Alan McGee
Upside Down
Creation Records boss Alan McGee is no stranger to a spot of self-mythology. Now it looks like his ten-years-defunct indie label -- which launched Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and Oasis (pictured) onto an unsuspecting world -- is to have its booze and bravado-fuelled story committed to celluloid for posterity.
'Upside Down', which is due out in the Spring, will trace the existence of the London-based imprint from its formation in 1983, through its sale to Sony and mid-'90s Britpop heyday, up until its eventual demise in 1999.
Aside from its massive hits with Oasis's 'Definitely Maybe' and '(What's the Story) Morning Glory', other successful bands on the Creation books have included My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Super Furry Animals.
Despite its star-studded roster, however, McGee's label was as well known for drug intake and partying as it was for chart-topping records. "We were dysfunctional people working with dysfunctional bands but somehow we still managed to function," former managing director Tim Abbott told the Guardian.
For 'Upside Down' director Danny O'Connor, it seems, the extra-curricular activities were just as much of a selling point as the musical end product. "No one does excess like Creation, no one does great records like Creation," he told the Guardian. "Creation was an indie, but it didn't wear a cardigan, it didn't apologise. There was a real power in its punch. If you think that rock 'n' roll is all about swagger -- this is your film."
Source: www.spinnermusic.co.uk
New Film Set To Tell Story Of Creation Records
Creation Records boss Alan McGee is no stranger to a spot of self-mythology. Now it looks like his ten-years-defunct indie label -- which launched Jesus and Mary Chain, Primal Scream and Oasis (pictured) onto an unsuspecting world -- is to have its booze and bravado-fuelled story committed to celluloid for posterity.
'Upside Down', which is due out in the Spring, will trace the existence of the London-based imprint from its formation in 1983, through its sale to Sony and mid-'90s Britpop heyday, up until its eventual demise in 1999.
Aside from its massive hits with Oasis's 'Definitely Maybe' and '(What's the Story) Morning Glory', other successful bands on the Creation books have included My Bloody Valentine, Ride and Super Furry Animals.
Despite its star-studded roster, however, McGee's label was as well known for drug intake and partying as it was for chart-topping records. "We were dysfunctional people working with dysfunctional bands but somehow we still managed to function," former managing director Tim Abbott told the Guardian.
For 'Upside Down' director Danny O'Connor, it seems, the extra-curricular activities were just as much of a selling point as the musical end product. "No one does excess like Creation, no one does great records like Creation," he told the Guardian. "Creation was an indie, but it didn't wear a cardigan, it didn't apologise. There was a real power in its punch. If you think that rock 'n' roll is all about swagger -- this is your film."
Source: www.spinnermusic.co.uk
Liam Gallagher
First, there was news of Liam Gallagher (Oasis) starting his own fashion line, 'Pretty Green.' Then, avant-garde label Comme des Garçons teamed up with The Beatles for a capsule collection (sold at Dover Street Market). The latest example of 'music rocking fashion,' however, is Franz Ferdinand writing a song for Dior.
According to reports by Women's Wear Daily, the French fashion label is planning to premier its first music video January 14th.
Part of the promotional campaign for its 'Lady Dior' range, the label's spokesmodel and Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard will portray a woman who transforms into a glamorous singer at night, performing Lady Rouge, a song specially written by Franz Ferdinand for the campaign.
The news follows the announcement that rock band Kings of Leon would soon release their first fashion line in collaboration with Paris-based agency Surface To Air, which was previously involved in lines for graffiti artist Banksy and electro-pop band Justice.
While 'rockers' are a rather new feature in the world of trendy collections (as opposed to tour t-shirts), fashion/music collaborations have become commonplace in pop music: Lily Allen performed at a Chanel fashion show, stars in the label's ads and even announced she would quit music to focus on her fashion career instead, stars such as Beyoncé and Rihanna are gracing the covers of fashion magazines and sit front-row during fashion week, and Lady Gaga is maybe the first singer who truly unites both industries.
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Rockers Are Channelling Stylish Selves In New Clothes Ranges
First, there was news of Liam Gallagher (Oasis) starting his own fashion line, 'Pretty Green.' Then, avant-garde label Comme des Garçons teamed up with The Beatles for a capsule collection (sold at Dover Street Market). The latest example of 'music rocking fashion,' however, is Franz Ferdinand writing a song for Dior.
According to reports by Women's Wear Daily, the French fashion label is planning to premier its first music video January 14th.
Part of the promotional campaign for its 'Lady Dior' range, the label's spokesmodel and Oscar-winning French actress Marion Cotillard will portray a woman who transforms into a glamorous singer at night, performing Lady Rouge, a song specially written by Franz Ferdinand for the campaign.
The news follows the announcement that rock band Kings of Leon would soon release their first fashion line in collaboration with Paris-based agency Surface To Air, which was previously involved in lines for graffiti artist Banksy and electro-pop band Justice.
While 'rockers' are a rather new feature in the world of trendy collections (as opposed to tour t-shirts), fashion/music collaborations have become commonplace in pop music: Lily Allen performed at a Chanel fashion show, stars in the label's ads and even announced she would quit music to focus on her fashion career instead, stars such as Beyoncé and Rihanna are gracing the covers of fashion magazines and sit front-row during fashion week, and Lady Gaga is maybe the first singer who truly unites both industries.
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Oasis
We're well into the awards season now with it being the end of the year AND decade!
NME have just opened the voting for their 2010 Awards next February.
Oasis are eligible in quite a few of the categories so if you have a few minutes free, why not head on over to the voting page HERE to show some love.
Vote For Oasis In The 2010 NME Awards
We're well into the awards season now with it being the end of the year AND decade!
NME have just opened the voting for their 2010 Awards next February.
Oasis are eligible in quite a few of the categories so if you have a few minutes free, why not head on over to the voting page HERE to show some love.
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Broadcast over the Christmas period, on Sky News.
Thanks to Mr Monobrow.
Sky News Christmas Greeting To The Gallagher Brothers
Broadcast over the Christmas period, on Sky News.
Thanks to Mr Monobrow.
Oasis
You can vote for your favourite Oasis track ever on NME.COM.
Current top 10
01: Live Forever
02: Don't Look Back In Anger
03: Slide Away
04: Champagne Supernova
05: The Masterplan
06: Rock 'N' Roll Star
07: Supersonic
08: Wonderwall
09: Acquiesce
10: Whatever
Vote For Your Favourite Oasis Track Ever
You can vote for your favourite Oasis track ever on NME.COM.
Current top 10
01: Live Forever
02: Don't Look Back In Anger
03: Slide Away
04: Champagne Supernova
05: The Masterplan
06: Rock 'N' Roll Star
07: Supersonic
08: Wonderwall
09: Acquiesce
10: Whatever
Pretty Green
The winner of the Limited Edition Pretty Green iPod is Stuart Lambert, the unique iPod complete with a special video message from the man himself.
Source: www.prettygreen.com
The Winner Of The Limited Edition 'Pretty Green' iPod Is?
The winner of the Limited Edition Pretty Green iPod is Stuart Lambert, the unique iPod complete with a special video message from the man himself.
Source: www.prettygreen.com
Oasis
A story has appeared today in the News Of The World falsely claiming that I'm joining Liam Gallagher's new band, and to start recording later this month at Abbey Road studios.
Where they get there information from is beyond me.
Oasis Fan Lined Up To Join Band
A story has appeared today in the News Of The World falsely claiming that I'm joining Liam Gallagher's new band, and to start recording later this month at Abbey Road studios.
Where they get there information from is beyond me.
Amorphous Androgynous
Oasis
The Feb 2010 issue of Mojo has an interview with Amorphous Androgynous and comes with a CD compiled and mixed by the aforementioned which includes an 'Exclusive to this CD' version of Falling Down by the Amorphous Androgynous.
''We didn't intend to cover it'' says Cobain of AA's life-affirming re-recording of Oasis' 2008 single. ''Noel Gallagher asked us to remix Falling Down and make it 'worthy' to be on our Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble...! We delivered a 22 minute psychedelic mix with flutes and sitar''.
Alisha Sufit (of 70's folk rockers Magic Carpet) revocaled the song and it became a kind of cover version with Noel on backing vocals! Here's the first recording of it.''.
CD in full:
01 Pop Levi- Blue Honey
02-The Yellow Moon Band-Entangled
03-July- Dandelion Seeds
04-The A.A.-Falling Down
05-Dungen- Satt Se (Instrumental)
06-Donovan- Three Kingfishers
07-Can-Flow Motion
08-White Noise-Love Without Sound
09-Betty Davis-Game Is My Middle Name
10-Ed Askew-Love Is Everyone.
11-Jean Claude Vannier- Les Mouches
12-Comus-Diana
13-Shogun Kinotichi-Mulberg
14-The A.A. Opus Of The Black Sun
Source: www.mojo4music.com
Exclusive Oasis 'Amorphous Androgynous' Remix In Current Issue Of Mojo
The Feb 2010 issue of Mojo has an interview with Amorphous Androgynous and comes with a CD compiled and mixed by the aforementioned which includes an 'Exclusive to this CD' version of Falling Down by the Amorphous Androgynous.
''We didn't intend to cover it'' says Cobain of AA's life-affirming re-recording of Oasis' 2008 single. ''Noel Gallagher asked us to remix Falling Down and make it 'worthy' to be on our Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble...! We delivered a 22 minute psychedelic mix with flutes and sitar''.
Alisha Sufit (of 70's folk rockers Magic Carpet) revocaled the song and it became a kind of cover version with Noel on backing vocals! Here's the first recording of it.''.
CD in full:
01 Pop Levi- Blue Honey
02-The Yellow Moon Band-Entangled
03-July- Dandelion Seeds
04-The A.A.-Falling Down
05-Dungen- Satt Se (Instrumental)
06-Donovan- Three Kingfishers
07-Can-Flow Motion
08-White Noise-Love Without Sound
09-Betty Davis-Game Is My Middle Name
10-Ed Askew-Love Is Everyone.
11-Jean Claude Vannier- Les Mouches
12-Comus-Diana
13-Shogun Kinotichi-Mulberg
14-The A.A. Opus Of The Black Sun
Source: www.mojo4music.com
Alan McGee
Upside Down
Upside Down charts drink and drug-fuelled years of label that signed Oasis, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine.
When an unsigned Noel Gallagher took the train from Manchester to meet the bosses of Creation records in 1993, he had little idea what to expect.
In a room above a sweatshop in the back streets of east London, surrounded by self-confessed "misfits, drug addicts and sociopaths", the Oasis songwriter found his spiritual home.
"He came to the Creation office and saw the words Northern Ignorance scrawled in magic marker across the roof of the reception," said Tim Abbott, the label's former managing director. "I'd done it the week before, when I was off my head on ecstasy, walking on the tables and drinking champagne. Noel saw it and went: 'Fucking 'ell, I'm having that. I like it here.'"
The full extent of the debauchery, precarious nature and genius of the independent label is to be laid bare in the most revealing rock'n'roll film since 24 Hour Party People, the story of the "Madchester" scene. Upside Down, due out in spring, reveals the label's unusual method of making sure new bands came on board, according to Abbot. "We often used to drink and drug the bands into submission," he said.
After the initial bond formed, Abbott said, Gallagher was frog-marched to the pub where, unsurprisingly, all involved got "stuck into a session".
A decade after Creation closed, and 25 years since the release of its first single, Upside Down charts the heady 15-year existence of the label that launched Primal Scream, Ride and My Bloody Valentine, as well as Oasis.
The label veered from one financial precipice to another, he said. Even after Primal Scream won the Mercury music prize in 1992, the resulting visibility did not translate into financial viability.
"We were always skint. It was like spinning plates, we were always trying to dodge the bailiffs," he said. "It was my job to go out and see them, probably because I was the smallest. Dick [co-founder Dick Green] would see to the manufacturers who we couldn't pay and Alan [co-founder Alan McGee] would just try to blag it. It couldn't go on like that."
Upside Down's director, Danny O'Connor, who admitted to going through "near bankruptcy and dementia and all the other things that come with Creation" during the making of the film, said he was drawn to telling the story of the label that had provided the soundtrack to his life.
"No one does excess like Creation, no one does great records like Creation," he said. "Creation was an indie, but it didn't wear a cardigan, it didn't apologise. There was a real power in its punch. If you think that rock'n'roll is all about swagger — this is your film."
And few do swagger like McGee. In a trailer for the film he admits: "I was absolutely delusional. I actually thought I was up there with Beethoven and Shakespeare, creating metaphysical history by running Creation."
The company behaved like the "ultimate dysfunctional family" but still managed to make great and intelligent records, said O'Connor.
Abbot agreed: "We were dysfunctional people working with dysfunctional bands but somehow we still managed to function — we got results. There were a whole cast of characters at Creation and the sum was greater than its parts."
For Abbot, when Sony bought 49% of the label in 1992, it spelled the end of its glory days. "When McGee sold creation to Sony, it was a curse," he said. "It took the pressure off financially but it changed everything. Sony brought in accountants and a major label culture. The offices moved from Hackney to Primrose Hill and it got stupid.Knebworth [Oasis's 2005 Knebworth concert] was a gig too far. It signed off the old culture."
He holds few regrets about the eventual closure of the label in 1999. "When the label folded it was sad, but it had been consumed by a monster. It stopped being a vehicle for music and started being a vehicle for egos. Alan and Dick sold the soul of Creation to the devil, and the devil wanted it back with interest."
He added: "I have no regrets. In its heyday Creation produced fantastic music and art, and I was lucky enough to be there. It's like asking Ronaldo if he regrets playing for United. If you get to play for the best team in the world, you can't ask for anything else."
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Film To Immortalise Lords Of Creation Records
Upside Down charts drink and drug-fuelled years of label that signed Oasis, Primal Scream and My Bloody Valentine.
When an unsigned Noel Gallagher took the train from Manchester to meet the bosses of Creation records in 1993, he had little idea what to expect.
In a room above a sweatshop in the back streets of east London, surrounded by self-confessed "misfits, drug addicts and sociopaths", the Oasis songwriter found his spiritual home.
"He came to the Creation office and saw the words Northern Ignorance scrawled in magic marker across the roof of the reception," said Tim Abbott, the label's former managing director. "I'd done it the week before, when I was off my head on ecstasy, walking on the tables and drinking champagne. Noel saw it and went: 'Fucking 'ell, I'm having that. I like it here.'"
The full extent of the debauchery, precarious nature and genius of the independent label is to be laid bare in the most revealing rock'n'roll film since 24 Hour Party People, the story of the "Madchester" scene. Upside Down, due out in spring, reveals the label's unusual method of making sure new bands came on board, according to Abbot. "We often used to drink and drug the bands into submission," he said.
After the initial bond formed, Abbott said, Gallagher was frog-marched to the pub where, unsurprisingly, all involved got "stuck into a session".
A decade after Creation closed, and 25 years since the release of its first single, Upside Down charts the heady 15-year existence of the label that launched Primal Scream, Ride and My Bloody Valentine, as well as Oasis.
The label veered from one financial precipice to another, he said. Even after Primal Scream won the Mercury music prize in 1992, the resulting visibility did not translate into financial viability.
"We were always skint. It was like spinning plates, we were always trying to dodge the bailiffs," he said. "It was my job to go out and see them, probably because I was the smallest. Dick [co-founder Dick Green] would see to the manufacturers who we couldn't pay and Alan [co-founder Alan McGee] would just try to blag it. It couldn't go on like that."
Upside Down's director, Danny O'Connor, who admitted to going through "near bankruptcy and dementia and all the other things that come with Creation" during the making of the film, said he was drawn to telling the story of the label that had provided the soundtrack to his life.
"No one does excess like Creation, no one does great records like Creation," he said. "Creation was an indie, but it didn't wear a cardigan, it didn't apologise. There was a real power in its punch. If you think that rock'n'roll is all about swagger — this is your film."
And few do swagger like McGee. In a trailer for the film he admits: "I was absolutely delusional. I actually thought I was up there with Beethoven and Shakespeare, creating metaphysical history by running Creation."
The company behaved like the "ultimate dysfunctional family" but still managed to make great and intelligent records, said O'Connor.
Abbot agreed: "We were dysfunctional people working with dysfunctional bands but somehow we still managed to function — we got results. There were a whole cast of characters at Creation and the sum was greater than its parts."
For Abbot, when Sony bought 49% of the label in 1992, it spelled the end of its glory days. "When McGee sold creation to Sony, it was a curse," he said. "It took the pressure off financially but it changed everything. Sony brought in accountants and a major label culture. The offices moved from Hackney to Primrose Hill and it got stupid.Knebworth [Oasis's 2005 Knebworth concert] was a gig too far. It signed off the old culture."
He holds few regrets about the eventual closure of the label in 1999. "When the label folded it was sad, but it had been consumed by a monster. It stopped being a vehicle for music and started being a vehicle for egos. Alan and Dick sold the soul of Creation to the devil, and the devil wanted it back with interest."
He added: "I have no regrets. In its heyday Creation produced fantastic music and art, and I was lucky enough to be there. It's like asking Ronaldo if he regrets playing for United. If you get to play for the best team in the world, you can't ask for anything else."
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Bonehead
Oasis
The Vortex
The hot sun is beaming down on the face of the rhythm guitarist playing onstage in Mexico in 1999. On occasions he gazes up to the sun, he is slightly blinded by its glare and he is annoyed that he has left his sunglasses behind in the dressing room but happy he is no longer a plasterer from Manchester.
The congregation of fans sing in unison to the hits, even though the rhythm guitarist is feeling an overwhelming sense of joy and fulfillment with each chord, he cannot afford to show his emotions. That is not the rock and roll way, you must stay cool and not appear fazed by the occasion.
He glances across the stage and gazes at his friends, as the powerful music pumps out of the speakers. They gaze back but with no acknowledgement nor a smile, that is not the rock and roll way. He bows his head and out of eye shot he smiles as he fondly recalls the journey the band have taken to get here. As the song comes to an end, the crowd applauds, while the lead singer acknowledges their delight. The rhythm guitarist thinks, this is a good life, but also he knows for himself it is time to say goodbye to Oasis.
Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthur, (born 23 June 1965, Burnage, Manchester, England) left Oasis at the tail end of 1999, after eight years of being one of the most important and exciting bands the world had ever seen. The reason for his departure may vary, but the fact remains the same, Bonehead was no longer in Oasis. Oasis would carry on for a further ten years without him, until they came to the end of their journey in August 2009.
Oasis were without doubt the classic and talented lad’s band from Manchester. Stylish outsiders in dapper clothes, oozing with self-belief and attitude and with a love for Mod, The Beatles, Punk and terrace culture. Oasis certainly took the world by storm, with their anthemic music and rock and roll antics. They seem destined to break the US, with record sales of around ten million, but alas they never became a household name like their predecessors The Beatles, a band they so badly wanted to emulate. Yet it has not stopped Oasis from being an influential and important band.
With money in the bank after living the high life and after a stint in a variety of bands, DJ-ing , acting and being a BBC broadcaster, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthur’s life has gone full circle, returning as rhythm guitarist with fellow Manchester band, The Vortex.
The Vortex is a band following in the tradition of most great Manchester groups like The Stone Roses, The Smiths, Inspiral Carpets, Joy Division, Happy Mondays, Oasis and many more. Sharp and intelligent musicians, with us and against world mentally and with powerful songs that demonstrated their drive and determination.
The Vortex uses the traditional line up of drums, bass, guitars, vocals with a blend of soul music and samples. Their sound is raw, rocking, soulful, ‘poppy’, fresh and very much in your face. No wonder they are creating quite a stir on the live scene. With a new album recorded, a string of dates and a growing fan base, 2010 could prove to be a good year for the band and take them onto greater things.
With a massive love for Oasis, and being converted to the sound of The Vortex in 2009, ZANI thought it would be good to chat to the cool rhythm guitarist of these bands, Bonehead.
Live4ever’s contributing writer Matteo Sedazzari from ZANI caught up with Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthur at a Snooker Hall on the outskirts of Manchester, as he was shooting a few frames in-between recording and playing live. He was keen to talk about The Vortex, Oasis and much more.
ZANI – Paul you joined Vortex Christmas 2008, please tell us a little about the band, I take it you are happy there?
Paul – Really enjoying it, the band have been going a couple of years. I knew of them around the gig scene in Manchester, went to see them one night and I was asked to join them on stage for a couple of numbers which I loved. This became a bit of habit that I would join the band for a couple of numbers and that is how I joined The Vortex.
ZANI – Being at the right place at the right time?
Paul – You could say that.
ZANI- You said recently that The Vortex are the first band that have turned you on in the last ten years why is that?
Paul – Yeah they are. I have been in few bands since leaving Oasis in 1999. But with The Vortex, I never thought I would capture that feeling I had with Oasis in 93/94. The whole attitude and passion, that whole gang mentality-with The Vortex I am getting that feeling again.
ZANI – A second wind
Paul – For sure.
ZANI - Tell us about the other band members, I heard they are real characters.
Paul – It is like chalk and cheese, and everyone is their own character. I got to know them really well last year, we’ve got Jackie the backing singer, who is the professional, she gets up there and does her thing, and she has got a good voice. We’ve got Nick on Bass, personally I think he looks as cool as fuck on stage, when he is doing his bit, he looks like he owns the fucking place. As a person he is a strong character, as he lost three close family members in a two month period, to come through that and still believe in the band, shows strength and determination.
ZANI – He seems a very strong minded person.
Paul - We’ve also got Mike the singer. He has grown from strength to strength this year. Maz the guitarist writes the songs with Sean the drummer. Maz has got a job in the office, I don’t know what the fuck he does, but I think it is with computers. In the day, a mild manner office worker, in the evening a rock and roller.
Ah, Sean the drummer, you might need two hours on him. He is passionate. He is passionate beyond passion. He is 100 per cent rock and roll, when he is let on the loose on a drum kit, he rocks. He believes in The Vortex, and nothing will stand in his way.
ZANI – I like it, the way a good band should be. I heard that The Vortex has that Manchester swagger, I assume that goes along with the likes of The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays, is that right?
Paul – Everyone goes on about this Manchester sound and swagger, it’s an attitude that doesn’t necessarily come from Manchester , Primal Scream aren’t from Manchester , and they have what is called that Manchester swagger, whatever it is.
ZANI – One of my favourite albums of all time is Screamadelica by Primal Scream, which uses a lot of samples , and that is something that The Vortex are doing.
Paul – Yeah we use a lot of dance loops, and we’ve got Jackie, the wonderful backing soulful vocals. It’s more of an attitude then a swagger, Oasis had it. It’s confidence and a passionate thing, and The Vortex have got in abundance.
ZANI – I hear The Vortex are in the process of recording an album, do you know when it be will be released?
Paul – There is no release date yet and remember we are just an unsigned band from Manchester. When I joined the band in December 2008, I said we need to gig and develop, which we are doing now, and we are doing everything in-house, without any record company or management support. Any money we earn we just put back into the pot, and without giving anyone their commission. We have an album recorded, whether we release it ourselves or via a record company, we don’t know at the moment.
ZANI – It sounds like it is a good co-op of creative people.
Paul – It is and It’s working. I said to the band we don’t need a Manager, we can do this ourselves. It’s not hard to badger or phone people, I will look after the money side. At the end of the day, if-and it is a big if-a record company wants to sign us, then that’s cool, but you know what the record industry is like at the moment? It’s shit. But do we need a record company? Do they really exist? I don’t know.
ZANI – You know that, you can release the album via your own MySpace, FaceBook or even your own website?
Paul– We are slowly doing that, getting our name about without a record company. We did a two week tour of Europe with no press or any promotion. I said to the band, let’s do the tour, back to back with no days off. Let’s see how we function as a band, I even drove the fucking bus during the tour.
ZANI – You drove the bus?
Paul – Oh yes, we had no outside influences, no mates no wives, no girlfriends, just us and “let’s have it”. If we come out of that, we move to the next level. We came out of that tour smiling, and every night we packed out the venues. After the short European tour, we knew we could do this on our own.
ZANI – So you have taken the role of the Tour Manager/ Manager in The Vortex?
Paul – Tour Manager, Roadie, Guitar Tech, Psychologist
ZANI –The Father figure, so to speak. But management is a group thing.
Paul – Yes and I play guitar in the band as well. But I am really enjoying it. I don’t mind taking these roles on to make The Vortex work. But management is a group thing
ZANI - Alan McGee says your stance is better then Slash’s. So as a young boy did you practice your stance in the mirror after watching Top Of The Pops?
Paul – Never practiced my stance in my life, it’s not in my blood to practice a stance or trounce around on stage.
ZANI - What are your ambitions with The Vortex, are you taking it day by day or is there a Master Plan?
Paul – We are taking it day by day, but the band is growing, with word of mouth, usage of the Internet and we are not pushing it on the press side yet. We are not hounding NME, The Guardian and other papers like that.
ZANI - You were in a band called Moondog One named after Johnny and the Moondogs, an early band name used by The Beatles which you could describe as a super group as it had Andy Rourke and Mick Joyce formerly of The Smiths in there, were you a big Smiths fan?
Paul – I am a massive Smiths fan
ZANI – Would you say The Smiths were a strong representative of the Northern Subculture?
Paul - No, not really. I would say Oasis were representative of Northern attitude then The Smiths. A lot of people around Manchester frown upon The Smiths, as they saw them as a student’s band, and I would say “you are not getting it.” They missed the irony and the wit of The Smiths.
ZANI – I know, and to me Johnny Marr is a great guitarist and snappy dresser. Another scene from Manchester that was brilliant, was the ‘Madchester’ scene, were you a regular at Factory’s Records The Hacienda ?
Paul – Yeah I went in 1984, before the ‘Madchester’ thing and I was in a band with my brother at this time. We used to play at local bands on a Tuesday night at The Hacienda, which you would get around 30 people. But I used to go every Friday and Saturday for a good night out with me mates.
ZANI – I suppose it was the common goal for all local bands to sign to The Factory Records?
Paul – Yes everybody wanted to sign to Factory, and me and my brother were no different.
ZANI – How come Oasis never signed to Factory Records?
Paul - Tony Wilson passed us by.
ZANI – His lost. The name Vortex is a good name, it stays with that English heritage of great band names like The Who, The Sex Pistols, The Jam, and many more. Does the name derive from the Noel Coward’s play, about a London socialite and her coke addicted son, called The Vortex?
Paul – I thought that myself, but I haven’t asked the band where the name came from, if I mentioned the play to the band, then the band would say “What?”
ZANI - Staying with Manchester, the city is always associated with producing great bands, now The Vortex are carrying on this tradition. What is it about Manchester that it produces such great music?
Paul – I think the city has got Celtic roots. There is a big Irish community in Manchester, as there is in Liverpool. Every body back in Ireland plays a musical instrument, so they bought that heritage to cities like Manchester. People would learn an instrument out of boredom or a way of escaping. People would get the guitars out and have a sing song on a Friday night with a few beers, as a way of release. That has always been my take on it.
ZANI - Good point. You had a dabble in acting, as you have appeared in the Internet Comedy Svengali. Did you enjoy appearing in the show?
Paul - I loved doing it; It was a laugh a minute.
ZANI - Do you still watch Svengali on the net? I had a cameo in the show.
Paul – All the time, I can’t wait for the next episode. I have seen your cameo as well, with your blue hat on.
ZANI - Do you think their insight into the music industry is correct?
Paul – I think it is perfect, it sums it up exactly the way it is. Alan McGee says that everybody knows a Dixie. I was a Dixie, Liam was a Dixie and Noel was a Dixie. When we walked into Creation Record’s office to be signed, we were all like Dixie’s. When we came down to London on a train, and got to Creation Record’s office, I was expecting a big skyscraper building. But when the taxi took us to a back street in East London, I said to the others (Liam and Noel), “Are we in the right fucking place or what?” We were like three Dixies getting out of the taxi, saying it must be the right place because it is the right address. We started walking up these old stairs with these photographs of Neil Young, Marc Bolan and we made a mental note.
We walked into the office, and Alan McGee was sitting behind his desk, he said to us, “What are you into to?” Straight away, we went “Oh you know Neil Young, Marc Bolan” reeling off all the pictures we had seen on the wall, McGee goes “Genius, man that is what we are into to”. We really blagged it.
ZANI - I like it. The Vortex have been described as the band Oasis should have become. I suppose as a founder member of Oasis, and The Vortex coming from Manchester, the association is always going to be there. Does that bother you?
Paul – No, we were saying this the other day. We were doing a gig, and the poster outside the gig, said ‘LIVE TONIGHT, BONEHEAD’ in big capital letters. Then in small letters The Vortex underneath it. We were laughing, and I said “One day they will get over the fact that I was in Oasis” But that will be a long way into the future, and we have to accept that I was in Oasis.
But there is a lot of curiosity value in that, people will come and see an ex-member of Oasis, and it seems to be working.
ZANI - Let’s talk about Rain a band named after a Beatles song. Before you became Oasis and Noel joined, did you have the drive, discipline and determination that was so apparent in Oasis?
Paul – No, it only came in, when Noel joined. Rain was all about having a jam at the weekend, after working all week, a release. It was a couple of beers, and a muck about. That’s before Liam joined. But when he joined, we thought “hold on we have now got a front man” but we only had three songs. But then Noel joined, it was then “Hang on, we’ve now got the front man and the songwriter” with songs like Live Forever and Shakermaker.
Then we started to develop the songs that Noel had written, the whole attitude and belief started to come together and we knew we could do this.
ZANI – That sounds exciting. Are their any early bootlegs of Rain, knocking about?
Paul – There might be, but it wouldn’t be much cop.
ZANI - I won’t stay with Oasis too long, but I read you said Oasis should have bowed out after the second night of Knebworth. Do still stand by that statement?
Paul – Absolutely. Always will and I will keep saying it. So much happened from getting the record deal with Creation to playing Knebworth, it happened so quick. But we knew and believed we were going to achieve something. We knew it would be big. But if someone had said to me that you will have a quarter of million people in a field shouting your name, I would have never believed them.
Knebworth was a pinnacle, it went beyond what we believed we could achieve. I mean it was up there. After that I just thought, where else do you go? I think if we had just bowed down and at the end of night, said “Thank you, good night, thanks for coming along for the ride and we are Oasis” we would have gone down in History, as ‘oh what a band’ We would have never been forgotten man.
ZANI - Last question on Oasis. You saw them with a new line-up at Birmingham, but you would have liked to have done one gig or at least one more song with them, to quote you, “you still know the chords to ‘Rock and Roll Star’”
Paul – I would have loved to have been asked, but I don’t think it would have been a good think to do, because by that stage, I had already got over the fact that I had left Oasis. It took me two and half years to get back on track and be me.
ZANI – I can well imagine that. What record made you want to become a musician?
Paul – I started playing the piano at four. I used go through my brother’s record collections. I suppose I used to play along to a lot of Bob Dylan records, but it was music in general that made me want to play the guitar and my older brother’s amazing record collection. But there was no particular record that made me what to pick up the guitar.
ZANI – The famous older brother-mine was always a big influence on me. Final question, what makes you happy?
Paul – Life at the moment, and what I am doing.
Well ‘Bonehead’ seems happy, revitalized, enthusiastic and persistent. He relishes the mentor come Rhythm Guitarist role. The Vortex has given him a new lease of life as a musician and being one of the lads, something that maybe he has been secretly missing for many years since he left the Gallagher brothers. In addition The Vortex are learning the ropes fast from a man who really has seen and done it in rock and roll.
As an individual Paul is warm, humble, bright, generous and hard working. He is far from resting on his laurels. He is forward thinking, and that is refreshing to see.
So when The Vortex are playing a packed stadium, their rhythm guitarist may very well be seen to bow his head out of every one’s sight, smile and fondly recall the journey they have taken to get here.
That is the rock and roll way.
Source: www.zani.co.uk
A Chat With Former Oasis Man Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs
The hot sun is beaming down on the face of the rhythm guitarist playing onstage in Mexico in 1999. On occasions he gazes up to the sun, he is slightly blinded by its glare and he is annoyed that he has left his sunglasses behind in the dressing room but happy he is no longer a plasterer from Manchester.
The congregation of fans sing in unison to the hits, even though the rhythm guitarist is feeling an overwhelming sense of joy and fulfillment with each chord, he cannot afford to show his emotions. That is not the rock and roll way, you must stay cool and not appear fazed by the occasion.
He glances across the stage and gazes at his friends, as the powerful music pumps out of the speakers. They gaze back but with no acknowledgement nor a smile, that is not the rock and roll way. He bows his head and out of eye shot he smiles as he fondly recalls the journey the band have taken to get here. As the song comes to an end, the crowd applauds, while the lead singer acknowledges their delight. The rhythm guitarist thinks, this is a good life, but also he knows for himself it is time to say goodbye to Oasis.
Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthur, (born 23 June 1965, Burnage, Manchester, England) left Oasis at the tail end of 1999, after eight years of being one of the most important and exciting bands the world had ever seen. The reason for his departure may vary, but the fact remains the same, Bonehead was no longer in Oasis. Oasis would carry on for a further ten years without him, until they came to the end of their journey in August 2009.
Oasis were without doubt the classic and talented lad’s band from Manchester. Stylish outsiders in dapper clothes, oozing with self-belief and attitude and with a love for Mod, The Beatles, Punk and terrace culture. Oasis certainly took the world by storm, with their anthemic music and rock and roll antics. They seem destined to break the US, with record sales of around ten million, but alas they never became a household name like their predecessors The Beatles, a band they so badly wanted to emulate. Yet it has not stopped Oasis from being an influential and important band.
With money in the bank after living the high life and after a stint in a variety of bands, DJ-ing , acting and being a BBC broadcaster, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthur’s life has gone full circle, returning as rhythm guitarist with fellow Manchester band, The Vortex.
The Vortex is a band following in the tradition of most great Manchester groups like The Stone Roses, The Smiths, Inspiral Carpets, Joy Division, Happy Mondays, Oasis and many more. Sharp and intelligent musicians, with us and against world mentally and with powerful songs that demonstrated their drive and determination.
The Vortex uses the traditional line up of drums, bass, guitars, vocals with a blend of soul music and samples. Their sound is raw, rocking, soulful, ‘poppy’, fresh and very much in your face. No wonder they are creating quite a stir on the live scene. With a new album recorded, a string of dates and a growing fan base, 2010 could prove to be a good year for the band and take them onto greater things.
With a massive love for Oasis, and being converted to the sound of The Vortex in 2009, ZANI thought it would be good to chat to the cool rhythm guitarist of these bands, Bonehead.
Live4ever’s contributing writer Matteo Sedazzari from ZANI caught up with Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthur at a Snooker Hall on the outskirts of Manchester, as he was shooting a few frames in-between recording and playing live. He was keen to talk about The Vortex, Oasis and much more.
ZANI – Paul you joined Vortex Christmas 2008, please tell us a little about the band, I take it you are happy there?
Paul – Really enjoying it, the band have been going a couple of years. I knew of them around the gig scene in Manchester, went to see them one night and I was asked to join them on stage for a couple of numbers which I loved. This became a bit of habit that I would join the band for a couple of numbers and that is how I joined The Vortex.
ZANI – Being at the right place at the right time?
Paul – You could say that.
ZANI- You said recently that The Vortex are the first band that have turned you on in the last ten years why is that?
Paul – Yeah they are. I have been in few bands since leaving Oasis in 1999. But with The Vortex, I never thought I would capture that feeling I had with Oasis in 93/94. The whole attitude and passion, that whole gang mentality-with The Vortex I am getting that feeling again.
ZANI – A second wind
Paul – For sure.
ZANI - Tell us about the other band members, I heard they are real characters.
Paul – It is like chalk and cheese, and everyone is their own character. I got to know them really well last year, we’ve got Jackie the backing singer, who is the professional, she gets up there and does her thing, and she has got a good voice. We’ve got Nick on Bass, personally I think he looks as cool as fuck on stage, when he is doing his bit, he looks like he owns the fucking place. As a person he is a strong character, as he lost three close family members in a two month period, to come through that and still believe in the band, shows strength and determination.
ZANI – He seems a very strong minded person.
Paul - We’ve also got Mike the singer. He has grown from strength to strength this year. Maz the guitarist writes the songs with Sean the drummer. Maz has got a job in the office, I don’t know what the fuck he does, but I think it is with computers. In the day, a mild manner office worker, in the evening a rock and roller.
Ah, Sean the drummer, you might need two hours on him. He is passionate. He is passionate beyond passion. He is 100 per cent rock and roll, when he is let on the loose on a drum kit, he rocks. He believes in The Vortex, and nothing will stand in his way.
ZANI – I like it, the way a good band should be. I heard that The Vortex has that Manchester swagger, I assume that goes along with the likes of The Stone Roses and The Happy Mondays, is that right?
Paul – Everyone goes on about this Manchester sound and swagger, it’s an attitude that doesn’t necessarily come from Manchester , Primal Scream aren’t from Manchester , and they have what is called that Manchester swagger, whatever it is.
ZANI – One of my favourite albums of all time is Screamadelica by Primal Scream, which uses a lot of samples , and that is something that The Vortex are doing.
Paul – Yeah we use a lot of dance loops, and we’ve got Jackie, the wonderful backing soulful vocals. It’s more of an attitude then a swagger, Oasis had it. It’s confidence and a passionate thing, and The Vortex have got in abundance.
ZANI – I hear The Vortex are in the process of recording an album, do you know when it be will be released?
Paul – There is no release date yet and remember we are just an unsigned band from Manchester. When I joined the band in December 2008, I said we need to gig and develop, which we are doing now, and we are doing everything in-house, without any record company or management support. Any money we earn we just put back into the pot, and without giving anyone their commission. We have an album recorded, whether we release it ourselves or via a record company, we don’t know at the moment.
ZANI – It sounds like it is a good co-op of creative people.
Paul – It is and It’s working. I said to the band we don’t need a Manager, we can do this ourselves. It’s not hard to badger or phone people, I will look after the money side. At the end of the day, if-and it is a big if-a record company wants to sign us, then that’s cool, but you know what the record industry is like at the moment? It’s shit. But do we need a record company? Do they really exist? I don’t know.
ZANI – You know that, you can release the album via your own MySpace, FaceBook or even your own website?
Paul– We are slowly doing that, getting our name about without a record company. We did a two week tour of Europe with no press or any promotion. I said to the band, let’s do the tour, back to back with no days off. Let’s see how we function as a band, I even drove the fucking bus during the tour.
ZANI – You drove the bus?
Paul – Oh yes, we had no outside influences, no mates no wives, no girlfriends, just us and “let’s have it”. If we come out of that, we move to the next level. We came out of that tour smiling, and every night we packed out the venues. After the short European tour, we knew we could do this on our own.
ZANI – So you have taken the role of the Tour Manager/ Manager in The Vortex?
Paul – Tour Manager, Roadie, Guitar Tech, Psychologist
ZANI –The Father figure, so to speak. But management is a group thing.
Paul – Yes and I play guitar in the band as well. But I am really enjoying it. I don’t mind taking these roles on to make The Vortex work. But management is a group thing
ZANI - Alan McGee says your stance is better then Slash’s. So as a young boy did you practice your stance in the mirror after watching Top Of The Pops?
Paul – Never practiced my stance in my life, it’s not in my blood to practice a stance or trounce around on stage.
ZANI - What are your ambitions with The Vortex, are you taking it day by day or is there a Master Plan?
Paul – We are taking it day by day, but the band is growing, with word of mouth, usage of the Internet and we are not pushing it on the press side yet. We are not hounding NME, The Guardian and other papers like that.
ZANI - You were in a band called Moondog One named after Johnny and the Moondogs, an early band name used by The Beatles which you could describe as a super group as it had Andy Rourke and Mick Joyce formerly of The Smiths in there, were you a big Smiths fan?
Paul – I am a massive Smiths fan
ZANI – Would you say The Smiths were a strong representative of the Northern Subculture?
Paul - No, not really. I would say Oasis were representative of Northern attitude then The Smiths. A lot of people around Manchester frown upon The Smiths, as they saw them as a student’s band, and I would say “you are not getting it.” They missed the irony and the wit of The Smiths.
ZANI – I know, and to me Johnny Marr is a great guitarist and snappy dresser. Another scene from Manchester that was brilliant, was the ‘Madchester’ scene, were you a regular at Factory’s Records The Hacienda ?
Paul – Yeah I went in 1984, before the ‘Madchester’ thing and I was in a band with my brother at this time. We used to play at local bands on a Tuesday night at The Hacienda, which you would get around 30 people. But I used to go every Friday and Saturday for a good night out with me mates.
ZANI – I suppose it was the common goal for all local bands to sign to The Factory Records?
Paul – Yes everybody wanted to sign to Factory, and me and my brother were no different.
ZANI – How come Oasis never signed to Factory Records?
Paul - Tony Wilson passed us by.
ZANI – His lost. The name Vortex is a good name, it stays with that English heritage of great band names like The Who, The Sex Pistols, The Jam, and many more. Does the name derive from the Noel Coward’s play, about a London socialite and her coke addicted son, called The Vortex?
Paul – I thought that myself, but I haven’t asked the band where the name came from, if I mentioned the play to the band, then the band would say “What?”
ZANI - Staying with Manchester, the city is always associated with producing great bands, now The Vortex are carrying on this tradition. What is it about Manchester that it produces such great music?
Paul – I think the city has got Celtic roots. There is a big Irish community in Manchester, as there is in Liverpool. Every body back in Ireland plays a musical instrument, so they bought that heritage to cities like Manchester. People would learn an instrument out of boredom or a way of escaping. People would get the guitars out and have a sing song on a Friday night with a few beers, as a way of release. That has always been my take on it.
ZANI - Good point. You had a dabble in acting, as you have appeared in the Internet Comedy Svengali. Did you enjoy appearing in the show?
Paul - I loved doing it; It was a laugh a minute.
ZANI - Do you still watch Svengali on the net? I had a cameo in the show.
Paul – All the time, I can’t wait for the next episode. I have seen your cameo as well, with your blue hat on.
ZANI - Do you think their insight into the music industry is correct?
Paul – I think it is perfect, it sums it up exactly the way it is. Alan McGee says that everybody knows a Dixie. I was a Dixie, Liam was a Dixie and Noel was a Dixie. When we walked into Creation Record’s office to be signed, we were all like Dixie’s. When we came down to London on a train, and got to Creation Record’s office, I was expecting a big skyscraper building. But when the taxi took us to a back street in East London, I said to the others (Liam and Noel), “Are we in the right fucking place or what?” We were like three Dixies getting out of the taxi, saying it must be the right place because it is the right address. We started walking up these old stairs with these photographs of Neil Young, Marc Bolan and we made a mental note.
We walked into the office, and Alan McGee was sitting behind his desk, he said to us, “What are you into to?” Straight away, we went “Oh you know Neil Young, Marc Bolan” reeling off all the pictures we had seen on the wall, McGee goes “Genius, man that is what we are into to”. We really blagged it.
ZANI - I like it. The Vortex have been described as the band Oasis should have become. I suppose as a founder member of Oasis, and The Vortex coming from Manchester, the association is always going to be there. Does that bother you?
Paul – No, we were saying this the other day. We were doing a gig, and the poster outside the gig, said ‘LIVE TONIGHT, BONEHEAD’ in big capital letters. Then in small letters The Vortex underneath it. We were laughing, and I said “One day they will get over the fact that I was in Oasis” But that will be a long way into the future, and we have to accept that I was in Oasis.
But there is a lot of curiosity value in that, people will come and see an ex-member of Oasis, and it seems to be working.
ZANI - Let’s talk about Rain a band named after a Beatles song. Before you became Oasis and Noel joined, did you have the drive, discipline and determination that was so apparent in Oasis?
Paul – No, it only came in, when Noel joined. Rain was all about having a jam at the weekend, after working all week, a release. It was a couple of beers, and a muck about. That’s before Liam joined. But when he joined, we thought “hold on we have now got a front man” but we only had three songs. But then Noel joined, it was then “Hang on, we’ve now got the front man and the songwriter” with songs like Live Forever and Shakermaker.
Then we started to develop the songs that Noel had written, the whole attitude and belief started to come together and we knew we could do this.
ZANI – That sounds exciting. Are their any early bootlegs of Rain, knocking about?
Paul – There might be, but it wouldn’t be much cop.
ZANI - I won’t stay with Oasis too long, but I read you said Oasis should have bowed out after the second night of Knebworth. Do still stand by that statement?
Paul – Absolutely. Always will and I will keep saying it. So much happened from getting the record deal with Creation to playing Knebworth, it happened so quick. But we knew and believed we were going to achieve something. We knew it would be big. But if someone had said to me that you will have a quarter of million people in a field shouting your name, I would have never believed them.
Knebworth was a pinnacle, it went beyond what we believed we could achieve. I mean it was up there. After that I just thought, where else do you go? I think if we had just bowed down and at the end of night, said “Thank you, good night, thanks for coming along for the ride and we are Oasis” we would have gone down in History, as ‘oh what a band’ We would have never been forgotten man.
ZANI - Last question on Oasis. You saw them with a new line-up at Birmingham, but you would have liked to have done one gig or at least one more song with them, to quote you, “you still know the chords to ‘Rock and Roll Star’”
Paul – I would have loved to have been asked, but I don’t think it would have been a good think to do, because by that stage, I had already got over the fact that I had left Oasis. It took me two and half years to get back on track and be me.
ZANI – I can well imagine that. What record made you want to become a musician?
Paul – I started playing the piano at four. I used go through my brother’s record collections. I suppose I used to play along to a lot of Bob Dylan records, but it was music in general that made me want to play the guitar and my older brother’s amazing record collection. But there was no particular record that made me what to pick up the guitar.
ZANI – The famous older brother-mine was always a big influence on me. Final question, what makes you happy?
Paul – Life at the moment, and what I am doing.
Well ‘Bonehead’ seems happy, revitalized, enthusiastic and persistent. He relishes the mentor come Rhythm Guitarist role. The Vortex has given him a new lease of life as a musician and being one of the lads, something that maybe he has been secretly missing for many years since he left the Gallagher brothers. In addition The Vortex are learning the ropes fast from a man who really has seen and done it in rock and roll.
As an individual Paul is warm, humble, bright, generous and hard working. He is far from resting on his laurels. He is forward thinking, and that is refreshing to see.
So when The Vortex are playing a packed stadium, their rhythm guitarist may very well be seen to bow his head out of every one’s sight, smile and fondly recall the journey they have taken to get here.
That is the rock and roll way.
Source: www.zani.co.uk
Liam Gallagher
Talk About walking in a winter wonder-wall.
Oasis singer Liam Gallagher trots out in the snow near his home in London's Hampstead Heath.
But the moody rocker, 37 carried a snowball - just in case anyone dared to take his picture.
Source: The Sun Newspaper
Thanks to Nico for the scan
You Gotta Roll With It Liam Gallagher
Talk About walking in a winter wonder-wall.
Oasis singer Liam Gallagher trots out in the snow near his home in London's Hampstead Heath.
But the moody rocker, 37 carried a snowball - just in case anyone dared to take his picture.
Source: The Sun Newspaper
Thanks to Nico for the scan
Andy Bell
Ride
The Oxford music magazine Nightshift has an interview with Andy Bell and the other members of Ride in their Jan 2010 issue marking 20 years since Rides first recordings.
It can be downloaded for free by clicking here.
Source nightshift.oxfordmusic.net
New Interview With Ride For Nightshift Magazine
The Oxford music magazine Nightshift has an interview with Andy Bell and the other members of Ride in their Jan 2010 issue marking 20 years since Rides first recordings.
It can be downloaded for free by clicking here.
Source nightshift.oxfordmusic.net
Oasis
From Sade to Paul Weller, an eclectic range of musical veterans are returning to the fray in 2010.
Plenty of veterans are returning to the recording studios. We can look forward to new music from the reclusive Sade (it’s hard to believe that the ice queen of Brit soul has been a star for three decades now), the ancient genius of Leonard Cohen, a rock opera from Pete Townshend, a further collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and new music from Plant’s Led Zeppelin colleague, Jimmy Page.
Now in the sixth decade of their existence, the Rolling Stones will be keeping their hat in the ring by re-releasing their greatest album, 1972’s Exile on Main Street, with long-lost extra tracks.
Paul Weller remains as prolific as any youngster, returning with his 22nd studio album, the urgently titled Wake Up the Nation, which features Jam bassist Bruce Foxton.
Pick of the oldies may be 60-year-old jazz, blues and soul fusion adventurer Gil Scott-Heron, with his first release in 16 years, which promises to be as bold and original as his pioneering classic work.
Plenty of other returning stars get the new decade off on a good foot. We can look forward to the return of Hot Chip, Goldfrapp, Nick Cave’s rocking side-project Grinderman, Glasvegas, Mark Ronson (following up Versions with his first set of originals), Amy Winehouse (if she can keep it together in the studio), Babyshambles (if Pete Doherty can stay out of jail), MIA (can the experimental UK rapper replicate her US success at home?), LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, the Strokes, Eminem and Kanye West.
Later in the year we should hear new music from Britain’s rock elite: Elbow, Coldplay and Radiohead. And, if Liam Gallagher is true to his word, there may even be a new album from the surviving members of Oasis. But what are they going to call themselves without big brother Noel? I propose Noasis.
Whether it proves to be a triumph or a tragedy, its sure to be interesting. Indeed, from this end of the year, 2010 has the makings of an eclectic classic.
Let the games commence…
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
2010's Musical Comebacks
From Sade to Paul Weller, an eclectic range of musical veterans are returning to the fray in 2010.
Plenty of veterans are returning to the recording studios. We can look forward to new music from the reclusive Sade (it’s hard to believe that the ice queen of Brit soul has been a star for three decades now), the ancient genius of Leonard Cohen, a rock opera from Pete Townshend, a further collaboration between Robert Plant and Alison Krauss, and new music from Plant’s Led Zeppelin colleague, Jimmy Page.
Now in the sixth decade of their existence, the Rolling Stones will be keeping their hat in the ring by re-releasing their greatest album, 1972’s Exile on Main Street, with long-lost extra tracks.
Paul Weller remains as prolific as any youngster, returning with his 22nd studio album, the urgently titled Wake Up the Nation, which features Jam bassist Bruce Foxton.
Pick of the oldies may be 60-year-old jazz, blues and soul fusion adventurer Gil Scott-Heron, with his first release in 16 years, which promises to be as bold and original as his pioneering classic work.
Plenty of other returning stars get the new decade off on a good foot. We can look forward to the return of Hot Chip, Goldfrapp, Nick Cave’s rocking side-project Grinderman, Glasvegas, Mark Ronson (following up Versions with his first set of originals), Amy Winehouse (if she can keep it together in the studio), Babyshambles (if Pete Doherty can stay out of jail), MIA (can the experimental UK rapper replicate her US success at home?), LCD Soundsystem, MGMT, Vampire Weekend, the Strokes, Eminem and Kanye West.
Later in the year we should hear new music from Britain’s rock elite: Elbow, Coldplay and Radiohead. And, if Liam Gallagher is true to his word, there may even be a new album from the surviving members of Oasis. But what are they going to call themselves without big brother Noel? I propose Noasis.
Whether it proves to be a triumph or a tragedy, its sure to be interesting. Indeed, from this end of the year, 2010 has the makings of an eclectic classic.
Let the games commence…
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher prepares to throw a snowball whilst jogging on Hampstead Heath in London, earlier today.
Photo Credit: (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Liam Gallagher Goes For A Jog In The Snow
Liam Gallagher prepares to throw a snowball whilst jogging on Hampstead Heath in London, earlier today.
Photo Credit: (AP Photo/Matt Dunham)
Liam Gallagher
Ask Liam Gallagher is back - www.prettygreen.com - Liam is answering your questions via video.
You can ask your own question - either email askliam@prettygreen.com, tweet it adding #askliam, or post it here on youtube as a video question.
Ask Liam Gallagher Returns
Ask Liam Gallagher is back - www.prettygreen.com - Liam is answering your questions via video.
You can ask your own question - either email askliam@prettygreen.com, tweet it adding #askliam, or post it here on youtube as a video question.
Matt Lewis
Oasis
Last night actor Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom) made an appearance on the BBC One quiz show 'Celebrity Mastermind' to play for the CAFOD charitable organization.
CAFOD works to end poverty and make a just world, helping the poor regardless of race or religion, campaigning for a fairer world, putting faith into action ...
The show featured Matt along with actors Stewart Lee, John Thomson, and Sascha Kindred.
Matt scored a total of 22 points answering questions about Oasis.
During the program, Matt Lewis spoke briefly on the subject of filming "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," as well as the changes of his character for the final film.
Readers in the UK are able to watch this episode 'Celebrity Mastermind' on the BBC iPlayer via this link.
Watch Matt Lewis On Celebrity Mastermind
Last night actor Matt Lewis (Neville Longbottom) made an appearance on the BBC One quiz show 'Celebrity Mastermind' to play for the CAFOD charitable organization.
CAFOD works to end poverty and make a just world, helping the poor regardless of race or religion, campaigning for a fairer world, putting faith into action ...
The show featured Matt along with actors Stewart Lee, John Thomson, and Sascha Kindred.
Matt scored a total of 22 points answering questions about Oasis.
During the program, Matt Lewis spoke briefly on the subject of filming "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows," as well as the changes of his character for the final film.
Readers in the UK are able to watch this episode 'Celebrity Mastermind' on the BBC iPlayer via this link.
Noel Gallagher
For those who could not listen to the interview outside the UK.
Noel Gallagher talks to TalkSport about the sacking of Mark Hughes, the interview took place on the 19th of December.
Thanks to GoWaysis
Noel Gallagher On TalkSport
For those who could not listen to the interview outside the UK.
Noel Gallagher talks to TalkSport about the sacking of Mark Hughes, the interview took place on the 19th of December.
Thanks to GoWaysis
Matthew Lewis
Oasis
Matthew Lewis had taken part in Celebrity Mastermind.
The episode in which he features, will air tonight at 7pm (GMT) on BBC1.
Matt will compete with other celebrities to win money for their chosen charity.
Presented by John Humphrys, the programme involves contestants answering questions on a specialised subject for two minutes, followed by general knowledge trivia for the same length of time.
Matt's chosen subject is 'the life and music of Oasis.
Photos of Matt on the show can be seen here.
Source: www.snitchseeker.com
Matthew Lewis On Celebrity Mastermind Tonight
Matthew Lewis had taken part in Celebrity Mastermind.
The episode in which he features, will air tonight at 7pm (GMT) on BBC1.
Matt will compete with other celebrities to win money for their chosen charity.
Presented by John Humphrys, the programme involves contestants answering questions on a specialised subject for two minutes, followed by general knowledge trivia for the same length of time.
Matt's chosen subject is 'the life and music of Oasis.
Photos of Matt on the show can be seen here.
Source: www.snitchseeker.com
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