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THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters

BLACK as the heart of man

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Member Since: 12/8/2004
Band Website: theoceancollective.com
Band Members:

drums, percussion - Luc Hess

guitars - Robin Staps, Jona Nido, Matt Beels,

bass - Hannes Huefken, Jonathan Heine

cello - Stefan Heinemeyer

viola - Karina Suslov

violin - Christoph von der Nahmer

piano - Katharina Sellheim

saxophone - John Gürtler

glockenspiel - Daniel Eichholz

tambourine - Jonas Olsson

additional samples - Tomas Svensson

vocals - Mike Pilat, Nico Webers, Rene Nocon, Robin Staps, Nate Newton, Jan Oberg, Caleb Scofield, Eric Kalsbeek, Jason Emry, Meta

live visuals: Nils Lindenhayn

samples, creative despotism - Robin Staps

Precambrian - CD - 2007
Aeolian - CD - 2005
Fluxion - CD - 2004
Fogdiver - CD - 2003
Fogdiver - LP - 2003
Fluxion/Aeolian - 3xLP - 2005
Split 7" with Burst - 2005
Mock 7" - 2005

Influences:
Neurosis, David Lynch, The Refused, Starkweather, Lautreamont, Chopin, Botch, Andre Tarkowskij, Godspeed You Black Emperor!, Arthur Rimbaud, Breach, The Swans, Dali, the Melvins and other surrealists...
Sounds Like:
... no other band on this eternally doomed planet. We shared the stage with bands like: Dillinger Escape Plan | Cult Of Luna | Mono | Isis | Keelhaul | Norma Jean | The end of the Universe | Eden Maine | Coma | Zao | Walls Of Jericho | Nine | The Hope Conspiracy | Himsa | Heaven Shall Burn | Tephra and many others... check out our website for more MP3s
Record Label: METAL BLADE, Throne Records, Make My Day Records
Type of Label: Indie

My Blog

free tickets for Montreal show

we are giving away 10 free tickets for the Montreal show just send an email to [email protected] with your name and we will confirm. NO more than 10 though so better be fast...    ...
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:48:00 PST

’Precambrian’ packaging scores silver @ The Visuelt Award, Norway

The 'Precambrian' packaging just scored the silver award at Norway's 'The Visuelt Award', which is kinda the Norwegian graphic design grammy. Here's what the Jury had to say: "A true visual experience...
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Thu, 22 May 2008 07:45:00 PST

Nashville date added - L.A. show moved to big room

Nashville date added The Indianapolis date got shifted to Nashville, TN. Here are the details: May 29th Nashville, TN @ The End w/ Kylesa, Lair of the Minotaur, Withered   Hollywood show mo...
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Thu, 08 May 2008 01:35:00 PST

THESSALONIKI SHOW CANCELLED - SOFIA SHOW CONFIRMED

Unfortunately, the show on May 3rd in Thessaloniki, Greece got cancelled for reasons beyond our control. Here is what the promoter has to say about the cancellation: "We didn't communicate with you fo...
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Sat, 26 Apr 2008 03:17:00 PST

INDIANAPOLIS SHOW ADDED

We had to cancel the Kentucky show on May 29th. This is the new date:05/29/08 Indianapolis, IN @ Melody Inn 3826 N Illinois Indianapolis, IN 46208 Cap: 300 Ages: 21+
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Thu, 17 Apr 2008 11:59:00 PST

eastern European tourdates updated

The show in Thessaloniki, Greece got piushed one day back, it is now May 3rd.There is another show on april 29th in Sofia, Bulgaria, venue still tbaThe Varna, Bulgaria show is now on April 26thThe Buc...
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Sat, 12 Apr 2008 11:40:00 PST

The Ocean, Rotten Sound, Victims and Trap Them are forced to cancel the April 4th show in Milan

Here’s the message from the promoter: "I have big problems with my club, friday afternoon I received an order from TAR, that’s a civil city judgement, to stop all the shows due to do...
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Thu, 03 Apr 2008 03:42:00 PST

PRECAMBRIAN WORLD TOUR

We have just embarked the bus for a massive 3 and a half months - tour across the globe. We will be sharing the stage with Cult of Luna, Kylesa, Lair of the Minotaur, Intronaut, Rotten Sound and other...
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Sun, 23 Mar 2008 02:40:00 PST

THE OCEAN announce US headlining tour / tourdates posted!

We will tour the US and Canada in May / June for a full North American headlining tour.   It's not easy for European metal bands to tour in North America and we've been wanting to get over ther...
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Sat, 08 Mar 2008 10:07:00 PST

THE OCEANs N. Lindenhayn and R. Staps on MTVs Headbangers Blog

MTV's Headbanger's Ball video program has a website called Headbanger's Blog, where artists post exclusive blogs talking about all kinds of things. The Ocean's Nils Lindenhayn and Robin Staps have rec...
Posted by THE OCEAN aka Mike Beef and the Fake Meaters on Sat, 19 Jan 2008 05:30:00 PST