{"podcast":{"title":"The Strange Brew - artist stories behind the greatest music ever recorded","slug":"the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372","podcast_index_feed_id":542372,"rss_url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/?feed=podcast","website_url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/","image_url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/strange-brew-artwork-final-2020.jpg","author":"Jason Barnard","episode_count":300,"summary":"Rock music from the mid 60s onwards - podcasts, features and much more","last_synced_at":"2026-07-31T12:21:53.934666+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372"},"episode":{"title":"Damon Minchella – Ocean Colour Scene","slug":"damon-minchella-ocean-colour-scene","published_at":"2026-01-09T04:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372/damon-minchella-ocean-colour-scene","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372","url":"https://thestrangebrew.co.uk/damon-minchella-ocean-colour-scene/","audio_url":"https://media.blubrry.com/thestrangebrew/thestrangebrew.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/12/Minchella.mp3","summary":"Damon Minchella, founding bassist and songwriter of Ocean Colour Scene, and longtime collaborator with Paul Weller and Richard Ashcroft, talks about his time in music. Damon reflects on a remarkable career spanning Britpop’s rise, creative battles with major labels, his friendship with Oasis, and performing with The Who for Live 8 and Paul McCartney for War Child. He also discusses his autobiography You’d Look Good on a Donkey , the realities behind Ocean Colour Scene’s success, and how a life-changing injury led him into academia while continuing to tour at the highest level. Further information Damon Minchella: You’d Look Good On A Donkey: Britpop, Basslines & Bad(Ish) Decisions Podcasts also available: Steve Cradock , Stephen Street , Billy Bragg , Lynval Golding , Bruce Foxton This podcast is also available on  Apple Podcasts ,  YouTube ,  Spotify , Google apps and all usual platforms If you like what I do  please support me on Ko-fi The post Damon Minchella – Ocean Colour Scene appeared first on The Strange Brew .","meta_description":"Damon Minchella, founding bassist and songwriter of Ocean Colour Scene, and longtime collaborator with Paul Weller and Richard Ashcroft, talks about his t…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3674,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372/episodes/damon-minchella-ocean-colour-scene/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-strange-brew-artist-stories-behind-the-greatest-music-ever-recorded-542372/damon-minchella-ocean-colour-scene.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}