Alan White
Andy Bell
Gem Archer
Liam Gallagher
Matt Deighton
Mother Earth
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Paul Weller
The videos below are from June 10th 2000, when Oasis played the Pink Pop Festival in Langraaf, Holland. At the time Noel Gallagher had decided to quit overseas touring with Oasis.
Guitarist Matt Deighton was bought in. He had performed with Paul Weller and Mother Earth in the past.
Another On This Day In Oasis History...
The videos below are from June 10th 2000, when Oasis played the Pink Pop Festival in Langraaf, Holland. At the time Noel Gallagher had decided to quit overseas touring with Oasis.
Guitarist Matt Deighton was bought in. He had performed with Paul Weller and Mother Earth in the past.
Andy Bell
Gem Archer
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Zak Starkey
The video below is from June 10th 2005, when Oasis played at the Hurricane Festival in Scheessel, Germany.
On This Day In Oasis History...
The video below is from June 10th 2005, when Oasis played at the Hurricane Festival in Scheessel, Germany.
Alan White
Andy Bell
Gem Archer
Liam Gallagher
Matt Deighton
Mother Earth
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Paul Weller
The videos below are from the 9th of June 2000, Oasis played at the Rock AM Ring in Nuremberg, Germany. At the time Noel Gallagher had decided to quit overseas touring with Oasis.
Guitarist Matt Deighton was bought in. He had performed with Paul Weller and Mother Earth in the past.
On This Day In Oasis History...
The videos below are from the 9th of June 2000, Oasis played at the Rock AM Ring in Nuremberg, Germany. At the time Noel Gallagher had decided to quit overseas touring with Oasis.
Guitarist Matt Deighton was bought in. He had performed with Paul Weller and Mother Earth in the past.
Liam Gallagher
Ignition management COWBOYS steer clear up there with IBERIA airlines LG x
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Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweet
Ignition management COWBOYS steer clear up there with IBERIA airlines LG x
Follow Liam on Twitter by clicking here.
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Liam Gallagher has hit out at the makers of the forthcoming Oasis documentary for deciding to premiere the film in London rather than Manchester.
The band’s former frontman slammed the filmmakers and appeared to blame his brother Noel Gallagher for the choice of venue.
Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, the singer wrote: “So check this out apparently some clown trying to tell me this film about my f****** band yeah MY band is not premiering in MCR iFTOTB.”
He added: “Your so called mighty 1 only up for London premier as you were you porcelain k***.
“If I have to come and knock on your door you'll get it popcorn and DVD.”
Gallagher had previously been supportive of the new film, which is being produced by James Gay-Rees and directed by Mat Whitecross and Amy’s Asif Kapadia.
According to reports, the band gave the film crew ‘unprecedented’ access to unseen archive footage as well as giving new interviews.
Gallagher previously described the project as ‘biblical’ after watching an early cut of the film last month.
Source: www.standard.co.uk
Liam Gallagher Slams Noel And Oasis Documentary Makers
Liam Gallagher has hit out at the makers of the forthcoming Oasis documentary for deciding to premiere the film in London rather than Manchester.
The band’s former frontman slammed the filmmakers and appeared to blame his brother Noel Gallagher for the choice of venue.
Taking to Twitter on Wednesday, the singer wrote: “So check this out apparently some clown trying to tell me this film about my f****** band yeah MY band is not premiering in MCR iFTOTB.”
He added: “Your so called mighty 1 only up for London premier as you were you porcelain k***.
“If I have to come and knock on your door you'll get it popcorn and DVD.”
Gallagher had previously been supportive of the new film, which is being produced by James Gay-Rees and directed by Mat Whitecross and Amy’s Asif Kapadia.
According to reports, the band gave the film crew ‘unprecedented’ access to unseen archive footage as well as giving new interviews.
Gallagher previously described the project as ‘biblical’ after watching an early cut of the film last month.
Source: www.standard.co.uk
Liam Gallagher
So check this out apparently some clown trying to tell me this film about my fucking band yeah MY band is not premiering in MCR iFTOTB
Your so called mighty 1 only up for London premier as you were you porcelain knob
If I have to come and knock on your door you'll get it popcorn and DVD
Follow Liam on Twitter by clicking here.
Liam Gallagher's Latest Tweets...
So check this out apparently some clown trying to tell me this film about my fucking band yeah MY band is not premiering in MCR iFTOTB
Your so called mighty 1 only up for London premier as you were you porcelain knob
If I have to come and knock on your door you'll get it popcorn and DVD
Follow Liam on Twitter by clicking here.
Noel Gallagher
There are still tickets available for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds North America Tour, take a look at the official tour page to check out locations and availability here.
Tickets Still Available For Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds North America Tour
There are still tickets available for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds North America Tour, take a look at the official tour page to check out locations and availability here.
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Drum and bass legend, Goldie, shares his love for Oasis and Noel Gallagher's songwriting.
Goldie On Noel Gallagher's Prolific Songwriting
Drum and bass legend, Goldie, shares his love for Oasis and Noel Gallagher's songwriting.
This Feeling
A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance.
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.
What's Going On At 'This Feeling' This Weekend?
A well known haunt of well known faces, and where to see future next big things in advance.
Visit www.thisfeeling.co.uk for tickets and information on club nights all over the UK.
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Below is a video of Noel Gallagher performing the first half of 'Wonderwall' at the Free Tibet concert in New York from June 7th 1997.
In March 2009 'Oasis' were banned from performing in China. The Chinese Government is said to have revoked the band's performance licences, and cancelled the two concerts they were to stage in Beijing and Shanghai in April 2009.
The promoters of the shows say that a decision to cancel them was taken after the Government realised that Noel Gallagher had appeared at a 'Free Tibet' benefit gig in the U.S. In 1997. "The Government deemed that the band are unsuitable to perform to their fans in the Chinese Republic."
Another On This Day In Oasis History...
Below is a video of Noel Gallagher performing the first half of 'Wonderwall' at the Free Tibet concert in New York from June 7th 1997.
In March 2009 'Oasis' were banned from performing in China. The Chinese Government is said to have revoked the band's performance licences, and cancelled the two concerts they were to stage in Beijing and Shanghai in April 2009.
The promoters of the shows say that a decision to cancel them was taken after the Government realised that Noel Gallagher had appeared at a 'Free Tibet' benefit gig in the U.S. In 1997. "The Government deemed that the band are unsuitable to perform to their fans in the Chinese Republic."
Bonehead
Guigsy
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Tony McCarroll
The video below is from June 7th 1994, when Oasis performed on Naked City.
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On This Day In Oasis History...
The video below is from June 7th 1994, when Oasis performed on Naked City.
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Bonehead
Ian Brown
Lawrence Watson
Liam Gallagher
New Order
Oasis
Paul Weller
The Charlatans
The Smiths
The show was put together by the photographer and curator behind the Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993-1997 exhibition in London in 2014.
The photographer behind immersive Oasis exhibition Chasing The Sun - which included a recreation of Bonehead’s living room from the cover of Definitely Maybe - is opening a new show in Manchester next week.
Lawrence Watson is transforming a brand new Salford art space for his Manchester, So Much To Answer For show, with 40 pictures of the likes of The Smiths, Oasis, Ian Brown, The Charlatans, and New Order - some very famous, others never seen before.
He’s also turning the basement in a ‘dark room’ full of photographer’s contact sheets and a cinema screen. And upstairs, there’ll be an interactive 1980s teenager’s bedroom with authentic decorations and technology from the period - and a stack of records to play.
The idea is to give context to the way Lawrence works and to the era in which many of the Manchester bands he captured were growing up and writing music.
Among the stand out images are a shot of Liam Gallagher sitting on an empty stage in Birmingham with his beer (“After I’d taken that, he said to me, ‘It’s great this touring, everywhere I go they build me a bar’,” Lawrence laughs), and Ian Brown backdropped by a Barbie pink street in Moss Side, which was painted up for an advert in 1993.
Other highlights are shots of The Smiths hanging around outside the old Albert Finney shop on Oldham Road, and Noel Gallagher waiting for a train at Union Station.
Lawrence, who left school at 16 and took an apprenticeship in a dark room on Old Street, says it was a love of music - and specifically, not being very good at playing bass - that made him want to be a photographer.
But he tried different styles first. “I was really into people like Don McCullen, and it was the time of the National Front and Britain First so I’d been taking pictures of that,” Lawrence recalls. “I was still learning, and it was a bit intimidating having 300 skinheads coming towards you.”
From photographing gigs he earned commissions with the NME, where he met The Smiths and Morrissey - who he would continue to work with as a solo artist and says had “the clearest ideas” when it came to photo shoot locations.
But he has also gone on to work extensively with Paul Weller - who pulled the cover for his final Style Council sleeve in order to get one of Lawrence’s shots on there instead.
The new gallery, Future Artists Studios at 81 Chapel Street, has been made possible by a Kickstarter campaign and the art group’s not for profit cafe space next door, Home Of Honest Coffee.
The exhibition opens for a free private view on June 9, at 6.30pm, then runs until July 18. Tickets are essential and cost £6 via the Future Artists website.
Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk.
Oasis, The Smiths, Ian Brown Feature In New Exhibition
The show was put together by the photographer and curator behind the Chasing The Sun: Oasis 1993-1997 exhibition in London in 2014.
The photographer behind immersive Oasis exhibition Chasing The Sun - which included a recreation of Bonehead’s living room from the cover of Definitely Maybe - is opening a new show in Manchester next week.
Lawrence Watson is transforming a brand new Salford art space for his Manchester, So Much To Answer For show, with 40 pictures of the likes of The Smiths, Oasis, Ian Brown, The Charlatans, and New Order - some very famous, others never seen before.
He’s also turning the basement in a ‘dark room’ full of photographer’s contact sheets and a cinema screen. And upstairs, there’ll be an interactive 1980s teenager’s bedroom with authentic decorations and technology from the period - and a stack of records to play.
The idea is to give context to the way Lawrence works and to the era in which many of the Manchester bands he captured were growing up and writing music.
Among the stand out images are a shot of Liam Gallagher sitting on an empty stage in Birmingham with his beer (“After I’d taken that, he said to me, ‘It’s great this touring, everywhere I go they build me a bar’,” Lawrence laughs), and Ian Brown backdropped by a Barbie pink street in Moss Side, which was painted up for an advert in 1993.
Other highlights are shots of The Smiths hanging around outside the old Albert Finney shop on Oldham Road, and Noel Gallagher waiting for a train at Union Station.
Lawrence, who left school at 16 and took an apprenticeship in a dark room on Old Street, says it was a love of music - and specifically, not being very good at playing bass - that made him want to be a photographer.
But he tried different styles first. “I was really into people like Don McCullen, and it was the time of the National Front and Britain First so I’d been taking pictures of that,” Lawrence recalls. “I was still learning, and it was a bit intimidating having 300 skinheads coming towards you.”
From photographing gigs he earned commissions with the NME, where he met The Smiths and Morrissey - who he would continue to work with as a solo artist and says had “the clearest ideas” when it came to photo shoot locations.
But he has also gone on to work extensively with Paul Weller - who pulled the cover for his final Style Council sleeve in order to get one of Lawrence’s shots on there instead.
The new gallery, Future Artists Studios at 81 Chapel Street, has been made possible by a Kickstarter campaign and the art group’s not for profit cafe space next door, Home Of Honest Coffee.
The exhibition opens for a free private view on June 9, at 6.30pm, then runs until July 18. Tickets are essential and cost £6 via the Future Artists website.
Source: www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk.
Noel Gallagher
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been added to the Electric Picnic line-up in Ireland and will make their debut at the sold-out festival in September.
Tickets for this year's festival, which takes place on September 2 - 4, sold out in record time.
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds Added To Electric Picnic Line-Up
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds have been added to the Electric Picnic line-up in Ireland and will make their debut at the sold-out festival in September.
Tickets for this year's festival, which takes place on September 2 - 4, sold out in record time.
George Harrison
John Lennon
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Paul McCartney
Ringo Starr
Sir Paul McCartney has lashed out at Oasis for saying they’d be “bigger” than his band The Beatles in 1996.
The 73-year-old rocker thinks the group made the “biggest mistake” of their career by saying they’d give the ‘Twist and Shout’ hitmakers a run for their money during a controversial interview with MTV over a decade ago.
Speaking to Q magazine, Paul said:”Oasis were young, fresh and writing good tunes. I thought the biggest mistake they made was when they said ‘We’re going to be bigger than The Beatles’.
“I thought ‘So many people have said that, and it’s the kiss of death.’ Be bigger than The Beatles, but don’t say it. The minute you say it, everything you do from then on is going to be looked at in the light of that statement.”
Noel Gallagher – who was joined by brother and arch-enemy Liam Gallagher in the pioneering Britpop band ,which broke up in August 2009 – was slammed with backlash when he made the claim but he has since stated he has no recollection of making the statement and was probably out of his head on drugs at the time.
He previously admitted: “I might have been high when I said that. I think I was.”Paul’s comments come after the ‘Let It Be’ hitmaker admitted he was gripped by depression and “took to the bevvies” and almost walked away from his music career entirely when the iconic four-piece band – which also included John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr – went their separate ways in 1970.
He recently said: “I was depressed at the time, yeah. You would be. You would be too. I was breaking from my lifelong friends, not knowing whether I was going to continue in music. I took to the bevvies. I took to a wee dram. It was great at first, then suddenly I wasn’t having a good time. It wasn’t working. I wanted to get back to square one, so I ended up forming [his band] Wings.”
Source: www.easternmirrornagaland.com
Paul McCartney: Oasis Shouldn’t Have Said They’d Be ‘Bigger Than The Beatles’
Sir Paul McCartney has lashed out at Oasis for saying they’d be “bigger” than his band The Beatles in 1996.
The 73-year-old rocker thinks the group made the “biggest mistake” of their career by saying they’d give the ‘Twist and Shout’ hitmakers a run for their money during a controversial interview with MTV over a decade ago.
Speaking to Q magazine, Paul said:”Oasis were young, fresh and writing good tunes. I thought the biggest mistake they made was when they said ‘We’re going to be bigger than The Beatles’.
“I thought ‘So many people have said that, and it’s the kiss of death.’ Be bigger than The Beatles, but don’t say it. The minute you say it, everything you do from then on is going to be looked at in the light of that statement.”
Noel Gallagher – who was joined by brother and arch-enemy Liam Gallagher in the pioneering Britpop band ,which broke up in August 2009 – was slammed with backlash when he made the claim but he has since stated he has no recollection of making the statement and was probably out of his head on drugs at the time.
He previously admitted: “I might have been high when I said that. I think I was.”Paul’s comments come after the ‘Let It Be’ hitmaker admitted he was gripped by depression and “took to the bevvies” and almost walked away from his music career entirely when the iconic four-piece band – which also included John Lennon, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr – went their separate ways in 1970.
He recently said: “I was depressed at the time, yeah. You would be. You would be too. I was breaking from my lifelong friends, not knowing whether I was going to continue in music. I took to the bevvies. I took to a wee dram. It was great at first, then suddenly I wasn’t having a good time. It wasn’t working. I wanted to get back to square one, so I ended up forming [his band] Wings.”
Source: www.easternmirrornagaland.com
Mickey Dolenz
Noel Gallagher
Paul Weller
Peter Tork
The Monkees
Below is 'Birth Of An Accidental Hipster' by 'The Monkees' the track was written by Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller.
It appears on the bands new album that includes previously unreleased 1960s recordings of songs written by Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson, Carol King.
Two of the surviving members of the band, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, have launched plans for a 50th anniversary tour.
Lyrics
"Birth Of An Accidental Hipster"
And if I can make it home by Tuesday
That’s if I can make it home at all
I’m headed out in the sunshine, babe
Feeling to your knees
Nobody else but my only self
Do you know
Where we go?
Do you know
When we go?
High in a rooftop, singing a song
Choirs of angels all sing along
It’s late and I’m scared, so please, don’t be long
I’m still not sure where I came from
Feeling low
Gone are the doubts of clouds I had before
Gone are the blinkers ’round my eyes
I’m heading out in the sunshine, babe
Feeling to your knees
Nobody else but my only self
Do you know
Where we go?
Do you know (Old friends say, oh, he’s lost his way)
When we go? (But they can’t see what I can see)
Do you know (Oh, I’ll never come back)
Where we go? (I’m headed out in the sunshine, baby)
Do you know
Where we go?
High in a rooftop, singing a song
Choirs of angels all sing along
It’s late and I’m scared, so please, don’t be long
I’m still not sure where I came from
Feeling low
Listen To Noel Gallagher And Paul Weller's Track They Wrote For The Monkees
Below is 'Birth Of An Accidental Hipster' by 'The Monkees' the track was written by Noel Gallagher and Paul Weller.
It appears on the bands new album that includes previously unreleased 1960s recordings of songs written by Neil Diamond, Harry Nilsson, Carol King.
Two of the surviving members of the band, Micky Dolenz and Peter Tork, have launched plans for a 50th anniversary tour.
Lyrics
"Birth Of An Accidental Hipster"
And if I can make it home by Tuesday
That’s if I can make it home at all
I’m headed out in the sunshine, babe
Feeling to your knees
Nobody else but my only self
Do you know
Where we go?
Do you know
When we go?
High in a rooftop, singing a song
Choirs of angels all sing along
It’s late and I’m scared, so please, don’t be long
I’m still not sure where I came from
Feeling low
Gone are the doubts of clouds I had before
Gone are the blinkers ’round my eyes
I’m heading out in the sunshine, babe
Feeling to your knees
Nobody else but my only self
Do you know
Where we go?
Do you know (Old friends say, oh, he’s lost his way)
When we go? (But they can’t see what I can see)
Do you know (Oh, I’ll never come back)
Where we go? (I’m headed out in the sunshine, baby)
Do you know
Where we go?
High in a rooftop, singing a song
Choirs of angels all sing along
It’s late and I’m scared, so please, don’t be long
I’m still not sure where I came from
Feeling low
Andy Bell
Gem Archer
Liam Gallagher
Noel Gallagher
Oasis
Zak Starkey
Don't Believe The Truth is the sixth studio album by Oasis, released on May 30, 2005. It reached #1 in the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of just under 238,000. The album entered the U.S. charts at #12, the highest any Oasis album has reached there since 1997 with Be Here Now, although its chart stay was brief. The album went triple platinum in the UK in the first week of 2006, and is the ninth fastest selling album there. As of August 2006, Don't Believe the Truth has sold approximately 2.5 million copies worldwide.
Every member of the band contributed to the writing of tracks for the album, and the album is the first where all duties were divided between the bandmembers. On some of the tracks regular bass player Andy Bell handled guitar, while Gem and Noel contributed bass to other songs. Don't Believe the Truth is the first Oasis record to feature the drumming of Zak Starkey, who replaced Oasis' longtime member Alan White.
Liam also had a larger impact on the album by his developing songwriting. Noel has said that this album is his favourite of Oasis' last four, because all members have contributed to it. This, he claims, has given it a different feel to a typically Noel-written Oasis album.
The band embarked on a massive world-wide tour and started off at the London Astoria for their Don't Believe the Truth Tour.
Recording
The recording process for Don't Believe the Truth was prolonged. The album was originally supposed to be released around summer/autumn 2004, with an initial 3-4 week session produced by Death in Vegas. The recording finally began after Alan White's departure in January 2004 at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, the same place where Oasis had recorded their debut album Definitely Maybe. These sessions were completed but the band weren't happy with the results.
Noel has commented since on numerous occasions that there was no problem with the work done by Death In Vegas, but he felt the songs they were working on were simply not good enough to form a record, and felt a break was needed in which new material would have to be written. In Noel's words: "we were trying to polish a turd". Around 10 tracks were worked on with Death In Vegas of which, according to Noel, 6 were "not even good enough to make the b-sides". Four of the tracks which eventually appeared on the album were worked on with Death In Vegas, those songs being: "Turn Up The Sun", "Mucky Fingers", "A Bell Will Ring" and "The Meaning of Soul", although all of these had extra work done to them or were re-recorded before being released.
After a short break in which many new songs, including "Let There Be Love", "Lyla" and "Part Of The Queue" were written, the band reconvened at their Wheeler End Studios with Noel as producer. The band were joined on these sessions by The Who's drummer Zak Starkey. In June 2004, Oasis debuted two new songs from these sessions, the Liam-written "The Meaning of Soul" and the Gem-written "A Bell Will Ring" at two live shows in Poole and at the Glastonbury Festival.
After hearing of the band's production problems from Oasis manager Marcus Russell, American producer Dave Sardy expressed interest in taking over production duties. Sardy was given tapes of existing recording sessions to mix, and after his work was praised by the band, he arrived in the UK to oversee new recording sessions at Olympic Studios in London. These sessions didn't last long before he asked the band to travel to Los Angeles and re-record most of the album there, as he felt more comfortable working in a studio closer to home. With the band eventually agreeing to this, recording sessions began at Capitol Studios in October 2004 with the band spending around 9 weeks there.
Release
The decision to have the leadoff single, "Lyla", on the album was a controversial one, prompted by the label's feeling that there wasn't a suitable lead single among the tracks originally presented. As a result, the decision was taken to record "Lyla", a song which Noel had written and demoed a year previously, but which wasn't recorded by the band during the previous recording sessions. It was decided that Dave Sardy would remix Noel's original demo with Liam recording a set of lead vocals and Zak adding a fresh drum track. "Lyla" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and number nineteen on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. After having initial reservations about the choice of the first single being taken out of the hands of the band, Noel, who initially wanted "Mucky Fingers" to be the first single, has now reluctantly conceded that the song has indeed "done the business".
In April 2005, four tracks from a promo disc leaked: "The Meaning of Soul", "Mucky Fingers", "Keep the Dream Alive", and "Let There Be Love". The full album found its way onto the Internet on May 3, 2005, when Apple Inc. accidentally put the album up early for sale on their iTunes Music Store service in Germany. While there was no official comment by Apple or by Oasis management, it was speculated that Apple simply got "May 30" confused with "May 03" or "May 3".
On This Day In Oasis History...
Don't Believe The Truth is the sixth studio album by Oasis, released on May 30, 2005. It reached #1 in the UK Albums Chart with first week sales of just under 238,000. The album entered the U.S. charts at #12, the highest any Oasis album has reached there since 1997 with Be Here Now, although its chart stay was brief. The album went triple platinum in the UK in the first week of 2006, and is the ninth fastest selling album there. As of August 2006, Don't Believe the Truth has sold approximately 2.5 million copies worldwide.
Every member of the band contributed to the writing of tracks for the album, and the album is the first where all duties were divided between the bandmembers. On some of the tracks regular bass player Andy Bell handled guitar, while Gem and Noel contributed bass to other songs. Don't Believe the Truth is the first Oasis record to feature the drumming of Zak Starkey, who replaced Oasis' longtime member Alan White.
Liam also had a larger impact on the album by his developing songwriting. Noel has said that this album is his favourite of Oasis' last four, because all members have contributed to it. This, he claims, has given it a different feel to a typically Noel-written Oasis album.
The band embarked on a massive world-wide tour and started off at the London Astoria for their Don't Believe the Truth Tour.
Recording
The recording process for Don't Believe the Truth was prolonged. The album was originally supposed to be released around summer/autumn 2004, with an initial 3-4 week session produced by Death in Vegas. The recording finally began after Alan White's departure in January 2004 at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall, the same place where Oasis had recorded their debut album Definitely Maybe. These sessions were completed but the band weren't happy with the results.
Noel has commented since on numerous occasions that there was no problem with the work done by Death In Vegas, but he felt the songs they were working on were simply not good enough to form a record, and felt a break was needed in which new material would have to be written. In Noel's words: "we were trying to polish a turd". Around 10 tracks were worked on with Death In Vegas of which, according to Noel, 6 were "not even good enough to make the b-sides". Four of the tracks which eventually appeared on the album were worked on with Death In Vegas, those songs being: "Turn Up The Sun", "Mucky Fingers", "A Bell Will Ring" and "The Meaning of Soul", although all of these had extra work done to them or were re-recorded before being released.
After a short break in which many new songs, including "Let There Be Love", "Lyla" and "Part Of The Queue" were written, the band reconvened at their Wheeler End Studios with Noel as producer. The band were joined on these sessions by The Who's drummer Zak Starkey. In June 2004, Oasis debuted two new songs from these sessions, the Liam-written "The Meaning of Soul" and the Gem-written "A Bell Will Ring" at two live shows in Poole and at the Glastonbury Festival.
After hearing of the band's production problems from Oasis manager Marcus Russell, American producer Dave Sardy expressed interest in taking over production duties. Sardy was given tapes of existing recording sessions to mix, and after his work was praised by the band, he arrived in the UK to oversee new recording sessions at Olympic Studios in London. These sessions didn't last long before he asked the band to travel to Los Angeles and re-record most of the album there, as he felt more comfortable working in a studio closer to home. With the band eventually agreeing to this, recording sessions began at Capitol Studios in October 2004 with the band spending around 9 weeks there.
Release
The decision to have the leadoff single, "Lyla", on the album was a controversial one, prompted by the label's feeling that there wasn't a suitable lead single among the tracks originally presented. As a result, the decision was taken to record "Lyla", a song which Noel had written and demoed a year previously, but which wasn't recorded by the band during the previous recording sessions. It was decided that Dave Sardy would remix Noel's original demo with Liam recording a set of lead vocals and Zak adding a fresh drum track. "Lyla" reached number one on the UK Singles Chart and number nineteen on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. After having initial reservations about the choice of the first single being taken out of the hands of the band, Noel, who initially wanted "Mucky Fingers" to be the first single, has now reluctantly conceded that the song has indeed "done the business".
In April 2005, four tracks from a promo disc leaked: "The Meaning of Soul", "Mucky Fingers", "Keep the Dream Alive", and "Let There Be Love". The full album found its way onto the Internet on May 3, 2005, when Apple Inc. accidentally put the album up early for sale on their iTunes Music Store service in Germany. While there was no official comment by Apple or by Oasis management, it was speculated that Apple simply got "May 30" confused with "May 03" or "May 3".
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