Bonehead Club Date In Leeds

Date: Friday 14th March 2008
Venue Trash @ Josephs Well, Chorley Lane, Leeds, LS2 9NW

Thanks to Damian Morgan

Liam Gallagher Gets Plucked

Liam Gallagher has been preened and pampered after spending an entire day at an LA spa.

The Oasis star is even said to have sampled some waxing on his chest and eyebrows.

Liam, 35, has been in the US with his older brother Noel, 40, to record their seventh album and sources say he booked into the plush Four Seasons hotel spa last week.

Our stateside spy said: "Liam enjoyed some swimming in the morning and checked into the beauty spa area before lunch.

And as well as the usual back massage and pedicure, he was also treated to some reflexology and waxing.

Liam spent just over seven hours there as he'd been working in the studio all night. It was just what he needed."

Source: Daily Star

Exclusive Interview With Pete Mckee

stopcryingyourheartout.com has been lucky enough to interview Sheffield artist Pete Mckee.

We quiz him about the artwork he has done for Oasis, the 10ft guitar he painted for Gibson Guitartown, meeting Paul Weller, Steve Cradock, Noel & Gem Archer in Weller's studio and more.

Q: How did you get onto painting your cartoons?
A: Out of Necessity, I was skint and I wanted to give my mate a good birthday present.

Q: How did you go about getting Noel Gallagher to see your artwork?
A: I was cheeky and sent him a print, I'm sure he and Liam gets inundated with gifts, so it blew my mind when he got in contact with me.










Q: The 10 Foot Les Paul guitar that you did for Noel for Gibson Guitartown last year was simply superb and went for over £3000 at auction. Do you know who bought it and did it surprise you it went for so much?
A: I believe the Teenage Cancer Trust bought it and I was over the moon that I was able to help raise the money.

Q. What was it like to have your artwork on display with such great artists as Sir Peter Blake, Gerald Scarff, Rosie Brooks and many others?
A: It' was rather a proud moment to have my guitar stood next to Sir Peter Blake's, though I was more proud that Noel asked me to do the painting in the first place.













Q: Is it true that you caught Paul Weller's eye with the guitar that you did for Noel?
A: I think he was rather taken by it, especially as his was rather plain, but that's just my opinion.
Q: I saw on your website www.petemckee.com that you met Noel & Gem at Paul Weller's studio earlier this year. That must have been a great experience...
A: One of the most serial mornings of my life, It sort of didn't sink in really, as it wasn't planed. You tell yourself that these people are just the same as you but in reality they are the two people who've help play the sound track to my life, so you can't help but feel a little star struck. Paul Weller, Steve Cradock, Noel and Gem are proper gents.

Q: Are there any other musicians that you would like to work with?
A: I'm a massive fan of Edwyn Collins, who suffered a massive stroke a couple of years ago, I'd love to work with him as I have immense respect for him and his work.













Q: Noel must have been thrilled with the work you did for the guitar to let you do a gig poster and limited edition print. Did you pick the gig? And why that one.. And are they going to be a part of a series celebrating some of the bands legendary shows?.
A: Not sure why that one was picked, so your guess is as good as mine on that one, though I can tell you I did about 9 different designs for the poster and that was the one Noel and the lads picked.

Q: Is there a story behind the image of the print?
A: I sort of imagined this fan taking a day trip to Brighton for the gig and have a few hours to spend before the gig, so entertains himself by arising around on a few kids rides.

Q: Have you heard anything positive from the band on the print?
A: I know they like it.













Q: I have seen posts on various Oasis forums and sites for you to do the artwork for the next album. If Noel gave you a call to do ask you to do it, would you take him up on his offer?
A: Like a flippin shot. I'm touched that people have mentioned it. I'd like to think that most Oasis fans could relate to my work as like the band we are all working class kids.

Q: What's your favorite album by Oasis?
A: I'm old school so it's (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

Q: What's your favorite track by Oasis?
A: I'm going to say She's Electric. Because I love the story in that song, it's like how I hope my painting look.

Q: Are there any other projects you are working on at the moment that you can tell us about.?
A: I'm currently painting my little fingers off on a new exhibition called 33 and a 3rd. and is all about music, both watching it, playing it and wearing the clothes. It's in Sheffield and is launched on April 13th at the Forum.










Q: I saw on Wikipedia that you were commissioned by Acme studios to interpret characters from US TV shows The Simpsons, Family Guy and Futurama. How did that come about? And what does it evole?
A: It's still in the pipeline and has been for 12 months now, they must do things differently over their. But I got the job when I exhibited in New York and the guys saw my work there.

Q: Finally did you enjoy the Game between Sheffield Wednesday and United enough a few weeks ago, to do a painting on it?
A: I've done enough Wednesday paintings for the mo' so I shall just bask in the glory.

Pete's Weller Lambretta (pictured) has a big feature in April's edition of Scootering Magazine, visit www.petemckee.com for more details and visit the official Oasis store HERE to have a look at the 1994 Brighton Gig posters and prints.

Special thanks to Pete Mckee for finding the time in his busy schedule for the interview, it is gratefully appreciated.

Noel Gallagher Buys Guns In LA To Pursue Shooting Hobby

Their bouts of brotherly fisticuffs are legendary. But hard-knock Liam Gallagher had better think twice before squaring up to Noel in future - now that his big brother is armed and dangerous...

We can sensationally reveal that 40-year-old Noel - supposedly one of the last true rock 'n' rollers - has been stocking up on guns in LA so that he can follow his country pursuits as a tweed-wearing toff.

Noel, who is in LA recording the next Oasis album, is so excited about his new past-time, he has been texting his pal Tom Meighan - lead singer of Kasabian - to tell him all about it.

A baffled Tom, 27, tells us: "He sent me a text about going shooting in America, and about how scared he was of shooting himself.

"I've not heard from Noel in a while, so as soon as he's finished recording in LA it would be nice to meet up and find out what happened. He was going to get some guns and rifles I think. It was supposed to be a leisurely day out or hobby to get stuck into."

Yet Noel is not the only rocker with aspirations to be an English gent. At last month's Brits the Arctic Monkeys turned up in country attire, all breaches and flat-caps.

And let's not forget who kicked off the craze - 49-year-old Madonna. She and hubby Guy Ritchie used to invite Brad Pitt and Vinnie Jones - who taught her to shoot in the first place - to their estate on the Wiltshire-Dorset border to join them in their, er, country pursuits.

Of course, Noel could just be arming himself for protection incase he has any more run-ins with ageing Grease heroes.

We revealed yesterday how he had a knife pulled on him by Jeff Conaway - aka Kenickie - backstage at a Marilyn Manson gig in LA.

Tom adds: "I heard about that. How mad is that, having Kenickie from Grease pull a knife out on you?"

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Grease Star Jeff Conaway Pulls A Knife On Noel Gallagher

The Gallagher brothers are known to enjoy a good old scrap, but Noel needs to pick his fights a bit more carefully.

When he decided to take the mickey out of ageing Grease star Jeff Conaway - aka Kenickie - the Oasis rocker had a knife pulled on him!

It all kicked off backstage at a Marilyn Manson concert in LA.

Noel and Liam were knocking back absinthe when they were interrupted by Jeff, waving his walking stick.

They should have sussed he was trouble - Jeff, 57, appeared raging in a wheelchair on US TV show Celebrity Rehab, battling addictions to cocaine and alcohol.

Instead they scoffed.

Noel tells Russell Brand's Radio 2 show: "Kenickie shouted, 'I've had four back operations, you know.' "So I said, 'So get yourself out of that wheelchair then!' "He said, 'I've had four operations but I can still pull a knife on you.' And he pulled out a big blade.

We thought: 'You're going down, Kenickie.'"

Faster than Greased Lightnin'!

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

What's Going On At 'This Feeling' Next Week?

March, 10 2008 at This Feeling presents: Jersey Budd, The Mouth, Speedcircus & Kav @ The Borderline.

Click here for tickets and more information.

Keith Richards Finds Oasis' Music 'Tinny'

London, March 3 (ANI): English rocker Keith Richards says that he does not like the kind of music modern bands compose.

Launching an attack on bands like Arctic Monkeys and Oasis, the Richards said that he prefers listening to country and blues genres.

The The Rolling Stones star insists that these are the genres that should be on vinyl.

I dont listen to whats going on. I dont like CDs, quite honestly. They sound tinny to me, British tabloid Daily Express quoted him as telling Uncut magazine in an interview about Shine A Light, Martin Scorseses documentary about the band.

Ive not even heard the Arctic Monkeys. I know of them but I dont know anything theyve done. I didnt like Oasis, I didnt like the Sex Pistols, I dont like any of those English rocknroll bands. Theyre all c***, the 64-year-old star said.

The report also suggested that Richards was not keeping track of his rocknroll contemporaries.

When he was asked to comment on the recent Led Zeppelin reunion concert, Richards said: They had one? Well, well done, Jimmy and Robert. (ANI)

Source: www.bignewsnetwork.com

Noel Gallagher To Appear In Russell Brand's Movie

His hit Booky Wook is being brought to beastly life on the big screen - and Russell Brand fancies Harry Potter star Daniel Radcliffe to take the lead role!

He thought the boy wizard actor could portray his life as a sex and drugs addict.

Russ told us: "I originally wanted to get an actor to play me and toyed with the idea of Daniel Radcliffe.

"But I thought he wouldn't be able to take all the drink.

"Or the drugs or fraternising with women. So I thought I should do it."

However Russ has got Oasis rocker Noel Gallagher on board - playing an insatiable homosexual!

We met up with the comic in Hollywood where he told us: "I'm coming back in the summer to do the filming.

"Noel Gallagher will be in there, playing a seedy homosexual. He'll be a sexually androgynous, amorphous character - it'll be mad.

"I was speaking to him about it yesterday, and hopefully it'll be great."

St Trinian's star Russell, 32, has told producer Michael Winterbottom - who made 24 Hour Party People - that he will stop at nothing to get Noel, Daniel, David Walliams and TV's Michael Palin.

Russ continued: "Michael has said really nice things about me so I'm hoping he'll play a character in it - a vindictive headmaster.

"David will be playing himself as my love rival.

We're told that Noel and David have provisionally agreed to appear but Michael and Daniel have yet to get aboard.

Russell, who is in LA working on a movie with Adam Sandler, said he had his casting couch ready. "I'm going to hand-pick the ladies," he said.

"It is difficult doing those sex scenes though - it's very awkward. I feel like I really ought to put on a gold medal display of sexual moves."

Sounds like he can't flop...

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Oooh-asis!

Scared Liam's glow job

Singer Liam Gallagher has had glow tape put in his house - because he fears it is haunted.

The Oasis star, 35, has been having trouble sleeping in the dark.

And now the frontman, who once claimed he saw John Lennon's ghost, has splashed out on hi-tech light strips so he can see any ghouls roaming around.

The plush London pad he shares with wife Nicole Gallagher, 33 and their son Gene, six, is now illuminated by the funky strips used in casinos and discos.

A pal of the rock wildman told the Daily Star Sunday: "Liam has a bit of trouble sleeping because he's convinced his house is haunted.

Chill

"He's heard footsteps going up and down the stairs and sometimes feels a chill pass over his body in the night.

"He's been keeping the lights on but it's difficult to sleep in bright light and he doesn't want to look like a big girl's blouse so he's bought these funky light strips.

"The light is more then a glow than anything else.

"He's buzzing with them".

Source: Daily Star Sunday

Noel Gallagher's New Website

Speaking on Russell Brand's show last night Noel spoke about his new website www.havingitrightoff.com

Noel also told Russell that the new album will be out in September, listen again to the show by clicking here.

Noel was on the show for over a hour and a half.

Noel Gallagher On Russell Brand

Tune into BBC Radio 2 and listen to Noel Gallagher on the world famous Russel Brand show.

Visit www.bbc.co.uk/radio2 to listen live or click here to listen again or download the podcast (from Tuesday)

Oasis Legend To Record With Vinny Peculiar

Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes) has informed stopcryingyourheartout.com that Bonehead will be recording with him on his eighth studio album with work set to begin in May.

Vinny told us "Bonehead will be playing accordion on a couple of tracks on the album due out later this year".

The forthcoming single release By Vinny Peculiar is 'Lazy Bohemians' [remixed from the Goodbye album] plus a couple of bonus tracks, 'Ghost Camp [prelude]' and 'Get Well Soon',…it's available from 17th March 2008 from any number of online music suppliers.

All proceeds go to the Salford Lads Club.

A few gigs have also been confirmed as follows and more to come soon…

Thurs 27th March:-TV21, 10 Thomas Street, Northern Quarter, Manchester M4 1DH Tel: 0161 839 5021 with Jake Shillingford [My Life Story]

Fri 11th April The B-Side @ The Albert. Smithfield Road, Shrewsbury SY1 1PB.-tickets 01743 245134 or from www.seetickets.com

Tues 15th April The Porter Cellar Bar, 15 George St. Bath. BA1 2EN www.theporter.co.uk Info: 01225 404445

Visit www.vinnypeculiar.com for more information

Thanks to Vinny Peculiar

Oasis Adores Sveetheart Sven

Liam and Noel Gallagher G have done their first interview together in more than a year – praising new Manchester City boss Sven Goran Eriksson for transforming their beloved team this season.

Liam said: “Sven’s a legend” while Bizarre Lord Noel added: “I think history will see he was a good manager for England and it was the players who weren’t up to standard.

“I love him, though. He’s a ladies’ man, isn’t he?”

Liam added: “I never thought I’d kiss his head but when I see him, I’m gonna kiss his bald little head.”

Noel said: “He looks like Mr Burns from The Simpsons. He’s a silver fox. He’s always in the papers, romping with some bird.” Liam chipped in: “He’s Swedish though. They’re always up to something.”

Liam, Noel and guitarist Gem Archer gave an interview to Sex Pistols’ legend Steve Jones on his show Jonesy’s Jukebox in LA on Thursday.

Noel added: “We’re mixing our new record. We recorded it in Abbey Road just before Christmas. We did two tracks in Abbey Road in ’97 but they kicked us out as we were a bit mental back then.

“We were in one of the studios listening back to one of the tunes and somebody who was mixing a classical record next door tapped on the studio and asked us to turn it down.

“There might have been swear words and the next thing was, ‘You can leave’ ” Liam said: “It’s been going slow because the gear keeps breaking.”

The equipment that is, not the marching powder. Noel has extended the band’s stay by three weeks as technical problems have delayed them.

But Liam added: “I’m rocking on it. I’m ’aving it.”

It’s a shame the A-Team have been in LA. The Brits and the NME Awards were crying out for their antics.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Oasis Demo Tape Sells For Over £600

The Oasis Live Demonstration demo cassette that I posted about last week sold for £686.00 on Ebay.

The prices of Oasis memorabilia at www.mistersifter.com have drastically been reduced with up to 50% of many items.

Have a look around and grab yourself a bargain...

The Enemy: 'Award Win Is For Lyrics'

The Enemy have claimed that they won the NME Best New Band Award because of their lyrics.

Singer Tom Clarke believes the group are a "band for the people" which makes songs that are "straight to the point".

He told the Daily Star: "It was really nice to be nominated but especially nice to win - because the public vote for it. We are a band for the people.

"There is no right or wrong way to write a song but I think good lyrics that get straight to the point are essential to success."

Clarke argued that Manic Street Preachers were awarded the Godlike Genius accolade for the same reason.

He added: "Manics don’t muck about with sh*t metaphors - they get straight to the point. Bands like Manics or Oasis you can really associate with. It’s obvious what they’re about. They are real people."

Clarke performed with the Manics after the awards ceremony at the NME Big Gig, joining the three-piece for a run through their single 'You Love Us'.

Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk

Arctic Monkeys Ape Oasis With NME Triumph

Gordon Brown and Andy Burnham both claim to listen to them on their iPods, but the Arctic Monkeys received a slightly hipper seal of approval last night when they were called the "Oasis of their generation" by the New Musical Express.

The Sheffield rockers scooped three gongs at the NME awards at London's O2 centre, including the biggie, best British band, as well as best track for " Fluorescent Adolescent" from their second album, Favourite Worst Nightmare, and best video for "Teddy Picker".

The latest crop of awards comes after last week's Brits when, clad in plus-fours, tweed jackets and flat caps, they picked up prizes for best band and best British album. Unlike the previous year, the band actually turned up to collect their awards but they may have wished they had not made the effort when the organisers turned the sound down to foil lead singer Alex Turner and his mockery of the Brit School, the state performing arts school whose alumni include Kate Nash and Amy Winehouse.

The comparison with Oasis will be music to the ears of the Arctic Monkeys, who were inspired by the band to start making music.

Noel Gallagher once said: "The Arctic Monkeys came in our dressing room and Alex was saying he got a guitar because of Oasis. So I asked him, 'How old were you when Definitely Maybe came out?' He was nine! That bent my head. "

It was MySpace that kickstarted the Arctic Monkeys' phenomenon. When the band – Turner and Andy Nicholson, Matt Helders and Jamie Cook – started to play gigs, first at The Grapes pub in Sheffield and later at the Sheffield Forum, they handed out free demo CDs, which were uploaded on to the internet by fans......

Source: www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk

Interview With Noel, Liam & Gem For Indie 103.1

Indie 103.1 Steve Jones from the Sex Pistols has a relaxed chat with the boys on various topics such as:

Living in L.A. -- Necrophiliacs - Recording at Abbey Road - 70's Bands - Morrisey Fans - Alvin Stardust - Music downloading - Kids and Internet - Record shops - Red heads - Album Mix update- The Sex Pistols - New songs - Cancer Trust and English football.

Noels quote when asked about the new album: "Less songy, more groves....Did you miss Oasis in the studio with Jonesy on Jonesy`s Jukebox? Well, you have THREE options:

Catch the RE-BROADCAST at 6PM -PST tonight. Listen Here

LISTEN to it on-demand in our Jonesy On Demand Section (It will be up after 3PM PST) Listen Here

Signup for the itunes Broadcast Signup Here

Source: L4E

Zak Starkey Is In LA

Fresh from praising The Zutons to the heights before the Capital of Culture launch, it seems Ringo Starr just can’t get enough of the Scouse indie stars.

The former Beatle popped in for a surprise visit to see the band, who are currently in Los Angeles, recording the follow-up to the multi-platinum selling albums Who Killed The Zutons? and Tired Of Hanging Around.

The album is being recorded at Sunset Sound Studios, and Ringo thought he’d make a spur of the moment stop off to say hello while visiting son Zak Starkey, who is in town mixing the forthcoming Oasis album.

“I was sitting outside when my jaw dropped cos Ringo had just pulled up in front of me. I was proper shocked and ran over to him and gave him a big hug,” says stunning saxophonist Abi Harding.

“He came in and talked to us a bit. He said he liked the way I played sax, so I was made up all day. It was boss to meet him.”

Source: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk

More On The Marilyn Manson Song Dedicated To Liam Gallagher

Marilyn Manson dedicated this rendition of Patti Smith's Rock `N' Roll Nigger to Oasis star Liam Gallagher at his Wiltern Theater concert in Los Angeles on Saturday night.

Gallagher and brother Noel were in the audience for the show.

I should be getting some photos soon....

Thanks to Charlotte

On This Day In Oasis History

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants is the fourth studio album by the English rock band Oasis, released on February 28, 2000. In 1999, the year preceding the final release of this album, Oasis had lost two founding members (Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan) and hired a new producer (Mark "Spike" Stent). As a result of these changes, the album's tone was more experimental, with electronica and psychedelic influences. The darker feeling and psychedelic tone of this album is a departure from earlier Britpop-influenced Oasis records.

Songs such as the Indian-influenced "Who Feels Love?", the progressive "Gas Panic!" and the electronica "Go Let It Out" depart from Oasis' old Britpop style. The album was the sixth fastest selling album in UK chart history, selling over 310,000 copies in its first week. Despite becoming their fourth number one album in the UK, it is one of the band's lowest-selling albums, selling only 3 million copies worldwide.

Trivia

The album's title was taken from the words of Sir Isaac Newton: "If I can see further than anyone else, it is only because I am standing on the shoulders of giants". Noel Gallagher saw the quote on the side of a £2 coin whilst in a pub and liked it so much he thought it would be a suitable name for Oasis' new album. He then wrote the name on the side of a cigarette packet whilst drunk. When he awoke in the morning, he realised he had written "Standing on the Shoulder of Giants — A Bum Title".

Due to the departure of Bonehead and Guigsy from the band whilst the album was in production, their parts had to be re-recorded, for legal reasons. Thus, the album only features the Gallagher brothers and Alan White. The sleeve of the album also features them.

The first track, "Fuckin' in the Bushes", is featured on the soundtrack for the film Snatch, and is regularly used in introductions for high-tempo events, due to its quick tempo and loud volume.

In the April 2006 issue of Q magazine, the album was the only Oasis record to feature in a countdown of the "50 worst albums of all time". It was placed at number 46 and described as "the low point of their fallow years", despite the fact that the album had been favourably reviewed in the magazine at its time of release and featured in the magazine's "50 Best Albums of 2000" list. In response to the Q feature, Noel has said, "Even though it wasn't our finest hour, it's a good album born through tough times. I worked harder on that album than anything before and anything since."

A notable B-Side was Lets All Make Believe. This song was on the Go Let It Out single and is said to be one of the bands finest songs. Q Magazine declared it the greatest ever "lost" track in the February 2007 issue and said that if it was on the album it would have carried "an extra star" on the review. Q gave this album 4 Stars back in 2000, meaning an extra star would be 5 stars. So with Lets All Make Believe on the album, according to Q magazine's logic, SOTSOG would have been a 5 star classic.

Demos

A bootleg of demo sessions recorded for this album was leaked onto the internet in January 2000. Most of these songs were recorded by Noel Gallagher with the help of a couple of friends in his home studio at Supernova Heights and at Oasis' own Wheeler End Studios complex. All of the songs, apart from "Little James", were sung by Noel.

The tracklisting of the demo bootleg is:

"Carry Us All"
"Who Feels Love?"
"Fuckin' in the Bushes"
"Little James"
"Gas Panic!
"Put Yer Money Where Yer Mouth Is"
"Sunday Morning Call"
"I Can See a Liar"
"Go Let It Out"
"Roll It Over"
"Revolution Song"
"Where Did It All Go Wrong?"
"(As Long As They've Got) Cigarettes in Hell"
"Just Getting Older"
"Let There Be Love"

At the time of the leak, four songs ("Carry Us All", "Revolution Song", "Just Getting Older" and "Let There Be Love") were not scheduled for release on either the album or as B-sides on the new single "Go Let It Out". These songs were also completely undocumented, apart from "Revolution Song", which had been mentioned by author Paolo Hewitt in his 1999 book Forever the People — Six Months on the Road with Oasis. As such, these four songs had made-up titles based on commonly-repeated phrases mentioned in the songs. Whilst "Carry Us All" and "Just Getting Older" were correctly guessed, the other two tracks were given titles which, in time, would prove to be incorrect. "Revolution Song" was given the title "Solve My Mystery" and "Let There Be Love" was given the title "It's a Crime". "Let There Be Love" was released on Don't Believe the Truth. Because Noel mentioned in a February 23, 2000 interview with Melody Maker magazine that "Revolution Song" had been demoed — but not released because Blur had recently released a similar sounding song — it can be assumed that these titles are correct.

Currently, only one song ("Revolution Song") remains commercially unreleased.

Source: Wikipedia