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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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TF Much Ballroom

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"
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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"

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