Liam Gallagher Lets Rip

He’s back and this time Liam Gallagher is keeping a Beady Eye on business, he tells Eamon Sweeney, as he lifts the lid on his feud with brother Noel

It's a mild midweek afternoon with a tantalising hint of spring in the air, but there's a tornado about to go off in a small back room in north west London in the building that houses Ignition Management, a company that used to take care of business for Oasis.

Their latest charges are basically the same band, minus a certain Noel Gallagher. His little brother -- yes, that tornado -- is in top form, explaining why he has christened his new band Beady Eye.

"You've got to keep your eye on things, d'you know what I mean?" he begins in his inimitable Mancunian drawl. "You'd think that should be a natural thing, but with Oasis it wasn't. Noel was the guy doing all that. You'd be looking out the window and you'd see a picture of us [Oasis] laughing our tits off or blinking and him looking all super cool. And you'd think, 'What fucker approved that picture?' And then you click and go, 'Fuck, it was that twat!' No wonder he was in the office all the time."

In 2007, when Day & Night met Noel Gallagher, he said to me, "I'm here working all day from 11 in the morning until 11 at night doing promo and fuck knows what else, while he [Liam] is poncing around in stupid clothes getting pissed."

As I'm telling Liam this quote, his face darkens. "Yeah, it's called fucking living mate," he interrupts. "Stupid clothes. Really? Was he fucking wearing his Adidas trainers trying to be 18 again? Grow up mate. As for me growing up, he's the one hanging out with Russell Brand. A shit comedian. He needs to grow up. Fucking hell. I am grown up. I am getting my shit together."

Indeed, Liam has been busy. Against all the odds, his first post-Noel album is a revelation, the polar opposite to the car crash that even their staunchest fans feared. While I've been instructed not to talk about the past, Liam is the first to mention the N word. Before Christmas, he declared that Beady Eye's Different Gear, Still Speeding was better than Oasis' stellar debut Definitely Maybe. He also remarked that when he hears it, Noel would come crawling back. Really?

"Nah, I was only joking man," he replies. "Noel is a very stubborn lad. He's the one that left the band. He wanted to do his thing and he is and he'll be happy. But what I will say is that he'll miss us before we miss him -- believe you me. Us four know each other for years and it's very comfortable and nice. I'd hate to be Noel Gallagher, mate, going out with a load of new people, firing them because he doesn't get his own way. That's no way to be getting on. We've all got utmost respect for each other."

Liam is flanked by Andy Bell, the guitarist of the remarkable shoegazing quartet Ride, responsible for one the best British albums of the 90s, Nowhere. Bell remarks that recording with Beady Eye last year during the World Cup reminded him of doing Nowhere in 1990. "He's obsessed with that fucking Ride album," Liam interjects. "Like it's good and all, but it's not as good as this." Did England's pathetic performance impact on band morale? "Well, we played a blinder mate!"

As surprisingly good as Different Gear, Still Speeding is, Oasis' gigantic fan base will want to know if the quibbling brothers will ever bury the hatchet and reform. They imploded spectacularly in Paris on August 28, 2009, a detail I'll always remember, as it was my birthday.

"Ha ha ha!" Liam cackles. "If you really hated us, you'd have been out on the piss that night going, 'Thank fuck! Best birthday present ever!' Only a fool says never, but I can't fucking see it mate. That's it. Done. We're so into this thing, I don't really think about Oasis anymore."

Have you spoken to Noel since Oasis split? "I haven't seen him since that night," he answers. "I've got nothing to say to him. It's done. That's it, man. I'm sure it's vice versa."

I'm sure many fans will be screaming for Oasis songs on the forthcoming Beady Eye tour. "That's fine," Liam says. "They can scream all they want. I'll be screaming right back at them going, 'No!' I've got a microphone and a big fucking PA, so they'll soon get bored. It would be schizophrenic and a bit weird for both parties to play Oasis songs. You've got to draw a line and move on and we definitely have."

He's getting increasingly animated and the Gallagher swagger is in full swing, but nothing can prepare me for the mesmerising spectacle of Liam in full flight. "I sometimes leave the room with a, 'John Lennon was an idiot', just to watch the explosion," Noel once said about how to stir up his brother. And it's about to detonate in front of my very eyes, as the conversation turns to last year's Brit Awards. Liam accepted an award for Best British Album of the past 30 years, which he proceeded to lob into the crowd. Presenter Peter Kay branded him a "knob head".

"He called me a knob head, which is fine, but if you're going to do that, then say it to my face, you fucking idiot," Liam spits. "I'll see that fucking clown on my travels mate, believe you me. We'll see what he's got to say then. He got that wrong. People went, 'You threw an award at fans'. No I didn't. If I threw it, you'd know about it because it would have stuck in someone's fucking head. I don't have beef with fans. It was my last gesture as Oasis, but people got it wrong as per usual."

As he delivers this broadside, he's standing in the middle of the room, acting out how he gave the award to the audience. The way he's illustrating it reminds me of Jose Mourinho famously tossing his Premiership medal into the crowd at Stamford Bridge. "Exactly mate!" Liam says with a triumphant clap of the hands.

This Special One isn't finished yet. "A knob head! And you call yourself a comedian?" he continues. "You're meant to be fucking funny and best you can come up with is calling me a knob head! Surely you can come up with something better than that you fat fool, c'mon mate! Bolton is a great city man, but there are clowns everywhere ... [starts singing a snippet of Stuck in the Middle With You] and jokers to the right of me ... Fuck him anyway, Peter Kay. He's not even funny. I'm funnier than half of them comedians. It's a good job that I'm in a fucking band because I'd put all them out of business. That's my next fucking thing. Stand up."

Liam is now actually standing up. I'm completely in stitches. In an age when feuds appear to be chiefly conducted over Twitter, it's a reminder of the halcyon days of Blur versus Oasis, fuelled by the Gallaghers' outrageous bile.

"Music needs it man," Liam insists. "Otherwise it becomes like fucking Coldplay, and I'm not having a pop. It just becomes four musicians making music. You need characters in bands. You need characters in life. I don't feel part of the music industry anymore, not that I ever did. We're in a band and that's as far as it goes. Too many kids today know about the business and it interferes with creativity. You can be a rock star one week and a movie star the next week and a politician the fucking week after that. You can be all sorts in a month."

Rock star might be Liam's fulltime job, but he's also assuming another role with the opening of his clothes shop, Pretty Green in Carnaby Street. Liam is the perfect poster boy. He's remarkably handsome in the flesh and possesses unexpectedly clear and radiant skin.

"I was asked in the 90s to do a bit of it, but I was in the fucking pub most of time and I wasn't arsed," he explains. "I'm into clothes, man. We're all into it. It's important to look good in a band. You look at Eddie Vedder. He's like a tree. Scruffy little bastard, and he's not even cool looking scruffy, 'cos I can go with that too. The Beatles, The Stones, The Kinks, Weller, even the Pistols looked fucking smart. Kasabian have got a bit of look sometimes. The Arctic Monkeys singer looks pretty cool and so does Miles Kane. The Strokes sometimes, but then I see pictures of the singer and he's dyed his hair red and got a biker's jacket on and you're like, 'What the fuck is going on there?'"

The best part of an hour in Liam's hilarious company whizzes by in a flash. Liam swaggers out of the room with a firm handshake and a cheeky smile. Even if you consider him to be nothing more than a loudmouth with a touch of Tourettes who ended up fronting the biggest pub rock band in the world, there's no denying the fact he's one of those rare characters that he's just eulogised. The last bona fide rock star left on the planet has left the building, but the next chapter in his hell-raising career is only just beginning.

Different Gear, Still Speeding is out next Friday. Beady Eye play the Olympia, Dublin, on April 14 and 15

- Eamon Sweeney

Source: www.independent.ie

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Beady Eye 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' iTunes Trailer

Beady Eye's 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' is available now to pre-order on special iTunes LP format. The LP album comes with all 13 album tracks, exclusive track 'Man Of Misery' plus 'Sons Of The Stage'.

When you pre-order the iTunes LP you will receive 'Sons Of The Stage' straight away!To show you what you'll get with the LP Beady Eye Records have made a trailer that is now available to view on their Ping profile.

It is the first time the album booklet artwork has been available to view, so check it out HERE!

Pre-order the LP NOW!...

Keep checking back to the Beady Eye website for some exciting Ping news next week.

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After Oasis, Beady Eye Begin Their Journey

Liam Gallagher might have parted angrily from his brother, but Beady Eye assure Chris Salmon the "big spirit" of Oasis lives on in their new music.

"Me and our kid were to blame for the split of Oasis," says Liam Gallagher. "Not me. Not him. And it certainly wasn't these guys." These guys are Gallagher's bandmates in Beady Eye: guitarists Andy Bell and Gem Archer, and drummer Chris Sharrock. Until summer 2009, the four of them, plus Gallagher's older brother Noel, made up Oasis, the biggest British rock'n'roll band of their generation. Then, on 28 August 2009, following a final, tumultuous slanging match between Noel and Liam – and shortly before Oasis were due to perform at a Paris festival – the older Gallagher decided he'd had enough.

The day after Noel left the band, he posted a statement on Oasis's website. The parts bemoaning the "verbal and violent intimidation" from Liam were no shock: the two had been at loggerheads for years. More surprising was Noel's complaint about "the lack of support and understanding" from his bandmates.

Liam almost explodes at the mention of that line. "Absolute fucking bollocks. That's the thing that makes me want to throw up. I just look at him now and think, 'You're a fucking fake.' It's like, if you want to fucking leave the band, leave the band. If you want to stay at home with your kids, stay at home with your kids. If you wanna have five years off, have five years off. We'll sit down as a band and talk about it. But don't start going, 'I was bullied out of the band.' Fucking shite."

Archer sighs. "That statement was surreal as fuck."

To the outsider, I say, it read like Liam and Noel had a huge row, and Noel was hurt that the others didn't back him up.

"Noel doesn't need backing," says Archer.

"Back him in what?" snorts Gallagher.

What, then, do they think he meant?

"I think he wrote it on the spur of the moment," says Bell, ever the peacemaker. "He's probably mortified now."

"Not that mortified, cos he's still got it up on the fucking website, which I've tried to take down," spits Gallagher.

"Has he?" asks Archer.

"It's been two fucking years," says Gallagher, sounding increasingly angry and hurt. "Take the fucking statement down. It's over. We're all grown up. We've all moved on."

They've moved on in many ways. There are broken televisions lying on the pavement outside the expensive London hotel where we meet; inside the hotel's boardroom the talk is of uppers and downers. Fifteen years ago, you'd have put money on the TV sets having been thrown from one of the hotel's upper windows, and the uppers and downers being amphetamines and barbiturates. In fact, the televisions have been left for collection by an engineer, and Beady Eye's members are discussing not drugs but coffee and hot chocolate.

It took alcohol, though, to give them the bravado to make the decision, immediately after Noel's departure, that they would continue as a band.

They could, you'd imagine, have played it safe and soldiered on as Oasis. After all, Liam chose the band's name back in 1991, before his brother even joined. And Noel's exit announcement did say he'd "quit" Oasis, rather than disbanding them. But today, gathered around the boardroom table of the Landmark hotel, sipping their hot chocolates, the members of Beady Eye insist continuing Oasis wasn't an option.

"Going around playing someone else's songs?" says Gallagher. "That's not cool, is it?"

"Oasis is an entity that is to do with Liam and Noel," agrees Bell, the mild-mannered former Ride guitarist who, like Archer, joined Oasis in 1999. "It was much better to go, 'Right – new band, new songs.'"

After a summer spent recording with producer Steve Lillywhite, the result is Beady Eye's debut album, Different Gear, Still Speeding. It is, predictably enough, a rock'n'roll album in thrall to the Stones, the La's – an old band of Sharrock's – and, of course, the Beatles. What's more surprising, given that Noel Gallagher was widely regarded as Oasis's only songwriting talent (and then as a diminishing one), is that it's quite good.

That's not to say it's a masterpiece. There are moments of toe-curling banality, but there are some fresh and impressive songs, too. If you didn't like Oasis, Different Gear, Still Speeding won't convert you. But if you found anything to enjoy in their last few records, it will be a treat.

If it had been an Oasis record, that band's fiercely loyal fanbase would presumably have already done the preordering necessary to have made it their eighth consecutive No 1 album. But success for Beady Eye isn't so assured. The band's first proper single, The Roller, stumbled into the charts at No 31 last month – not the ideal result for a singer who enjoyed 22 consecutive top 10 hits with Oasis.

"You'd prefer it to go in at No 1, wouldn't you?" shrugs Gallagher. "But it didn't happen."

His bandmates gamely begin to explain that the posters for the single haven't gone up yet and that the 7-inch is still to be released, but Gallagher interrupts them.

"Look, as far as we're concerned, that fucking tune is shit hot," he bristles. "Production-wise, singing, playing, the words – the lot. We couldn't have done any fucking better. That's the kind of music we like. If that's not what's fucking hip at the moment, then listen, we don't change our style. We'd like to be No 1 and everyone to be on the same page, but it's not gonna happen, is it? You ask George Bush that, do you know what I mean?"

Um, not exactly, no. But it is abundantly clear throughout our interview that although Gallagher is calmer and friendlier than he was when I first met him more than a decade ago, he's hardly averse to proclaiming his own greatness.

"Look, there's a big fucking spirit up there," says Gallagher, glancing skywards. "It was in Oasis and now it's in Beady Eye. And it said, 'If you think you're having a year off, you little fucking prick, you're tripping. Get out there!' And thank fuck for it. We used to speak about Oasis wanting to be the best band in the world. Well, that's how we feel in this. We wanna go round the world. We wanna inspire kids. We wanna play some great fucking gigs."

Beady Eye will play their first ever show at Glasgow's Barrowland on 3 March. When they do, they'll blast through their album, a B-side and a cover of a track by the early-90s Manchester band World of Twist. But they won't play any Oasis material. "That's where it's really gonna happen," says Gallagher with certainty, record sales be damned.

I happened to be in the audience the last time the four bandmates (and Noel) shared a stage. That was seven days before the Paris showdown, when Oasis headlined the Staffordshire leg of the 2009 V festival. Before them, a vast crowd bellowed, embraced and air-punched their way through the set. It's hard to imagine the Glasgow crowd will match that.

"It's a big ask," agrees Archer. "It could be Elvis fronting the Beatles up there, but if it's all brand-new songs … " He trails off. "It's gonna be a challenge."

"They're gonna fucking love it, mate," insists Gallagher. "I know what they like. We've got the same DNA. They're gonna dig it, cos we're gonna be on form, man. That's why we're rehearsing like fuck."

And if people do shout for Oasis songs?

"I've got a microphone, we've got guitars, we'll drown them out," says Gallagher. "They can shout what they fucking want."

It does, I say, seem a bit sad that he'll never sing those songs again.

"I did the whole Knebworth set in the shower earlier," Gallagher fires back. "It was fucking great."

Not for the first time today, all four members of Beady Eye fall about laughing. Without his older brother around to push his buttons, Gallagher seems steadied and contented, talking proudly about his kids, his fashion label and, of course, the new band. "We're having the time of our lives, mate," he says, to general agreement. It seems unlikely they'd have said the same in the final days of Oasis.

"I kind of felt it was winding up, man," says Gallagher of those last months. "There was loads of little things going on. Noel was removing himself from the band, travelling separately, even though they [the media] were saying I was. And you couldn't speak to the fucker. Minute you brought something up, it was just a stony-faced: 'What are you gonna do about it?' But it's my band as much as his. I had to have my say. And he didn't like people standing up to him. So he grabs the ball and does a fucking runner."

Never one to concede weakness, Liam insists the Oasis breakup didn't hit him hard. "No, because, like I said, I'd seen it coming. I weren't ever really that close with Noel anyway. I'd only see him on stage. Gem would see him more than me."

Archer, Bell and Sharrock were all personally recruited to Oasis by Noel. But Archer was his closest friend and ally. "Noel was a massive part of my life," he says.

For now, though, Noel has disappeared, and neither camp shows much interest in making overtures to the other. "I'm in no rush to get on me hands and knees, and I'm sure he's fucking not," says Gallagher.

After everything they've been through, it would, I suggest, be a pity if they went to their graves without putting it right.

"That's well heavy," says Gallagher, his tone immediately softening. "Look, if I found out something was going on, I'd definitely send him a postcard, do you know what I mean?"

They will, he insists, eventually settle their differences. "Without a doubt. But I suppose I've got to grow up a little bit, and I suppose he has. People think I'm just a fucking lunatic, but Noel can be a little bitch, too. Maybe the pair of us have to sort ourselves out before we do that. But not just yet." His scowl gives way to a smile. "But thanks for your concern. I didn't know it meant that much to people."

The legions of Oasis fans for whom it means the most shouldn't get too excited by Gallagher's notional olive branch. He is convinced Beady Eye are here to stay, talking excitedly about the soundtrack they are set to record for the film about Apple Records his production company are making. "That can open a mad door for the next couple of Beady Eye records."

Inspired by the music Neil Young and Paul Weller have made well beyond their 40th birthdays, the 38-year-old is fired up about his future as a musician. But an Oasis reunion, Gallagher insists, simply isn't going to happen.

"Never," he says firmly. "This is not a stopgap until me and Noel come to our senses and start Oasis again. That is well and truly done."

"And now we're working on tomorrow's nostalgia," says Archer, brightly.

The band's press officer arrives to call time on the interview. Rising to head for a cigarette, Gallagher delivers his blunt, bullish and not inaccurate summing up. "We split up, we started a new band. Some people will hate the album, some people will like it. Some people will slag the gigs off, some people will love them. End of fucking story."

Source: www.guardian.co.uk

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Beady Eye Up For 'Best New Band' Award

NME Awards 2011 voting closes tomorrow (Feb 18)

Beady Eye are in the running for 'Best New Band' at this year's NME Awards.

The other four acts up for the award are Everything Everything, Hurts, The Drums and Two Door Cinema Club.

Liam has also been nominated in the 'Most Stylish' award competing against Brandon Flowers, Hayley Williams, Lady Gaga and Noel Fielding.Votes can be cast at NME.com HERE.

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KEXP Presents An In-Studio Session With Beady Eye

KEXP will air an exclusive interview and live performance with Beady Eye on The Midday Show with Cheryl Waters.

The show is on Tuesday, February 22nd at 12pm Local Time (8pm UK Time)

The show will be broadcast on 90.3 FM in Seattle and streaming worldwide at KEXP.ORG

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Beady Eye To Headline At iTunes Festival

Beady Eye are pleased to announce they will be headlining at this year's iTunes Festival.

The band will play on Tuesday 5th July at London's legendary venue The Roundhouse.

Tickets for the gig are only available through prize draw.

To be in with a chance of winning a pair you can enter the draw HERE!

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Win A Pair Of Tickets To 'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' Glasgow Premiere

'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' will get it Scottish premiere at the 'Glasgow Film Festival' on Tuesday 22nd February, and we are lucky enough to be giving away a pair of tickets to the event.

The film is being shown at the Glasgow Film Theatre at 21:00.

The prize also includes an invite to a private after party at King Tuts with guest DJ!s including Mark Gardener from Ride. 11pm - 1am.

All you have to do to enter the competition is sign up to the Upside Down mailing list here and answer the following question:

What date is 'Upside Down: The Creation Records Story' being released on DVD?

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The competition ends at Midnight GMT on the 19th February 2011.
The winner will be picked at random on the 20th February 2011.

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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.

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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

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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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