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"The thing about rock, if it’s real, is that it will always be relevant": Kula Shaker's Crispian Mills on mass psychosis and the best way to solve writer's block

Kula Shaker's current tour ends in May, and you might hear some brand-new songs from the next album

Louder

Razorlight to play huge outdoor show supported by Ocean Colour Scene, Jake Bugg and more

Razorlight are to play at the Darlington Arena Stadium in County Durham on August 23 in an all-day event which will see them supported by Ocean Colour Scene, Jake Bugg, White Lies, Tom A. Smith, Pastel, Cammy Barnes and Matt-Felix.

BANG Premier

‘Liam Gallagher kissed me on the lips’: Ocean Colour Scene on making The Riverboat Song and 90s excess

‘Chris Evans told us he wanted it for the TFI Friday walk-on music. He had a thousand ideas – which is weird because he was probably the only one not doing cocaine’

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“Was smoking Hendrix’s Strat my wildest studio experience? Oh, certainly not! We always went full tilt. There was never a dull day!” Steve Cradock on his star-studded session with Paul McCartney, SGs vs Teles – and the joint he laced with Hendrix’s guitar

The Paul Weller and Ocean Colour Scene guitarist hints at high times in the band’s studio history, and he’s looking forward to going back to track their first album in “freaking years”

Guitar World

“That’s true. We smoked Jimi Hendrix’s guitar... I thought it’d be fun to crumble a bit of the wood off and pop it inside a joint”: Steve Cradock once smoked the shavings of Hendrix’s Strat by rolling them in a page from the Bible

A regular studio session took a turn in the spirit of Purple Haze, when the Ocean Colour Scene guitarist ended up getting high on Hendrix's guitar

Guitar World

Everything you need to know about the 2024 Edinburgh Summer Sessions

HERE is everything you need to know about the Edinburgh Summer Sessions 2024 at the Royal Highland Showgrounds...

The National (Scotland)

“As far as solos? I’d turn up, light a spliff, open a beer, and crack on”: Steve Cradock on his relaxed approach to lead work in Ocean Colour Scene, playing with Paul Weller – and why he’s too scared to play the mod legend’s guitar

The Ocean Colour Scene man keeps it so minimal in his approach to sound and solos that he admits: “I’m still surprised people do dig what I’m doing”

Guitar World

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“Forget grunge music. Get a pint of Guinness down your neck and pick that guitar up”: The rise and fall of Britpop, the Nineties’ other massive guitar movement

The UK got its guitar mojo back in the ’90s with a new generation of rock and indie bands. This is the story of how it all got consumed by the rivalry between Blur and Oasis, and the catch-all category of Britpop

Guitar World

10 terrible Britpop albums with one classic song

There were some era-defining records made during the Britpop boom, but some stinkers too. Here's ten terrible efforts that were saved by one song.

Louder

Ocean Colour Scene tour 2023: full list of dates and how to get tickets

The two-leg tour will run from August to December

Liverpool Echo

The Specials frontman Terry Hall laid to rest as music icons unite to attend funeral

The Specials frontman Terry Hall's funeral took place on Tuesday with some huge stars in attendance, after the music world was left devastated over the legendary singer's death at the age of 63 last month

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