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{{short description|English rock band}} {{about|the band|their self-titled debut album|Ocean Colour Scene (album){{!}}''Ocean Colour Scene'' (album)}} {{Use British English|date=May 2014}} {{Use dmy dates|date=March 2020}} {{Infobox musical artist |name = Ocean Colour Scene |image = Ocean_Colour_Scene_Liverpool_Guide_of_Students_April_2025.jpg |caption = Ocean Colour Scene performing in Liverpool in 2025 |landscape = yes |background = group_or_band |origin = [[Birmingham]], England |Instruments = |genre = {{hlist|[[Alternative rock]]|[[indie rock]]|[[blues rock]]|[[Britpop]]|[[baggy]]<ref>{{cite news|author=Alison King |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/features/forget-madchester-its-all-about-the-b-town-scene-8207631.html |title=Forget Madchester, it's all about the B-Town scene |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |date=2012-10-13 |access-date=2020-06-04}}</ref> (early)}} |years_active = 1989–present |label = {{hlist|[[Fontana Records|Fontana]]|[[Island Records|Island]]|[[Sanctuary Records|Sanctuary]]|[[Moseley Shoals Records|Moseley Shoals]]|[[Cooking Vinyl]]|Live Here Now}} | associated_acts = {{hlist|Merrymouth|The Steve Cradock Band|[[Paul Weller]]|[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]}} |website = {{URL|oceancolourscene.com}} |current_members = * [[Simon Fowler]] * [[Steve Cradock]] * [[Oscar Harrison]] * Raymond Meade |past_members = * Damon Minchella * [[Dan Sealey]] * [[Andy Bennett (musician)|Andy Bennett]] }} '''Ocean Colour Scene''' (often abbreviated to '''OCS''') is an English [[Rock music|rock]] band formed in [[Birmingham]] in 1989.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.oceancolourscene.com/biography | title=Ocean Colour Scene - Biography }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.concertarchives.org/bands/ocean-colour-scene|title=Ocean Colour Scene Concert & Tour History (Updated for 2023) | Concert Archives}}</ref> 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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