More Contents From Noel Gallagher's Notebook

Mr Monobrow has posted some new & unseen, high quality images of unreleased songs from Noel Gallagher's Notebook on his website.

The tracks are 'A Shelter From The Fall', 'Blue' 'Chill', 'I Am Always Right!!', 'Lost Again', 'Only My Pride', 'Razorbarb', 'Song In A Suitcase' and 'Take Me Away').

For more information on the contents of Noel's Notebook, visit Mr Monobrow's excellent page here.

Edge 102 To Play A New Oasis Song This Friday

Bookie from 102.1 the Edge is playing a new Oasis song from the album Dig Out Your' Soul' on his show this Friday.

The show is on local time (Toronto, Canada) from 2-7pm, for people in the UK, that's 7pm - 12pm.

What Bookie said to various fans via emails, taken from various forums.

"I’m playing the track Falling Down around 5:00 pm on Friday. It’s not the single as you know, but a track to show the style of the LP. That’s all i know. Havn’t heard the record yet…CAN’T WAIT"

"I AM PLAYING AN ALBUM TRACK .."Falling Down"..not the first single..... This is just a treat./sneak peak"

Tune in by visiting www.edge102.com this Friday

French Music Site Posts Oasis Album Track List

Has Oasis' new album track list finally leaked or is it just another fake?
For reasons unknown to us NJR.fr retracted their post a few hours later as the official Oasis forum on OasisInet removed refrences to the French article...

Dig Out Your Soul Track List :

1.Bag It Up
2. The Turning
3. Waiting for the Rapture
4.The Shock of the Lightning
5. I'm Outta Time
6. (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady
7. Falling Down
8. To be Where There's Life
9. Ain't Got Nothin'
10. The Nature of Reality
11. Soldier On

Link : http://www.nrj.fr/music/news/0/oasis-tracklisting-nouvel-album-109109.html (has been removed)

After an absence of three years, the band from Manchester presents its seventh album. The English press has not lied by presenting the latest Oasis as an excellent album.

Dig Out Your Soul is a treasure trove of music and is undoubtedly the best studio album of the duo. Liam Gallagher said would compose songs out of the usual construction and moving towards a new sound. It's done!

The progression of pieces is very consistent. From the raw energy of the first titles to the more sophisticated pieces of the end, the auditor discovers new sounds by Oasis stages as if the group wanted to guide him throughout the hearing. The Gallagher brothers put aside their sound British pop music to focus on a sound much more rock,sometimes folk. And it's very heavy, especially the track (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady.

Never in excess, the rockers introduce arrangements of all kinds with the precision of a goldsmith. In addition, the drumming holds a prominent place in pieces and provides real effectiveness in securities.

The fans like refractory find themselves on an album of great quality.

(translated from original French article)

disclaimer: L4E is not able to confirm the contents authenticity yet.

Source: L4E

Rock’s Most Anthemic Bands?

01. U2 -- If the word anthemic disappeared, U2-ish would be a good replacement. Bono always sounds like he's singing mass, the Edge's guitar rings like the trumpets at Jericho, and Larry Mullen's rhythmic stiffness is a virtue. Adam Clayton? He, uh, always looks stylish.
Signature anthem: "Pride (In the Name of Love)"

02. The Clash -- Any band dubbed "the only band that matters" has got to have some serious anthemic power. Punk rock is often associated with a kind of nihilism, but the Clash sounded like their hearts might explode from caring so much.
Signature anthem: "Death Or Glory"

03. The Who -- I'm thinking of the Who's Next stadium rock version of the band more than the early modfathers. Pete Townshend's power chords and Keith Moon's roiling drum fills were, and are, key touchstones for any band wanting to sound bigger than life.
Signature anthem: "Baba O' Riley"

04. The Arcade Fire -- Win Butler and Co. are more dour than the other bands on this list, but even when these guys are singing about the apocalypse, their rag-tag widescreen epics make me hope they put out a few more albums before the end comes.
Signature anthem: "Wake Up"

05. Thin Lizzy -- Too often thought of as a one-, or maybe two-hit wonder (if you count "Jailbreak" along with "The Boys Are Back In Town"), Phil Lynott's band fused streetwise swagger with mythology-infused poetry and a saber-rattling twin guitar attack.
Signature anthem: "Roisin Dubh (Black Rose): A Rock Legend"

06. The Hold Steady -- Craig Finn's finely wrought lyrics turn hardscrabble hardcore kids into heroes. Tad Kubler's soaring guitar solos and Franz Nikolay's baroque keyboard flourishes do the same for their band.
Signature anthem: "How A Resurrection Really Feels"

07. The Waterboys -- For a hot minute back in the '80s, the Waterboys were at the forefront of a wave of big sounding UK acts like Simple Minds and Big Country. But they were the best, and their densely detailed productions and stirring folkish melodies shouldn't be forgotten.
Signature anthem: "This Is The Sea"

08. The Killers -- Maybe the most self-conscious of all the bands here. They get a lot of grief for being so obvious about their influences (U2, Springsteen), but writing anthems ain't for the humble hearted.
Signature anthem: "All These Things That I've Done"

09. Oasis -- For a short time, Noel Gallagher's huge guitar sound and his brother Liam's sneering swagger had this band competing for the title of "world's biggest." They've since slipped, but their rip-roaring sound has never shrunk.
Signature anthem: "Live Forever"

10. Bruce Springsteen -- A no-brainer. The Boss has written a handful of songs that a lot of Americans--and everyone in New Jersey--would gladly adopt as a new national anthem.
Signature anthem: "Born To Run"

(picked by David Marchese / SPIN)

Was David on track with his picks or did he pull this list out of his you know what ? Let us know , leave a comment by clicking here.

Source: SPIN

Album Sleeves As You've Never Seen Them Before!

The Beatles, 'Abbey Road' / Oasis, 'What's The Story (Morning Glory)' - posted by DaveBr at www.b3ta.com

One of hundreds of ingenious pictures inspired by b3ta's 'Extending Album Artwork Challenge.' The brief? "Using any tools available show us what happens beyond the borders of classic album sleeves, how the artwork continues." Album sleeves as you've never seen them before!

For more album covers click here

Source: www.nme.com

Who Is Chris Shanrock?

Last week Noel confirmed that Zak has left the band at that former La's drummer Chris Shanrock is taking over.

Here are a few facts about him...

Chris Sharrock is the power behind Robbie Williams and has without doubt established an international reputation as a leading drummer with one of the top pop acts in the world.

Since his career began over two decades ago, Chris has built up an impressive back catalogue which includes playing on the first real Britpop classic, There She Goes by The La’s and recording one of the most popular songs of the 90’s, Three Lions On A Shirt.



Chris has also worked with Karl Wallinger & World Party, The Lightening Seeds, Terry Hall, Dave Stewart and Lou Reed before getting the esteemed Robbie Williams gig.

Chris began working with Robbie in 1997 and performed on his triple platinum debut solo album “Life Thru A Lens”. Since then Chris has gone on to perform at some of the biggest live concerts in recent years including Robbie’s three consecutive shows at Knebworth, England where the band perfomed to over 375,000 fans. Chris was also involved in the first ever televised High Definition live performance with Robbie in September 2006.

Chris' Kit Set-up;

Premier Series drums in Custom finish:

14" x 8" Maple Classic Rack Tom (x3)
14" x 9" Maple Classic Rack Tom
14" x 10" Maple Classic Rack Tom
14" x 14" Maple Classic Floor Tom
16" x 16" Maple Classic Floor Tom
18" x 16" Maple Classic Floor Tom
22" x 14" Maple Classic Bass Drum (x2)
22" x 18" Maple Classic Bass Drum
14" x 5.5" Steel Modern Classic Snare (Parallel Action)

Source: www.premier-percussion.com

Russell Brand Defends Noel Gallagher

"I think that Noel has been treated very badly, I don't think he said anything. He came on my radio show the other day and all he would talk about was Jay-Z and 99 Problems But A B**** Ain't One," he said.

Ever the joker, Russell added: "That's all he cares about, Jay-Z. Noel Gallagher was put on this earth to appreciate the music of Jay-Z and anyone who said otherwise is a lunatic."

He also claimed he thought that Jay-Z's Wonderwall cover was better than the original.

"I think it was better than the Oasis cover of Wonderwall, I'd like to see Oasis do 99 Problems But B**** Ain't One - then we'd have some sort of competition," the cheeky chappie said.

Source: www.virginmedia.com

Happy Birthday Ringo Starr

Liam Gallagher pops by to celebrate Ringo Starr's 68th birthday celebrations with a few friends.

For more videos by Stevie Ricks click here.

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.

Source: Wikipedia

Noel Gallagher: 'Oasis Will Never Do A Radiohead'

Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher says it's unlikely that the band will ever follow Radiohead by allowing fans to name what price they pay for their album.

“I wouldn’t have thought so. That’s not our bag,” he told the BBC.

“I didn’t spend a year in the most expensive studio in England, with the most expensive producer in America, and the most expensive graphic designer in London to then give it away. Fuck that.”

Radiohead shocked the music industry last October by ignoring traditional release methods with their latest album 'In Rainbows'.

Fans were allowed to pay anything from 1p to £100 for the album.

Despite saying that Oasis would never follow Radiohead's example, Gallagher did praise the band for the “marketing” methods they used to sell the record.

“To be honest, to me it looked like marketing. Y’know? A great way of getting a load of marketing for free really, but good for them. That’s what they do, they’re rebels and outsiders,” he said.

Oasis release their new album 'Dig Out Your Soul' on October 6th. It will be preceded by the single 'The Shock Of Lightening' on September 28th.

Source: www.gigwise.com

Gallagher And Beckham To Add Spice On The Net

Goldenballs David Beckham and Oasis singer Noel Gallagher are to become stars of a new internet site.

Spice Girls manager Simon Fuller has spent a year working on the project with former Soccer AM host Tim Lovejoy.

On Saturday they launched Channelbee.com with Tim fronting the site from a purpose-built London studio.

Along with a daily show, there will be video sketches, a dating show, concerts with bands and anecdotes and interviews which web surfers can email to friends.

Tim, 40, who is fronting the site, is confident it will be a success - particularly with youngsters - as it is completely free to view.

He told the Mirror: "David Beckham and Noel Gallagher have said they are going to do something with us.

"The technology means we can film something and have it up in half a day."

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Poll The People

It's the cause of so many pub arguments; what are the best albums / films / books of all time. The argument will never be settled, but you can have your say by voting at a new site called Poll The People.

Obviously, we don't wish to influence your vote, but we're sure you can guess which band we'll be voting for...

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Andy Bell At The Silver Clef Awards

Another picture from the Silver Clef Awards from Friday with Noel Gallagher, Andy Bell & Ricky Hatton

I have been promised more including photos of Gem Archer when I get them I will add them to this post.

Source: Email from Janine Jones

Noel Gallagher On Russell Brand's Show Last Night

Noel Gallagher joined Russell Brand on his weekly BBC Radio 2 in the studio for nearly around a hour and a half last night for the usual shenanigans.

They spoke about Fridays Silver Clef Awards, Noel spoke to the 'Fonz' (Henry Winkler) by phone who said that Noel was one of the great musicians of our time. He also spoke to 'This Is England star' and friend Stephen Graham.

Noel also spoke about meeting his hero Lionel Blair at the Dorchester, and Noel said that he might come on down to Russell's show he is doing for CHARITY on the 28TH July tickets go on sale Friday.

Russell said he would like "No Oasis Fans Please" he would like more of his own fans at the venue. As the last show he did with Noel it was 99% Oasis fans there, for more information visit www.focus12.co.uk.

Click here to listen again or download the podcast (from Tuesday).

Noel Gallagher Takes It On The Chin

Noel Gallagher has dismissed disliking Jay-Z and defended his comments about the rapper headlining Glastonbury.

The 41-year-old music legend stuck up for his freedom of speech at yesterday’s O2 Silver Clef awards in London.

The axeman has been widely quoted as saying hip-hop had no place at the Worthy Farm festie.

Insisting his comments had been taken out of context, Noel said: “I was making a comment about ticket sales. That was my opinion on it and that’s the end of it.

“Then it got picked up by the Church Of England brigade and the broadsheets – bulls***.

“For the record, I like Jay-Z – that’s my opinion.

“But you know I got asked a question about ticket sales. I should have gone along like one of those s***bag pop stars that says everything is amazing.

“It’s been amazing for our record sales though.” Jay-Z, 38, used video footage of Noel and mimed along to the Oasis hit Wonderwall when he played the festival.

The track is now back in the charts.

Oasis collected the O2 Silver Clef award at the event at the Hilton in Park Lane to raise money and awareness of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy.

Boxing wonder Ricky Hatton presented Oasis with their gong, and in tune with his new-found mission of using a certain word, Noel branded him “amazing”.

He said: “When you see him in his dressing room before a fight listening to Morning Glory then that really is amazing.”

Manchester City fan Ricky, 34, said: “Along with my family and my football team Oasis are one of my three big loves.

Presenting an award to them was a dream come true.

“I love them because they’re working class lads from a council estate in Manchester.

“I train to their music and always sing Wonderwall on the karaoke.”

Click here to see a video of Noel and Ricky Hatton and The Fratellis talk about Oasis.

Source: www.dailystar.co.uk

Videos From Yesterdays Silver Clef Awards

Videos of Noel Gallagher, Ricky Hatton and Russell Brand, from yesterdays Silver Clef Awards yesterday.

Oasis Are The Best, Bar None

Oasis were honoured for their contribution to the music industry at the O2 Silver Clef Awards yesterday.

They should have been handed another gong for their services to the bar too.

I celebrated with the Manchester rock lords at the bash.

Boxer Ricky Hatton joined Noel Gallagher and me on the ale.

Ricky – who confirmed he plans two more huge fights before packing in the sport – is a big hitter in the drinking stakes too.

Also at the charity event in aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy was a loved-up Russell Brand with sexy Aussie actress girlfriend Teresa Palmer.

Noel and girlfriend Sara MacDonald toasted the band’s award in spectacular style.

And Noel is more prepared than I was for coming face-to-face with Jay-Z after criticising the decision for him to headline Glastonbury.

Noel told me: “I’d like to announce Ricky Hatton is my personal bodyguard on my peace-keeping trip to Brooklyn.”

Ricky – he’s a man in demand.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Silver Clef Awards

Click here for even more photos from the The O2 Silver Clef Awards Luncheon in aid of Nordoff-Robbins Music Therapy at The Hilton Park Lane on July 4, 2008 in London, England.

Source: www.gettyimages.com

Noel Gallagher: "I Like Jay-Z"

The Oasis guitarist also defended his comments about Jay-Z headlining last weekend's Glastonbury Festival.

He said: "The broadsheets get hold of it and have me going down Hyde Park Corner blasting and slamming.

"For the record, I Iike Jay-Z. That's my opinion.

"If it offends people, don't ask me anymore questions.

"I should do these things and answer like every two-bit pop star."

In April, Noel Gallagher said having the rapper at the festival was the reason tickets had not sold out and that it was "wrong" to have a hip-hop headliner.

Jay-Z played the guitarist's comments to the crowd at Glastonbury in a video montage before his set and played an acoustic version of Oasis hit Wonderwall.

Music chain HMV say the performance has helped boost sales of Oasis's album (What's The Story) Morning Glory, as well as the single Wonderwall.

Source: www.bbc.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Speaks About Knife Crime

'In my day, status was trying to be somebody… not trying to kill somebody'

Noel Gallagher has joined the debate concerning knife crime amongst young people.

Speaking at the Silver Chef Music Therapy awards, the Oasis songwriter admitted that the topic is inescapable.

"I was up in Liverpool for a week a couple of weeks ago and even on the news there it's every single night," said Gallagher told BBC Newsbeat.

He added: "In my day, status was trying to be somebody, do you know what I mean, not trying to kill somebody."

Asked for his opinion on the reasons behind the rise in knife crime, Gallagher considered the role of video games and drugs in youth culture.

"People say it's through violent video games and I guess that's got something to do with it", he suggested. "If kids are sitting up all night smoking super skunk and they become so desensitised to crime because they're playing these video games, it's really, really scary."

Gallagher added that finding a solution would be tough, saying: "I don't even know what [David] Cameron (opposition leader) or Gordon Brown (Prime Minister) are going to do about it."

Source: www.nme.com