Blast From The Past...

Was There Then
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Getting High
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From Childhood to Oasis The Real Story
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Take Me There The True Story
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Q Ten Years Of Rock'n'Roll Mayhem
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Vox Magazine
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Knebworth Tour Book 1996
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Don't Believe The Truth Tour Book 2005/06
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European Tour Programme 1996
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Oasis: The Official Magazine
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Wibblling Rivalry from Q Magazine
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High quality scans from various Oasis books, magazines and tour programmes from www.wiki.oasis-story.com

Source: www.wiki.oasis-story.com

Oasis and REM Help Thrills Get Their Pride Back

The Thrills burst on to the British music scene four years ago with So Much For The City, a debut album full of jangly pop songs inspired by the sunshine of America's west coast and name-checking towns such as Santa Cruz and Big Sur.

But their second album - Let's Bottle Bohemia, in 2004 - was dismissed as a rush job by some critics and the band suffered a crisis of confidence.

Now the Dublin five-piece are back and bursting with pride, having completed third album, Teenager.

And frontman Conor Deasy believes that has reinvigorated the band's sound and given them back the self-belief they had been lacking.

He said: "It has been a while, but we really needed to go away for a bit. We knew that.

"Bands work at quite a slow pace so if an album comes out a year after your first one, people assume it has been rushed.

"Our second album maybe wasn't as cohesive as the first, but I feel some people didn't give it anything other than a quick listen and failed to get what it was about.

"Our confidence took a real kicking for a couple of months, but REM took us out on tour and they loved the new songs and were very supportive of the band.

"Then Oasis invited us to tour with them in Europe and we couldn't say no.

"We played Nothing Changes Around Here and when we came offstage Noel Gallagher told us: 'That's a great song and a great chorus' so things like that helped to lift us up. It prevented us from getting too down and we got through it in the end."

Explaining the band's decision to turn down the glamorous rock 'n' roll hedonism on tap in Los Angeles for a rundown district of Canada, he added: "This record had to be a departure for us.

"I wanted to move away from the aesthetic and iconography we had immersed ourselves in with our first two records. We knew Los Angeles well and it had been a distraction, so we tried to do the album in Dublin.

"We couldn't find a studio we wanted and made a cheeky call to U2 to see if we could use theirs, but they were working in it at the time.

"The very first gig I went to was at Dublin's Slane Castle with Oasis and REM on the bill. I was in the front row with 80,000 people crushing against me.

Teenager is released on July 23.

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

I Won't Be Moving To London Like Oasis Did

Despite his imminent rise to stardom, Tom Clarke, frontman of The Enemy, has said that his band will never up sticks from their native Coventry.

The statement echoes the stance held by Arctic Monkeys, who despite rising to superstardom still live in their hometown Sheffield. Singer Alex Turner still lives with his parents in the city.

Clarke said of his home city: "As much as we sing about the downsides of the place, we still love it," he told The Sun. "We would never leave. It's us. We belong there."

Traditionally northern bands have made the move to London after making it big, to be closer to music industry HQs and the city's party scene. Noel Gallagher famously upped sticks from Manchester while living with a girlfriend to head to the capital back in 1994.

Source: www.nme.com

Oasis In The Top 10 Most Popular Myspace Pages In The UK

The UK's favourite MySpace profile with 627,515 "friends" is Project Red, the global fund to fight Aids co-founded by U2 frontman Bono.

Damon Albarn's virtual band Gorillaz is second with 603,394 MySpace friends, and Welsh band Bullet for my Valentine is third with 450,000 friends.

"The fact that the top three MySpace profiles are a charitable campaign, a major pop group and an indie rock band shows the diversity of the MySpace community," said the MySpace Europe senior vice-president of marketing and content, Jamie Kantrowitz.

However, with eight of the top 10 most popular UK profiles relating to bands and artists, MySpace is still firmly the social networking site most closely associated with music fans.

The top 10 is rounded out, in descending order, by the profiles for artists Imogen Heap, Lily Allen and Coldplay, followed by the Find Madeleine profile, and music profiles for Oasis, Lost Prophets and James Blunt.

In the sporting-related category Manchester United defender Rio Ferdinand comes out on top, following his tie-up with P Diddy earlier this year. Formula one driver Lewis Hamilton is second and Wayne Rooney third.

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

I'm A Star - Honest!

Check out Liam Gallagher's made-up alter-ego on Facebook.

Some joker has created a fake profile and joined groups including 1,000 Reasons Why The North Is Better Than The South.

Even so, one of the eight friends is Liam's real mate, Jamiroquai bassist Stuart Zender - and it's definitely the man himself. Noel Edmonds, we're not so sure about.

"Liam" cites Spongebob Squarepants as his favourite TV show, which "bends me f***ing mind". And in the About Me section, he boasts: "I'm a rock and roll star - get on it or f*** off you d***."
The giveaway was giving one of his friends as Paul Weller. According to Weller's PR: "He doesn't even know how to send an email." Made us laugh, anyway, whoever you are...

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

George Is Coming To Town But Oasis Still The Hottest Ticket

Tickets to see superstar George Michael in concert in Belfast's Odyssey Arena next month are expected to sell out within days of going on sale.

But despite huge interest in the superstar's first show in the city, when it comes to ticket sales he will fall short of the records set by rockers Oasis or Irish pop band Westlife.

Oasis hold the Odyssey Arena's record for the fastest selling act to play the venue - selling out a show in December 2005 in a staggering 15 minutes.

The Mancunian band played a double date at the Odyssey in the run-up to Christmas, with both shows on December 18 and 19 selling out, but their first one has yet to be beaten.

The 15-minute sale meant that 11 tickets were bought per second to watch Oasis - nearly 700 a minute.

Giving Oasis a run for their money is Chris Martin's Coldplay, who performed at the Odyssey a few days later in 2005.

Up to 10,000 tickets for this highly anticipated concert were snapped up within 20 minutes of going on sale.

Tickets to see Northern Ireland's own Snow Patrol at the Odyssey in December 2006 sold out within half an hour of going on sale last August.

The band staged a massive homecoming gig at the Odyssey on December 21 and set their own record, when they sold the largest amount of tickets for one show at the venue - 10,401. Amazingly, the band beat the previous record set by Coldplay, by just one ticket.

When it comes to record holders, Irish boy band Westlife still lead the way as the most successful act to play the Odyssey.

The award-winning pop group played 12 consecutive nights at the venue and in total, have performed 45 times at the Odyssey.

Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Scans From Argentinian Rolling Stone

Oasis On The Cover Of Argentinian Rolling Stone

Oasis feature on The Cover Of Argentinian Roling Stone magazine.

The magazine includes the rise of the band, a full discography and much more.

Tony Blair Was Worried Oasis Would Trash Downing Street

Former Prime Minister Tony Blair was worried that Oasis would "do something crazy" when they attended a reception at 10 Downing Street in 1997.

The then newly-elected leader was holding a music industry reception when he discovered that the band's guitarist Noel Gallagher was attending.

However, according to the diaries of his spokesperson Alistair Campbell, which were published yesterday (July 8), Blair had no idea how the Oasis man had been invited, and was then worried he might be the victim of a spot of rock 'n' roll behaviour.

"TB (Tony Blair) was worried that Noel Gallagher was coming to the reception tomorrow. He said he had no idea he had been invited," wrote Campbell. "TB felt he was bound to do something crazy. I spoke to (Creation Records boss) Alan McGee and said can we be assured he would behave."

The record label boss assured them it would be fine, explaining had they invited frontman Liam they might have been in trouble.

"Alan said he would make sure he did. He said if we had invited Liam, it might have been different," said Campbell.

"(Noel) Gallagher arrived with his wife Meg, McGee and his girlfriend. Cherie (Blair[/b) met them and took them upstairs to see (the [b]Blair's children) Kathryn and Nicky, who was pretty gobsmacked when Gallagher walked in.

"He said he thought Number 10 was 'tops', said he couldn't believe that there was an ironing board in there."

Source: www.nme.com

Blur Defeat Not All Bad

Blur star Alex James, 38, reckons losing out to Oasis during their famous 90s feud had its compensations: "It was fine while we were winning, but suddenly Oasis were top dogs. And that was horrible.

"Though the shagging got better, oddly, so it wasn't all bad."

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Paul Weller Collaborates With Beatles And Oasis Artist

The modfather is bringing out annotated lyric book

Paul Weller has collaborated with legendary Beatles artist Peter Blake on a new book.

Blake, famous for designing the cover of the 1967 classic 'Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band', the cover of Oasis' best of 'Stop The Clocks' plus Weller's own 'Stanley Road' album, has created the cover for 'Suburban 100', a collection of Weller lyrics.

The volume, out September 6, will bring together lyrics from 100 of the star's songs, and features personal annotations by Weller himself.

Source: www.nme.com

The Enemy Were Raised On Oasis

I couldn't care what journalists think," says Tom, who in real life is so itsy bitsy tiny, Katie Holmes would probably marry him.

"They'll come up to you and say 'I love you music', but it's all bull. One week they love you and the next week they don't.

They're paid to change their opinion. But someone like Noel Gallagher or Tom Meighan coming up to you and saying they're into us, that means something.

Having been raised on Oasis' Definitely Maybe and The Verve ("I couldn't afford new CDs, they were really the only two cassettes I'd listen to"), he thinks that since then music has gone off the boil.

Mixing Oasis's snarling attitude with the social outrage of early Manics, their songs are born out of the economic decline of hometown Coventry, an area crippled by the closure of its major employer, Peugeot.

"We're just making good music, proper music. It's not about what you wear or what you look like, it's about what you do and what you stand for."

Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

Ban Gets Liam All Fired Up

I can reveal the real reason Liam Gallagher threw a strop at Live Earth.

Reports yesterday said he stormed out of the Wembley gig because his kids were playing up.

But the Oasis frontman was actually desperate to have a ciggie after the new ban kicked in.

He told me: “I want a fag, you can’t smoke anywhere in here.”

The Cigarettes And Alcohol singer watched the show backstage with fiancée Nicole Appleton and their son Gene.

His ex Patsy Kensit and their son Lennon were also there.

The kids played together while Liam downed bottles of Dom Perignon.

He turned up to watch his mates in Kasabian.

Nicole said: “Gene loves Kasabian too. He likes Keane but there’s no way his dad would let him watch them. I want to stay to see Madonna but the kids are tired and need to get home.”

Liam recently moved to posh Henley-on-Thames.

The former wildman said: “With all the bombs and security stuff in London, it’s a better place to be.”

But he has no desire to make friends with naff neighbours, magician Paul Daniels and wife Debbie McGee.

He said: “They live in the cheap part. We live near George Harrison's old place.”

Liam’s definitely calmed down . . . but as Daniels would say: “Not a lot.”.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Paul Weller, Graham Coxon, Zak Starkey & Mani Perform This Old Town On The Friday Night With Jonathan Ross Show

Click here to watch Paul Weller, Graham Coxon, Zak Starkey & Mani perform This Old Town on The Friday Night With Jonathan Ross Show, Friday 6th July 2007.

Thanks to JBtheManchesterMod

I Look Back In Laughter

T In The Park 2007 Alex goes from monkeying Oasis to top of the bill

Arctic Monkeys frontman Alex Turner prepared for life as a pop star by impersonating Oasis at his school dance.

Relaxing in his dressing room at T In The Park, the singer revealed he "learned his chops" as a guitarist by taking off Oasis's original axeman, Bonehead.

Speaking before his band played to a rain-soaked and mud-spattered crowd on Friday night, Alex said: "I never playedmy tennis racket in front of the mirror, pretending to be a pop star. But when I was in sixth year at school, we did Oasis at our dance.

"Our drummer Matt was Liam Gallagher, my mate Clarky was Noel and I was Bonehead. I felt more famous then than I do now.

"We had rounders bases for microphones and tennis rackets as guitars."

Comparing life then with fame now, he added: "I think I've managed to dodge a lot of that pop star stuff. I don't want to be seen as a face.

"It wasn't even a case of pop stardom living up to my expectations because I don't think I had any in the first place."

The Monkeys snubbed the chance to appear at yesterday's Live Earth gig at Wembley in favour of Balado.

Source: www.sundaymail.co.uk

Liam Gallagher At Live Earth

Liam Gallagher yesterday at Live Earth, Wembley Stadium London.

Thanks to Jono

On This Day In Oasis History...

"D'You Know What I Mean?" is a song by British rock band Oasis. And was realesed on 7 July 1997.

It was the first single from their third album Be Here Now. In the UK, its highest chart position was #1. The song was written by Noel Gallagher.

At the time "D'You Know What I Mean" was released, Oasis were at the height of their fame, and as a result, the single, along with the album, was highly anticipated. Upon its release it was critically and commercially successful, but as was the case with Be Here Now, once the hype died down, the single was seen as bloated and indulgent, embellished with lyrics and guitar parts played backwards and strange morse code and airplane sound effects. All Music Guide labelled it "Oasis' first boring single".

The guitar chords on both the verse and the chorus are essentially the same as the chords used for the verse in the Oasis single "Wonderwall" (Em7/G/Dsus4/Asus).

The song also shows more of Noel's influences. While the lyrics may seem inane and banal, reference are included to Bob Dylan ("Blood on the tracks and it must be mine"), and The Beatles ("Fool on the hill and I feel fine"), and even their own earlier work ("Don't look back cos you know what you may see"). The song also features a drum loop from N.W.A.

The Morse code in the background translates to include such sayings as "Bugger All", "Pork Pies" and "Strawberry Fields Forever."

However, despite the critical coldness to the A-side, one of the B-sides, "Stay Young", has become a popular Oasis song, so much so that fans voted it onto the B-sides collection The Masterplan - one of only two B-sides from the Be Here Now period which made the album. The song was originally intended to be the "Digsy's Dinner" of Be Here Now (the lighthearted novelty track, such as "Digsy's Dinner" on Definitely Maybe and "She's Electric" on (What's the Story) Morning Glory?), until Noel set it aside in favour of "Magic Pie". Gallagher claims not to be particularly fond of the track.

In an interview with the BBC for their documentary Seven Ages of Rock, Gallagher said of the song, "Its eight and a half minutes, the first single, the drums havent fuckin' come in for two minutes- its all feedback!". He also says that he expected someone to ask them to edit the introduction to the song down, but such was their status in Britain at the time, nobody did. They even performed the song on Top of the Pops, still playing most of the lengthy introduction.

Cover Information

The single cover photograph, by Michael Spencer Jones and directed by Brian Cannon of Microdot, was taken in front of the 'Blind Steps', a staircase in Wigan so called because they run past the Blind Workshop, which can be seen to the left of the shot. The steps can still be found on Darlington Street.

The shoot was shrouded in secrecy to protect mass media coverage, but newspaper The Wigan Evening Post got exclusive rights to cover the event and subsequently sold the photos to the Daily Mirror. At a lunchtime break, Liam Gallagher and sleeve designer Brian Cannon enjoyed a pint of beer in the nearby Crispin Arms pub by Birkett Bank.

Click here to watch the promo video, or here for a live performance.

Source: Wikipedia

Bands That Should Break Up

It’s not that British rock band Oasis has been around forever like the Stones. But to say that this band (formed in 1993) was both blessed and cursed from the start would be an understatement. When Noel Gallagher agreed to join his brother Liam’s band, he did so with the understanding that he would have complete control. And so, the band was immensely talented, signed almost immediately, and saw their debut become the fastest seller in British history at the time. But the dark side of stardom reared its ugly head, and the two brothers were always in the news. Why? Because they kept beating the shit out of each other.

To this day, there has never been a more dysfunctional relationship in music than that of the Gallagher brothers. Over the course of the decade that followed the band’s debut, more success bred more dysfunction. In addition to the bickering, bad things happened to these guys – a cab accident that forced the cancellation of U.S. tour dates, and a street scuffle in Munich, among others. But the worst thing that has happened to the Gallagher brothers is that where great bands fight and out of that tension comes great records (Rumours, Abbey Road), the Gallaghers fight…and have made one record in the last 10 years that wasn’t crap. Familiar to millions, maybe, but these days they’re loved by hundreds. Time to give up the ghost. – Mike Farley

Click here to see the full list, that includes U2, Aerosmith, The Cure, REM, Beastie Boys, Korn and the Red Hot Chili Peppers.

Source: www.bullz-eye.com

10 Wembley Stadium Greats

If the wind changes Noel your face will stick! Noel Gallagher of Oasis at Wembley Stadium, July 2000.

To see the 10 Wembley Stadium Greats click here.

That include The Rolling Stones, U2, Gun's 'N' Roses, Muse and more.

Source: www.nme.com

Angry Look From Liam

He's hit 40 but Noel Gallagher is still feuding with younger brother Liam.

The Oasis songwriter reopened old wounds when he claimed that Liam is upset about not singing lead on Don't Look Back in Anger - their most popular hit.

Noel said: "When we were recording Wonderwall and Don't Look Back In Anger I was originally gonna sing Wonderwall but Liam said 'I wanna sing it!' So I said 'pick between the two'. It does Liam's head in but it makes me feel good."

Oh do grow up, boys...

Source: www.mirror.co.uk