Claudia Arnold Discusses: The Boileroom & UK Live Music
With Guildford venue the Boileroom facing the possibility of closure, TMMP caught up with local singer-songwriter Claudia Arnold to discuss the Boileroom and the state of the UK’s live music scene.
This interview is part of a larger TMMP feature which can be read in full here.
What is your general opinion of the Boileroom?
Every time I’ve been to watch a show at the Boileroom, the bar staff have been incredibly friendly and the same goes for door staff where applicable. Playing shows at the Boileroom is even more enjoyable as, Read more…
Sometimes the old ways are the best.
If one asks the average person on the street to picture an alternative music venue, each individual visualisation will be found to share certain commonalities with all of the others. The venue will definitely be hosting a band playing ear-splitting rock music; the audience will all be about 18 years old; and the general atmosphere will be hostile, obnoxious, and proudly antisocial. If one compares this imaginary alternative music venue to those that exist in real life, one will find that in many cases imagination and reality overlap with almost pinpoint accuracy.
A week after The Boileroom first announced