The Ocean Tour Vlog, Part I

By: Chris D. Posted in: videos On: Monday, May 16th, 2011

For aspiring young bands touring the U.S. isn’t a walk in the park. Now, bring those aspiring young bands over from Europe, where from what I can tell things are far more convenient and distances between points shorter, and nightly on-stage antics become not just a job but an ordeal.

The Ocean evidently found out the hard way that life on the road across the United States of America. And they filmed it. Just to illustrate that when things go wrong, they go really wrong.

The Ocean Tour Vlog, Part I from Chris dB on Vimeo.

** The Ocean’s new albums, Anthropocentric and Heliocentric, are out now on Metal Blade Records. Order here for Anthropocentric. Order here for Heliocentric.

  • Portnoidrummer

     dang. 

  • albatross

    it would be good to know the name of the “bus company” they booked so we all know not to use them. on the plus side it seemed like they were playing to packed houses every night. 

  • Chris D.

    I’m sure if you shoot The Ocean boys an email they’ll tell you the bus company name. Email’s are on their MySpace.

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  • saddleburr

    as shorts go, that was definitely one o’ the better ones…well edited.  waaaaaaaaay looking forward to seeing y’all with intronaut and red fang at the schlachthof end o’ mai !  bis dann

  • Tom

    Omnipath Rentals.

  • Jim

    Wow. I feel so sorry for them. They are so good. They deserve so much better. I hope it all works out well for. 

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