Meet Fred Negro, artist, singer, cartoonist and creator of PUB; the cartoon strip that chronicled the history of his beloved St Kilda music scene. If you lived in inner city Melbourne during the 1980s, frequented music venues such as the Esplanade Hotel and the Prince Of Wales, picked up the weekly free mags like Inpress and collected handbills at your local coffee shop, then the name Fred Negro was omnipresent. For those that survived the decade and are still alive today, albeit with grossly shrunken livers, the music, cartoons, artwork and good natured notoriety of Fred is legendary.

A unique and brilliant graphic artist, Fred’s prolific output has always remained a Melbourne phenomenon and never really recognised around the country. Whilst much loved in his home town and sometimes referred to as the “unofficial mayor of St Kilda”, his longevity has seen him somewhat taken for granted. All that’s about to change with PUB: THE MOVIE. Combining interviews with luminaries of the St Kilda music scene such as Steve Lucas of X, and Ross Knight of the Cosmic Psychos with a treasure trove of Fred’s music, drawings and art, director Andrew Leavold tells the story of how Fred went from notorious punk rock ratbag to loveable local hero