In Next Week's NME Magazine

Free pull-out magazine on the greatest frontmen ever and the verdict on Beady Eye's album.

In stores February 23rd.

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Ex-Oasis Man To Appear On Vinny Peculiar's New Album

Former Oasis man Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs will appear on the new Vinny Peculiar album 'Other People Like Me'.

The tracks are currently being mastered, the album was recorded at Analogue Cat Studios in Mossley.

Vinny's first album GONE, is now available here as a free download.

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Beady Eye To Play Bilbao BBK Live

Beady Eye have announced they will be performing at this year's Bilbao BBK Live Festival in Spain. The band will play on Thursday 7th July.

Tickets are available now through the below ticket agencies:

www.ticktackticket.com
www.generaltickets.com

Other acts set to perform at the festival include The Black Crowes, Kasabian and Coldplay.

Bilbao BBK Live is one of several festival dates that Beady Eye have confirmed for the summer.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On the 16th February 2010, Oasis' album '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' won the award for the best album of the past 30 years at the Brit Award ceremony at Earl's Court in London.

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Beady Eye Interview In 'Slam' Magazine

Music magazine 'Slam' from Germany, features an interview with Beady Eye and a poster.

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Roger Daltrey Says Liam Gallagher Is A Sweetheart

Roger Daltrey dropped in to Absolute Radio today to speak with DJ Dave Gorman.

He talked about the upcoming Teenage Cancer Trust concerts (which he has been organising for 11 years as a patron of the charity), his recent role on CSI and, of course, The Who.

Daltrey also gave his opinions of Liam Gallagher.

The ex-Oasis frontman will be performing a show with his band Beady Eye for Daltrey’s charity concert run. Far from difficult, Roger describes Liam as a ’sweetheart’:

“I love him. Everybody says, ‘Oh, he’s a bit difficult isn’t he?’ I’ve always found him an absolute sweetheart. Listen… after Keith Moon everybody’s easy.”

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Beady Eye Talk To Zane Lowe

Click here to watch an interview with Beady Eye by Zane Lowe outside Maida Vale studios last week for the forthcoming Radio 1 session.

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Beady Eye Support For Newcastle And Edinburgh

Beady Eye are pleased to announce that Zak Starkey's band Pengu!ns will be supporting at their forthcoming sold-out gigs in Edinburgh and Newcastle.

Zak - son of a certain famous 'mop-topped' drummer - has previously played drums with The Who, Johnny Marr, Paul Weller as well as Oasis, with whom he recorded and toured for several years.

In addition to Pengu!ns, Beady Eye will be supported by Steve Cradock and Cheap Freaks during their UK tour. The full support details are:

Steve Cradock will support at:
Nottingham Rock City - Monday 11th April
Liverpool Guild Of Students - Tuesday 12th April
Leeds O2 Academy - Thursday 21st April
Newport Centre - Saturday 23rd April
Wolverhampton Civic Hall - Sunday 24th April
Southampton Guildhall - Tuesday 26th April
Brighton Centre - Wednesday 27th April

Cheap Freaks will support at:
Dublin Olympia Theatre - Thursday 14th April
Dublin Olympia Theatre - Friday 15th April
Belfast Ulster Hall - Sunday 17th April

Pengu!ns will support at:
Edinburgh Corn Exchange - Monday 18th April
Newcastle O2 Academy - Wednesday 20th April

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

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Shaun Ryder DJ Set & Beady Eye Give Away At This Feeling

This Feeling 25th Feb @ The Vibe Bar (whole venue) 8pm - 3am

Crikey, we've got a whopper on the cards here.

- Shaun Ryder DJ set and official Sheps Bush after-show
- The Twang (DJ)
- Dynamo the Magician
- Strangefruit and The Lost Generation "live"
- Beady Eye promo give-away

LOADS MORE TO BE ANNOUNCE OVER 2 FLOORS AND 4 ROOMS!

£6 before 9pm // £8 after 9pm // £6 "yes" to FB invite // FREE ENTRY with Shaun Ryder Sheperds Bush Empire gig ticket.

More details here.

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Beady Eye Interview

You can say what you want about Liam Gallagher, but there's no denying the fact that the former Oasis singer and now Beady Eye frontman has got style. Whether he's pushing his own fashion label Pretty Green or, in this case, standing alongside his Beady Eye bandmates, the singer possesses an unmistakable presence.

As the world awaits the arrival of Beady Eye's debut album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' later this month, Gigwise caught up with the band to discuss the importance of image and posing for their first band shots with photographer Steve Gullick.

In the interview Gallagher admits now that he and the rest of the band now “put a bit more effort in, a bit more time” compared to during their years in Oasis, and that it “pays off”.

“We've always appreciated the look, it's sometimes as important as it,” guitarist Gem Archer adds.

'Different Gear, Still Speeding' is released on February 28, and is preceded by the single 'The Roller' on seven-inch vinyl and digital-download on February 21.

Listen to the interview by clicking here.

Source: www.gigwise.com

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On This Day In Oasis History...

Above are few videos from the 14th February 2007, when Oasis picked up the Outstanding Contribution award at the Brit Awards.

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Happy Anniversary To Liam And Nicole Gallagher

Happy Anniversary to Liam Gallagher and his wife Nicole, who got married on the 14th February 2008 at London's Westminster Register Office.

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Liam Gallagher Would Rather Eat Shit Then Play Guitar On Stage

PART TWO OF THE TRANSLATION OF THE INTERVIEW WITH BEADY EYE FROM OOR MAGAZINE.

BIG THANKS TO L4E MEMBER GENERAL DREAD FOR THE TRANSLATION.

You have proven yourself as a great songwriter ever since your first song on SOTSOG?

Well I don't walk around with a gun on people head and force them to listen to my songs. Sometimes people say: Hey that's a nice song, than I think well thanks. I like that. But I still have a long way to go. The words, those are the hardest. Melodies come easy. They're coming out of me ass. But I never know what I want to say.

They still chose you instead of the other way around?

Yeah mate, it goes as it goes. So much happens around you that I'm not going to break my head in coming up with melodies. When I like something I will do something with it. Music finds you if it had to be that way. If you go looking for it, it will fail.

Is there a certain mood or situation in which the songs find you?

I have to be home, alone. Wife out of the house, kids to school. My guitar will look at me and say come over here. That are the moments. I write the words down as they come to me at that moment. Finishing a song in one go never works for me.. finishing sometimes takes months. But I'm learning little by little.

Are you going to play guitar on stage?
I'd rather eat my own shit. I hate when singers do that. And even more so when front men do it. Daltrey, Jagger even Ashcroft. Leave the guitar alone man! Go sing! It looks idiotic, you can better smash it to pieces.

The record opens with Four Letter Word, a song with striking lyrics: Nothing ever lasts forever. Is that a mission statement?

Maybe, it gets people thinking: what is that four letter word? Is it love? Is it vagina? It can be anything. I think its a great opener, a tune with balls. That's why its the opener. That's something Oasis had lost: balls. And what replaced it? Ballads. More and more ballads where needed. Rubbish. Fucking kick it there, mate! What is better than a mega opener? We're a rock and roll band, I want to make noise, not sing love songs. Now and then is fine, but not as a main thing.Beady Eye is 90% rock. That's a bigger percentage than Oasis was these last years.

Nice that it is Beatles and Stones instead of Beatles or Stones

Its always been both for me, both bands are brilliant. Both bands stood the test of time. Both were able to maintain popularity and quality if if its one goal I have is to do the same. I still listen to both bands today. I wish I was in their band, they are that great. The only other bands I have the same feelings to are The Who and The Kinks. Ray Davies lives in my area, I bump into him every now and again. He's a top geezer. A lot of respect for the man. I want to be able to say in 30 years I wish I could be in Beady Eye. Instead of mwahh, they're alright. That is the point. I'm trying to make something monumental, somethings that beats the test of time. I don't want to make dated music, then everything would have been for nothing.

What tune is the first you put on from either bands?

Jumping Jack Flash. That's what I wake up to and within minutes I'm up for it. Everyday. Fucking tune, man. I love it.

The record sounds like a melting pot of styles and influences, everyone known your connection with the classic British pop legends. Do you have influences which we wouldn't expect?

No man, I'm pretty simple. Sixties and seventies, and that's it. And I am happy with it, I'm not interested in the rest.

Do you follow the younger music scene in England?

No, no interest. It's not about the music or writing. Leaves me cold. And if there is anything good out there it will reach me anyway. I'm not going to hunt for it. The bands I need to know I will know believe me. You come across a lot of bands on the road and the festivals. With Beady Eye we're going to be between the younger bands.

Will you fit in?

I hope not. We don't want to be a trendy band, we're a real band. We'll show them with their trendy music. Songs, guys! Where are the fucking tunes? There will be bands that are real which I haven't heard yet. But give me some classics. There is enough to be found in the past. To discover an old band is new music for me.

You send Noel a Christmas wish?

True, its the time of year to kind to one another right?

No other contact?

No, not interested either.

Are you curious what he thinks of your record?

No, he will follow us. The other guys still see him, but that's something I don't want to hear about. I know how Noels record will sound like. You've all heard it already. No bad, probably not. But it will be more of the same. A bit psychedelic, a bit classic Britpop. He will have to sing the whole record... Fucking hell! Can you listen to him for an hour? Noel Gallagher brings Noel Gallagher. I give you Beady Eye. I would chose the latter.. D'you know what I mean?

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Brian Cannon DJ Set

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On This Day In Oasis History...

The above video shows some footage from the 12th February 2009, when Oasis played at the Palacio De Deportes De La Comunidad in Madrid, Spain.

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Beady Eye Interview From Oor Magazine

TRANSLATION OF THE INTERVIEW WITH BEADY EYE FROM OOR MAGAZINE.

BIG THANKS TO L4E MEMBER GENERAL DREAD FOR THE TRANSLATION.

Different Gear, Still Speeding is the debut of Beady Eye, the new band from ex-Oasis-frontman Liam Gallagher and his college-veterans Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock. After the sudden breakup of their old band in Paris August 2009 they have not wasted any time with the creation of a new goal in their lives. Oasis or no Oasis, Noel Gallagher or no Noel Gallagher, one thing the new for sure: We will continue. With top producer Steve Lillywhite behind the desk, Gem and Andy on the steering wheel and a very involved Liam as frontman, are the ‘’leftovers’’ of Oasis quicker than their old boss Noel and are presenting their new band and album with an already sold out tour throughout the bigger club venues in Europe.
Oor talked to the whole band in separate stages.

We’re missing something, in the London office of Beady Eye’s management, a rock throw distance from Regent’s Park. Outside it’s snowing; the big storms of December are approaching. Oor knows this area pretty good: for Oasis this was also the no-frills interview spot. However, we never saw anyone else rather than Noel Gallagher sitting in this room, and now the whole band is sitting here. Well, almost everyone. Formally Oasis, now Beady Eye.

On our right side is Guitarist Gem Archer, in his long black coat. He seems the half of his 44 year of age and seems scary a lot like McCartney during his Fool on the Hill era. On the other side is Andy Bell, bassist in Oasis and now guitarist in Beady Eye. He is the first to answer all questions and the one which other band members keep asking questions. Chris Sharrock, left from Andy. Didn’t we see him in the nearby pub? Such a type, the ex drummer of Robbie Williams only joined Oasis in 2008, when the last Oasis record Dig Out Your Soul was already finished. The world tour should have been his warm up, it turned out his swansong. He smiles heavily: ‘’Golden Earring was already taken!’’ while the others think why they named the band Beady Eye. That’s right such a geezer. And then an empty chair. It wouldn’t be….

Yes, Liam Gallagher is missing on this first international press day of Beady Eye. He’s sick, the flu. Someone from the management and the three band members have stated ‘’really ill’’ within a few minutes. Even Andy Bell is sniffing as if he had gotten the same flu. We give him the benefit of the doubt.

Back to Paris August 2009, the Rock En Seine festival. What actually happened?
Andy: hard to say, because it was already going on full throttle before we even knew about it. A fight as we had seen them so often. It’s silly. It always comes out of nowhere.
Gem: It’s best you don’t get yourself caught in, just let them settle down. Noel just went away. He walks away more often, but now he slammed the door and after a little bit through his blog. Even though we knew it was definitive. But why after this altercation I don’t know. I think it was the straw that broke the camel's back.

Noel Left. What did you do that evening in Paris?
Chris: We all went for a drink in the hotel, it became a really long night. I felt as if I had won the lottery and had suddenly lost the ticket. I think I was the one who was gutted the most. What now? The others weren’t that worried, weird enough..
Gem: of course not. In Paris we all said, oh we’ll just do something else.
Andy: eeh.. it wasn’t that easy. I was pretty much in shock due to all the confusion. But big worries about the future? No, no not at that moment.
Gem: It was a bit like Blur. A few phone calls where made, where where you and Liam? The como lake?
Andy: Yes, three days later we would finish the tour in Milan and our wives and kids had booked the tickets. Non-refundable, as it goes nowadays. So Liam and I went to Italy. After the phone calls we all knew one thing for sure, we don’t want to stop making music together. Oasis had ended. Something totally new had to be created. But we really wanted to continue with each other.

Gem: It was the brothers that had a fight not us. Should that be the reason for us to stop making music? In one blow break the band we had build up all those years? Noel called quits, he was the one who was done with it. Liam wanted to continue. The decision made itself.

When did you guys restart?
Andy: Before Oasis had broken up me and Gem where already making demos during the lost hours of the tour. Often with Liam. A lot of ideas where born through that. After the tout we took some time off and came together to see when we would start the next plan. We decided to start the plan a month later. After a few beers we thought; fuck it! We’ll see each other Monday!
Gem: We began pretty specific, each a song. Millionaire, Beatles and Stones and The Roller where the first three. By Christmas we had 6 songs. That’s how we continued till we had 13. We all had 4, Liam 5 and they all ended up on the record in chronological order of writing except for Four Letter Word which we put as an opener. The rest is all phases of 3 songs.

When did the project become a band?
Gem: It had always been a band, man. Always a band. Even though the name came later. We always took in account that this was a debut record. It’s not a follow up, not a continuation of something. It’s new.
Andy: Look without Noel you have no Oasis. But we felt as a team and too strong to make this a ‘’project’’. I understand that it will take some time to get used to as an outsider. You look at us and you see 4 guys that look a lot like Oasis. But for us it feels so different, from within.

Is Beady Eye more democratic compared to…
Andy: Yes, in comparison to whatever Oasis was, is Beady Eye a democracy. The hierarchy (*onderlingen verhoudingen.. difficult to translate) is totally different.
Gem: Oasis was already structured when we came in, so on those terms we were already behind on the hierarchy. Noel was always the one to make decisions, he chose the path forward. I almost always agreed with him an if something really bugged me he would always listen. Noel was a great boss to work for.
Andy: It was extra fun and special when your song which get on an album, or Noel or Liam would ask for your opinion. Now this is a lot more normal, we now all build something instead of passing the bricks.
Gem: If one of us doesn’t want something then no one will. Do you get it? We don’t vote and say 3 to 1 so we do it, no all four of us or we don’t do it at all.

Does it feel different to play without Noel?
Andy: Yes, and the answer is already in the question, Noel is not there. He is has a dominant personality, you can’t go around him as a musician when he is in the same room as you. Without his overwhelming presence the dynamics in the room change, you get a different band. That is the difference: it is no longer his room, it’s our room. We do what we do, we watch out for the people that are there and not for those who aren’t.

Is Liam different if Noel is not around?
Gem: I think we knew him pretty well, he hasn't changed that much. What does strike me is the amount of interest he now has for the whole process. I always that he didn’t care as long as the the record would be done. He was often not there when Oasis was in the studio. But that's was mainly because Noel wanted to do everything himself anyway. Now he is mixing, mastering doing artwork and all other details and not wanting to be there to have his say but because he really cares. Even in meetings about side issues he joins in. he has a lot of insight on different matters but was snowed in by the leadership of his brother. The man has a huge amount will power. That he is no here today, I think it's the first appointment he has missed since the show in Paris.

Two weeks later, just before Christmas Liam's on the telephone. Liam Gallagher, the man who just had wished his brother a happy Christmas through twitter. He offers his apology for his absence on the press day. I was really ill man, but he is now feeling a lot better. Its snowing in London right now, he says. At this moment only one song has been released to the public, Bring the light. And the album title is known (DGSS). Liam is very happy about the great reception his band have received. ''It's amazing. Is Amsterdam sold out? Great! I knew we would grab some attention, but not that it would go this fast. People really like to see us, it seems. And we have just started! It feels good. And what pleases me even more is that the band is great. The rehearsals are going fantastic. We're really putting something down, no bullshit, something that is really worthwhile. Is gonna be brilliant!

No nerves?
Not anymore, now that we have been playing for a few weeks. I'm never afraid of anything, but sometimes you ask yourself can I really clear my head of all the things that became a habit. This is a new band man, this is not Oasis. All the old things had to go, we had to start from scratch. Thankfully we felt comfortable right away, the transformation went quicker and easier than expected. We all know each other for so long, and this proves we've got our heads in the same direction. Ever since the first rehearsal we've been looking forward, never looked back. And this is how we still do it.

You guys have got a new title: DGSS. It seems like an obvious title..
Yeah, its not a difficult title. Its sounds good. It has energy, the same as in the band. Beady Eye is a new band, we've just started, and play on another level than Oasis, in a different gear, but we still have the same effort and intensity. And we're doing it for the same reasons. I said it one night, someone wrote it down and I read it the next morning and though: This will be it, pretty cool!

It is more clear than the name Beady Eye, that's also your creation right?
Yeah I like it. What it means? Don't know.. Why is a band called what its called? It sounds good or it doesn't. Beady Eye top name. In the end of 2011 people will call their children like it. A top name. In a few months people won't know any better. Our heads will always be associated with Oasis. I didn't want to continue as Liam Gallagher & band. Might have been easier for a lot of people, but I wanted to be in a band. And if Oasis can't continue, than we'll do it with Beady Eye.

What was the first thing you did after Oasis had split?
I was in Paris and thought, that's a shame, because we still had a lot of good music we could put out. On the other side I did see the end coming, to be honest. It had to happen now or later.

How did you notice the end was near?
People were not working on the same thing any more, they were doing their own thing. Noel was always the one... Noel always said it was me to blame. Hello!! He did all the interviews for Oasis, he was always able to control the image that was sent to the outside world. He was actually living in his solo career, we only saw each other on stage. Just like the technical staff. Oh well, we decided to continue, to do something else. No one is dead. I'm proud of what Oasis has accomplished. To bad it had to go like this. But what's is done is done. And today we're here!

What exactly happened?
My version: we had a fight. Noel had been behaving like a dick for months on tour. He knew I wouldn't take it much longer, I can be in your face if it comes down to it. I think he did it on purpose. That evening I snapped, I was fed up with his behaviour and I told him what I thought. If someone acts like a vagina to me they can expect a punch in the face.

Would you have done or said anything different if you knew what the consequences where?
No, first of no one knows what happened apart from us two. It wasn't on the telly only us two know why it got out of hand. But I've always been honest to myself and acted to my feelings and I was really fed up. To bad for the band though. He got his way. And now I have got a great band.

According to the other members Beady Eye existed right after the incident.
We got back to the hotel, had a few beers. Then the mood was like: we'll think of something else. The end of Oasis was a fact, we all knew this. That was that. When the dust settles we'll see what's left and with what we'll continue. We had some tunes. I had demoed some things with Andy and Gem during the tours. Enough perspective for the future. Ever since those beers in Paris I haven't looked back.

You always said ''I am Oasis!'' how is it for someone who has lived as Oasis for 20 years to suddenly be pulled out of it?
Hmm I could let that go. I now just tell everyone Beady Eye is just a name. And I have learned this was also the case for Oasis. It's just a name. What really matters is what I do, under what name it doesn't matter. I think I didn't leave much behind with the end of Oasis. Only the music, the songs I sung that were written by Noel. That's gone. But I'm still here. With new music, music of my own. Oasis was an empty shell in which all sort of people contributed. My contribution was one of the things that made Oasis work. No I'm putting my energy in something else. That's the difference. Oasis is behind me now.

Did you recognise and difference while recording this album?
Oh yeah! I had a blast! The studio was around the corner from my home, I could walk over. Start at 12 in the afternoon and finish at midnight. With Oasis the album was done when I went to sing my lines and the studio was empty. Now we worked as a band through the whole thing, I wasn't used to that. Gem had thought of making the vocals an important part in the build up of the song, first the drums then the bass and then the vocals. Really as an aspect, not as something afterwords. This made the sound a lot better, it sounds really together. Exactly what I wanted. I could finally make myself useful throughout the whole process. That's how it felt at the end of the day, I made myself useful.

The others named the return of B-sides something that went missing in Oasis later years. What else did Oasis lose?
Well the B-sides where for me the most important. I love B-sides, we've got some brilliant tunes laying around, why not? And further.. I think Oasis lost some of its original energy along the way. The band got bigger and bigger and bigger. Everything was set in stone. The expectations were sky high, due to our selves or the outside world. Things NEEDED to be done. We got rid of that now. We only have to make music now. We throw everything on one pile and make some great music out of it. Its refreshing. Makes you younger, I feel younger now I sing these songs. Without a doubt.

On a song like For Anyone you let us hear a whole different Liam then we are used to. Does the way you sing change as you age?
Well it's more that you now hear it like this. At home I always sing like this, the rest of the world doesn't hear it. In my own songs I always sing different then those from Oasis. Only people mainly know my Oasis voice, so that's why it seems different. I write lighter than the Oasis bulk. That is really big, heavy sound in which you have to throw a lot of energy to make yourself heard. Especially live, it's a force measurement, shouting and snarling. On my own I don't need that, then I can give more attention to my voice and technique. When we're on stage with Beady Eye I will put in some extra power. But on the record you hear me like I sing at home.

Now your input as songwriter is bigger than ever does it change the way you write?
No, that hasn't changed. My view on songwriting hasn't changed. If I would never write a song again I wouldn't mind. Maybe the next record will only be Andy and Gem. But I already have songs for the next record... oh well I write when I write, and no other way. I have been in a band for 20 years, if I hadn't been making my own songs then I wouldn't have been paying enough attention. But I don't see myself as a writer, the other lads are a lot better at it. I see myself as a singer how many songs of mine will be on an album I don't care.

You have proven yourself as a great songwriter ever since your first song on SOTSOG?
Well I don't walk around with a gun on people head and force them to listen to my songs. Sometimes people say: Hey that's a nice song, than I think well thanks. I like that. But I still have a long way to go. The words, those are the hardest. Melodies come easy. They're coming out of me ass. But I never know what I want to say.

They still chose you instead of the other way around?
Yeah mate, it goes as it goes. So much happens around you that I'm not going to break my head in coming up with melodies. When I like something I will do something with it. Music finds you if it had to be that way. If you go looking for it, it will fail.

Is there a certain mood or situation in which the songs find you?
I have to be home, alone. Wife out of the house, kids to school. My guitar will look at me and say come over here. That are the moments. I write the words down as they come to me at that moment. Finishing a song in one go never works for me.. finishing sometimes takes months. But I'm learning little by little.

Are you going to play guitar on stage?
I'd rather eat my own shit. I hate when singers do that. And even more so when front men do it. Daltrey, Jagger even Ashcroft. Leave the guitar alone man! Go sing! It looks idiotic, you can better smash it to pieces.

The record opens with Four Letter Word, a song with striking lyrics: Nothing ever lasts forever. Is that a mission statement?
Maybe, it gets people thinking: what is that four letter word? Is it love? Is it vagina? It can be anything. I think its a great opener, a tune with balls. That's why its the opener. That's something Oasis had lost: balls. And what replaced it? Ballads. More and more ballads where needed. Rubbish. Fucking kick it there, mate! What is better than a mega opener? We're a rock and roll band, I want to make noise, not sing love songs. Now and then is fine, but not as a main thing.Beady Eye is 90% rock. That's a bigger percentage than Oasis was these last years.

Nice that it is Beatles and Stones instead of Beatles or Stones
Its always been both for me, both bands are brilliant. Both bands stood the test of time. Both were able to maintain popularity and quality if if its one goal I have is to do the same. I still listen to both bands today. I wish I was in their band, they are that great. The only other bands I have the same feelings to are The Who and The Kinks. Ray Davies lives in my area, I bump into him every now and again. He's a top geezer. A lot of respect for the man. I want to be able to say in 30 years I wish I could be in Beady Eye. Instead of mwahh, they're alright. That is the point. I'm trying to make something monumental, somethings that beats the test of time. I don't want to make dated music, then everything would have been for nothing.

What tune is the first you put on from either bands?
Jumping Jack Flash. Thats what I wake up to and within minutes I'm up for it. Everyday. Fucking tune, man. I love it.

The record sounds like a melting pot of styles and influences, everyone knowns your connection with the classic British poplegends. Do you have influences which we wouldn't expect?
No man, I'm pretty simple. Sixties and seventies, and thats it. And I am happy with it, I'm not interested in the rest.

Do you follow the younger music scene in England?
No, no interest. It's not about the music or writing. Leaves me cold. And if there is anything good out there it will reach me anyway. I'm not going to hunt for it. The bands I need to know I will know believe me. You come across a lot of bands on the road and the festivals. With Beady Eye we're going to be between the younger bands.

Will you fit in?
I hope not. We don't want to be a trendy band, we're a real band. We'll show them with their trendy music. Songs, guys! Where are the fucking tunes? There will be bands that are real which I haven't heard yet. But give me some classics. There is enough to be found in the past. To discover an old band is new music for me.

You send Noel a Christmas wish?
True, its the time of year to kind to one another right?

No other contact?No, not interested either.

Are you curious what he thinks of your record?No, he will follow us. The other guys still see him, but that's something I don't want to hear about. I know how Noels record will sound like. You've all heard it already. No bad, probobly not. But it will be more of the same. A bit psychedelic, a bit classic Britpop. He will have to sing the whole record... Fucking hell! Can you listen to him for an hour? Noel Gallagher brings Noel Gallagher. I give you Beady Eye. I would chose the latter.. D'you know what I mean?

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Liam Gallagher To Save Sausage Dogs

Liam Gallagher cares for man's best friend - as his latest interview proves.

The Beady Eye frontman has leapt to the defence of dachshunds - or sausage dogs as they are better known - after hearing the breed is endangered.

He and Nicole have one of the four-legged friends called Ruby and on a recent trip to Germany Liam said he would be a crusader for their cause.

He ranted: "Extinction of sausage dogs? I will prevent that! When I'm back in England I am gonna buy 900 of them. I am gonna prevent them from downfall."

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Beady Eye Interview In 'Musikexpress' Magazine

Music magazine 'Musikexpress' from Germany, features a interview with Beady Eye.

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Liam Gallagher Sick At Thought Of Oasis Reunion

Liam Gallagher feels sick at the thought of an Oasis reunion tour with his brother Noel Gallagher - because he wants to focus on his new band Beady Eye.

Liam Gallagher would "vomit" if he had to tour with Oasis again.

The singer created new band Beady Eye - alongside bandmates Andy Bell, Gem Archer and Chris Sharrock - when his brother Noel quit Oasis in August 2009, and he now claims he feels sick at the idea of reuniting for any gigs in the future.

He fumed: "Thinking about touring with Oasis again in 10 years makes me vomit. What would a reunion be good for? Why would you break up a band, just to come back together and play old songs?

"What's this s**t about? We are in this band, Beady Eye, now, as long as we want to. We are making some bloody good records. The next one is gonna be the big hit, I can tell this already."

Liam, 38, now feels "freer" in his new band because he is more involved in the creative process than he was when he worked with his older sibling Noel, 43.

In an interview with German magazine Musikexpress, he said: "I was fine with Oasis as well. The reason I feel freer today is not really to do with Noel but with how we make a record.

"In Oasis, I used to be the very last one to record his part. So the main thing I had to do was wait. This time I was next after guitar and drums, and was much more involved. I am happy - even if I don't look that way."

Source: www.ontactmusic.com

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Matt Deighton: The Honorary Gallagher Brother

After a ferocious fight Noel Gallagher, not for the first time, walked out on Oasis. But with the future of the band more uncertain than ever before it was guitarist Matt Deighton that was asked to step into his shoes.

When Noel Gallagher quit Oasis mid tour in May 2000, Mother Earth’s Matt Deighton spent three months as guitarist in one of the world’s biggest bands.

When tendonitis ruled drummer Alan White out of the Oasis gig at the Palacio de la Comunidad in Barcelona on 20 May 2000, it just seemed like an unfortunate but unavoidable setback for an often-troubled band. Hours later, after the majority of their rider had been polished off, Liam and Noel Gallagher started an argument that turned into a brawl, the ferocity of which shocked even seasoned Oasis insiders. Noel stormed out of the dressing room and out of Oasis without even the time to look back in anger.

For the only time in the band’s career, Liam found himself in charge – alone with a clutch of professional musicians, not just a bunch of Manc rock’n’rollers that he’d known since school. For Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Alan White, the solution was simple: if Liam wanted to carry on, that’s exactly what they’d do. All they needed was a stand-in guitarist – like now!

And that is exactly how Mother Earth guitarist Matt Deighton ended up in one of the biggest rock bands in the world. “You just don’t expect to get a call like that,” he recalls. “Usually you hear a little murmuring or you get tipped off, but it obviously wasn’t that kind of situation.”

The long-standing Oasis tradition of recruiting on personal recommendation put Deighton high on a very short list of candidates. Having played with Alan’s brother Steve White in Paul Weller’s band, he was a passing acquaintance deemed suitable for the job. But for Oasis there was just one small problem – Matt didn’t immediately jump at the opportunity. With a long-standing solo booking in Dublin scheduled a couple of days later, Matt stood firm and insisted on honouring the engagement. “I told them I could do it after Wednesday,” he explains. “They were giving it large: ‘It’s quite a substantial band – are you sitting down?’. I just said, ‘is it Oasis?’. Well, it was Ignition wasn’t it – I mean, who else have you got on your fucking management books, surprise me? So, they had to wait until Wednesday.”



Joining the band on the road, Matt was taught the songs by Gem Archer – who was himself in the middle of learning all of Noel’s lead parts. “The songs were pretty simple to learn, apart from the last album where Noel must have got into open tuning,” says Deighton. “Without Gem though, the first four days would have been all a bit of a blur!”

Matt found himself on a tour bus with a band that was endeavouring to pull together and confront the problem in hand. There were no traces of the old Oasis, just a new, tighter, more professional unit. There were also the obvious signs of confusion. No one had heard from Noel for a couple of weeks and there was genuine uncertainty as to whether he would ever return. But at least some sensitivity was called into play – Matt might have been stepping in to dead men’s shoes, but he wasn’t asked to plug into Noel’s amp too. “I had his bunk-bed and nicked his fags, but it was all of Gem’s amps that I had to go through,” he laughs. “That was a nightmare. They were worse than Mother Earth’s. I don’t like to be moaning but we had a big stage, so I thought it would be nice to have some big amps, but no, I just got a load of old toot.”

Ten days after Noel had walked out on the band, Oasis resumed their long European tour at the Filaforum in Milan. The gig went well as the band poured all their efforts and concentration into the performance, but as the tour progressed though Germany, Poland, Sweden, Holland, France, Denmark, Finland and back to Spain, reactions varied as fans coped in different ways with the continued absence of the Oasis songwriter. For their own part, the band remained in the dark about Noel’s future plans, but even at the height of this uncertainty Deighton was not under any illusions about a long-term career. “I’d be on stage and I’d think, ‘Hang about, this is a bit silly, who’s actually in it as far as Oasis goes – it was just one of the brothers and Alan at that point. It was a funny situation and I think that’s why we got pelted so much. That was great though – I enjoyed that!”



Although Matt felt that he was probably unlikely to ever become a permanent member of Oasis, he does remember that the uncertainties of the time led to discussions by the other members about their future. “There was talk of this other band, as I remember. I was told occasionally that I was possibly in something and I just thought, ‘yeah right’. Something involving members of Oasis? Yeah, I think so. Things were a bit up in the air. I got the impression that they didn’t know what was happening with Noel and whether he was coming back.”


Matt’s spell in the band lasted three months, but it was punctuated by the occasional return of Noel. The older Gallagher brother had made it clear that while he was prepared to play UK gigs, any time spent on a tour bus with his brother was out of the question. Unfortunately it meant that in exchange for carrying the heavy end of the tour across Europe, it was Matt Deighton who missed out on a rare opportunity to headline Wembley Stadium. He could have turned up with his guitar on the day, waiting to be called on for a couple of songs from the wings, but he didn’t feel that it would be particularly appropriate.

“I was actually asked to do that,” he recalls, “but I think it was just the management playing safe, because at that point I don’t think Noel and Liam had been in touch with each other. It would have been nice to play at Wembley as it was going to be knocked down, but I didn’t for one minute think that it would happen, especially in Noel’s own place. And to be perfectly honest, I was glad I wasn’t there – I’d have felt strangely in the middle of something that was not my business.”

At the end of the tour Matt Deighton waved goodbye to Oasis at Victoria Station, but was there any desire to have carried on with the band? “If it had continued, I suppose I wouldn’t be living in a rented shithole and selling my guitars,” he jokes, “so yeah, it would have been nice.”

Source: www.sabotagetimes.com

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