Beady Eye On Set Of The Video For 'The Roller'

Beady Eye on set of the video for ‘The Roller’ that will be premiered in the UK on Channel 4 at midnight (local time) on the 10th January, and promises daredevil stunts.

The band recorded the film in sub zero temperatures in Cambridgeshire in December performing in a ‘Motorcycle Wall of Death’, one of only two in the country, complete with motorcycle stunt riders.

First Official Single From Beady Eye Out February 21

‘The Roller’ will be the first single to be taken from Beady Eye’s debut album ‘Different Gear, Still Speeding’. It will be released on 7” single on the 21st February but will also be available from 24th January on iTunes. The 7” features a brand new song on the b-side titled ‘Two of A Kind’.

Liam and Gem will be on UK radio tomorrow morning when they sit in with Radio 1's Zane Lowe to spin a selection of their favourite tunes in the 'Versus' slot. Zane will also be playing 'The Roller'. Check it out from 8am.

The single will also be available to listen to at the band's YouTube channel HERE! from tomorrow morning as well as your favourite radio stations around the world.

The video for ‘The Roller’ will be premiered in the UK on Channel 4 at midnight (local time) on the 10th January, and promises daredevil stunts. The band recorded the film in sub zero temperatures in Cambridgeshire in December performing in a ‘Motorcycle Wall of Death’, one of only two in the country, complete with motorcycle stunt riders. After the Channel Four premiere fans can watch the video at the band's YouTube channel HERE!

This is the third track Beady Eye have made available for fans to hear after giving away a free download of ‘Bring The Light’ via their website in November, and premiering a video for ‘Four Letter Word’ on Boxing Day on NME.com and here at the band’s website. The songs have been viewed over one million times since appearing on the band’s site. All songs will be on ‘Different Gear, Still Speeding’ which is released on 28th February 2011 on Beady Eye Records.

To keep up to date on the band's activities you can sign up to their mailing list HERE!

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

Pretty Green Presents Liam Gallagher - Gary Crowley Interview

Pretty Green Presents Gary Crowley interviewing Liam Gallagher at the Pretty Green Club Night on the 26th November 2010 at The Garage, London.

Gary and Liam discuss the recent Drapers Fashion Award, the idea behind Pretty Green, Liam's own style icons and Beady Eye.

Liam Gallagher On Beady Eye's Debut Album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'

Liam Gallagher has spoken about Beady Eye's eagerly anticipated debut album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' that is released on 28th February 2011 on Beady Eye Records. The album features 13 brand new songs written by the band and was recorded at RAK Studios in the autumn of 2010 with producer Steve Lillywhite.

The Beady Eye front man told Uncut that the album is "all brand new" and that "It's really rocking in places and really psychedelic in places" he described it as "colourful" and not "black and white".

He added: "There's a couple of great tunes on there. One called 'Morning Sun' that closes the album. It's a bit Mind Games by Lennon. A lot of strings kind of stuff. There's a tune called "Wigwam" which is probably about drinking too much and gambling. And then it veers off into something else. I'm winging it, mate. You won't get me talking about Oscar Wilde or all that bollocks. I'm just writing the first thing that comes into my head".

Speaking on how the band work together he said that "Gem does his thing, Andy does his thing and I do my thing. Then we all demo them and work on the songs together. I write on guitar. Or... I barely write on guitar. I've got a guitar in the house on its last legs, man. I sit round and play the guitar 'til I get bored. Then I go for a walk. Try to get some lyrics down and away we go".

Brand New Beady Eye Single To Be Premiered On Xfm Tomorrow

'The Roller’ will be played out at 8am (UK Time) on FRIDAY!

To listen live click here.

Ex-Oasis Drummer Tony McCarroll On Life Inside Oasis

In the early 1990s boy band and girl band acts dominated the British and Irish charts. Take That, The Spice Girls, East 17, and Boyzone sold millions of singles and were constantly on television.

Then in 1994 a working-class guitar band named Oasis emerged from a predominantly Irish area of Manchester. The group consisted of siblings Liam and Noel Gallagher on vocals and lead guitar, Paul ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs on rhythm guitar, Paul ‘Guigsy’ McGuigan on bass, and Tony McCarroll on drums. They wanted to recapture the 1960s golden era of British rock‘n’roll and they were “mad for it”.

Tony was born in Levenshulme, south Manchester, in June 1971 but spent part of his early childhood living with relatives in Kinnity, County Offaly. He started drumming at six and a decade later joined with a few friends to form a band called Sweet and Tender Hooligans, playing The Smiths and New Order songs.

Together with ‘Bonehead’ and ‘Guigsy’, Tony founded an original music group, The Rain, and in 1991 they recruited Liam Gallagher as lead singer.

“Even back then we had a certain sound and I credit Bonehead with that,” McCarroll tells me. “His rhythm guitar created this wall of sound and every other member of the group tried to compete with that. It created this vibe in the band and we were this bunch of close friends who had all these big dreams and ambitions.”

After a few gigs together the band decided to change their name to Oasis and Liam invited his elder brother Noel (then a roadie with The Inspiral Carpets) to check them out at The Boardwalk venue. Noel told Liam that the band’s performance was “f***ing s**t” and the duo had a massive row - the first of many. Later Noel changed his mind and joined the group as lead guitarist and main songwriter.

The band’s big break came in May 1993 when they were spotted by Creation Records founder Alan McGee at King Tut’s Wah Wah Hut club in Glasgow - despite the fact the band were initially refused entry into the club and had to bully their way on the stage.

“I remember we hired a van in Manchester and that cost us somewhere in the region of two hundred quid,” Tony recalls. “Obviously money was really, really tight at the time but we had to get the band out there. We made our way up to Glasgow, it was something like a three hour journey, and when we got there the promoter said he’d never heard of us and wouldn’t let us play.

“After some tense negotiations he finally agreed to give a 15 minute slot at the beginning. We only did four songs and afterwards Alan McGee approached us and asked us if we had a deal. Anyway he took us on board and that’s where the story of Oasis really started to happen. We’d only done four or five gigs prior to being signed and that was virtually unheard of back then. It was quite a quick rise to stardom.”

In September 1994 Oasis released Definitely Maybe and it became the fastest selling debut in the history of the British music charts. Singles such as ‘Supersonic’, ‘Live Forever’, ‘Cigarettes & Alcohol’, ‘Whatever’, and ‘Some Might Say’ displaced the manufactured pop acts and the new cultural phenomenon of Britpop began.

Throughout 1995 and 1996 the group battled with London indie rock band Blur for chart supremacy in what was dubbed ‘The Battle of Britpop’. McCarroll was fired by Oasis in early 1995 and was replaced by ex-Paul Weller Band drummer Alan White.

He watched his former friends and band mates go on to achieve incredible success and then implode piece by piece.

“I was gutted,” he says of his sacking. “Basically I had taken this thing from birth and then I watched it grow up from the outside. Attitudes were starting to change on the road and maybe that was down to drink and drugs.

“There were certainly tensions because we were living inside each other’s pockets every day. I was always one for standing up for myself. Maybe if I’d toed the line a bit more I would have lasted a bit longer.”

In September 2009, after a massive fight with his brother, Noel Gallagher announced that Oasis was splitting up. At the end of last year Liam launched his new rock group Beady Eye and their debut album is one of the most anticipated of 2011.

“I’ve only heard bits and pieces so far,” McCarroll says. “Knowing Liam though it’s probably going to have a Lennonesque vibe about it. I’m looking forward to hearing the album in full.”

Tony McCarroll’s book The Truth: My Life As Oasis’s Drummer is out now from John Blake Publishing Ltd.

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Noel Gallagher: "If The Fella Hadn't Shut The Bar I Think I'd Still Be There!"

Rock God and party animal Noel Gallagher talks about seeing in the New Year with legendary caner and talkSPORT host Russell Brand.

Click here to listen to the interview.

Liam Gallagher: "Oasis Will Never Reunite"

Liam Gallagher has told grieving Oasis fans to accept the band will never reunite.

The legendary outfit broke up in 2009 following a furious bust-up between Liam and brother Noel in Paris - and the singer remains adamant that there is no going back, despite fans' hopes.

He's urged the "moaning" mourners to move on and embrace his new outfit Beady Eye, whose debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding hits shelves next month.

Responding to former boss Alan McGee's claim that Oasis will eventually reform, Liam told Mojo mag: "He's wrong isn't he? And a couple of little c**** moaning on the f****** internet going, 'Oh it isn't f****** Oasis,' aren't going to bother me.

"They're going to make themselves f****** sick if they don't get over it.

"It's like wanting your girlfriend back after she's f***** you off. You'll end up getting yourself ill.

"They're not going to get me knocking on someone's door saying, 'Come on let's get back together.'

"It's done, mate. We had a great time. Beady Eye is where we are now... Get rid of all the Oasis songs and just bathe ourselves in Beady Eye."

That said, Liam hasn't written off performing some Oasis classics when Beady Eye hit the road in March.

Though there is one key condition that may not go down well with Noel devotees.

He added: "The way we see it is that we're Beady Eye and I think it's time for people to get acquainted with us.

"But somewhere down the line if it goes pear-shaped and we have to play Oasis, I definitely won't be playing Noel's songs, I'll be playing my own."

Source: www.thesun.co.uk