Seaview Ballroom

From 1978 to 1987 The Crystal Ballroom (also known as The Seaview) was the epicenter of the Melbourne post punk scene. Situated in the seedy suburb of St. Kilda, the venue was a place where punks, artists, musicians, drug dealers, sex workers and audiences partied together. The Ballroom also provided a vital performance space for Melbourne’s experimental art and rock communities, allowing them to mix, coagulate and spew forth such seminal acts as The Moodists, Boys Next Door, The Birthday Party, Whirlywirld, Primitive Calculators, and Hunters and Collectors.