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

Album	Islands/Tides	Fogdiver	Fluxion	Aeolian	Precambrian	Fluxion (Mike Pilat)	Heliocentric	Anthropocentric	Pelagial	The Quiet Observer
Year	2001	2003	2004	2005	2007	2009	2010	2010	2013	2015
Lead Vocals	Markus Gundall		Meta		Mike Pilat		Loïc Rosetti
Second Vocals	Gerd Kornmann		Markus Gundall	Nico Webers
Third Vocals				Tomas Hallbom	Meta
Guitar	Robin Staps
Second Guitar					Matt Beels		Jonathan Nido			Damian Murdoch
Bass	Robin Staps	Jonathan Heine			Mike Pilat	Jonathan Heine	Louis Jucker			Mattias Hägerstrand
Second Bass					Hannes Huefken				Chris Breuer
Drums	Robin Staps	Torge Liessmann					Luc Hess			Paul Seidel
Percussion	Gerd Kornmann					Gerd Kornmann
Cello				Yuky Ryang			Dalai Theofilopoulou			Dalai Theofilopoulou
Piano							Vincent Membrez

Lineups

Years	Lineups	Album releases
2000-2001	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Nico Webers – lead vocals Gunter Berlin – guitar (live) Micky Hirschbrich – bass (live) Ulf Diehl – drums (live) Gerd Kornmann – percussion, backing vocals
2001	Robin Staps – guitar, programming, bass Markus Gundall – lead vocals Micky Hirschbrich – bass (live) Ulf Diehl – drums (live) Gerd Kornmann – percussion, backing vocals Nils Lindenhayn – visuals
2001-2002	Robin Staps – guitar, programming, bass Markus Gundall – lead vocals Gerd Kornmann – percussion, backing vocals Nils Lindenhayn – visuals	Islands/Tides (2001)
2002	Robin Staps – guitar, programming, bass Markus Gundall – lead vocals Alex Roos – guitar (live) Jonathan Heine – bass Gerd Kornmann – percussion, backing vocals Jan Oberg – drums Nils Lindenhayn – visuals
2002-2004	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Markus Gundall – lead vocals Andreas Hillebrand – guitar Jonathan Heine – bass Torge Liessmann – drums Gerd Kornmann – percussion, backing vocals Nils Lindenhayn – visuals	Fogdiver (2003)
2004-2005	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Meta – lead vocals Andreas Hillebrand – guitar Jonathan Heine – bass Torge Liessmann – drums Gerd Kornmann – percussion, backing vocals Nico Webers – visuals, backing vocals (live)	Fluxion (2004)
2005-2006	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Meta – lead vocals Nico Webers – vocals Andreas Hillebrand – guitar Gordon Hünies – bass Torge Liessmann – drums Gerd Kornmann – percussion, backing vocals Yuky Ryang – cello (live) Nils Lindenhayn – visuals	Aeolian (2005)
2006	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Nico Webers – lead vocals Matt Beels – guitar (live) Gordon Hünies – bass Torge Liessmann – drums Gerd Kornmann – percussion, backing vocals Nils Lindenhayn – visuals
2007	Robin Staps – guitar, programming, vocals Nico Webers – lead vocals Matt Beels – guitar (live) Walid Farruque – guitar (live) Mike Pilat – bass, vocals Torge Liessmann – drums Meta – lead vocals (session)	Precambrian (2007)
2007	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Nico Webers - lead vocals Mike Pilat - vocals, bass Jonathan Nido – guitar Torge Liessmann – drums
2008	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Mike Pilat - lead vocals Nico Webers – lead vocals Jonathan Nido – guitar Jonathan Heine – bass (live) Luc Hess – drums
2008-2009	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Mike Pilat - lead vocals Jonathan Nido – guitar Louis Jucker – bass, backing vocals Luc Hess – drums	Fluxion (with Mike Pilat) (2009)
2009-2013	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Loïc Rossetti - lead vocals Jonathan Nido – guitar Louis Jucker – bass, backing vocals Luc Hess – drums	Pelagial (2013)
2013–2015	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Loïc Rossetti - lead vocals Damian Murdoch – guitar Chris Breuer – bass Paul Seidel – drums
2015–present	Robin Staps – guitar, programming Loïc Rossetti - lead vocals Damian Murdoch – guitar Mattias Hägerstrand – bass Paul Seidel – drums	The Quiet Observer (2015)

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