OCEAN COLOUR SCENE: "Billy From Green Day Punched Steve In The Face" - Damon Minchella Interview

[@thepeckhampoet1909]

This was a great interview, You guys kept it short and sweet which kept it interesting and easy to follow. Some great questions about the lyrics too.

[@AlanMcGonigle-ho1tz]

Going through some shit just now. But your vids are the only thing on you tube I watch right through 90s kids always

[@KevinMuldoon]

Loving all these behind the scenes interviews James. Congrats on 50,000 subscribers and keep up the great work. 👍

[@JamesHargreavesGuitar]

Thanks KM, much appreciated :)

[@GT380man]

@@JamesHargreavesGuitarSeconded, James. I wish you well and I’m confident you’ll go from strength to strength. For my part, I particularly enjoyed your investigative musical journalism style videos. I bet they’re time consuming as anything. For example, the “Oasis Conspiracy” videos are honestly, next-level, near-cinema quality scripts.

[@CraigABuchanan]

James, I’m from Kings Heath in Brum and not only saw Oasis at the NIA the week OCS knocked them off #1, they brought Steve out to play on Champagne Supernova. I ran into Steve at local pub, he was eyeballing the girl I was with at a show.

[@JammyGit]

Hi mate I used to go over there to see some bands, back in the early 90s. The place was called The Station if I remember rightly .....Is it still there by any chance? Seeing that loads of pubs have closed down in recent years, I don't suppose it's open any more.

[@CraigABuchanan]

@@JammyGit was The Jug of Ale

[@JammyGit]

@@CraigABuchananOK cheers mate. Is the Station still there?

[@mattcollingwood5214]

Really enjoyed this interview. Thanks 🙏

[@JamesHargreavesGuitar]

Very welcome :)

[@Themanchesteranthems]

Another great interview. Seems like a really sound bloke Damon. Met Damon in 97 at a Real people gig where he was doing backing vocals. Got a few pics took with him too.

[@garymcculloch9283]

Excellent interview James. Keep up the great work ☺️

[@deatona]

Happy St Patrick’s Day James. 💚

[@JamesHargreavesGuitar]

Many thanks, same to you 🥳

[@andyrea4801]

Very insightful interview, great work.

[@Boabywankenobi]

That was excellent. OCS at Stirling Castle on the Friday Night was the first gig I ever went to. Great band, Moseley Shoals still stands up today.

[@youngandrew66]

It's nice to hear some rocknroll stories from the 90s! Even I got flung out of The Garage in London with my own (sadly never made it) band Big White Stairs. We supported ocs a few times. Anyway I am the worlds best behaved musician yet a combination of the 90s vibes and speed and stella artois had me and the other guitarist lobbing pints at each each other until we were lifted up and properly chucked out.these days you'll be lucky if someone says something offensive about another band on Facebook. Rocknroll

[@edwardmulholland7912]

I’ve heard that first album from friends in the early ‘90’s - I liked it. Good interview.

[@raddimusmcchoyber3362]

Cracking interview. Damon seems like a thoroughly nice, down to Earth bloke with a great sense of self awareness and perspective about the whole "being in a proper massive famous band" thing.

[@moredillinja2870]

Great material and the docu you did. Starting to understand why moasley and marchin sound like they do. Stars aligned for those.

[@1982words]

James amazing interview as always. Would there be any chance of getting an interview with Alan White? My favourite oasis drummer and I'm sure would make for a class interview.

[@iliketrains3495]

Outing your former bandmate because you weren't good enough to play drums in his band and you weren't his sexual preference is next-level petty.

[@daveystrange]

Yep. Hideously low.

[@gavintuesday4959]

Typical women

[@ChorltonandtheWheelies]

Underrated band for sure. I was at both Loch Lomand gigs and whilst they were excellent - it was the Beatles that I especially enjoyed, they were so spot on, even down to mannerisms. Great couple of days that were that good - I don't remember much!! Ebenezer really was good 😉🇬🇧✌

[@frankles71]

Hi James, fantastic video

[@JamesHargreavesGuitar]

Thanks :)

[@paulrichardson5450]

Great stories from Damon 🎵 🙌

[@TheStrongBoyz19]

Slipknot are my favourite band, but I did not expect to hear about that part from Damon's experience. lol Another excellent interview with Damon, James. :)

[@stevebell5017]

Great show thanks ❤

[@thomaskemp904]

Damons a good guy, i remember him in the 90s on the merch stall then going out on the stage

[@37895]

Do you think there’s been some ‘hatchets buried’ since the last interview where Damon only referred to Simon and Oscar as the singer and the drummer?

[@thepeckhampoet1909]

Love OCS I haven't heard the album in a long while either, I remember it not being your average OCS style, It actually reminded me a little of Paul Wellers first solo album, had a soft gentle feel to some of the tracks.

[@JuliusHowe]

Love hearing the stories keep up the good work

[@Wildernessoutside]

I can reamember when ocs came to play Stoke in about 95/96 Oscar had a shiner

[@Jeff-q4u]

Classy!

[@tomwestgate5310]

Great interview. 👌

[@svengalisounds4471]

I was at the first show in Glasgow hes referring to, it was special

[@Stechamppn]

I wish i could find a copy of the better day single.i had it back in the 90s ...and it had a wicked song on the b side.. i cant remember what it was called ..can anyone help please

[@tonychilds2066]

B-sides on Better Day are The Best Bet on Chinaski & On and On mate

[@Stechamppn]

@@tonychilds2066 cool Nice one 👍

[@antwan.]

really good that James, spot on 👍🏻

[@annafrost8659]

A bands most overlooked album is often their best…..I have stolen this quote from somewhere…..I always thought that OCS next 2 albums sounded like they were trying to fit with what was happening….well it worked, paid for the nice country houses! There’s a song on Marching that sounds like Crowded House….anyone else ever thought that too?

[@krissymarklewis1793]

Comes across as a really nice bloke.

[@josephkelly7881]

I encountered Damon after a Paul Weller gig. When he saw the small crowd of autograph hunters waiting for Weller he went "for f##ks sake" and promptly took out his phone and told everyone he was on a call. He comes across well in these interviews, mind you.

[@GM-bq6zo]

Yeah and he doesn't mind dishing the dirt in a nice smiley way...

[@tonydry8189]

Funny really how I'd never heard of OCS or Damon Minchella then i found out he had married my sisters daughter. Not seen or spoken to him since my dads funeral in May 2019

[@modestzooanimal]

‘Sister’s daughter’, you mean your niece… lol

[@williammartyn]

Hi James. Any chance you could release your interviews and documentaries as audio podcasts on Apple and/or Spotify please? Keep up the good work.

[@shuggie]

great interview....you should listen to the pre ocs stuff,echo base, the boys and the fanatics...especially the fanatics songs that ended up being ocs songs

[@lifes2short701]

Legend in the game, saw him live with Ashcroft @ Kew gardens 14.7.2024

[@tonybolonixx]

Jeez, great interview, but is it just me? ..I'm getting adverts every couple of minutes . Tedious

[@jayess8714]

Green Day story at 8:02

[@CaptainCommonsense142]

You should know never to mess with Billie Joe Armstrong when you find out he literally kicked a fan in the face from the stage for beating up a fan lmao, he may be small, he ain't weak

[@mjh5437]

hahahahahaahahahhaa

[@gaztaylor4178]

I seen Paul weller in wolves in October Steve is truly an amazing guitarist.

[@bitesizeforaging6983]

"Hi Brian" 😂😂

[@Alex-kh3dv]

Top top bass player

[@snapsnappist4529]

"Davie got us down, but we got away". Not just OCS. Dave Bates was a notorious old-school record exec, with an alleged fondness for nose chalk, who presided over the Fontana label in the early 90s. In fact, Phonogram re-activated the label, which had been dormant since the late 60s, especially for him to run. Bates was the big man at the time, in part due to the fact that he'd made Tears for Fears massive international stars, and he was infamous for his hands-on approach to A&R. If you read David Cavanagh's brilliant My Magpie Eyes are Hungry for the Prize, he recounts in detail the hell that the House of Love went through when they signed to Fontana, and the extreme pressure they were under to sell records to recoup the massive advance they were given (reputedly the best part of a million quid).

[@MCBhangramuffin]

If ever there's someone from that era I'd love to see write a tell all book, it's Bates. Especially about Fontana, and his time working with Page & Plant.

[@NorthernSoulGer]

Enjoyed that

[@EddieG1888]

Andy McDonald is actually a bit of a tit. My band were going to sign to Indpendiente via Rik Blaxill, former producer of Top Of The Pops who was the head of A&R at the time and had seen us play at T In The Park. Rik had joined Independiente because McDonald had promised him carte blanche to sign whoever he wanted. McDonald came to the Lemon Tree in Aberdeen for one of our gigs, stayed for two songs, and fucked off. We had an extra guy playing guitar with us that night, and apparently he didn't like that and left in a huff. He didn't even bother to speak to us at all. Anyway, our deal was negotiated by a lawyer called Mark Wilkins, and we were due to go down and sign it on a Wednesday. Andy McDonald spat the dummy about details of the deal and had a massive argument with Blaxill, who promptly quit! And we got a call on the Friday before saying "the deal's off, we'll pay your expenses". We didn't have any contact with McDonald at all, not even a courtesy. Knob.

[@iliketrains3495]

I scrolled down and read this before that part came up in the video and thought you said Amy MacDonald so was about to throw hands 😅

[@iani1457]

Why did he leave though?

[@moontheloon1969]

" is this the man,that said John Entwistle was average?", great interview though

[@chrishills2427]

He said what now? Lol

[@moontheloon1969]

@@chrishills2427 lets put it this way, on a who fan page site,someone said john was an average player with no soul, im hoping he was just charlie'd up talking big....i have have a screenshot

[@factoryfactory7142]

Kings heath! Oooooohhhhh!

[@DanielRed2]

There's a generally good vibe about the first OCS record, but it's simply not OCS for me. Every single thing that came after was better, and brilliant. North Atlantic Drift is one of my particular favourites.

[@thapthoptheep2076]

Agreed - NAD is under-appreciated...when evil comes gives me proper chills.

[@stuartcarswell2815]

Saw Steve Craddock nearly getting his arse kicked by the late Steve Harwell, singer from American band Smashmouth for gobbing off at an aftershow in a bar just by the Highbury garage October 97 it was...yep he was lucky we calmed the situation down

[@ThatOneSceneDude]

It's Billie not Billy

[@gavintuesday4959]

Class how they told “embarrassing stories” about being beaten up by Billy whatshisface from Greenday . Respect for slagging off that other band Some history about the band . Now that the full story is brought out , makes me even more happier that the group made it beyond the hype

[@Matt.Willoughby]

Is this a re-upload? Sure I've seen this before

[@NathanWoollaston]

In the description

[@youngandrew66]

To be Frank I'd read lots of bad stuff about Damon but I flipping like him. Hes honest and interesting. Maybe that's what rubs him up the wrong way with some, but, why do people like noel and liam in conversation? Same reason

[@Juliocesarchavez827]

Great interview i remember being on same bill as OCS with my band at time The Tramquil the sex pistols were playing to, im sat in vip area having a pint with my band and stevie craddock sat with us i had a tad to many dropped my pint over stevies jeans which were probably dearer than the clobber i had on he was cool as fuck about 😂 and in general

[@Juliocesarchavez827]

The Tranquil

[@mjh5437]

The gay story reminds me of the Harry Enfield sketch when his son brings home his "special friend" for Christmas🤣

[@danybr1]

“Billie”

[@waynesilverman3048]

Ahhh... The interview with the star was Marching .. lp time I was thinking when she left lol for a moment, now I thought no one would know who the was ect

[@newtonshiggers]

Correct!

[@waynesilverman3048]

Wonder if Billy knew who Steve was ?

[@georgealty9009]

It's the 3rd of May 2024. and I've just found out that Simon is gay. Nothing has changed, saw them Sheffield, 2023, and somehow it didn't impact things.

[@billyshane3804]

Billie Joe Bumstrong

[@JoeBlow-fp5ng]

Never heard of him.

[@Matt.Willoughby]

You heard of ocean colour scene tho, right?

[@Dreyno]

@@Matt.WilloughbyWho cares if he heard of him?

[@Matt.Willoughby]

@@Dreyno No-one I should imagine, I wondered if he's heard of ocean colour scene as I always thought they are pretty well known

[@Dreyno]

@@Matt.Willoughby Probably some child who thinks he’s being edgy.

[@sixer6er]

Ask him if he thinks Israel has the right to exist. Seeing as he’s wearing the code for Hamas supporter shirt

[@Arahsure]

Do you know how time works? You think this is being recorded and going out live and you get to ask questions in the comments?😂 Have a hard Patrick's night fella?

[@chrishills2427]

He might just have an issue with genocide maybe?

[@matthewchannel9981]

Is that a Palestinian water melon he's wearing?? How disappointing. Oscar's a very good judge of character.

[@Dreyno]

That’s where your brain went? A few common colours match a flag and that’s what occurred to you? Is there something wrong with you?

[@GT380man]

Oh, is that what it’s about? I’ll check it out. Personally, taking sides in a war is next level dumb. Do people really not understand that all wars are at the behest of the most powerful elites? “All wars are bankers wars” is, unfortunately, correct. So while I definitely see the suffering and the innocent, they are on all sides. I’m not taking sides against innocent people in either “side” in such deliberately created, lethal conflicts.

[@matthewchannel9981]

@@GT380man I think our Damon might be next level dumb then.

[@Dreyno]

@@GT380man Are they on all sides? 12,000 kids dead on one side. How many do you think is on the other side? I’ll give you a hint. It’s quite a bit less than 12,000.

[@BigStuCorby]

That T Shirt. Instantly switched off ! Disgusting

[@NorthernSoulGer]

Well wan o yees did it!