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
12 years ago: The gig John and Juanita and others @ Frank Traynors on Friday, Mar 13 was added.
11 years ago: The gig Battersea Heroes @ Stanley's Stomp Station on Saturday, Oct 14 1972 was added.
11 years, 8 months ago: The gig Phillip Day, Russ Shipton @ Frank Traynors on Sunday, Mar 19 1972 was added.
12 years ago: The gig Daddy Cool and others @ Garrison on Saturday, Apr 17 1971 was added.
11 years, 6 months ago: The gig Jimmy Cook Syndicate @ Rendezvous Lounge on Saturday, Aug 21 1971 was added.
12 years ago: The gig Sunday Dancers and others @ Impulse on Sunday, May 24 was added.