Ocean Colour Scene

Firstly the Corn Exchange in Cambridge (where I saw this gig) is a brilliant venue. The ecoustics are brilliant and I was lucky and got brilliant seats. First the back up band came on - Mo Solid Gold - they wern't brilliant, I won't lie, though my friend thought they were good, I thought they were prety average. They have a very different sound, and they distinctivly reminded me of Reef, only not as good. Their lead singer (I'm sorry I don't know his name)is a entertainer, but he just annoyed me and I didn't like his voice. Then came the main feature - the band them selves Ocean Colour Scene. In a word they were brilliant. They ...  Read the complete review

When Ocean Colour Scene hit the stage there was a lot of cheering and chanting. They started with a couple of new tracks from their forthcoming album 'Mechanical Wonder'. They sounded fairly average and maybe lacklustre but this soon changed when they played their classics. Running through hit after hit, 'The Circle', 'Travellers Tune', 'Better Day', 'Profit in Peace', getting a great response as the crowd were constantly jumping and surging. Steve Craddock was in particularly good form and must have changed guitars about fifteen times, including a few times during a song. When the classic 'The Riverboat Song' (famed for ...  Read the complete review

Ocean Colour Scene rocked the Brixton Academy and left us in no doubt that they are still one of the best live bands around. The audience were treated to an hour and a half of excellence from four brilliant musicians who never put a foot wrong. The set included some new material but it was their classics which had the crowd in raptures. Infact during 'The Day We Caught The Train' the audience were singing so loud that you could hardly hear Steve Cradock's vocals. I have now seen Ocean Colour Scene four times including Wembley, Shepherd's Bush and The Astoria. Everytime they have been superb and the Brixton gig has been the best mainly because of the ...  Read the complete review