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Ocean Colour Scene is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of Paul Weller, Oasis, The Beatles, Bob Andy and The Twang. Those roots explain a lot about how Ocean Colour Scene arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as Cast, The Seahorses, Shed Seven, Ian Brown and James, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into Amy Macdonald, Editors, The Twang and Stereophonics, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 29 connections around Ocean Colour Scene, reaching back through Paul Weller and forward to Amy Macdonald. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
Ocean Colour Scene is an English rock band formed in Moseley, Birmingham in 1989. They have had five top 10 albums, including a number one in 1997. They have also achieved seventeen top 40 singles and six top 10 singles to date.
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Ocean Colour Scene connections
Ocean Colour Scene grew out of Paul Weller, Oasis, The Beatles and Bob Andy, shares an orbit with Cast, The Seahorses, Shed Seven and Ian Brown, went on to shape Amy Macdonald, Editors, The Twang and Stereophonics. 29 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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