Adam Astbury

Evening Leader | Thunderous reception for indie rock sound of Ocean Avenue

// September 18th, 2008 // Blog, Press Releases

A LOCAL band which links Deeside and Wrexham was blown away by the response when they played The Frog and Nightingale pub in Chester.

Ocean Avenue, an indie rock covers / original band made up of: Adam Astbury, 22, from Shotton, on lead vocals, rhythm guitar. Emily Shute, 19, from Shotton, on bass. Damien Williams, 29, from Buckley, on drums and Gez Lloyd, 22, from Wrexham, on lead guitar is currently writing songs for a first album.

They settled with the name Ocean Avenue after downloading Google Earth.

“We span the globe 10 times and chose from ten street names,” said Emily. “Ocean Avenue is the one we liked best!”

The band formed a year ago when Adam and Emily (who both share the same love for music) started gigging with different musicians searching for the right sound, they finally found Damien and Gez on a free musician’s classifieds website called The Music Post (www.themusicpost.co.uk). We all got together and everything fell into place. Since then we have been gigging at various pubs/events including The Frog and Nightingale (Chester), The Clwyd (Shotton) and Eithinog Care Home (Colwyn Bay).

“We all really enjoyed performing at the Frog and Nightingale, the crowd was very receptive and it was an excellent atmosphere.” said Emily.

“We also performed a couple of our own songs which brought on a great reaction from the audience, to have the opportunity to stand on a stage and perform a song that you’ve written is the best feeling in the world.”

Ocean Avenue’s next local gigs are at The Potter’s Wheel, Buckley (27 September) and The Clwyd, Shotton (10 October).

They are also performing at a charity event for The Hospice of the Good Shepherd on 3 October, at The Castrol Club in Ellesmere Port.

For booking enquiries and a full events list, visit our website at www.oceanavenueband.co.uk