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Pinder later described the hall, "it belonged to the Catholic Church. And in fact, it was the sort of hall for the Catholic Cathedral. And I think they had no idea what we were up to. But I used pay the rent to whatever they call the office of the Archbishop of Melbourne."
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website, "events were usually held monthly and typically featured long concert-style performances, with multiple musical acts on the bill, interspersed with comedy, poetry readings, theatrical, dance and novelty performances."
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The full name of the music venue was Too Fucking Much Ballroom, which was usually abbreviated to T. F. Much Ballroom, and began in 1970 at
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was a music and cultural institution in Melbourne from 1970 to 1974. The venue was promoted by Bani McSpedden and
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Website of Spectrum members Mike Rudd and Bill Putt, with information on T.F. Much Ballroom
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as promoters. Later incarnations included the Much More Ballroom, and Stoned Again.
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Central Hall
Brunswick Street
Fitzroy, Victoria
Coordinates
37°48′25.5″S 144°58′38″E / 37.807083°S 144.97722°E / -37.807083; 144.97722
John Pinder
Central Hall
Brunswick Street
John Pinder
Sons of the Vegetal Mother
Daddy Cool
Spectrum
Indelible Murtceps
Tamam Shud
Wendy Saddington
Australian Catholic University
Brunswick Street, Melbourne



"Venues: Too Fucking Much (TF Much) Ballroom / Much More Ballroom"
the original


McFarlane, Ian
"A Rock'n'Roll Freak Show – The Story of the T.F. Much Ballroom/Much More Ballroom 1970-1972"
"Interview with John Pinder by Amanda Smith ABC Radio National (transcript)"
"The chequered history of Central Hall"
Website of Spectrum members Mike Rudd and Bill Putt, with information on T.F. Much Ballroom

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