Credits
I was born in October 1967 in Madrid, Spain. In that very same moment, The Nice were supporting Jimi Hendrix at The Marquee Club, which sometimes makes me thing I was born about 15 years late.
When I first visited London in 1989, I really didn't give a damn about the Big Ben, Picadilly Circus and the Tower of London. I just wanted to visit The Marquee Club! Since I was 10, music has been a very important part of my life and I've always loved to read all the wonderful stories about all of the great bands playing there: Yes, King Crimson, Soft Machine, The Police, David Bowie, Jethro Tull, Led Zeppelin, Joy Division, The Rolling Stones, Genesis, Supertramp, Ultravox, The Jam... everyone! I just needed to check the place. So there I was in 1989, heading to Wardour Street in Soho. But then, I just couldn't find the place, so I asked a peasant and he said: 'The Marquee is not here anymore, it's down the road in Charing Cross now'. I didn't have a clue about it. So I finally went back to 90 Wardour Street to check and all I could see from the original Marquee Club was a metal fence covering an empty whole where it used to be. I was late! I believe this was one of the most upsetting moments in my life.
In 1984, as a teenager, I started publishing music fanzines. I started working in a professional design studio in 1987. From that time on, I was involved in different design, illustration and art works for music bands and independent record labels, and later I also worked in the fields of theatre and photography. In 1993, I started producing different music projects, both solo and with different bands and artists.
In the late 90's I moved to live in London. It was during this period that I researched most of the material shown on this web site in newspaper libraries, memorabilia shops and bookstores. Then I realized how hard was to find any information about The Marquee Club.
In 2000, back in Madrid, I started Intuitive Music, a professional web site dedicated to experimental, alternative and electronic music where I do recommendations on what I think is the most interesting music today. In August 2004, I posted an article about the opening of the new version of The Marquee Club in Leicester Square. The article beat all the page views records ever, getting thousands of them. That's when I realized how important was to get the memory of The Marquee Club recovered, and it needed to be done soon.
In 2003, my wife Naomi and I started Intuitive Designs, specialized in corporate web design and we moved to Bellingham, WA, USA in 2008. Amongst other commercial works, we have worked for different electronic music clubs in web, flyer and logo design. We have also designed and built web sites for bands, and of course this Marquee Club website. Apart from the design work, in a personal level, I work in different projects of art, illustration and sculpture.
I finally opened this web site in October 2006, after getting dozens of emails from people encouraging me to start the project. This web site is not the official website of the Marquee club and it doesn't represent the actual Marquee club and is not a commercial web site. This is only a personal project that I develop in my spare time.
My personal goal with this web site is to help recovering and keeping alive the memory of The Marquee Club and what it represents. I believe that The Marquee was not just a music club, but the meeting point where different generations of people shared their dreams, talent, illusions and work. Today, the music industry has turned into a mere machine for making money. The young generations of musicians don't have a school anymore; a playground and a common ground where to grow up on stage as they used to; a place where to share their talent and inspire each other. It's very important that the musicians and music lovers don't forget that there used to be be a different way of living the music and certainly there can be a better way.
If you want to contact me please use this email address.
You can also visit these other web sites I'm involved with:
Themarqueeclub.net is a non-comercial project by Intuitive Designs &
Editor: Koldo Barroso.
I want to give thanks to:
- My wife Naomi for her constant support, encouragement, and understanding.
- Barbara Pendleton, for her attention.
- Robert Wolf, for his help.
- Alex Piva, for his constant encouragement, wonderful contribution, and for his illusion in this project.
- Phil Collins, for his attention and illusion in this project.
- Glenn Cornick, for his attention and contribution with his personal collection of memorabilia.
- Paul Silveira, for his usual kindness.
- Jon Anderson, for his attention.
- Chris Joe Beard, for his attention and support.
- Don Mather, for his attention.
- Peter Ball, for his photography.
- Andy Scott, for his attention and support.
- Angie from fumbleontheweb.com for her contribution.
- Henry Björklund, for his photography.
- Andy Sears, for his attention.
- Tina Pomery, for her contribution to complete the calendars of gigs.
- Declan, for his contribution to complete the calendars of gigs.
- Trevor Duplock and Brightonbeat.com, for his attention and valuable information.
- Mark Harrington, for his attention and support.
- Jeremy Fletcher, for his contibution, attention and kindness.
- Ken Scott, for his attention.
- Gary Murphy, for his attention and contribution.
- John Wilson, for his attention and kindness.
- Jerry Bloom, for his contribution and support.
- Keith Barry, for his contribution to complete the calendar of gigs.
- Ed Jackson at www.chrisbarber.net and the Barber-Purser Archives, for their wonderful contribution to the Gallery.
- Diz Minnitt, for his attention and kindness.
- Thomas Spitzer from Marillion Setlists, for his help.
- Justine Perriam and Uncut magazine, for their collaboration.
- Michael Mitchell for his contribution to complete the calendar of gigs.
- Mitzy Bagpuss from www.onethejuggler.co.uk for her wonderful collaboration and support.
- Mick Clarke for his attention and contribution.
- Keith Boyce and Heavy Metal Kids for his attention and photo contribution.
- Andy Chambers for his contribution to complete the calendar of gigs.
- John Adair for his contribution to complete the calendar of gigs.
- Gunther Kutsch for his support and interest in the project.
- Tony Morrison for his attention.
- Jeff Slatter for his attention and friendship.
- Chris Barber for his attention and kindness.
- Stewart Carolan for his attention.
- Ray Hoyle for his attention.
- Peter Banks for his friendship, patience, kindness and good vibes.
- Trevor Williams for his attention.
- Judy Dyble for her patience, understanding and kindness.
- Amanda Hermitage for her attention.
- Francisco Valdivia for his friendship and encourgagement.
- Guy Tkach for sharing his wonderful collection of memorabilia scans.
- Greg Tesser his attention and kindness.
- Colin Richardson for his amability and trust.
- David O'List for his attention.
- Tony O'Dell for his contribution to complete the calendars of gigs.
- Paddy Corea for his attention.
- Detmar Zeugfang for sharing his memorabilia scans.
- Phil Bailey for for his contribution to complete the calendars of gigs and ticket stub scans.
- Justin Colman for his attention.
I also want to thank to everyone who is submitting their memories and information to this project. This web site, from my point of view, is a small library and research center of the history of modern music which wouldn't be possible without your contributions.
Koldo Barroso
Please note that this web site doesn't represent any of the people named above. E-mails requesting contact with any of these people won't be answered.
This web site neither represents the official Marquee club and it is just a personal tribute to the old Marquee club. If you want information or to keep in touch with the actual Marquee club or Marquee Promotions please visit their official web site. E-mails requesting contact or asking information about the actual Marquee club won't be answered.