Amorphous Androgynous: 'Liam Gallagher Loved Remix'

Amorphous Androgynous have said that Liam and Noel Gallagher were both fans of their remix of Oasis's final single before their split.

The group's Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble remix of 'Falling Down' was described by songwriter Noel as a "staggering" and "monumental" piece of music.

One half of the duo Garry Cobain told Teletext: "We turned it into a 22-minute mini-album.

"Halfway in, we wondered 'What if they only wanted a five-minute mix?'. But Noel gave it its own 12" format, its own artwork."

He added: "Liam loved it too. He came up to me, hand on his heart, saying, 'I've got you to thank for making me look at music in a new way'. I'd never met him before!"

Cobain and bandmate Brian Dougans, also known as the Future Sound Of London, released the second volume of their Monstrous Psychedelic Bubble Exploding In Your Mind series earlier this year.

Source: www.digitalspy.com

Ask Liam Gallagher - Question from Sophie

Ask Liam is back - Liam is answering your questions via video.
Todays question is from Sophie:

Liam, I've heard you are going to open stores in South America and visit some countries to promote Pretty Green. Is that true?

You can ask your own question - either email askliam@prettygreen.com, tweet it adding #askliam, or post it here on youtube as a video question.

Source: www.prettygreen.com

Inside This Month's Q Magazine...

In The December Issue of Q Magazine:

The Last Two Years of Oasis through the lens of photographer Jill Furmanovsky (6 page photo spread).

Kasabian Deny Gallagher Rumours

Kasabian have denied Noel Gallagher is joining the band following his split from Oasis.

Lead singer Tom Meighan said: "I'd like him to but he's not going to - he's just quit his band, he's putting music aside for a bit."

However, he said if Noel wanted to join them for a concert he would be more than welcome.

Source: The Press Association

Ask Liam Gallagher - Emmanuelle

Ask Liam is back - Liam is answering your questions via video.
Todays question is from Emmanuelle:

My philosophy Professor says your are a cunt
What's the worst : making my pretty green scarf dirty with his blood or not defending you?

You can ask your own question - either email askliam@prettygreen.com, tweet it adding #askliam, or post it here on youtube as a video question.

Source: www.prettygreen.com

New Liam Gallagher Interview

I wonder how Liam Gallagher might have responded if, a decade ago, he was told that in 2009 he would be giving an interview in which the journalist had been specifically instructed not to ask him about Oasis. It is, after all, the band which defined 1990s Britpop and, in the public's eyes, defines Liam Gallagher.
And, after 18 years, it is no more. On 28 August this year, Liam Gallagher had the latest in a long line of fights with his older brother and fellow band member, Noel, just minutes before the band was due to go on stage in Paris, and the gig was cancelled. Two hours later a statement from Noel appeared on the band's website: "It's with some sadness and great relief to tell you that I quit Oasis tonight … I simply could not go on working with Liam a day longer." There has been very little since by way of an explanation, or hints as to what either Gallagher might do next.

Today I'm meeting Liam for a drink in his local boozer in Hampstead on the premise that I am not to ask him any questions about Oasis, Noel or the split. So what exactly can we talk about? The answer is the Oasis frontman's clothing line, Pretty Green, which he developed this year alongside British tailor Nick Holland, of Holland Esquire fame.

Named after a song Paul Weller wrote for The Jam, which was recently reprised by Mark Ronson ("I've got a pocket full of pretty green, I'm gonna put it in the fruit machine…") and initially released in June, it comprises casual menswear pieces including hats, T-shirts and scarves. The premium line, which includes more classic, grown-up designs in silk and cashmere is released at the end of this month and will be stocked in Cruise in Edinburgh and Glasgow.

It's difficult to know how to approach an interview with Liam Gallagher. The 37-year-old father of three (he is married to All Saints singer Nicole Appleton) is one of those people whom it's difficult to imagine in real life. His public image is so cartoonish that it seems impossible that he maintains it when he's having a pint down his local.

His own brother describes him thus: "He's rude, arrogant, intimidating and lazy. He's the angriest man you'll ever meet. He's like a man with a fork in a world of soup." Still, I rationalise, there's only so much rock star behaviour you can get away with when you're promoting a clothing line.

I needn't have worried. Sitting across from me in a dimly-lit corner of The Garden Gate pub, Liam doesn't smile. A hint of a smile doesn't pass his lips once over the course over the interview, yet he is friendly, polite, accommodating, even warm. He jokes, he asks me questions, but is always unsmiling, to the extent that I find myself wondering if he's ever smiled. He's a serious man, but there are no hints of the petulant child his brother has described, or of the lairy troublemaker he has been portrayed as in the media.

"Obviously I've got kids and you know, just took me foot off the gas a little bit," he says by way of an explanation. "I've definitely chilled out. A lot of people sort of get scared…" he switches into mock hard man mode, jutting out his chin and mumbling as if he's picking a fight, before waving a hand dismissively. "I've definitely changed, I think for the better."

He is handsome in person, shorter than he seems on stage, and looks relaxed, fit and healthy. These days, he gets up at the crack of dawn to go for a run around Hampstead Heath. He does the school run every day. And, perhaps most shocking of all, today he is sipping mineral water. He is sharply dressed in a Pretty Green parka and jeans, his hair is cropped. He looks stylish, if a little stuck in 1995. But then the younger Gallagher brother has always been obsessed with clothes.

"It's just as important as the music for me. Yeah man," he says, taking a gulp of water. "You can write a decent tune, but if you look like a dick, that doesn't cut it with me, you know what I mean? There's plenty of bands I've heard and I've gone, 'F**king hell if they look good man, if they look cool then we're over.' Then you see them on the TV and go, 'Thank f**k; they look s**t.' If you look good and you've got the tunes then you're away man."

Critics of Oasis have observed that the band has stuck resolutely to a musical style – one heavily influenced by the past and by artists such as The Stone Roses, Paul Weller and The Beatles – refusing to change or to move with the times.

Critics of the clothing line might say the same thing. Much like his approach to music, Liam clearly knows what he likes and likes what he knows.

Where 15 years ago, young men copied Oasis in bucket hats, parkas and Clarks wallaby shoes, today they want skinny jeans, skinny shirts, skinny ties and pointy shoes, an aesthetic which Gallagher describes as "a disease" and refuses to pander to, preferring to channel the mid-90s – with parkas and bucket hats.

However Pretty Green has been selling well, with some pieces (the parka included) selling out almost instantly. Its website crashed seconds after it was launched, such was the interest from fans, and the premium line has been well-received by buyers. Martin Lacey, the buying director at Cruise describes it as "a fantastic first collection surpassing all levels of expectation".

"Pretty Green brings a whole new look to the market that could match any mainline brand for quality, attention to detail and design," he says. "Unlike previous celebrity collaborations, it can stand the test of time and stand up in its own right."

Certainly Gallagher is an unlikely figure in the fashion world. He has been to a fashion show once before, he tells me, with his ex-wife Patsy Kensit, "and I nearly threw up. It's not my thing. Sipping champagne and talking s**te? They're only clothes aren't they, really, at the end of the day."

He's a showman. He holds court physically, gesticulating, shuffling around in his seat and occasionally leaping up to emphasise a point. When I remark upon the ponyskin shoes he's wearing today, he jumps to his feet, planting one foot on the low table and flinging his arms out in a pose that seems to ask me to come and have a go if I think I'm 'ard enough, not, as is the case, to admire his cheetah-print loafers more closely.

"These are Yves Saint Laurent," he says proudly, pronouncing every consonant, "and these are the nuts. You want to see the reaction when I take the kids to school in these. They're just like, 'Woah your dad's got Flintstones shoes on!'"

I ask him about Scotland, where Oasis were first signed back in 1993 after Creation Records co-owner Alan McGee saw them perform at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow. "Scotland's f**king cool man I love it," he says, leaning forward in his seat. "The crowds up there are top. People are always cool and you know how to drink. You don't know how to drink as much as me but… nice people. I don't know about the Mars Bar thing, though." He shakes his head ominously at the thought of tackling a deep-fried Mars Bar, before gesturing at his manager who's sitting at a nearby table eating chips.

"What did we try up there Steve, with cheese? What the f**k was it? It was like f**king loads of mad s**t, chips and gravy with cheese on it wannit?" Steve shrugs, his mouth full of chips and Liam looks at me incredulously, as if asking me to account for my country's bizarre dietary habits.

He leans back repeatedly, knocking his head on a fringed lampshade behind him. He sits with his knees as far apart as possible and swats distractedly at a fly. I ask him about fame. He has been one of the most recognisable faces in British music for his whole adult life, after all. His eyebrows furrow.

"Fame means nothing to me. It means that people have seen you on TV or whatever. I'm in a…" at this point he pauses and abruptly corrects himself; "I was in a band who made music and that was it. Fame is just a f**king disease."

His short-term future, he says, is "Pretty Green all the way. Relaxing at home, just getting out of the music for a bit and then gonna start up maybe after January, do something, see where it goes. Not Oasis. Something else. But having a breather from the music for a bit without a doubt. I'm always gonna miss Oasis. It was my f**king thing, you know what I mean? It's who I am. But it's only a name. I'm still who I am and I can go and do something else. I've got music in me. I'll never leave it behind but we'll see where it goes. It might be s**te but you don't know until you try."

He will give me no more specific clues as to his future in the music industry, but states repeatedly that he will get back into it in the new year and that it "won't be Oasis" and he won't go solo.

"Getting away from the whole Oasis thing is gonna be a good thing I suppose," he says. "Don't wanna do anything solo, it's not my thing. I want to be in a band. But we can do things a lot differently these days. Who knows man, but it'll definitely be rock'n'roll."

Is this an opportunity, I wonder, for him to try something a little different, to explore a new avenue? "Without a doubt. But at the moment instead of going straight into it I think we definitely need a breather from people's heads cos it's a big thing, Oasis, so that needs to be put to bed and let people get used to it and obviously let us get used to it. But I think what comes from it could be f**king pretty cool. You don't just turn s**t overnight."

Given the apparent openness of his personality, his restraint is admirable. I get the impression that he might reveal more were Steve not sitting nearby. He can, however, always be counted upon for a barb or two about the brother with whom he has been bickering for three decades. While the relationship has always been a tempestuous one, today they rarely speak. Before the split they were travelling separately and only met up on stage. To describe the relationship as strained would be an understatement.

"I gave him some (Pretty Green] stuff out of courtesy. And he took it." Liam's tone is one of incredulous outrage. "Which pissed me off cos he should have threw it back in me face cos we weren't talking. But he f**king took it and he probably put it in the bin."

He pauses, annoyed. He's wound up now, and on a roll. He continues: "He probably wears it round his house when his missus is out. Soon as she comes back in he probably takes it off cos he's not allowed cos he's under the f**king thumb." He sticks his fist out and points his thumb down petulantly, like an unimpressed Roman emperor.

With the exception of this one rant however, he seems calm, unmoved by the recent dramas, and insists that he's had very little time to turn his thoughts to it all. He's in the process of moving house, which is taking up most of his time, his children have started back at school after the summer, and his beloved Man City are doing well, "which is taking the heat off". If he is fazed by the drama or worried about the future, he isn't showing it.

The wound, perhaps, is still so fresh that he hasn't yet fully processed things or decided how to proceed. Like a difficult marriage that's spanned nearly two decades before coming to an abrupt end, the journey with Oasis has been all-consuming, and I can't blame him for being unclear on how he will move on with his life.

When I ask him if Pretty Green will be his main focus in the long-term, his answer is firm: "No." Then he quickly changes his mind. "It is, yeah, just like the music though. Music and the clothes without a doubt."

Will music take a back seat? "No way man. You don't just stop making music overnight. We're having a bit of time off. Or I am. You know we're doing the Pretty Green stuff and then maybe after Christmas, we'll start banging out some tunes. And it won't be Oasis and it will be something else. You don't just do 18 years of music and then go, 'Right that's it I want to do f**king clothes.' There's no point in looking cool and having no tunes either is there?"

Visit www.prettygreen.com for details.

Source: news.scotsman.com

Oasis Shortlisted For Q Awards

They may be gone but they are not forgotten - recently-split Oasis are in the running for the title of world's best act at a top music awards bash.

The band, whose guitarist Noel Gallagher quit in August, were shortlisted for "best act in the world today" at the Q Awards, against Kings Of Leon, Arctic Monkeys, Coldplay and Muse.

Oasis will also compete for the best live act award at the London event, against acts such as U2, Blur and Take That.

Source: The Press Association

Oasis - Definitely Maybe 15th Anniversary (Light Blue - Tin Gift Set)

Celebrating its 15th anniversary this year, 'Definitely Maybe' was Oasis' debut album and an instant commercial and critical success in the UK, having followed on the heels of singles "Supersonic", "Shakermaker", "Live Forever" and "Cigarettes & Alcohol". It was the fastest selling debut album of all time in the UK when released, and has gone on to sell over seven million copies worldwide.

This gift set includes an original `Definitely Maybe' design T-shirt, a thin, lightweight scarf with the band's logo on one end and an early days badge set, all held in an embossed tin featuring the band's logo.

It's on and hmv.com and play.com and is due for release on 30/11/2009.

Leona Lewis Covers Oasis On New Album Echo

Leona Lewis' has covered Oasis' Stop Crying Your Heart Out for her new album 'Echo' that is released 16th November!

track listing

01. Happy
02. I Got You
03. Can't Breathe
04. Brave
05. Outta My Head
06. My Hands
07. Love Letter
08. Broken
09. Naked
10. Stop Crying Your Heart Out
11. Don't Let Me Down
12. Alive
13. Lost Then Found feat. OneRepublic
14. Stone Hearts & Hand Grenades

Who Needs Liam?

Noel Out On Lash For First Time Since Split

He stormed out of Oasis... but don't expect Noel Gallagher to be crying his heart out.

On the contrary, he's partying his heart out instead - well, at least he was on Tuesday night.

We were there as he enjoyed his first big night out since he walked out on Oasis after one bustup too many with brother Liam.

The rocker - usually happiest nursing a pint down his local - was a surprise guest at the reopening of celebrity haunt Chinawhite.

He told us: "I'm having a good time, and the support from my fans has been great. I'm looking forward to doing my own thing, bringing out my own music. I'm glad that's what people want to hear. I am not thinking about much else, Oasis or Liam, I'm just having a good time."

He certainly was, canoodling with his missus Sara McDonald as she perched on his knee. Scantily clad glamour girls hovered by his £5,000 VIP table - with champers and vodka mixers on tap - and blokes chanted his name. He gave them the thumbs-up and told them he was doing OK.

Then, giving Sara a squeeze, he winked: "We're gonna have a slumber party tonight."

Sadly our invite didn't extend that far.

Other guests included Strictly's Jo Wood and daughter Leah, Chelsy Davy, Natalie Imbruglia and Princess Beatrice. Meanwhile, his brother Liam was out yesterday with his wife Nicole and her sister Natalie. Liam and Nat's hubby - The Prodigy's Liam Howlett - later sat, exhausted, on a bench after a jog round a North London park.

Source: www.mirror.co.uk

Pretty Green Launch Party

Plans for the Pretty Green launch party are well underway and we're going to give 2 lucky winners from, the Pretty Green Community, the chance to join us on what promises to be a top night.

We'll be running the competition to win tickets through twitter, so make sure you follow us to get the details in the next week or two.

Follow @prettygreenltd on twitter

To compliment the new collection, we're hard at work giving the Pretty Green website a whole new look. Lauching the first week of November!

Source: www.prettygreen.com

Ask Liam Gallagher - Question From Belen

Hi Liam
My name is Belen, i'm 16 years old and I think that Pretty Green is fantastic, congratulations!
question:
Would you leave music in order work out to dedicate the fashion?
Cheers from Chile.
Belen.

You can ask your own question - either email askliam@prettygreen.com, tweet it adding #askliam, or post it on youtube as a video question.

It's Cartoon Pop

They are the legends of Manchester music – but not as you have ever seen them before.

Some of the city’s best loved and most infamous music icons are being depicted in pop art style at an exhibition in Chorlton.

Artist Pete McKee, who designed posters for Oasis’s home-coming gigs in Heaton Park in June, has painted a tongue-in-cheek picture of Noel Gallagher and several other leading figures.

Many of his pictures create his idea of a pivotal moment in their lives, while others reference lines from songs or show their fans.

Pete, who lives in Sheffield and has a distinctive pop art cartoon style, said: "I thought it would be fun to create some of the great moments in Manchester’s musical history.

"I tend to think about what each band’s inspirations were, either through certain lyrics or things that were supposed to have happened or images of their fans, and then draw them in a quirky light-hearted way."

The paintings, which also include pictures of Peter Hook, Shaun Ryder and The Stone Roses, are being exhibited at Oddest bar in Chorlton, before moving on to the two other city centre bars in the chain, Odd and Odder.

Some of the pictures captures key moments in the history of Manchester music. One painting shows Johnny Marr knocking on the door of Morrissey’s home on King’s Road, Stretford, and asking if he wanted to start a band.

Another shows Howard Devito and Pete Shelley, of the Buzzcocks, visiting Malcolm McClaren’s shop in London to arrange for the Sex Pistols’ now legendary gig at the Free Trade Hall.

As well as displaying his quirky pictures for sale at the bars, there is a serious aspect to the exhibition.

His painting of Joy division’s Ian Curtis sitting in a cafe is being auctioned for the Samaritans. Curtis committed suicide in 1980.

Pete said: "It’s a serious subject so it’s a hard sell in a way, but I wanted to do something that might help the Samaritans."

Cleo Farman, founder and owner of the Odd bar group, said: "We’re really flattered to have Pete’s work in our bars as he’s an influential artist and his pictures show a big part of the Manchester music scene. I love them and am very proud to have them showing in all three bars."

The paintings will be at Oddest on Wilbraham Road, Chorlton until November 4.

To bid for the Ian Curtis picture, I C Cafe, email pete@therealmckee.co.uk before December 1.

Source: www.southmanchesterreporter.co.uk

Liam Gallagher And Liam Howlett Struggle For Breath On Comedy Jog

It seems Liam Gallagher isn't sitting on his lazy backside waiting for Noel to come back to Oasis. He teamed up with his brother in law Liam Howlett and the wives as art of a fitness regime. Wearing tights.

's brilliant isn't he? Note how throughout these pictures Liam appears to do the square root of my arse.

I'm not entirely sure what Nicole and Natalie Appleton were up to or why on earth they thought it would be a good idea to drag their husbands along, but it's fair to say it doesn't look like their hearts are in it.

What the hell is Liam wearing? He looks like a cat burglar out of the Beano FFS.

Pun time? Ours is up there ^^ Stop Coughing your Lungs Out^^ and it's a bit (a lot) shit.

Click here to see the gallery.

Source: www.holymoly.com

Alan McGee On The Vortex

Just one more part left. In this part, Alan discusses the upcoming band "The Vortex"

On This Day In Oasis History...

"Lord Don't Slow Me Down" is a song by English rock band Oasis. The song was released as a download-only single on October 21, 2007 and was also released on an extremely limited 12 inch single in promotion of the release of Oasis' rockumentary of the same name, Lord Don't Slow Me Down. On October 29, the song debuted at number ten in the UK Singles Chart, becoming Oasis' 21st UK top 10. It is also their 21st top ten single in a row. It is also the first single by Oasis not to reach the top 4 since 1994's Cigarettes & Alcohol.

In October 2006 the first part of the song was used in a preview of the band's movie. Written and sung by Noel Gallagher and recorded during the Don't Believe the Truth sessions, Gallagher described it as being "one of the best things, like The Who, The Yardbirds and the Jeff Beck Group combined, and it's got two drum solos on it!"[4] The entire song leaked into the internet just a few days before the video was uploaded on YouTube and the song was played on the radio, on 1 October. The song was a probable track to be included on the band's last album, 2005's Don't Believe the Truth, but was removed from the final track list by Noel Gallagher, as he thought he sang on too many songs on the record. In May 2008 an unreleased studio version with Liam Gallagher on lead vocals was leaked over internet fansites.

This song is included on Dig Out Your Soul bonus CD.



Reception

The song has been very well-received by critics and fans. Commenting on the song, Noel said "You know there's a DVD coming out for Christmas... somewhat predictably. The title track was so brilliant that the powers that be said 'let's just put it out'."[5] It debuted at #10 on the UK Singles Chart, fell 21 places to #31 in the second week and left the chart the week after. It became Oasis' lowest charting song since 1994's "Live Forever" (which also peaked at #10), a factor likely aided by the lack of significant publicity, a tangible release, and corresponding album.

Track listing

"Lord Don't Slow Me Down" - 3:17
"The Meaning of Soul" (Live at City of Manchester Stadium '05) - 2:32
"Don't Look Back in Anger" (Live at City of Manchester Stadium '05) - 5:38

The Vortex UK Tour Starts On Friday

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

These pictures are from Magnet (club NME) Berlin, Germany from the 16th October, visit the band's MySpace page here.

You can check the band out on the following dates around the UK.

23-Oct - Dirty - South Lewisham
24-Oct - The Bitter End - Romford

08-Nov - Sound Bar - Birmingham
12-Nov - St Georges Hall - Bradford
13-Nov - Harleys - Bathgate
14-Nov - McQ's - Stirling
20-Nov - The M Club - Crewe
21-Nov - Perfect 5th Taunton
22-Nov - The Well- Leeds
27-Nov - Yardsbird Club - Grimsby

04-Dec - Live Lounge - Blackburn
05-Dec - Club Academy - Manchester
11th Dec - Newz Bar - Liverpool

Thanks to Justine @ www.brave-music-agency.co.uk

Voting Now Closed For The Q Awards

Shortlist voting for the Q Awards 2009 with Russian Standard Vodka has now closed.

Go to QTheMusic.com on Monday October 26 from 1pm('ish) onwards to see how your favourite artists fared as the winners are announced live from the Awards ceremony, as well as all the all minute by minute coverage of the event.

Discover, Vote And Share Your Song Of The Decade

Absolute Radio is embarking on a mighty mission to find your Song of the Decade. We’ve got every track that’s appeared in the Top 75 of the Official UK Chart since the turn of the millennium, so search and vote for your favourites now.

To cast a vote click here for more details.

Alan McGee On Upside Down - The Film About Creation Records

Alan's talking about "Upside Down", the film covering the history of Creation Records. He highlights how the death of Tony Wilson made him not want to be in the music business anymore, as most other people in the industry "don't like music" (an obvious reference to the focus of making money in today's industry)

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