1st March 2005 | Exclusive - Simon on BBC Radio this Thursday |
Simon is to perform an acoustic track taken from the new album live on Johnnie Walker’s show on Radio 2. He is due to be on at approx 6:20pm on Thursday 3rd March, in a performance to boost OCS’s profile before the release of ‘Free My Name’ next Monday. There will also be an interview on Radio 1 in a Lunchtime Newsbeat. | |
1st March 2005 | Day out at OCS Rehearsals - Competition Answer |
The answer to the difficult question set, to win a day at the OCS rehearsals was: | |
2nd March 2005 | New Songs in the Downloads Section |
A further four tracks have now been posted on the downloads page. A couple of rare live classics, ‘Soul Driver’ and ‘Jane she got Excavated’ along with crowd faves, ‘The Circle’ and ‘Riverboat Song’. More tracks will appear next week so keep checking back | |
2nd March 2005 | OCS News Updates - Second Single + Support Band |
The second support band for the tour is being decided on this week, also, on that note, the 4 Dublin tour dates will finally be confirmed as well. | |
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Source: ocs.com
2nd March 2005 | OCS Promotion News Updates |
After many years of under promotion, OCS have been getting some fantastic promotional support for the New Single and Album. Below are the key highlights: |
3rd March 2005 | Simon Fowler Interview on Johnnie Walker’s Show |
Simon made a fantastic appearance on the Johnnie Walker show this evening, where they started the interview by playing the full album version of ‘Everything Comes at the Right Time’ and Simon also played ‘This Day Should Last Forever’ and ‘The Circle’ acoustically. | |
6th March 2005 | Message from Chris Cradock |
In a lengthy message from Band Manager, Chris, he talks about the promotion of the Single (Released Tomorrow) and Album, the upcoming UK tour, the soundchecks and also the countries they possibly may be visiting during the summer, and finally, you’ll all be glad to know that, due to demand, Oscar will be singing ‘My Time’ on the tour. | |
6th March 2005 | OCS in Keighley Warm-Up Gig - Rumour |
OCS appear to be warming up for the forthcoming 26 date tour with an intimate gig in one of their favourite pre-tour venues, Keighley’s Victoria Hall on the 31st March. The tickets are priced at £23 in Advance or £25 on the door (Please Note: Venue capacity is 550 people, therefore the tickets will more than likely sell out beforehand) | |
7th March 2005 | ’Free My Name’ Release Day - Go Buy It! |
The time is finally upon us, the first single from the forthcoming album is out today. It is available in a Mini CD/7” Version with ‘Free My Name’ and ‘Better than Before’ on, or a Maxi CD Version with the additional track ‘Another Time to Stay’ plus the music video and the U-Myx Interactive format. Go buy them | |
7th March 2005 | |
5-piece band ‘Fleet’ are now confirmed as the second support act on OCS’s 26 date tour, they will be supporting the Southampton, Leicester, Norwich, Southend, Bristol, Exeter, Cardiff and Manchester Gigs. The other support act is Mark Joseph. | |
8th March 2005 | ’Free My Name’ Early Chart Position |
After the first day sales, the single is in 20th place, hopefully with a bit of a push we can get that safely into the top 15. In other news, Free My Name has received massive airplay in Holland, appearing on Radio 1,2 and 3, in preparation for the planned single release on March 21st. | |
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10th March 2005 | ’Free My Name’ Unit Sale News |
The single is currently in 17th Place, below shows the 15th to 19th place Unit Sales as at Midweek, we can’t let Girls Aloud beat OCS!, go buy another Single: |
Source: ocs.com
11th March 2005 | ‘The Sun’ Online Webchat with Simon |
In an excellent interview with Simon, where fans sent in the questions, he reveals that he has’nt spoken to Damon since he left, that they plan to do a gig in a castle in Scotland later this year, and that the Glastonbury Festival organiser has asked them to appear again this year. Go read the full article below. | |
12th March 2005 | Re-Release of ‘Anthology’ CD plus bonus DVD |
In a cynical move by the previous record company to ‘cash in’ on the lads heightened profile and upcoming UK tour, they are re-releasing the Anthology CD, this time with a Bonus DVD as well, which incorporates everything from the ‘Filmed from the Front Row’ DVD minus the interview section. The CD/DVD is released on April 18th. | |
13th March 2005 | ‘Free My Name’ charts in 23rd place |
The first single from ‘A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad’ charted at No 23, this is a relatively good achievement considering the lack of mainstream airplay and was mainly from OCS’s fantastic support, the single was in 20th place on Monday and up to 17th by Wednesday but obviously slipped since then. It is unlikely that it will now lead to another performance on Top of the Pops by the lads. | |
15th March 2005 | OCS Album Signing + Live Show at HMV Birmingham |
The lads will be performing live and signing copies of their new album 'A Hyperactive Workout For The Flying Squad' next week, on album release day, Monday 21st March, this event will take place at HMV in Birmingham High Street at 5.00pm. | |
16th March 2005 | OCS & Pete Doherty Record Rumour + Chart News |
OCS appear in ‘The Sun’ today in an article which exclaims that OCS are to make a record with ex-Libertines singer Pete Doherty, it quotes Simon as saying “Despite Pete’s Drug Addiction he is one of the most talented artists around and writes amazing, poetic songs.” Click here to see the News Item on ‘The Sun’ Online. | |
19th March 2005 | Interview with Simon on icBirmingham Website |
In an excellent interview with Simon that first appeared in the Birmingham Post (Incidentally, where Simon used to work as a reporter before making it big with OCS), he talks about the near death experience he had and how it has affected him, how the new band members are fitting in and a bit about Chas ‘n’ Dave as support!. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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. | |
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 |
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