Venue details
Thumpin' Tum
Status: Closed
Type: Discotheque
Location: 50 Little LaTrobe Street Melbourne Comments: also known as The Tum, The Thumping Tum, Thumpin' Tum, The Thumpin' Tum. Notes: nickname given to itself in mid 1970 was 'Heavy Quarters' - perhaps as a link to the 'heavy' bands and music played there - AG 130316. Article: Go-Set March 23, 1966. p 7. Title: Around the World. Author: Tony Healey. - Ken Moate named as part owner. Article: Mother Tum alive again. Go_Set June 12, 1971. p.21. Article states that Max the Bouncer was behind the June 1971 reopening of Tum. Notes: dry venue, though had occasional BYO and licensed nights (a few times a year maximum). - AG
Status: Closed
Type: Discotheque
Location: 50 Little LaTrobe Street Melbourne Comments: also known as The Tum, The Thumping Tum, Thumpin' Tum, The Thumpin' Tum. Notes: nickname given to itself in mid 1970 was 'Heavy Quarters' - perhaps as a link to the 'heavy' bands and music played there - AG 130316. Article: Go-Set March 23, 1966. p 7. Title: Around the World. Author: Tony Healey. - Ken Moate named as part owner. Article: Mother Tum alive again. Go_Set June 12, 1971. p.21. Article states that Max the Bouncer was behind the June 1971 reopening of Tum. Notes: dry venue, though had occasional BYO and licensed nights (a few times a year maximum). - AG
GIG MAP
Recent Tugging
10 years, 7 months ago: The gig Pirana and others @ Q Club on Saturday, May 1 1971 was added.
9 years, 12 months ago: The gig Aztecs- Super Jam Nite was added.
10 years, 1 month ago: The gig Dave Brannigan, Julie Wong, Graham Lowndes @ Frank Traynors on Friday, Jul 21 1972 was added.
10 years, 8 months ago: The gig Max Merritt and the Meteors and others @ Impulse on Sunday, May 10 was added.
10 years, 8 months ago: The gig Billy Thorpe and the Aztecs, Gulliver's Bad Companions @ International Hotel on Friday, Jul 27 1973 was added.
10 years, 8 months ago: The gig La De Das @ South Side Six Hotel on Sunday, Mar 4 1973 was edited.