WHY Productions - The OCEAN

The Ocean was initially formed in 1986, when Laurence Williams teamed up with lyracist Phil Young to write a harder style of music. Tim Bishop was brought in to play bass, and Laurence played guitar. Tim had another band he was starting with at the time which had Steve Dunne on vocals. Over a couple of months the inevitable happened, and the two bands joined. With Andy Reay on drums the format was complete.

The Ocean were the biggest band in Oxford over the few years of their existance, and even when Tim Bishop left the band, success continued with new bass player Chris Selwyn. Eventually Al Zawawi funded a four track recording of The Ocean which went to number one in the Oxford charts. The Ocean split soon afterwards though, with Laurence joining Al in Fast Forward. The CD on this page is the compilation Cd, produced by Phil Young. The sleeve is based on that of Steve Dunne, used on the 'Carry Me To The River' four track.