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20th March 2005 | New Songs in the Downloads Section |
A further three tracks have now been posted on the downloads page. A couple of rare live songs, ‘I Am the News’ and ‘Beside Yourself’ along with crowd favourite, ‘The Day We Caught The Train’. More tracks will appear next week so keep checking back | |
21st March 2005 | ’A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ Released |
The time is finally upon us, the new album, ‘A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ is out now!. Go buy it and see if we can get the album higher up the charts than the Single achieved. I will also now post the lyrics to all the songs and the single B-Sides today and hopefully some photos from the In-store album signing in Birmingham as well. Make sure to check back later for those. | |
21st March 2005 | Full Lyrics to the New Album |
The full lyrics to all the tracks on ‘A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ are now on this site for your perusal. Later this week, I also hope to have Guitar Tabs for all songs as well. If you have’nt already done so, go out and get the album! | |
21st March 2005 | HMV Band Signing - Pictures |
Pictures from Today’s Band Signing in Birmingham are linked below, the Full 5 Piece band played 5 tracks: Free My Name, I Love You, This Day Should Last Forever, Drive Away and The Circle. Hundreds of lucky people with wristbands got to see the Band. | |
24th March 2005 | Radio Interview - Your questions needed |
During next months tour, an independent radio interview with the lads has been arranged. The organiser has asked me to put out a request to all the big OCS fans out there for any good questions you want to ask the Band, especially about the New Album and Gigs. | |
27th March 2005 | New Album Charts in 30th Place |
The new album entered the charts in a disappointing 30th place, after being in 20th place in the midweek charts, it slipped towards the end of the week to end up in 30th position. In contrast, previous albums, North Atlantic Drift placed 14th and Mechanical Wonder placed 7th. | |
26th March 2005 | OCS News Updates - Babyshambles, Keighley |
Steve Cradock has been asked by Babyshambles, (Pete Dohertys band after splitting from ‘The Libertines’) to play lead guitar when they go into the Studio to record their new album. In other news, the OCS Keighley warm-up gig provisionally planned for 31st March has been moved to July, with the 26th being the most likely date. | |
29th March 2005 | UK Tour - Send in your Photos and Reviews |
With the 26 date tour kicking off this coming weekend in Liverpool, anyone who is going to the various dates, please send in your pictures, reviews, setlists and recordings of the gigs. I will then post them up on this site, so you can share your gig experiences with the OCS fanbase. Send them through to the usual address: steve@oceancolourtheme.co.uk and full credit will be given. | |
30th March 2005 | OCS Tour Setlist News |
The Band have been very busy rehearsing for the upcoming tour, the setlist that has taken shape so far from this includes 6 songs taken from the new album, 2 of which will definitely be ‘God’s World’ and ‘Drive Away’, surprise inclusions on the list are ‘40 Past Midnight’, Half A Dream Away’ and ‘Day Tripper’, all of which looks to be heading towards the most interesting and diverse OCS Gig setlist in years. Bring it on. | |
The Setlist that was rehearsed for the Tour is as follows, there may be one or two additions or subtractions from this list depending on how the tunes fare live. | |
1, Free My Name | 14, 40 Past Midnight |
Source: ocs.com | |
31st March 2005 | OCS Tour Setlist - Updated |
1st April 2005 | Simon in ‘I’m Straight’ Confession |
After years of being Gay and living with long term boyfriend Robert, Simon has confessed that he has been living a lie and it was all a PR stunt during the height of the bands fame in the Mid 90’s to gain continued exposure. Simon said ‘I got bored with having to camp it up everywhere I go, so I had to let it out (the secret). | |
1st April 2005 | Tour - A further Irish Tour Date Added |
Another Tour Date has been added to the 26 Date tour that kicks off tomorrow, the Gig in Limerick’s Dolan’s Warehouse Venue, on Monday 2nd May, is sandwiched between the end of the UK tour dates and the start of the four night stint in Dublin. | |
3rd April 2005 | New Songs in the Downloads Section |
The final three tracks from OCS’s gig in London’s Astoria have now been posted on the downloads page. A couple of crowd pleasers, ‘Hundred Mile High City’ and ‘Robin Hood’ along with a great cover of the Small Faces classic, ‘Song of a Baker’. Next to appear in the downloads section is the amazing Barrowlands gig in 2000. | |
4th April 2005 | Pictures from the Cambridge Gig |
Pictures from the weekends gig at the Cambridge Corn Exchange are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Gary Adams (gtheaceface) for sending them in. ‘North Atlantic Drift’ and ‘Day Tripper’ were dropped from the rehearsed setlist for this show. | |
8th April 2005 | Pictures from the Liverpool and Edinburgh Gigs |
Pictures from the gigs at Liverpool University and Edinburgh Usher Hall are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Darren S and Grant McFarlane respectively for sending them in. Click here to send your gig photos in and have them appear on here. | |
9th April 2005 | OCS in Summer Gig at Crathes Castle - Rumour |
Simon Fowler mentioned during the Aberdeen gig (and has talked about in Interviews this year) that the Band are planning to play a summer gig at a Castle somewhere, at the gig he stated the venue as Crathes Castle, probably the end of July or appearing at ‘Live on the Lawn’ festival in August. (Note - This gig has not been confirmed yet) | |
10th April 2005 | Pictures from the Glasgow Gig |
Pictures from the gig at Glasgow Academy are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Grant McFarlane for sending them in. After the Lads came off stage at Glasgow they said it was “the best gig we’ve ever done”. Send in your OCS gig photos here | |
11th April 2005 | Pictures from the Belfast Gig |
Pictures from the gig at Belfast Ulster Hall are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Rock Photographer, Iona Bateman for permission to use them on this site. Prints of these amazing OCS photos are also available for purchase on Iona’s website. | |
18th April 2005 | ‘Anthology’ Re-Released |
As exclusively revealed here on 12th March, the excellent ‘Anthology’ plus Bonus DVD was Re-Released today. The DVD is a re-packaged ‘Filmed from the Front Row’ DVD along with the old ‘Anthology’ CD (Click on product titles for Tracklistings) | |
19th April 2005 | Pictures from the London Gig |
Pictures from the amazing gig at London’s Brixton Academy are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Andy, David, Paul, Emily and Pal for making it such an excellent day. OCS excelled themselves. Bring on the Brighton Gig! | |
21st April 2005 | OCS @ Haldern Pop Festival - Rumour |
OCS are due to appear at the Haldern Pop Festival in Germany on 5th or 6th August, in a strong line up featuring Franz Ferdinand and Kaiser Chiefs amongst others, this appearance is likely to be one of a few at festivals across Europe this summer, check back for more festival dates soon. (Note - This appearance has not been confirmed yet) | |
17th April 2005 | Pictures from the Wolverhampton Gig |
Pictures from the gig at Wolverhampton’s Civic Hall are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Scott Ledbury and Ian Williams for sending them in. | |
25th April 2005 | Brighton Bender 2005 Microsite - Coming Soon |
Fans from across the UK descended on Brighton for a Mad, Mod OCS Weekender, coming from as far away as Scotland, Dublin and Hastings!, the 25 of us from this Site helped make it a absolutely storming gig. A fully featured Microsite with many of the 2,000+ photos from the weekender will be going live this week. Check back soon | |
25th April 2005 | Exclusive - OCS Glasgow Gig |
After speaking to Chris Cradock at the Brighton Soundcheck, he stated that there will be a ‘small’ gig in Glasgow, at a, as yet, unnamed venue. The gig is planned for the end of June and is likely to be a warm-up for some of the planned European Festival Dates OCS are due to play. (Note - This appearance has not been confirmed yet) | |
24th April 2005 | Oscar in Hospital Scare |
Oscar has been in Hospital in one of the off days in the 26 Date tour, after complaining of feeling unwell during the rigorous tour schedule, during a routine scan, he was found to have irregularities with his heart and is booked to go back into Hospital this Wednesday. I am sure all of your will join me in wishing him a speedy recovery. Get Well Soon Oscar. | |
28th April 2005 | Second Single Released - June 6th |
The second single to be taken from ‘A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ is out on June 6th, the choices of song for this release are: Drive Away, This Day Should Last Forever and God’s World, with Drive Away being the hot favourite. | |
2nd May 2005 | Pictures from the Exeter, Leeds and Newcastle Gigs |
Pictures from the final gigs of the UK leg of the tour are now in the Gallery Gig Section, thanks to Kath Fitton, John Ashton and Andy Mogg for sending them in. | |
3rd May 2005 | Second Single ’This Day Should Last Forever’ |
The second single to be taken from ‘A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ is confirmed as being ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ which will be out on June 6th, B-Sides and formats will be confirmed very soon. This upbeat, radio friendly tune, and catchy chorus should fare better in the charts than first single ‘Free My Name’. | |
3rd May 2005 | OCS in P.A @ Dublin’s Tower Records this Friday |
The Lads will be at Dublin’s Tower Records store this friday 6th May for a Personal Appearance at 1pm, take along your OCS Records to get signed, the band then follow this up with a 3 Day Gig Weekend in Dublin. Get yourself along and enjoy the craic. | |
5th May 2005 | New OCT Merchandise Shop - Now Online |
A new site feature has been added, the OCT shop offers: T-Shirts, Hats, Mugs, Ladies and Men’s Underwear amongst other things, all bearing the infamous Ocean Colour Theme logo, prices are reasonable, (Half of any profits go to the Royal Marsden Cancer Campaign), Visit the shop for further details on delivery, payment and to browse. | |
9th May 2005 | OCS Glasgow Gig in June - Order Tickets Now |
As mentioned previously on this site, OCS are going to play a Gig in Glasgow on Saturday 25th June. The Venue is the former ABC Cinema, which has been converted to a Music Venue and opens for the first time in June, with a capacity of 1200 in the main arena, read more about the refurbishment here. Tickets are likely to sell out very soon so be quick to grab a chance of seeing OCS in there Spiritual home. | |
10th May 2005 | OCS News Updates |
The lads are currently in Spain, and are due to play in the evening of the opening of the new FNAC store in Madrid. In other news, the second single ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ will be released on only 1 CD and a 7” on June 6th, one of the B-sides being ‘Last December’. The Lads are also ‘in-session’ on the Janice Long show on Radio 2 to promote the new single on June 7th. | |
11th May 2005 | OCS @ Santander Summer Festival in Spain |
The lads will be appearing at the Santander Summer Festival on 8th / 9th July as part of there european festival summer tours, also playing in Santander are the Chemical Brothers and Morcheeba amongst others. Tickets available from here. | |
The second single ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ is out on June 13th on Sanctuary Records. Featuring Last December and Move Things Over as B-Sides | |
Mini CD Version: | 7” Version: |
Source: ocs.com | |
12th May 2005 | ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ - Single Details |
12th May 2005 | OCS Gig @ Crathes Castle in Scotland |
As mentioned previously on this site, the lads will be appearing at Crathes Castle in Scotland on Friday July 29th for a special one-off gig in some fabulous surroundings. More summer gig dates are due to follow soon, keep checking back for updates. | |
17th May 2005 | OCS Gig @ Blackpool and Single News |
The lads will be playing at Blackpools Empress Ballrooms on August 13th as part of an all day Northern Soul event, which will be featuring some very special support. Ticket information is to follow. There will also be a Gig in Keighley sometime in July. | |
23rd May 2005 | OCS Gig @ Metro Rock Festival in Spain |
The lads are down to play at the Metro Rock Festival in Madrid on Friday 24th June as part of there Euro Summer Tour, other acts include Beck and Morcheeba amongst others. Tickets can be ordered online here. The following day they are due to be in Glasgow for their Gig at the newly opened ABC Venue. | |
25th May 2005 | Happy Birthday Simon - 40 Today |
OCS frontman Simon Fowler is celebrating his 40th Birthday today, I hope you will all join me in wishing him a very Happy Birthday, having been in OCS since he was 24, he certainly has lived his 40 years well!. | |
26th May 2005 | ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ - New Release Date |
The new single ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ release date has been moved again, it is now 20th June, having previously been June 6th and June 13th, the reason given for the move is in order to gain much needed radio play. The Song has also been put on the Radio 2 ‘C’ List which means it will get approx 5 plays, Terry Wogan has already played it twice on his popular Radio show. | |
28th May 2005 | OCS Website - Downtime |
The official site is currently having server problems, and has been for the last couple of days. The forum has been out of use since then and now is closed completely with a curios error message which seems to hint at bigger issues. I am sure the website team are working hard to resolve these issues and it will be back up in no time. | |
27th May 2005 | OCS on Irish TV - Tommorrow |
The lads were in Ireland today recording for the show ‘Other Voices’ which will air on RTE2 between 8pm and 9pm tommorrow 28th May. The Band recorded full electric versions of ‘The Riverboat Song’, ‘The Day we Caught The Train’ and finally, the new single ‘This Day Should Last Forever’. Turn on, Tune in and Rock out. | |
29th May 2005 | OCS on Irish TV - Streaming Video |
The video for OCS’s performance on Irish TV Channel RTÉ 2 is now available from their website, in a streaming RealPlayer™ video format. The Gig lasts just under 15 minutes and includes ‘Profit In Peace’, ‘This Day Should Last Forever’, ‘Circle’ and ‘The Day We Caught The Train’. It’s worth watching just for Simon’s Beard! | |
7th June 2005 | OCS on Radio 2 ‘Session’ - Tonight |
The band are on the Janice Long Show tonight, 'In Session'. The performance was recorded during the recent 'Hyperactive Workout Tour' and features some of the new songs and some old classics. The show starts on Radio 2 (88-91FM) from Midnight. | |
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