May 05
2024
EXCLUSIVE: Nicholas Fatta - The Iron Oak Post Bar Manager; The Dark Side from the Inside. A Blake Moia Show Expose'
By: Dan D. Valentino -- THE BLAKE MOIA SHOW Undercover Investigative Reporter
We all know the famous Iron Oak Post bar, club and concert venue, which is situated between two dark alley ways in the historic district of Downtown Melbourne. The venue, formerly the Melbourne post office in the 1960's, still had the original wooden flooring which spans the entire establishment and the giant oak tree stump that sits in the middle of the venue. The IOP was home to many gatherings, punk rock concerts with big names such as Black Flag and Mac Sabbath. With Blake Moia at the helm, who maintained the venue's multi-million dollar PA system, National and world headliner tours would happen pretty much every weekend in the 500-person capacity venue, making the evening very intimate with the performers. The venue was unique. So was the staff. But not without controversy.
Mike Fears and his wife, the owners and proprietors of the Iron Oak Post was responsible for hiring Nick Fatta as the establishment's bar manager. Nick oversaw all the drinks, hiring, bar, and the money.
The IOP first opened up around 2017 to compete with the other bars in Downtown Melbourne. The place was a giant success, together, as a team. It is unknown exactly how Nick got the job in the first place as he is on sex offender probation and as part of his probation conditions, he is to stay away from alcohol, drugs, and obviously, minor children. However, that did NOT stop Nick, or the IOP from having an entire elementary school band preform a talent show set on the stage as Nick Fatta was service alcoholic drinks to the kids' parents at the bar.
Nick obviously had slipped through the cracks. Was is poor management kills? Was it incompetence? Or did Mike Fears and company know about him? Why was such an evil, horrible person who was posted all over the Channel 9 Eyewitness News, accused of hitting a little girl at the bus stop with his car, kidnapped her and then raped her, allowed to work in a position of authority at a bar?
We do know that Mike Fears works as an IT specialist. So, THE BLAKE MOIA suspects foul play involved. There is no way an IT specialist - whose job is to be an expert on all things regarding the internet, computers, doing research and other things simply didn't do the required background check. We aren't buying it.
Mike Fears was always cool to Blake during his tenure at the Iron Oak Post. Blake actually liked and respected Mike. He wasn't the nagging, looking over your shoulder boss like Nick was. Nick hated the loud punk rock / hardcore bands and he was always yelling at Blake to "turn it down."
Mike was always in there having a great time while the bands performed. Always had a drink in hand and dancing and partying the night away. Nick was always the confused, nervous hot mess. Always stressed about something. Always bitching about something. Blake's philosophy was always "If the band sounds good and the bar is making money then so what?"
THE BAR / VENUE
The bar praises itself of having a variety of over 80+ customized beers on taps, plus a full liquor bar. The concert venue room is a medium sized room / separated section of the Iron Oak Post. Depending on the event, it can be either closed off using large wooden panels or left open.
During years of unsustainable abuse of the sound system, as other so-called "engineers" from other mysterious places would come in and run "Karaoke nights", "Music trivia", DJ's or even outsider production companies run by known crack-head and convicted drug dealer, Christopher Saunders, who is a well know mean spirited, hot headed, angry, abusive person in general, who gets fired from all his jobs because he loves to get high and drunk at all his events and causes trouble with the people in charged. His co-owner, Moe, went even as far as jumping off of a stage in Downtown Melbourne, thinking he's some kind of flying acrobat stunt man -- who really ended up ultimately breaking his leg into 2. Reports say that horrified on-lookers were scrambling to pick up pieces of bone that was laying in the middle of road while he was being rushed to the hospital.
There was an incident when Mr. Saunders forced Mr. Moia to work with a woman who was convicted of DUI Manslaughter in Ohio, named "Carolyn Breunig" (Aka "Red") at the venue. She wasn't supposed to be anywhere near alcohol according to the terms of her probation status. She has this typical "higher than God" attitude, and "Everything I say is right even though I'm very clearly wrong" mentally. A classic bully. A drunk. A downright nasty person.
"She was literally the most inept person I have ever worked with. And that's saying a lot. I had to keep telling her that the 609 guitar microphone was pointing the wrong way and she'd always freak out and tell me I'm wrong. No put the beer down, you drunk bitch and pay attention." ~ Blake Moia
Blake had called Mr. Saunders to raise concerns about her and her attitude and behavior. Instead of listening, Chris became instantly enraged. Chris was doing something else at the time, like, snorting cocaine up his nose with all of his buddies somewhere else. He was heard screaming and yelling at Blake over the phone like a maniac, told Blake that "Carolyn is the next best thing since sliced bread!!" and Blake has simply hung up the phone and left the venue not buying any of his bullshit Chris was spewing out of his hateful, drug fueled rage.
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Chris Saunders and Carolyn "Red" Bruenig
THE WORK
With the PA system badly in desperate need of some TLC, Blake began work on his own with his own money to fix the PA system approximately 2 months before the unfortunate events unfolded. The IOP had some huge national acts coming to play. It was imperative that all the crackling noises, hissing, feedback gets eliminated. It all started with brand new cabling, sleeves, mic stands and even mic microphones. It took about a week to complete the work and Nick Fatta advised Blake that "Mike will reimburse you for the work and the equipment. Just send us receipts."
Blake submitted the receipts to the appropriate department and heard nothing back.
2021
THE ALLEGATIONS
A popular HXC Hardcore band did their due diligence and discovered (before anyone else discovered -- including Mike Fears) that the Bar Manager, Nicholas Fatta, was listed up on the Channel 9 News. The original reports were that Nick ran over a girl with his car, kidnapped her and then raped her in the back seat. A DNA Test kit was performed on the victim, and it wasn't until a chance encounter a year later that Nick and the unnamed victim crossed paths at a school. The victim became upset and told the principal / a dean.
Police had Nick do a DNA sample at which it was sent to the crime lab. The sample came up to be a match a 1 out of 700 billionths of a chance that genetics of the sample matched the rape kit samples. Meaning, it was definitely him.
The band put the owner, the corrupt bar manager and the entire establishment on blast over social media. Blake Moia had seen this and looked up the case at the time and discovered these shocking charges as a result. Blake then confronted Nick about this -- even going as far as threatening Nick. Blake demanded that he get reimbursed for all the necessary work he did to fix the PA system, rewiring the entire rig due to all the abuses that went on throughout the years to no prevail.
NICK FATTA 'QUITS'
It is claimed that Nick Fatta "quit' rather than be fired.
It is the opinion of the BLAKE MOIA SHOW that this is partially true. While Nick has no involvement at the IOP anymore, the details are shady.
What we DO KNOW is that Nick did take a plea deal with the State Attorney's Office. The deal allowed him to drop the most severe charges - including the Kidnapping and Rape charges and instead he pleaded GUILTY to the Lewd Acts on a Minor. He was placed on sex offender probation for 5 years and will remain as a sexual offender for life. He is not to have any access to the internet, not to be around children under the age of 18, and to avoid alcohol and drugs.
So why was he allowed to work at such establishment? Was it owner incompetence? We think so.
BLAKE MOIA QUITS
Upon hearing about all these wild accusations, along with all the bands boycotting the venue refusing to play there or any anything to do with the place, Blake Decided to cut his loses and quit and also end his professional career in the entertainment business. Blake had no desire to around such scum. We asked Mr. Moia about this:
"Oh yeah, I was really fucking pissed off. I wanted to rip his head off! And I still do even to this day! My career just ended because of one asshole. There's blame to go all around here. Mike the owner for not using his due diligence. I knew something shady was going on. But I didn't know what exactly. His (Nick's) whole demeanor was getting more uptight and uptight about everything even about small little shit that had nothing to do with me what-so-ever. He was a control freak. Control freaks tend to be abusers too. Look at Chris Saunders and that Carolyn lady... There is obviously something extremely wrong with these people and they have no business running any business - with peoples livelihood on the line. They have no business even running a water faucet as far as I'm concerned."
Blake returned to the venue to retrieve his belongings a short time later more than a couple times. He was unceremoniously greeted by the "new owners", who is Mike Fears' wife, Anne Fears. She immediately told Mr. Moia that he wasn't welcomed here and that he is shit outta luck.
"Yeah, she told me to piss off basically. I literally had done nothing wrong at all to deserved their treatment. I even bent over backwards on several occasions to go above and beyond the call of duty to make sure all the bands and talent were taken care of and sounding good, no matter what. Only to be told that I'm not welcomed here. I'm like WHY? The only people that shouldn't be welcomed there are the pedophile and that Chris Saunders drug addict guy."
BLAKE'S STUFF
Mr. Boss Man Mike claims, "he is unaware of anything" which is typical standard operating procedure for everything.
Shady behavior, shady tactics, criminal organizations, covers-ups and conspiracies is the norm for the entertainment business. It is run by criminals, bully's, losers and out of control drug addicts. There is simply no integrity when it comes to money making profits, and greed. Only the good honest working people get screwed while the rest of the class gets to do whatever the fuck they want, without question -- and God forbid if you question anything. At the BLAKE MOIA SHOW, nobody is off-limits and everyone is fair game. The wrong-doers will be exposed in the sunlight. Mr. Moia is seeking legal action, including defamatory statements, theft of property and other grievances.
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