Rolling Stone's Hate Affair With Oasis Continues

From the fine folks that gave Paris Hilton's album 'Paris' 3 stars I present you with another shit review of an Oasis record ......

Dig Out Your Soul - Oasis, 2 and 1/2 Stars out of 5

From the beginning, Oasis' greatest strength and most glaring weakness has been shamelessness — the belief that no classic-rock riff is too timeworn, no Beatles allusion too banal to merit blasting out at top volume. At its best, this brutish approach has produced some transcendent music ("Live Forever," "Wonderwall"), but as years have passed and gray hair has sprouted in the Gallagher brothers' moptops, the self-parody has often seemed less charming than wearying. Oasis' latest is heavier on groove than normal, and there are a couple of gripping moments, especially Liam's stately, Lennonesque ballad "I'm Outta Time." But for the most part, Dig Out Your Soul is an almost comically generic Oasis release, from its preponderance of plodding midtempo rockers ("Bag It Up," "Waiting for the Rapture") to the vaguely Indian raga-flavored psychedelic anthems ("To Be Where There's Life"). Then there's the issue of Liam's "philosophizing" — he's entered the Maharishi phase of his Beatles worship, clogging songs with beatitudes like "Space and time and here and now/Are only in your mind." Got that?

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Source: www.rollingstone.com

Another Dig Out Your Soul Review

Finally. The new Oasis album is here. And it rocks!

For those of you less enthused by the artsy-fartsy, t-shirt-and-tie, skin-tight jeans-wearing "indie" bands dominating the UK scene of late, new Oasis album, Dig Out Your Soul, is just what the doctor ordered. Yes mates, Rock n Roll is f*#king back!

In the early 90s, Oasis stormed the stage , so to speak, kicking aside the English shoe-gazing bands of the time, taking over from where the grunge era left off. They did so with great rock songs, celebrating life, rather than singing about how sh*tty everything is.

Recorded at Abbey Road Studios and mixed in Los Angeles by producer Dave Sardy, Dig Out Your Soul sees a return to those happier times, packaged with better musicianship from a band that is clearly very confident in what they're doing - as they should be.

The opening track "Bag it Up," introduces Liam's classic snarling vocals set to a stomping beat that "throws the kitchen sink" at their recent (more subtle) sound.

"The Shock of the Lightning" and "Waiting for the Rapture," mix the old fashioned Oasis formula with a more mature, groove based, and, at times, bluesy rock ‘n roll sound.

Noel Gallagher's track "Falling Down," already re-mixed by the Chemical Brothers, is destined to be a classic with it's simplicity, soulful vocals, and psychedelic lyrics.

High Quality. There's no other word for the production and arrangements throughout the album. Liam Gallagher's voice at times is pure genius, mixing up the classic rock n' roll vocals with a softer approach when needed.

"I'm Outta Time," is the only ballad on the album. Give this one time, because once it gets inside your head, you just can't help but admire the deceptive brilliance!

Dig Out Your Soul will grow on you, with Noel Gallagher's songwriting beaming with the enthusiasm of the glory days of Definitely Maybe, their critically acclaimed debut LP.

Liam Gallagher's three tracks are immediate and simple. Gem Archer (guitarist) and Andy Bell (Bass) offer insightful lyrics set to a heavy and groove-based sound. Songwriting chief Noel Gallagher's tracks are by far the best.

Now, we don't really give a piss whether or not you like these brooding, hard-living, stage-fighting brothers (god knows they sure don't). The Gallaghers are in fact rockstars, the last of a dying breed, who, time and time again, have the ability to write classic songs. And you can't argue with genius.

Liam Gallagher said it best himself: "If you like, it buy it. It you don't, then don't." Simple as that.

Source: la2day.com

Win A Limited Edition Oasis Goodie Bag!

ilikemusic has one, very special, limited edition Oasis Goodie Bag to give away! The goodie bag includes a tote bag, pin badge, cigarette amp, playing cards and a 7" of the single The Shock Of The Lightning!

Click here to enter the competion.

Source: ilikemusic.co.uk

Win An Amazing Oasis Collector's Item - A Super Deluxe Boxset.

For the first time ever, Oasis are releasing a collectors edition box set of their new record (RKIDBOX51R). A strictly limited quantity of these box sets will be available through the band's web site at www.oasisinet.com and at selected retail stores.

The superbly packaged set (weighing in at a hefty 3.7 kilos) is the only place fans can get all the songs, remixes and audio visual material recorded for Dig Out Your Soul. It includes:

- The album on CD
- Bonus track CD with 9 tracks and remixes
- DVD featuring 40 mins of footage including exclusive behind the scenes making of the album and video for 'The Shock Of The Lightning'
- 4 x heavy weight vinyl records containing the album and bonus tracks
- Deluxe 24 page hardback book
- Mp3 download of the album (oasisinet only)

Fans can see the boxset on YouTube www.youtube.com/oasisinetofficial Plus the band have signed 20 copies of the boxset which will be sold at random from Oasisinet.com.

CLOSING DATE: Thursday 30th October 2008

Source: www.skysports.com

Tickets Still On Sale For The Oasis UK Tour

Tickets are still available from seetickets for the following Oasis UK Arena shows

Sheffield Arena 10/10/2008
National Indoor Arena 13&14/10/2008
Wembley Arena 17/10/2008
Odyssey Arena, Belfast 29&30/10/2008

For more information click here

Source: www.seetickets.com

Liam Gallagher's Dyeing Secret

Noel Gallagher has lifted the lid on brother Liam’s beauty secrets — and claimed he dyes his hair.

Noel said: “Liam’s been dyeing his hair for a while. And he wears make-up. I’ve seen him in eyeliner at parties looking like something from A Clockwork Orange.

“And he knows about his moisturiser. I think he’s trying to head off old age but it’ll catch him.”

Noel, on the other hand, reckons he’s happy to grow old gracefully.

“It doesn’t bother me. I guess because I’ve never traded on my good looks like Liam.”

After revealing Liam’s little secret, Noel also felt the need to confess one of his guilty pleasures — Coldplay.

Speaking to Absolute Radio’s Christian O’Connell yesterday, he said: “I like Coldplay. I struggle though ’cos I’m in a band with three other guys who hate Coldplay.

“The trouble is when I try to defend them I’m like, ‘Listen, this song sounds like The Beatles’ then Viva La Vida comes on and that sounds like bloody Annie Lennox Walking On Broken Glass! I can’t defend them.”

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Times Review Of Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul

Pete Paphides

4 stars out of 5

There’s something oddly reassuring about Liam Gallagher’s inability to be anything other than his unswerving absolute self. Asked recently if Oasis had considered putting out their new album as a free download, the monobrowed singer revealed his neophobia in a way that only he could. Eccentrically. “Look, I’m trying salmon, that’s as far as my interest in new things goes,” he declaimed impatiently.

Two days ago, then, when all of the new album appeared (albeit in a non-downloadable form) on their MySpace page, you suspect that Liam may not have even been aware of the fact – less still his brother. Noel’s mistrust of progress has pretty much informed Oasis’s lack of it over the last decade.

While their two most notable rock contemporaries, Thom Yorke and Damon Albarn, have shed skin after skin to keep themselves artistically relevant, Oasis have merely turned up the volume, lowered their heads and peddled workmanlike Brit rock. As Noel Gallagher has confessed, he may never write another Live Forever or Wonderwall. But when your band is a Grateful Dead for the new Labour years then your fanbase will continue to be here now for you, through good times and bad.

Which is something of a mixed blessing. On the cement-footed Don’t Believe the Truth in 2005, Noel Gallagher sounded like a man who could use a little pressure to raise his game. But Dig Out Your Soul suggests that Oasis may be dipping their toes into experimental waters, and enjoying the sensation.

What the online move this week illustrates is that someone somewhere believes that Oasis have produced some music to rival those high-water marks. They’re not wrong. Noel Gallagher is no longer possessive about appearing in the credits of every Oasis song. Liam turns in an unprecedented three contributions, while the bassist Andy Bell and guitarist Gem Archer chip in with one apiece. And somewhere amid the relative seclusion of his rural retreat, Noel’s writing appears to have acquired a renewed sense of urgency.

There’s very little on Dig Out Your Soul that’s as adventurous even as trying salmon for the first time. That said, there are moments where you feel like flinging your arms around the Gallaghers for the modest innovations: the hypnotically sluggish rhythm that pushes along Liam’s stoned vocoder vocal on Get Off Your High Horse Lady; the demonic swamp rock of Waiting for the Rapture, executed with febrile intensity.

It’s an album that maintains an irresistible atmospheric pull for sustained periods – and that’s an advance on anything the band have offered this decade. Certainly, they’ve written nothing that sounds quite like The Turning, a moody five-minute beauty that moves from a tentative electric piano and climaxes with a nocturnal FM rock climax.

At this stage, an Oasis album that totally divests itself of all Beatles influences is asking a bit much. Gem Archer’s sole compositional contribution, To Be Where There’s Life, charges along on a bassline, played by Bell, that may push Paul McCartney’s eyebrows up into the realms of physical implausibility. Falling Down deploys an identical rhythm to the one invented by Ringo Starr on Rain, but it’s being played by Ringo’s son Zak Starkey. More importantly, it sits at the centre of another Oasis song that corresponds to little else in their canon – a rain-lashed, nocturnal hymn to uncertainty and vulnerability.

Of course, vulnerability isn’t something on which the older Gallagher has a monopoly. But the brothers’ ways of showing it couldn’t have been more different. On the rare occasions that Noel has sung Wonderwall it has sounded like a 2am cry for help. The reason Oasis became a social phenomenon, though, was because Liam could sing the same lyrics and sound like a man who could punch a hole through a door to prove how f***king sensitive he is.

But Wonderwall was a long time ago. And if Liam was the same person that he was in 1995, he surely couldn’t have sustained a quiet family life with Nicole Appleton over the years. It’s a view lent some weight by I’m Outta Time. Like every song that Liam will ever write, the John Lennon influence is unavoidable. But, over the course of his most tender vocal to date, he sounds oddly, movingly enraptured. Another first.

Relaxed as Noel is, three Liam classics on one album might have been a bit much to stomach. So it may be no accident that the other two Liam songs aren’t quite up to the same standard. Of Ain’t Got Nothin’ and Soldier On, one was a discarded song unearthed only at the last minute. But which one? Surely the former, a Who-style sonic dust-up of minimal melodic traction?

Actually, it’s the far superior Soldier On. Here, Liam’s reflective paean to perseverance oscillates soberly between a single titular mantra and bursts of keening melodica from Noel, until both dissipate, as if to leave room for closing credits. Could you really have been listening to the best Oasis album since Definitely Maybe? Maybe not definitely. But definitely more than maybe.

Source: www.timesonline.co.uk

Oasis: New Album Review

Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

Rating ***

Seven albums in and we’re all hoping, somehow, maybe, that 14 years on from their colossal debut Definitely Maybe and its follow-up (What’s The Story) Morning Glory? the Gallaghers plus the other two have made an album worthy of their god-like status.

In fact, maintaining such eminence seems a bit preposterous because none of the four albums that followed was worthy of a band often hailed as big as The Beatles.

Dig Out Your Soul has moments to shout: “Hooray, they’re back on track”. Bag It Up is a classic Gallagher anthem, and The Turning is big on atmospherics, dreamy pianos and soulful vocals.

Falling Down is another highlight, with Noel on vocals again. Packed with emotion, it’s the album’s best track. The Beatles-y I’m Outta Time is Liam’s predictable but admirable offering and includes a sample of John Lennon’s final interview.

ut we are disappointed once more. (Get Off Your) High Horse Lady has promise but instead heaves along like a weary pack mule.

And Andy Bell’s The Nature Of Reality drags on as does Gem Archer’s droner To Be Where’s There’s Life.

When will Oasis reinvent the wheel and give us an album we’d rather listen to than their Greatest Hits? JS

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Some Press We Have Received

Oasis was acknowledged for their digital presence at the BT Digital Music Awards last night, with a fansite winning an award for best music blog.

www.brandrepublic.com

Oasis won an award last night for best music blog at the BT Digital Music Awards www.myspace.com/oasis they put the wrong url :)

www.webuser.co.uk

Stop crying your heart out which was produced by a true Oasis fan took the people's choice award for Best Music Blog.

www.theinquirer.net

A site created by an Oasis fan took best music blog and features spoof videos of actor Stevie Riks playing Liam and Noel Gallagher.

The award was one of three “people’s choice” categories voted for solely by fans.

www.pressandjournal.co.uk

Thanks again to everyone that voted, all done now for another year.

My Review Of Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul

Dig Out Your Soul offers the first glimpse of an Oasis that doesn't constantly rely on past glories for reference. The fact it works on so many levels, elegantly and delicately exploring new territory in some instances, furiously and unrestrained breaking apart in others means that the 7th edition of the manifest effortlessly blows things around it into comparative insignificance.

'Bag It Up' is the next logical step from Lyla, it's brooding and unpredictable with a mild psychedelic taste, basically setting the scene for the rest of the album. It's best quality is arguably it's greater reliance on Noel and Liam's vocals which are a collective force throughout the album.

A fair number of seasoned Oasis fans have been desperate for a return to the sounds of the coke circus that was the 'Be Here Now' recording sessions and after the undoubtedly safe ground of the previous three 'Mark II' albums, 'The Turning' is perhaps the first time Noel's fearlessly put out a real belter that could have fit that bill of tracks. The chorus certainly could have sat amongst any of the tunes in the excess of the 1997 tour. The groovy intro has been compared to a couple of Stone Roses tunes which is evident in some areas but the relaxed airport lounge feel to the first verse is perfectly offset against the breathless choir backing in the heavier parts, if 'Falling Down' would be a great 3rd single, 'The Turning' wouldn't be an popular 4th if they wanted one.

'Waiting For The Rapture' is a proper stomper, how many other times it's been used to describe the most 'Beatlesy' tunes they've put out is irrelevant, if there's an Oasis song to stomp to it's this, you could stomp lying down. The 'Hey!' before the last chorus could almost be from John Lennon. And for the first time in this album, the blatant Beatles nick's come off really well. Noel has been trying more adventurous melodies for a while now, best results recently being 'The Importance Of Being Idle' where he produced a falsetto vocal that avoided any Bee Gee's glances and could as well be shouted back at him live, so similarly 'Waiting For The Rapture' is a compromise between a more experimental groovy element and a traditional pint in hand sing'a'along STOMPER!

'The Shock Of The Lightning' is definitely a highlight, which definitely sits between the Pistols and The Beatles, definitely no problem and we all agree with Liam on that. There can't be too many criticisms with it in all fairness, it's been played so much that no summary or comment will offer a new insight into how it works, it just does and needs little analysing, another listen is far more effective. Commercially, wastefully casual listeners might hover over it accepting it's another 'rocky Oasis tune' but you don't have to search that far for the essence of the track which is clear to see whilst it simply hammers away. Probably best heard when watching Liam stand eerily still whilst the band behind him plough away during that awesome last minute or so.

'I'm Outta Time' definitely lives up to the hype created by the comments circulating about the nature of the album's next stand out single. As with 'Songbird' and 'Born On A Different Cloud', it's sensitivity in the case of the former, or self reflection in the latter shows a rare glimpse of the Liam not plastered in the papers. In a way it represents how Oasis are at their best when shattering perceptions of some sort, 'Wonderwall' came after they were viewed by the majority as incentive could only stretch to Rock 'N' Roll. So whilst 'Meaning Of Soul' and 'Nothing On Me' are more than convincingly menacing, 'I'm Outta Time' has more arguably more depth than anything he's done so far and it's as good a ballad as Noel could write.

It's fair to say the feel of through '(Get Off Your) High Horse Lady) - with it's puzzling arrangement of brackets could have been predicted after a scan through the tracks Noel picked for last year's Radio One 40th Anniversary special where there was an undertone of psychedelic and drop D tuning grooves throughout. This track passes unnoticed in some respects and the fact that Noel remarked it could have been on Heathen Chemistry is hardly surprising, it's interchangeable with a few of the fillers on that album including hidden track 'The Cage'. It's a short rest in the album, the slow ascent up the roller coaster before the pulsating drop, which comes next.

'Falling Down' stands out for a number of reasons, firstly, it's difficult to imagine it anywhere in the Oasis back catalogue, if not for the the heavy psychedelic notches after the mostly acoustic introduction it could have perhaps been the best song on 'Don't Believe The Truth'. It has a pretty deep chorus, which most likely means nothing but it sounds cool whatever it supposed to say. 'I tried to talk to God to no avail' is set against a huge screen of strings, piano ladel blocks of epic chords changes, all that make it sound like a morbid interpretation of George Harrison's attempts to talk God in 'My Sweet Lord'. A Beatles nod certainly, but the next track basically nods with a mop top.

There are no guitars on 'To Be Where There's Life'. There's two sitars if the band are to be believed. Andy and Noel indulged themselves in the Abbey Road echo chamber with the instruments which were scattered over Gem's bass line, and if it had been attempted by any other band, such a blatant Beatles rip off would have been hilariously dismissed. It actually works pretty well, the psychedelic aesthetic works constructively under Noel's control, Liam sort of just turns the knobs as far as his vocal is concerned, but 'The Chief's' carefully placed harmony lines will be magic live. Ironically, their cover of Harrison's 'Within You Without You' sounds loads better than this track which sinically could also be described as a cover. Partly because their version of the tune last year was amazing but also because the ratio of Liam and Noel and Gem and Andy to John and Paul and George and Ringo is slightly out of sync. 'To Be Where There's Life' is more 'fab four' than anything else and in parts can sound a bit 'Listen to the Flower People' by Spinal Tap. It's just missing a ''We Love You'' whisper before the chorus.

'Ain't Got Nothin' has been out for a while, in spring 2008 a demo from the Don't Believe The Truth sessions leaked containing the track. It has a belting chorus and lyrically is not too dissimilar to Liam ranting about some band he hates, but musically it feels a bit too much like 'Meaning Of Soul' and it's a consolation that unlike that effort which had been so promising based on it's airing at Glastonbury 2004 with full live guts and attack, this track hasn't been 'Elvis'd' and we get the full heavy version that will sound huge later this month when the band play it live.

If there is a dark horse on the album, it's 'The Nature Of Reality'. It's as snarling and dirty as anything they've done and captures the live guitar sound they've had since Gem and Andy joined. It's the only song on the album contributed by Mr Bell which is a shame considering the quality of output that's come from him in the past eight years. It's opening guitar line sounds like 'Helter Skelter' and it's another track written in drop D giving it a rather trippy feel, as Liam sings 'It's only in your miiiiiiind' you can sort of imagine a scene from 'Apocalypse Now'.

'Soldier On' features one of the most crisp sounding Liam vocals on the album, the song itself it a bit sludgy and and something a little more epic ala 'Roll It Over' or 'Let There Be Love' would have been cool but as it stands it's still a good track. It conjures an image of a lion retreating back into his cage after mauling some unfortunate beast mercilessly for three quarters of an hour, savouring the aftertaste of it's victim. Like it knew just what it had done, and it tasted great.

5 stars out of 5

Thanks to Tom Carter for all the help with information...

Album Of The Week: Oasis - Dig Out Your Soul

4/5

Liam Gallagher claims this is the easiest album Oasis have ever made. It could also be the most adventurous. But how would you know? Under the leadership of Liam’s big brother Noel, they have never been about adventure.

With their impassive stares, seasoned arrogance, increasingly domineering stadium sound and long-standing knack for window shopping at the museum of rock, Oasis are all about maintaining their brand.

Realising his limits as a songwriter – he writes a good song but it’s usually only the one song – Noel’s created an album that emphasises the groove or musical welly side of his band. There’s also a song apiece from Gem Archer and Andy Bell, confirming them as fully-integrated Oasis members.

Liam’s whine is every bit the equal to the band’s thermonuclear charge on the opening Bag It Up. And he does some lovely silky falsetto at the end of The Turning.

On Waiting For The Rapture, Noel plays Manchester Street Preacher, which is not bad but no match for little brother’s Lennon/Lydon sneer. And on his own I’m Outta Time, Liam shocks – revealing he’s even soppier than his big brother with the song including a sample from John Lennon’s final radio interview. Isn’t there a law against such flagrant graverobbing? Perhaps not.

Maybe it’s a mistake to listen too closely to the words, though. Falling Down is an excellently charged piece of Oasis music – imaginatively utilising echoey backing vocals, a piano breakdown and wired synthetic strings.

But the lyrics leave a lot to be desired. “Catch the wheels and break the butterfly” reworks an image from a famous 1967 newspaper editorial about a notorious Rolling Stones drug bust.
Perhaps Noel has decided that in the modern era, noncommittal rock lyrics make good brand-protecting business sense.

He must be aware as anyone of the dangers of speaking out of turn and upsetting audiences and the – always potentially lucrative – US market.

It’s seemingly left to Andy Bell to offer philosophical pause for thought with The Nature Of Reality. But relax folks, he’s a student of the Noel Gallagher school of songwriting – say nothing but rattle the big dustbin of rock history.

Well, they are at least as well equipped as anyone to do it.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Dig Out Your Soul On Sale In Spain

A free T-Shirt is available to Oasis fans in Spain, if you purchase Dig Out Your Soul from El CorteIngles as site visitor Julen did today.

Stocks are limited so be quick.

Liam Gallagher Interview

Translated highlights from a interview with Liam Gallagher for Oor (Dutch magazine)

Was it a difficult record to make?

No. It was pretty easy. 4 months and it was finished. We recorded it in Abbey Road, which is fucking expensive and why we recorded it so quickly. We couldn't come late as well, it was right around the corner. Be Here Now was also recorded there, but that one wasn't so easy though. We drank and did so much cocaine that we sort of forgot abot the record. Don't Believe The Truth wasn't as easy either. We changed producers, changed our drummer and obviously Noel got a different idea about the record as well.

Is it true that Noel postponed the release date so he could support the English team?

I don't know, could be true yeah. They didn't make it, whatever.

Do you sit down to write songs?
No. I don't sit down about what I should tell the world. If there's a guitar and a recorder in the room I'll record the melody in my head. If not, no big deal. I'll just go do the dishes or start ironing my clothes.

You've been going on for 15 years. Ever thought of making a solo record?
No way. I feel good being in Oasis, I enjoy playing with these guys. I don't think about it, maybe Noel does. Why would you not want to be in Oasis? That's fucking bollocks. Solo records don't interest me at all. All Things Must Pass is a good solo record, the rest is shit.

How about Imagine?
Hmm yeah that one's alright. But All Things Must Pass is great.

Dig Out Your Soul sounds very psychedelic, why is that?
That must've been Noel's idea. He listened a lot to S.F. Sorrow of The Pretty Things. It's not all psychedelic rock though. There's a bit of everything. We don't plan these sort of things, we live in a bubble and whatever comes out comes out.

You can't convince Noel that one of your songs is good?
No. Noel only thinks a song of mine is a good song when one of his cool mates like Paul Weller thinks it's a good song. So thank Weller and The Coral for Soldier On.

How do you feel about the Chemical Brothers remix of Falling Down?
A disgrace. I don't like remixes anyway, they're our songs. Remixes are shit, our originals are much better. But 'ey, the Chemicals are friends with Noel, so whatever.

What's left to achieve?
America. Someday we'll be really big there. Just pay attention, it's going to happen.

Thanks to RNRS001

New Interview with Liam Gallagher Gem Archer & Andy Bell

Seow Jiamin in London

Mention the band Oasis and two things come to mind: First, the heady days of my youth when I would belt out the lyrics for What’s the Story, Morning Glory? without even really knowing what the song meant; and second, all the tabloid stories about the Gallagher brothers’ fights and brawling.

You can therefore understand why I was nervous making my way to interview the band in Camberwell, South London, about their seventh album, Dig Out Your Soul.

We’re talking about a band that gets into more fights than they’ve had gigs. Just a few years ago, 20 armed police officers were called in to break up a fight between the band and a group of Italians at a posh hotel in Munich when a drunk Liam Gallagher reportedly drop-kicked one officer in the chest.

As it turned out, my fears were totally unfounded. Upon entering the waiting room, I found guitarist Noel Gallagher, 41, sitting placidly in an armchair with a mug of tea in both hands, engaged in light conversation with other journalists about his music and television tastes (he doesn’t listen to music and he likes watching the news).

Lead singer Liam, 36, was very charming, chatty and charismatic, very often going off on tangents as new thoughts occurred to him. When he got excited about something, he would stand and wave his arms.

Guitarist Gem Archer, 41, sat attentively throughout on the edge of his seat, while bassist Andy Bell, 38, spent most of his time leaning back on his sofa. Meanwhile, Liam’s seven-year-old son, Gene, from his marriage to former All Saints member Nicole Appleton, rode around the room in a toy car. If he got too noisy, daddy would tell him to shush.

So, I rather enjoyed the interview. And it might have something to do with Liam complimenting me on my shoes. If you see Oasis wearing rhinestone-embellished Vans, you’ll know where the inspiration came from.

How’s life at the moment?

Liam: I love life. On the road, in the box, over to the right, over to the left. I love life, full-stop. How could you not like life? Even when it’s bad, it’s good.

Andy: We’ve all had bad experiences. We’ve all had them.

Gem: But the thing about it all ... When you’ve had a bad experience, you learn your lesson.

If you were to leave Oasis, what’s the first thing you would do?

Liam: I’d go buy a ticket to go see him (referring to Andy).

Andy: I haven’t got anything. They would have to kick me out.

Liam: No, we won’t. Sorry, we need you.

Gem: Don’t you even throw that ball at me. Right back at you.

Where do you get all your inspiration from when writing your music?

Liam: People, life ... Me personally, I couldn’t ever sit down and go, ‘Right, I’ve got a subject and I think I’m going to write about that’. I just sit and wait for it, you know what I mean? Life throws other things at you that can occupy your mind. So, I get my inspiration by not being inspired.

Andy: Completely. I’ve totally gone down that route before. And now when I write a song, I don’t rush any lyric at all, I don’t rush any of it. I just wait. If I’ve got two lines, then that song’s going to be two lines — until the next line.

Liam: The minute it starts getting a bit rushed and complicated, like panicky, then I don’t want to, you know what I mean?

Dig Out Your Soul was recorded at Abbey Road studios. Any stories to tell?

Liam: Quincy Jones walks in and he goes (puts on American accent), ‘Dude man, I thought you guys were a guitar band, man. I’ve never seen so many f***ing keyboards.’ That’s how we plan — we plan to go in there with nothing. And there’s always something going on. We rocked it, man ... We’re just a bunch of sh*t kickers from Manchester and Newcastle and Oxford, but we have top gear.

What’s your favourite song on the album?

Liam: I hate to say this, but I like them all. I like the whole thing. I really do. I dig the whole thing.

Gem: I can’t answer that question because it’s the same (as Liam) and they all have different little vibes, especially as we have gone rough. Some of them are a whole different kick up the arse. And the record should be listened to as a bunch. It’s made like that.

Liam: I think they are all there, man, the whole emotion. I think it’s a soul record, man.

What’s the best gig you’ve ever played?

Andy: The next one.

Gem: Ah, come on, man. We’ve definitely had some memorable ones.

Liam: You know, sometimes I sit there and I go, this is going to be a non-mover. They’re the best ones. You know the big ones, like Hollywood Bowl? Dude, it was the f***ing worst gig ever known to man. I hated it ... my soul just wasn’t rockin’. I can never ever say (which was the) best gig ’cos there were too many, but I can tell you sh*t gigs, and that was one of them.

What do you think about all these different magazine polls which vote you No 1, Best Album or Best Song or whatever?

Gem: Polls are great, sells records. It’s just one of those things, I mean really, it’s not about all that sh*t because music’s forever. Magazines go in the bin in two weeks, with all due respect.

This is the seventh studio album for you. Are you excited about the new release?

Liam: Yep, we were always excited about releasing new music. For me, anyway. It’s always nice to be a part of Oasis again, you know what I mean? I don’t know if the others feel the same way. I’d be excited if Oasis was releasing a hot dog or a newspaper or a new musical experience, a perfume or a branded funky weird old chair. I’d still be behind it all the way.

A perfume, eh? So if you were to release a new perfume, what would you call it?

Liam: I’d call it Mad Ferret, and it would smell like a mad ferret. We’re country people.

Source: Singapore Newspaper thanks to rocknrollstars_oasis

Noel Gallagher Interview From Absolute Radio

Noel Gallagher popped into Absolute Radio with Christian O'Connell live in the world famous Abbey Road Studios today!

Click here to listen to the interview.

Source: Absolute Radio

Oasis: "We Used Toy Instruments To Record 'Dig Out Your Soul''

It looked hilarious' says Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher has revealed that the sitar used on 'Dig Out Your Soul' album track 'To Be Where There's Life' cost just £12.50.

The Oasis guitarist joked that the instrument wasn't even a genuine sitar - it was a child's toy.

Speaking on Oasis' new 'Gold & Silver & Sunshine - The Making of 'Dig Out Your Soul'' documentary, Gallagher said of the sitar: "You know it's not a real one? It's a toy electric one, a plastic one.

"They're shaped like a sitar, and they've got a speaker on the front. You switch it on and you pick the key, and you leave it there!"

Speaking about the techniques used to record the instrument during Oasis' time in the famous Abbey Road studios in north London, Gallagher explained: "We had it in The Beatles' echo chamber, which is like this tiled room where they’ve got all the reverbs.

"It looked hilarious. In this really famous room is this little tiny plastic sitar with this massive mic that's worth about £50,000. And the sitar's worth about £12.50..."

Source: www.nme.com

Oasis Are Back

Paul from Oasis tribute band Oasish popped into the GMTV studios this morning for a quick chat with John Stapleton about the bands new album.

Click here to watch the video and here for more information on Oasish.

Upcoming Bonehead Shows And New Pictures

Upcoming Shows

Oct 31 2008: The Mill, Live acoustic set with Pete Macleod. Mansfield
Nov 01 2008: Brixton Jamm, Live acoustic set with Pete Macleod. DJ set after show. London
Nov 03 2008: Crawdaddy, Dublin
Nov 04 2008: Cleeres Kilkenny
Nov 05 2008: Forum Ireland, Waterford
Nov 06 2008: The Crane Galway, Galway
Nov 07 2008: The Thatch Tullamore
Nov 08 2008: Spirit: Live acoustic set with Pete Macleod. Carlisle, Northwest
Nov 12 2008: TBC Liverpool, Northwest
Nov 14 2008: The Attic. Live acoustic set with Pete Macleod. Accrington, Northwest
Nov 15 2008: The Ironworks. Live acoustic set with Pete Macleod. Oswestry.
Nov 21 2008: Carling Academy 2. Newcastle, Northeast
Nov 22 2008: Pivo Pivo. Live Acoustic set with Pete Macleod. Glasgow.
Dec 05 2008: The Studio @ The Roundhouse. D.j. Set. Plus The Vortex, Big Arm and Domino Bones playing live London, South

For more information on Bonehead and what he's up to visit his official myspace page here.

Photos taken at Kro Bar in Heaton Moor, Stockport by Damian Morgan for more information visit www.brave-music-agency.co.uk

Thanks to Damian Morgan

Oasis Returns To Denmark

Oasisinet is pleased to announce Oasis' return to Denmark. The band will be performing at Copenhagen's Falkoner Theatre on Saturday 8th November. It will mark the first time the band have performed in the country since their gig at Valby Hallen on 21st October 2005.

Tickets for the show go on sale at 10am on October 6th through http://www.billetlugen.dk, (+45) 70 263 267 and at Fona Shops nationwide.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Oasis Offer Stage To Local Band At Echo Arena

An unknown Liverpool band was invited by Oasis superstar Noel Gallagher to play in front of sell-out crowds at the ECHO arena.

The Sixteen Tonnes, who have never played for an audience bigger than a few hundred people, were handpicked by Gallagher to appear when the UK tour starts in Liverpool on Tuesday.

The guitarist and songwriter phoned singer Danny Roberts, who also plays guitar and harmonica for his band, and asked what the three-piece had planned for October.

The Sixteen Tonnes, also made up of bassist Anthony Foley, 25, of Hoylake, and drummer Danny Rogers, 22, of Aigburth, will now play at the 10,600-seater arena on October 7 and 8.

Roberts, 28, of Liverpool city centre, said: “I got a phone call from Noel about two months ago. He asked what we were up to and if we would be up for doing the shows in Liverpool.

“He was not sure of the date at first, but asked if we would be ready for October. I found out the first night would be my birthday.

“I probably would have gone to watch the gig, but now we are supporting them. It is mad – Noel is the guy who inspired me to pick up a guitar.”

Oasis will play in Liverpool to promote their new album, Dig Out Your Soul.

The rockers have always had close links with the city, the home of their heroes, The Beatles.

Roberts, a former Alsop high pupil, got to know Gallagher through his previous band, blues guitar duo The Hokum Clones.

He said: “I know what he is like about Liverpool. He loves The Beatles and comes to town a lot to see local bands.

“Noel is a proper down-to-earth guy.

Source: www.liverpoolecho.co.uk