What is "boiler room"

n. 1 A room in a building that houses the boiler(s) and similar equipment. 2 A compartment on a steamship that houses the boiler. 3 (context informal English) A telemarketing firm that makes cold calls.

Boiler Room is a 2000 American crime drama film written and directed by Ben Younger and starring Giovanni Ribisi, Vin Diesel, Nia Long, Ben Affleck, Nicky Katt, Scott Caan, Tom Everett Scott, Ron Rifkin, and Jamie Kennedy.

Screenwriter Ben Younger interviewed for a job at brokerage firm Sterling Foster. Younger said, "I walked in and immediately realized, This is my movie. I mean, you see these kids and know something is going on."

The film is based on interviews that the writer conducted with numerous brokers over a two-year period, and is inspired by the firm Stratton Oakmont and the life of Jordan Belfort, whose autobiography was later adapted into Martin Scorsese's 2013 film The Wolf of Wall Street starring Leonardo DiCaprio as Belfort.

Boiler room may refer to:

• Boiler Room (band), a nu metal band formed in 1996
• Boiler room (building), a room or space in a building for mechanical equipment and its associated electrical equipment
• Boiler room (business), a busy centre of activity, often selling questionable goods by telephone
• Boiler Room (film), a 2000 U.S. film
• Boiler room (ship), a compartment on a steamship that houses the boiler
• "The Boiler Room", an episode of the Tanner '88 television series
• " The Boiler Room Gallery", a contemporary art gallery in Oslo, Norway
• Boiler Room (music project), a music project launched in London in 2010
• Boiler Room (restaurant), a restaurant launched by Vivian Howard
• "The Boiler Room" A new Mickey Mouse Short

In business, the term boiler room refers to an outbound call center selling questionable investments by telephone. It typically refers to a room where salesmen work using unfair, dishonest sales tactics, sometimes selling penny stocks, private placements or committing outright stock fraud. The term carries a negative connotation, and is often used to imply high-pressure sales tactics and, sometimes, poor working conditions.

Boiler Room was a nu metal band who formed in 1996. The band, featuring vocalist Chris Lino, guitarist Rob Caggiano, bassist James Meselsohn, and drummer Mike Meselsohn toured through their local club scene for several years, building up their material and performance skills. The band broke through on local radio following an opening slot for Orgy in 1999. Original guitarist Joey Barracato played on their first self-titled 1996 CD and played the first couple years of gigs, opening for bands such as Type O Negative, Life of Agony, and Korn.

The next year Boiler Room signed to Roadrunner Records, which was slated to release their debut album, "Can't Breathe", for the summer of 2000. The record, however, failed to come out after several delays, and Boiler Room signed with Tommy Boy Records. "Can't Breathe" was finally issued in November of the same year, only for Tommy Boy to drop the band once their short term contract expired. With no label, Boiler Room broke up in the summer of 2001, with only that single release to their credit. The song "Do It Again" did however appear on an MTV compilation disc titled Return Of The Rock that was released on June 13, 2000.

Discography

Boiler Room [1996] DIY Records

01. Low Society
02. Wrecking Man
03. Do Or Die
04. Judgement Day
05. Out For Self
06. Undying
07. Hard Reality
08. Independence
09. Day By Day
10. Black Sky
11. We All Bleed

Can't Breathe [2000] Roadrunner Records / Tommy Boy Records

01. Do It Again
02. It's Real
03. Superficial
04. Insomnia
05. Crash
06. Patience
07. Can't Breathe
08. Fuse
09. Hopeless
10. Can I Live
11. See Through You
12. Vindictive
13. No Reason

Do It Again (Single) [2001] Roadrunner Records / Tommy Boy Records

01. Do It Again (album version)
02. 4 X 4
03. Do It Again (US mix)

Category:Musical groups established in 1996 Category:American nu metal musical groups Category:Musical groups disestablished in 2001

Boiler Room is a global online music broadcasting platform commissioning and streaming live music sessions with an invite-only audience in mostly private locations around the world. These sessions are streamed via their website and syndicated through other video streaming platforms including YouTube, Dailymotion, and Facebook. They also publish content to Twitter, Instagram, and Snapchat. A majority of the live video broadcasts are later made available for viewing on demand via Boiler Room's archive. i-D states that Boiler Room is known for "documenting, and actively enabling, underground music culture." According to The Guardian's Ian McQuaid, Boiler Room "have streamed over 3.5bn minutes of music since starting out, with audiences of up to 400,000 tuning in to watch... live sets."

Founded in London in 2010, Boiler Room has now hosted shows in around 100 cities worldwide, from Stockholm to Shanghai. They have operations in London, New York, Berlin, Mexico City, Sydney, São Paulo, Tokyo, Kraków, and Los Angeles and produce an average of 30-35 new shows each month. Their music programming originally focused on electronic music but has expanded to include additional genres, including grime, rap, hip hop, garage, classical, jazz, and world. While they predominantly cover what is often referred to as "underground music" and emerging talent they have also featured performances with a number of established performers in a variety of genres, including Thom Yorke, Jamie xx, Disclosure, Four Tet, Nina Kraviz, Frankie Knuckles, Carl Cox, Skepta, DJ EZ, Snoop Dogg, Laurent Garnier, Richie Hawtin, Jamie Jones, Armand Van Helden, Lil B, A$AP Rocky, and others.