MUSIC Personality to OCASAN
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Northampton's music column, focusing on local music news, reviews and world recommendations. By Benjamin Johnson
insanely catchy pop/ rock songs and are an exceptional live band to boot. Go and watch them and fi nd out for yourself” ROCKSOUND
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Donned as one of the rising superstars of the UK Rock scene, I pick OCASAN’s Rich, Nick, and Luke’s brains about their music, future, and Super Sweet 16!
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What genre would you class your music to be, and what are your
infl uences? We normally pigeon hole ourselves as Rock/pop. T e three of us all have quite diff erent infl uences but we’ve been told we sound a little like a mixture of the Foo Fighters and Fall Out Boy.
How did you come to form OCASAN, and what inspired you to
make music together? We met in Bath and originally all played guitar. T ere was a great potential with our collaborative songwriting so we put it to good use and switched the instruments around a little until we found the perfect combination.
What has been your biggest challenge as a band? T e constant challenge that faces us every show
is normally just basic survival on the road. We’ve played hundreds of shows now and have begun to notice how the rock and roll lifestyle takes its toll on your health. We all try to keep in much better shape these days but there have been some rather horrendous examples of burning the
candle at both ends for all of us.
What advice do you have for people who want to form their own band? Try to develop a voice as early as possible and stick with it for as long as you can bear. T e only thing worse than an unrehearsed, sloppy band is a mediocre one that sounds just like everyone else.
What was the fi rst album you
remember buying? Personally for me, (Rich), it was ‘Bad’ by Michael Jackson. I spent ages not telling people that because I found it quite embarrassing during my
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