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Oceansize
Origin	Manchester
Years active	1998-present
Label(s)	Superball Music Beggars Banquet Records
Associated acts	Kong Amplifier
Website	oceansize.co.uk
Members
Mike Vennart Steve Durose Gambler Mark Heron Steven Hodson

Oceansize are a five-piece art rock group based in Manchester, England. Formed in 1998, the band have released three full length albums - Effloresce (2003), Everyone Into Position (2005) and Frames (2007) - in addition to a number of minor EPs and singles. The band can be categorized variously as progressive rock (a classification the band rejects), indie rock, heavy metal and space rock, among other genres.

1 Other information
2 Side projects and collaborations
3 Discography
- 3.1 Albums
- 3.2 Singles and EPs
4 Members
- 4.1 Former members
5 Interviews
- 5.1 Radio
6 External links
7 Notes

Other information

On December 4th 2005, the band issued a press release, stating that bassist Jon Ellis was leaving the band, but would still contribute musically. On 28th January 2006, frontman Mike Vennart, issued a short post on an Oceansize messageboard announcing Ellis' replacement, Steve Hodson - a member of the Oceansize side-project Kong. He has been dubbed -New Steve-^{[citation needed]}, referring to his first UK tour with the band (in support of the New Pin single) and the presence of Steve Durose.

Oceansize performing live at the LVC in Leiden, Netherlands.

"Meredith" from the album Everyone Into Position was featured on the popular television drama The O.C., and "Music For A Nurse" became the soundtrack to an Orange advertising campaign entitled Fish during summer 2006. "Music For A Nurse" was also featured in the motion picture The Invisible (2007)

The band has not divulged the specifics of their latest record deal, but it is suspected to be one that will better support the band in terms of promotion and financial backing for international (e.g. U.S.) touring. Mike Vennart implied in a recent interview with a myspace user named "ThinkTank" that this record deal was contingent on the band writing two tracks "on order" for the company. These mp3s were released on the band's Myspace page around Christmas 2006 as a band-described gift to the fans. The two songs were "Red Rag to a Bear" and "Siberian Bullshit". In the posting of these mp3s, Vennart described these tracks as "warts an' all," and suggested that they would not show up on the new album.

Their third album, Frames, was released on 1st October 2007 on Superball Music.

According to the band's official website, the band are "writing a new album which we are very excited about. Fifteen songs all under four minutes".^[1] On August 5th Vennart posted on the official messageboard "we're hoping to get it out for next summer, in the meantime there's still talk of a US tour, but finding a suitable support tour is proving virtually impossible" and talked about new songs.^[2]

Side projects and collaborations

The band's side project Kong, consisting of Steven Hodson and Mark Heron, recorded their debut album -Snake Magnet- in the summer of 2007 at The Works Recording Studio in Bredbury (where Everyone Into Position was recorded). No details of its release have been announced.

Oceansize also share a camaraderie with fellow Mancunian band Amplifier, with the bands referring to each other as „brothers-in-amps“^[3]. Mike Vennart and Steve Durose supplied backing vocals on two of the tracks on Amplifier's self-titled debut album, while Amplifier's front-man Sel Balamir is credited in Oceansize's song „Sizeofanocean“.

During the recording of Everyone Into Position in 2005 at The Works Recording Studio, Vennart ran into Snoop Dogg, and recorded guitar parts for the rapper's demos.^{[citation needed]}