| Ocean Colour Scene (often abbreviated to OCS) are an English rock band from Birmingham.History
They were formed after two other local bands called The Boys and Fanatics disbanded.With the explosion of the Britpop scene, OCS's music became nationally and internationally known.Their song The Riverboat Song was featured on Chris Evans' TFI Friday as the backing music when guests were introduced, and "Hundred Mile High City" and "July" were used in the film Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and the associated television series.He said afterwards, "That's got to mean more than going on Top Of The Pops".In 1998 they headlined their own arena tour and played three sold out nights at Stirling Castle, Scotland.Their arena tour became the biggest selling arena tour of any UK band in 1998.Their sound is deliberately retro, and influenced by sixties rock, especially The Small Faces.The Jam frontman Paul Weller's backing group, performing live and contributing to his solo albums before Ocean Colour Scene broke through to a wider audience.Lead singer Simon Fowler has also contributed to Paul Weller's albums in the past.Cradock and Minchella still regularly perform with Weller, despite Minchella no longer being an active member of Ocean Colour Scene.During their peak (around the time of the Moseley Shoals release) OCS also regularly performed on stage with Noel and Liam Gallagher of Oasis with whom they were on tour at the time.These connections came about mainly due to OCS's musical abilities, which both Gallaghers and Weller praised greatly.The interview mainly focused on Oasis' then forthcoming gig in the grounds of Knebworth House, of which Ocean Colour Scene were one of the supporting acts.There was a combined audience of over 250,000 people.See Concerts at Knebworth House.OCS played the OXEGEN festival in Ireland and were extremely well received by the crowd in the Green Room on the Saturday night.Korea during August 2007, where they were well received despite the band themselves thinking they were not well known over there, and also played at the V festival over the weekend of the 18th and 19th of August 2007.It was announced on 15 October 2007 that fan favourite "Go To Sea" would be released as a free download single via the band's website.Damon Minchella was fired by the band in 2003, temporarily replaced by Gary "Mani" Mounfield for a support slot with Stereophonics and then was permanently replaced by Dan Sealey on bass.Tony Griffiths, Chris Griffiths; backing vocals."Crazy Lowdown Ways" video)
Brian Travers; saxophone.July 2001
Songs for the Front Row
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Compilation of mainly singles up to 2001 with some other tracks.Also a limited edition was released with bonus live CD.Live recording of an acoustic concert by Simon Fowler and Oscar Harrison and released via their website in limited edition run of 3000 copies.July 2003
Anthology
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A complete collection of Ocean Colour Scene's material from their debut album up to 2001.Live album from a Birmingham Carling Academy gig on 17 December 2006.On August 13th 2007 this album will be released on CD.Trivia
Simon Fowler was one of the musicians involved in the official anthem for England's World Cup campagn, for France 98.Bunnymen, Space and The Spice Girls.How Does It Feel) To Be On Top Of The World" reached number 9 in the official UK charts.External links
Official website
Official fansite
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1.By clicking any links above, the iTunes application will launch or you will be prompted to download iTunes if you don't have it.Their devotion to trad rock may have earned them decidedly mixed reviews, but that was the very thing that earned them a sizable following.Ocean Colour Scene is comprised of Steve Cradock (lead guitar, keyboards, vocals), Simon Fowler (lead vocals, guitar), Damon Minchella (bass), and Oscar Harrison (drums).Prior to forming in 1990, the members of the band had played in a variety of other groups.Fanatics, who released an EP, Surburban Love Songs, on the independent label Chapter 22 in the spring of 1989.Shortly after Harrison joined Fanatics, the group split up.Several months after their disbandment, Fowler, Minchella, and Harrison formed Ocean Colour Scene with Cradock, whom they met at a Stone Roses concert.Appropriately, Ocean Colour Scene was initially heavily influenced by the Stone Roses.After performing a few concerts, the group built a small fan base and signed with a local indie label, !Shortly after signing with !Phfft, Ocean Colour Scene became hyped as "the next big thing" by the British music weekly press, as their live shows and debut single, "Sway," earned extremely positive reviews during the first half of 1990.Instead of concentrating on work, the band essentially drank away their hours in the studio, resulting in a batch of uneven recordings.Unsatisfied by the tapes, the band headed back into the studio with Hugo Nicolson, who had previously worked with Primal Scream.By the time they completed the record, !Phfft had been acquired by Fontana Records, who bought the indie with the intent of owning the rights to Ocean Colour Scene.By that time, the music press had abandoned the Madchester scene that the Stone Roses spawned and, in turn, they rejected the return of Ocean Colour Scene.Ocean Colour Scene returned to England halfway through the year, planning to record a new album quickly, but Bates rejected their new material.By the time it was settled in early 1993, the group owed hundreds of thousands of pounds to the label and they were back on the dole.Ocean Colour Scene continued to rehearse, often supported by their manager (and Steve's father), Chris Cradock, who put the family house up for mortgage.By the end of the 1993, Cradock, Fowler, and Minchella were all playing in Weller's band.The next break for Ocean Colour Scene arrived in late summer of 1994, when Noel Gallagher, the leader of Oasis, heard the band's tape in the offices of his record label.Gallagher offered OCS the opening slot for Oasis' breakthrough fall 1994 tour, which provided the group with needed exposure.Eventually, the band signed with MCA in the summer of 1995; they were one of the few labels not to insist that the group change their name.During early 1996, the hype machine began to go into overdrive for Ocean Colour Scene, as Gallagher proclaimed them the best band in Britain in several interviews and Chris Evans, a DJ on BBC's Radio 1, constantly played OCS's comeback single, "The Riverboat Song," essentially using it as his theme song."The Riverboat Song" entered the charts at number 15 early in 1996.Ocean Colour Scene also became a popular live attraction in Britain, selling out concerts during their summer tour.Moseley Shoals was released in America during the summer, but it failed to make much of an impact in the U.By the late summer they had completed the album and had released "Hundred Mile City" as a single; it debuted at number two on the U.Songs for the Front Row: The Very Best of Ocean Colour Scene in 2001.North Atlantic Drift, followed by Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad in 2005.Some of the information on this page is provided by All Music Guide and does not necessarily reflect the views of Ticketmaster."Are you sure you want to block this user?Live at Birmingham class release!!!!Another in our occasional series of Sunday afternoon Danny's Bar gigs
It's March!!!And we are playing our first headline gig since the Beatles Night.It's this Sunday (11th March) at Danny's Bar, Esquires, Bedford UK.Support comes from The Inspiration and it all kicks off at 5pm.Looking forward to seeing you guys in Lincoln at the end of April.We have some new songs on our profile, if you get chance give them a blast and let us know what you think.London
on Tue I'm playing an acoustic set
at The Pleasure Unit, a cool and smart venue.If you want to come along it would be great...Still big fans of yours !Really lookin forward to ur gig in peterborough on the 15th of april!Sunday in Wigan which will now take place on Sat 19th May,please accept our sincerest apologies, it's not something we like to do.More details will go live on our site.THE JAMM site
Here's a little ad for a good friend of ours "Twink", he was The Jam's official photographer and has put together a book of never seen before Jam pics.Any plans to come to Plymouth?Thanks for the addy lovely boys.Can't wait to see you again soon.You are such a lovely polite boy!So hope I meet foxy next time too.Dear Ocean Colour Scene
Many thanks for becoming one of our friends.Hope you have a great weekend.New tracks now up on our page, pop over and have a listen if you have a minute.Alright Ocean Colour Scene!THE REDWINGS FIRST TV LIVE PERFORMANCE IS UP NOW!Feedback would be much appreciated once again.IM SEEING YOU ALL SOON IN HULL CANT FUCKING WAIT!!!!Richard is a young singer songwriter from Edinburgh whose influences include R.Richard has a very distinctive voice which is used to channel some excellent tunes.Hey guys, many thanks for the add.Keep bringing the music to the people.And I hope you like some of my pics and tunes.Hope you've been enjoying the Anydays debut album preview tracks.Thank you soooo much for the add!Top of the Pops in 1996 count!!!??Back then, at 14 (I was technically also too young to actually be in there!TOTP watching Ocean Colour Scene doing "the day we caught the train"!"Urgent Security Alert","Warning: You are submitting information to an outside site.Do you wish to continue your form submission?"DelegateListener('yuimenuitem', 'hd', 'click', YAHOO.Rating affects your music played in LAUNCHcast and Music Videos.The Day We Caught The ...Ocean Colour Scene is the eponymous 1992 debut album by the British rock group Ocean Colour Scene.It was released during the early Britpop era with far less critical interest than their highly successful second album Moseley Shoals.The first single from the album was 'Sway' in February 1992, followed by 'Giving it All Away' in March and finally 'Do Yourself a Favour' in May.This page was last modified 15:47, 28 August 2007.Want More Ocean Colour Scene?Highlights: A smokin version of her hit single Tambourine and a killer verse from Party Like a Rockstar.Get behind the scenes footage from other Sessions alums.SiteCatalyst code version: H.You may give each page an identifying name, server, and channel on
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915,464 plays scrobbled on Last.C'mon, be negative about your Top 20!They should already have several million plays already.Join the group:British Is Better!!CD's again recently, superb stuff...Ocean Colour Scene sounds like the Detroit Transit Railroad...For Dancers Only on the new album is good.....Paul Weller song so that helps!If you'd like to add some events for Ocean Colour Scene then you can do so on this page.Web Site Support
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