| Oceansize
History |
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| 1998 |
the five-piece rock formed in 1998. The current line up consists of
Gambler - guitar/keyboards, Steve Durose
- guitar/backing vocals, Mark Heron - drums/drums/cymbals,
Steven Hodson - bass/keyboards, Mike Vennart
- guitar/lead vocals. |
| 1999 |
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Saturday
Morning Breakfast Show |
| Released single
in September 2003. Features the track Amputee.
On Blue Vinyl from Errol Records. |
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bid for CD |
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| 2001 |
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A
Very Still Movement |
| Released EP
in 2001. Features the tracks Catalyst, A Still
Movement, Women Who Love Men Who Love Drugs and Size Of An Ocean.
Released on Soviet Union Records. |
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| 2002 |
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Supported The Cooper Temple Clause twice on their UK tours and opening
the BPI stage at the SXSW Music Festival in Austin, Texas. signing
a recording contract with Beggars Banquet Records.. |
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Signed a recording contract with Beggars Banquet Records.. |
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Relapse
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| Released EP
in October 2002. Features the tracks Amputee,
Relapse and You Wish. Released on Beggar's Banquet
Records. |
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| 2003 |
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At the age of 21, City Life Magazine readers voted him top live act
in the city. |
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Effloresce |
| Released
debut album in September 2003. Features the
tracks I Am The Morning, Catalyst, One Day All This
Could Be Yours, Massive Bereavement, Rinsed, You Wish, Remember
Where You Are, Amputee, Unravel, Women Who Love Men Who Love
Drugs, Saturday Morning Breakfast Show and
Long Forgotten. Recorded at Jacob's Studio, Farnham,
Surrey between February and March 2003 on the Beggars Banquet
Records label. Produced by Chris Sheldon and Oceansize. |
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the CD |
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Remember
Where You Are |
| Released single
in 2003. Features the track I Haven't Been...
The Claw For Ages. Released on Beggar's Banquet. |
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One
Day This Could All Be Yours |
| Released single
in May 2003. Features the tracks One Day This
Could All Be Yours, Breed Siamese, Massive Breavement, recorded
live on New Years Eve 2002 at The Witchwood, Ashton-u-Lyne.
Released on Beggar's Banquet. |
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2004 |
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At the age of 23, Stephen signs to Fiction Records. |
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Catalyst
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| Released single
in 2004. Features the tracks Women Who Love Men Who
Love Drugs (Live), Catalyst (Video) and One Day This Could
All Be Yours (Video). Released on Beggar's Banquet
Records. |
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Music
For Nurses |
| Released EP
in 2004. Features the tracks One Out Of nONE,
Paper Champion, Drag the 'Nal, Dead Dogs an All Sorts and
As The Smoke Clears. Released on Beggar's Banquet Records.
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| 2005
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On December 4th 2005, the band issued a press release, stating that
bassist Jon Ellis was leaving the band, but would still contribute
musically. |
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On 28th January 2006, the band's frontman Mike Vennart issued a short
post on an Oceansize messageboard detailing Ellis' "replacement",
known only as Steve, who had been affiliated with the band for quite
some time, most notably with the Oceansize side-project Kong.
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Everyone
Into Position |
| Released
second album in September 2005. Features
tracks The Charm Offensive, contains the
hidden track Emp(irical) Error, in the pregap
of the track Heaven Alive, A Homage To A Shame, Meredith,
Music For A Nurse, New Pin, No Tomorrow, Mine Host, You Can't
Keep A Bad Man Down and Ornament/The Last
Wrongs. Recorded The Works Recording Studio, Manchester,
except for the drums, which were recorded at Monnow Valley
Studio, Monmouth, Wales on the Beggars Banquet Records label.
Produced by Dan Austin & Oceansize. |
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the cd |
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Heaven Alive |
| Released single
in 2005. The CD version features the track I/B/O/W
and the 7" features the track The Dirty Sweet Smell
Of The Summer. Released on Beggar's Banquet. |
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the single |
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New Pin |
| Released single
in 2005. The CD version features the track Superfluous
To Requirements and the 7" features the track
Emp(irical) Error. Released on Beggar's Banquet |
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the single |
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2006 |
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the band write two tracks and these were released as mp3s on the band's
Myspace page around Xmas 2006 as a band-described gift to the fans.
The two songs were Red Rag to a Bear and Siberian
Bullshit. |
| 2007 |
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Frames
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| Released
third album in October 2007. Features the tracks
Commemorative 9/11 T-Shirt, Unfamiliar, Trail of Fire,
Savant, Only Twin, An Old Friend of the Christies, Sleeping
Dogs, Dead Lions and The Frame. A
special edition of the album will featuring an 11-minute bonus
track entitled Voorhees. Recorded
at Monnow Valley Studio, Monmouth, Wales on the Superball Records
label. Produced by Chris Sheldon. |
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