Thanks Pat's! Videos!

Dancers,

Thanks to Hollow Teeth, Hammer of the Working Class, and Pat's for the good times on Saturday night. Below are some videos a nice young man took that evening. At the moment we have no more shows scheduled for 2011 but we will be back with a vengeance in 2012, and with a new album as well. Stay tuned.

Pat's!

Dancers,

Happy Thanksgiving! This Saturday 11/26 Ballroom returns to Pat's Bar in Mt. Arlington! We had a great time the last time we were there, and this will be even better. We've got a bunch of new songs. They are fun. There's no cover. RSVP:

https://www.facebook.com/events/191958400883515/

Thanks + Show!

Dancers,

Thanks to all who came out to Nacht Stacht this past Saturday, we had a ball. Thanks to Soundstation in Westfield for having us all. Here's a photo:



Our next show is Saturday, November 26th at Pat's in Mt. Arlington. We had a great show last time there, and this one will probably also be great, so you should go. Everything's great. See you.

Update

Dancers,

We wrote a bunch of hits last night. Then we all yelled at each other and I slapped Mike around. But anyway, the hits. Wait til you hear them. You're going to wind up sock-less. Our next show is next SATURDAY NOVEMBER 5th at SOUNDSTATION in Westfield NJ at 5:00 PM as part of NACHT STACHT (www.nachtrecords.com). It's a record store and a free early show. BYOB. Go there and hear new hits.

New track

"Bank Robbers" over there on the right. It could sound better but you get the idea. We recorded it a few months ago but it seems appropriate to post now what with all the stuff and things going on in the world. Enjoy.

Tomorrow Night @ The Charleston

Dancers,

Ballroom (us, we) return to the stage tomorrow night at the Charleston in Williamsburg. It's like two feet from the Bedford L stop, you lazy Manhattan bastards. There's also free pizza with your beer, which is fantastic. They also don't mind if you get naked. We're playing with some fantastic bands, Bangladeafy!, Cinema Cinema and You Bred Raptors? It's also MIKE BISKUP'S BIRTHDAY so come on out and buy him a brewski. Shit starts at 9. Be there.

Update!

Dancers,

Thanks to everyone who came out to all the shows and whatnot, it was a wild couple months! We're going to take a few weeks off from playing shows to work on our routine, maybe write a couple new hits, and then we'll be back in action at the Charleston in Brooklyn on Saturday, September 24th with a bunch of awesome bands, You Bred Raptors?, Cinema Cinema and Bangladeafy! It's going to be a wild time, see you then,

Ballroom

Thanks! + More Fun!

Dancers!

Thanks to all ye who came out to the Delancey last Wednesday on short notice, and thanks to everyone who came out to Pat's this past Saturday, we had a blast! Thanks to Hammer of the Working Class for hooking it up and kicking ass!

We're back in NYC this Thursday at LIT LOUNGE with The Pendulum Swings (http://pendulumswings.com) We go on at 9 PM SHARP!

ALSO, we'll be performing on WRSU Rutgers Radio's OVERNIGHT SENSATIONS this Friday night from 10-12! If you're in the area, tune in to 88.7 FM or if not, listen online at http://wrsu.rutgers.edu/overnight.php

Last minute show tonight!

Dancers,

First off thanks to all ye who came out to the Lamp Post this past Saturday, we had a fun time! So much fun we couldn't wait a whole nother week to play again, so we're playing TONIGHT at the Delancey at 8 PM SHARP! The show is FREE and after we play there's a free burlesque show on the main floor (ooh la la) and a cheap BBQ up on the rooftop lounge (mmmm)! Fun for all the senses! COME!

Lamp Post This Saturday!

Tracking

Dancers,

We're going to be recording drums/bass for a whole slew of new songs tonight. They're gonna be great. We'll post em over there to the right when they're done. We'll let you know.

Have fun with it.

Ballroom @ Lamp Post TONIGHT!

Dancers,

Thanks to all who came out to Freddy's last Wednesday night, we had a ball! The ball continues tonight at the Lamp Post in Jersey City, with TFTHC and The Bewilderness. The Lamp Post is a great bar and you will have yourselves a great time. We'll also be debuting a few new songs which are awesome.

Have fun with it.

Ballroom @ Freddy's This Wednesday!

Dancers,

Thursday is my birthday. Wednesday night we have a show. Come celebrate life. RSVP.

http://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=180776361978052

Thanks Again, New Gigs!

Dancers,

Thanks for coming to Cake Shop, we really appreciate it! Thanks also to Thomas Francis Takes His Chances, who were awesome! We hope to share a bill with them again soon and it shall be wild!

Our next show is going to be a FREE SHOW, Wednesday July 6th at EJ's on the boardwalk in Seaside Heights, NJ with Intense Men, THC and Accidental Seabirds! Jersey Shore, motherfuckers. Bring it.

More gigs being booked every day. Check over on the right there for updates. Thanks.

Giggity Giggity

THANK YOU!

Dancers,

Thank you to everyone who came down to the Brighton Bar for our debut performance, we had a blast! Thanks to NUFH for opening up and IKE WILLIS & Ugly Radio Rebellion for being awesome. We'll be posting some photos/videos from the evening on this here blog soon so stay tuned for those.

In other exciting news, we'll be making our NYC Debut next Tuesday, June 28th, at CAKE SHOP (152 Ludlow Street) with Thomas Francis Takes His Chances (www.myspace.com/thomasfrancistakeshischances) ! Doors at 9 PM, only 6 bucks to get in, come on out!

Official Ballroom "Have Fun With It" Shirts Available Now!

Dancers!

Yes indeed after many years of yearning, "Have Fun With It" T-Shirts are now here, available in M,L and XL for a limited time only! Only 10 bucks (plus maybe a buck or two shipping, depends where you live). To order one now just email us at bandballroom@gmail.com and we'll figure out the details and such. If we know you (which is most likely the case) and you want us to reserve one for you, email us at that same address and we'll just get it to you whenever we see you next. Thanks buddies!

BIG NEWS!

Dancers,

We have just posted 4 new tracks over there on the right, and they are awesome so you should go click on them and listen to them while you read the rest of this important address.

We are THRILLED to announce our debut show is going to be Friday, June 17th at the Brighton Bar in Long Branch, NJ, with No Use For Humans and IKE WILLIS w/Ugly Radio Rebellion (playing the music of Frank Zappa)!!!!

For those of you not familiar with Ike, go out and buy Frank Zappa's "Joe's Garage" album right now. Seriously. Do it. Do it now. "Joe's Garage" changed our lives. I'd go so far as to say that Ballroom would not exist if it weren't for "Joe's Garage" and Ike's smooth pipes, so it is an absolute honor for us to be sharing a bill with him.

It is going to be an incredibly special night, so do yourself a favor and come.

Enter the Ballroom

Steve took my bass (and later, my virginity).

OUR DEMONSTRATION!

Look to your right! Demos! Yay. Steve and Vin recorded drums and bass on these four songs yesterday at Vin's house. Mike recorded his parts at his house. Vin put the tracks together and magic happened. Listen.

The History of Ballroom

A long time ago in the same galaxy as this one, there was a band called The Hungry Housewives. They were interesting, and let's leave it at that. The band consisted of Steve Honoshowsky on drums and vocals, Don Jorocki on guitar, and Vincent Brue on bass and vocals. After a couple years, Mike "have fun with it" Biskup joined the band on guitar and keys. Then Mike Biskup quit the band, and the band broke up. It was an amicable parting, and everyone continued to play with each other in various new bands. Mike joined Steve's No Use For Humans for a while, and everyone played at one point or another in Vincent's South Jersey Seashore Lifeguard Convention Band and Lifeguard Nights. Mike and Steve also played in ten billion other bands during that time. Don mostly drank.

Recently, out of the blue, these gentlemen started talking about reuniting The Hungry Housewives. A rehearsal was scheduled. Don Jorocki didn't show up for it. Steve, Mike and Vin ended up writing a few new songs that afternoon and deciding that Don Jorocki was probably never going to actually make it to practice, so they might as well just start a new band without him. Mike suggested the name Ballroom. Vin and Steve liked it.

So that's pretty much how Ballroom came to be Ballroom. Ballroom has like 10 awesome songs already, and will soon have even more awesome songs. Ballroom will probably be performing somewhere, sometime soon. Maybe. If you're lucky. Ballroom will let you know.

HELLO!

HELLO!