Hey all, Here's the line-up for Ballroom of Romance #15... Date: Friday, 25th April 2003 Venue: The Lower Deck, Portobello (just up from the Bleeding Horse pub, right behind Portobello College. Time: 9pm Tickets: €6 (with a free CD-R to the first hundred in the door). Bands: Steerage. Now a three-piece minus a vocalist, Steerage have re-defined and matured their sound considerably since we last had them around. Perhaps in the same vein as the Redneck Manifesto, these guys produce melodic and turbulent instrumental rock. They've got a tight sound and if any of you made it to Ballroom #5 (with Estel, Herv and Jimmy Behan) you would have seen An Hermetic Collective and you would know exactly what to expect from these guys. Should be extremely good. Halfset. This three-piece which features Jeff Martin in the line-up make beautifully-crafted instrumental music. They have a sound which appeals to most folk and we're sure that there'll be a lot of satisfied punters at Ballroom#15. Currently working on a release, they recently played a set at the DIRTY club in Grey's of Newmarke t Square. Keep your ears open for these guys. Maersk. Maersk (formerly Embers) will be launching their debut release at Ballroom#15. Label-mates of Herv on Compactrisc (http://www.compactrisc.net), Maersk promise to deliver pleasure-provoking rock. Should be well-worth it. Mr. Creosote. Limerick-based Mr. Creosote emerge from the avant-rock scene in Limerick. A scene fuelled by the energy of the AMC, Mr. Creosote should provide Dublin with a wake-up call. As promised we will be bringing you a Ballroom generally every month now. The one after this will be on 7th May and that line-up will feature DRAT (with members of the muchly-missed Watercress). The 20th of June will see us play host to the Wormholes, Puget Sound and (hopefully!) Belfast's Tracer AMC - there'll be another act with these guys ;-). We're planning on having a big hooly for our birthday in July which will hopefully see a myriad of great bands play... (although it'll be in a bigger venue. September 26th will see Goodtime John play at the Ballroom - something we're really looking forward to. http://www.ballroomofromance.com ...also keep an eye on http://www.thingsyouremissing.com - for independent music resources.