Biography

Chloe is a classically trained multi-instrumentalist, bass guitar tutor living in Surrey. Currently playing bass for Gina Larner, Sound of the Sirens, Alana Springsteen’s UK band and Queen Beats Function band.

Having started on the Cello (amongst others) from a young age she picked up the Bass guitar aged 13 and embarked on a journey into the world of pop music. She studied a degree in popular music performance on Bass guitar at the prestigious Institute of Contemporary Music Performance in Kilburn. At the same time, she started to gig professionally in both fringe productions of musical theatre (Company by Sondheim) and in Folk pop group Unkle Bob. With Unkle Bob she toured the country extensively supporting the likes of James, The Goo Goo Dolls and Tim Booth and recording albums with critically acclaimed producer Ken Nelson (Coldplay, Gomez, Feeder, Paolo Nutini) and Saul Davies (James) recording the bands second album ‘Shockwaves’ in 2010. Performances from this time included prestigious venues including Brixton Academy and The Royal Albert Hall. 

Chloe then went onto play for orchestral art-pop band The Irrepressibles on both Cello and Bass Guitar touring around the globe, including Europe, America and Australia, and featuring on recordings with the band for several of their albums and eps. As well as this Chloe has been featured twice in both Bass Guitar Magazine and online magazine iBass Magazine and performed for the London Bass Guitar Show for Elixir Strings and Overwater Basses. She is currently endorsed by Aguilar Amps and Overwater Basses.

Chloe rejoined Unkle Bob after a nine year hiatus, recording and contributing songwriting to their new record ‘Invisible’ released October 2022. The record features Chloe’s own song ‘The Girl Who Stole The Boy From Scotland’ which gained praise from online and print media. ‘It’s a high point of an already fantastic album’ (Iain Key, 4/10/2022, www.louderthanwar.com)

2023 has seen Chloe playing for Gina Larner, on her headline tour as well as supporting Scouting for Girls at Boisdales and Simply Red at the Coca-cola arena in Dubai. As well as this, she has performed with Tik-Tok viral sensation Remember Mondays at their ep launch in London, C2C festival at the o2 arena in London and at BST Hyde Park supporting Billy Joel. In August Chloe made her debut performance as Alana Springsteen’s UK bassist at The Long Road festival in Leicestershire. In December 2023 Chloe received a nomination for ‘Best Musician’ for the British CMA (Country Music Association) awards which are held in Liverpool at the Cavern Club on February 11th 2024.