I was backpacking in 89 and ended up in a hostel on the main drag in the Cross. After that, me and another three POMs got an flat in Potts Point. Two of the lads from Sheffield got a bar job at a House music club called the Zigerate (something like that). We had the best time over those few months. Yes the Cross was a bit grim at times and you had to be street wise to wander its streets in the early morning, but if you did not go looking for trouble, then most of the time you would be OK. Some great memories.....
Underbelly series was brilliant. I worked on the doors the in Kings Cross and Bondi for several months just after all that madness, and it was still a little crazy. Bikers and Lebanese were the main issues, but the general hassle was with the Brit tourists (like myself, though i chose to work instead of make a tit of myself). Worked Kings Cross Hotel/Buddah's Bar, and Hotel Bondi. Both for RSM Security. Great times.
Bikie Gangs have been around in big numbers for 40 years in Australia. I met John Ibrahim briefly in a Nightclub business deal, he was a Gentleman and spoke respectfully and was a pleasure to do business with.
Hey Mate I have been binge watching your videos lately and i must say that they are well made and informative. Awesome work. But i have a video request. Please make a video on Lee Morrison. He is a combatives instructor and i am sure you are aware of him. So yeah a video covering him would be appreciated. Thanks
I first got interested in Australian crime as a young biker back in the 80's when Chopper Read hit the headlines been following it ever since, the history is brutal
Sydney is a pretty interesting place for its history, as is Melbourne (although Melbourne has been more than meticulously documented in comparison). Their 70’s-80’s era is especially compelling.
I visited Sydney 6 years ago and stayed at Potts Point, the area is right next to Kings X and it was very smart as was Kings X itself. Dont know what it was like but it was was very quiet when we were there and have seen much rowdier places in the UK. I presume the authorities have clamped down there as the security was much stricter than anywhere here.
Yep -allroneddownand all the stuff like violence being dished out to drunks and prostitutes standing around and "watchers"and "pimps"watching from the distance -was all but finished by about 2017-ish...😢 Never in a million years dis weaver omgine the "Cross"to be anything wleby full of sin...
Thats mid 90's. 80's is a bit too early for John Ibrahim's club ownership days I'm fairly certain. The 80's was still the Lenny McPherson/Roger rogerson era
@@enquirer2.0Hey Mate I have been binge watching your videos lately and i must say that they are well made and informative. Awesome work. But i have a video request. Please make a video on Lee Morrison. He is a combatives instructor and i am sure you are aware of him. So yeah a video covering him would be appreciated. Thanks
I was in the Cross in the 90's for a bucks,a week before my young brother committed suicide,I was pissed off and started a blue with the doormen at a strip club,I got kicked in the head by a martial arts bouncer,lucky for us detectives were across the road and intervened,my father was a detective sergeant at the Cross at the time and told the 2 detectives I was going in and to keep and eye out for me,he told me this 2 days later as well as that Asian man could have kicked the shit out of me and dumped me in the ocean,I'm not a bad fighter,but you got to know your limitations,never went in the Cross for 5 years after that,and when I did it was with respect
Great video………impressive format & very informative. From someone who was there for most of the events that were documented, I can tell this video is almost 100% spot on. One update that needs to be mentioned though, is Sam Ibrahim’s deportation was overturned before finalising so he never left Australia (he was held in immigration detention for a very long time) so he still lives in Australia (which is really his home anyway). And in my opinion that is proper justice & how it should be, because had Sam, John & their crew not stood up to the bikies & won, paving the way for the future & allowing Kings Cross & the whole of Sydney to become a proper party capital of the world for the following 2 decades, who knows how bad, much more dangerous & ugly it could have been if the original bikies took over the Sydney nightlife. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now days as the government, along with the pandemic put an end to Sydney’s entertainment nightlife for good.
@@BradleyFerguson-oi5ym Aussies have much respect in UK not juts Oz. Was point. And your passive aggressive one was? What? If you want to "debate" or start a war of words at least do it.That was off top of my head.Jimmy the Pom and Ray Chuck, Abbott and Cox CUT ABOVE. Radev, Williams ,Lanfranchie all wanna bees.
My favourite Aussie gangster to read about and I've seen the film and underbelly episode about squizzy Taylor, He basically was there version of al Capone,
And lifetime biker and a lot of that that you share with us is absolutely correct. I have been in fights with some of Life the weakest pieces of shit. They are very large men with big mouth and they were on my side. Thank you for sharing that moment in time because I had no idea about it
Should do one on Dane Sweetman a notorious and violent skinhead from back in the day in Melbourne. He was actually the inspiration for Russell Crowe as Hando in Romper Stomper. He put an axe through a guy’s head at a birthday celebration for Hitler in Adelaide years ago because he thought the guy was hitting on his mrs.
Cmon buddy 1 thing for certain is he was never a street fighting machine haha the fact he wasn't an isn't is exactly y he is where he is he kept his smarts simple as that
I was backpacking in 89 and ended up in a hostel on the main drag in the Cross. After that, me and another three POMs got an flat in Potts Point. Two of the lads from Sheffield got a bar job at a House music club called the Zigerate (something like that). We had the best time over those few months. Yes the Cross was a bit grim at times and you had to be street wise to wander its streets in the early morning, but if you did not go looking for trouble, then most of the time you would be OK. Some great memories.....
Watched loads of docs on Australian crime like Tough nuts and the underbelly series, if you haven't seen them give them a watch coz they're brilliant
Acting is horrendous in Tough Nuts though
Mr in-between.... Best yet
@@jamasmith2146 thanks I'll give it a whirl 😉
Underbelly series was brilliant. I worked on the doors the in Kings Cross and Bondi for several months just after all that madness, and it was still a little crazy. Bikers and Lebanese were the main issues, but the general hassle was with the Brit tourists (like myself, though i chose to work instead of make a tit of myself). Worked Kings Cross Hotel/Buddah's Bar, and Hotel Bondi. Both for RSM Security. Great times.
nothing beats living a humble life
Bikie Gangs have been around in big numbers for 40 years in Australia.
I met John Ibrahim briefly in a Nightclub business deal, he was a Gentleman and spoke respectfully and was a pleasure to do business with.
hes got cops on the payroll probs an informer too - feeds them small fry every now and then. It was him the hitmen were after in Syd recently
Those were great nights in the 90s and early 2000s, the cross was off the hook.
Hey Mate
I have been binge watching your videos lately and i must say that they are well made and informative.
Awesome work.
But i have a video request. Please make a video on Lee Morrison. He is a combatives instructor and i am sure you are aware of him. So yeah a video covering him would be appreciated.
Thanks
Hi mate thankyou cud u send me any info you have on him to contact@enquirermedia.co.uk thankyou
@@enquirer2.0 okay
Kings Cross in now dead the government killed it 😢 it used to be great......
Seen it lately all the junkies and hookers are coming back
Government killed all cities. Well that was the intent and it worked.
That underbelly TV show is outstanding 💯👊👊👊 a few seasons on Amazon prime
great upload 🦾
Jimmy Spinks soon mate 👀
Underbelly is brilliant and king of the cross is on sky catch up.
Some pretty girls in that too
Superb content. Respect from Glasgow mate
I first got interested in Australian crime as a young biker back in the 80's when Chopper Read hit the headlines been following it ever since, the history is brutal
Have you seen the mini series, Bikie wars??? True story on the first bikie gang's..brilliant..
Chopper read was nothing more than a police informant goose
Chopper read was a loser, drug addict and a literal nobody. He lied about everything
@@MrScooba79talking like you knew the bloke personally
Wow!!!😮 Cracking extract. Quality as ever bud, love the Aussie stuff. 👍🏾
I used to work in King’s Cross. As night came a blanket of sordidness and violence would engulf it. People called it Night Life.
There's a series dedicated to him on underbelly anyone who hasn't seen underbelly your missing a treat
Sydney is a pretty interesting place for its history, as is Melbourne (although Melbourne has been more than meticulously documented in comparison). Their 70’s-80’s era is especially compelling.
I grew up in Melbourne it was fukn crazy back in the 80s 90s the worst crims were the fukn jacks, armed robbery squad were savage, I know
I visited Sydney 6 years ago and stayed at Potts Point, the area is right next to Kings X and it was very smart as was Kings X itself.
Dont know what it was like but it was was very quiet when we were there and have seen much rowdier places in the UK.
I presume the authorities have clamped down there as the security was much stricter than anywhere here.
Yep -allroneddownand all the stuff like violence being dished out to drunks and prostitutes standing around and "watchers"and "pimps"watching from the distance -was all but finished by about 2017-ish...😢
Never in a million years dis weaver omgine the "Cross"to be anything wleby full of sin...
Thats mid 90's.
80's is a bit too early for John Ibrahim's club ownership days I'm fairly certain.
The 80's was still the Lenny McPherson/Roger rogerson era
Sam was absolutely a nightmare in his days.
Happy New Year fella! Looking forward to seeing what you've got in 2024!
I asked, you delivered superbly as usual. Top job as always. Maximum respect bro 💯👍🏿
Thankyou mate
@@enquirer2.0Hey Mate
I have been binge watching your videos lately and i must say that they are well made and informative.
Awesome work.
But i have a video request. Please make a video on Lee Morrison. He is a combatives instructor and i am sure you are aware of him. So yeah a video covering him would be appreciated.
Thanks
I was in the Cross in the 90's for a bucks,a week before my young brother committed suicide,I was pissed off and started a blue with the doormen at a strip club,I got kicked in the head by a martial arts bouncer,lucky for us detectives were across the road and intervened,my father was a detective sergeant at the Cross at the time and told the 2 detectives I was going in and to keep and eye out for me,he told me this 2 days later as well as that Asian man could have kicked the shit out of me and dumped me in the ocean,I'm not a bad fighter,but you got to know your limitations,never went in the Cross for 5 years after that,and when I did it was with respect
Great stuff must have been an experience the Cross back then
Great episode Ben 👍🏻
Great video………impressive format & very informative. From someone who was there for most of the events that were documented, I can tell this video is almost 100% spot on. One update that needs to be mentioned though, is Sam Ibrahim’s deportation was overturned before finalising so he never left Australia (he was held in immigration detention for a very long time) so he still lives in Australia (which is really his home anyway). And in my opinion that is proper justice & how it should be, because had Sam, John & their crew not stood up to the bikies & won, paving the way for the future & allowing Kings Cross & the whole of Sydney to become a proper party capital of the world for the following 2 decades, who knows how bad, much more dangerous & ugly it could have been if the original bikies took over the Sydney nightlife. Anyway, it doesn’t matter now days as the government, along with the pandemic put an end to Sydney’s entertainment nightlife for good.
correction; "was" a bustling area in Sydney. Its been dead for well over 10 years
I wandered the cross at 15 in 82.Was awesome
Great videos you make mate , simple concept well executed 👍
Interesting video, ive heard about the cross before bit of a wild west type place lol
Ray Chuck Bennet
Russel Cox
Brendon Abott
Bill Longley the Texan
Chris Flannery
Roger Rogerson bent cop Kangaroo Gang that grafted London late 60s.
Your point??
@@BradleyFerguson-oi5ym Aussies have much respect in UK not juts Oz. Was point. And your passive aggressive one was? What? If you want to "debate" or start a war of words at least do it.That was off top of my head.Jimmy the Pom and Ray Chuck, Abbott and Cox CUT ABOVE. Radev, Williams ,Lanfranchie all wanna bees.
What an amazing story 👍💯
Just watched last king of the cross, what an awesome series
John.payed.his.taxes...never.done.drugs..made.a.living.properly....
Oh surrrrre 😅
Nevile bartos
Neville Bloody Bartos lol
No cash here mate
@legacyrsme how longs this gonna take to fukn defrost
Mate, the leg is ok
@@geoffbeyer1873Tell him Robbo.
Happy New Year Ben bro 👌💯
Happy new year bro
My favourite Aussie gangster to read about and I've seen the film and underbelly episode about squizzy Taylor,
He basically was there version of al Capone,
My dad is sick and would mean alot to have john attend his funeral I think john would want to any way tell him ali moussa
And lifetime biker and a lot of that that you share with us is absolutely correct. I have been in fights with some of Life the weakest pieces of shit. They are very large men with big mouth and they were on my side. Thank you for sharing that moment in time because I had no idea about it
Should do one on Dane Sweetman a notorious and violent skinhead from back in the day in Melbourne. He was actually the inspiration for Russell Crowe as Hando in Romper Stomper. He put an axe through a guy’s head at a birthday celebration for Hitler in Adelaide years ago because he thought the guy was hitting on his mrs.
A cousin of mine plays Tongan Sam in the Underbelly series
Tongan Sam, genuine legend
My grandfather was one of the original painter n dockers
Great
no one cares
@pablojescobar3400 tell a P&D that they dont tolerate choccy mooses who call themselves Pablo
@@AdamKir-r9v triggered 🤣
A good future video for your Ozzy crime series would be James Frederick Bazeley and Ozzy Bob Trimbmole
once abb passed away it was open Slather,
Best fighter on the cross,every dudes envy.
Sam Ibrahim was terrifying. John would be nothing without him always being on hand to act as bodyguard.
Merrylands mate ...more than just the west a mythical area of criminals..they all come out of that suburb
Another great share cheers fella🥊👊👍🏻
There’s loads more
do one on Denis Allen from Melbourne, headcase.
Just a junky that was of his head 💯 of the time
Junky filth only hard coz he lived on meth.
Was a bustling night life. Not anymore.
Old Mole?, of Kings X!, how much is a Root?, Old Mole of Kings X!, i did that the other day?, One of them Spat at Me!!! ( Classic Rodney Rude? ).
Sam never got deported
sounds like some BS thrown in
John Ibrahim is the only leb who lives in the middle of Jew territory in Sydney.
Even he doesn't want to be with the arabs lol
Coop story bro
Why Koby though?
Ooooooh, nothing like a bit of license x
Why show Koby Abberton pic?
It’s not Koby Adderton. Forget his name, but it’s a friend of the Ibrahims who proved to be a liability.
@@useruseruseruseruser790it’s 💯 Koby, even the neck tattoo is the same, you need to google Toby Abberton.
how does he even get 23k views
Why are you using AI generated photos?
I grew up around the Lebanese. Love the food ❤
Oily crap
Big night… 👊👊
Read It Madd
Cmon buddy 1 thing for certain is he was never a street fighting machine haha the fact he wasn't an isn't is exactly y he is where he is he kept his smarts simple as that
He also now owns every night club in the Cross an Queens st i believe
I heard maori ruled the doors
Nah they ruled the scaffolding scene 😆
@@yeahrighty0 and that and giving people a good hiding
@RedTerrorist13 you heard wrong. Them Islander lads ruled the doors. There was a maori high-ranking Como Daux, but he got pumped by Crayze Dave ..
@@yeahrighty0 got told maori and coconuts give the bash to everyone who wants a fight with fist,you know and I know it's true,dam true
Average cant fight
so just bla bla bla with no video
Rogues dcm 2000
🌹🦘🦘🦘🪃🦘🦘🦘🌹
bullshit
The book is one of my fav reads I read it back maybe once a year twice a year … very good book.
Why’s Koby there he’s not a bikie he’s a surfer 😂😂😂
Hey mate my name Ahmed john put my dad ali pic in book I want to contact john can u help
Who cares
Looser 😂