Below are a number of videos from Beady Eye at McClusky's in Kingston , London yesterday.
Thanks to a1999f
Beady Eye
Below are a number of videos from Beady Eye at McClusky's in Kingston , London yesterday.
Thanks to a1999f
Video: Beady Eye In McClusky's
Below are a number of videos from Beady Eye at McClusky's in Kingston , London yesterday.
Thanks to a1999f
Beady Eye
Below is a number of pictures and the setlist from Beady Eye at McClusky's in Kingston , London yesterday.
Thanks to the various people for the pictures.
Setlist And Pictures From Beady Eye In McClusky's
Below is a number of pictures and the setlist from Beady Eye at McClusky's in Kingston , London yesterday.
Thanks to the various people for the pictures.
Andy Bell
Beady Eye
Liam Gallagher
Oasis
Beady Eye have just returned with their second album, Be and it's a record that may make their detractors re-evaluate Liam Gallagher's post-Oasis band. Alan Corr talks to Beady Eye guitarist Andy Bell about giving the sixties a good monstering.
Beady Eye have just returned with their second album, Be and it’s a record that may make their detractors re-evaluate Liam Gallagher’s post-Oasis band. Alan Corr talks to Beady Eye guitarist Andy Bell about giving the sixties a good monstering, Liam, Noel and working with producer Dave Sitek
Andy Bell, well-spoken Oxford gent and hip young-ish guitar slinger, first encountered Oasis during his time with Hurricane #1 in the mid-90s. The former Ride guitarist clicked with the Gallagher brothers and while his own fortunes waned, he was said to enjoy partying with the then hell-raising Mancs.
After Hurricane #1, a band who owed a serious debut to Oasis, blew out, Bell had a brief spell with the much-maligned Gay Dad before he and Gem Archer were invited to join the Gallaghers after the departure of Oasis founding members, Bonehead and Guigsy. Bell spent ten years in their ranks, enjoying premier league rock band success for the first time and stoically enduring the ups but mostly downs of Liam and Noel’s relationship.
When the brothers eventually fell out for good after a very ugly stand-off in Paris in 2009, Bell decided to take part in Liam’s plans for a post-Oasis comeback. Apparently Noel hasn’t spoken to Bell since. Now Beady Eye have released their second album Be on which Bell has written three songs. And guess what? They’re the best songs on the album.
Alan Corr: Is it true that when producer Dave Sitek met Beady Eye first he told you were stuck in 1969?
Andy Bell: “Well he didn’t say it in so many words but we were thinking the same thing ourselves. We knew we were in a bit of a sixties vibe and I think we always will be but we’re also open to that being enhanced or changed. What we did with Dave was very complimentary to our fallback style. I still think the new album is very sixties and I can hear all that in there. I don’t think our musical style got changed. I think it got broadened.”
If not 1969, the spirit of ’68 informs at least one song on the album – Flick The Finger which samples a speech by at an anti-Vietnam War rally in London
“Absolutely right. That speech is from a sample we used on a demo and it’s from a television programme about 1968. There is not much of that sense of revolution these days. It’s definitely there in the world but not necessarily in our soap opera and X Factor society. it’s definitely not in music anyway. Bobby Gillespie said recently that there was no rebellion in music right now and I was thinking well Flick The Finger is out now and that’s at least one song with a bit of rebellion in it. I think people like us and Primal Scream there’s anger in our music in the rock `n’ roll we do and that comes from a counterculture legacy. It comes very naturally to me and with Bob, it’s more in his lyrics and his interviews. In terms of other bands doing that, I’m sure there are lots of them but I don’t see many.”
You’ve written three songs on Be. In terms of the division of labour, I know there were rumblings from Noel when you were Oasis about song writing but it seems there’s a very democratic set-up when it comes to writing in Beady Eye
“There is. When we’re demoing songs, we rotate though Liam, Gem and myself. We’ll bring a song in that maybe needs a bit of work and make the demo. Every song gets a lot of love and we help each other. It really does show that in some bands teamwork is the way. No one in the band would claim to be a complete song writer in the way that Noel Gallagher obviously is, he’s the whole package. In our band, it’s between the three of us. None of us can deliver everything on our own and we know that.”
So compared to Noel’s Angry Birds, you really want to have a united front as a band
“It’s the reality. It is a band. It’s as simple as that. We’ve been playing together for years, just in two different bands so that I think does come through. Me, Gem and Chris have a beautiful sound together which really works especially live. For our tour, we have a keyboard player called Matt Jones, but we’re being joined by Jay Mehler from Kasabian as a bass player and he’s bringing in something new too.”
One of your songs, Soon Come Tomorrow, initially sounds like a pretty conventional rock song but there are some very interesting things going on underneath it all
“I know, it’s crazy. That’s the one where I have no idea what is going on with it, what’s going on with the atmospheric s. We recorded our version and then Dave started whipping up this atmospheric soup around it and it really suits the tune, it lifts it and puts you in a certain headspace which fits the lyrics. He did a great job but I couldn’t tell you what he did with it. He uses an early synthesiser for strings called a solina which was a fake orchestra keyboard thing that was out in the late seventies.”
The cover art for Be is shockingly retro – a beautiful girl in profile lying down bathed in the kind of sunlight that only existed in 1974. She is also naked. Are you worried that some American retailers might take a dim view of this?
"I think the use of a well-placed sticker will cover up any offending areas and when people get home they’ll pull the sticker off and be confronted with the full horror of a human body. We thought we were being quite risqué but nobody seems to have batted an eyelid. The sticker thing has just solved it without it becoming an issue and even in Japan they’ve released it.”
Have there been any concerns about Liam’s voice? After years of well, cigarettes and alcohol and singing with Oasis and Beady Eye, is it showing signs of wear?
“There has been no concern whatsoever about Liam’s voice. Liam’s got an amazing voice. In fact, on this album we wanted to take away the effects we had been using so the voice is a lot more bare and intimate and it’s double-tracked so much, so it’s in the room with you feeling and that suits the introspective tunes on the album. Lots of singers’ voices get tired on tour and Liam really belts it out so he gets tired. He can’t do three gigs on the bounce and that’s one of the things we have to observe on tour. His voice is not shot in any way – he is singing beautifully and I’ll tell you what, check out the session we did in Abbey Road for Absolute Radio. It’s Liam singing unadorned and he sings like a little lark.”
The reviews for Be in the British media have been uniformly three out of five. Do you think journalists constantly hedge their bets when it comes to Beady Eye?
“Yeah. I’m just pleased that the reviews are generally positive but I don’t expect to get the gushing ten out of ten type things. This band has a lot of baggage and I think that’s probably the main reason. I think the album is great, if only I was reviewing it! The media may not be fans. It doesn’t bother me as long as we connect with our audience and I think this time more than the last that’s happening. I have a feeling that people we are reaching out to our there.”
Even though it’s four years since Oasis split, even now the battle lines are being redrawn between Noel and Liam. How hard is that to rise above?
“It’s a weird one. Liam said it pretty well the other day. His favourite band is The Stone Roses and they’re one of my favourite bands too and when they broke up, nobody felt the temptation to take sides. Bands break up and it’s a natural thing especially after 10, 12, 15 years together. All I can really do is take it as a compliment and take it as love for Oasis’ music.”
And is Liam - in the words of Noel - still a man with a fork in a world of soup?
“I think he found a spoon.”
Be is out now
Source: www.rte.ie
Andy Bell On Beady Eye, Oasis And More
Beady Eye have just returned with their second album, Be and it's a record that may make their detractors re-evaluate Liam Gallagher's post-Oasis band. Alan Corr talks to Beady Eye guitarist Andy Bell about giving the sixties a good monstering.
Beady Eye have just returned with their second album, Be and it’s a record that may make their detractors re-evaluate Liam Gallagher’s post-Oasis band. Alan Corr talks to Beady Eye guitarist Andy Bell about giving the sixties a good monstering, Liam, Noel and working with producer Dave Sitek
Andy Bell, well-spoken Oxford gent and hip young-ish guitar slinger, first encountered Oasis during his time with Hurricane #1 in the mid-90s. The former Ride guitarist clicked with the Gallagher brothers and while his own fortunes waned, he was said to enjoy partying with the then hell-raising Mancs.
After Hurricane #1, a band who owed a serious debut to Oasis, blew out, Bell had a brief spell with the much-maligned Gay Dad before he and Gem Archer were invited to join the Gallaghers after the departure of Oasis founding members, Bonehead and Guigsy. Bell spent ten years in their ranks, enjoying premier league rock band success for the first time and stoically enduring the ups but mostly downs of Liam and Noel’s relationship.
When the brothers eventually fell out for good after a very ugly stand-off in Paris in 2009, Bell decided to take part in Liam’s plans for a post-Oasis comeback. Apparently Noel hasn’t spoken to Bell since. Now Beady Eye have released their second album Be on which Bell has written three songs. And guess what? They’re the best songs on the album.
Alan Corr: Is it true that when producer Dave Sitek met Beady Eye first he told you were stuck in 1969?
Andy Bell: “Well he didn’t say it in so many words but we were thinking the same thing ourselves. We knew we were in a bit of a sixties vibe and I think we always will be but we’re also open to that being enhanced or changed. What we did with Dave was very complimentary to our fallback style. I still think the new album is very sixties and I can hear all that in there. I don’t think our musical style got changed. I think it got broadened.”
If not 1969, the spirit of ’68 informs at least one song on the album – Flick The Finger which samples a speech by at an anti-Vietnam War rally in London
“Absolutely right. That speech is from a sample we used on a demo and it’s from a television programme about 1968. There is not much of that sense of revolution these days. It’s definitely there in the world but not necessarily in our soap opera and X Factor society. it’s definitely not in music anyway. Bobby Gillespie said recently that there was no rebellion in music right now and I was thinking well Flick The Finger is out now and that’s at least one song with a bit of rebellion in it. I think people like us and Primal Scream there’s anger in our music in the rock `n’ roll we do and that comes from a counterculture legacy. It comes very naturally to me and with Bob, it’s more in his lyrics and his interviews. In terms of other bands doing that, I’m sure there are lots of them but I don’t see many.”
You’ve written three songs on Be. In terms of the division of labour, I know there were rumblings from Noel when you were Oasis about song writing but it seems there’s a very democratic set-up when it comes to writing in Beady Eye
“There is. When we’re demoing songs, we rotate though Liam, Gem and myself. We’ll bring a song in that maybe needs a bit of work and make the demo. Every song gets a lot of love and we help each other. It really does show that in some bands teamwork is the way. No one in the band would claim to be a complete song writer in the way that Noel Gallagher obviously is, he’s the whole package. In our band, it’s between the three of us. None of us can deliver everything on our own and we know that.”
So compared to Noel’s Angry Birds, you really want to have a united front as a band
“It’s the reality. It is a band. It’s as simple as that. We’ve been playing together for years, just in two different bands so that I think does come through. Me, Gem and Chris have a beautiful sound together which really works especially live. For our tour, we have a keyboard player called Matt Jones, but we’re being joined by Jay Mehler from Kasabian as a bass player and he’s bringing in something new too.”
One of your songs, Soon Come Tomorrow, initially sounds like a pretty conventional rock song but there are some very interesting things going on underneath it all
“I know, it’s crazy. That’s the one where I have no idea what is going on with it, what’s going on with the atmospheric s. We recorded our version and then Dave started whipping up this atmospheric soup around it and it really suits the tune, it lifts it and puts you in a certain headspace which fits the lyrics. He did a great job but I couldn’t tell you what he did with it. He uses an early synthesiser for strings called a solina which was a fake orchestra keyboard thing that was out in the late seventies.”
The cover art for Be is shockingly retro – a beautiful girl in profile lying down bathed in the kind of sunlight that only existed in 1974. She is also naked. Are you worried that some American retailers might take a dim view of this?
"I think the use of a well-placed sticker will cover up any offending areas and when people get home they’ll pull the sticker off and be confronted with the full horror of a human body. We thought we were being quite risqué but nobody seems to have batted an eyelid. The sticker thing has just solved it without it becoming an issue and even in Japan they’ve released it.”
Have there been any concerns about Liam’s voice? After years of well, cigarettes and alcohol and singing with Oasis and Beady Eye, is it showing signs of wear?
“There has been no concern whatsoever about Liam’s voice. Liam’s got an amazing voice. In fact, on this album we wanted to take away the effects we had been using so the voice is a lot more bare and intimate and it’s double-tracked so much, so it’s in the room with you feeling and that suits the introspective tunes on the album. Lots of singers’ voices get tired on tour and Liam really belts it out so he gets tired. He can’t do three gigs on the bounce and that’s one of the things we have to observe on tour. His voice is not shot in any way – he is singing beautifully and I’ll tell you what, check out the session we did in Abbey Road for Absolute Radio. It’s Liam singing unadorned and he sings like a little lark.”
The reviews for Be in the British media have been uniformly three out of five. Do you think journalists constantly hedge their bets when it comes to Beady Eye?
“Yeah. I’m just pleased that the reviews are generally positive but I don’t expect to get the gushing ten out of ten type things. This band has a lot of baggage and I think that’s probably the main reason. I think the album is great, if only I was reviewing it! The media may not be fans. It doesn’t bother me as long as we connect with our audience and I think this time more than the last that’s happening. I have a feeling that people we are reaching out to our there.”
Even though it’s four years since Oasis split, even now the battle lines are being redrawn between Noel and Liam. How hard is that to rise above?
“It’s a weird one. Liam said it pretty well the other day. His favourite band is The Stone Roses and they’re one of my favourite bands too and when they broke up, nobody felt the temptation to take sides. Bands break up and it’s a natural thing especially after 10, 12, 15 years together. All I can really do is take it as a compliment and take it as love for Oasis’ music.”
And is Liam - in the words of Noel - still a man with a fork in a world of soup?
“I think he found a spoon.”
Be is out now
Source: www.rte.ie
Beady Eye
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Beady Eye's second is a very fine rock `n' roll album with some intriguing and refreshing weirdness
At this stage you could almost guess what is going to be on a post-Oasis album from Liam, or indeed Noel, Gallagher. Yea verily! There will be a vaguely psychedelic, lysergic ballad; there will be a incantatory, mantra-like rock out; there will be a song with a Slade-like title (in this case, Iz Rite); and there will also be the use of backwards tape loops and a sitar.
And for those of us who long gave up expecting either Gallagher to do anything truly interesting after we heard the first notes of Oasis’ third album, that’s just fine. Be is a very good rock `n’ roll album indeed. Drafting in Dave Sitek of TV on The Radio to give Beady Eye’s sixties dreaming a bloody good monstering was a masterstroke and while Be still casts a longing eye back to pop’s so-called golden age, it also proves that the band themselves were fully aware that nostalgia has no future.
Be may sound rather pedestrian on first listen but pro-tools, speech samples, the use of iPhone apps and Sitek’s cunning employment of an old school Solina String Synthesizer to add phantasmagorical string effects, reveal that there are whole other layers under the usual meat-and-spuds rock orthodoxy. The spirit of ‘68 does inform opener Flick of The Finger which features a compelling sample of an anti-Vietnam rally in London and a whiff of sixties sedition hangs in the air. Smartly, the title is not what you think and refers in fact to a digit hovering over the red button to launch nuclear wipe out.
That’s the closest you’ll get to lyrical subtlety here as Liam rolls out some classic rhyming dictionary duffers and a plethora of borrows from The Beatles. The best songs belong to Andy Bell, former member of Ride and ex-Oasis new boy. His three contributions, Face The Crowd, I’m Just Saying, and Soon Come Tomorrow, all have interesting things happening under the lashings of wha wha and big acoustic guitar trash. Gem Archer’s Second Bite of the Apple is also a cracker, featuring rumbling and rolling drums, big blasts of brass and Liam’s hooky line, “shake my tree, where’s the apple for me? Tickle my feet with the NME”
It is not without its plodders and cringe-inducing Beatles references. The Liam-penned Soul Love is a listless trudge, Ballroom Figured, the song with the most-interesting title, turns out to be the least interesting song, and closer, Start Anew aims for anthem but sounds anaemic. But it’s Don’t Brother Me (Liam’s very own How Do You Sleep directed at his estranged brother) that is Be’s low point. It starts with lyrical venom but ends with Gallagher minor offering a wilting olive branch which leaves him sounding rather petulant and self-pitying and not the better man of the piece.
But despite that and despite the odds, Beady Eye’s second album has set them up as a worthwhile on-going concern.
Alan Corr
Source: www.rte.ie
Yet Another Review Of Beady Eye's Album BE
Beady Eye's second is a very fine rock `n' roll album with some intriguing and refreshing weirdness
At this stage you could almost guess what is going to be on a post-Oasis album from Liam, or indeed Noel, Gallagher. Yea verily! There will be a vaguely psychedelic, lysergic ballad; there will be a incantatory, mantra-like rock out; there will be a song with a Slade-like title (in this case, Iz Rite); and there will also be the use of backwards tape loops and a sitar.
And for those of us who long gave up expecting either Gallagher to do anything truly interesting after we heard the first notes of Oasis’ third album, that’s just fine. Be is a very good rock `n’ roll album indeed. Drafting in Dave Sitek of TV on The Radio to give Beady Eye’s sixties dreaming a bloody good monstering was a masterstroke and while Be still casts a longing eye back to pop’s so-called golden age, it also proves that the band themselves were fully aware that nostalgia has no future.
Be may sound rather pedestrian on first listen but pro-tools, speech samples, the use of iPhone apps and Sitek’s cunning employment of an old school Solina String Synthesizer to add phantasmagorical string effects, reveal that there are whole other layers under the usual meat-and-spuds rock orthodoxy. The spirit of ‘68 does inform opener Flick of The Finger which features a compelling sample of an anti-Vietnam rally in London and a whiff of sixties sedition hangs in the air. Smartly, the title is not what you think and refers in fact to a digit hovering over the red button to launch nuclear wipe out.
That’s the closest you’ll get to lyrical subtlety here as Liam rolls out some classic rhyming dictionary duffers and a plethora of borrows from The Beatles. The best songs belong to Andy Bell, former member of Ride and ex-Oasis new boy. His three contributions, Face The Crowd, I’m Just Saying, and Soon Come Tomorrow, all have interesting things happening under the lashings of wha wha and big acoustic guitar trash. Gem Archer’s Second Bite of the Apple is also a cracker, featuring rumbling and rolling drums, big blasts of brass and Liam’s hooky line, “shake my tree, where’s the apple for me? Tickle my feet with the NME”
It is not without its plodders and cringe-inducing Beatles references. The Liam-penned Soul Love is a listless trudge, Ballroom Figured, the song with the most-interesting title, turns out to be the least interesting song, and closer, Start Anew aims for anthem but sounds anaemic. But it’s Don’t Brother Me (Liam’s very own How Do You Sleep directed at his estranged brother) that is Be’s low point. It starts with lyrical venom but ends with Gallagher minor offering a wilting olive branch which leaves him sounding rather petulant and self-pitying and not the better man of the piece.
But despite that and despite the odds, Beady Eye’s second album has set them up as a worthwhile on-going concern.
Alan Corr
Source: www.rte.ie
Beady Eye
Kasabian
Liam Gallagher
Oasis
Rolling Stones
The Jam
The Kinks
The Stone Roses
Liam Gallagher isn’t exactly known for keeping a low profile, and with the sophomore album by his band Beady Eye now streaming via iTunes (and this review by Drowned in Sound causing a large twitter storm) alongside a glaring front page spead in the NME, this week is no exception. He even told them he’d “bury the hatchet” with brother Noel for “a quick lap of honour" touring Oasis’ Definitely Maybe when it turns 20 next year.
So, what better time to salute the genuine living legend of rock that is Liam G? That’s why this week we want you to pick the ULTIMATE Liam Gallagher playlist: It could be:
*Influences – The Beatles obviously, but also The Rolling Stones, The Jam, The Stones Roses and The Kinks amongst others
*Collaborators – Ride’s Andy Bell, Dave Sitek, The Bunnymen, any other artists from the Creation Records era...or how about a bit of Heavy Stereo featuring Beady Eye’s Gem Archer?
*People he’s influenced – Tom from Kasabian, Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys, Richard Ashcroft…and that’s just for starters.
*Anything from the Oasis and Beady Eye back catalogue
You choose the music so let us know what you want us to play by commenting on Facebook, on the blog, tweet #Liam6Music, email us at nowplaying@bbc.co.uk or add a track onto our collaborative Spotity playlist.
And if you're a Liam fan, don't forget to tune into BBC 6 Music from 6pm on Sunday for a two hour treat. COME ON!
More details can be found here.
Source: bbc.co.uk
#Liam6Music - The Ultimate Liam Gallagher Playlist
Liam Gallagher isn’t exactly known for keeping a low profile, and with the sophomore album by his band Beady Eye now streaming via iTunes (and this review by Drowned in Sound causing a large twitter storm) alongside a glaring front page spead in the NME, this week is no exception. He even told them he’d “bury the hatchet” with brother Noel for “a quick lap of honour" touring Oasis’ Definitely Maybe when it turns 20 next year.
So, what better time to salute the genuine living legend of rock that is Liam G? That’s why this week we want you to pick the ULTIMATE Liam Gallagher playlist: It could be:
*Influences – The Beatles obviously, but also The Rolling Stones, The Jam, The Stones Roses and The Kinks amongst others
*Collaborators – Ride’s Andy Bell, Dave Sitek, The Bunnymen, any other artists from the Creation Records era...or how about a bit of Heavy Stereo featuring Beady Eye’s Gem Archer?
*People he’s influenced – Tom from Kasabian, Alex Turner from the Arctic Monkeys, Richard Ashcroft…and that’s just for starters.
*Anything from the Oasis and Beady Eye back catalogue
You choose the music so let us know what you want us to play by commenting on Facebook, on the blog, tweet #Liam6Music, email us at nowplaying@bbc.co.uk or add a track onto our collaborative Spotity playlist.
And if you're a Liam fan, don't forget to tune into BBC 6 Music from 6pm on Sunday for a two hour treat. COME ON!
More details can be found here.
Source: bbc.co.uk
Bonehead
Oasis
Parlour Flames
The Vortex
Vinny Peculiar
Is there life after Oasis? Well, the Gallagher brothers are both treading fairly successful, if lower-profile, paths since the demise in 2009 of the erstwhile mega-group. Liam and the rest of the band continue as Beady Eye, while Noel ventured into a solo project called Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
But what of founding member Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, rhythm guitar player in young pre-Gallaghers Manchester outfit The Rain, and stalwartly on stage in the Oasis glory years from 1991-1999?
Well, he might not have been in the mainstream spotlight, but he's been beavering away quietly in the small basement studio he built after he quit the band to enjoy family life with his wife and their son and daughter, now aged 18 and 16.
"Oasis was an incredibly tense band to be part of," recalls Paul. "The sheer volume of gigs we did was crazy and we never had a day off. The fun went out of it for me and you can't carry on unless you are 100 per cent committed. I think overall the highs outweighed the lows, though."
There have been some wanderings into the live arena with other musical collaborators in The Vortex, some DJ sets and radio show hosting around Manchester. But now comes Parlour Flames – the project Paul, now 47, feels he has been waiting for.
"The kids are growing up now, so it's time to get out there again."
This time it's a collaboration with Manchester musician and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes); their eponymous self-produced album was released last month on Cherry Red Records and now they are in the middle of a UK-wide tour that brings them to Falmouth's Princess Pavilion this month. The album is an intriguing quasi-psychedelic pop creation that's rich in lyrical reminiscence and features some delicious brass arrangements.
His first record release since Oasis, Paul is absolutely delighted with it.
"It almost feels like it did in 1994 – you really enjoy something and it is really what you want to do," he declares. "Vinny is a proper storyteller – he talks about love and life and death. His lyrics are like a good book. "After Oasis I got together with Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke from The Smiths and they became Vinny's drummer and bass player, so I got to know him through them.
"We became good friends and kept saying we should do something together; as soon as we did, it just gelled. Two songs turned into four, then six, then an album."
Paul admits he surprised himself with some of the intricate guitar work using an e-bow.
"I'm known for hammering those big Bonehead chords and there's some quite delicate stuff on the record," he says. "We really tried to better ourselves on it and that was easier because we had no outside pressures or time constraints."
One of the hardest challenges was deciding on a name; Vinny finally came up with Parlour Flames.
"I think it conjures up a lovely old fashioned imagery that is romantic and comforting," says Paul, who hasn't been back to Cornwall since Oasis "attempted to re-record" Definitely, Maybe at Sawmills Studio by the river Fowey in 1994.
Convincing people to listen is the next hurdle, but there is still a heartening core support from Oasis fans.
"We aren't two teenage boys aiming for world domination, but we have both made something we are really pleased with and we can't wait to play it to people," he ads.
Parlour Flames play at Princess Pavilion, Falmouth on Friday, June 21. Call the venue for tickets.
Source: www.thisissomerset.co.uk
Is There Life After Oasis?
Is there life after Oasis? Well, the Gallagher brothers are both treading fairly successful, if lower-profile, paths since the demise in 2009 of the erstwhile mega-group. Liam and the rest of the band continue as Beady Eye, while Noel ventured into a solo project called Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.
But what of founding member Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, rhythm guitar player in young pre-Gallaghers Manchester outfit The Rain, and stalwartly on stage in the Oasis glory years from 1991-1999?
Well, he might not have been in the mainstream spotlight, but he's been beavering away quietly in the small basement studio he built after he quit the band to enjoy family life with his wife and their son and daughter, now aged 18 and 16.
"Oasis was an incredibly tense band to be part of," recalls Paul. "The sheer volume of gigs we did was crazy and we never had a day off. The fun went out of it for me and you can't carry on unless you are 100 per cent committed. I think overall the highs outweighed the lows, though."
There have been some wanderings into the live arena with other musical collaborators in The Vortex, some DJ sets and radio show hosting around Manchester. But now comes Parlour Flames – the project Paul, now 47, feels he has been waiting for.
"The kids are growing up now, so it's time to get out there again."
This time it's a collaboration with Manchester musician and poet Vinny Peculiar (aka Alan Wilkes); their eponymous self-produced album was released last month on Cherry Red Records and now they are in the middle of a UK-wide tour that brings them to Falmouth's Princess Pavilion this month. The album is an intriguing quasi-psychedelic pop creation that's rich in lyrical reminiscence and features some delicious brass arrangements.
His first record release since Oasis, Paul is absolutely delighted with it.
"It almost feels like it did in 1994 – you really enjoy something and it is really what you want to do," he declares. "Vinny is a proper storyteller – he talks about love and life and death. His lyrics are like a good book. "After Oasis I got together with Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke from The Smiths and they became Vinny's drummer and bass player, so I got to know him through them.
"We became good friends and kept saying we should do something together; as soon as we did, it just gelled. Two songs turned into four, then six, then an album."
Paul admits he surprised himself with some of the intricate guitar work using an e-bow.
"I'm known for hammering those big Bonehead chords and there's some quite delicate stuff on the record," he says. "We really tried to better ourselves on it and that was easier because we had no outside pressures or time constraints."
One of the hardest challenges was deciding on a name; Vinny finally came up with Parlour Flames.
"I think it conjures up a lovely old fashioned imagery that is romantic and comforting," says Paul, who hasn't been back to Cornwall since Oasis "attempted to re-record" Definitely, Maybe at Sawmills Studio by the river Fowey in 1994.
Convincing people to listen is the next hurdle, but there is still a heartening core support from Oasis fans.
"We aren't two teenage boys aiming for world domination, but we have both made something we are really pleased with and we can't wait to play it to people," he ads.
Parlour Flames play at Princess Pavilion, Falmouth on Friday, June 21. Call the venue for tickets.
Source: www.thisissomerset.co.uk
Beady Eye
Liam Gallagher
Beady Eye are to have their new album cover censored in supermarkets.
The 'Four Letter Word' singers will have the artwork for BE modified since it features nudity, reports NME.
The album, which is due to be released on June 10, portrays a semi-naked woman on its front. The image was created by photographer Harry Peccinotti - famous for shooting several Pirelli calendars - and depicts his wife with her nipple on show.
A spokesperson for Beady Eye's record label Sony said: "We had to cover the nipple up for sale in supermarkets. They wouldn't stock it as it was.
"That goes for our advertising as well. We have had complaints online requesting our digital ads be pulled as they have been flagged for adult content."
Speaking about the censored cover, a spokesperson from the British Retail Consortium, which represents all supermarkets, added: "Supermarkets take their responsibilities to customers very seriously.
"They have long been committed to following joint industry guidelines and have also taken their own independent voluntary action to ensure that any publications or other items which may cause offence or be seen by children are displayed discreetly."
Frontman Liam Gallagher, who recently stated that he would be willing to reform Oasis next year, spoke to the magazine about the artwork earlier this year.
Gallagher said: "It is sexy. I'm always up for a '60s boob, man. A '60s nipple is never going to get a knockback off me. It's definitely not sexist. It's sexy, it's a nipple you can bring home to your mother. It's not porn, is it? It's classic, man. Classic nipple."
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Beady Eye's New Album 'BE' Naked Cover To Be Censored In Supermarkets
Beady Eye are to have their new album cover censored in supermarkets.
The 'Four Letter Word' singers will have the artwork for BE modified since it features nudity, reports NME.
The album, which is due to be released on June 10, portrays a semi-naked woman on its front. The image was created by photographer Harry Peccinotti - famous for shooting several Pirelli calendars - and depicts his wife with her nipple on show.
A spokesperson for Beady Eye's record label Sony said: "We had to cover the nipple up for sale in supermarkets. They wouldn't stock it as it was.
"That goes for our advertising as well. We have had complaints online requesting our digital ads be pulled as they have been flagged for adult content."
Speaking about the censored cover, a spokesperson from the British Retail Consortium, which represents all supermarkets, added: "Supermarkets take their responsibilities to customers very seriously.
"They have long been committed to following joint industry guidelines and have also taken their own independent voluntary action to ensure that any publications or other items which may cause offence or be seen by children are displayed discreetly."
Frontman Liam Gallagher, who recently stated that he would be willing to reform Oasis next year, spoke to the magazine about the artwork earlier this year.
Gallagher said: "It is sexy. I'm always up for a '60s boob, man. A '60s nipple is never going to get a knockback off me. It's definitely not sexist. It's sexy, it's a nipple you can bring home to your mother. It's not porn, is it? It's classic, man. Classic nipple."
Source: www.digitalspy.co.uk
Beady Eye
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Beady Eye frontman brands his sibling a 'conniving bastard' in new interview.
Liam Gallagher has said that his brother, Noel, had planned to leave Oasis "for years", labelling him a "conniving bastard" in a new interview.
Speaking to The Independent in an interview due to be published this Sunday (June 9), Liam claims that he heard Noel and his manager, Marcus Russell, planning his next move during a gig in North Yorkshire in 2009. "He wanted the band to split up. End of," Liam tells The New Review. "And he was planning it for years. 'Cos I heard it, him and his manager, I heard them planning it backstage at Bridlington Spa."
Liam continues: "There was just bullshit going around. He'd been trying to get his little solo thing for ages. He's just a sneaky little... I was hard work to work with, 'cos, whatever... But you don't just wake up in the morning and go, 'Oh, this is all a bit too rock'n'roll for me now'. That's what we built our career on, what you on about? So, yeah, once I've got everything off me chest – which I'm coming to – I'll crack on and shut me mouth."
In the interview, Liam certainly carries on getting everything off his chest, criticising Noel for having a solo section during the final Oasis gigs. "He is a conniving little bastard. He's always wanted to be a solo star. It was always in his head. He loved his little moment in the spotlight when he did his little thing," Liam added.
Despite his problems with his brother, Liam revealed earlier this week that he is prepared to reform Oasis to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the band's debut album 'Definitely Maybe' in 2014.
His new band Beady Eye release their second album 'BE' next Monday (June 10) and will play live at Manchester Ritz on June 19 before heading to London for a show at Camden Centre on June 20. The short stint will then come to a close in Glasgow at the ABC on June 22. The band have also lined up festival slots at Benicassim, V Festival and T In The Park this summer.
Source: www.nme.com
Liam Gallagher Claims Brother Noel Was Plotting Oasis Split 'For Years'
Beady Eye frontman brands his sibling a 'conniving bastard' in new interview.
Liam Gallagher has said that his brother, Noel, had planned to leave Oasis "for years", labelling him a "conniving bastard" in a new interview.
Speaking to The Independent in an interview due to be published this Sunday (June 9), Liam claims that he heard Noel and his manager, Marcus Russell, planning his next move during a gig in North Yorkshire in 2009. "He wanted the band to split up. End of," Liam tells The New Review. "And he was planning it for years. 'Cos I heard it, him and his manager, I heard them planning it backstage at Bridlington Spa."
Liam continues: "There was just bullshit going around. He'd been trying to get his little solo thing for ages. He's just a sneaky little... I was hard work to work with, 'cos, whatever... But you don't just wake up in the morning and go, 'Oh, this is all a bit too rock'n'roll for me now'. That's what we built our career on, what you on about? So, yeah, once I've got everything off me chest – which I'm coming to – I'll crack on and shut me mouth."
In the interview, Liam certainly carries on getting everything off his chest, criticising Noel for having a solo section during the final Oasis gigs. "He is a conniving little bastard. He's always wanted to be a solo star. It was always in his head. He loved his little moment in the spotlight when he did his little thing," Liam added.
Despite his problems with his brother, Liam revealed earlier this week that he is prepared to reform Oasis to commemorate the 20th anniversary of the band's debut album 'Definitely Maybe' in 2014.
His new band Beady Eye release their second album 'BE' next Monday (June 10) and will play live at Manchester Ritz on June 19 before heading to London for a show at Camden Centre on June 20. The short stint will then come to a close in Glasgow at the ABC on June 22. The band have also lined up festival slots at Benicassim, V Festival and T In The Park this summer.
Source: www.nme.com
Beady Eye
Click here to watch a live session with Beady Eye at Abbey Road Studios.
Second Bite of the Apple
Soul Love
Iz Rite
Soon Come Tomorrow
Start Anew
I'm Just Saying
Don't Brother Me
Cry Baby Cry
Ballroom Figured
Shine a Light
Flick of the Finger
Watch A Live Session With Beady Eye At Abbey Road Studios
Click here to watch a live session with Beady Eye at Abbey Road Studios.
Second Bite of the Apple
Soul Love
Iz Rite
Soon Come Tomorrow
Start Anew
I'm Just Saying
Don't Brother Me
Cry Baby Cry
Ballroom Figured
Shine a Light
Flick of the Finger
Beady Eye
This Sunday's Mf mag (available quarterly) inside the Sun Newspaper - features non-other than Manchester rocker Liam Gallagher in an exclusive with his band Beady Eye. Liam, 40, talks booze binges, new music - and reforming Oasis.
More details can be found here.
Beady Eye Feature In Mens Fabulous Magazine
This Sunday's Mf mag (available quarterly) inside the Sun Newspaper - features non-other than Manchester rocker Liam Gallagher in an exclusive with his band Beady Eye. Liam, 40, talks booze binges, new music - and reforming Oasis.
More details can be found here.
Beady Eye
Here's a statement from Liam Gallagher about the new Beady Eye record - in which he discusses working with producer Dave Sitek:
"Working with Sitek just opened something up in us. He's without a doubt the best producer I've ever worked with, a real outlaw - he doesn't give a fuck, no rules. We had a new found focus when we were writing it - we really got our heads down and got our shit together - clear heads, none of that crap from the '90s. It feels like a really special record for us".
We are pleased to announce you can now pre-order the album and the new limited edition single 'Second Bite of The Apple' on 7" Vinyl - which are both out Monday!
Click here for details.
Beady Eye 'BE' LP & 'Second Bite Of The Apple' 7" Single Pre-Order!
Here's a statement from Liam Gallagher about the new Beady Eye record - in which he discusses working with producer Dave Sitek:
"Working with Sitek just opened something up in us. He's without a doubt the best producer I've ever worked with, a real outlaw - he doesn't give a fuck, no rules. We had a new found focus when we were writing it - we really got our heads down and got our shit together - clear heads, none of that crap from the '90s. It feels like a really special record for us".
We are pleased to announce you can now pre-order the album and the new limited edition single 'Second Bite of The Apple' on 7" Vinyl - which are both out Monday!
Click here for details.
Beady Eye
Check out Beady Eye's Online Store to pre-order BE and for the chance to win a signed and framed copy of Q Magazine's Beady Eye cover.
Each week a new money-can't-buy prize will be available, so check back to the store and follow updates from the band on Facebook and Twitter to find out about the latest prize.
Click here for details.
Win A Signed And Framed Copy Of Q Magazine's Beady Eye Cover!
Check out Beady Eye's Online Store to pre-order BE and for the chance to win a signed and framed copy of Q Magazine's Beady Eye cover.
Each week a new money-can't-buy prize will be available, so check back to the store and follow updates from the band on Facebook and Twitter to find out about the latest prize.
Click here for details.
Beady Eye
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, it will feature live session tracks from Beady Eye.
Event details.
When: 9.00pm (UK Time) on Thursday, 6 June 2013.
Until: 10.00pm (UK Time) on Thursday, 6 June 2013.
For details on how to listen live click here.
Listen To A Live Session From Beady Eye At Abbey Road Studios Later Today
Recorded at Abbey Road Studios, it will feature live session tracks from Beady Eye.
Event details.
When: 9.00pm (UK Time) on Thursday, 6 June 2013.
Until: 10.00pm (UK Time) on Thursday, 6 June 2013.
For details on how to listen live click here.
Beady Eye
Dave Sitek
Liam Gallagher
Oasis
They've still got the world in their hands...
The first four words uttered on ‘BE’ signal the direction and intent of this second album from the post-Oasis outfit.
Kayvan Novak’s spoken-word excerpt, which runs throughout ‘Flick Of The Finger’, introduces proceedings with the purposeful advice: “Say what you believe.” This is clearly guidance that Beady Eye have followed with the creation of ‘BE’, which finds them listening to instincts, indulging creative impulses, and elevating ambitions beyond the restrictions of blue-collar rock ‘n’ roll.
Serrated guitars and portentous horns punctuate the opening track, suggesting a romp of a long-player. Ultimately the ex-Oasis lads do little to exceed expectations, but there’s more to ‘BE’ than meets the (Beady) eye.
Shades of light and dark ripple throughout and keep the listener guessing. The opener’s spiritual lyrics betray their soundtrack, but things make more sense in ‘Soul Love’, which follows – Liam Gallagher’s cosmic vibe (“Come into my world,” he beckons) is matched by the first distinct stamp of producer David Sitek’s ambient adventuring, which commandeers the second-half of the song, letting it drift dreamily skywards. This is what permeates ‘BE’, making it sonically enchanting.
Together, they traverse rhythms and sounds to add depth and clarity that was previously lacking: ‘Second Bite Of The Apple’ (video below) is doomily scuzzy, ‘Iz Rite’’s Beatles-ish melodies glow, and ‘Shine A Light’ is Bo Diddley on moonshine. Each song is injected with a little bit of magic that proves an admirable progression from the band.
The absolutely bare acoustic ‘Ballroom Figured’ and tender epic ‘Start Anew’ form a seductive finale, concluding a psychedelic journey with tear-stained meditations on life, love and the future. “Got the whole world in our hands,” Liam sings on the latter, while the whole band considers its destiny, and agrees.
8/10
Words: Simon Harper
Source: www.clashmusic.com
Yet Another Review Of Beady Eye's Album BE
They've still got the world in their hands...
The first four words uttered on ‘BE’ signal the direction and intent of this second album from the post-Oasis outfit.
Kayvan Novak’s spoken-word excerpt, which runs throughout ‘Flick Of The Finger’, introduces proceedings with the purposeful advice: “Say what you believe.” This is clearly guidance that Beady Eye have followed with the creation of ‘BE’, which finds them listening to instincts, indulging creative impulses, and elevating ambitions beyond the restrictions of blue-collar rock ‘n’ roll.
Serrated guitars and portentous horns punctuate the opening track, suggesting a romp of a long-player. Ultimately the ex-Oasis lads do little to exceed expectations, but there’s more to ‘BE’ than meets the (Beady) eye.
Shades of light and dark ripple throughout and keep the listener guessing. The opener’s spiritual lyrics betray their soundtrack, but things make more sense in ‘Soul Love’, which follows – Liam Gallagher’s cosmic vibe (“Come into my world,” he beckons) is matched by the first distinct stamp of producer David Sitek’s ambient adventuring, which commandeers the second-half of the song, letting it drift dreamily skywards. This is what permeates ‘BE’, making it sonically enchanting.
Together, they traverse rhythms and sounds to add depth and clarity that was previously lacking: ‘Second Bite Of The Apple’ (video below) is doomily scuzzy, ‘Iz Rite’’s Beatles-ish melodies glow, and ‘Shine A Light’ is Bo Diddley on moonshine. Each song is injected with a little bit of magic that proves an admirable progression from the band.
The absolutely bare acoustic ‘Ballroom Figured’ and tender epic ‘Start Anew’ form a seductive finale, concluding a psychedelic journey with tear-stained meditations on life, love and the future. “Got the whole world in our hands,” Liam sings on the latter, while the whole band considers its destiny, and agrees.
8/10
Words: Simon Harper
Source: www.clashmusic.com
Liam Gallagher
Oasis
Paul McCartney
Ray Davies
Roger Daltrey
Liam Gallagher interview excerpt from NME magazine
NME: One thing that doesn't make the papers so much now Is the rift with Noel - he doesn't seem to be fueling it any more. He told NME that he likes your new stuff…
Liam: "Good, It's good music. But he'll say anything to you. Deep down he probably hates it, but he's never gonna tell you the truth. He just walks around in wolf's clothes, man. I wear my heart on my sleeve. Or maybe he's mellow and it's just me."
He won an Ivor last week.
"Bet he's happy with that, isn't he?"
And you?
"I don't give a fuck what awards he gets. Ivor Novello Award? What is it?"
Oasis won two of them. It's the industry award.
"I Don't want anything to do with that shit"
He got it for his song collection. What would that mean to you, to be recognised as a songwriter?
"I've got a lot to learn about song writing, but I'm learning fucking fast man, believe you me. I just want people to dig my songs, I don't need an award for it."
Noel seems to have been welcomed into rock's elder statesmen club, that sort of Ray Davies, Roger Daltrey and Paul McCartney world, where you haven't.
"Yeah, poor bastard. He wears it well, all that gear. He's a civilised kind of chap. He doesn't want to know about that rock'n'roll stuff any more "
Source: NME Magazine
Liam Gallagher On Brother Noel, Ray Davies, Roger Daltrey, Paul McCartney And More
Liam Gallagher interview excerpt from NME magazine
NME: One thing that doesn't make the papers so much now Is the rift with Noel - he doesn't seem to be fueling it any more. He told NME that he likes your new stuff…
Liam: "Good, It's good music. But he'll say anything to you. Deep down he probably hates it, but he's never gonna tell you the truth. He just walks around in wolf's clothes, man. I wear my heart on my sleeve. Or maybe he's mellow and it's just me."
He won an Ivor last week.
"Bet he's happy with that, isn't he?"
And you?
"I don't give a fuck what awards he gets. Ivor Novello Award? What is it?"
Oasis won two of them. It's the industry award.
"I Don't want anything to do with that shit"
He got it for his song collection. What would that mean to you, to be recognised as a songwriter?
"I've got a lot to learn about song writing, but I'm learning fucking fast man, believe you me. I just want people to dig my songs, I don't need an award for it."
Noel seems to have been welcomed into rock's elder statesmen club, that sort of Ray Davies, Roger Daltrey and Paul McCartney world, where you haven't.
"Yeah, poor bastard. He wears it well, all that gear. He's a civilised kind of chap. He doesn't want to know about that rock'n'roll stuff any more "
Source: NME Magazine
Beady Eye
Dave Sitek
TV On The Radio
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Beady Eye are playing an intimate in-store show at London's Rough Trade East on Monday (June 10) at 7pm to celebrate the release of new album BE.
The follow up to debut Different Gear, Still Speeding was recorded in London with cult producer Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs).
"Working with Sitek just opened something up in us. He's without a doubt the best producer I've ever worked with, a real outlaw - he doesn't give a fuck, no rules. We had a new found focus when we were writing it - we really got our heads down and got our shit together - clear heads, none of that crap from the 90s. It feels like a really special record for us." Liam said.
We've got a pair of the in demand wristbands for the Rough Trade East show on Monday to give away - to be in with a chance of getting your hands on them simply answer the question here.
Source: www.xfm.co.uk
Win Wristbands To Beady Eye's Rough Trade East In Store Show
Beady Eye are playing an intimate in-store show at London's Rough Trade East on Monday (June 10) at 7pm to celebrate the release of new album BE.
The follow up to debut Different Gear, Still Speeding was recorded in London with cult producer Dave Sitek (TV on the Radio, Yeah Yeah Yeahs).
"Working with Sitek just opened something up in us. He's without a doubt the best producer I've ever worked with, a real outlaw - he doesn't give a fuck, no rules. We had a new found focus when we were writing it - we really got our heads down and got our shit together - clear heads, none of that crap from the 90s. It feels like a really special record for us." Liam said.
We've got a pair of the in demand wristbands for the Rough Trade East show on Monday to give away - to be in with a chance of getting your hands on them simply answer the question here.
Source: www.xfm.co.uk
Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher has been asked by the NME What would it mean to him, to be recognised as a songwriter?
He said "I've got a lot to learn about song writing, but I'm learning fucking fast man, believe you me. I just want people to dig my songs, I don't need an award for it."
The NME is on sale now.
Liam Gallagher On Being Recognised As A Songwriter
Liam Gallagher has been asked by the NME What would it mean to him, to be recognised as a songwriter?
He said "I've got a lot to learn about song writing, but I'm learning fucking fast man, believe you me. I just want people to dig my songs, I don't need an award for it."
The NME is on sale now.
Liam Gallagher
Liam Gallagher was asked by the current issue of the NME does he still keep sausage dogs.
The singer said "Yeah, man. Them little fuckers man, they are bossy. Tucking food, water, over there, now! Fucking clean that shit up, take me for a walk, wipe my fucking arse! Stroke me!' Fucking hell..."
Liam Gallagher On His Sausage Dogs
Liam Gallagher was asked by the current issue of the NME does he still keep sausage dogs.
The singer said "Yeah, man. Them little fuckers man, they are bossy. Tucking food, water, over there, now! Fucking clean that shit up, take me for a walk, wipe my fucking arse! Stroke me!' Fucking hell..."
Gem Archer
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Peggy Gallagher
Gem Archer has spoken to the NME on the rift between Liam and Noel Gallagher
He said "As far as I know, they still don't see each other. But it's a family, man. Families are very, very complicated and it can't just be left in limbo. I've said before, it would take 20 seconds to sort out, but it's finding that right 20 seconds. To get them back on speaking terms is not for anybody to do, apart from maybe their mum. The rest is down to them, man, and they're happy being their own way, in their own worlds, doing their own things."
The NME is on sale now.
Gem Archer On The Rift Between Liam And Noel Gallagher
Gem Archer has spoken to the NME on the rift between Liam and Noel Gallagher
He said "As far as I know, they still don't see each other. But it's a family, man. Families are very, very complicated and it can't just be left in limbo. I've said before, it would take 20 seconds to sort out, but it's finding that right 20 seconds. To get them back on speaking terms is not for anybody to do, apart from maybe their mum. The rest is down to them, man, and they're happy being their own way, in their own worlds, doing their own things."
The NME is on sale now.
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