Dave Grohl On Liam & Noel Gallagher

Dave Grohl, GQ's June 2018 cover star, talks to GQ Features Director Jonathan Heaf about the last time he got arrested, why Nirvana could be hilariously fun, whether he prefers Liam or Noel Gallagher and his near-death experience.

Skip to 8:00 into the video to see what he had to say about Liam & Noel Gallagher.

Noel Gallagher On Fame, Rock Stars And More

Quotes taken from an interview with Noel Gallagher from the new edition of 'The Red Bulletin'.

“When I started, I didn’t want to be famous. I wanted to be rich. Fame? Meh. I’m good at fame. Fame doesn’t bother me. But it wasn’t the driving force. I’ve never considered myself a rock star. Technically speaking I am, sure, but I don’t walk like a rock star. I can talk like one.”

“Rock stars today? There are no rock stars left. Rock stars now in England? They’re either really f***ing naff or the wrong side of 40. Or they don’t write their own music and they have nothing to say. Or they have bad hair and even worse shoes.”

"You know, when I think of rock music now, I think of Dave Grohl and it’s like, ‘Can you stop shouting, please?’ And I think of Green Day and it’s like, ‘Can you stop moaning, please?’ All dressed the same, all with tattoos, f***ing earrings and dyed hair".

“That’s not where I’m coming from. I’ve never been like that.”

“Bands are owned by their fans because they’re in touch with them on social media, and their fans dictate to them what they want, and their record company dictates to them what they should be doing,” he said.

“I’m sorry, but nobody f***ing owns me. They don’t own my thoughts or what I wear or who I want to be in my band.”

Read the full interview in the June issue of The Red Bulletin, out with the Standard on Tuesday

Noel Gallagher On 'Who Built The Moon?', Oasis, Liam, Dave Grohl And More

Click here to read an interview with Noel Gallagher from the Brazilian Rolling Stone Magazine, he talks about 'Who Built The Moon?', Oasis, Liam, Dave Grohl and more.

PLEASE NOTE the interview has been translated, find the original article here.

Noel Gallagher On Dave Grohl And Green Day

Noel Gallagher: "Who Wants To Sing About The News?"

Noel Gallagher criticized Foo Fighters frontman Dave Grohl and Queens of the Stone Age frontman Josh Homme in a press conference in Italy yesterday.

“I think that it’s very easy for guys with guitars to pick up those guitars these days and just sing about what’s on the news. I don’t know what the point of all of that is. I think to write songs in this day and age that are full of joy and hope, is almost revolutionary.

I think that guitar music has become more about fucking shouting, like Dave Grohl, what’s he on about? Green Day, and the guy from Queens of the Stone Age, what are they shouting about? They’re shouting about the fucking news. Who wants to sing about the news?

The news is boring. Donald Trump is fucking boring. Politics is boring. The little fat guy from North Korea, he looks funny, but he’s fucking boring. So why would you want to write music about that [stuff]? I think to write songs about joy and hope is fucking revolutionary. There, I just said it, revolutionary.”

Liam Gallagher Isn't Impressed With British Guitar Music At This Moment In Time

He isn't impressed with British guitar music at this moment in time

Liam Gallagher has said English bands “should be ashamed of the shit they put out” in a new interview.

The legendary musician recently returned to making music and is set to release his debut solo album ‘As You Were‘ in October.

Speaking to Noisey, Gallagher said there are “too many so-called rock’n’roll bands in England getting away with fucking murder.”

“They should be ashamed of the shit they put out,” he said. “They need fucking shooting.” While he declined to name any one band specifically, he did expand on what he found so bad about some groups’ output.

“They’ve got the tools to make guitar music great and they’re just fucking doing it half-arsed,” he said. “They’ve got one foot in the fucking dance world and one foot in the fucking guitar world and they’re just seeing which one fucking bites.”

He continued: “They’re there with their fucking keyboards and whistles and shit. If you’re going to do “guitar music” you have to put a fucking guitar on a record. Put the fucker in. Stop wearing it like it’s a fucking necklace.”

Meanwhile, Gallagher has also given his opinion on several music icons.

During an interview with GQ, Liam is asked about his thoughts on The Rolling Stones‘ frontman Mick Jagger. His verdict: “Fair play to ol’ dinosaur hips, but I’m not that man. I’m anti-entertainment. Poor sod, he’s got to dance until he’s 108.”

On Foo Fighters’ Dave Grohl’s infamous throne that he performed live in when he broke his leg, Liam says: “He ruined it for all of us. He broke his leg and still toured. Who does that? Now if I have a ‘cold’ I can’t cancel because I’ll look like a wuss.”

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Liam Gallagher On Being Asked To Play With The Foo Fighters At Glastonbury

Liam Gallagher said to Beats 1’s Zane Lowe in a recent interview that Dave Grohl had extended an invite to join them during their performance at Glastonbury. “He asked me to come on and do a song,” Gallagher said. “I said no, cos I need a bit of rehearsal. I know it’s cool and all that, but I need a rehearsal.”

He is due to play CalJam festival in San Bernadino, California on October 7. The one-day event was organised by Foo Fighters and will be headlined by the band.

Asked by Lowe if he might do something with the group there, he replied: “I tell you what I wanna do. I wanna do ‘Range Rover Bitch’ that Taylor [Hawkins, drummer] made. That’s the tune.”

Dave Grohl On Bumping Into Liam Gallagher At Glastonbury

Dave Grohl has revealed that his “favourite moment” from this year’s Glastonbury festival was an encounter backstage with Liam Gallagher.

Foo Fighters appear on the cover of this week’s free NME, which is available digitally and nationwide from today (June 30). Subscribe now and find out where to pick up a copy here.

Last weekend (June 24) saw Grohl’s band headline the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury, two years after they were originally forced to cancel after the singer broke his leg.

Admitting that he didn’t “realise the immensity of headlining this festival” two years ago, Grohl has now told NME that he finally ‘gets’ Glastonbury and that it felt “like I’m at my mother’s Christmas party back in Virginia”.

“You know my favourite moment of the whole night?” Grohl continued, adding: “Five minutes before we go onstage, Liam fuckin’ Gallagher wanders in. He goes straight over to Taylor and says, ‘That fuckin’ song – ‘Range Rover Bitch’!’ Then he starts singing a song from Taylor’s solo record. Then he turns round to me and goes, ‘And your shit’s alright, too!’ Taylor had nerves about tonight because everyone made such a big deal about this show, but he walked onstage with the biggest fucking smile…”

Source: www.nme.com

Vote For Oasis, Liam And Noel Gallagher At The NME Awards

Oasis, Liam and Noel Gallagher have been nominated in various categories in the NME Awards, Click here to vote (Login Required).


Best Track
Future Islands – 'Seasons (Waiting On You)'
Jamie T – 'Zombie'
Jungle – 'Busy Earnin''
Kasabian – 'Eez-Eh'
Noel Gallagher – 'In The Heat Of The Moment'
Royal Blood – 'Little Monster'

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner
Dave Grohl
Kate Bush
Noel Gallagher
Russell Brand
Taylor Swift

Reissue Of The Year
Led Zeppelin – 'Led Zeppelin II'
Manic Street Preachers – 'The Holy Bible'
Oasis – 'Definitely Maybe'
Pixies – 'Doolittle'
Public Enemy – 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back'
Smashing Pumpkins – 'Adore'

Best Band Social Media
?uestlove's Twitter
Alana Haim's Twitter
Albert Hammond Jr's Twitter
Fat White Family's Facebook
Liam Gallagher's Twitter
Slaves' Facebook

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Vote For Oasis, Liam And Noel Gallagher At The NME Awards

Oasis, Liam and Noel Gallagher have been nominated in various categories in the NME Awards, Click here to vote (Login Required).


Best Track
Future Islands – 'Seasons (Waiting On You)'
Jamie T – 'Zombie'
Jungle – 'Busy Earnin''
Kasabian – 'Eez-Eh'
Noel Gallagher – 'In The Heat Of The Moment'
Royal Blood – 'Little Monster'

Hero Of The Year
Alex Turner
Dave Grohl
Kate Bush
Noel Gallagher
Russell Brand
Taylor Swift

Reissue Of The Year
Led Zeppelin – 'Led Zeppelin II'
Manic Street Preachers – 'The Holy Bible'
Oasis – 'Definitely Maybe'
Pixies – 'Doolittle'
Public Enemy – 'It Takes A Nation Of Millions To Hold Us Back'
Smashing Pumpkins – 'Adore'

Best Band Social Media
?uestlove's Twitter
Alana Haim's Twitter
Albert Hammond Jr's Twitter
Fat White Family's Facebook
Liam Gallagher's Twitter
Slaves' Facebook

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Noel Gallagher: 'Russell Brand Should Stand In The Next Election'

Russell Brand's plans for revolution have been doubted by Noel Gallagher, who says he thinks the comedian's political career might go the same way as his acting career.

Speaking in a new interview, Gallagher was asked about the aspirations his friend Brand has for leading people into a "no-vote" revolution, to which he replied that he thinks the comedian's "heart is in the right place" and suggest that he should stand in the 2015 general election.

"I think his revolutionary ideals might be as short-lived as his acting career!" Gallagher said, adding: "He's a good lad, Russell, and I love him dearly like a boyfriend. I think he should stand in the election, because it's alright saying the words and all, but then you're relying on other people to implement all this stuff you're going on about."

In the same interview with XFM Gallagher said that he is free to perform at Glastonbury in 2015, if organisers want him.

Dave Grohl recently said that Foo Fighters would headline Glastonbury if Oasis and Prince did it too. While not commenting on the possibility of a reunion with brother Liam, Noel went on to praise Grohl and hint that he has a free weekend in June that coincides with the 2015 event.

Source: www.nme.com

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Noel Gallagher On The Oasis For Glastonbury Rumours: "I'm Available That Weekend"

Noel Gallagher has poured fuel on the rumours that a reformed Oasis might play Glastonbury in 2015 in an exclusive interview with XFM's Jon Holmes this morning.

The comments came after Jon played Noel a clip of Dave Grohl calling on Oasis to reform. The Foo Fighters frontman said his band would play the festival - but only if Oasis and Prince did too.

"He's great," said Noel, "What they say about him is true. He is genuinely one of the nicest men in rock.

"We've done some big gigs with them down the year. Great lads, all of them."

When Jon pressed him for an answer on Glastonbury 2015, Noel gave a short but teasing answer.

"I'm available that weekend - it's not up to me though, is it?"

Click here to here a snippet from the interview.

Source: www.xfm.co.uk

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Foo Fighters Will Agree To Glastonbury If Oasis Reform

Foo Fighters have said they'd agree to headline Glastonbury if Oasis reformed to also play the festival.

Dave Grohl revealed that the group haven't yet been asked to top the bill, but would say yes if Liam and Noel Gallagher played, and Prince agreed to be the third headline act.

Speaking to BBC Radio 1 he explained: "If Prince does it, and Oasis does it, you've got the Foo Fighters, how about that?"

The singer says he hasn't spoken to organiser Michael Eavis or his daughter Emily about headlining, but is interested as Foo Fighters haven't played Glastonbury since 1998.

"He hasn't called me. I mean, I don't want to give out my phone number on air, but I like playing shows! I've been to that festival before. It's pretty fun. We'll see what happens. We'll get a conference call happening, we can work this out. Imagine Prince and Oasis on the telephone, that would be amazing."

As a huge fan of Oasis, Dave has toured with the brothers and spent time with them away from the stage, and is sure the sparring brothers could put their differences aside for the festival.

"In America Oasis sort of crept up on us, and it was one of the first times that an English band became massively enormous in a really long time. We ended up seeing them and playing shows with them and I got to know them a little bit. I love them as people, they're the sweetest people in the world. I know they have this sort of reputation of being brash and nasty, but I don't think they are. I've watched them live and there are not that many bands that can just stand there motionless and make 100,000 people go bananas, and that comes down to the songs. When your songs are that good, you've got something good going on. I miss them.

"If Taylor Hawkins and I can be in a band together, I'm sure that they can be in a band together too."

Source: www.femalefirst.co.uk

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Dave Grohl Says That Oasis Are The Greatest Rock Band Ever

Dave Grohl tells XFM's Danielle Perry how it's a "shame" that the Manchester band aren't together any more.

Speaking to XFM's Danielle Perry about the band's new album, Sonic Highways, Dave Grohl explained how he was a big fan of the Gallaghers… and that they should reconsider their split.

"The whole Oasis thing is a shame," he told Danielle. "We all love Oasis. We’ve played shows with them before, where I look at them and think 'That's the greatest rock band I've ever seen in my life'.

"To know that they’re out there somewhere but they won't come together to do the thing that everybody would love so much..."

Grohl went on: "They're fun. They have such a crazy reputation of being 'the Oasis guys', and then you see them at the bar and they show you pictures of their kids. And you’re like 'Wow, they're just normal dudes', y’know?"

Noel Gallagher recently announced his second album with his High Flying Birds, Chasing Yesterday, while last month Liam's Beady Eye revealed that they'd split up.

Click here to watch a video of Dave talking about Oasis.

Source: www.xfm.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Interview In The New Issue Of Q

Foo Fighters are on the cover of our new issue, Q341 out Tuesday (28 October), talking exclusively about new album Sonic Highways.

Dave Grohl and his men explain the idea that saw them record the LP in eight different studios across America – plus made a TV series to go with it.

And talking of new albums, we also speak exclusively to Noel Gallagher about his second with High Flying Birds and his current relationship with Liam and there’s a 20-page special on Prince.

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Liam Gallagher 'Made Up' At Being Voted The Ultimate Singer By NME.COM Users

Former Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher says he's "made up" after being picked as the ultimate singer by NME.COM users.

Liam was voted as the ultimate frontman in NME's poll of the greatest musicians ever, as part of the Ultimate Band issue, which is on newsstands from today or available digitally.

Pick up a copy to see who the likes of Johnny Marr, Foals, The Maccabees, Jake Bugg, The Libertines, Lee "Scratch" Perry, Frank Turner, The Mighty Boosh and tons more picked as the line-up for their ultimate band.

The ultimate band, as picked by NME.com users is:

Singer – Liam Gallager (Oasis)
Bassist – Flea (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
Guitarist – Johhny Marr (The Smiths)
Drummer – Dave Grohl (Nirvana/Foo Fighters)
The 'other guy' – Bez (Happy Mondays)

"I'm made up people voted for me as the ultimate singer. But no Keith Moon, Reni, Macca or Mani – are you sure?" Liam says in this week's NME.

Others included in the line-up of NME.COM users' ultimate band are Morrissey, Alex Turner, David Bowie, John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Kim Deal, Jimi Hendrix, Matt Helders and Keith Moon. Pick up a copy of this week's NME on newsstands now or available digitally to find out the full line-up.

Source: www.nme.com

The NME Want Your Questions For Noel Gallagher!

Ever wanted to ask the ex-Oasis man something?

We're going to be hooking up with 2012 Godlike Genius Noel Gallagher soon for a quizzing session – and we want your questions for him.

The most interesting, probing, thought-provoking and funny questions will be put to the former Oasis man and we'll then print the results in a future edition of NME magazine. So leave your questions in the comments box below – and remember to include your name, age and location too or we won't be able to use it.

Noel Gallagher will be presented with the Godlike Genius Award at this year's NME Awards. The guitarist will pick up the gong at the ceremony on February 29 at London's O2 Academy Brixton.

Previous recipients of the award include last year's winner Dave Grohl, The Clash, Paul Weller, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, New Order and Joy Division.

A special collectors' issue dedicated to Noel Gallagher is coming next month. Produced by the teams behind NME and sister title Uncut, the magazine will feature Gallagher's greatest interviews, unseen photos and a competition to win albums signed by the man himself. The issue will be available on newsstands and digitally from February 2.

Source: www.nme.com

Noel Gallagher To Be Crowned Godlike Genius At NME Awards 2012

The Manchester icon follows in the footsteps of Dave Grohl, The Clash, Paul Weller and The Cure.

Noel Gallagher will be presented with the Godlike Genius Award at this year's NME Awards.

As announced by Zane Lowe on his BBC Radio 1 show earlier this evening (January 23), the singer, guitar-player and frontman of Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds will pick up the gong at the ceremony on February 29 at London's O2 Academy Brixton. Of his win, Gallagher has said: "I would like to thank NME for bestowing upon me such a great accolade. I have dreamt of this moment since I was 43 years old. I accept that I am now a genius, just like God".

Previous recipients of the award include last year's winner Dave Grohl, The Clash, Paul Weller, The Cure, Manic Street Preachers, New Order and Joy Division.

Of the former Oasis man's win, NME editor Krissi Murison says: "For the best part of two decades, the voice of one man has dominated the pages of NME more than any other. That man is Noel Gallagher. Opinionated, intelligent, passionate and always hilarious – Noel walks and talks it better than any other musician out there, and it's just one of the reasons why the British public loves him so dearly."

She continued: "That he keeps pushing boundaries as a solo artist proves that there's a long way to go in the story of one of the most talented musicians Britain has ever produced."

Meanwhile, a special collectors' issue dedicated to Noel Gallagher is coming next month. Produced by the teams behind NME and sister title Uncut, the magazine will feature Gallagher's greatest interviews, unseen photos and a competition to win albums signed by the man himself. The issue will be available on newsstands and digitally from February 2 - click here to pre-order your copy.






















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Noel Gallagher At Foo Fighters Gig

Noel Gallagher, Dave Grohl, P!nk and Juliette Lewis after the Foo Fighters show at Wembley Arena last night.

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Dave Grohl: "I'd Invite The Gallagher's To My Barbecue"

From Q Magazine December 09

Who would you have round for a barbecue to greet the end of the decade?

I'd invite Liam Gallagher but then I'd secretly invite Noel, too. I'd get them toghether at the barbecue and make peace. I'm good at that, man. I can make people love each other.

What if Courtney Love turned up uninvited?

Next question!

Source: Q Magazine

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