Showing posts with label Alan McGee. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Alan McGee. Show all posts
Alan McGee
Oasis
Former music mogul Alan Mcgee has denied his legendary chance discovery of British band Oasis was set up by record industry bosses, insisting the rumour is "rubbish".
MCGee was head of independent label Creation Records in 1993 when he watched a short gig by the Wonderwall hitmakers after arriving early for another band's concert in his native Scotland.
Legend has it MCGee was so impressed he immediately told Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher he wanted to sign them on the spot - and they went on to become the biggest British group of the last 20 years, selling 50 million albums worldwide.
Recent rumours have suggested the "chance" meeting was actually set up in advance by bosses at the Sony record label - but MCGee is adamant the random encounter with the unsigned band is true.
He tells rock magazine Nme, "You're believing rubbish! Of course I was there! Ask Noel Gallagher! I've heard this story once before - someone connected to The Libertines said that Sony gave them to me. As if Sony would give me a band that sold 50 million records to put out so I could get all the money! Life's not that nice! People don't actually want to give you credit. I've heard that I didn't find Oasis, I didn't do this, I didn't do that. How many things didn't I f**king do?"
And Gallagher has backed up his former mentor's version of events, adding: "Lots of people still don't want to believe that story, (but) the first time I ever met (MCGee) was at (that gig)."
Source: www.contactmusic.com
The video below shows footage a the King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland. Included is footage of Oasis performing Up In The Sky on that infamous night.
Alan McGee Denies Oasis Meeting Was Set Up
Former music mogul Alan Mcgee has denied his legendary chance discovery of British band Oasis was set up by record industry bosses, insisting the rumour is "rubbish".
MCGee was head of independent label Creation Records in 1993 when he watched a short gig by the Wonderwall hitmakers after arriving early for another band's concert in his native Scotland.
Legend has it MCGee was so impressed he immediately told Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher he wanted to sign them on the spot - and they went on to become the biggest British group of the last 20 years, selling 50 million albums worldwide.
Recent rumours have suggested the "chance" meeting was actually set up in advance by bosses at the Sony record label - but MCGee is adamant the random encounter with the unsigned band is true.
He tells rock magazine Nme, "You're believing rubbish! Of course I was there! Ask Noel Gallagher! I've heard this story once before - someone connected to The Libertines said that Sony gave them to me. As if Sony would give me a band that sold 50 million records to put out so I could get all the money! Life's not that nice! People don't actually want to give you credit. I've heard that I didn't find Oasis, I didn't do this, I didn't do that. How many things didn't I f**king do?"
And Gallagher has backed up his former mentor's version of events, adding: "Lots of people still don't want to believe that story, (but) the first time I ever met (MCGee) was at (that gig)."
Source: www.contactmusic.com
The video below shows footage a the King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow, Scotland. Included is footage of Oasis performing Up In The Sky on that infamous night.
Alan McGee
Noel Gallagher
Upside Down
In this week's NME...
We're celebrating the release of a new film about Creation Records with a massive special on the label. 'Label'? More like 'rock n roll training camp for lunatics'. We speak to Alan McGee, Bobby G, Noel G, G Rhys and all the rest about the rise and fall of the label that put out 'Screamadelica', 'Definitely Maybe', and that Kevin Rowlands one where he's in a dress on the cover...
In This Week's NME Magazine
In this week's NME...
We're celebrating the release of a new film about Creation Records with a massive special on the label. 'Label'? More like 'rock n roll training camp for lunatics'. We speak to Alan McGee, Bobby G, Noel G, G Rhys and all the rest about the rise and fall of the label that put out 'Screamadelica', 'Definitely Maybe', and that Kevin Rowlands one where he's in a dress on the cover...
Alan McGee
Oasis
Taken from an interview with Alan Mcgee, read the full article here.
What I thought was a good point was when Noel [Gallagher of Oasis] talks about the end of Creation Records. I remember talking to people who worked for the label the day you shut it down and it seemed almost everybody, aside from you, was like, “What the fuck are they doing? This is so unnecessary!” Do you ever look back and think, “Shit, maybe I should have kept it going”?
Not at all. See, the last ten years have been really interesting for me. There’s no way I’d have ended up doing what I’m doing now if I’d have kept Creation going. You don’t learn anything unless you go down a different path. You could look at that decade and go, “Well, he managed the Libertines, signed the Hives, signed Glasvegas and sold millions more records”—you could go on about all that shite, but I’ve learned a lot more about life in the last decade than I did in the one before it.
I think you learn more from getting stuff wrong than getting stuff right, too. Between 1990 and 1994 we really got it right artistically, and from ’94 onwards we really got it right commercially. We could have just rolled on if we were only in it for the money. We could have hired a staff of six or seven people and loads more bands, but you know what? Creation was an idea that Joe Foster and I had in 1983, and by ’96 we had achieved that idea, but back then my ego was too big to let it go, so I continued to ’99. It got to a point where it was just really drudgey—like we’re all sat around off our faces, waiting for the next Oasis album so we can be number one again, waiting for the next Primal Scream album so we can be number two again, you know what I mean? It was time to get out.
You had the big drug heart attack on the plane and then gave up partying during the time that Oasis were going bananas with the second record. Did you ever go to NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meetings?
I went once or twice, but I think I went to the wrong places. I went to the Peckham one and I remember people talking about shooting people. So it was never that appealing. I just did it one-on-one, sort of. And it’s okay now. I see people like Gillespie and the guys who are probably slightly damaged goods now because we all did a lot of drugs, but it’s all okay.
I have a theory that there has been a massive rise in cocaine use in this country...
It’s probably got a lot worse quality…
And I have a theory that people like yourself and Noel Gallagher are personally responsible for that rise. What do you think about that?
Haha. I think it’s an interesting theory.
All of a sudden, after Definitely Maybe, it seemed that everybody in the country was suddenly doing more cocaine. There was never really a band on the radio all the time that promoted cocaine use as much as Oasis. And I am being serious, too.
Well, I think I am being serious back. I think drugs are endemic in society. People think drugs are rock’n’roll, but everyone does drugs. Not to do drugs is probably more rock’n’roll. Literally, the guy that comes and fixes my cupboard in my house, he probably goes out on a Friday and comes back on a Sunday. You know what I mean? I think there was a point in the 90s when Noel said “drugs are like having a cup of tea” in the toilets at some party somewhere. It took us six months to get over that one, off-the-cuff remark.
Source: www.viceland.com
Upside Down The Story Of Creation Records is in store now, and entered the Official Music DVD Chart at number two this week.
Alan Mcgee Talks Oasis
Taken from an interview with Alan Mcgee, read the full article here.
What I thought was a good point was when Noel [Gallagher of Oasis] talks about the end of Creation Records. I remember talking to people who worked for the label the day you shut it down and it seemed almost everybody, aside from you, was like, “What the fuck are they doing? This is so unnecessary!” Do you ever look back and think, “Shit, maybe I should have kept it going”?
Not at all. See, the last ten years have been really interesting for me. There’s no way I’d have ended up doing what I’m doing now if I’d have kept Creation going. You don’t learn anything unless you go down a different path. You could look at that decade and go, “Well, he managed the Libertines, signed the Hives, signed Glasvegas and sold millions more records”—you could go on about all that shite, but I’ve learned a lot more about life in the last decade than I did in the one before it.
I think you learn more from getting stuff wrong than getting stuff right, too. Between 1990 and 1994 we really got it right artistically, and from ’94 onwards we really got it right commercially. We could have just rolled on if we were only in it for the money. We could have hired a staff of six or seven people and loads more bands, but you know what? Creation was an idea that Joe Foster and I had in 1983, and by ’96 we had achieved that idea, but back then my ego was too big to let it go, so I continued to ’99. It got to a point where it was just really drudgey—like we’re all sat around off our faces, waiting for the next Oasis album so we can be number one again, waiting for the next Primal Scream album so we can be number two again, you know what I mean? It was time to get out.
You had the big drug heart attack on the plane and then gave up partying during the time that Oasis were going bananas with the second record. Did you ever go to NA (Narcotics Anonymous) meetings?
I went once or twice, but I think I went to the wrong places. I went to the Peckham one and I remember people talking about shooting people. So it was never that appealing. I just did it one-on-one, sort of. And it’s okay now. I see people like Gillespie and the guys who are probably slightly damaged goods now because we all did a lot of drugs, but it’s all okay.
I have a theory that there has been a massive rise in cocaine use in this country...
It’s probably got a lot worse quality…
And I have a theory that people like yourself and Noel Gallagher are personally responsible for that rise. What do you think about that?
Haha. I think it’s an interesting theory.
All of a sudden, after Definitely Maybe, it seemed that everybody in the country was suddenly doing more cocaine. There was never really a band on the radio all the time that promoted cocaine use as much as Oasis. And I am being serious, too.
Well, I think I am being serious back. I think drugs are endemic in society. People think drugs are rock’n’roll, but everyone does drugs. Not to do drugs is probably more rock’n’roll. Literally, the guy that comes and fixes my cupboard in my house, he probably goes out on a Friday and comes back on a Sunday. You know what I mean? I think there was a point in the 90s when Noel said “drugs are like having a cup of tea” in the toilets at some party somewhere. It took us six months to get over that one, off-the-cuff remark.
Source: www.viceland.com
Upside Down The Story Of Creation Records is in store now, and entered the Official Music DVD Chart at number two this week.
Alan McGee
Damon Albarn
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story, is the new documentary charting the mighty rise, spectacular cultural impact and peculiar fall of Alan McGee's notorious record label. The company, with McGee at its helm, released some of the most influential albums of the early 90s, famously becoming home to Oasis during their Britpop heyday, thus placing themselves firmly alongside Factory Records as one of the most notorious labels to ever grace the British music scene.
For McGee, year after year of non-stop partying and excessive drug-taking culminated with him being rushed to an LA hospital by paramedics in 1994, three years after his label hit its creative zenith with the releases of Screamadelica, Loveless and Bandwagonesque. Sailing through the golden years of Britpop, Creation fell on tougher times later in the decade, released Kevin Rowland's monstrous failure My Beauty in 1999, and folded not long after that.
Q caught up with the now 'retired' McGee over a crackling phone line to get his version of the story. Cue much insanity, a fair share of drugs and a lot of swearing. Oh, and he's not a big fan of that newlywed couple, either.
Taken from an interview with Alan, read the full article here.
Do you think Oasis will reform?
Yeah, I think so eventually, when the dust settles. Creatively, I think it's a good thing for them both that they split. Liam's record is good, a very happy record. Noel's demos are fucking stunning, the songs I've heard are amazing. The only problem could be getting the recording right, but if he does it will be an amazing record. But I think they're up against a lot of stuff because they're not called Oasis. But there will be peace eventually. Something will land on the desk, and it will be a few hundred million for some dates, and they'll go 'yeah'.
Noel Gallagher says in Upside Down that the Knebworth gigs were the death of indie...
I personally don't agree with that at all. Domino's been the natural successor to Creation, an utterly vigilant label. But I don't think Creation could be Creation in this current climate. Creation was about having an attitude, and it epitomised the 90s.
There's some talk in the movie about how Creation went global when Oasis came along.
You know, for me it's very hard to tell because I was always in the middle of it. Even I don't understand the full extent of what we did, but I think Danny captured the right points in the film, at the right time too. It would've been wrong to do [the film] back then I think, but now we've had some time to think on it.
How do feel about Be Here Now looking back on it?
I don't think the production is good, but I think the songs are good. And it sold like a million copies. James Allan from Glasvegas loves it! He wants to do a side project where he does Be Here Now acoustic with a choir. Fucking mad!
..but there's a good album in there underneath all the layers of guitars..
I totally agree! I think it was just too many drugs involved. And the weird thing for me is that I went through it all sober!
Have you read Tony Blair's biography?
[laughs] I never read it, no.
It's striking that your name, Noel, Liam, Damon Albarn, Britpop and Cool Britannia is not mentioned once, seeing how he based a lot of his campaign on that 'movement'.
[laughs more] He has erased it from history! But honestly, I don't for a moment regret going to 10 Downing Street. Don't think I'll be invited back, though.
Source: qthemusic.com
Alan McGee Talks Oasis
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story, is the new documentary charting the mighty rise, spectacular cultural impact and peculiar fall of Alan McGee's notorious record label. The company, with McGee at its helm, released some of the most influential albums of the early 90s, famously becoming home to Oasis during their Britpop heyday, thus placing themselves firmly alongside Factory Records as one of the most notorious labels to ever grace the British music scene.
For McGee, year after year of non-stop partying and excessive drug-taking culminated with him being rushed to an LA hospital by paramedics in 1994, three years after his label hit its creative zenith with the releases of Screamadelica, Loveless and Bandwagonesque. Sailing through the golden years of Britpop, Creation fell on tougher times later in the decade, released Kevin Rowland's monstrous failure My Beauty in 1999, and folded not long after that.
Q caught up with the now 'retired' McGee over a crackling phone line to get his version of the story. Cue much insanity, a fair share of drugs and a lot of swearing. Oh, and he's not a big fan of that newlywed couple, either.
Taken from an interview with Alan, read the full article here.
Do you think Oasis will reform?
Yeah, I think so eventually, when the dust settles. Creatively, I think it's a good thing for them both that they split. Liam's record is good, a very happy record. Noel's demos are fucking stunning, the songs I've heard are amazing. The only problem could be getting the recording right, but if he does it will be an amazing record. But I think they're up against a lot of stuff because they're not called Oasis. But there will be peace eventually. Something will land on the desk, and it will be a few hundred million for some dates, and they'll go 'yeah'.
Noel Gallagher says in Upside Down that the Knebworth gigs were the death of indie...
I personally don't agree with that at all. Domino's been the natural successor to Creation, an utterly vigilant label. But I don't think Creation could be Creation in this current climate. Creation was about having an attitude, and it epitomised the 90s.
There's some talk in the movie about how Creation went global when Oasis came along.
You know, for me it's very hard to tell because I was always in the middle of it. Even I don't understand the full extent of what we did, but I think Danny captured the right points in the film, at the right time too. It would've been wrong to do [the film] back then I think, but now we've had some time to think on it.
How do feel about Be Here Now looking back on it?
I don't think the production is good, but I think the songs are good. And it sold like a million copies. James Allan from Glasvegas loves it! He wants to do a side project where he does Be Here Now acoustic with a choir. Fucking mad!
..but there's a good album in there underneath all the layers of guitars..
I totally agree! I think it was just too many drugs involved. And the weird thing for me is that I went through it all sober!
Have you read Tony Blair's biography?
[laughs] I never read it, no.
It's striking that your name, Noel, Liam, Damon Albarn, Britpop and Cool Britannia is not mentioned once, seeing how he based a lot of his campaign on that 'movement'.
[laughs more] He has erased it from history! But honestly, I don't for a moment regret going to 10 Downing Street. Don't think I'll be invited back, though.
Source: qthemusic.com
Alan McGee
Noel Gallagher
Upside Down
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' is released today on DVD and Blu-ray, the soundtrack is also available here.
Over a quarter of a century since it began and a decade after it folded, this is the definitive film about Creation Records, one of the world's most successful and colorful independent labels. This is the story of the rock n roll dream and its accompanying nightmares.
Millions of sales on both sides of the Atlantic, near bankruptcy, pills, thrills, spats, prats, success, excess, pick me ups, breakdowns and of course some of the defining music of the late 20th Century.
This is the definitive and fully authorised story of the UK's most inspired and dissolute label, from the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Living Room to Oasis at Knebworth.
READ OUR REVIEW OF THE FILM HERE.
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' Released Today
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' is released today on DVD and Blu-ray, the soundtrack is also available here.
Over a quarter of a century since it began and a decade after it folded, this is the definitive film about Creation Records, one of the world's most successful and colorful independent labels. This is the story of the rock n roll dream and its accompanying nightmares.
Millions of sales on both sides of the Atlantic, near bankruptcy, pills, thrills, spats, prats, success, excess, pick me ups, breakdowns and of course some of the defining music of the late 20th Century.
This is the definitive and fully authorised story of the UK's most inspired and dissolute label, from the Jesus & Mary Chain at the Living Room to Oasis at Knebworth.
READ OUR REVIEW OF THE FILM HERE.
Alan McGee
Upside Down
Below is the Q&A that Alan McGee did after the Cardiff screening of Upside Down: The Creation Records Story on Wednesday night.
During the 1980s, Alan McGee’s Creation Records were revered by a generation of knowing boys and girls with floppy fringes, who embraced the initial releases by The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine as the soundtrack for their lives.
By the turn of the decade, Creation were releasing indisputable touchstones ‘Screamadelica’ and ‘Loveless’, putting out records as diverse as Teenage Fanclub’s debut ‘Bandwagonesque’ and Sugar’s ‘Copper Blue’, and nurturing such new talents as Ride and Swervedriver.
The phenomenal success of Oasis in the mid-90s meant cosying up to New Labour and ruling the Britpop roost. The background to all this is a tale of near-bankruptcy, hard partying, bitter feuds, sell-out accusations, heavy drugs and nervous breakdowns.
Danny O’Connor’s passionate documentary gives McGee the chance to tell his side of the story of arguably the last British indie label to really matter.
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story is in stores Monday...
Alan McGee Q&A From Cardiff Screening Of Upside Down
Below is the Q&A that Alan McGee did after the Cardiff screening of Upside Down: The Creation Records Story on Wednesday night.
During the 1980s, Alan McGee’s Creation Records were revered by a generation of knowing boys and girls with floppy fringes, who embraced the initial releases by The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine as the soundtrack for their lives.
By the turn of the decade, Creation were releasing indisputable touchstones ‘Screamadelica’ and ‘Loveless’, putting out records as diverse as Teenage Fanclub’s debut ‘Bandwagonesque’ and Sugar’s ‘Copper Blue’, and nurturing such new talents as Ride and Swervedriver.
The phenomenal success of Oasis in the mid-90s meant cosying up to New Labour and ruling the Britpop roost. The background to all this is a tale of near-bankruptcy, hard partying, bitter feuds, sell-out accusations, heavy drugs and nervous breakdowns.
Danny O’Connor’s passionate documentary gives McGee the chance to tell his side of the story of arguably the last British indie label to really matter.
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story is in stores Monday...
Alan McGee
Andy Bell
Bonehead
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Upside Down
Alan McGee presented the Welsh premiere of 'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' in Cardiff last night and followed it with a Q&A session.
I was invited down and I'm glad to report that the film was informative and slick with a number of genuine funny moments.
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' tells the story of the label that was founded in London in 1983 after McGee took out a £1,000 bank loan and eventually closed in 1999.
During its existence Creation's roster featured Oasis, Super Furry Animals, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pastels, Television Personalities, Primal Scream, The Loft, Teenage Fanclub, Saint Etienne, The Boo Radleys, 3 Colours Red, Swervedriver, Slowdive, BMX Bandits, The House of Love, The Weather Prophets, Felt, The Telescopes, The Jazz Butcher, Momus, Sugar, and Teenage Filmstars.
The film mixes archive footage with present-day interviews and concert footage.
'Producer/director Danny O'Connor has done a fantastic job with the film, as it not just concentrates on the big bands on the label but also includes many of Creation's lesser known acts.
The film features Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher, Bonehead, Andy Bell, Bobby Gillespie, Jim Reid, Dick Green, Guy Chadwick, Kevin Shields, Andy Bell, Bob Mould, Irvine Welsh, Mark Gardener, Joe Foster, Gruff Rhys and Norman Blake.
For the Oasis fans Noel Gallagher and Bonehead feature throughout the film, there is also some great early footage of Oasis.
Andy Bell also features in the film, talking about his previous band Ride.
A fantastic watch from beginning to end, with some great music throughout.
Watch the Q&A with Alan below
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' is released on Monday. The DVD/Blu-ray is now available to pre-order here.
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' Review
Alan McGee presented the Welsh premiere of 'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' in Cardiff last night and followed it with a Q&A session.
I was invited down and I'm glad to report that the film was informative and slick with a number of genuine funny moments.
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' tells the story of the label that was founded in London in 1983 after McGee took out a £1,000 bank loan and eventually closed in 1999.
During its existence Creation's roster featured Oasis, Super Furry Animals, Ride, My Bloody Valentine, The Jesus and Mary Chain, The Pastels, Television Personalities, Primal Scream, The Loft, Teenage Fanclub, Saint Etienne, The Boo Radleys, 3 Colours Red, Swervedriver, Slowdive, BMX Bandits, The House of Love, The Weather Prophets, Felt, The Telescopes, The Jazz Butcher, Momus, Sugar, and Teenage Filmstars.
The film mixes archive footage with present-day interviews and concert footage.
'Producer/director Danny O'Connor has done a fantastic job with the film, as it not just concentrates on the big bands on the label but also includes many of Creation's lesser known acts.
The film features Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher, Bonehead, Andy Bell, Bobby Gillespie, Jim Reid, Dick Green, Guy Chadwick, Kevin Shields, Andy Bell, Bob Mould, Irvine Welsh, Mark Gardener, Joe Foster, Gruff Rhys and Norman Blake.
For the Oasis fans Noel Gallagher and Bonehead feature throughout the film, there is also some great early footage of Oasis.
Andy Bell also features in the film, talking about his previous band Ride.
A fantastic watch from beginning to end, with some great music throughout.
Watch the Q&A with Alan below
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' is released on Monday. The DVD/Blu-ray is now available to pre-order here.
Alan McGee
Noel Gallagher
Upside Down
Tell us your favourite Creation Records track for the chance to win the DVD and soundtrack of 'Upside Down' - the documentary telling the rock n' roll story of Creation Records. Get all the details below.
Text us your favourite tracks
Whether it's by Oasis, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Super Furry Animals or another iconic band on the books of Creation Records, tell us your favourite Creation song by texting the studio during the Breakfast and afternoon shows this Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May using the numbers given out by our presenters, and you could win a copy of the 'Upside Down' DVD, soundtrack and an ipod nano.
Enter online to win
Don't worry if you miss out on-air over the weekend as there's another chance to win a copy of the 'Upside Down' DVD and soundtrack right here. Simply answer our question and enter your details here and they could be yours.
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Win A Copy Of Upside Down
Tell us your favourite Creation Records track for the chance to win the DVD and soundtrack of 'Upside Down' - the documentary telling the rock n' roll story of Creation Records. Get all the details below.
Text us your favourite tracks
Whether it's by Oasis, Primal Scream, The Jesus and Mary Chain, Super Furry Animals or another iconic band on the books of Creation Records, tell us your favourite Creation song by texting the studio during the Breakfast and afternoon shows this Saturday 7th and Sunday 8th May using the numbers given out by our presenters, and you could win a copy of the 'Upside Down' DVD, soundtrack and an ipod nano.
Enter online to win
Don't worry if you miss out on-air over the weekend as there's another chance to win a copy of the 'Upside Down' DVD and soundtrack right here. Simply answer our question and enter your details here and they could be yours.
Source: www.xfm.com
Alan McGee
Oasis
Music mogul Alan Mcgee wishes he'd walked away from the industry after Oasis' triumphant gigs at Britain's Knebworth House, because he became "delusional" with success.
MCGee was head of famed independent label Creation Records and became one of the most powerful men in the British rock scene after discovering the Wonderwall hitmakers in the early 1990s.
He went on to mastermind their huge success before closing down Creation and retiring from the industry in 2000 - but he now regrets keeping the company going after Oasis performed two iconic shows at the open-air Knebworth venue in 1996.
MCGee tells Playlist magazine, "We really should have given up after Knebworth in '96, though. Ego is a horrible thing, but I got one. I was delusional: if it had been up to me, I'd have got Oasis to do a gig from Antarctica."
Source: www.contactmusic.com
Alan McGee Wishes He Walked Away From Music After Oasis Played Knebworth
Music mogul Alan Mcgee wishes he'd walked away from the industry after Oasis' triumphant gigs at Britain's Knebworth House, because he became "delusional" with success.
MCGee was head of famed independent label Creation Records and became one of the most powerful men in the British rock scene after discovering the Wonderwall hitmakers in the early 1990s.
He went on to mastermind their huge success before closing down Creation and retiring from the industry in 2000 - but he now regrets keeping the company going after Oasis performed two iconic shows at the open-air Knebworth venue in 1996.
MCGee tells Playlist magazine, "We really should have given up after Knebworth in '96, though. Ego is a horrible thing, but I got one. I was delusional: if it had been up to me, I'd have got Oasis to do a gig from Antarctica."
Source: www.contactmusic.com
Alan McGee
My Bloody Valentine
Oasis
Primal Scream
The Jesus And Mary Chain
Upside Down
Review From the ScotsMan
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story (15) ***
Directed by: Danny O'Connor
THERE'S a running joke in this amusing documentary about Creation Records that one of the reasons the label became so distinctive was because nobody could really understand what its Glasgwegian founder Alan McGee was saying half the time; the music he put out therefore had to do most of the talking. It's not really true, of course. Though his bands – and he launched the careers of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and, most famously, Oasis – certainly made plenty of noise, McGee was never a shadowy background figure. His passion for music and his determination to put out only the bands that he liked (even when the bands that he liked included The Telescopes) was matched by a determination to lead the same kind of debauched rock'n'roll lifestyle as his acts.
The film celebrates all this in gleeful fashion, running through Creation's punky Scottish origins to its bloated, Tony Blair-endorsed, champagne soaked end-point. Lots of rare archival footage and new interviews with the likes of Noel Gallagher and the now clean-and-sober McGee ensure that it's entertainingly riotous, though as a film, its print-the-legend approach could have used a few dissenting voices to balance out the rampant mythmaking.
Review From Radio Times
3 Starts out of 5
This overpopulated but evocative chronicle of the rise and fall of Creation Records — which, between 1983 and 1999, gave the world The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream and, more lucratively, Britpop superstars Oasis — is guilty of the same self-mythologising as the independent label itself. Founded in London by visionary Glaswegian Alan McGee in the fertile aftermath of punk, Creation was as much about revolutionary spirit as selling records, its reputation forged on signing cool bands that couldn't necessarily play and a relentless wooing of the music press. A garrulous and entertaining McGee dominates the documentary, as effusive as any recovering addict (his drug-linked breakdown is candidly covered), but contributions from key players, including Oasis kingpin Noel Gallagher, add colour and wry humour. Blending grainy archive with black and white testimony, and drawing on a squealing, pumping soundtrack, first-time director Danny O'Connor captures the hedonistic mood of a particular time — although anyone who wasn't there might find it a bit impenetrable.
The movie is released on the 9th of May, to order the DVD, Blu-Ray or Sound track click here.
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' Reviews
Review From the ScotsMan
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story (15) ***
Directed by: Danny O'Connor
THERE'S a running joke in this amusing documentary about Creation Records that one of the reasons the label became so distinctive was because nobody could really understand what its Glasgwegian founder Alan McGee was saying half the time; the music he put out therefore had to do most of the talking. It's not really true, of course. Though his bands – and he launched the careers of The Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and, most famously, Oasis – certainly made plenty of noise, McGee was never a shadowy background figure. His passion for music and his determination to put out only the bands that he liked (even when the bands that he liked included The Telescopes) was matched by a determination to lead the same kind of debauched rock'n'roll lifestyle as his acts.
The film celebrates all this in gleeful fashion, running through Creation's punky Scottish origins to its bloated, Tony Blair-endorsed, champagne soaked end-point. Lots of rare archival footage and new interviews with the likes of Noel Gallagher and the now clean-and-sober McGee ensure that it's entertainingly riotous, though as a film, its print-the-legend approach could have used a few dissenting voices to balance out the rampant mythmaking.
Review From Radio Times
3 Starts out of 5
This overpopulated but evocative chronicle of the rise and fall of Creation Records — which, between 1983 and 1999, gave the world The Jesus and Mary Chain, My Bloody Valentine, Primal Scream and, more lucratively, Britpop superstars Oasis — is guilty of the same self-mythologising as the independent label itself. Founded in London by visionary Glaswegian Alan McGee in the fertile aftermath of punk, Creation was as much about revolutionary spirit as selling records, its reputation forged on signing cool bands that couldn't necessarily play and a relentless wooing of the music press. A garrulous and entertaining McGee dominates the documentary, as effusive as any recovering addict (his drug-linked breakdown is candidly covered), but contributions from key players, including Oasis kingpin Noel Gallagher, add colour and wry humour. Blending grainy archive with black and white testimony, and drawing on a squealing, pumping soundtrack, first-time director Danny O'Connor captures the hedonistic mood of a particular time — although anyone who wasn't there might find it a bit impenetrable.
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Alan McGee
Liam Gallagher
My Bloody Valentine
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Primal Scream
Ride
Shaun Ryder
The Charlatons
The Clash
The House Of Love
The Jesus And Mary Chain
The Libertines
The story of Creation really is one of the greatest ever told - Creation Records that is.
Maverick boss Alan McGee, who signed Oasis and Primal Scream, started the label with a £1,000 loan in 1983 and sold it to Sony for £30million in 1999.
The self-dubbed President Of Pop ran his business fuelled by a cocktail of drugs until a major health scare panicked him into going clean.
He admitted: "I was on one continuous bender from 1987 until 1994. Until Oasis came along the Creation staff were more rock and roll than the bands we signed. Then Oasis came along and things got even crazier.
"I was permanently off my head on cocaine, ecstasy, acid and speed. We'd be awake for three days.
"We went one further than having dealers hanging around. We just employed them instead.
"But they were different times. If you behaved now like we used to people would phone the police."
Alan's label is up there with Factory Records from Manchester and America's Motown and Sub Pop as the great music independents of the past century.
He gave us (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis and Screamadelica from Primal Scream and dominated Nineties music in the Britpop era.
Alan's love of music was forged in his hometown of Glasgow, where he grew up with Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie.
They went to see The Clash in 1977 and vowed to make something of themselves through music.
A new documentary, Upside Down: The Creation Records Story, captures the spirit of the label on film for the first time. It is now being shown in cinemas and will be released on DVD next Monday.
Alan, 50, said: "No one has ever managed to successfully convey what it was like in the eye of the storm. This film really captures it."
Creation are mainly associated with Oasis, the band McGee signed on a handshake with Noel Gallagher in 1993 after catching them at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow.
But it had all begun in the Eighties when McGee moved to London to start club night The Living Room.
He ploughed any cash not spent on drinking into the fledgling Creation Records and enjoyed his first hits with The Jesus And Mary Chain, The House Of Love, My Bloody Valentine and Ride.
A major turning point came in the late Eighties, when McGee heard acid house and persuaded Gillespie to take notice. Primal Scream were inspired to make their album Screamadelica.
Alan moved Creation into new premises in Hackney, east London, which became their operations centre for their most hedonistic years.
Alan recalled: "I went to the Hacienda club in Manchester one night and dance music suddenly made sense. Shaun Ryder was off his head leading 600 wild-eyed ravers on the dance floor."
The next few years were the busiest, with McGee signing bands and releasing records weekly.
He said: "During our creative peak in about 1991 I was motoring in all senses. I was banging records out but I was out of my mind too."
The year saw a run of Creation albums that are regarded as classics, including Screamadelica and Loveless by My Bloody Valentine.
But with Alan's industrial consumption of narcotics his attention to the business side of things was not as good as his ear for music.
He said: "Things got so out of hand I went to America and signed a deal for Shane MacGowan worth £300k. It wasn't until I got back home someone pointed out he wasn't even one of our acts."
It seemed the Creation rollercoaster was coming off the rails when Alan saw a new band called Oasis. It would change his life.
Alan said: "I was up in Glasgow seeing my dad and I wasn't sure I'd even go to the gig. I got there early by mistake. Oasis were on first, before most people arrived. There was this amazing young version of Paul Weller sat there in a light blue Adidas tracksuit. I assumed he was the drug dealer and that Bonehead, the guitarist, was the singer.
"It was only when they went on stage I realised it was the lead singer Liam Gallagher. I knew I had to sign them.
"Noel and I talked after the show and just said 'done' and he turned out to be a man of his word.
"I was lucky to be there. We didn't send out scouts. Most of my signings were because I happened to see new bands. That couldn't happen any more. If a new band as much as farts it's all over the internet."
During the early Oasis years Alan joined in the partying, which became wilder than ever.
He said: "We would jump on a private jet on a whim and fly to Brazil or LA for a party."
It all came crashing down on a visit to Los Angeles in 1994. Alan was staying at the Mondrian hotel when he felt so ill he called the reception desk for help. Soon he was being taken to hospital in a wheelchair and wearing an oxygen mask. He checked into a clinic and disappeared from the music scene for nine months.
Alan returned to watch the rest of the Britpop era from a clean perspective. He said: "The joy of running a record label had left me but there was a new feeling of having the biggest group in the world. It was a great two or three years."
The scene reached its biggest in 1996, when Oasis played back-to-back gigs in the grounds of stately Knebworth House, in Hertfordshire. By the end of the decade Alan had sold his remaining Creation shares to Sony for £30million - having already let 49 per cent go in 1992 for £3.5million to avoid bankruptcy.
Later he ran another label, Poptones, club night Death Disco and managed The Charlatans and The Libertines.
In 2008 he bowed out of the industry and moved to rural Wales with wife Kate Holmes and daughter Charlotte.
He says he hates everything about the modern music industry.
He explains: "I'd have to be doing sponsorship deals with coffee companies just to put a gig on. It's all about brands now and dealing with accountants."
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Alan McGee Talks Creation, Oasis And More
The story of Creation really is one of the greatest ever told - Creation Records that is.
Maverick boss Alan McGee, who signed Oasis and Primal Scream, started the label with a £1,000 loan in 1983 and sold it to Sony for £30million in 1999.
The self-dubbed President Of Pop ran his business fuelled by a cocktail of drugs until a major health scare panicked him into going clean.
He admitted: "I was on one continuous bender from 1987 until 1994. Until Oasis came along the Creation staff were more rock and roll than the bands we signed. Then Oasis came along and things got even crazier.
"I was permanently off my head on cocaine, ecstasy, acid and speed. We'd be awake for three days.
"We went one further than having dealers hanging around. We just employed them instead.
"But they were different times. If you behaved now like we used to people would phone the police."
Alan's label is up there with Factory Records from Manchester and America's Motown and Sub Pop as the great music independents of the past century.
He gave us (What's The Story) Morning Glory? by Oasis and Screamadelica from Primal Scream and dominated Nineties music in the Britpop era.
Alan's love of music was forged in his hometown of Glasgow, where he grew up with Primal Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie.
They went to see The Clash in 1977 and vowed to make something of themselves through music.
A new documentary, Upside Down: The Creation Records Story, captures the spirit of the label on film for the first time. It is now being shown in cinemas and will be released on DVD next Monday.
Alan, 50, said: "No one has ever managed to successfully convey what it was like in the eye of the storm. This film really captures it."
Creation are mainly associated with Oasis, the band McGee signed on a handshake with Noel Gallagher in 1993 after catching them at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow.
But it had all begun in the Eighties when McGee moved to London to start club night The Living Room.
He ploughed any cash not spent on drinking into the fledgling Creation Records and enjoyed his first hits with The Jesus And Mary Chain, The House Of Love, My Bloody Valentine and Ride.
A major turning point came in the late Eighties, when McGee heard acid house and persuaded Gillespie to take notice. Primal Scream were inspired to make their album Screamadelica.
Alan moved Creation into new premises in Hackney, east London, which became their operations centre for their most hedonistic years.
Alan recalled: "I went to the Hacienda club in Manchester one night and dance music suddenly made sense. Shaun Ryder was off his head leading 600 wild-eyed ravers on the dance floor."
The next few years were the busiest, with McGee signing bands and releasing records weekly.
He said: "During our creative peak in about 1991 I was motoring in all senses. I was banging records out but I was out of my mind too."
The year saw a run of Creation albums that are regarded as classics, including Screamadelica and Loveless by My Bloody Valentine.
But with Alan's industrial consumption of narcotics his attention to the business side of things was not as good as his ear for music.
He said: "Things got so out of hand I went to America and signed a deal for Shane MacGowan worth £300k. It wasn't until I got back home someone pointed out he wasn't even one of our acts."
It seemed the Creation rollercoaster was coming off the rails when Alan saw a new band called Oasis. It would change his life.
Alan said: "I was up in Glasgow seeing my dad and I wasn't sure I'd even go to the gig. I got there early by mistake. Oasis were on first, before most people arrived. There was this amazing young version of Paul Weller sat there in a light blue Adidas tracksuit. I assumed he was the drug dealer and that Bonehead, the guitarist, was the singer.
"It was only when they went on stage I realised it was the lead singer Liam Gallagher. I knew I had to sign them.
"Noel and I talked after the show and just said 'done' and he turned out to be a man of his word.
"I was lucky to be there. We didn't send out scouts. Most of my signings were because I happened to see new bands. That couldn't happen any more. If a new band as much as farts it's all over the internet."
During the early Oasis years Alan joined in the partying, which became wilder than ever.
He said: "We would jump on a private jet on a whim and fly to Brazil or LA for a party."
It all came crashing down on a visit to Los Angeles in 1994. Alan was staying at the Mondrian hotel when he felt so ill he called the reception desk for help. Soon he was being taken to hospital in a wheelchair and wearing an oxygen mask. He checked into a clinic and disappeared from the music scene for nine months.
Alan returned to watch the rest of the Britpop era from a clean perspective. He said: "The joy of running a record label had left me but there was a new feeling of having the biggest group in the world. It was a great two or three years."
The scene reached its biggest in 1996, when Oasis played back-to-back gigs in the grounds of stately Knebworth House, in Hertfordshire. By the end of the decade Alan had sold his remaining Creation shares to Sony for £30million - having already let 49 per cent go in 1992 for £3.5million to avoid bankruptcy.
Later he ran another label, Poptones, club night Death Disco and managed The Charlatans and The Libertines.
In 2008 he bowed out of the industry and moved to rural Wales with wife Kate Holmes and daughter Charlotte.
He says he hates everything about the modern music industry.
He explains: "I'd have to be doing sponsorship deals with coffee companies just to put a gig on. It's all about brands now and dealing with accountants."
Source: www.thesun.co.uk
Alan McGee
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Tony McCarroll
Scots music legend Alan McGee has revealed he almost didn't sign supergroup Oasis because he thought Liam Gallagher looked too dodgy.
East Kilbride-born McGee famously discovered the band after seeing them play an unbilled set at legendary Glasgow venue King Tut's back in 1993.
But he admits he thought Liam's arrogance and looks pointed to him being involved in crime.
Alan, who will be in Scotland next week to premiere the Creation Records documentary Upside Down, recalled: "I would never have seen Oasis if I hadn't got the licensing laws wrong and turned up at 8.30pm because I expeced the venue to close early.
"It was a Sunday, falling on a Bank Holiday weekend and I was there to see my band 18 Wheeler. No bands were on when I arrived.
"Liam Gallagher was sitting in the bar in a blue Adidas tracksuit. He looked like an 18-year old Paul Weller.
"I'm a bit cynical. I thought he was obviously a drug dealer because he looked both tremendous and arrogant. I thought, rock 'n' roll stars don't look that good.
"I was thinking the bald guy behind him, who turned out to be Bonehead, must be the singer."
So Alan almost didn't bother to catch the short set by Oasis that led him to offer them a deal on the spot and made him a millionaire.
The retired music mogul recalled: "I had heard these mouthy Mancs wanted to get up on stage. That was all I knew about it. I was drinking Jack Daniels when I was told there was going to be a punch-up with the Mancunians.
"I went upstairs with my sister to check 18 Wheeler were going to be okay.
"Then Liam Gallagher came on stage. As Liam's performances go, it was pretty subdued. He wasn't giving it large.
"If anything, it was Noel and his guitar playing that dominated. I am not even sure they knew I was in the audience."
Alan saw the potential of the band, though even he admits he could never have foreseen the 50 million sales that followed.
He said: "The music business had already passed Oasis by at this point. They had already done a gig at In The City showcase in Manchester that year. Noel and Liam had a tiff on stage, so nobody had bothered to check out if they were any good.
"Six months later, I get the opening times for King Tut's wrong and happen to see them play four songs in Glasgow. It's like it was meant to be. It was that random.
"It was a bit like walking to a bus stop and discovering Elvis Presley."
Alan added: "I thought they were a good band. I never knew they were going to sell so many records.
"I knew they were influenced by The Stone Roses and I was clever enough to think I might do a bit of business. We thought we would be doing well if Definitely Maybe went platinum. We sold seven million."
Alan is back in Glasgow on Tuesday when director Danny O' Connor's film documentary premieres at Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT). It charts the Creation label and the signing of Oasis, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, My Bloody Valentine and many more.
Fresh interviews are mixed with concert footage, including Oasis at Knebworth. The screening at 6.15pm will be followed by an after-party at the 02 ABC in Sauchiehall Street. It will feature a live set by BMX Bandits, a DJ set by Alan McGee and other special guests.
Alan, now 50, admits he snubbed the chance to hold a premiere for the film in London. He said: "We are doing the premiere at the GFT. It's nothing personal against London. I don't mind DJ-ing there but I feel Glasgow deserves this. It's a Scottish story, it's a Celtic story, it's an Irish story. It is basically people from Glasgow, Ireland and Manchester.
"My family came over from Ireland 100 years ago. The Gallaghers are first generation Irish and My Bloody Valentine are Irish. It's very Celtic.
"The funniest part of the film is Manchester. The pivotal moments are obviously the rise of Oasis. Everything Noel Gallagher says is comic genius. Bobby Gillespie's take on it all is very astute.
"The main story centres around Bobby Gillespie and I arriving in London because Andrew Innes, who I was in a band with, wanted to become a pop star.
"The two of them formed Primal Scream and I formed a record label. I had only gone to London because Andrew was going to throw me out of our band!"
Alan is back in talks with the BBC and Channel 4 for a programme based on his time at the label.
He and Scots writer Irvine Welsh hope to persuade them to create a drama based around his own experiences and those of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
When prompted, Alan wastes no time in listing the bands who defined Creation.
He said: "Oasis, obviously, because they defined the 90s, Primal Scream because they defined Creation and my life in a lot of ways and Teenage Fanclub because Norman Blake is a pop genius.
"Then there's The Jesus And Mary Chain because they helped Creation to get off the ground and My Bloody Valentine because they are still relevant and could headline most festivals in Europe."
Meanwhile, he is certain Oasis will reform, following their split in 2009.
He said: "I think the break-up was meant to be because Liam's band Beady Eye have made a much better record than anybody wants to give him credit for. It is very listenable. It's a feel-good record you want to hear on a Saturday morning.
"But it's not the best record he'll ever make. And having heard the Noel demos, I think this will be his most important record since What's The Story. But Noel and Liam will both suffer when they release albums because they are no longer Oasis.
"They are going their separate ways at this point. Ever since I have known them they have been having bad arguments.
"I don't think you can discount them getting on well in the future and somebody paying them to do an Oasis world tour. I would be shocked if that doesn't happen.
"I think both Liam and Noel needed, creatively, to go and do their own thing There will probably be fireworks if they get back together but they still share the same management and at some point someone will say, 'there's £200 million. Go do 100 shows'."
Alan recounts one piece of Scottish rock history previously unwritten and not featured in the film.
He said: "Remember the Bungalow Bar in Paisley? The bands who played there were amazing.
"It was incredible and arguably the most important punk venue in Scotland.
"Andrew and I played a Newspeak gig with Lloyd Cole on drums. It was the first time Lloyd had been on stage. I have never told anybody before. Somehow I had become pals with Lloyd Cole. He was our first drummer and we were absolutely rubbish."
Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk
Alan Mcgee Almost Passed On Signing Oasis Because?
Scots music legend Alan McGee has revealed he almost didn't sign supergroup Oasis because he thought Liam Gallagher looked too dodgy.
East Kilbride-born McGee famously discovered the band after seeing them play an unbilled set at legendary Glasgow venue King Tut's back in 1993.
But he admits he thought Liam's arrogance and looks pointed to him being involved in crime.
Alan, who will be in Scotland next week to premiere the Creation Records documentary Upside Down, recalled: "I would never have seen Oasis if I hadn't got the licensing laws wrong and turned up at 8.30pm because I expeced the venue to close early.
"It was a Sunday, falling on a Bank Holiday weekend and I was there to see my band 18 Wheeler. No bands were on when I arrived.
"Liam Gallagher was sitting in the bar in a blue Adidas tracksuit. He looked like an 18-year old Paul Weller.
"I'm a bit cynical. I thought he was obviously a drug dealer because he looked both tremendous and arrogant. I thought, rock 'n' roll stars don't look that good.
"I was thinking the bald guy behind him, who turned out to be Bonehead, must be the singer."
So Alan almost didn't bother to catch the short set by Oasis that led him to offer them a deal on the spot and made him a millionaire.
The retired music mogul recalled: "I had heard these mouthy Mancs wanted to get up on stage. That was all I knew about it. I was drinking Jack Daniels when I was told there was going to be a punch-up with the Mancunians.
"I went upstairs with my sister to check 18 Wheeler were going to be okay.
"Then Liam Gallagher came on stage. As Liam's performances go, it was pretty subdued. He wasn't giving it large.
"If anything, it was Noel and his guitar playing that dominated. I am not even sure they knew I was in the audience."
Alan saw the potential of the band, though even he admits he could never have foreseen the 50 million sales that followed.
He said: "The music business had already passed Oasis by at this point. They had already done a gig at In The City showcase in Manchester that year. Noel and Liam had a tiff on stage, so nobody had bothered to check out if they were any good.
"Six months later, I get the opening times for King Tut's wrong and happen to see them play four songs in Glasgow. It's like it was meant to be. It was that random.
"It was a bit like walking to a bus stop and discovering Elvis Presley."
Alan added: "I thought they were a good band. I never knew they were going to sell so many records.
"I knew they were influenced by The Stone Roses and I was clever enough to think I might do a bit of business. We thought we would be doing well if Definitely Maybe went platinum. We sold seven million."
Alan is back in Glasgow on Tuesday when director Danny O' Connor's film documentary premieres at Glasgow Film Theatre (GFT). It charts the Creation label and the signing of Oasis, Primal Scream, Teenage Fanclub, My Bloody Valentine and many more.
Fresh interviews are mixed with concert footage, including Oasis at Knebworth. The screening at 6.15pm will be followed by an after-party at the 02 ABC in Sauchiehall Street. It will feature a live set by BMX Bandits, a DJ set by Alan McGee and other special guests.
Alan, now 50, admits he snubbed the chance to hold a premiere for the film in London. He said: "We are doing the premiere at the GFT. It's nothing personal against London. I don't mind DJ-ing there but I feel Glasgow deserves this. It's a Scottish story, it's a Celtic story, it's an Irish story. It is basically people from Glasgow, Ireland and Manchester.
"My family came over from Ireland 100 years ago. The Gallaghers are first generation Irish and My Bloody Valentine are Irish. It's very Celtic.
"The funniest part of the film is Manchester. The pivotal moments are obviously the rise of Oasis. Everything Noel Gallagher says is comic genius. Bobby Gillespie's take on it all is very astute.
"The main story centres around Bobby Gillespie and I arriving in London because Andrew Innes, who I was in a band with, wanted to become a pop star.
"The two of them formed Primal Scream and I formed a record label. I had only gone to London because Andrew was going to throw me out of our band!"
Alan is back in talks with the BBC and Channel 4 for a programme based on his time at the label.
He and Scots writer Irvine Welsh hope to persuade them to create a drama based around his own experiences and those of Sex Pistols manager Malcolm McLaren and former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.
When prompted, Alan wastes no time in listing the bands who defined Creation.
He said: "Oasis, obviously, because they defined the 90s, Primal Scream because they defined Creation and my life in a lot of ways and Teenage Fanclub because Norman Blake is a pop genius.
"Then there's The Jesus And Mary Chain because they helped Creation to get off the ground and My Bloody Valentine because they are still relevant and could headline most festivals in Europe."
Meanwhile, he is certain Oasis will reform, following their split in 2009.
He said: "I think the break-up was meant to be because Liam's band Beady Eye have made a much better record than anybody wants to give him credit for. It is very listenable. It's a feel-good record you want to hear on a Saturday morning.
"But it's not the best record he'll ever make. And having heard the Noel demos, I think this will be his most important record since What's The Story. But Noel and Liam will both suffer when they release albums because they are no longer Oasis.
"They are going their separate ways at this point. Ever since I have known them they have been having bad arguments.
"I don't think you can discount them getting on well in the future and somebody paying them to do an Oasis world tour. I would be shocked if that doesn't happen.
"I think both Liam and Noel needed, creatively, to go and do their own thing There will probably be fireworks if they get back together but they still share the same management and at some point someone will say, 'there's £200 million. Go do 100 shows'."
Alan recounts one piece of Scottish rock history previously unwritten and not featured in the film.
He said: "Remember the Bungalow Bar in Paisley? The bands who played there were amazing.
"It was incredible and arguably the most important punk venue in Scotland.
"Andrew and I played a Newspeak gig with Lloyd Cole on drums. It was the first time Lloyd had been on stage. I have never told anybody before. Somehow I had become pals with Lloyd Cole. He was our first drummer and we were absolutely rubbish."
Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk
Alan McGee
Noel Gallagher
Upside Down
Upside Down hits UK cinemas for one week only from April 29th including a super special event in Glasgow on Tuesday, May 3rd, featuring a screening, live performances and a DJ set from Alan McGee himself.
For details and tickets, click here, more dates to be annonunced soon.
The story of 'Creation Records' DVD/Blu-ray and soundtrack is now available to pre-order here.
Upside Down Hits UK Cinemas For One Week
Upside Down hits UK cinemas for one week only from April 29th including a super special event in Glasgow on Tuesday, May 3rd, featuring a screening, live performances and a DJ set from Alan McGee himself.
For details and tickets, click here, more dates to be annonunced soon.
The story of 'Creation Records' DVD/Blu-ray and soundtrack is now available to pre-order here.
Alan McGee
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Tony McCarroll
Alan McGee gave an interview with Jo Whiley on Radio 2 last week, Jo was as enthusiastic as ever and played tracks by the House of Love, Primal Scream, Jesus and Mary Chain and Oasis.
In the interview they discuss the Television Personalities, the Gallaghers, the Creation years and the forthcoming film Upside Down.
You can listen to Alan on the show here.
Source: www.creation-records.com
Alan McGee Interview From Radio 2
Alan McGee gave an interview with Jo Whiley on Radio 2 last week, Jo was as enthusiastic as ever and played tracks by the House of Love, Primal Scream, Jesus and Mary Chain and Oasis.
In the interview they discuss the Television Personalities, the Gallaghers, the Creation years and the forthcoming film Upside Down.
You can listen to Alan on the show here.
Source: www.creation-records.com
Alan McGee
Upside Down
Former Creation Records owner Alan McGee turned down the chance to make a film drama about the label's history, he has revealed.
The British music label, which McGee founded in 1983, was home to bands like Oasis and Primal Scream and The Jesus and Mary Chain before folding in 1999.
He said he was approached by the BBC and Channel 4 about telling the story.
But speaking to BBC 5 live, McGee said that a straight dramatisation "reeked of miscalculation."
The 50-year-old added that Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh had agreed to write the screenplay and had suggested "morphing" McGee, Sex Pistol's manager Malcolm McLaren and former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham into one character.
"That to me was a 10 out of 10 idea," McGee said on Thursday.
"But not for the BBC or Channel 4, they want a dramatisation of Creation Records straight, so yesterday me and Irvine turned it down.
"It was going to be called something like Beyond The Eruption."
The former manager, who is featured in Upside, Down - a new film documentary about Creation's history - added: "If we were going to do a literal Creation thing let's do it on one of two subjects.
"Either when we were out of our minds 88-94, or the whole Brit Pop political thing when Labour were asking me if I could get young Britain back to work and we were going to Downing Street.
"The rest of it is too much of a freak show."
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Click here for a large number of UK screenings of Upside Down.
Alan McGee Turns Down Creation Records Factual Drama
Former Creation Records owner Alan McGee turned down the chance to make a film drama about the label's history, he has revealed.
The British music label, which McGee founded in 1983, was home to bands like Oasis and Primal Scream and The Jesus and Mary Chain before folding in 1999.
He said he was approached by the BBC and Channel 4 about telling the story.
But speaking to BBC 5 live, McGee said that a straight dramatisation "reeked of miscalculation."
The 50-year-old added that Trainspotting author Irvine Welsh had agreed to write the screenplay and had suggested "morphing" McGee, Sex Pistol's manager Malcolm McLaren and former Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham into one character.
"That to me was a 10 out of 10 idea," McGee said on Thursday.
"But not for the BBC or Channel 4, they want a dramatisation of Creation Records straight, so yesterday me and Irvine turned it down.
"It was going to be called something like Beyond The Eruption."
The former manager, who is featured in Upside, Down - a new film documentary about Creation's history - added: "If we were going to do a literal Creation thing let's do it on one of two subjects.
"Either when we were out of our minds 88-94, or the whole Brit Pop political thing when Labour were asking me if I could get young Britain back to work and we were going to Downing Street.
"The rest of it is too much of a freak show."
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Click here for a large number of UK screenings of Upside Down.
Alan McGee
Noel Gallagher
Upside Down
You can’t beat watching a film at a cinema, so fortunately just prior to it’s DVD release Upside Down hits UK cinemas for one week only from April 29th. Details are below, most of the cinemas are not listing yet as the screenings are not yet within a week/fortnight.
There will also be a special event in Glasgow on Tuesday, May 3rd, featuring a screening, live performances and a DJ set from Alan McGee himself.
The venues are :
Birmingham – Electric Cinema [info]
Edinburgh- Cameo [info]
Exeter – Picturehouse [info]
Glasgow – Glasgow Film Theatre [info]
Leeds – Hyde Park Picturehouse [info]
Liverpool – Picturehouse At FACT [info]
London – Curzon, Soho [info]
Manchester Cornerhouse [info]
Norwich – Cinema City [info]
York- City Screen Picturehouse [info]
Source: www.creation-records.com
Upside Down To Hit UK Cinemas
You can’t beat watching a film at a cinema, so fortunately just prior to it’s DVD release Upside Down hits UK cinemas for one week only from April 29th. Details are below, most of the cinemas are not listing yet as the screenings are not yet within a week/fortnight.
There will also be a special event in Glasgow on Tuesday, May 3rd, featuring a screening, live performances and a DJ set from Alan McGee himself.
The venues are :
Birmingham – Electric Cinema [info]
Edinburgh- Cameo [info]
Exeter – Picturehouse [info]
Glasgow – Glasgow Film Theatre [info]
Leeds – Hyde Park Picturehouse [info]
Liverpool – Picturehouse At FACT [info]
London – Curzon, Soho [info]
Manchester Cornerhouse [info]
Norwich – Cinema City [info]
York- City Screen Picturehouse [info]
Source: www.creation-records.com
Alan McGee
Beady Eye
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Upside Down
Oasis used to go on five-day drug binges.
The ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’ rockers – who disbanded in August 2009 following a series of explosive rows between frontman Liam Gallagher and his brother, guitarist Noel Gallagher - were renowned for their hard partying in the 90s and their former record company boss, Creation head Alan McGee, said they partied harder than any of the other bands on the label, including Primal Scream.
Alan told Shortlist magazine: “With drugs and stuff Oasis were definitely the wildest. They were just intense. It was never one night with them – they’d start on a Friday and end on a Wednesday.”
Following the Oasis split, Liam, 38, recently revealed he has calmed his partying lifestyle for the sake of his three children.
He said: “In my pram I was a rock star. But I'm older now. I don't wanna grow up like a d**k. I don't want to get to 40 and embarrass my kids.
“I don't want to sound like a hippy but it's great. I run. With golf, I love making proper contact with that ball.
“I'm still on the fish. Sardines or salmon. Salad. I feel good. It's only the cigarettes that really stand in me way.”
Liam has since gone on to front Beady Eye, while Noel is working on his first solo album. -
Source: Bang Showbiz
Alan McGee Spills Beans On Oasis
Oasis used to go on five-day drug binges.
The ‘Cigarettes and Alcohol’ rockers – who disbanded in August 2009 following a series of explosive rows between frontman Liam Gallagher and his brother, guitarist Noel Gallagher - were renowned for their hard partying in the 90s and their former record company boss, Creation head Alan McGee, said they partied harder than any of the other bands on the label, including Primal Scream.
Alan told Shortlist magazine: “With drugs and stuff Oasis were definitely the wildest. They were just intense. It was never one night with them – they’d start on a Friday and end on a Wednesday.”
Following the Oasis split, Liam, 38, recently revealed he has calmed his partying lifestyle for the sake of his three children.
He said: “In my pram I was a rock star. But I'm older now. I don't wanna grow up like a d**k. I don't want to get to 40 and embarrass my kids.
“I don't want to sound like a hippy but it's great. I run. With golf, I love making proper contact with that ball.
“I'm still on the fish. Sardines or salmon. Salad. I feel good. It's only the cigarettes that really stand in me way.”
Liam has since gone on to front Beady Eye, while Noel is working on his first solo album. -
Source: Bang Showbiz
Alan McGee
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Upside Down
Oasis, Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals and The Jesus And Mary Chain are among the bands who feature on the soundtrack album of Creation Records documenrtary Upside Down.
The film features features new interviews with label founder Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher and Primal Scream and is released on DVD on May 9. The two-disc soundtrack will come out on the same day.
The movie was directed by Danny O'Conner - watch the trailer by clicking above.
The soundtrack tracklisting is:
Disc One
The Jesus And Mary Chain – 'Upside Down'
Oasis – 'Rock N Roll Star'
Primal Scream - 'Loaded'
Ride – 'Leave Them All Behind'
House of Love – 'Shine On'
BMX Bandits – 'Serious Drugs'
Teenage Fanclub – 'The Concept'
Telescopes – 'Perfect Needle'
Biff Bang Pow – 'There Must Be A Better Life'
Slowdive – 'Souvlaki Space Station'
Slaughter Joe – 'I'll Follow You Down'
Jasmine Minks – 'Think'
The Boo Radleys – 'Lazarus'
Revolving Paint Dream – 'In The Afternoon'
Sugar – 'If I Can’t Change Your Mind'
Momus – 'What Will Death Be Like?'
Swervedriver – 'Son Of Mustang Ford'
Super Furry Animals – 'Something 4 The Weekend'
Disc Two
Oasis – 'Wonderwall'
Ride – 'Taste'
Primal Scream – 'Swastika Eyes'
Swervedriver – 'Duel'
Teenage Fanclub – 'Mellow Doubt'
Biff Bang Pow – 'It Makes You Scared'
Slowdive – 'Alison'
Slaughter Joe – 'So Out Of Touch'
Revolving Paint Dream – 'Flowers In The Sky'
BMX Bandits – 'I Wanna Fall In Love'
House of Love – 'Destroy The Heart'
Jazz Butcher – 'Girl Go'
Telescopes – 'Flying'
The Creation – 'Creation'
Momus – 'Murders, The Hope Of Woman'
Primal Scream – 'Imperial'
The Boo Radleys – 'Wake Up Boo!'
The Jesus And Mary Chain – 'Some Candy Talking'
Source: www.nme.com
Oasis Feature On 'Upside Down' Soundtrack Album
Oasis, Primal Scream, Super Furry Animals and The Jesus And Mary Chain are among the bands who feature on the soundtrack album of Creation Records documenrtary Upside Down.
The film features features new interviews with label founder Alan McGee, Noel Gallagher and Primal Scream and is released on DVD on May 9. The two-disc soundtrack will come out on the same day.
The movie was directed by Danny O'Conner - watch the trailer by clicking above.
The soundtrack tracklisting is:
Disc One
The Jesus And Mary Chain – 'Upside Down'
Oasis – 'Rock N Roll Star'
Primal Scream - 'Loaded'
Ride – 'Leave Them All Behind'
House of Love – 'Shine On'
BMX Bandits – 'Serious Drugs'
Teenage Fanclub – 'The Concept'
Telescopes – 'Perfect Needle'
Biff Bang Pow – 'There Must Be A Better Life'
Slowdive – 'Souvlaki Space Station'
Slaughter Joe – 'I'll Follow You Down'
Jasmine Minks – 'Think'
The Boo Radleys – 'Lazarus'
Revolving Paint Dream – 'In The Afternoon'
Sugar – 'If I Can’t Change Your Mind'
Momus – 'What Will Death Be Like?'
Swervedriver – 'Son Of Mustang Ford'
Super Furry Animals – 'Something 4 The Weekend'
Disc Two
Oasis – 'Wonderwall'
Ride – 'Taste'
Primal Scream – 'Swastika Eyes'
Swervedriver – 'Duel'
Teenage Fanclub – 'Mellow Doubt'
Biff Bang Pow – 'It Makes You Scared'
Slowdive – 'Alison'
Slaughter Joe – 'So Out Of Touch'
Revolving Paint Dream – 'Flowers In The Sky'
BMX Bandits – 'I Wanna Fall In Love'
House of Love – 'Destroy The Heart'
Jazz Butcher – 'Girl Go'
Telescopes – 'Flying'
The Creation – 'Creation'
Momus – 'Murders, The Hope Of Woman'
Primal Scream – 'Imperial'
The Boo Radleys – 'Wake Up Boo!'
The Jesus And Mary Chain – 'Some Candy Talking'
Source: www.nme.com
Alan McGee
Noel Gallagher
Upside Down
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story documents the rise and fall of legendary indie label Creation Records.
Director Danny O'Connor spoke to Stow College's TV Production students about the process of making the film.
The official Glasgow Film Festival film team from Stow College's TV Production course were there to capture the action and to find out what some of the party-goers thought of the film.
'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' Glagow Premiere Videos
Upside Down: The Creation Records Story documents the rise and fall of legendary indie label Creation Records.
Director Danny O'Connor spoke to Stow College's TV Production students about the process of making the film.
The official Glasgow Film Festival film team from Stow College's TV Production course were there to capture the action and to find out what some of the party-goers thought of the film.
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