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The Ocean Blue is an act on the Starverb influence map. Their sound grew out of The Innocence Mission. Those roots explain a lot about how The Ocean Blue arrange songs and choose their tones. They run in the same orbit as The Sundays, Pale Saints, Toad The Wet Sprocket, Ride and Morrissey, sharing audiences, venues and reference points rather than a straight line of influence. Their influence carried into The Innocence Mission, where the same ideas turn up rearranged for a later generation. Altogether the chart holds 23 connections around The Ocean Blue, reaching back through The Innocence Mission and forward to The Innocence Mission. Follow any of those threads to keep travelling the influence between bands and genres on Starverb.
Background
The Ocean Blue is an American indie pop band formed in Hershey, Pennsylvania, in 1986. Its original members included David Schelzel on lead vocals/guitar, Steve Lau on keyboards/saxophone, Bobby Mittan on bass guitar and Rob Minnig on drums and vocals.
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The Ocean Blue connections
The Ocean Blue grew out of The Innocence Mission, shares an orbit with The Sundays, Pale Saints, Toad The Wet Sprocket and Ride, went on to shape The Innocence Mission. 23 connections mapped across roots, kindred and legacy.
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