Pretty Green News recently interviewed Liam Gallagher one year on from the Launch of his clothing label about what he has been up to and what is happening in the year ahead ...
You can read the full exclusive interview at prettygreen.com on Friday 18th June.
Taken from a interview with Kele Okereke for thequietus.com.
I wanted to ask you a more general question, about intelligence in music, because I remember when Bloc Party were starting out, Liam Gallagher said you looked like a bunch of university students. And that always seemed strange to me - that that should be an insult, and that intelligence in music is something to scorn or be suspicious of. Is that something you're happy to talk about?
KO: Well, I would if you hadn't have paraphrased it by talking about Liam Gallagher.
Sorry.
KO: It's fine. But I can't really answer that now, I'm sorry. It's a shame.
Well, I can rephrase it if you want?
KO: No, because you've said it. And I don't really want to bring that up. And you've said it - if you hadn't said it and you'd put it in the piece, it would have been... I don't know. Next question.
OK, we'll move on then.
KO: It's a shame, because it was a good question, and I'd have liked to have answered it.
Yeah, I was just trying to put it in context.
KO: Yeah, but I don't want to keep getting asked questions about other people.
Groups don't come more super than this lot. And it's going to be a hell of a one-off gig when members of Primal Scream, The Sex Pistols and Oasis join forces.
Kate Moss's mate and Scream frontman Bobby Gillespie, has formed Silver Machine with a couple of bandmates, Pistol Glen Matlock and Oasis drummer - and Beatles son - Zak Starkey for the 1234 Festival in Shoreditch Park.
They'll be covering all their favourite tracks. As Bobby says: "We're great and we can't wait."
Oasis are on course for their eighth number one album this week after sales of the band's best of set Time Flies 1994-2009 outstripped sales of the next best seller by more than four to one in the midweek charts.
The Big Brother released album clocked up 23,236 sales to secure top spot in a week that has also seen strong debuts in four of the top five chart positions.
The band's last number one studio album Dig Out Your Soul reached number one in 2008, keeping up the band's record for all their albums reaching the top spot, so it's little surprise that their best of set has followed suit.
We have teamed up with Liam Gallagher's Pretty Green label to create a very special World Cup promotion! To celebrate the 32 teams taking part in the World Cup, we will be giving away 32 Polo Shirts over the next 32 days. Couldn't be simpler!
CLOSING DATE: Sunday 11th July 2010, to enter click here.
As Oasis release their Time Flies... retrospective, Roy Wilkinson recalls various encounters which argues that this most patchy of British groups has much in common with cheap eat catering
Hungry for unlimited sausages? Up for endless potatoes, chipped, wedged, fried and baked? Oasis aren't the only good-time guys to have arisen in the north and successfully supplied satiation on a mass level. Recently the Taybarns all-you-eat chain has been packing them in across the high latitudes, from Barnsley to South Shields. In mildly ethnographic style, Taybarns has been fascinating the London-based media. The press have been intrigued by the "34-metre food line" and an all-inclusive £5.99 meal-deal (weekdays from 11.30am to 5.00pm). Things were perhaps similar with Oasis's initial bloom – a soft south bewitched by these brusque northerners and their mass pop provisioning. But, isn't this latest Oasis best-of a bit like Taybarns in reverse? Paying again for stuff you've already had?
Oasis and their then label Creation once really did run an all-you-can-eat spectacular. All-you-can-drink as well. The backstage bounty at Oasis's 1996 shows at Knebworth was astonishing. An immense marquee was lined with bars, all fully stocked with any drink you could imagine. A barbecue sizzled eternal. To anyone with a pass it was all free, all day. It wasn't that exclusive either. The music-industry types were diluted by numerous family and friends. You could tell this because, when Noel Gallager wandered in, he was instantly mobbed by autograph-seekers. Within this moderately-exclusive marquee, there was a separate VIP quadrant. This roped-off corner was soon besieged by people who all stood there staring at Kate Moss and Patsy Palmer.
Big Brother Recordings are happy to announce that Oasis 'Time Flies... 1994-2009' - The Complete Singles Collection - is out now! The album collects together all 27 Oasis singles from the band's career including 8 number one UK singles!
Fans can pick up their copy of the album now through Oasisinet, iTunes, Amazon, HMV and Play. International fans can pick up their copy HERE!
To celebrate the release Big Brother Recordings has been releasing interview clips from Noel online. Each clip features Noel playing the raconteur and takes us on a charming, intimate and witty trip through the band's history. These clips can be viewed at the band's YouTube page HERE!
The label is giving fans the opportunity to win framed, signed and personalised album artwork through a Facebook quiz and widget. The quiz tests your knowledge of the band, one question for every year from 1994 up to 2009. The widget allows you to let everyone know what the band and their music mean to you! Check it out HERE! and be part of it!
Big Brother Recordings have also made five short films centred around how the music of Oasis has affected the lives of fans. An 11' cut-down was aired over the weekend in the 4Play slot on Channel 4 in the UK. This can now be watched below as well as the Oasis YouTube page. The full-length films will also be available to view this week at the YouTube page where one film will be premiered everyday from Wednesday up until Saturday.
Oasis 'Time Flies... 1994-2009' is released today and includes all 27 of the band's hit singles, together for the very first time.
The limited edition CD box set includes all 38 music videos, as well as Oasis' last ever recorded gig at The Roundhouse, London in 2009.
The album is also available as a limited edition LP 5 x heavyweight vinyl with inner sleeves and 20 page booklet in 12" box for more details click HERE!
Other formats available include double CD and DVD.
Check out Noel Gallagher's interview clips for 'Time Flies' here!
'Time Flies... 1994-2009' is out now for more details click here.