List of The Ocean band members

The Ocean
The Ocean in 2005 (Left to right: Webers, Liessmann, Hillebrand, Hünies, Lindenhayn, Meta, Kornmann, Staps)
Background information
Origin	Berlin, Germany
Genres	Progressive metal, post-metal, sludge metal, experimental metal
Years active	2001–present
Labels	Metal Blade, Make My Day, Throne
Associated acts	War from a Harlots Mouth, Mozek Motors, Geld et Nelt, Llnych, Coilguns
Website	Official website
Members	Loïc Rossetti Robin Staps Damian Murdoch Mattias Hägerstrand Paul Seidel

The Ocean has known many different line-ups since its inception in 2000, and until 2007 was known as The Ocean Collective as it featured a revolving cast of members and (long-time) collaborators, centered on guitarist and composer Robin Staps. The band then dropped the 'Collective' part of their name in 2008 and went for a more traditional line-up, featuring vocalist Mike Pilat, guitarist Jonathan Nido, bassist Louis Jucker and drummer Luc Hess in addition to Staps. In 2009, Pilat left the band and was replaced by Loïc Rossetti, and this was the most stable line-up in The Ocean's history until the departure of Nido and Hess and the temporary hiatus of Jucker. Currently the band consists of Staps and Rossetti, along with Damian Murdoch on guitar, Mattias Hägerstrand on bass and Paul Seidel on drums.

Personnel

Current members of The Ocean

• Robin Staps - guitar, programming, songwriting (2000–present), bass, drums (2002), vocals (2007)
• Loïc Rossetti - lead vocals, clean vocals (2009–present)
• Damian "Damo" Murdoch - guitar (2013–present)
• Paul Seidel - drums (2013–present)
• Mattias Hägerstrand - bass (2015–present)

Members of The Ocean Collective

Active members of The Ocean Collective

• Loïc Rossetti - lead vocals, clean vocals (2009–present)
• Robin Staps - guitar, programming (2000–present), bass, drums (2002), vocals (2007)
• Damian "Damo" Murdoch - guitar (2013–present)
• Mattias Hägerstrand - bass (2015–present)
• Paul Seidel - drums (2013–present)
• Vincent Membrez - piano, keys (2010–present)
• Dalai Theofilopoulou - cello (2010, 2015–present)

Non-active members of The Ocean Collective

• Nico Webers - lead vocals (2000-2001, 2006-2008), vocals (2005-2006), backing vocals (2004-2005), visuals (2004-2005)
• Markus Gundall - lead vocals (2001-2004)
• Mathias "Meta" Bünte - lead vocals (2004-2006, session 2007-2010)
• Mike Pilat - lead vocals (2007-2009), clean vocals (2008-2009), bass (2007)
• Andreas "Hille" Hillebrand - guitar (2003-2006)
• Matt Beels - guitar (2006-2007, live stand-in 2007-2010)
• Walid Farruque - guitar (2007)
• Jonathan Nido - guitar (2007-2013)
• Jonathan "Joni" Heine - bass (2002-2005, 2008 touring)
• Gordon Hünies - bass (2005-2007), percussion (2006-2007)
• Louis Jucker - bass, backing vocals (2008-2013)
• Chris Breuer - bass (2013–2015, 2013 session)
• Jan "Janus" Oberg - drums (2002), vocals (2007 session)
• Torge Liessmann - drums (2002-2007)
• Luc Hess - drums (2008-2013)
• Gerd Kornmann - percussion, backing vocals (2000-2006)
• Yuky Ryang - cello (2005)
• Nils "Der Lünd" Lindenhayn - visuals (2001-2004, 2005-2006)

Touring members of The Ocean Collective

• Peach - vocals (2001)
• Alex Petrovic - vocals (2001)
• Tomas Hallbom - vocals (2005-2013 session, 2006 touring)
• René Noçon - clean vocals (2007-2008 session and touring)
• Gunter Berlin - guitar (2000-2001)
• Alex Roos - guitar (2002), vocals (2001 session)
• Dirk Wilhelm - guitar (2003)
• Micky Hirschbrich - bass (2000-2002)
• Younès Chraibi - bass (2006-2007)
• Hannes Huefken - bass (2007 touring and session)
• Ulf Diehl - drums (2000-2002)
• Craig Murray - visuals (2010-2013)

Session members of The Ocean Collective and other contributors

• Thomas Herold - vocals (2004)
• Nate Newton - vocals (2005-2007)
• Sean Ingram - vocals (2005)
• Erçüment Kasalar - vocals (2005)
• Carsten Albrecht - vocals (2005)
• Eric Kalsbeek - vocals (2007)
• Jason Emry - vocals (2007)
• Dwid Hellion - vocals (2007)
• Caleb Scofield - vocals (2007)
• Sheila Aguinaldo - vocals (2010)
• Mitch Hertz - guitar (2010-2013)
• Katharina Selheim - piano (2007)
• Lena Bretschneider - violin (2003)
• Demeter Braun - violin (2004)
• Christoph von der Namer - violin (2007)
• Céline Portat - violin (2010)
• Estelle Beiner - violin (2010)
• Regula Schwab - violin (2013)
• Karina Suslov - viola (2007)
• Isabelle Gottraux - viola (2013)
• Rebekka Mahnke - cello (2003-2004)
• Stephan Heinemeyer - cello (2007)
• Esther Monnat - cello (2010)
• Catherine Vey - cello (2013)
• Lionel Gafner - upright bass (2010)
• John Gürtler - saxophone (2007)
• Jérôme Correa - saxophone (2010)
• Hans Albert Staps - trumpet (2010)
• D. Töne - trombone (2002)
• Robert Gutowski - trombone (2010)
• Tove Langhoff - clarinet (2004)
• Daniel Eichholz - glockenspiel (2007)
• James Yates - vibraphone (2010)
• Jonas Olsson - tambourine (2007)
• Tomas Svensson - samples (2007)

Timeline

Personnel / album chart

Lineups

References