The Cross during the 90's was the best. Packed with homies,bikies,skaters,goths and bogans. A group of Hare Krishnas dancing and singing made it more fun. Good old times.
Should of seen it in the late 70's early 80's. Was way too funny seeing all those mopeds lined up in that spot, heaps different than the harleys etc that used to be parked there. Sad to see the cross destroyed compared to what it used to be. Yeah I may have been rough and seedy but it was a huge draw card and had a heap of character.
I remembered back in about 2000,the kebab shop under the coke sign...someone got glassed in the throat and there was all blood over the left side,still trading out of the right hand side 🤣
Brother, can I just say what an awesome human you are?! You treat everyone so well and are so authentic. And even after midnight, you will pose for a photo. What a champion.
Lockout laws were designed to send them all broke so developers can then build more units on the main drag as well as another Woolworths on the corner.
wrong, lockout laws were designed to stop the drunken thugs coward punching innocent people in the city by putting less pressure on emergency responders, police ,ambos, doctors nurses every night who had to deal with the aftermath of these idiots building more units is inevitable in prime locations its got nothing to do with developers or Woolworths they are just filling a gap in the market, cant blame them so you can thank the ratbags for the lockout laws ,once again the minority fucking it up for the majority
it was pretty sketchy back in the day though. Drugs, prostitutes, fights, violence, drunk people, criminals etc now it is just dead and boring but sort of better in a way as it is a lot cleaner
@@EatMyShortsAU you mean back in the late 70s early 80s into the 90s. By the 2000s it was so packed and full of people the sketchy ones were long gone. It has its issues but nothing different to the other night spots. Star casino had more assualts than anywhere in Sydney. 24hr trading no Problem.
The lockout laws in 2014 had a big impact on Kings Cross. It would be interesting to see you walk around other areas of the CBD to see if there is a bit of nightlife left in the city.
Yep. Ever Kieran loveridge fuck up the Cross when he killed Thomas Kelly (coward punch laws introduced). I was living there, the place was pumping. Sad 2 see. City of Sydney shot themselves in the foot, massive loss of revenue
Steak, mash and veggies for $14? In Sydney? Did I hear that right? To put it into perspective, I was at a pub in Kiama and it was $32 for a steak and chips.. That cafe already has my respect and I’ve never been there. 💯🔥
Sydney is so dead it’s such a shame, used to be so vibrant, so much culture amongst the grime and the crime, now nothing at all in the country’s biggest city, just a nanny state with nothing happening above the surface
@@pats3071 plenty of theatre and arts. food festivals. beach. harbour stuff. nature walks. plenty of good food and drink (just not late). lots of outdoor and indoor sports stuff. etc etc. its jut not vibrant for a party atmosphere.
Australia has become the definition of an authoritarian nanny state. They interject themselves in every single aspect of life that brings joy to anyone until that thing no longer exists. They successfully did that with Sydney's nightlife. Back in 2006 - 2012 you wouldn't be able to walk on the sidewalk without getting knocked over. Candy's Apartment used to have a 2 hour line to get in, and Dragonfly likewise. Getting a taxi at 3am was an hour-long process most timers!
I totally agree with you. I'm old enough to remember the 70's-80's when we were free and just left alone. Then along comes these power mad politicians who take away anything that's fun and micro manage every aspect of our lives till its hard to do anything. And it gets worse every year.
In my opinion it was Howard that first started depressing people and controlling what they can and can't do taking away freedoms one but at a time and it just hasn't stopped since....
i worked at a club for many years in the cross and i can say toward the end when it really died out, say 2015 ish onward, the police really went to extra efforts to try close clubs down, raiding them, being totally out of line, assulting people, checking if we are overfull all the time, it seemed like they were told to try make life harder for club owners toward the end, kings cross really died just before 2020, it is sad but i guess all good things have to come to an end.
Yep lockout laws supposedly for our own good don't worry about how it made the polices job 10x easier and funneled everyone into the casino conveniently just outside the restricted zone..
I love these random, kinda unedited videos you’ve done recently. We see classic Spanian, talking to yourself and going off on tangents but that’s what makes you so hilarious to watch 😊
It’s so dope that you can laugh at your past addictions mate, you have come a long way! Props broski from 🇮🇪 Love the content, especially the Cambodian trip, big eye opener.. hopefully catch you over here at some point! Bless cuz.. keep it lit.
1st visit in 2006 ish I got held against my will in bada bing. A lady lured me in, went upstairs, no show was on, no music, just 5 heavy dudes drinking at a table. When I seen nothing was happening the lady then blocked the doorway to go downstairs with their arms spread across the door frame. Realising this wasn't going to end too well I pushed her over and ran down those stairs sooo fast
yeah , back in mid 90s there was a lot of grabbing guys off the street to get them into strip joints and the bouncer would then grab your money as soon as you pulled it out and give himself a tip, very dodgy place then, read later a lot of killings at that time there. scary Mafia type shit! they mad movies about it! lol
The Covid waves really put the nail in the coffin for Kings Kross and even before that it got dialled down in fact Sydney itself has lost a lot of tourism hype. The cost of living is outrageous and people got fed up!
Does Sydney have another nightlife district? It used to be 1.kings cross 2. CBD 3. Newtown? Lived a year of partying in 2010, haven’t been back to Sydney yet tho
@@demun6065 It used to be Kings Cross, Oxford Street, Darling harbour, Pitt Street and during the summer Bondi and Coogie would have their thing going on too Kings Cross was always the final destination though.
I used to work as a bouncer at a few venues back in the day as I was going through uni, before the lockout laws..... It's so sad to see what happened to what was an iconic part of Australia
Back in the late 60s the only work my father could get was security at a gay bar in the Cross . number one patron at the time was believe it or not Kerri packer .😂true facts 😂
@@AnthonyTiculin-wp6chprobably because those places were non violent and a better vibe back in the day. Nothing wrong with a straight guy chilling in a non threatening environment
Hello Spanian, just wanted to say you are an awesome Man , you deserve every bit of Happiness, and love in your life my friend. I am from Wollongong, and watched heaps of your videos today, and enjoyed them all. Thank you for what you are doing. I wish you all the best in the Future xxxx Suzy
It was the Death of Thomas Kelly some guy who was drunk or high off drugs sucker punched him in kings cross ever since then Sydney nightlife has never been the same
I had the best time in The Cross during 2007-2011 at clubs such as Trademark, Hugos, Dragonfly & Ladylux. My kids now in their 20's have always been envious of my Cross clubbing days, something they never got to experience!
Ahhh memories!! 2006-2011 for me, I was 19 when I first went & this video shocks me, it’s sort of sad in a way, but Spanian says it best it’s like a museum now, a reminisce of what it used to be. We’re pretty lucky to of lived the last of the Cross Era ❤️
Well, I think it all depends on how old you are, I used to live up that way and go into the cross back from the mid eighties to the early 2000s. I can tell you now, the late 80s to the 90s it was an absolute fucking zoo ( in a good way )
Just like in the Cold Chisel song, I once had "Breakfast at Sweethearts" after a big night out in the cross. It was one of those bucket list things being a mad Chisel fan. Aaah the good ol days when the Cross was pumping back then in the 80's ..
Loved the Cross. First ventured in there in the summer of ‘88-‘89 when on school holidays before starting year 12. For a group of private school boys it was another world and it was pumping hard. At that age it was mostly about the strip clubs - Stripperama, Love Machine and Porkies were the big 3. They didn’t have a whole lot of rules either. More strip clubs in the 90s, among other things, before their night clubs in the 2000s (when I wasn’t in Q Bar on Oxford St). With the exception of Dancers Cabaret, which I hit hard in the early 2000s, while partying of course and spending up big. I would’ve entered almost every venue in the area over the years - cafes, pubs, people’s homes and way too many secrets to tell. Even that little arcade above Coles I had some favourite shops. Spanian missed so many other awesome streets (like further down Kellett St and the little bars and Spanish restaurants). Almost every venue has changed name. I saw Mansions where I played the old style card machines, and Spanian pointed to what used to be Studebakers and later Hugo’s. Across the road was Bayswater Brasserie and the coolest of night clubs - Sugareef. Then fast forward to 2016, I moved into a new apartment down in Rushcutters Bay and used to walk up like the Cross was my second home, albeit dead by then. Loved the eclectic vibe, the posers and the junkies were both awesome. Even in its prime, with bikies, drug dealers and criminals everywhere, I always felt safe in the Cross.
True, there were lots of criminal types there in the 80's, but I never felt unsafe or threatened. those were the days of the Mr Bigs and crooked coppers.
Visiting Sydney a few years ago .. got off the train at Martin Place and just walked through the gardens, past the museum and art gallery over the freeway and down towards Potts Point. Stop for a beer near the Navy … climb up the sandstone cliffs and pop out at the Cross … what a gorgeous part of the world Sydney can be. My memory as a tourist in the early 90’s was that the place was wild, beautiful, funny, scary and sad all at the same time … nice to visit and be able to leave. Thanks for your insights Spanian, loving you YT. 👍
Thank you Spanian for posting lad! Living in the UK, I really miss home, and your videos have helped reminisce about our home of Sydney. It’s so sad that the Cross is dead - such an awesome place back in the day. Sydney needs a night time economy - played so many gigs in the Cross. London has a great night time economy
@@tironibusmaximus6100 yeah last time I was home, Newtown was really pumping. It does seem that night economy is gravitating towards other centres outside of the City. It is a shame to see the Cross so dead - a major international city like Sydney needs to have more night life
its kinda funny how similar the London Kings Cross is to the Australian one, they both even have changed now into normal places due to gentrification and things
@@Lokkk350 not quite mate. Kudos to London’s Kings Cross that it’s evolved - albeit controversially through gentrification, but it’s progressive. In Sydney’s case, we have had terrible governance that has ruined a great night time economy and a thriving hub. Sydney’s Cross pails in comparison to London’s Cross. London Kings Cross has some really good restaurants, and it’s a little food Mecca. I can’t say the same for home!
Was in sydney in 05 and 06, legendary parties in KC and around the city in general, was fun to look back with you around KC, sure lookes more quiet now.
I’m a cabbie in Perth and a lot of people told me they introduced curfews in Sydney around 11pm. That’s really weird and very bad for business. Come to Perth brother and check out Northbridge in Perth on a Friday or Saturday night. Probably like Kings Cross back in the day. It’s basically opened til 5am. Our port city as well Fremantle on a Saturday night when Metropolis Nightclub is open is pumping.
@@Bllurenbullshit. Perth is busier than you think ..northbridge is pumping on the weekends. Sydney looks dead. Didn't look like much content here for spanian
So depressing to see it now! I use to go to Kings Cross a lot during the late 1970's and early 1980's. During that era it was pretty much the only place in the Sydney metropolitan area that had pubs/clubs, food shops and "other things" open after 12 midnight. Friday and Saturday nights through to the early hours of the morning, the street was crowded with people, heaps of neon signs and the road was full of cars cruising along... Within the next 10 years it will slowly become all apartment buildings.
We travelled from NZ to Oz a couple of times in the early 90’s before moving here in the mid 90’s. The cross was wild back then. We (my husband and me) used to visit a few strip clubs just to see what it was all about, but our favourite was a place we stayed in the cross, where we ate on the second floor and could see the ‘comings and going’s’ in the cross. What a mess it was in the mornings. There was a lot of sadness, but also a lot of fun. Times are different, but there’s still a lot of sadness and fun. 💜
Someone still standing from those times is Vito and his Piccolo Bar where webuswd to smoke post drink coffee and eat his soup. Different now but he is still knitting hos scarves for Angels
This was literally a walk through memory lane. Early 2000's this place was absolutely cranking, Mitsubishi's everywhere ;) Then the lock out laws and early closures of clubs came in and then they fcked it all up. The scene died ages ago and it'll never be the same. Can't believe how dead it is now brah
Yeah same. 90's were awesome. Left maybe 2002. Began to notice alot of losers on meth thinking they were superman. Just walking straight through a crowd of people shouldering them all. I'd say meth turned it to trash. Those mitsibishi's everyone had fun on, and a good night. But that stuff meh just turns people into trash not worth being around. And it's just everywhere. Such a shitty drug. I'd blame that myself for it needing to be shut down.
eveyone loves spanian because he's so genuine for me as well as that it's how simple of aman he is. i guess that comes from his troubled past idk but the way he's stoked and has sussed out his gym routine at his place is prime example. only hardship makes you appreciate every little thing. i love how he shows his passion for such things. Big ups SPANIAN, LETS OGGGG
That is dead set sad, Kings Cross is a cemetery it's so dead these days. 1990 Kings Cross was pumping day & night, the heart of Sydney. The footpaths were full with people spilling even onto the road. Lights flashing, music pumping, girls selling dreams on every corner in every doorway. Bars & pubs were full of people drinking, dancing, fighting & everyone was there for a good time. A night on the Cross was a right of passage for every 18 year old?. Strip bars & dancing girls every 10 metres, steroid bouncers flexing out the front of every club & spotters with microphones in hand dragging men/tourists off the street & into the strip bars & clubs to spend their money😂. Crooks fresh out of jail looking the goods spending their jail release half cheque from Centrelink at the Cross. There were some very colourful & infamous people running the Cross, working, earning there & living & dying on Darlinghurst road & Cross's back alleys & in upstairs parlour rooms😁. It's unrecognisable today looking at, i think the bikies & the NSW police forces response to them, then the ice epidemic & finally COVID shutdowns & new laws around pubs, clubs, bars, dancing etc during COVID have remained in place since & fully killed off the type of exciting city life that the Cross was unique for?. Tough anti crime, bikie, consorting drug & drinking laws & restrictions have suffocated & killed off magic places like Kings Cross was?.
Great video showing the world the truth about Kings Cross today. Far from what it used to be. Would definitely surprise a lot of people planning a visit.
I can't get over how much the cross has changed, Spent many of night partying with mates in the cross on a friday/saturday night. A mate used to love always going to candy's apartment, I remember going to the swans club or the sports bar a few doors up from there. Could never forget the bouncers always trying to get you into the strip clubs along the cross 🤣🤣🤣
The Cross easily had the biggest reputation in Aus In the early 90s when I was there and the mid 90s when again as well. It had an edge to it like no other place During the day even you had to be on your guard. It was full on. Saw Craig Johnston the Liverpool striker there one night and his crew were in a running brawl and I grabbed him running past and I was like a fan boy. I said,”Hey Craig great to meet you kinda stuff and he said to me. They started it man they started 😅 People getting dropped left right and center,heavy hands Anyway, I don’t know what it was like from 2000 on cause I moved overseas but it was fuking wild place Couldn’t believe your video bro. What a change!!!
Cross had more of a reputation in the 70s 80 s even earlier Vietnam war R&R Americans Aussies miliary would come here king Cross was were most of the Heroin was sold and many criminals were here also massive sex industry inside and out. people from al over the world came here.
Last times I was at the Cross for a good night the place was packed, was a murderer on the loose, getting accosted by junkies looking for a fix, probably narcs, your typical pro's and bumper to bumper traffic. Even had my 16th birthday at one of the shows, got taken up on stage and all that shit. Only ever went a few times for a night out, well far from home, but they made for some crazy good memories. Place looks sad now, but cheers for the flashbacks.
My late Dad used to drive us kids through the cross at night in the 80's. I always wondered why there was women wearing very little just standing outside the front of 'shops' 😂. It was such an alien, colourful and vibrant place and I always loved going through there.
This brings back so many memories. I remember me and my friends would go clubbing back in 2009 and Tunnel, The Bank, Tank and Hugos was where it was at. It was packed. So many drunken people. Fights. It doesn't look the same nowadays. Once they had the lockout rules I think back in 2015 - that's where it went all downhill. So much nostalgia watching this!
Thanks bruv for this, things have changed a lot, I have not seen or been there since the 80s. The Harem Gentlemens Club used to be Playbirds. Grove Bar used to be JJ's And the flex guy lol, is standing outside what used to be the Colosseum. Showgirls used to be Pink Panther Lots of other changes I see. Shame you didn't slowly walk past the old Pink Pussycat, would love to have seen that.
O. M. G.. I'm 63yrs old Now but I lived in the CROSS. Across the road from bays water Rd it use to be pumping.. Regular GANGSTERS Would Drink at the restaurant.. CLUB At the wee hours.. Cannot.. Name names but just Watch UNDERBELLY.. MR rentakill.. Etc.. GANGSTERS.!! IT Was the 80s..and AMAZING Back in the DAY.. I Also lived down the Rd from rosyln St.. And an apartment across the road from William St.. THANKYOU. SPANIAN.. I use to sing at the old Manzil room nightclub in Springfield ave..But they closed It up was a MUSICIANS.. HANG OUT After they finished their GIGS. And the old BOURBON AND BEEF STEAK BAR... Was..great..had Many a Meal at 3Am..😂🎉❤🍾🥂👌🍴🎊THANKYOU.. FOR THE MEMORIES. 👍💯
Its great to see the cross again. Back in 2007 that Italian restaurant was New York slice Pizza, I was the manager there for a while and would give all the bar staff free pizza at 5am.. good times cuz!
Man I just stumbled uou here, you walking down Bayswater Road. I be spent many years promoting clubs on that street, Zone, then Ziggurat, then Sugareef, Tuesday nights French Dressing was awesome! Friday nights at Sugareef was such a cool crowd. Kings Cross looks so dead these days, thanks for the reminiscing.
When I was a young skateboarder/street kid, there was a restaurant called New York that fed the homeless and everyone else. You could get any home cooked meal for around $5
Hi bro. Thanks for the vid, much appreciated. At 20min was The Empire Hotel. I was a DJ back in the early 90's at a Fijian club called JJ's. It was across the road from Omalley's on Brougham st. I was spinning sounds 7 nights a week and the Cross was on fire. Everyone was happy and getting it on. So many awesome venues and clubs just in that area. Oz Rock Cafe, The Tunnel, Illusions, Paradise Club, VIP's, Round Midnight, The Piccolo, Cardoma Cafe and Benny's ! We used to start DJ'n at Benny's at 2am on Thursday with my friend who had the gig. That's unheard of now. Who starts at a small muso joint at 2am, awesome! So Spanian. The answer to your question. Has the Cross redeemed itself ? No! It is impossible to bring back the vibe, atmosphere and great memories and people I met and the amazing years I experienced as a DJ in Kings Cross. Now at 54 years old I gracefully drive my Uber in the area every week and remember when I came to Australia my parents would take me to see the magical fountain and get a double cone at the iconic ice cream parlour that became The Empire Hotel. Now I feel sad to see how the government and it's red tap lockdown laws has devastated people's businesses and lives. I was 4 or 5 years old then. But these are memories will never go away as long as I live. Long live The Forgotten Cross and lets reopen all Sydney venues and be what we once were.
I remember going to few places across from the COKE sign was like a rave rooftop and lotel million dollar views problem now is non of these venues would pass fire or regulations back then it was - this place is empty lets do it there will never happen again
It’s just a normal suburban place now. The kross was pumping bumper to bumper take an hour just to cruise the strip. Ahh the memories 😎 If there were a little bit more people in the kross the riot police would be there 😂 no shit.
Hi Spanian I was a Bouncer at the Menzel room disco it was a wild place 20 fights every night ,,and I loved it I could bash the naughty boys ,,Untill I got stabbed twice in the stomach that changed my mind working there ,,but I love those Cross still do cheers Happy New year cheers 👍🦘🇦🇺
So the old pubs and the pink pussycat are all gone now ! I miss the bouncers trying to get you to come inside and see the shows lol RIP KC....The biggest bed in world was in bayswater road too
God the Cross has changed do much since the mid 80s when it was so good so fun so many people around love it ! The people and things opened back then 24/ 7 it was great ! 😢
To see the people come up to you is saying something 👌👌🤙. You are a great inspiration to all the people that love your channel 👍 cheers 🍻 to your channel mate ❤
Love the videos!! You should do a walk on a friday/Saturday night down George St in the city, King St to Enmore Rd (Newtown/Enmore), Oxford St and Darling Harbour to Barangaroo! Sydney had to fracture when lockouts came. It'll take sometime to get it back to what it was and I am too old to have a say tbh
I remember walking out of lido suites in the morning straight to Froth Cafe for a feed after a huge night. Always hit the spot. They even tucked us up the back of the Cafe out of the way of the normal folk knowing we were all still buckled usually.
Melbourne man who partied in Sydney back in the day with many gay lads who showed me the Kross and its hangouts what a loss to the night life and the vibe of the place all sought of folk who really all blended in to the experience of the strip it’s all gone pretty much now lost to the regulations of the local government trying to put a stop to violence and higher rents killed many thanks Spanian for this keep up the great vlogs! 🤙🏻
Roger , Neddy , Abo , the Ibrihams ! And all those that came before them ! 0:00 Went up the cross many times as a naive punter , you just didn’t play up ! I blame the year 2000 yuppies pricks that king hit and glassed the place up ! What a shame ! Great memories of the cross , never had a problem, there so much respect! Even though it was run by infamous characters! The cross’ motto was , ‘play with fire ‘ you know the rest ! I’ve aged now , wouldn’t go there these days even if it was like it used to be ! Such is life said “the cross “ ! Gone but , the memories live on ! Good on ya “ Spainian “!
I was in Sydney for a couple nights a few weeks ago, a lot more night life than I expected. great fun with plenty of backpackers to keep me entertained
I’m a local, what I am hearing is that the cost of living in Sydney is so high that most cannot afford to have a night out in the Cross. It’s so much cheaper to just drink at home etc. Suburbs change, and I highly doubt Kings Cross will ever return to “the 80’s” Kings Cross. Newtown has a great vibe at night on a Friday or Saturday.
It’s sad to see an icon suburb like Kings Cross has turned into an everyday place. Going back 30 years, I had the best time with friends in the Cross. The corner place near the police station was called something like, “The beef and bourbon”. I can’t quite remember. Good times gone now. It’s great to see your vids, with no censorship, all natural. Take care, from our little country town TERANG Victoria
2001 the injecting room opened span & I totally agree with you bra… The process to get in & have a otshay was annoying especially when you were crook & needed to get sorted asap. Happy New Year Brother.
Remember it taking 20 mins by cab to cross the main strip at the cross on a good night. Bourbon at the end of the strip, but gone. Was a happening place with anything and everything in the early 00s. Surprised show girls survived
Thanks Spanian amazing to see the cross now I lived there in 1985 wow how much it’s died it was a great fun place to live back then now I don’t need to go back and see it Cheers from New Zealand
Thanks mate, that was some great (albeit laid back) investigative journalism. It's genuinely sad to see how dead the cross has become, I remember my first experience with a seedy strip club there in the late 70's, then so many rock and roll nights in the eighties and so many step off the street into a small shop front that opens into a cool dance club in the 90's. Oh and the Bourbon and Beef was the go to at any time of the night, any day of the week.
You’re bringing back so many memorable and not quite so rememberable lol memories with these walking yarns around Sydney 🙏 sending our regards and a big fat thank you! And cheers for the laughs, u truly are just so f funny bro 😂 just being you and randos being so darn random, it’s made for views! Idk how you popped up on my utube feed but it turns out my bf was cellys with you for a fortnight or so a few years back now and so we both have been checking out ur vlogs in our down time since coming across ur stuff. Theres Nothing but mad respect for u n what you do. Keep killin it cos you’re influence will be all for the better in peoples lives especially in these trying times…. And it just goes to show that if you do what ya love and therefore love what u do then things can and absolutely will work out for you. May you continue to grow and evolve your platform with your truth 😊
The Cross during the 90's was the best. Packed with homies,bikies,skaters,goths and bogans. A group of Hare Krishnas dancing and singing made it more fun. Good old times.
Yeeesssss good times🎉
The hari krishnas!!!!
Should of seen it in the late 70's early 80's. Was way too funny seeing all those mopeds lined up in that spot, heaps different than the harleys etc that used to be parked there. Sad to see the cross destroyed compared to what it used to be. Yeah I may have been rough and seedy but it was a huge draw card and had a heap of character.
there used to be motorbikes parked infront of a cafe all the time back in the days, which club was that? hells angels?
I remembered back in about 2000,the kebab shop under the coke sign...someone got glassed in the throat and there was all blood over the left side,still trading out of the right hand side 🤣
Brother, can I just say what an awesome human you are?! You treat everyone so well and are so authentic. And even after midnight, you will pose for a photo. What a champion.
Spanian brother, random feeds or hood walks with the GoPro going are the best unplanned sometimes, you’re content is great brother GOD BLESS ✝️
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Lockout laws were designed to send them all broke so developers can then build more units on the main drag as well as another Woolworths on the corner.
wrong, lockout laws were designed to stop the drunken thugs coward punching innocent people in the city by putting less pressure on emergency responders, police ,ambos, doctors nurses every night who had to deal with the aftermath of these idiots
building more units is inevitable in prime locations
its got nothing to do with developers or Woolworths they are just filling a gap in the market, cant blame them
so you can thank the ratbags for the lockout laws ,once again the minority fucking it up for the majority
it was pretty sketchy back in the day though. Drugs, prostitutes, fights, violence, drunk people, criminals etc now it is just dead and boring but sort of better in a way as it is a lot cleaner
@@EatMyShortsAU you mean back in the late 70s early 80s into the 90s. By the 2000s it was so packed and full of people the sketchy ones were long gone. It has its issues but nothing different to the other night spots. Star casino had more assualts than anywhere in Sydney. 24hr trading no Problem.
Yeah true true. I guess sketchy by today's standards.@@HSVGEEK
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what a fkn breath of fresh air you are mate.....I wish you all the success with your channel. Cheers mate from Tassie
The lockout laws in 2014 had a big impact on Kings Cross. It would be interesting to see you walk around other areas of the CBD to see if there is a bit of nightlife left in the city.
It's slim pickings everywhere now. Manly and Newtown probably the last refuge.
Lots of good pubs all over the place but for proper nightlife you’ve got buckleys in Sydney these days I reckon!
Yep. Ever Kieran loveridge fuck up the Cross when he killed Thomas Kelly (coward punch laws introduced). I was living there, the place was pumping. Sad 2 see. City of Sydney shot themselves in the foot, massive loss of revenue
From someone who lives in the city I tell ya, nightlife is still very much alive and kickin.
Sydney is a ghost town at night
Steak, mash and veggies for $14? In Sydney? Did I hear that right? To put it into perspective, I was at a pub in Kiama and it was $32 for a steak and chips..
That cafe already has my respect and I’ve never been there. 💯🔥
Totally agree with you an average bistro would charge 20+ maybe 30 bucks for that
my nan and pop are from kiama haha
@@muzzaaaaa2848 what's that got do with a $32 steak 🥩 and chips 🍟?
I was there this morning….
Good value! Mostly those cheap and cheerful cafes have gone bust due to greedy rental increases.
Sydney is so dead it’s such a shame, used to be so vibrant, so much culture amongst the grime and the crime, now nothing at all in the country’s biggest city, just a nanny state with nothing happening above the surface
Literally so true, sucks being young ere😂
only people who are young or plebs say that.. their is heaps to do if you dont care about drinking and partys..
@@fullsendit292 What can you do mate? Go to a kebab shop on an empty street that closes at 10pm?
@@pats3071 mate the list is endless in sydney..
@@pats3071 plenty of theatre and arts. food festivals. beach. harbour stuff. nature walks. plenty of good food and drink (just not late). lots of outdoor and indoor sports stuff. etc etc. its jut not vibrant for a party atmosphere.
Australia has become the definition of an authoritarian nanny state. They interject themselves in every single aspect of life that brings joy to anyone until that thing no longer exists. They successfully did that with Sydney's nightlife. Back in 2006 - 2012 you wouldn't be able to walk on the sidewalk without getting knocked over. Candy's Apartment used to have a 2 hour line to get in, and Dragonfly likewise. Getting a taxi at 3am was an hour-long process most timers!
I remember it from the 80's and Wow they have all but destroyed it now....Sad!
but the wowsers who fucked it all were such great economic managers. so many of their mates got rich as fuck too.
I totally agree with you. I'm old enough to remember the 70's-80's when we were free and just left alone. Then along comes these power mad politicians who take away anything that's fun and micro manage every aspect of our lives till its hard to do anything. And it gets worse every year.
In my opinion it was Howard that first started depressing people and controlling what they can and can't do taking away freedoms one but at a time and it just hasn't stopped since....
Yeah but ppl go to outdoor mutli day festivals now, not clubs
This takes me back, I remember staying in the cross a couple of weeks, back in 2009, at The Jolly Swagman Hostel, visited that Maccas a few times,
Old mate in his undies trying to keep the cross alive brother 😂😂 love the work span
i worked at a club for many years in the cross and i can say toward the end when it really died out, say 2015 ish onward, the police really went to extra efforts to try close clubs down, raiding them, being totally out of line, assulting people, checking if we are overfull all the time, it seemed like they were told to try make life harder for club owners toward the end, kings cross really died just before 2020, it is sad but i guess all good things have to come to an end.
Yep lockout laws supposedly for our own good don't worry about how it made the polices job 10x easier and funneled everyone into the casino conveniently just outside the restricted zone..
Yep, I was working then too.
Yep coppers acting on behalf of Sydney City Council and state government to clean up the Cross.
I lived there in the late 80s. It was still good then !!Gentrification sucks.
Good things you rekn.
Fkn biggest shit hole in Sydney.
I love these random, kinda unedited videos you’ve done recently. We see classic Spanian, talking to yourself and going off on tangents but that’s what makes you so hilarious to watch 😊
Im thinking that this channel is actually a lot better than the main channel now. :)
It’s so dope that you can laugh at your past addictions mate, you have come a long way! Props broski from 🇮🇪
Love the content, especially the Cambodian trip, big eye opener.. hopefully catch you over here at some point! Bless cuz.. keep it lit.
1st visit in 2006 ish I got held against my will in bada bing. A lady lured me in, went upstairs, no show was on, no music, just 5 heavy dudes drinking at a table. When I seen nothing was happening the lady then blocked the doorway to go downstairs with their arms spread across the door frame. Realising this wasn't going to end too well I pushed her over and ran down those stairs sooo fast
yeah , back in mid 90s there was a lot of grabbing guys off the street to get them into strip joints and the bouncer would then grab your money as soon as you pulled it out and give himself a tip, very dodgy place then, read later a lot of killings at that time there. scary Mafia type shit! they mad movies about it! lol
The first strip joint I went to was bada bings . It was busy though . Dead now
Am I the only one who wants to see that’s video of Spanian save that guy on Bondi rescue 🤣🤣
Yes
Lol what???
Someone update me 😂
Yes
Yeah bro, you are.😅
The Covid waves really put the nail in the coffin for Kings Kross and even before that it got dialled down in fact Sydney itself has lost a lot of tourism hype. The cost of living is outrageous and people got fed up!
Shit city these days
The old covid hoax
People actually believed that scam hahah
Thats a fact, it was almost the same as now in this video by 2018
Does Sydney have another nightlife district? It used to be 1.kings cross 2. CBD 3. Newtown?
Lived a year of partying in 2010, haven’t been back to Sydney yet tho
@@demun6065 It used to be Kings Cross, Oxford Street, Darling harbour, Pitt Street and during the summer Bondi and Coogie would have their thing going on too
Kings Cross was always the final destination though.
I used to work as a bouncer at a few venues back in the day as I was going through uni, before the lockout laws..... It's so sad to see what happened to what was an iconic part of Australia
Back in the late 60s the only work my father could get was security at a gay bar in the Cross . number one patron at the time was believe it or not Kerri packer .😂true facts 😂
@@AnthonyTiculin-wp6chprobably because those places were non violent and a better vibe back in the day. Nothing wrong with a straight guy chilling in a non threatening environment
Hello Spanian, just wanted to say you are an awesome Man , you deserve every bit of Happiness, and love in your life my friend. I am from Wollongong, and watched heaps of your videos today, and enjoyed them all. Thank you for what you are doing. I wish you all the best in the Future xxxx
Suzy
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰
real patient with ya fans especially the old bloke, respect
It was the Death of Thomas Kelly some guy who was drunk or high off drugs sucker punched him in kings cross ever since then Sydney nightlife has never been the same
That was Mike Baird's excuse for funnelling everyone into the casino .
someone gotta dig up the footage of Spanian on Bondi Rescue.
F for when someone finds it
The uncut version 💯
For the culture
I had the best time in The Cross during 2007-2011 at clubs such as Trademark, Hugos, Dragonfly & Ladylux. My kids now in their 20's have always been envious of my Cross clubbing days, something they never got to experience!
Ahhh memories!! 2006-2011 for me, I was 19 when I first went & this video shocks me, it’s sort of sad in a way, but Spanian says it best it’s like a museum now, a reminisce of what it used to be. We’re pretty lucky to of lived the last of the Cross Era ❤️
Classy
Well, I think it all depends on how old you are, I used to live up that way and go into the cross back from the mid eighties to the early 2000s.
I can tell you now, the late 80s to the 90s it was an absolute fucking zoo ( in a good way )
Had some of the best nights of my life, in the World Bar on Bayswater road.
Yeah but ppl go to outdoor mutli day festivals now, not clubs
Thanks for putting stuff out, and being honest for the kids. Every kid not going to jail is a win. Much love
Just like in the Cold Chisel song, I once had "Breakfast at Sweethearts" after a big night out in the cross. It was one of those bucket list things being a mad Chisel fan. Aaah the good ol days when the Cross was pumping back then in the 80's ..
I lived in the Cross from 1992 -1997 and it was full hectic. Brings back memories of places you walked through there!
R.I.P. The Cross 1965 - 2005 (ish). Some hectic decades man.
Yeah I was only young back in 90’s early 2000’s my first E’s was in the cross was crazy and fun at the same time, kids nowadays have no idea lolz
Steak, mash & veg for $14…that’s incredible!!! How do they even profit from that? Mega value for money!
How would they not bargain from being not greedy? It would work in their favour.
You couldn't m ake it for less, how are they making money?
@@Conssumed I run a restaurant so I know they would be making very little profit, would have to be pulling in some big numbers to make it worth while.
Pokies
Loved the Cross. First ventured in there in the summer of ‘88-‘89 when on school holidays before starting year 12. For a group of private school boys it was another world and it was pumping hard. At that age it was mostly about the strip clubs - Stripperama, Love Machine and Porkies were the big 3. They didn’t have a whole lot of rules either. More strip clubs in the 90s, among other things, before their night clubs in the 2000s (when I wasn’t in Q Bar on Oxford St). With the exception of Dancers Cabaret, which I hit hard in the early 2000s, while partying of course and spending up big. I would’ve entered almost every venue in the area over the years - cafes, pubs, people’s homes and way too many secrets to tell. Even that little arcade above Coles I had some favourite shops. Spanian missed so many other awesome streets (like further down Kellett St and the little bars and Spanish restaurants). Almost every venue has changed name. I saw Mansions where I played the old style card machines, and Spanian pointed to what used to be Studebakers and later Hugo’s. Across the road was Bayswater Brasserie and the coolest of night clubs - Sugareef. Then fast forward to 2016, I moved into a new apartment down in Rushcutters Bay and used to walk up like the Cross was my second home, albeit dead by then. Loved the eclectic vibe, the posers and the junkies were both awesome. Even in its prime, with bikies, drug dealers and criminals everywhere, I always felt safe in the Cross.
Yeah me too I visited in mid 80s unreal the best back then !!
Dream Machine
True, there were lots of criminal types there in the 80's, but I never felt unsafe or threatened. those were the days of the Mr Bigs and crooked coppers.
Visiting Sydney a few years ago .. got off the train at Martin Place and just walked through the gardens, past the museum and art gallery over the freeway and down towards Potts Point. Stop for a beer near the Navy … climb up the sandstone cliffs and pop out at the Cross … what a gorgeous part of the world Sydney can be.
My memory as a tourist in the early 90’s was that the place was wild, beautiful, funny, scary and sad all at the same time … nice to visit and be able to leave.
Thanks for your insights Spanian, loving you YT. 👍
Scary, really? Where are you from cause there’s areas in every UK city that are 5x worse than Sydney’s worst areas. I lived in Sydney for 5 months
Love the random walk-throughs! I remember those corners all too well from back in the day. Clubbing at YU, Trashbags, Empire...so good!
Anyone got the link to Spanian on Bondi rescue?
Any luck ?
Thank you Spanian for posting lad! Living in the UK, I really miss home, and your videos have helped reminisce about our home of Sydney. It’s so sad that the Cross is dead - such an awesome place back in the day. Sydney needs a night time economy - played so many gigs in the Cross. London has a great night time economy
Sydney has a night time economy - just not in the city anymore. Enmore is starting to pick up as well btw.
@@tironibusmaximus6100 yeah last time I was home, Newtown was really pumping. It does seem that night economy is gravitating towards other centres outside of the City. It is a shame to see the Cross so dead - a major international city like Sydney needs to have more night life
its kinda funny how similar the London Kings Cross is to the Australian one, they both even have changed now into normal places due to gentrification and things
@@Lokkk350 not quite mate. Kudos to London’s Kings Cross that it’s evolved - albeit controversially through gentrification, but it’s progressive.
In Sydney’s case, we have had terrible governance that has ruined a great night time economy and a thriving hub. Sydney’s Cross pails in comparison to London’s Cross. London Kings Cross has some really good restaurants, and it’s a little food Mecca. I can’t say the same for home!
@@lildrum78 your not the first person iv heard talk about bad governance over there tbh
You going into Froth puts eyes on it. Which is great for them with your fan base.
What bruh
Brother love your shit, but try to seem more interested in your fans brother
Was in sydney in 05 and 06, legendary parties in KC and around the city in general, was fun to look back with you around KC, sure lookes more quiet now.
World Bar used to be anarchy 10-15 years ago. Laneways near Maccas used to be heroin hangout. it's crazy to see how dead it is now
World Bar was the best night club there. Do you remember the club across the road from there? Can't remember the name of the club.
@RimBrakeKing Of course, it was Hugo's. Now I remember. Thanks 👍
I’m a cabbie in Perth and a lot of people told me they introduced curfews in Sydney around 11pm. That’s really weird and very bad for business. Come to Perth brother and check out Northbridge in Perth on a Friday or Saturday night. Probably like Kings Cross back in the day. It’s basically opened til 5am. Our port city as well Fremantle on a Saturday night when Metropolis Nightclub is open is pumping.
Perth is pretty boring tho. Not much content for him there.
This cabbie is an idiot, I just left there after living there for 10 years, Perth is shit...
There are no curfews after 11pm. The lockout laws were in a couple of blocks around the cross. It did not affect the rest of Sydney.
@@Bllurenbullshit. Perth is busier than you think ..northbridge is pumping on the weekends. Sydney looks dead. Didn't look like much content here for spanian
@@ACDZ123 I've lived in the CBD of Perth, Midland, gosnells, wanneroo, Northam, toodyay. Its boring as hell.
So depressing to see it now! I use to go to Kings Cross a lot during the late 1970's and early 1980's. During that era it was pretty much the only place in the Sydney metropolitan area that had pubs/clubs, food shops and "other things" open after 12 midnight. Friday and Saturday nights through to the early hours of the morning, the street was crowded with people, heaps of neon signs and the road was full of cars cruising along... Within the next 10 years it will slowly become all apartment buildings.
We travelled from NZ to Oz a couple of times in the early 90’s before moving here in the mid 90’s. The cross was wild back then. We (my husband and me) used to visit a few strip clubs just to see what it was all about, but our favourite was a place we stayed in the cross, where we ate on the second floor and could see the ‘comings and going’s’ in the cross. What a mess it was in the mornings. There was a lot of sadness, but also a lot of fun. Times are different, but there’s still a lot of sadness and fun. 💜
$14 for steak mash and veggies is unreal
My stomping ground from 1997-2000, crazy times and a crazy experience. RIP DK, Sniper, Mick, Ali, Taz and Beamer!
It wass mad then for sure
Someone still standing from those times is Vito and his Piccolo Bar where webuswd to smoke post drink coffee and eat his soup. Different now but he is still knitting hos scarves for Angels
Is DK Danny Karam?
Yep. @@TheBushRanger.
@@grubnutz did you know him?
Always wondered what the cross is like this day n age, well done Spanian
These vlogs are awesome. I have them running on my second monitor as I work. Keep it up. Thanks
This was literally a walk through memory lane. Early 2000's this place was absolutely cranking, Mitsubishi's everywhere ;) Then the lock out laws and early closures of clubs came in and then they fcked it all up. The scene died ages ago and it'll never be the same. Can't believe how dead it is now brah
Lol red Mitsubishi’s I remember that haha
Yeah same. 90's were awesome. Left maybe 2002. Began to notice alot of losers on meth thinking they were superman. Just walking straight through a crowd of people shouldering them all. I'd say meth turned it to trash. Those mitsibishi's everyone had fun on, and a good night. But that stuff meh just turns people into trash not worth being around. And it's just everywhere. Such a shitty drug. I'd blame that myself for it needing to be shut down.
eveyone loves spanian because he's so genuine for me as well as that it's how simple of aman he is. i guess that comes from his troubled past idk but the way he's stoked and has sussed out his gym routine at his place is prime example. only hardship makes you appreciate every little thing. i love how he shows his passion for such things. Big ups SPANIAN, LETS OGGGG
That is dead set sad, Kings Cross is a cemetery it's so dead these days. 1990 Kings Cross was pumping day & night, the heart of Sydney. The footpaths were full with people spilling even onto the road. Lights flashing, music pumping, girls selling dreams on every corner in every doorway. Bars & pubs were full of people drinking, dancing, fighting & everyone was there for a good time. A night on the Cross was a right of passage for every 18 year old?. Strip bars & dancing girls every 10 metres, steroid bouncers flexing out the front of every club & spotters with microphones in hand dragging men/tourists off the street & into the strip bars & clubs to spend their money😂. Crooks fresh out of jail looking the goods spending their jail release half cheque from Centrelink at the Cross. There were some very colourful & infamous people running the Cross, working, earning there & living & dying on Darlinghurst road & Cross's back alleys & in upstairs parlour rooms😁. It's unrecognisable today looking at, i think the bikies & the NSW police forces response to them, then the ice epidemic & finally COVID shutdowns & new laws around pubs, clubs, bars, dancing etc during COVID have remained in place since & fully killed off the type of exciting city life that the Cross was unique for?. Tough anti crime, bikie, consorting drug & drinking laws & restrictions have suffocated & killed off magic places like Kings Cross was?.
Backyard benders are the go these days 😂
That was actually poetic af 🥹
Nanny state shit. All the laws just killed it.
Great video showing the world the truth about Kings Cross today. Far from what it used to be. Would definitely surprise a lot of people planning a visit.
I can't get over how much the cross has changed, Spent many of night partying with mates in the cross on a friday/saturday night. A mate used to love always going to candy's apartment, I remember going to the swans club or the sports bar a few doors up from there. Could never forget the bouncers always trying to get you into the strip clubs along the cross 🤣🤣🤣
The Cross easily had the biggest reputation in Aus In the early 90s when I was there and the mid 90s when again as well. It had an edge to it like no other place During the day even you had to be on your guard. It was full on. Saw Craig Johnston the Liverpool striker there one night and his crew were in a running brawl and I grabbed him running past and I was like a fan boy. I said,”Hey Craig great to meet you kinda stuff and he said to me. They started it man they started 😅
People getting dropped left right and center,heavy hands Anyway, I don’t know what it was like from 2000 on cause I moved overseas but it was fuking wild place
Couldn’t believe your video bro. What a change!!!
Cross had more of a reputation in the 70s 80 s even earlier Vietnam war R&R Americans Aussies miliary would come here king Cross was were most of the Heroin was sold and many criminals were here also massive sex industry inside and out. people from al over the world came here.
Last times I was at the Cross for a good night the place was packed, was a murderer on the loose, getting accosted by junkies looking for a fix, probably narcs, your typical pro's and bumper to bumper traffic. Even had my 16th birthday at one of the shows, got taken up on stage and all that shit. Only ever went a few times for a night out, well far from home, but they made for some crazy good memories. Place looks sad now, but cheers for the flashbacks.
My late Dad used to drive us kids through the cross at night in the 80's. I always wondered why there was women wearing very little just standing outside the front of 'shops' 😂. It was such an alien, colourful and vibrant place and I always loved going through there.
Ha! Awesome dad you have!
@@oldmate99 thanks mate 😊 he was.
These videos are brilliant, real life experiences from a local. The price at that place is unheard of these days especially in Sydney.
Thank you for taking us with you ❤ Stay blessed and keep up the good work 😊👍🏼
It was the First injecting room and has prevented over 100,000 ODs, not to mention preventing STIs and police harrassment 👍🏾✊🏾
I use the "could be digging holes" saying too haha
This brings back so many memories. I remember me and my friends would go clubbing back in 2009 and Tunnel, The Bank, Tank and Hugos was where it was at. It was packed. So many drunken people. Fights. It doesn't look the same nowadays. Once they had the lockout rules I think back in 2015 - that's where it went all downhill. So much nostalgia watching this!
Was the cross as bad as it is made in underbelly, I’m from England 🏴
ROGER RAMJET 😂😂😂that’s a blast from the past
@NewDocs77 Not as bad as you'd make it out to be
If you're looking for a fight, you'd find one. Otherwise a lot of fun
@@hondomclean6759 cheers mate thanks
Tunnel, The Bank and Gold Fish!!! Man those were the good old days getting a cab was a nightmare but a fun night. This was nostalgic ❤
Thanks bruv for this, things have changed a lot, I have not seen or been there since the 80s.
The Harem Gentlemens Club used to be Playbirds.
Grove Bar used to be JJ's
And the flex guy lol, is standing outside what used to be the Colosseum.
Showgirls used to be Pink Panther
Lots of other changes I see.
Shame you didn't slowly walk past the old Pink Pussycat, would love to have seen that.
O. M. G.. I'm 63yrs old Now but I lived in the CROSS. Across the road from bays water Rd it use to be pumping.. Regular GANGSTERS Would Drink at the restaurant.. CLUB At the wee hours.. Cannot.. Name names but just Watch UNDERBELLY.. MR rentakill.. Etc.. GANGSTERS.!! IT Was the 80s..and AMAZING Back in the DAY.. I Also lived down the Rd from rosyln St.. And an apartment across the road from William St.. THANKYOU. SPANIAN.. I use to sing at the old Manzil room nightclub in Springfield ave..But they closed It up was a MUSICIANS.. HANG OUT After they finished their GIGS. And the old BOURBON AND BEEF STEAK BAR... Was..great..had Many a Meal at 3Am..😂🎉❤🍾🥂👌🍴🎊THANKYOU.. FOR THE MEMORIES. 👍💯
Some of the real heavy weights and real gangsters never appeared in that show.
Why does every comment about the cross back in day, act all hush hush about the crims ? Like what happened?
I remember the bourbon and beefsteak - had great times 🎉
Security guard doing an impression of either a) 90's nickelodeon Johnny Bravo or b) an alpha pigeon.😂😂
You can literally see the memories by your body language and your face ❤
Brother we need mor vlogs with you and Columbia that last blog was real funny
I am from Malaysia, and I was here 15 years ago it was banging. I have not visited Aussie since it's crazy to see how things have changed.
Its great to see the cross again. Back in 2007 that Italian restaurant was New York slice Pizza, I was the manager there for a while and would give all the bar staff free pizza at 5am.. good times cuz!
Man I just stumbled uou here, you walking down Bayswater Road. I be spent many years promoting clubs on that street, Zone, then Ziggurat, then Sugareef, Tuesday nights French Dressing was awesome! Friday nights at Sugareef was such a cool crowd. Kings Cross looks so dead these days, thanks for the reminiscing.
When I was a young skateboarder/street kid, there was a restaurant called New York that fed the homeless and everyone else. You could get any home cooked meal for around $5
Hi bro. Thanks for the vid, much appreciated. At 20min was The Empire Hotel. I was a DJ back in the early 90's at a Fijian club called JJ's. It was across the road from Omalley's on Brougham st. I was spinning sounds 7 nights a week and the Cross was on fire. Everyone was happy and getting it on. So many awesome venues and clubs just in that area. Oz Rock Cafe, The Tunnel, Illusions, Paradise Club, VIP's, Round Midnight, The Piccolo, Cardoma Cafe and Benny's ! We used to start DJ'n at Benny's at 2am on Thursday with my friend who had the gig. That's unheard of now. Who starts at a small muso joint at 2am, awesome! So Spanian. The answer to your question. Has the Cross redeemed itself ? No! It is impossible to bring back the vibe, atmosphere and great memories and people I met and the amazing years I experienced as a DJ in Kings Cross. Now at 54 years old I gracefully drive my Uber in the area every week and remember when I came to Australia my parents would take me to see the magical fountain and get a double cone at the iconic ice cream parlour that became The Empire Hotel. Now I feel sad to see how the government and it's red tap lockdown laws has devastated people's businesses and lives. I was 4 or 5 years old then. But these are memories will never go away as long as I live. Long live The Forgotten Cross and lets reopen all Sydney venues and be what we once were.
Illusion night club was one of the best 🎉🎉
I remember going to few places across from the COKE sign
was like a rave
rooftop and lotel
million dollar views
problem now is non of these venues would pass fire or regulations
back then it was - this place is empty lets do it there
will never happen again
Most likely The OZ Rock Hotel. Around 4 levels with a rooftop party area. @@Simon-Simon-Simon
Ziggurat
@@powerplay.556 Straight across from Colosseum
Sydney has the worst night life of any city in Australia !!!
So many asians. Infested
aussie government loves endless immigration
It’s just a normal suburban place now.
The kross was pumping bumper to bumper take an hour just to cruise the strip.
Ahh the memories 😎
If there were a little bit more people in the kross the riot police would be there 😂 no shit.
High alcohol tax is probably the main contributor to the cross's demise
Hi Spanian I was a Bouncer at the Menzel room disco it was a wild place 20 fights every night ,,and I loved it I could bash the naughty boys ,,Untill I got stabbed twice in the stomach that changed my mind working there ,,but I love those Cross still do cheers Happy New year cheers 👍🦘🇦🇺
Sorry it was in the 80 s
So the old pubs and the pink pussycat are all gone now ! I miss the bouncers trying to get you to come inside and see the shows lol RIP KC....The biggest bed in world was in bayswater road too
One thing that’s cool af is you’ve always got time for fans man.
God the Cross has changed do much since the mid 80s when it was so good so fun so many people around love it ! The people and things opened back then 24/ 7 it was great ! 😢
To see the people come up to you is saying something 👌👌🤙. You are a great inspiration to all the people that love your channel 👍 cheers 🍻 to your channel mate ❤
Karim Benzema is back at Real Madrid 😳
The closest I’ve been to kings cross is watching Two Hands. Love that movie ❤
Love the videos!! You should do a walk on a friday/Saturday night down George St in the city, King St to Enmore Rd (Newtown/Enmore), Oxford St and Darling Harbour to Barangaroo! Sydney had to fracture when lockouts came. It'll take sometime to get it back to what it was and I am too old to have a say tbh
Bro this is crazy in the 90s this place was pumping like crazy, now its just dead. This is a midnight on Saturday morning now, wow.
Love your shirt brother...Gkuthaarn Man from North West Queensland (Gulf) and Loved your Music✊🏽
Tuning in from New Zealand brother,love all the content you provide,been watching from day dot,keep up the mean mahi/work one love bro chr chr
Thats my team Lad.
Hala Madrid!
Look like Benzema a lil bit 😂😂
2 goats benz and span
AHAHAHA GOOD OLD BUMFIGHTS, "WINCHESTER RIFLE SNIPER THEY EVEN GOT A SATTELITE FROM OUTTA SPACE THAT WILL F UP SOMETHING ON EARTH" -BlingBling
Spanian has done many walks through out his life good on him
I remember walking out of lido suites in the morning straight to Froth Cafe for a feed after a huge night. Always hit the spot. They even tucked us up the back of the Cafe out of the way of the normal folk knowing we were all still buckled usually.
Back in the day you couldn’t walk pat without being pulled into porkys haha
Our school teachers on our year 10 Sydney trip took us driving down the cross. It was totally different back then.
The cross is dead!
Yeah right
@@pissrael3ue8 What?
Melbourne man who partied in Sydney back in the day with many gay lads who showed me the Kross and its hangouts what a loss to the night life and the vibe of the place all sought of folk who really all blended in to the experience of the strip it’s all gone pretty much now lost to the regulations of the local government trying to put a stop to violence and higher rents killed many thanks Spanian for this keep up the great vlogs! 🤙🏻
Roger , Neddy , Abo , the Ibrihams ! And all those that came before them !
0:00 Went up the cross many times as a naive punter , you just didn’t play up ! I blame the year 2000 yuppies pricks that king hit and glassed the place up !
What a shame ! Great memories of the cross , never had a problem, there so much respect!
Even though it was run by infamous characters!
The cross’ motto was , ‘play with fire ‘ you know the rest ! I’ve aged now , wouldn’t go there these days even if it was like it used to be ! Such is life said “the cross “ ! Gone but , the memories live on ! Good on ya “ Spainian “!
i used to fly from NZ to AUS just to party at the cross
I was in Sydney for a couple nights a few weeks ago, a lot more night life than I expected. great fun with plenty of backpackers to keep me entertained
I’m a local, what I am hearing is that the cost of living in Sydney is so high that most cannot afford to have a night out in the Cross. It’s so much cheaper to just drink at home etc. Suburbs change, and I highly doubt Kings Cross will ever return to “the 80’s” Kings Cross. Newtown has a great vibe at night on a Friday or Saturday.
It’s sad to see an icon suburb like Kings Cross has turned into an everyday place.
Going back 30 years, I had the best time with friends in the Cross. The corner place near the police station was called something like, “The beef and bourbon”. I can’t quite remember. Good times gone now. It’s great to see your vids, with no censorship, all natural.
Take care, from our little country town TERANG Victoria
2001 the injecting room opened span & I totally agree with you bra… The process to get in & have a otshay was annoying especially when you were crook & needed to get sorted asap.
Happy New Year Brother.
Damn man what year did it close down and what sort of stuff did they have in there 😲😲😲
The cafe was the Piccolo bar...great Thai Buddha sticks wrapped in string and
ocasional red and gold cellophane wrapped hash back in the day.
Remember it taking 20 mins by cab to cross the main strip at the cross on a good night.
Bourbon at the end of the strip, but gone.
Was a happening place with anything and everything in the early 00s.
Surprised show girls survived
Thanks Spanian amazing to see the cross now I lived there in 1985 wow how much it’s died it was a great fun place to live back then now I don’t need to go back and see it
Cheers from New Zealand
Yeah Spanian the best times in the Cross was the 90s mate!, you were in Jail when Kings Cross was banging. :)
Thanks mate, that was some great (albeit laid back) investigative journalism. It's genuinely sad to see how dead the cross has become, I remember my first experience with a seedy strip club there in the late 70's, then so many rock and roll nights in the eighties and so many step off the street into a small shop front that opens into a cool dance club in the 90's. Oh and the Bourbon and Beef was the go to at any time of the night, any day of the week.
You’re bringing back so many memorable and not quite so rememberable lol memories with these walking yarns around Sydney 🙏 sending our regards and a big fat thank you! And cheers for the laughs, u truly are just so f funny bro 😂 just being you and randos being so darn random, it’s made for views!
Idk how you popped up on my utube feed but it turns out my bf was cellys with you for a fortnight or so a few years back now and so we both have been checking out ur vlogs in our down time since coming across ur stuff. Theres Nothing but mad respect for u n what you do. Keep killin it cos you’re influence will be all for the better in peoples lives especially in these trying times…. And it just goes to show that if you do what ya love and therefore love what u do then things can and absolutely will work out for you. May you continue to grow and evolve your platform with your truth 😊