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|years_active=late 00s, early 10s
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|main_songwriter=[[KP Merkley]]
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|genres=[[Pop]], [[Shoegaze]]
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|website=[http://www.oceancitydefender.com oceancitydefender.com]
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|status=Active
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==Members==
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===Current===
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* [[KP Merkley]]- [[Vocals]], [[Guitar]], [[Keyboards]], [[Bass]]
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===Former===
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* [[Ian Kaufman]]- [[Bass]], [[Vocals]], [[Glockenspiel]]
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* [[Mike Luce]]- [[Drums]], [[Vocals]], [[Keyboards]]
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==Biography==
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<i>"The mix of shoegazing moodiness, clipped rhythms, and deep textures that makes Pinback such an intoxicant appears in similar form in [[Ocean City Defender and]] K. Preston Merkley's lulling tracks. Merkley's main amendment is an earnest vocal sense: his nerd-rock tenor is more than just another instrument."</i> - CNet.com
 
<i>"The mix of shoegazing moodiness, clipped rhythms, and deep textures that makes Pinback such an intoxicant appears in similar form in [[Ocean City Defender and]] K. Preston Merkley's lulling tracks. Merkley's main amendment is an earnest vocal sense: his nerd-rock tenor is more than just another instrument."</i> - CNet.com
  
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Music can be found online at both http://myspace.com/oceancitydefender
 
Music can be found online at both http://myspace.com/oceancitydefender
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==Discography==
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* [[The Golden Hour (Album)|The Golden Hour]]- EP, January 6, 2012
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==Links==
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* http://www.oceancitydefender.com/
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* http://www.facebook.com/oceancitydefender
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* http://radio3.cbc.ca/artists/Ocean-City-Defender
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* http://myspace.com/oceancitydefender
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* http://music.yahoo.com/ocean-city-defender/
  
 
[[Category:Bands]]
 
[[Category:Bands]]
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[[Category:00s Bands]]
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[[Category:10s Bands]]

Revision as of 14:25, 6 January 2012




Ocean City Defender
Years active late 00s, early 10s
Genres Pop, Shoegaze "Pop]], [[Shoegaze" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.
Main songwriter KP Merkley "Pop]], [[Shoegaze" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.
Website oceancitydefender.com "Pop]], [[Shoegaze" cannot be used as a page name in this wiki.
Current status Active

Ocean City Defender


Members

Current

Former

Biography

"The mix of shoegazing moodiness, clipped rhythms, and deep textures that makes Pinback such an intoxicant appears in similar form in Ocean City Defender and K. Preston Merkley's lulling tracks. Merkley's main amendment is an earnest vocal sense: his nerd-rock tenor is more than just another instrument." - CNet.com

Ocean City Defender creates sprawling sounds evoking comparisons to 80's shoegaze - yet keeping songs terse - and with the melody and hooks inherent of 60's pop song styling.

The band consists of K. Preston Merkley (vocals/guitar/keyboards) (KP Merkley) formerly of a number of Thunder Bay bands (Cheepshot, Bankloan, A Call To Arms), and other bands across Ontario (Aviator, Miracle Mart). Ian Kaufman (bass/vocals/glockenspiel) and Mike Luce (drums/vocals/keyboards), formerly of Alberta shoegazers 'his Shaggy Chords'

Music can be found online at both http://myspace.com/oceancitydefender

Discography

Links