Roach believes the closing of The Narcissist, The Channel and the Rat pretty much signaled the end for rock in Boston. However, Roach, who has often played at the club, still insists that We never draw well in Cambridge compared to Boston. It all comes down to money. More money is be made from Euro-house music, Osterlind said. It s hard to blame the bar owners because if they are not making any money doing the rock, they got to make the money some other way, he said.
Rock bands are still around in Boston but are without a place to play.
They have to turn to central Massachusetts mainly Worcester like The Espresso Bar and the Palladium. Boston has always been a trendy city, so the trend right now is the Euro-house music, Osterlind said. Live rock just isn t the cool thing, but everything is cyclical in this business and it will be again.