The video below is from December 13th 1995, when Noel Gallagher was interviewed and performed on Much Music in Toronto, Canada on Much Music.
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The video below is from December 13th 1995, when Noel Gallagher was interviewed and performed on Much Music in Toronto, Canada on Much Music.
On This Day In Oasis History...
The video below is from December 13th 1995, when Noel Gallagher was interviewed and performed on Much Music in Toronto, Canada on Much Music.
Arctic Monkeys
Blur
Kasabian
Manic Street Preachers
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Pulp
Suede
The Verve
Noel Gallagher has spoken about the lack of working-class voices in contemporary music, suggesting the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian have made no impact in terms of encouraging any new “noise coming from the council estates”.
During an interview for the BBC Master Tapes show, via NME, a member of the audience questioned the Oasis founder about the health of the current British music scene. “You only have to look at the charts, what happened at the end of the 90s, all those bands used to be in the top 10, like us, Manics, Pulp, the Verve, Suede and Blur, and I think bands like that have been marginalised and sidelined,” he said. “There’s X Factor and all that kind of thing, but you name me the last great band that came out of this country? There’s not really been any great bands in the last 10 years.”
Specifically lamenting the lack of exciting bands (adding that One Direction were “not a band” but a group), Gallagher said that Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian had done little in the last decade to expand the variety of musicians operating in an increasingly middle-class music industry: "Shame on those two bands for a start because they didn’t inspire anybody else. The working classes have not got a voice any more. There doesn’t seem to be a noise coming from the council estates, you know what I mean?
I’d have eaten Bastille alive in an afternoon in the 90s, one interview, destroyed, gone, never to be heard of again. Easy, had ’em for breakfast. My bass player summed it up – we’re constantly saying: ‘Where is the next band coming from?’ and he rightly says: ‘Never mind the band, where are the people?’”
Gallagher added: “When I first started I wanted to get in the charts and wreck it, like stamp Phil Collins out and Wet Wet Wet, they’ve got to go, and all that 80s gear, we don’t need that any more. I don’t see anything from the working class, I just don’t see it.”
The musician’s recent statements echo his comments from a 2013 interview in weekly men’s magazine Shortlist, claiming that it was only the “middle-class” bands that refused to play at Teenage Cancer Trust gigs taking place at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The new album from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Chasing Yesterday, is released in March.
Source: www.theguardian.com
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Noel Gallagher Blames Arctic Monkeys, Kasabian And Bastille For The State Of English Music
Noel Gallagher has spoken about the lack of working-class voices in contemporary music, suggesting the likes of Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian have made no impact in terms of encouraging any new “noise coming from the council estates”.
During an interview for the BBC Master Tapes show, via NME, a member of the audience questioned the Oasis founder about the health of the current British music scene. “You only have to look at the charts, what happened at the end of the 90s, all those bands used to be in the top 10, like us, Manics, Pulp, the Verve, Suede and Blur, and I think bands like that have been marginalised and sidelined,” he said. “There’s X Factor and all that kind of thing, but you name me the last great band that came out of this country? There’s not really been any great bands in the last 10 years.”
Specifically lamenting the lack of exciting bands (adding that One Direction were “not a band” but a group), Gallagher said that Arctic Monkeys and Kasabian had done little in the last decade to expand the variety of musicians operating in an increasingly middle-class music industry: "Shame on those two bands for a start because they didn’t inspire anybody else. The working classes have not got a voice any more. There doesn’t seem to be a noise coming from the council estates, you know what I mean?
I’d have eaten Bastille alive in an afternoon in the 90s, one interview, destroyed, gone, never to be heard of again. Easy, had ’em for breakfast. My bass player summed it up – we’re constantly saying: ‘Where is the next band coming from?’ and he rightly says: ‘Never mind the band, where are the people?’”
Gallagher added: “When I first started I wanted to get in the charts and wreck it, like stamp Phil Collins out and Wet Wet Wet, they’ve got to go, and all that 80s gear, we don’t need that any more. I don’t see anything from the working class, I just don’t see it.”
The musician’s recent statements echo his comments from a 2013 interview in weekly men’s magazine Shortlist, claiming that it was only the “middle-class” bands that refused to play at Teenage Cancer Trust gigs taking place at London’s Royal Albert Hall.
The new album from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, Chasing Yesterday, is released in March.
Source: www.theguardian.com
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Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Steve Lamacq
Steve welcomes his Britpop pal Noel Gallagher to the studio, for a very special Christmas co-host. Noel is parting with presents in the form of tracks which have influenced him over the years.
Expect the pair to bring Christmas cheer to one and all as they get nostalgic about the nineties, talk through Noel's new High Flying Birds album and there will obviously be the question about an Oasis reunion.
It's one hour of uninterrupted Gallagher anecdotes which can only be found here on 6 Music.
Noel joins the show at 54:00. into the broadcast, click here to listen.
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Listen Again To Noel Gallagher On Steve Lamacq
Steve welcomes his Britpop pal Noel Gallagher to the studio, for a very special Christmas co-host. Noel is parting with presents in the form of tracks which have influenced him over the years.
Expect the pair to bring Christmas cheer to one and all as they get nostalgic about the nineties, talk through Noel's new High Flying Birds album and there will obviously be the question about an Oasis reunion.
It's one hour of uninterrupted Gallagher anecdotes which can only be found here on 6 Music.
Noel joins the show at 54:00. into the broadcast, click here to listen.
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Alan White
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The video below is from December 12th 1995, when Oasis appeared on MTV's 'Ultimate Winter Vacation' in Aspen, Colorado.
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On This Day In Oasis History...
The video below is from December 12th 1995, when Oasis appeared on MTV's 'Ultimate Winter Vacation' in Aspen, Colorado.
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Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are performing a special show at The Royal Albert Hall on March 28th 2015 to celebrate 15 years of music for Teenage Cancer Trust. Tickets are on sale Tuesday 16th December at 10am.
Noel said about the show: “Who'd have thought that after 15 years we'd be gearing up for another stint at the greatest venue in the world for Teenage Cancer Trust? Thanks to everyone, the bands, artists, comedians for all your continued support, and maximum respect to you the people for making it all possible. See you on Saturday 28th March!”
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Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds To Perform At The Royal Albert Hall For The Teenage Cancer Trust
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are performing a special show at The Royal Albert Hall on March 28th 2015 to celebrate 15 years of music for Teenage Cancer Trust. Tickets are on sale Tuesday 16th December at 10am.
Noel said about the show: “Who'd have thought that after 15 years we'd be gearing up for another stint at the greatest venue in the world for Teenage Cancer Trust? Thanks to everyone, the bands, artists, comedians for all your continued support, and maximum respect to you the people for making it all possible. See you on Saturday 28th March!”
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Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's John Wilson, as part of the station's Mastertapes series, Gallagher revealed that he's been stockpiling songs since 1993, when he began work on what would become Oasis's hugely successful debut album Definitely Maybe and has never recorded an album without having more than 30 songs available to choose from.
He said: "I've had a stockpile of songs since 1993. I've never written for a specific project, I've never been in the studio with less than 30 songs. I've just recorded an album, but I've still got another 30 songs."
He continued: "Instead of writing 15 or 16 songs for a cycle of where [Oasis] were at, we were using five, but I was still writing 15, 20 songs, so there's loads of stuff left over from those days. Albums and albums worth of material. Because you move so fast as a writer, and you can only really do ten songs on an album at a time, lots get left behind."
Gallagher will release his second solo album Chasing Yesterday in March of next year.
The album is the second the former Oasis guitarist has released under the name of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and features new single 'In The Heat Of The Moment'. You can hear that track at the bottom of the page.
The LP will feature 10 tracks on the standard edition and 13 on the deluxe edition, including a new version of 'Freaky Teeth', which Gallagher played live on his last solo tour.
Source: www.hmv.com
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Noel Gallagher Reveals He Is Sat On "Albums And Albums Worth Of Material"
Former Oasis guitarist Noel Gallagher has admitted that he has "albums and albums worth of material" that is yet to be released.
Speaking to BBC Radio 4's John Wilson, as part of the station's Mastertapes series, Gallagher revealed that he's been stockpiling songs since 1993, when he began work on what would become Oasis's hugely successful debut album Definitely Maybe and has never recorded an album without having more than 30 songs available to choose from.
He said: "I've had a stockpile of songs since 1993. I've never written for a specific project, I've never been in the studio with less than 30 songs. I've just recorded an album, but I've still got another 30 songs."
He continued: "Instead of writing 15 or 16 songs for a cycle of where [Oasis] were at, we were using five, but I was still writing 15, 20 songs, so there's loads of stuff left over from those days. Albums and albums worth of material. Because you move so fast as a writer, and you can only really do ten songs on an album at a time, lots get left behind."
Gallagher will release his second solo album Chasing Yesterday in March of next year.
The album is the second the former Oasis guitarist has released under the name of Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds and features new single 'In The Heat Of The Moment'. You can hear that track at the bottom of the page.
The LP will feature 10 tracks on the standard edition and 13 on the deluxe edition, including a new version of 'Freaky Teeth', which Gallagher played live on his last solo tour.
Source: www.hmv.com
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Noel Gallagher
Oasis
John Wilson continues with his new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 10, the B-side. Having discussed the making of 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', his first studio album since leaving Oasis (in the A-side of the programme, broadcast on Monday 8th December and available online), Noel Gallagher responds to questions from the audience, performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the album and looks forward to his next musical project "Chasing Yesterday" due out in 2015.
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Listen Again: Noel Gallagher (The B-Side) Mastertapes
John Wilson continues with his new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 10, the B-side. Having discussed the making of 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', his first studio album since leaving Oasis (in the A-side of the programme, broadcast on Monday 8th December and available online), Noel Gallagher responds to questions from the audience, performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the album and looks forward to his next musical project "Chasing Yesterday" due out in 2015.
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Noel Gallagher
Two more shows have been added to Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Japanese tour.
The two dates are at the Festival Hall in Osaka on April 6th, and the Budokan in Tokyo on April 16th.
More information can be found here.
Thanks to Mari
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New Dates Added To 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' Japanese Tour
Two more shows have been added to Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Japanese tour.
The two dates are at the Festival Hall in Osaka on April 6th, and the Budokan in Tokyo on April 16th.
More information can be found here.
Thanks to Mari
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Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Noel Gallagher (the B-Side) is broadcast later today (9th December) at 15:30 (UK TIME) listen live by clicking here.
John Wilson continues with his new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 10, the B-side. Having discussed the making of 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', his first studio album since leaving Oasis (in the A-side of the programme, broadcast on Monday 8th December and available online), Noel Gallagher responds to questions from the audience, performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the album and looks forward to his next musical project "Chasing Yesterday" due out in 2015.
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Listen To Noel Gallagher On Mastertapes Later Today
Noel Gallagher (the B-Side) is broadcast later today (9th December) at 15:30 (UK TIME) listen live by clicking here.
John Wilson continues with his new series in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 10, the B-side. Having discussed the making of 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', his first studio album since leaving Oasis (in the A-side of the programme, broadcast on Monday 8th December and available online), Noel Gallagher responds to questions from the audience, performs acoustic live versions of some of the tracks from the album and looks forward to his next musical project "Chasing Yesterday" due out in 2015.
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Noel Gallagher
Oasis
John Wilson continues with the latest series of Mastertapes, in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 9, A-side. 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' with Noel Gallagher
In 2009 Noel Gallagher left Oasis - one of the seminal bands of the Britpop era with seven multi-platinum albums including: 'Definitely Maybe', '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' and 'Be Here Now' - which became the fastest selling album in UK chart history. Two years later Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds also went to Number 1 in the UK with tracks like "Everybody's On the Run", "AKA... What A Life!" and "The Death of You and Me". Praised for its psychedelic tinges and eternal themes of love, loss and hope, it's been described as the best collection of songs "since his Morning Glory days".
With tracks inspired by New Orleans ragtime rhythms and Ennio Morricone-like strings, it put paid to rumours that its creator entered into a state of inertia after the end of Oasis. Noel Gallagher said of the album: "I won't criticize anything about Oasis because I loved being in that band and I was in charge of it, but there was always the feeling: how will this go down in Wembley, with 70,000 people braying for good times? This time I didn't have to think about that. I've got a guy playing wine glasses on one song, a saw on another. This is not Oasis."
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Listen Again: Noel Gallagher (The A-Side) Mastertapes
John Wilson continues with the latest series of Mastertapes, in which he talks to leading performers and songwriters about the album that made them or changed them. Recorded in front of a live audience at the BBC's iconic Maida Vale Studios. Each edition includes two episodes, with John initially quizzing the artist about the album in question, and then, in the B-side, the audience puts the questions. Both editions feature exclusive live performances.
Programme 9, A-side. 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' with Noel Gallagher
In 2009 Noel Gallagher left Oasis - one of the seminal bands of the Britpop era with seven multi-platinum albums including: 'Definitely Maybe', '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' and 'Be Here Now' - which became the fastest selling album in UK chart history. Two years later Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds also went to Number 1 in the UK with tracks like "Everybody's On the Run", "AKA... What A Life!" and "The Death of You and Me". Praised for its psychedelic tinges and eternal themes of love, loss and hope, it's been described as the best collection of songs "since his Morning Glory days".
With tracks inspired by New Orleans ragtime rhythms and Ennio Morricone-like strings, it put paid to rumours that its creator entered into a state of inertia after the end of Oasis. Noel Gallagher said of the album: "I won't criticize anything about Oasis because I loved being in that band and I was in charge of it, but there was always the feeling: how will this go down in Wembley, with 70,000 people braying for good times? This time I didn't have to think about that. I've got a guy playing wine glasses on one song, a saw on another. This is not Oasis."
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Chris Martin
Coldplay
Noel Gallagher
Radiohead
U2
Noel Gallagher has postulated a scenario in which copies of the next Coldplay album will be hand-delivered by Chris Martin – and come with a free tenner.
Gallagher was speaking to Radio 4's John Wilson for the series Mastertapes, in which the former Oasis guitarist discussed the making of 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', his 2011 solo debut. The programme will be broadcast at 11pm today (December 8).
Asked for his opinion on U2's iTunes giveaway of new album 'Song Of Innocence', Gallagher said: "I don't agree with music being given away for free because it costs a lot of money to make a record. Look, [U2] obviously don't need the money, good for them, but it's not something that I would ever consider…"
Asked if the move undermines the value of music, Gallagher replied: "It doesn't undermine the value of my music, no, so does it undermine the value of theirs? I don't know. A lot of people go to see them live and they're brilliant. If anything, they've gained two new fans in my sons, who since then have become mega-fans."
Discussing the shift in the music industry, Gallagher said that the trend started with Radiohead's 2007 album 'In Rainbows', which could be purchased for a nominal fee online.
"All this started with Radiohead didn't it, and people have been reacting to that ever since... I remember the Kaiser Chiefs were like, 'Make your own record, we'll give you a pound.' What? You're giving people a pound?! It remains to be seen how Coldplay react to it. I firmly believe we'll all get a knock on the door at some point over the next two years and Chris [Martin] will be stood there. And he'll say, 'Alright man, you know, here's a Coldplay album.' And you'll go, 'Thanks.' And there's a ladder and he'll say, 'Bass player's just fixing the guttering, Johnny's round the back, he's doing the gardening and I think Will's going to put the recycling out, so enjoy.' And then he'll come back and say, 'Oh, I forgot – here's a tenner.' Who knows what's going to happen. But for the record, no-one's getting anything out of me for free."
Source: www.nme.com
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Noel Gallagher Jokes The Next Coldplay Album Will Be Hand-Delivered By Chris Martin
Noel Gallagher has postulated a scenario in which copies of the next Coldplay album will be hand-delivered by Chris Martin – and come with a free tenner.
Gallagher was speaking to Radio 4's John Wilson for the series Mastertapes, in which the former Oasis guitarist discussed the making of 'Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds', his 2011 solo debut. The programme will be broadcast at 11pm today (December 8).
Asked for his opinion on U2's iTunes giveaway of new album 'Song Of Innocence', Gallagher said: "I don't agree with music being given away for free because it costs a lot of money to make a record. Look, [U2] obviously don't need the money, good for them, but it's not something that I would ever consider…"
Asked if the move undermines the value of music, Gallagher replied: "It doesn't undermine the value of my music, no, so does it undermine the value of theirs? I don't know. A lot of people go to see them live and they're brilliant. If anything, they've gained two new fans in my sons, who since then have become mega-fans."
Discussing the shift in the music industry, Gallagher said that the trend started with Radiohead's 2007 album 'In Rainbows', which could be purchased for a nominal fee online.
"All this started with Radiohead didn't it, and people have been reacting to that ever since... I remember the Kaiser Chiefs were like, 'Make your own record, we'll give you a pound.' What? You're giving people a pound?! It remains to be seen how Coldplay react to it. I firmly believe we'll all get a knock on the door at some point over the next two years and Chris [Martin] will be stood there. And he'll say, 'Alright man, you know, here's a Coldplay album.' And you'll go, 'Thanks.' And there's a ladder and he'll say, 'Bass player's just fixing the guttering, Johnny's round the back, he's doing the gardening and I think Will's going to put the recycling out, so enjoy.' And then he'll come back and say, 'Oh, I forgot – here's a tenner.' Who knows what's going to happen. But for the record, no-one's getting anything out of me for free."
Source: www.nme.com
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Noel Gallagher
Oasis
The Smiths
Johnny Marr thinks Noel Gallagher's solo material is "very clever" and sounds really "cool".
Marr has guested on a track on his friend's forthcoming new album and is very impressed by the "cool" sounding record.
He said: "Noel's done a clever thing, he's managed to make his solo career very natural and incorporate a new kind of sound.
"It has that kind of cool, rolling clubby sort of feel to it with his singing over the top."
Many years ago, Johnny sent Noel a guitar he wrote The Smiths' 'Panic' on, and when it was smashed during an altercation on stage he kindly sent him another.
Asked if he had sent him the 'Panic' guitar, Johnny told Q magazine: "I did yeah but then he broke it.
"They were on tour in Newcastle and I got a frantic phone call saying there'd been an altercation on stage and the guitar had been broken so I went to the shed, dusted off the one I did 'The Queen is Dead' on and sent it up to him. He's still got it."
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Johnny Marr Is Very Impressed By The "Cool" Sounding Noel Gallagher Record
Johnny Marr thinks Noel Gallagher's solo material is "very clever" and sounds really "cool".
Marr has guested on a track on his friend's forthcoming new album and is very impressed by the "cool" sounding record.
He said: "Noel's done a clever thing, he's managed to make his solo career very natural and incorporate a new kind of sound.
"It has that kind of cool, rolling clubby sort of feel to it with his singing over the top."
Many years ago, Johnny sent Noel a guitar he wrote The Smiths' 'Panic' on, and when it was smashed during an altercation on stage he kindly sent him another.
Asked if he had sent him the 'Panic' guitar, Johnny told Q magazine: "I did yeah but then he broke it.
"They were on tour in Newcastle and I got a frantic phone call saying there'd been an altercation on stage and the guitar had been broken so I went to the shed, dusted off the one I did 'The Queen is Dead' on and sent it up to him. He's still got it."
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