Ronnie Bruno

Ronnie Bruno, born 1968-02-14 in Wichita Falls, Texas. Bruno is a well known Dallas, Texas club DJ.

Career
In the spring of 1985, at the age of seventeen, Bruno officially began his DJ career at the Rose, a downtown gay club in Wichita Falls. During the autumn of 1986 Ronnie and fellow DJ friends, Mary XTC and Robert Taylor, formed a DJ team called Illustration XII. The three played a number of parties together until 1987, when Bruno relocated to Dallas, Texas.
In 1988 Ronnie found employment at Oak Lawn Records. While working at the store he met Cade Adams, a local music enthusiast who along with Ronnie formed the label Essential Records. The label was short lived, having only one release by the popular UK dance act Psychotropic (of Hipnosis fame) entitled Goodtime/Hardtime. The recording was licensed for US release by Essential Records and remixed by the Dallas based remix team Global (Rob Vaughan and Josh Kay). Several record pools on the west coast charted Goodtime/Hardtime in the top 5 and it hit the top of many DJ's playlists in San Francisco in early 1992. The 12" was sent out to US record pools packaged with a condom promoting safe sex and the title of the song.

Ric Herrington, the manager and main DJ at a new video bar on Cedar Springs Rd. in Dallas called Big Daddy's, hired Ronnie to fill the vacated spot left behind by the now legendary circuit DJ BUC who had taken a job around the corner at Throckmorton Mining Co. This was the first of a string of gay nightclubs Ronnie played around the Oak Lawn/Cedar Springs area. However, avoiding boundaries he also played straight and mixed clubs most being in a newly budding section of Dallas at the time, Deep Ellum.

1994 marked promoter Brooke H (of fame) and her NYC Club Kid invasion of Dallas. She produced many Club Kid outlaw/warehouse parties around the city including the "King & Queen of the Dallas Scene." These wild parties brought some of the most well known NYC downtown superstars such as Michael Alig, Lady Kier, Richie Rich, Lahoma Van Zandt, James St James, Lady Bunny, Aphrodita, Keoki, Junkie Jonathon, Christopher Comp, Desire, Jessie, Walt Paper, Desi Monster, Joey Arias, Jennytalia, Sushi, Tobell, Larry T and many others. Ronnie played Brooke H events alongside longtime friend and Dallas DJ Robert Taylor. These events were highly successful until Brooke H's inevitable move to the big apple.

In 1996, Ronnie and Kristopher Earnest wanted to recreate the circuit party atmosphere in Dallas. A party called REFUGE accomplished this goal on Sunday, Memorial Day Weekend, 1996 at 2826, a Dallas nightclub.

In 1998 Ronnie began playing Sundays at SEVEN. This was a new club that was opened by Michael Morris, owner of such nightspots as , MARTINI RANCH, and 2826. The said, "The MET called SEVEN ...the most popular club in Dallas. THE place to be seen." Sundays at SEVEN proved to be Ronnie's most successful AND longest running night. (July 1998 - July 2002) In 1999, due to the success of Seven, Ronnie began a weekly Friday at . It enjoyed a successful 3 and a half year run and shortly thereafter ONE closed their doors. Ronnie played the final night to a packed house and at 6.45 am closed the night with "Everybody's Free" by , a favorite at since opening in 1990. Then after an unexpected twist of events Ronnie remained at . It was sold privately to a former manager, completely remodeled and reopened. Club continues as one of Dallas' top venues for showcasing DJ's and dance artists.

Residing in Dallas, Ronnie is considered by many as one of Texas' top nightclub DJs.

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