No Serious Damage Following Tote Arson Attack
News posted Monday, October 29 2012 at 12:00 PM.
Related: The Tote.
Melbourne’s The Tote Hotel has come out relatively unscathed following an arson attack overnight.
3AW reports that Molotov cocktails were thrown into the toilet area of the famed pub around 2am last night. A police investigation is currently underway.
Speaking to FasterLouder today, Tote co-owner Jon Perring said there was no serious damage following the incident. While the pub is closed today and tomorrow, it will re-open as usual on Wednesday with a Halloween gig featuring High Fangs, Sun God Replica, Ciggie Witch and Constant Killer.
Perring said he was unsure what provoked the attack or who the perpetrator may’ve been, but the pub have handed over CCTV footage of the incident to police. “Someone obviously had a crack at us,” said Perring, “but it’s business as usual.”
Perring said one of the male toilets sustained damage in the attack, but the front bar was intact. “We lost a dunny, but they probably did us a favour,” he joked.
Located on the corner of Wellington and Johnston streets, The Tote celebrated 30 years last November. The venue almost shut down in January 2010 following an ongoing battle with Liquor Licensing Victoria, but was resurrected by Perring and business partners Andrew Portokallis and Sam Crupi just months after 20,000 people took to the streets in protest.
The Tote was recently the subject of a documentary, Persecution Blues: The Battle For The Tote, which premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival last year. Directed by Melbourne filmmaker Natalie van den Dungen and produced by Nicole Rogers, it tells the story of the fight to save The Tote and features interviews with former proprietor Bruce Milne, as well as performances by The Drones, Magic Dirt, Eddy Current Suppression Ring and Spiderbait.
(via FasterLouder]
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Fixed?
Fixed?
may've
a couple of Flaming Moe's?
Molotov cocktails probably aren't the worst thing the Tote toilets have seen.
SAVE THE TOTE DUNNIES!!
I TOTE AND I SHIT!!
may've may've may've may've may've may've may've may've may've
The May'ves.
Only Barbarion should get to burn the Tote
Oh god! THERES A FIRE!!! bombing.
I'm filing this one away in potential band names.
OMG
www.messandnoise.net/news/drunk-mums-try-to-burn-the-tote
footage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=oua13zj6-sQ
I'm glad 3AW are on the case. Putting out a video with their logo obscuring the closest view of the person they are allegedly trying to help find.
Wild stab in the dark - Disgruntled musician. Probably bummed about being bumped from a bill or something. I'm guessing a new metal or punk band an possibly a drummer
could be a religious/morally outraged person who didn't like some metal bill or the 'cuntz' residency posters
developer, trying to buy the site and turn it into apartments/pizza bar.
I think that's all the main theories done.
Turf war between 99 problems...?
teenage mothers
Melbourne Cup jockey upset at anti-Cup event?
mrmagoo said 1 minute ago:
teenage mothers
Ha!
...seriously though. Mexican drug cartel hit gone wrong
noone seemed to like my theory.... http://www.messandnoise.com/discussions/4530173
too much trying
okay, i laughed.
''the fire has caused approximately $2,000 worth of improvements''