for PG -If you have any photos I’d love to see them.
I think i used score tickets from you at school in ’84 – great days great aussie bands, and the best live venue in the state. $10 dollar nights all you can drink brings back memories, still comes up in conversations with the boys. Would love to see more photos, or band footage
Hi Chris!
My mother worked at Bombay during the early 90′s. I’m looking for a man, Chris that worked there around the same time, originally from Melbourne. I was wondering if you had any way of getting in contact with the old employees from The Rock? I don’t have his surname, but can give you a time frame in which he was employed there. Any information that you have would be much appreciated, or anyone that you could pass me onto would also be great.
Thanks and I look forward to your reply!
Alexandra Stack
Hello Everyone,
Such interesting comments!
I’m looking to interview people about their rock music scene memories on the Gold Coast from the mid-60s to the mid-80s. I’d love to talk with club owners, musicians, and music fans who were there and can tell me what it was like. It’s for a project I’m conducting at Griffith University. You can email me at c.feldman@griffith.edu.au if you’re interested.
Best,
Christine
hi mate chasin stories news or video from that time bombay, the play room, the jet club, the patch , mostly underground bands 83+
Hey Joe! I was in the first punk band from the coast called Complete Chaos. Started around 80-81. Changed name to N-Zone. Used to play Bombay, Patch, Playroom.. all the spots.
Hi…I have written a book about being an eighties groupie! Bombay features and if anyone has any info, funny stories or photos from that time please send to
nikki@nikkimcwatters.com
Cheers
Nik
“How can I love you, if you won’t lie down”
from the band notice (warning) plaque which was on the band room wall.
One of the better pieces of graffiti to have graced a wall
Love it! Thanks. Any more…..
I also nearly lived there. Anybody remember the little tin box Hot Dog stand out the front? Yep that was me until I could find people to work for me. Still had to be there EVERY night for “market research” though
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