Dan Sealey Biography

Dan Sealey is a bass guitarist for the rock group Ocean Colour Scene. He was drafted in by the band after Damon Minchella left the band in 2003, and is now a permanent fixture in the band's lineup. Before joining Ocean Colour Scene Sealey was a member of the band Late.

Late

Prior to joining Ocean Colour Scene, Sealey was singer and rhythm guitarist in Late, a four-piece indie/rock band from Astwood Bank, Redditch, Worcestershire who were active between 1997 and 2001. The band members were:

• Dan Sealey - vocals and rhythm guitar
• Paul McCormack - lead guitar
• Greg Young - bass guitar
• Ted Atkinson - drums

In 2001, Late supported Ocean Colour Scene at a number of UK gigs in a slot which had previously been filled by Coldplay. Late were managed by Dan's father Dave Sealey, who was one half of folk/music hall duo Cosmotheka along with his brother Al Sealey. Late recorded one album, titled "All Major Routes". It is not known whether this was ever commercially released. Demo copies do exist though, with the following tracks included

Still Go On
Easy
Driver
See My Room
The Day Will Come
Women On Top
We Could Be Wasted
Sleep
Man In The Middle
Take Me Home

"Man In The Middle" was re-recorded by Ocean Colour Scene for inclusion on the On the Leyline album. Also, footage exists of Late performing "Still Go On" on an unknown television show.

Ocean Colour Scene

See Ocean Colour Scene for more information Sealey became involved with Birmingham band Ocean Colour Scene after the departure of original bass player and founder member Damon Minchella in late 2003. Sealey already had a loose connection to Ocean Colour Scene because his sister Claire is married to Matthew Fowler, the brother of Simon Fowler. Sealey 'sent a speculative text message to Simon saying if they were short he'd step up' and 'then in January 4 Dan gets a call from Simon asking if he could fill in on the bass for a gig at the Albert Hall for a Ronnie Lane tribute gig. Dan said "YES", nailed the gig and has been playing bass for OCS ever since.'

The 2004 Ronnie Lane memorial gig was the first to feature Sealey on bass and Andy Bennett on rhythm guitar, Sealey toured with Ocean Colour Scene throughout 2004 and features on the 2004 live album One for the Road but not on the 2005 studio album A Hyperactive Workout for the Flying Squad. Sealey is now a permanent member of Ocean Colour Scene and has contributed bass to the album On the Leyline, which features a song he wrote called 'Man in the Middle'.

Solo work

In addition to his work with Ocean Colour Scene, Sealey has been writing and recording solo material for release in the near future, some of these songs can be heard on Sealey's Myspace page. Solo songs known to exist include:

• Mr Marshall
• Hello Hello
• Monkey
• Monkey Reprise
• I wanna go home
• In the mids't of summer time
• Long way to go

Cricket

Dan Sealey is a batsman and bowler for the Astwood Bank Village Cricket Club.