Watch Beady Eye's First TV Performance On Monday

A few weeks back Beady Eye recorded an exclusive live session for the UK TV programme 'Live From Abbey Road'.

The band set up in the world famous Studio 2 and performed several tracks from their forthcoming debut album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding'.

Fans will be able to see the guys playing 'Four Letter Word', 'The Roller', 'Bring The Light' and 'Kill For A Dream'.

The programme will air on UK's Channel 4 at 23:45 on Monday 28th February, the day of the album's release.

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

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Beady Eye Interview From Glasgow

Glasgow was where it all began for Oasis and Liam Gallagher hopes lightning strikes twice as he returns to the city to launch Beady Eye.

Eighteen years ago, in May 1993, a young Manchester band led by brothers Liam, who sang, and Noel Gallagher, who wrote the tunes, played King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and were spotted by Creation boss Alan McGee.

He signed them and Oasis became the biggest band of the Nineties, steering Britpop to chart dominance, seeing all seven of their albums go to number one and scoring eight number one singles.

But on August 28, 2009, the fractious relationship between Noel and Liam finally splintered shortly before Oasis were due to perform at a Paris festival. Noel quit claiming he was sick of the "verbal and violent intimidation".

He'd quit before but this time it was final and as he plots a solo career, Liam has bounced back.

He has taken the ashes of Oasis (Beady Eye are made up of the group's final line-up: guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell and drummer Chris Sharrock) and claims his new band will be the biggest in the world. But it's not gone totally to plan so far.

The first single The Roller didn't make the Top 30, scraping in at number 31.

Of course, the fans could be waiting for Beady Eye's debut album Different Gear, Still Speeding which is out on Monday.

What will be a far harder test will be Beady Eye's first gigs at Glasgow's famous Barrowland next Thursday and Friday.

Will the fans just call out for Oasis tunes or allow Liam and his new band to grow into their own? The man with more bluster than the north wind is ready.

"They're gonna dig it, cos we're gonna be on form," he insisted.

And those Oasis fans who just want his old hits? "I've got a microphone, we've got guitars, we'll drown them out. They can shout what they want."

But this is also a different Liam. The brash, strutting man of Oasis days has been smoothed down.

The 38-year-old father of three doesn't have to fight against his brother for his voice to be heard anymore, doesn't have to toe whatever line Noel dictated.

His Beady Eye bandmates claim he's having fun, is chilled and enjoying being part of a team.

Maybe that's why he admits he'll be scared in Glasgow.

He said: "There was never any fear with Oasis. You knew people were going to dig it because it was Oasis. But I'll be honest, when the gigs come round with Beady Eye, we'll be s******g it, because it's a new thing."

Like The Roller, Oasis' first single Supersonic also got to number 31 but that was when they were unknown.

The same placing for The Roller must have been a kick in the teeth, but the band claim it's become about the music again.

What if Different Gear, Still Speeding doesn't match up to Oasis' seven for seven album number ones? "We're not bothered about chart success, but this deserves to be massive," says Liam.

"It's exciting not knowing what's going to happen, but we know it's good enough to change people's lives. We hope it does."

Gem added: "We just want people to dig us, for Beady Eye to have an energy, to keep on rockin'."

Oasis became Noel's band despite Liam forming it and giving it a name, but Beady Eye is a team effort.

And although Gem was close to Noel it seems there was no split. He left and the rest of the band decided to carry on, under another name.

With Steve Lillywhite on board as producer, Beady Eye entered London's RAK Studios in June last year and over 12 weeks put down what Gem calls, "the best thing I've ever been involved in".

He, like Andy, joined Oasis in 1999 working on Heathen Chemistry, Don't Believe The Truth and 2008 Oasis swangsong Dig Out Your Soul.

Liam added: "We're fired up, not because we thought we'd show everyone it could happen without you know who (Noel), we're fired up because we're doing music."

This time there is no boss. Liam said: "The key is just not being afraid to say something when it needs to be said.

"There is nothing worse than being in a band when you can't say anything."

Liam doesn't see Oasis reforming and he wants his old fans and Beady Eye's new ones to move on.

"It was important not to sit and dwell on the past," he said, talking about the weeks after Noel quit.

"We'd just come off a tour and we were on fire, if we'd said, 'let's do something in a few months, or next year', the flame would have burned out or we'd have got the fear."

The 13 songs on Different Gear, Still Speeding sound like Oasis but there's added bounce.

Tunes like Bring The Light and Beatles and Stones sound like a band having fun. Given Liam called his first child Lennon, the Beatle's sound is all over this album from The Roller to Three Ring Circus.

He never hid his affection for The Beatles but his songwriting was hardly Lennon/McCartney.

But his songwriting greatly improved from the clumsy Little James on Standing on the Shoulder of Giants in 2000, to the five songs he had on final Oasis album Dig Out Your Soul which included I'm Outta Time - as good a tune as any Noel was putting in.

The lyrics are direct and will be great to sing along to and as Liam says on album opener Four Letter Word: "nothing lasts forever".

And so to Glasgow next week.

The touring band will see the core four joined by Jeff Wootton on bass (Andy going back to the guitar) and Matt Jones on keyboards.

After the two dates in Glasgow they'll be back in Scotland on April 18 at the Edinburgh Corn Exchange and then play the Sunday at T in the Park on July 10.

They have dates lined up in Europe and Japan but whatever happens with their debut expect a new album sooner than happened with Oasis.

Liam said: "What happened with Oasis was you'd end up on an 18-month tour and you wouldn't have any time to put new music out.

"When you get big, it slows you down.

"When you start out fresh, it's all about the tunes. And remember, we're a new band, we're not going to get above ourselves and start thinking we can play stadiums."

Source: www.dailyrecord.co.uk

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Free Beady Eye CD In Sunday's News Of The World

UK ONLY

The News of the World's mass circulation men's magazine Jam launches on Sunday 6 March with a covermount of a five track CD sampler of 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' by Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye.

The CD will be polybagged in the Carlton and Granada television regions, and will be redeemable by voucher in Tescos nationwide.

The former Oasis singer is also the subject of the title's cover feature and stars in an exclusive shoot by iconic British photographer David Bailey.

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Watch Dave Berry Interview Beady Eye

Liam Gallagher, Andy Bell and Gem Archer came into Xfm Towers to talk to Xfm's Dave Berry about their debut album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding', where the name "Beady Eye" came from and what happens when a rock superstar plays knock and run at your house.

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On This Day In Oasis History...

On February 25th February 2009, Oasis were unable to attend the NME awards due to touring commitments in Europe so Russell Brand presented Noel with the award for 'Best British Band' during trip to the band's Big Brother Recordings office.

Oasis also won the 'Best Blog' award for Noel's 'Tales From The Middle Of Nowhere'.

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'Alexa Meets Beady Eye' Later Today

Later today 'Alexa Meets Beady Eye' is on MTV Rocks UK at ? As they have changed the listings :(

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Beady Eye Interview With Dave Berry Later Today

You can hear listen to an interview with Beady Eye, on the Xfm Breakfast Show with Dave Berry on Xfm London 104.9 or online on from 8am (UK TIME).

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Liam Gallagher Says Oasis Fans Have No Choice About Band Continuing As Beady Eye

Liam Gallagher says he's not really worried about whether or not faithful fans of Oasis will follow the singer's latest venture, Beady Eye.

The new band features three of the four members of Oasis, excluding just Noel Gallagher, the U.K. quartet's guitarist and principal songwriter. He quit Oasis amid another public slanging match with his brother in 2009.

But the reliably outspoken Liam Gallagher says he's not concerned with whether Oasis devotees welcome his new outfit with open arms or not.

"I'll tell you what mate, they've got no ... choice in the matter 'cause we're doing it," Gallagher said in a telephone interview, punctuating the sentence with a choice profanity.

"We hope people get onboard and enjoy it as much as we do, and we understand if it's not their cup of tea at all ... but we're going to do it regardless, whether they like it or not, know what I mean?"

And yet, it's unlikely Oasis fans will take issue with Beady Eye's debut disc, "Different Gear, Still Speeding," since it picks up almost exactly where Oasis left off.

All the typical Oasis hallmarks are here: stadium-sized riffs drenched in reverb, passages that could have been plagiarized from '60s Britpop (one tune is even called "Beatles and Stones"), and throwaway lyrics that are meant to be chanted, not analyzed.

The record does sound more sure-handed and fleet-footed than some of Oasis's bloated later work. First single "The Roller" ambles along winningly on a simple melody, shimmying rocker "Standing on the Edge of the Noise" is a throwback to in-their-prime Oasis, and "Four Letter Word" opens the album with an invigorating blast of stadium bombast.

In other words, little of "Different Gear" could be considered a departure for these guys.

"It's not like we sat long and hard about trying to get a new sound or anything," Gallagher said.

"That's what's in us, and that's what was in us 10 years ago. This is the kind of (stuff) we like, you know what I mean?

"We haven't had a makeover, where we go, 'Right, now let's go and try to sound like Jerry Lee Lewis.'

"We're just glad to be making music again, man — this is what we like to do.... We like to perform, not making music again was horrific."

There were other reasons the past few years might have felt so "horrific."

In 2009, Noel Gallagher quit the band suddenly following the cancellation of a couple of important gigs and another high-profile fight between the brawling brothers.

At the time, Gallagher released a statement announcing the split saying that he was sick of the "verbal and violent intimidation towards me, my family, friends and comrades." He also felt that he didn't receive enough support from his bandmates.

On this day, however, Beady Eye guitarist Andy Bell (who played bass with Oasis) did have Noel Gallagher's back when asked about his former bandmate.

"I have absolutely no problem with Noel — he's cool," Bell said. "I hope he likes (the album). I haven't spoke to him, but I hope he likes it. I'm sure he will. It's good."

While Liam Gallagher kept quiet then, he couldn't resist taking a shot at his brother a little later in the interview.

Bell mentioned that the band's last visit to Toronto was "horrific," referring to their 2008 gig at the Virgin Festival, when a man jumped onstage and attacked Noel Gallagher during their performance.

Daniel Sullivan pleaded guilty to assault causing bodily harm and was sentenced to 12 months house arrest. Gallagher, in a statement read aloud in court, described the impact of the hit as akin to being "hit by a bus."

But during this interview, Liam Gallagher snorted when the incident was referred to as an "assault."

"It's a big word, 'assault,'" Gallagher said. "I think (Noel) milked it a bit."

Liam Gallagher has already gone on record declaring that Oasis won't reunite. Similarly, he has no interest in performing his old band's tunes during Beady Eye's upcoming tours.

"Going and nicking about and playing Oasis songs is just ridiculous," Gallagher said. "(Our) set is absolutely storming. We're just going to do what we do, that feels natural.

"I'm very happy with what we've got, man, and I think we can give people a really good time."

Many of the early reviews have been positive, though some of the critics have actually seemed a little surprised that they like Beady Eye. One BBC critic wrote, "It's actually quite staggering that Beady Eye's debut album is anything less than abysmal."

That skepticism is largely the result of two factors.

First, the last Oasis album to generate much critical goodwill was 1997's "Be Here Now," and even that record was coolly received in many corners.

And secondly, the low expectations for Beady Eye could also have something to do with the fact that Noel Gallagher was always credited as Oasis's mastermind, the one who penned nearly all of the band's biggest hits on his own.

But Bell says such thinking does a disservice to the rest of the group's members.

"I never felt underrated ... (but) it is kind of surprising when people assume that you'd just be useless," he said.

"Say, for example, I was a Stone Roses fan, and three of the Stone Roses started a new band — I'd probably think I'd expect to like that band."

Whether fans warm to the new group or not, Bell and Gallagher say Beady Eye is here to stay.

They're clear that this isn't a side project, nor a temporary arrangement meant to kill time before the Gallagher brothers finally announce a truce.

"We're extremely happy with the album, we made it the way we wanted to make it, we knew that it would probably get slated in some quarters, and hopefully praised in other quarters," Bell said.

"Really, we're a little bit older, so it's not all about the impact of it right now — it's 20 years down the line. We wanted to make a timeless album."

Added Gallagher: "We can't wait to get on the stage, with a load of people, and do what we've been doing in the rehearsal room but better, and just see what the reaction is. We want to make people smile, man, and make people jump up and down and have a good time."

And after that?

"We want to make great music all the time," Gallagher said.

"So yeah, we'll tour this album, come back ... and then back in the studio."

Source: www.winnipegfreepress.com

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Video: Beady Eye Perform 'Four Letter Word' In Session From Maida Vale

Beady Eye AKA Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock, perform 'Four Letter Word' in session for Zane Lowe at the BBC's legendary Maida Vale Studios

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Liam Gallagher: "Noel's Definitely Written His Album"

Speaking to Xfm on the eve of the release of his new band Beady Eye's debut album, 'Different Gear Still Speeding', Liam Gallagher claimed that brother Noel had been working on his own record for some time, despite claims that he was too busy.

"I reckon he's written it, man," said Liam. "He's probably going down that Radiohead thing - it's probably out already! He's definitely written it, he's been in the studio for ages. So I don't know what he's talking about. I'll be interested to hear it, see if I'm on it... In the background somewhere..."

Gallagher then indicated his Beady Eye band mates Gem Archer and Andy Bell, adding: "These two are on it!"

Archer was not so sure. "We'll see won't we?" he replied. "It was weird... Noel's a top songwriter, so when you're hearing whatever he was coming up with... well, that's that. But now [with Beady Eye] it's all brand new."

You can hear the whole interview on the Xfm Breakfast Show with Dave Berry on Xfm London 104.9 or online on Friday February 25 from 8am (UK TIME).

Source: www.xfm.co.uk

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Liam Gallagher Talks About Returning To Ireland

Liam Gallagher has teamed up with former Oasis band mates Andy Bell, Chris Sharrock and Gem Archer to form Beady Eye and they're coming to Ireland.

Ahead of the release of their debut album 'Different Gear, Still Speeding' and their two Olympia gigs, Beady Eye spoke to RTÉ TEN.

Given his Irish roots when asked how Gallagher felt about playing here again, he said: "I love Ireland, Ireland is top. I love going there and having a good time and that.

"I can't wait to get back there and play some gigs and having the craic!"

When asked if the line 'Life is too short not to forgive' in new track 'Kill for a Dream' is a little throw-back to the rift between brothers Liam and Noel that ultimately led to the dissolution of Oasis, Bell said: "It's a true line, whatever situation it came out of, it still applies to a lot of situations, that's what I was getting at."

Noel wrote most of Oasis's songs and the spotlight is now on Liam since he has picked up the pen alongside Gem and Andy.

There were reports recently that he told a curious fan who asked about his lyrics that he'd no idea what they meant.

He said: "Well I know I haven't got a clue what I'm on about. I think Andy knows what he's talking about but believe you me, I have no idea what I'm on about. I am winging it, big style."

Read the full interview in next week's RTÉ Guide, which is available from Monday 28 February.

'Different Gear, Still Speeding' is released on Friday 25 February ahead of their concerts in the Olympia on Thursday 14 and Friday 15 April.

Source: www.rte.ie

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Alan Mcgee Talks Beady Eye

Taken from an interview with Alan Mcgee, read the full interview here.

It’s impossible to interview Alan McGee and not bring up the subject of Oasis, although he was keen to point out that he only agreed to the making of Upside Down if it wasn’t some backhanded way of making an Oasis doc, but nevertheless, he gave his thoughts on Liam Gallagher’s new band, Beady Eye.

“I’ve ordered the album, what more can I say. I’m big mates with Andy (Bell) obviously.

“I thought they were unfairly criticised for that first song Bring the Light, I thought it was pretty good. I am dying to hear the album.”

Since the infamous Oasis / Gallagher brothers split, has McGee taken sides?

“I am told I am in Noel’s camp. I am in nobody’s camp. I am in the music camp.

“I am not in Liam’s camp or Noel’s camp I want them both to be great.”

So will he be heading along to RockNess this summer to support his beloved Glasvegas or see Liam and Beady Eye in action at T in the Park?

“I hate festivals, they are for hippies.” That will be a no then.

Source: entertainment.stv.tv

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Beady Eye To Play Hamburg + Cologne Venue Change

Beady Eye are pleased to announce they will return to Germany to play the Grosse Freiheit 36 in Hamburg on Monday 30th May. Tickets will be available from Monday 28th February through www.eventim.de and www.adticket.de at 9am (local time).

The band have also announced that due to overwhelming demand for tickets at Cologne's Live Music Hall the gig has been moved to the city's larger E-Werk venue. All tickets for the Live Music Hall gig will be valid at the new venue. The extra tickets for the gig go on sale Monday 28th February through www.eventim.de at 9am (local time).

Source: www.beadyeyemusic.com

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Beady Eye Have Forgiven Noel Gallagher

Beady Eye have suggested they have "forgiven" Noel Gallagher.

The ‘Bring The Light' rockers - made up of former Oasis bandmates Liam Gallagher, Gem Archer, Andy Bell and Chris Sharrock – explained "life is too short" not to move on from their public spat with their former guitarist, who is Liam’s brother.

Asked if the lyrics of 'Kill For A Dream', which feature the lines "Life's too short not to forgive/ You can carry regrets but they won't let you live", are abut Noel, Andy – who wrote the song - said: "People might well hear it that way if they want. I'm well aware of that.

"Look, whoever it's directed to, it's a true statement. Life really is too short not to forgive."

Meanwhile, Liam admitted Noel – who left the band in August 2009 after claiming to have been "verbally and violently intimidated" by his brother – still has "an opinion" on the state of play of Beady Eye, despite not actually being in the band.

Liam told NME magazine: "That song was written ages ago, but he can still have a f***ing opinion on the whole state of play, you know."

Source: www.newstime.co.za

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Liam Gallagher On The Front Cover Of Rock & Folk Magazine

Check out this month's copy of Rock & Folk magazine from France, it includes an interview with Beady Eye.

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Listen Again To Beady Eye's Interview And Live Session

Zane Lowe talks to Beady Eye and the band play 'The Roller' and 'Sons Of Stage' live at Madia Vale Studios.

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Andy Bell And Liam Gallagher Interview

Now that Liam Gallagher is finally free of big brother, he's in no hurry to find a replacement. Or become one.

The former Oasis vocalist insists he's not the boss of his new band Beady Eye -- which is really just his old band without control-freak songwriter and older-sibling guitarist Noel Gallagher.

"I don't think a band needs a leader," the 38-year-old singer proclaims from London. "I think it just needs everyone to be on the same page. It can work that way, and it does work that way for us."

He's got a point -- if their fittingly titled debut Different Gear, Still Speeding is anything to go by. It finds the band -- rounded out by Oasis guitarist Gem Archer, bassist Andy Bell (now also playing guitar) and drummer Chris Sharrock, plus a touring bassist and keyboardist -- picking up where the Beatlesque Brit-rockers left off in 2009, when they imploded in Paris after the latest of many battles between the volatile Gallaghers. At the same time, however, they're also wiping the slate clean: The band refuses to play Oasis songs live, and Liam adamantly rules out a possible reunion.

With Beady Eye's album in stores Tuesday, the always-outspoken Gallagher and bandmate Bell got on a speakerphone to discuss new music, old grudges and how they view Canada.

Liam, you and Noel have had plenty of other fights when one of you has walked away from the band temporarily. At first, did you think this one would blow over too?

Liam: Oh no. I was aware we couldn't make up after this one. I'd seen it coming; it had been brewing. It was well thought-out by a certain someone. I'm no fool. I knew what was going down.
Was carrying on an immediate decision? How did it happen?

Andy: We all ended up back at the hotel in Paris and had a couple of drinks. Obviously, we were all gutted and a bit shocked. But as time went on, we decided it would be a shame to just leave it and not play together. We thought, 'We are potentially a great band. Let's make a new band.'

Were you never tempted to carry on as Oasis?

Andy: Oasis is a band that should have Liam and Noel in it. It would have been wrong. Plus, if we'd have gone out as Oasis, we'd have had to play Oasis songs. It wouldn't have felt right.

Do you feel you have to prove yourselves again?

Liam: Only to ourselves. We know how good we are together as a band. Obviously, we've got to go onstage and f---ing play well and do great gigs. But that's just 'cause we want to do that, you know? We've just got to prove to ourselves we're not all talk.

Once you decided to carry on and started rehearsing, how did it go? Was it tough at first?

Liam: We just started demoing these songs and they sounded good the minute we plugged in. We thought, 'This is it, man.' Even if we wanted to have a year off, we felt like there was a higher force saying, 'Get out there and get on with it. There's work to be done.' We knew instantly, man: 'We've got it.'

Was making this easier than making Oasis albums?

Liam: Yeah. Beady Eye don't think and overanalyze as much as Oasis. We just move along. On Oasis records, there was a lot of, like, just f---ing banging your head against the wall when you didn't need to. With Oasis, it was Noel's vision. With this, we all wanted to make a great album. Everyone was involved. And there's not one thing on this record I would have done differently.

Are there things you would have done differently on Oasis albums?

Liam: I'd have liked to sing f---ing earlier on in the making of the records. I was always singing at the end, so you'd be waiting about for a lot for people to get off out of the f---ing studio, and then you sing. So there was just no vibe. It was like rent-a-singer. This time, I feel like I'm more in the band. The vocals go down earlier. And I think it helps everyone.

It sounds like you're saying this was a more enjoyable experience than making an Oasis album.

Liam: It was. I'm sorry to say it, but it was, mate. It was mega.

Are you nervous about how the album will be received? You know you're going to get compared endlessly to Oasis.

Liam: We don't mind. That's life. We know we've made a great record. Whether it changes peoples' lives is one thing, but it's changed our lives because we made it. So if it sells two million copies, 200 million copies or two copies, that's just something you've got to deal with. But that doesn't mean it's not a great record. And it's not going to stop us from making another one.

Andy, is it easier having one Gallagher in the band than two?

Andy: Two Gallaghers was cool. Having one is just as good. However many Gallaghers turn up is fine with me.

Liam: I know what he really wants to say, but he won't speak up while I'm here. I'll let you chaps swap numbers and chat later.

After what happened in Toronto on the last tour -- when Noel was attacked by a fan onstage -- are you hesitant to come back to Canada?

Liam: Listen! Little f---ing c---s like that ain't going to stop the rock 'n' roll machine that is the Beady Eye, man! No f---ing chance.

Andy: We'll be there -- with our security guard.

Source: www.torontosun.com

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Beady Eye Interview From Rock&Folk Magazine

From Rock&Folk Magazine from france, Photos by Mathieu Zazzo

Gem says that they aren't saying that they 'have invented a new kind of music. Nobody would believe that. The truth is that after 10 years with Oasis, we have acquired automatic reflexes. We put out this album under the name of Beady Eye but it could have also been the new Oasis record. We have matured on the side of technique. The difference is that we are more involved than ever before.

Here is a rough translation of the article (Thanks to Sollydarling).

Interview by Jean-vic Chapus

R&F : You have said that this band is the continuity of Oasis but with better songs. At an age when most bands try to find gimmicks to sell, don't you think that such an argument is a bit weak ?

Liam: We're not a fucking progressive band man! You won't hear that hippy music in our stuff. Go listen to some Radiohead or Gorillaz if you want weird songs. We are only interested in one thing which is the simplicity of rock'n'roll : 3 or 4 riffs, a melody that really touches you. Since I was a kid, I've always turned back to the same albums: those by The Beatles, John Lennon, Sex Pistols, the Stone roses and the Rolling Stones. They are the reason for the man I am today. Lately, The Rolling Stones have become even more important for me, man. But the Stones from the 'Street Fighting Man' era right! The kind of music that moves you no matter your age or where you're from.

Gem : Before starting Beady Eye we have listed all the things that didn't work anymore with Oasis. Without trying to hide the truth from us. And what was wrong were the way too long tours, always going to the same hotels and same stadium/venues. Slowly bur surely these things make you lose your flame a musician. Your actions become automatic. You can't build a career in the rock industry if you're only releasing an album every 3 years and if you're always going to the same venues. Even if we're not 20 anymore, rock'n'roll still is something exciting, something dangerous, something that you do with your friends. I think that this Beady Eye album has taught us the basics again : simple rock songs, urgency and modesty.

R&F : Has there ever been the slightest moment of hesitation after the Oasis' split, that you should keep doing this without Noel ?

Liam : It happened after 13 months of an exhausting tour which ended the way you know. We already had ideas for songs. They were the best that we had since 'Definitely Maybe' so it would have been really stupid to stop. Each of us spent some time with its family and then we went back directly to playing together. One of the happiest moment of my life : me, my mates, a studio and songs that were incredibly good. No I've never had any doubts about making a new rock band. the only hesitation was to know whether or not we should do like the guys from Muse : "Hey! Why don't we go to the lake como in Italy ? There's good food there, great wine and great houses!"

Andy : The starting point was not to make the same mistakes we'd done at the end of Oasis. Money and success aren't the central interest with Beady Eye. I think we'd rather play in smaller venues from now on. Though Liam insisted that we have a say on everything, the album artwork, the music videos, the touring plans. He wanted to re-instore a democracy long gone.

R&F : Liam Gallagher, a democrat ?

Liam : I don't want that the people playing with me feel frustrated in any ways. Oasis was mainly about me and Noel. Beady Eye is a collective. A hippy thing if you want. If tomorrow, one of the band member comes to me and says 'Liam? I'd like to wear some fucking black sunglasses in our new video', I'd tell him, 'Alright mate, no problem, do what you want. You've as many rights as me'. It's not a democracy, it's an organised anarchy, you know what I mean ? I believe in organised anarchy. The chaos.

R&F : It's hard to imagine someone like you, Liam, doing anything else but rock'n'roll in his life. Do you remember the first time that music took hold of you ?

Liam : Of course I do ! I come in a dirty music shop in Manchester, I'm around 16 or 17 and I don't know what to do with myself and then I hear this fabulous thing : the song 'I Wanna Be Adored' by the Stone Roses. This track has changed my whole mind. I identified with his song (he gets up and starts singing) : 'I wanna be adored.. I wanna be adored..' Great! So I took the disk or borrowed it, I can't remember. I learnt all that I could on the singer, Ian Brown. For a kid that hasn't found its own personality yet, it really counts. At school, I was crazy, I always talked about 'I Wanna Be Adored'. But since I didn't pronounce the name well, some of my friends told me :"Yeah the Stooge's song, 'I Wanna Be Your Dog' ! That's cool Liam ! I'm gonna put it on a tape for you !' I loved it and it all started. My life had a sense. My mates, some shit in the neighbourhood of Manchester, girls and rock'n'roll. It all started with the Stone Roses.

R&F : Do you think that 15 or 16 year olds can feel the same now, listening to a mp3 of Beady Eye?

Andy : Good music is still good music, and it is the case no matter how you listen to it. But while telling you so, I believe that what's really important now is the live experience. I believe more & more in the physical experience of the concert to stop the diving of the whole industry in an immaterial world. You just had to look at the last Oasis concert to realise that : there were more & more teenagers in the audience. And I can assure you that those kids don't buy our albums : they download them. This is fine for me by the way.

Liam : Rock gave me life so it's about time that I do the same right ? With Oasis, Beady Eye or any other band.

R&F : At the moment, England seems to be really into this new wave of rock bands, The Vaccines, Brother. For these bands like the Arctic Monkeys or The Coral, you are now the old ones..

Liam : Arctic Monkeys and The Coral are alright, but the other ones, they're not interesting! These guys are not bad, they are simply not ready yet. They have the face for this kind of job but that's about it. The Vaccines, who are they ? Another version of the fucking Ramones. We've got nothing to be afraid of.

Gem : The problem with the bands you're talking about is that they only aim for the singles market. They put out a good track, sometimes two and then they disappear. The challenge nowadays is to make an album that lasts. I'm much more impressed by Paul Weller's double album '22 Dreams'. Here's a great album.

R&F : Is it important for you to know that your audience is not ageing exclusively with you ?

Liam : If our audience had not looked younger with the different Oasis tour, I don't think it would have been worth it to be in Beady Eye. Well, there's the selfish pleasure of writing the best songs in the world with your best mates but apart from that.. It's useless to put out an album to only be the favourite band of 40 year olds. You never go far with that kind of person ! From time to time there are kids coming to talk to me in the streets and I can see myself in them. They know that good albums have one goal : fill the void in the life.

R&F : But for some teenagers, Oasis, and maybe Beady Eye, is their older brother favourite band, or even their father's..

Gem : Every year, there's a magazine that says 'It's official, this time rock'n'roll is dead and buried !' But it never happened. I know kids who loved what they've heard of Beady Eye and also guys from the 'dubstep' scene. The two are not at war. We are not trying to persuade the new generation that rock and pop are the only music in the world : we want to write songs for everybody. I'm happy to know that music is as exciting nowadays as it was 20 or 30 years ago.

Liam : Apart from the whining people in the music labels who are stupid enough to tell the new generation 'Stop it all kids ! We're going to tell you the truth : rock'n'roll, all that, it was better before!' Bollocks! Rock'n'roll is always better in the present moment. Even if you have to respect those who were good before you. Respect is something very important, but it doesn't stop you from going forward. The rest doesn't count. You know The Who song 'The Kids Are Alright ?' Well today, nothing has changed : 'the kids are still alright. They are right when they want their rock bands to kick the elders' arse. They are right to listen to Beady Eye and also techno music or whatever, I don't know. I wouldn't keep on with this job if I thought that the history of rock'n'roll was over. There are still pages to be written.

R&F : Do you think that a rock band can still be the soundtrack to today and the future ?

Andy : The history of rock'n'roll won't stop before long. Anyway it is controlled by lots of different things : there are the drugs of the time, the political leaders, the social events, all that.

Gem : Rock is a generic term used to define lots of different styles. There's always somewhere in the world where music is gaining a lot of importance : think about reggae in Jamaica, think about the psychedelic scene of San Francisco in the 60s. All these kind of music have changed the world and don't worry, there will be other ones during the other 50 years to come.

R&F : Would you say that the Beady Eye album, with its influence from the past, is set in the present ?

Liam : I'm sure of that, and I say it without any arrogance. Our album is rock with the vibe of the street. Just like the fucking Rolling Stones in the 70s. At the moment, students in England are in the streets. They are protesting against their shitty life conditions. We hadn't seen this since the demonstration against the war in Iraq. When I'm out, in the streets of Manchester or London, I can feel that spirit of popular revolution coming. People are starting to think by themselves again. That's a new situation. A comeback to the punk way of thinking. We're really into that.

R&F : Liam, in an 1994 interview, about Oasis, you had said that "Our music speaks to all those who have a shit life. All the people from the working class who, everyday, buy cigarettes and a beer at their local pub will understand our songs." Could you say the same thing about Beady Eye today ?

Liam : Fuck did I really say that ? Bollocks ! In 1994? The working class, haha, that's a fucking joke ! The truth is that the working class doesn't exist anymore. Well, the living conditions have worsen for everybody, that's obvious. Now my view would be 'Beady Eye is for all the people who have a void in their life, all those who still believe in songs'. If we want to escape from all this shit, there aren't different ways to do so : drugs, a FC Barcelona football game, a goal from Carlos Tevez for Manchester City, an old Muhammad Ali video and a rock'n'roll album. This is my philosophy.

R&F : When you created Oasis, your view was pretty clear 'We're going to be the best rock'n'roll band in the world'. You finally manage to reach that goal, you're filling stadiums. You do know that a commercial failure for Beady Eye would make you lose your credibility ?

Liam : That's the magical thing of this band man : win more than we have bet or lose everything but with style ! We've had enough of being the rock stars who don't take risks anymore or that always repeat the same story. Worse, that situation wanted by someone in the band started eating us from the inside. Clans appeared in Oasis. On one side, the 'conservatives' and on the other, the 'reformers' if you know what I mean. Well I'm going to explain this to you another way. One day you say 'I want to play at Madison Square Garden!' It's a dream. You can't stop annoying other people with that 'When are we going to Madison Square Garden ? Is it long before Madison Square Garden ?' Because your songs are excellent, someone offers you to be on the bill for a concert at this fucking Madison Square Garden. The day comes and you're just over the moon. You put on your best shirt. You drink your best whisky. You go onstage and you give it all. After the show you realise that you weren't the headliner of the concert at the Madison Square Garden : only the third band. So what ? You're still happy. You've achieved your goal. You can move on to something else. No need to insist on this. Life's beautiful man.

Gem : A couple of months ago, we had a meeting, but as mates, simply to talk about music. A great time. It's funny but we had never done this when we were in Oasis. We were all in a pub and we realised that the bands that had had an impact on us were neither rich nor famous : the Velverl Underground, 13th Floor Elevators, Stooges. even the album 'Village Green Preservation Society' by The Kinks has never figured in that bloody top 50. Those albums are our DNA.

Liam : even the Sex Pistols man ! They didn't sell that many records and look at what they have left. I've always wanted to be from that family than to shake hands with Jon Bon Jovi.

R&F : We get the feeling, listening to you, that with Oasis there was on one side the people who were happy playing in stadiums and those who really wanted to be the headliners in these stadium..

Liam : In every human adventure, at one point, your goals differ. People don't have the same dreams. I never wanted to be a respectable and respected band. I don't care about the opinion of the people in this industry, of the cream, the posh people of London,.. We weren't part of the same band at the beginning and anyway, we will never speak the same language. I belong with the people and I will stay with the people.

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Video: Beady Eye Perform 'The Roller' In Session From Maida Vale

Beady Eye nail 'The Roller' in the first take down at Maida Vale in session for Zane Lowe

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Beady Eye Inteview From Italy

An interview with Beady Eye that was broadcast today on Sky Italy (Rock TV)

Thanks to frjdoasis2

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