Out Of The Blue - The Oasis Photographs

Michael Spencer Jones, the celebrated photographer best known for his work with Noel and Liam Gallagher's Oasis, has released a beautiful portfolio entitled "Out of the Blue - The Oasis Photographs" containing 15 limited edition prints and a deluxe coffee table book, all hand signed by the photographer. Available to purchase on Hypergallery.com, an on-line gallery specializing in limited edition fine art prints of album cover and associated art.

Hypergallery is proud to present a beautifully-produced portfolio box set containing 10 signed limited edition photographs of Michael Spencer Jones' iconic artwork as well as a large format book of mainly previously unseen images of Oasis as you've never seen them before.
The box-set represents a publishing first and offers the discerning collector with an investment opportunity which can be enjoyed for many years to come.

Unlike most bands of their stature, Oasis seemed to burst onto the music scene 'fully formed'. This, of course was partly due to their innate understanding of the history of rock and their own place within it. It was also due to the public image that was projected by the pictures of the band, which adorned their first single, and album releases…pictures, which were created by Michael Spencer Jones.
In a five year journey which began with a photo-shoot of an unknown band at Manchester's Out of the Blue studios in 1993, Michael Spencer Jones worked closely with Oasis to create a series of enduring images which adorned the bands first three albums and their accompanying singles.

Appearing in a strictly limited edition of 250 copies worldwide, Out of the Blue brings together for the first time an important collection of extraordinary photographs of one of England's finest ever bands during what is often referred to as their 'golden years'.

The portfolio comprises 10 signed original limited edition photographs of Oasis' iconic sleeve artwork. They include their first 3 album covers, Definitely Maybe, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? and Be Here Now; together with 7 of their single covers, Supersonic, Shaker Maker, Cigarettes & Alcohol, Whatever, Roll With It, Wonderwall and Don't Look Back In Anger. All the photographs have been printed onto crystal archive paper using the original camera negative, and are of stunning quality. Furthermore, all the photographs have been individually mounted within museum acid-free window mounts, and all have been individually signed and numbered by Michael Spencer Jones.

Michael Spencer Jones had unprecedented access to Oasis; backstage, in the studio, in concert, and off duty. The photos featured in the book, the majority of which have never been seen before, have been carefully selected from Michael's vast Oasis archive of over 8,000 images. An illuminating 12,500 word text written by Michael of his experiences with the band also accompanies the book.

The 198 page large format book is only available as part of this portfolio box set and is strictly limited to 250 copies worldwide. Each book is individually signed and numbered by Michael Spencer Jones, hand-bound in quarter leather and printed on 200gsm acid free matt art paper with silver gilt edges. The book has been printed and bound by Grafiche Milani of Italy, one of the world's leading makers of fine limited edition books. All images in the book have been spot varnished and have been printed using the finest offset printing technology. The book has been beautifully designed by Wherefore Art? who designed the multi million selling The Beatles Anthology and many other fine books.

To maintain the integrity of the edition the plates used to produce the book were destroyed after production ensuring the books investment potential.

The book reveals not only a deep insight into Oasis, the making of these great covers and the shoots surrounding them but also into the mind, art and surreal world of Michael's photography

In order to accommodate and protect both prints and book for posterity, a beautiful and stylish bespoke case has been designed. Handmade by craftsmen, the portfolio case is made from durable and hard wearing Pellaq and luxuriously lined with silsuede. The book is housed in its own 'secret' recess beneath the limited edition photographs.

The Photographs
The image size is approx. 28 x 28cm, the mount size is approx. 38.5 x 39.5 cm. Each limited edition photograph is housed within its own archival acid-free museum mount and is personally numbered and signed by Michael Spencer Jones and is further authenticated by his photographer's seal. They have been printed on crystal archive paperusing the original camera negative or transparency. These are limited edition are first generation photographs, not inkjets.
The Book
The book contains 198 pages of full colour including pages of trace and acetate. Each copy is ¼ bound in leather with silver foil blocking on the front and spine and has silver edged gilt pages. It weighs 1.9 kilos and has been printed on 200 gsm acid free matt art paper with spot varnishing to each image. Each book has been individually numbered and personally signed by Michael Spencer Jones.

The Portfolio Box
The box measures 42 x 40 x 8cm and has been hand-made by craftsmen in durable dark blue pellaq. It is lined with dark blue silsuede with in its own silsuede recess to house the limited edition book.

Source: PR Web

Liam And Noel Gallagher On The Weakest Link....2009

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Devendra Banhart Wants To Work With The Gallaghers

Devendra Banhart, who counts the Gallagher brothers among his fans, recently collaborated with Beck and is teaming up with GZA from hip-hop group Wu Tang Clan.

It’s a tie-up that got started after some high brow conversation at Coachella festival earlier in the year.

"We talked about how general relativity and quantum physics don’t agree with each other and then talked about maybe doing a song where I get to be general relativity, and he gets to be quantum physics, and we’re arguing," explained Banhart, who later sent GZA his catalogue of music.

Confirming a collaboration, he added: "I’m going to write some music for him to flow over and we’ll see where it goes."

The news comes ahead of the release of his new album What Will We Be on 27 October.

Banhart worked on the record with members of Isle of Wight band The Bees and singer/guitarist Rodrigo Amarante from Little Joy, a side-project of The Strokes drummer Fabrizio Moretti.

It’s his first album on a major label, Warner, having been with independents like XL in the past.

Banhart explained one of the reasons he chose them: "The White Stripes had signed to XL and about a year later I signed to XL, and then about a year later they left XL and signed with Warners, so I’m just kind of following them around."

"I don’t know what’s next, it’s pre-determined by whatever Meg [White] wants," he joked.

He revealed his second reason for choosing Warner: "They gave us the most freedom and brought us sandwiches. I think after being financially crippled, the Goliath has been toppled, with them re-examining their approach and their business model."

Meanwhile the former members of Oasis are big fans of Devendra's music.

He's covered the Gallagher brothers’ music in the past and they asked him to remix a song from their last album Dig Out Your Soul.

We asked him if he’d like to work with Noel and Liam now they've split.

"Yes, I’m gonna see if Noel is going to start a new band, if he needs a didgeridoo player," replied Banhart. "And I’m going to go buy some Pretty Green jumpers to support Liam’s fashionista aspirations, because he’s got top style."

Source: BBC 6 MUSIC

Ask Liam Gallagher

The Internationally popular ‘Ask Liam’ series returns to the Pretty Green community next week. On the 21st October, Liam will pick a selection of your questions to answer by video.

You can Ask Liam in a variety of ways:

Twitter - Simply tweet a question and add #askliam at the end.
Email - Send a question via email to askliam@prettygreen.com
Community - Post your question as a comment to this post.
Video - Use your favourite video site to post a video question and send us the link (using the above options)

Source: www.prettygreen.com

Liam Gallagher Is A Kung Fu Star

Has Liam Gallagher been mastering martial arts since Oasis went their separate ways this summer?

The notoriously grumpy singer looked trim and in good spirits as he pulled off a selection of Kung Fu moves in front of snappers at The Ivy last night.

Perhaps he was keen to show off his fancy fur shoes - baring a strikingly similar animal print pattern to that of his wife Nicole Appleton' boots.

Or perhaps Liam was sending a warning to brother Noel after he walked out on the band in August.

At least Nicole is still playing happy families.

Her sister Natalie and husband Liam Howlett were invited along for some grub.

Although the Prodigy star sadly let the group down in the footwear department.

See the pictures by clicking here.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Eyewitness Account Of The Fight That Split Oasis Emerges?

A gossip website is claiming to have more details about the Paris fight that effectively led to Oasis' split.

As previously reported, the band failed to play the Paris Rock en Seine festival on August 28 after a fight between Noel and Liam Gallagher backstage, and now Holymoly.com is claiming to have an account from "a mole" who saw the dispute that triggered the split.

"The papers quite rightly reported the fact that Noel stormed out from their gig in Paris a minute before they were due onstage because Liam smashed his guitar - but the whole five minutes the saga lasted were proper comedy," explained the site.

Allegedly Liam had brought his own acoustic guitar to play in the dressing room and a row erupted when Noel made a "pithy comment about Liam's playing".

"Without thinking, Liam stood up and hurled the guitar at Noel. Naturally it missed and landed next at his feet instead," writes Holymoly.com.

"Realising Liam had mistakenly thrown his own guitar, Noel looked down, shrugged and stamped seven bells of shit out of it until it resembled the bottom of a hamster's cage."

It was then, as reported by NME.COM at the time, that the singer made his way to the stage and smashed up his older brother's guitars. Noel then "flicked the Vs, walked out of the backstage area, got into a taxi and went home".

The following day (August 29), Noel Gallagher then issued his full statement confirming he had left Oasis permanently.

Source: www.nme.com

From The Archives - "Can I Have More Hoover In Me Monitors!"

Every now and then we here at Oasisinet have a tidy up in the office and try and find our desks again. It's at times like this that we often stumble upon some really cool stuff that we think you'll enjoy seeing too. So when we find something good we'll put it up at the Oasis YouTube page.

This week, we found the EPK* for the album 'Heathen Chemistry'. As always, the guys were on really good form and it makes for fun viewing - who knew that Henry the Hoover nearly made it on to the album!?

To watch it, click HERE!

Keep checking back to Oasisinet for more fun things from the archives...

Source: www.oasisinet.com

Alan McGee On CDs And Downloads

Our very own Maxcast "Svengali" himself Alan McGee talks to Maxcast on a sunny October morning, on all things music and Alan. In this video he talks about the music industry, the demise of CDs, the surge of downloads and what he thinks the future is.

Watch more videos of Alan by visiting www.pepsimaxcast.com

Inside This Months Q Magazine

Inside the current issue of Q Magazine (On sale now), there is a few pages on the Oasis split.

Oasis Tip From Spandau Ballet

Comeback heroes Spandau Ballet have some advice for Noel and Liam Gallagher... have a punch-up.

Gary Kemp told us at the aftershow bash for their show in Dublin, their first since 1990: "Oasis need to learn from us. No one has had more fights than us. Going to the High Court for six weeks was hell. Not speaking for 19 years, I can hardly believe we've made it on stage tonight. I'm so proud. I can't believe we wasted all these years."

His bandmate Steve Norman, who teamed up with Tony Hadley and John Keeble to sue Gary for song-writing royalties and lost, said: "Oasis need to have a punch-up, take each other to court if that's what it takes to get it out of their system. But they are brothers like us and they love each other. Life's too short to hold a grudge. I was like a pig in s**t tonight - that's how happy I was."

Still, their gig nearly never happened at all. Steve, John and the tour keyboard player gatecrashed a beer festival and had one too many when security waded in.

Steve told us: "They warned us to stop dancing on the tables or we'd get chucked out. I didn't want to get in trouble before our comeback gig. Can you imagine what'd happen if I didn't make the first night?" True, so true.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

What's Next For Liam Gallagher

Reality TV, song wars and new dance directions? NME’s Martin Robinson considers what’s next for Gallagher Jr

That’s it then, Oasis are officially dead.

Liam Gallagher fired the final bullet into the group’s lifeless body during an interview last week, declaring, “Oasis is no longer. I think we all know that. It’s a shame but that’s life... I’m thinking of what the next step is musically, which is all my mind’s on.”

It was a bit of a surprise, since the rumour was that Liam was going to continue Oasis without Noel, but it seems common sense has prevailed, and we’ve been spared the sight of Liam berating crowds for bottling new lead guitarist Spongebob Squarepants.

So what will Liam do next? His Pretty Green project will continue, but the itch to belt out some songs will hopefully result in new music from him soon.

Maybe when Noel starts releasing tunes. This could actually be the start of a highly productive beef to rival that between Jay-Z and Nas, as the two brothers trade diss songs, and try to prove who’s the best songwriter.

Liam’s improved considerably since ‘Little James’ and could hold his own, but his problem is that, unlike Noel, he’ll need collaborators. Since Noel slated all his bandmates when he left, you’d imagine Andy Bell and Gem Archer will be there for Liam, but we’d prefer to see him branch out a bit.

He’s been on Prodigy records before, and his appearance on Death In Vegas’ ‘Scorpio Rising’ was a sensation – Liam goes dance? Well, since in the same Times interview he revealed he used to breakdance and was into “old electro”, it could happen. Hey, it worked for Ian Brown.

If Liam isn’t up for pushing things on – and we really hope that he is – then perhaps Brownie can help in a different way. If King Monkey isn’t up for a Stone Roses reunion, then why doesn’t John Squire reform them with Liam as singer?

The youngster has certainly, “borrowed” some style tips from Ian Brown over the years and though the lad-rock community would probably implode, it’d be amazing.

Still, Liam’s so entertaining that there’s more open to him than just music. His brief appearance on Hell’s Kitchen provided a tantalising glimpse into Liam as a reality TV star.

We’d love to see him chinning snakes on I’m A Celebrity... or, having done food, we’d actually like to see Liam on something like What Not To Wear, dishing out his oddball-zen musings (“Just be, man” or “The comb is your friend”) to the great unwashed.

Seriously though, Oasis may be over, but the Gallagher Song Wars are just beginning; there’s a helluva lot of good music to come.

Source: NME Magazine thanks to Dougie for typing it up.

Oasis 'Dig Out Your Soul In The Street' Wins UK Music Video Award

We're very pleased to announce that last night the film 'Dig Out Your Soul In The Streets' won 'The Innovation Award' at this year's UK Music Video Awards. The award recognises a "piece of work that extends the definition of the medium of music video, and the visual representation and promotion of music generally, through the most innovative and creative use of technology.

"The film was shot by directors The Malloys while Oasis were in New York in September 2008. It was inspired by a competition Big Brother Recordings ran at the time for fans of the band to record versions of four of the (at the time) unreleased tracks off the 'Dig Out Your Soul' album. The Malloys extended this idea to a group of street musicians in New York. 'Dig Out Your Soul In The Streets' documents the musicians learning the songs with Oasis then going out and performing them.

You can watch the award-winning 'Dig Out Your Soul In The Streets' above.

'Falling Down' also picked up 'Best Editing In A Video' at the evening's awards.

Source: www.oasisinet.com

New Pete Mckee Art Prints Available Now

I kind of see Manchester as Sheffield’s naughty big brother who gets into trouble every now and then. We share a very similar DNA: Northern, industrial and musical. We’ve both made our mark on the psyche of the youth of today and yesterday, influencing them to dress and dance in a way that separates them from others and makes them feel special while sat alone in a bedroom reading LP sleeves listening to music inspired by rain and industry.

This exhibition is my way of celebrating the role Manchester’s music scene has played in helping sullen teenagers grow up to be Guardian-reading social workers and teachers — or Tesco night line managers — or artists.

This is my first exhibition in Manchester and call at Odd, Odder and Oddest bars from now till 14th January.

Oddest – Wilbraham Road: 8 October – 5 November Odd – The Northern Quarter: 5 November – 7 December Odder – Oxford Road: 7 December – 14 January

Special edition prints Printed on high quality art paper, there is a limited edition run of only 10 per image. Each is signed, numbered and has the story and the title hand written underneath by myself. Price £150 unframed £200 framed.

Open edition prints Are printed to order on quality art paper, each is 60cm x 60cm and is accompanied by the story printed along the bottom of the print. Price £30, these prints are also available from Piccadilly Records, 53 Oldham Street, Manchester

Canvas prints Printed on high quality canvas. They are 20” x 20” and are mounted to a box frame. Price £100.

Source: www.therealmckee.co.uk

Click here to see the rest of the collection or for details to order a print.

Ex-Oasis Bonehead Hits The Road With New Band

Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs, founder member and former guitarist with Oasis, has announced a UK and European tour with Manchester’s most talked-about new band, The Vortex.

"It really is like the old days of Oasis for me – these small, sweaty gigs where the audience are going barmy. There's a real menace and excitement to this band. I've seen it before with Oasis. And I'm seeing it all over again with The Vortex." Bonehead talking about The Vortex.

The Vortex are cooking up a storm at their regular visits to Alan McGee's Death Disco in London, and are currently recording their debut album with Bonehead on production duties.

“You can always put your trust in Manchester music and the Vortex are set for big things, they've been setting their controls for the heart of the northern anthem as if Kasabian never existed. Plus, the new demos have been surpassing all expectation: pure anthems for party people. Oh yeah, they just added Bonehead (of Oasis fame) on guitar.” Alan McGee (writing in The Guardian)

The Vortex consist of Mike Price (vocals), Bonehead (guitar), Maz Bedjet (guitar), Nick Repton (bass), Sean O'Donnell (drums) and Jaxx* (backing vocals).

JAXX (Heather Small/Cotton Club vocalist) has also joined The Vortex full-time, and will be touring with the band this autumn. The band have also recently filmed their part in brit-gangster flick ‘Freight’ with celebrated hard man Joe Egan.

For the tour dates and more visit www.myspace.com/thevortexmanchester

Kasabian Not Fussed Over US Success

Kasabian's Tom Meighan has said he is not fussed about breaking America - because he can't be bothered to tour there.

Tom told #5 magazine: "I'm not a**ed about it mate, the record (West Ryder Pauper Lunatic Asylum) went to No 98 on the Billboard which is s**t, sold about 10,000.

"To break America you have to tour the motherf****r, and that takes a lot of time, it's massive..."

Tom added: "No-one but Coldplay and U2 are breaking America. It might happen, but we're certainly not going to change what we do. We're so dangerous for them, and we're not going to become non-confrontational."

The Shoot The Runner rocker also said Kasabian couldn't fill the void left by Oasis' split as the two bands are too different.

He said: "Well everyone keeps tipping us to fill the void, but you can't fill that void. Oasis are a big, anthemic sing-along band, while we're more of a dance-along band, we're completely different. If you're gonna call them The Beatles, then we're the Stones, you know what I mean?"

Source: www.virginmedia.com

Steve Jones: Oasis' Heyday Was Over

Steve Jones has said he doesn't mind that Oasis have split as the band were past their heyday.

The T4 presenter said he was a big fan of the "phenomenal band" - but he didn't feel they had produced their best work in recent years.

Steve said: "I'm a big fan of Noel and Liam, I think they're great guys, but I don't think they've produced their finest work over the last, say, 10 years."

Source: Press Association

The Q Awards 2009: Vote Now!

On Monday, October 26 Q will once again honour the biggest and best stars in music at The Awards.

Q Awards 2009 with Russian Standard Vodka celebrate a great year in music as Oasis, Muse, Kasabian, U2, Florence And The Machine, Kings Of Leon, Dizzee Rascal and Arctic Monkeys prepare to fight it out for a golden Q.

Last year's Q Awards with Russian Standard Vodka saw Coldplay take home the prestigious Best Act in the World Today however this year they face strong opposition in the form of recently split Oasis, Muse, Arctic Monkeys and the all-conquering Kings Of Leon.

Kasabian and Florence And The Machine both crown their hugely successful year by garnering three nominations apiece.

Comenting on the nominees Q Magazine Editor-In-Chief Paul Rees highlighted the breadth of Q reader's taste, "The Q Awards prides itself on honouring the best popular music of the year and the 2009 vintage is no exception. Once again the nominations prove that great music continues to be made across a broad range of styles. The nominations are compiled from votes cast in their thousands by Q's readers, listeners, viewers and online users, so they reflect the choice of the nation's music fans."

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Liam Gallagher's Solo Material Promises To Be Interesting

The surly rock 'n' roll star is going into the studio with The Prodigy's Liam Howlett, who also happens to be his brother-in-law.

A source said: "Now Oasis have split they are getting their heads together to see what they can come up with."

I would have thought our kid would have had enough of keeping it in the family by now.

Source: www.thesun.co.uk

Noel Gallagher Writes England World Cup Tune

Wonderball! Noel Gallagher is writing a song for England's World Cup campaign.

But the track will be an unofficial anthem, rather than a tune approved by the Football Association. A music insider tells me: "After all the drama with Oasis, Noel has been taking an extended break from music. He plans to come back with strong solo material next year and he thinks a World Cup anthem is the perfect way to kick it off.

"He wants to return to classic World Cup songs of old and is taking inspiration from tracks like Three Lions which have been sung on the terraces for years."

A World Cup song would be Noel's first attack on the charts since quitting Oasis in August after falling out with brother Liam. Not one to hang about, Manchester City fan Noel is already working on ideas for the track.

The pal added: "It's early days but he's got plenty of ideas. He's been talking to his celeb friends about getting involved with the track. He's keen to get his good friend, Tom Meighan from Kasabian, to join him on vocals."

Source: www.newsoftheworld.co.uk

Shamelessly Scruffy, Liam

There's not much Morning Glory about Liam Gallagher's appearance since Oasis came to such a shabby end.

The band's foul-mouthed former frontman always prided himself in being the outrageously frank Gallagher brother. Now he looks like he really is turning into Frank Gallagher.

Liam, 37, seemed to be dressed for the part of the scruffbag from TV's Shameless - played by David Threlfall, below - when he was spotted near his home in Hampstead, west London.

The rough and ready rocker recently launched his own fashion label, Pretty Green, which includes trendy jackets for men.

He was modelling his new brand in public last week and while it was green it sure wasn't pretty.

Oasis split earlier in the year after Liam had a huge punch-up with brother Noel.

He called the breakup a "shame" - but isn't the shame on Liam for being seen looking like this? Definitely Maybe.

Source: www.people.co.uk