Riki Rachtman @ Stay Gold, Melbourne 9-Jun-2023

Riki Rachtman performed his spoken word event One Foot in the Gutter at Stay Gold in Melbourne on Friday 9 June 2023 as part of his first ever Australian tour. As the owner of the infamous Cathouse club in Los Angeles, Rachtman was integral to the history of the '80s Sunset Strip rock scene. He then hosted MTV's Headbangers Ball from 1990 until the show's cancellation in 1995, going on to become a radio personality. In his spoken word show, he shares stories and true tales of rock 'n' roll sleaze and debauchery.

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ABOUT: Paul Miles is an Australian freelance rock photographer specialising in live music photography, who captures the true spirit of rock’n’roll in action by many of the world’s greatest performers. Since 2009, he has shot a vast array of rock music photography: from gigs in world-famous clubs like the Apollo in Harlem and the Whisky a Go Go in Hollywood, to iconic arenas like New York City's Madison Square Garden and Australia's MCG, as well as in retail stores Barnes & Noble, Apple, and John Varvatos CBGBs. He has covered rock shows from Brooklyn to Bangalore, Paris to Las Vegas, Tokyo to Los Angeles, including street concerts in Melbourne's AC/DC Lane and Manhattan's Times Square.

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