The Ocean have announced a new guitarist, successfully filling the holes left by the departure of guitarist Jonathan Nido and drummer Luc Hess earlier this year. As previously reported, drummer Paul Seidel of War From A Harlots Mouth took over the vacant drum position.
The band have now announced that guitarist Damian Murdoch will take over the guitar spot. They released the following statement and videos of that:
“We’re happy to announce that Damian Murdoch will be our new guitarist for all upcoming shows and tours next year. 32 years old, Australian born and bred but living in Vienna (and soon moving to Berlin), Damian is currently teaching guitar and playing songs with titles such as “The Final Absturz” with his instrumental blues band, the Damian Murdoch Trio. We like that.
http://www.damianmurdochtrio.com/music-and-videosHe also surely knows how to play heavy stuff though. Here’s the vid that first caught our attention:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=by1W_ZfAkLI… and that’s the audition clip that made us invite him to Berlin to rehearse with us:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bcp4c33KTrY… and so we did, and found Damian to be not only a great guitar player who knew our stuff in and out, but also a fun dude to hang and drink with – and there we go, that’s it, decision made! Ocean 3.0 is now complete. Tour announcements coming up next week!”
The bands triple live DVD/documentary “Collective Oblivion” will hit North American stores this coming Tuesday, December 10th on Metal Blade Records.
