Bombay Rock, Music venue in Brunswick, Victoria, Australia
Bombay Rock was a rock music venue on Sydney Road in Brunswick, Victoria, run by Joe Gualtieri from 1977 until a fire destroyed it in 1991. A 1980s description called it "an old style rock barn … with all the style and grace of a converted factory". After reconstruction the building kept its 19th-century facade and later reopened under the Bombay Rock name in May 2018.
The original venue operated from 1977 until 1991 when a fire destroyed the building. After reconstruction and a period operating under a different name, the location reopened in 2018 as Bombay Rock once more.
The venue's name came from the Bombay Bicycle Club on Bourke Street, where it operated before moving to Sydney Road. Australian Crawl's 1979 track Beautiful People names the Bombay Rock night club in Brunswick, and the venue appears as itself in the film Death in Brunswick. Gangland figures Judy Moran and Alphonse Gangitano were among its regulars.
The venue sits on Sydney Road in Brunswick, and the building kept its 19th-century facade after the 1991 fire. It reopened in May 2018 under the Bombay Rock name, managed by Asher Trainor and Kacey Knoodle. The original site ran from 1977 to 1991; earlier the operation was on Bourke Street in the city as the Bombay Bicycle Club.
The building retained its original 19th-century facade even after being destroyed by fire in 1991. This continuation of the classic exterior connects the place's past with its present-day function as a live music space.
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