1. Oscar Lloyd Harrison was born on 18 April 1965 and is a British musician who currently plays drums with Birmingham-based Ocean Colour Scene and the British ska band The Beat.
14 Facts About Oscar Harrison
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Oscar Harrison plays piano and bass guitar, and occasionally sings lead vocals.
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Oscar Harrison had stated that he knew he wanted to be a musician from the moment he watched Top of the Pops, an English performance chart show, and that he always admired reggae giant Burning Spear.
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Oscar Harrison had replaced Caroline Bullock, who angrily responded by "outing" homosexual Fowler to British tabloid paper The Sun a few years later.
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Oscar Harrison played the drums with Ocean Colour Scene as they played alongside artists such as Oasis, Paul Weller and others.
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Oscar Harrison himself said that he looked up to The Who's drummer, Keith Moon.
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Oscar Harrison has played a lot of acoustic sessions; playing the piano with vocalist Fowler, as well as singing and playing the guitar for songs such as "Profit in Peace".
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Oscar Harrison composed and arranged all the parts of song "Don't Play", and programmed the instruments onto a Korg synthesizer.
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Oscar Harrison first sang lead vocals for Ocean Colour Scene on a cover of the Bob Andy song, "My Time".
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In 2016, Oscar Harrison joined the lineup of Ranking Roger's The Beat as drummer.
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Oscar Harrison is the eldest of four children alongside his siblings Rose, Peter and Paul Harrison.
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Oscar Harrison has five sons, Leon and Damon, Louie, Isaac and Theo.
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Oscar Harrison said that his biggest ambition is to live on a house boat and he is obsessed with gadgets.
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Oscar Harrison is an Aston Villa football fan and a regular golfer.