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Oasis

Vocalist Liam Gallagher and guitarist Noel Gallagher performing in San Diego, California on 18 September 2005

Background information

Origin Manchester, England

Genres Rock, Britpop, alternative rock

Years active 19912009

Labels Creation, Epic, Columbia, Sony Music, Big Brother, Reprise

Associated acts The Rain, Beady Eye, Ride, Heavy Stereo, Hurricane No. 1, Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Past members

Liam Gallagher

Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan

Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs

Tony McCarroll

Noel Gallagher

Alan White

Gem Archer

Andy Bell

Oasis were an English rock band formed in Manchester in 1991. Originally known as The Rain, the group was

formed by Liam Gallagher (vocals and tambourine), Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan

(bass guitar) and Tony McCarroll (drums, percussion), who were soon joined by Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher

(lead guitar and vocals). They have had eight UK number-one singles and eight UK number-one albums, and won

fifteen NME Awards, nine Q Awards, four MTV Europe Music Awards and six Brit Awards, including one in 2007

for Outstanding Contribution to Music and one for the Best Album of the Last 30 Years as voted by BBC Radio 2

listeners; they have been nominated for three Grammy Awards. As of 2009, the band have sold an estimated

70 million records worldwide.[1]

The band were listed in the Guinness World Records book in 2010 for Longest Top

10 UK Chart Run by a Group after an unprecedented run of 22 top 10 hits in the UK.[2]

The band also holds the

Guinness World Record for being the most successful act in the UK between the years 1995 and 2005, spending 765

weeks in the Top 75 singles and albums charts.[3][4]

Its members were signed to independent record label Creation Records and afterwards released their record-setting

debut album Definitely Maybe in 1994. The following year, the band recorded (What's the Story) Morning Glory?(1995) with their new drummer Alan White in the midst of rivalry with Britpop peers Blur in the charts. The
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Gallagher brothers featured regularly in tabloid newspapers for their sibling disputes and wild lifestyles. In 1997,

Oasis released their third album,Be Here Now, and although it became the fastest-selling album in UK chart history,

the album's popularity tapered off quickly. The band lost members Paul McGuigan and Paul Arthurs as they went on

to record and release Standing on the Shoulder of Giants in 2000 and were replaced by Gem Archer and Andy Bell

who joined the group for the tour in support ofGiants. The band found renewed success and popularity starting with

2005's Don't Believe the Truth.[5]

In August 2009, Noel Gallagher announced his departure from the band after a

backstage altercation with Liam before a festival appearance.[6][7][8]

The band, comprising the remaining members

of Oasis and led by Liam Gallagher, decided to continue working together under the name Beady Eye,[9]

while Noel

went on to form his solo project Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.

History

Formation and first years: 19911994

Oasis evolved from an earlier band called The Rain, composed of Paul McGuigan (bass guitar), Paul "Bonehead"

Arthurs (guitar), Tony McCarroll (drums) and Chris Hutton (vocals). Unsatisfied with Hutton, Arthurs auditioned

acquaintance Liam Gallagher as a replacement. Liam suggested that the band name be changed to Oasis. This change

was inspired by an Inspiral Carpets tour poster that hung in the Gallagher brothers' bedroom. One of the venues the

poster listed was the Oasis Leisure Centre in Swindon,[10]

Wiltshire.

Oasis played their first ever live gig on 18 August 1991 at the Boardwalk club in Manchester. Liam's brother Noel

Gallagher, who was a roadie for Inspiral Carpets, went with the band to watch his younger brother's band play.

Whilst Noel and his friends did not think Oasis sounded particularly spectacular, he did begin to consider the

possibility of using his brother's group as a possible outlet for a series of songs he'd been writing for several years.

Noel approached the group about joining with the proviso that he would become the band's sole songwriter and

leader, and that they would commit to an earnest pursuit of commercial success. "He had loads of stuff written,"

Arthurs recalled. "When he walked in, we were a band making a racket with four tunes. All of a sudden, there were

loads of ideas."[11] Oasis under Noel Gallagher crafted a musical approach that relied on simplicity, with Arthurs and

McGuigan restricted to playing barred chords and root bass notes; McCarroll playing basic rhythms, and the band's

amplifiers turned up to create distortion, Oasis created a sound "so devoid of finesse and complexity that it came out

sounding pretty much unstoppable."[12]

After over a year of live shows, rehearsals and a recording of a proper demo (known as the Live Demonstration

tape), the band's big break came in May 1993 when they were spotted by Creation Records co-owner Alan McGee.

Oasis were invited to play a gig at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut club in Glasgow, Scotland, by a band called Sister

Lovers, who shared their rehearsal rooms. Oasis, along with a group of friends, found the money to hire a van and

make the journey to Glasgow. When they arrived, they were refused entry to the club as they were not on that night's

set list, which reportedly caused the band to bully their way in (although both the band and McGee have givencontradicting statements about how they actually managed to get into the club on that night).

[13]They were given the

opening slot and impressed McGee, who was there to see 18 Wheeler, one of his own bands, that night. McGee was

so impressed by what he saw he signed the band to Creation four days later.[14]

Due to problems securing an

American contract, Oasis ended up signing a worldwide contract with Sony, which in turn licensed Oasis to Creation

in the UK.[15]

Following a limited white label release of the demo of their song "Columbia", their first single, "Supersonic", was

released in April 1994, reaching number 31 in the charts.[16]

The release was followed by "Shakermaker". This song

would become the subject of a plagiarism suit, with Oasis paying $500,000 in damages. Their third single, "Live

Forever", was their first to enter the top ten of the UK charts. After troubled recording and mixing sessions, their

debut album,Definitely Maybe, was released in September 1994, entering the charts at number one, and at the timebecoming the fastest selling debut album in the UK.

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The best part of a year of constant live performances and recordings, along with a hedonistic lifestyle, were taking

their toll on the band. This behaviour culminated during a gig in Los Angeles in September 1994, leading to inept

performance by Liam during which he made offensive remarks about American audiences and hit Noel with a

tambourine.[18]

The incident upset Noel to such an extent that he temporarily quit the band immediately after and

flew to San Francisco (it was from this incident that the song "Talk Tonight" was written). He was tracked down by

Creation's Tim Abbot and they made a trip to Las Vegas. Once there, Gallagher was persuaded to continue with the

band. He reconciled with his brother and the tour resumed in Minneapolis.[19]

The group followed up the fourth

single from Definitely Maybe, "Cigarettes & Alcohol", with the Christmas single "Whatever", which entered the

British charts at number three.[20]

This song would later carry a co-writer's credit for Neil Innes, who sued and also

won damages.[21]

Britpop and Knebworth: 19941998

Promotional poster for the mammoth Knebworth

Park gigs in August 1996.

Oasis had their first UK number one single in April 1995 with "Some

Might Say". At the same time, drummer Tony McCarroll was ousted

from the band. McCarroll said, on leaving Oasis, that he was

"unlawfully expelled from the partnership" for what he called a

"personality clash" with the brothers. The Gallaghers, on the other

hand, doubted McCarroll's musical ability, with Noel saying: "I like

Tony as a geezer but he wouldn't have been able to drum the new

songs".[22][23]

McCarroll was replaced by Alan White, formerly of

Starclub and younger brother of renowned studio percussionist Steve

White, whom Paul Weller recommended to Noel. White made his

debut for the band at a Top of the Pops performance of "Some Might

Say". Oasis began recording material for their second album in May of

that year in Rockfield Studios near Monmouth.[24]

The band, by this

point, had recorded the concert that would see release in August as

Live by the Sea.

During this period, the British press seized upon a supposed rivalry

between Oasis and Britpop band Blur. Previously, Oasis did not

associate themselves with the Britpop movement and were not invited

to perform on the BBC's "Britpop Now" programme introduced by Blur singer Damon Albarn. On 14 August 1995,

Blur and Oasis released new singles on the same day, setting up "The Battle of Britpop" that dominated the national

news. Blur's "Country House" outsold Oasis' "Roll with It" 274,000 copies to 216,000 during the week.[25]

Oasis'

management came up with several reasons for this, claiming "Country House" sold more because it was less

expensive (1.99 vs 3.99) and because there were two different versions of "Country House" with different B-sidesforcing serious fans to buy two copies.

[26]An alternative explanation given at the time by Creation was that there

were problems associated with the barcode on the "Roll with It" single case, which did not record all sales.[27]

Noel

Gallagher told The Observerin September that he hoped Damon Albarn and Alex James of Blur would "catch AIDS

and die", which caused a media furore.[28]

He subsequently apologised for this in a formal letter to various

publications.[29]

Bassist Paul McGuigan briefly left the band in September 1995, citing nervous exhaustion. He was replaced by Scott

McLeod, formerly of The Ya Ya's, who was featured on some of the tour dates as well as in the "Wonderwall" video

before leaving abruptly while on tour in the US. McLeod later contacted Noel Gallagher claiming he felt he had

made the wrong decision. Gallagher curtly replied "I think you have too. Good luck signing on."[30]

To complete the

tour, McGuigan was successfully convinced to return to the band.
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Although a softer sound led to mixed reviews, Oasis' second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? was a

commercial success, becoming the fourth best-selling album in UK Chart history with over four million copies

sold.[31]

The album spawned two further hit singles "Wonderwall" and "Don't Look Back in Anger", which also

reached numbers two and one respectively. It also contained the non-UK single "Champagne Supernova"featuring

guitar playing and backing vocals by Paul Wellerthat received widespread critical acclaim and peaked at number

one on the US modern rock chart. The group played their first headline outdoor concerts at Maine Road Football

Ground, Manchester on 27 and 28 April 1996. Highlights from the second night featured on the video ...There and

Then, released later the same year. As their career reached its zenith, Oasis performed back-to-back concerts at

Knebworth on 10 and 11 August. The band sold out both shows within minutes. The audience of 250,000 people

over two nights (2.5 million people applied for tickets, and 375,000 were actually sold, meaning the possibility of 53

sold out nights),[32]

was at the time a record-breaking number for an outdoor concert held in the UK, and to this day

the largest demand for a show in British history.[33]

The rest of the month proved to be difficult for the group. Oasis were due to record an episode ofMTV Unpluggedat

the Royal Festival Hall but Liam pulled out, citing a sore throat. He watched the performance from a balcony with

cold beer and cigarettes, heckling Noel's singing between songs.[34]

Four days later the group left for a tour of

American arenas but Liam refused to go; the band decided to continue the tour with Noel on vocals.[35]

Liamrejoined the tour on 30 August, and on 4 September 1996, Oasis performed "Champagne Supernova" at the 1996

MTV Video Music Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City.[36]

Liam made gestures at Noel during his

guitar solo, then spat beer all over the stage before storming off.[36]

A few weeks later Noel flew home without the

band, who followed on another flight.[37]

This event prompted media speculation that the group were splitting up.

The brothers soon reconciled and decided to complete the tour.[38]

Oasis spent the end of 1996 and the first quarter of 1997 at Abbey Road Studios in London and Ridge Farm Studios

in Surrey recording their third album. Quarrels between the Gallagher brothers plagued the recording sessions. Be

Here Now was released in August 1997. Preceded by the UK number one single "D'You Know What I Mean?", the

album was their most anticipated effort, and as such became the subject of considerable media attention. By the end

of the first day of release,Be Here Now sold over 350,000 units and by the end of business on Saturday of that week

sales had reached 696,000, making it the fastest-selling album in British history.[39]

The album debuted at

number two on the Billboard200 chart in the United States, but its first week sales of 152,000below expected

sales of 400,000 copieswere considered a disappointment.[40]

Although early media reviews were positive, once

the hype had died down, the album was criticised for being bloated and derivative with most of the critics focused on

the extensive length of several songs, the heavier sound, and overproduction.

By this time the Britpop movement was in decline, and the band had failed to meet expectations with their third

album. After the conclusion of the Be Here Now Tour in early 1998, amidst much media criticism the group kept a

low profile. Later in the year, Oasis released a compilation album of fourteen B-sides, entitled The Masterplan. "The

really interesting stuff from around that period is the B-sides. There's a lot more inspired music on the B-sides than

there is onBe Here Now itself, I think", related Noel in an interview in 2008.[41]

Transitional period: 19992004

In early 1999, the band began work on their fourth studio album. First details were announced in February with Mark

"Spike" Stent revealed to be taking a co-producing role. Things were not going well and the shock departure of

founding member Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs was announced in August. This departure was reported at the time as

amicable, with Noel stating that Arthurs wanted to spend more time with his family. Arthurs' statement clarified his

leaving as "to concentrate on other things".[42]

However, Noel has since offered a contradicting version: that a series

of violations of Noel's "no drink or drugs" policy (imposed by Noel so that Liam could sing properly) for the album's

sessions resulted in a confrontation between the two.[43]

Two weeks later the departure of bassist Paul McGuiganwas announced. The Gallagher brothers held a press conference shortly thereafter where they assured reporters that
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"the future of Oasis is secure. The story and the glory will go on."[44]

Guitarist Gem Archer performing at

an Oasis concert.

The now three-piece Oasis chose to continue recording the album, with Noel

Gallagher re-recording most of Arthurs' guitar and McGuigan's bass parts. After

the completion of the recording sessions, the band began searching for

replacement members. The first new member to be announced was new

lead/rhythm guitarist Colin "Gem" Archer, formerly of Heavy Stereo, who laterclaimed to have been approached by Noel Gallagher only a couple of days after

Arthurs' departure was publicly announced.[45]

Finding a replacement bassist

took more time and effort. The band were rehearsing with David Potts, but he

quickly resigned, and they brought in Andy Bell, former guitarist/songwriter of

Ride and Hurricane No. 1 as their new bassist. Bell had never played bass before

and had to learn to play it, (with Noel since saying that Liam said "if he can play

the guitar, he can play the fookin' bass.") along with a handful of songs from

Oasis' back catalogue, in preparation for a scheduled tour of America in

December 1999. With the folding of Creation Records, Oasis formed their own label, Big Brother, which released all

of Oasis' subsequent records in the UK and Ireland. Oasis' fourth album, Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, wasreleased in February 2000 to good first-week sales. It peaked at number one on the British charts and number 24 on

the Billboardcharts.[46][47]

Three singles were released from the album: "Go Let It Out", "Who Feels Love?" and

"Sunday Morning Call", all of which were top five UK singles.[48]

The "Go Let It Out" video was shot before Bell

joined the group and therefore featured the unusual line-up of Liam on rhythm guitar, Archer on lead guitar and Noel

on bass. With the departure of the founding members, the band made several small changes to their image and

sound. The cover featured a new "Oasis" logo, designed by Gem Archer, and the album was also the first Oasis

release to include a song written by Liam Gallagher, entitled "Little James". The songs also had more experimental,

psychedelic influences.[49]

The album received only lukewarm reviews[49]

and, as of now, Standing is the band's

lowest selling studio album.

To support the record the band staged an eventful world tour. While touring in Barcelona in 2000, Oasis were forced

to cancel a gig when an attack of tendinitis caused Alan White's arm to seize up, and the band spent the night

drinking instead. After a row between the two brothers, Noel declared he was quitting touring overseas altogether,

and Oasis were supposed to finish the tour without him.[50]

Noel eventually returned for the Irish and British legs of

the tour, which included two major shows at Wembley Stadium. A live album of the first show, called Familiar to

Millions, was released in late 2000 to mixed reviews.[51]

Throughout 2001, Oasis split time between sessions for their fifth studio album and live shows around the world.

Some gigs included the month-long Tour of Brotherly Love with The Black Crowes and Spacehog and a show in

Paris supporting Neil Young. The album,Heathen Chemistry, Oasis' first album with new members Andy Bell and

Gem Archer, was released in July 2002. The album reached number 1 in the UK and number 23 in US, [52][53]

although critics gave it mixed reviews.[54][55]

There were four singles released from the album: "The Hindu Times",

"Stop Crying Your Heart Out", "Little by Little/She Is Love", and the Liam-penned "Songbird", Oasis' first single

not written by Noel. The record blended the band's sonic experiments from their last albums, but also went for a

more basic rock sound.[54]

Heathen Chemistry was a much more balanced recording process for the band, with all of

the members, apart from White, penning songs. Johnny Marr provided additional guitar as well as backup vocals on

a couple of songs.

After the album's release, the band embarked on a successful world tour that was once again filled with incidents. In

late summer 2002, whilst the band were on tour in the US, Noel, Bell and touring keyboardist Jay Darlington were

involved in a car accident in Indianapolis. While none of the band members sustained any major injuries, some

shows were cancelled as a result. In December 2002, the latter half of the German leg of the band's European tour

had to be postponed after Liam Gallagher, Alan White and three other members of the band's entourage were
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arrested after a violent brawl at a Munich nightclub. The band had been drinking heavily and tests showed that Liam

had used cocaine.[56]

Liam lost two front teeth and kicked a police officer in the ribs, while Alan suffered minor head

injuries after getting hit with an ashtray.[57]

Two years later Liam was fined around 40,000.[58]

The band finished

their tour in March 2003 after returning to those postponed dates. Liam Gallagher said Oasis began recording a sixth

album in late December 2003 with producers Death in Vegas at Sawmills Studios in Cornwall. The album was

originally planned for a September 2004 release to coincide with the 10th anniversary of the release ofDefinitely

Maybe. However, long-time drummer Alan White, who at this time had played on nearly all of the band's material,

left the band in early January 2004. At the time, his brother Steve White stated on his own website that "the spirit of

being in a band was kicked out of him" and he wanted to be with his current girlfriend.[59]

White was replaced by

Zak Starkey, drummer of The Who and the son of The Beatles' Ringo Starr. Though Starkey performed on studio

recordings and toured with the band, he was not officially a member and the band were a four-piece for the first time

in their career. Starkey played publicly for the first time at Poole Lighthouse.

A few days later, Oasis, with Starkey, headlined the Glastonbury Festival for the second time in their career and

performed a greatest hits set, which included two new songs Gem Archer's "A Bell Will Ring" and Liam

Gallagher's "The Meaning of Soul". The performance received negative reviews, withNMEcalling it a "disaster."[60]

The BBC's Tom Bishop called Oasis' set "lacklustre and uneventful ... prompting a mixed reception from fans",mainly because of Liam's uninspired singing and Starkey's lack of experience with the band's material.

[61]

Resurgence in popularity: 20052007

After much turbulence, the band's sixth album was finally recorded in Los Angeles-based Capitol Studios from

October to December the same year. Producer Dave Sardy took over the lead producing role from Noel,[62]

who

decided to step back from these duties after a decade of producing leadership over the band. In May 2005, after three

years and as many scrapped recording sessions, the band released their sixth studio album, Don't Believe the Truth,

fulfilling their contract with Sony BMG. It followed the path ofHeathen Chemistryas being a collaborative project

again, rather than a Noel-written album.[63]

The album was the first in a decade not to feature drumming by Alan

White, marking the recording debut of Zak Starkey, Ringo Starr's son. The record was generally hailed as the band's

best effort since Morning Glory by fans and critics alike, spawning two UK number one singles: "Lyla" and "The

Importance of Being Idle", whilst "Let There Be Love" entered at number 2. Oasis picked up two awards at the Q

Awards: one People's Choice Award and the second forDon't Believe the Truth as Best Album.[64]

Following in the

footsteps of Oasis' previous five albums,Don't Believe the Truth also entered the UK album charts at number one.

Oasis performing at Shoreline Amphitheatre, San Francisco in

September 2005.

In May 2005, the band's new line-up embarked on a large

scale world tour. Beginning on 10 May 2005 at the London

Astoria, and finishing on 31 March 2006 in front of a sold

out gig in Mexico City, Oasis played more live shows than

at any time since the Definitely Maybe tour, visiting 26

countries and headlining 113 shows for over 3.2 million

people. The tour passed without any major incidents and

was the band's most successful in more than a decade. The

tour included sold out shows at New York's Madison

Square Garden and LA's Hollywood Bowl.[65]

A

rockumentary film made during the tour, entitled Lord

Don't Slow Me Down was released in October 2007. A

second DVD included live footage from an Oasis gig in

Manchester from 2 July 2005.

Oasis released a compilation double album entitled Stop the Clocks in 2006, featuring what the band considers to be

their "definitive" songs.[66]

The band received the Brit Award for outstanding contribution to music in February
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2007, playing several of their most famous songs afterwards.[67]

Oasis released their first ever digital-only release,

"Lord Don't Slow Me Down", in October 2007. The song debuted at number ten in the UK singles chart.[68]

The band's resurgence in popularity since the success ofDon't Believe The Truth was highlighted in February 2008

when, in a poll to find the fifty greatest British albums of the last fifty years conducted by Q magazine and HMV,

two Oasis albums were voted first and second (Definitely Maybe and (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

respectively). Two other albums by the band appeared in the list

Don't Believe The Truth came in at numberfourteen, and the album that has previously been heavily criticised by some of the media,Be Here Now, made the list

at No.22.[69]

Dig Out Your Soul, departure of Noel and Time Flies: 20082010

Noel Gallagher playing live at the

Bell Centre, Montreal in 2008.

In May 2008, Zak Starkey left the band after recording Dig Out Your Soul, the

band's seventh studio album. He was replaced by former Icicle Works drummer

Chris Sharrock on their tour and like Zak, Chris was not an official member of

the band and Oasis remained as a four-piece.

In June 2008, the band re-signed with Sony BMG for a three-album deal.

[70]

Oasis recorded for a couple of months in 2007 between July and

Septembercompleting work on two new songs and demoing the rest. They

took a two-month break, because of the birth of Noel's son. The band re-entered

the studio on 5 November 2007 and finished recording around March 2008[71]

with producer Dave Sardy. The first single from the record was "The Shock of

the Lightning" written by Noel Gallagher, and it was pre-released on 29

September 2008. Dig Out Your Soul, the band's seventh studio album, was

released on 6 October and went to number one in the UK and number five on the

Billboard 200. The band's again-new line-up started touring for a projected

18-month long tour, with support from Kasabian, The Enemy and TwistedWheel.

[72]Noel Gallagher gave conflicting information about what he planned for the group's future following the

tour. In one interview, he stated that he wanted the band members "to go off and do [their] own projects", and added

"it would be interesting to see what comes out. See how the four parts make up the whole."[73]

Yet three weeks after

Dig Out Your Soul was released Noel stated that he had already written and demoed Dig Out Your Soul's follow-up

album.[74]

Comparing the new material to "mid-era Kinks," Noel stated that the material was vastly different than

Dig Out Your Soul.[74]

Though he gave no time-table, Noel also stated that he was planning to release a solo album

"... hopefully sooner rather than later" as well.[74]

On 7 September 2008 while performing at Virgin Festival in Toronto, a member of the audience ran on stage and

physically assaulted Noel.[75]

Noel suffered three broken and dislodged ribs as a result from the attack, and the group

had to cancel several shows while he recovered.[75]

On 25 February 2009, Oasis received the NME Award for Best British Band of 2009[76]

as well as best blog for

Noel's 'Tales from the Middle of Nowhere'.[77]

On 4 June 2009, Oasis played the first of three concerts at Manchester's Heaton Park and after having to le ave the

stage twice due to a generator failure, came on the third time to declare the gig was now a free concert; it delighted

the 70,000 ticket holders, 20,000 of whom claimed the refund.[78]

The band's two following gigs at the venue, on 6

and 7 June, proved a great success, with fans turning out in their thousands despite the changeable weather and first

night sound issues.[79]

Speculation had been rife that Noel Gallagher intended to go solo; however on 12 July 2009,

it was announced through the Oasis publicist that this was not true.

On 28 August 2009, following a fight between the Gallaghers in a backstage area, which reportedly resulted in Liam

breaking Noel's guitar, the group's manager announced the cancellation of their concert at the Rock en Seine festival
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near Paris just minutes before it was about to begin, along with the cancellation of the European tour and a statement

that the group "does not exist anymore".[7][8][80][81]

Two hours later a statement from Noel appeared on the band's website writing that "with some sadness and great

relief...I quit Oasis tonight. People will write and say what they like, but I simply could not go on working with Liam

a day longer". On 5 September 2009, it was reported in News of the World that Liam Gallagher was planning to

continue with Oasis despite Noel's absence.

[82]

On 16 February 2010, Oasis won the award for Best Brit Album of the Last 30 Years at the 2010 BRIT Awards.[83]

Liam Gallagher collected the award alone, before presenting his speech. His speech thanked Bonehead, McGuigan

and Alan White but not his brother, Noel.[84]

Liam threw his microphone and the band's award into the crowd.[85]

On

15 March 2010, Liam defended his actions at the awards ceremony, saying "I'm sick of it all being about me and

Noel, the last couple of months has pretty much been all about me and him so I thought it was only right to mention

the other lads who played on the album and the best fans in the world." and "I thought it was a nice gesture to give

this to the fans, obviously it was misinterpreted as per usual." about throwing the award.[86]

Time Flies... 19942009, a compilation album containing singles by the group, was released on 14 June

2010.[87][88][89]

The decision to make the compilation a singles collection, and the track order, were decided by Noel

Gallagher, who released a number of videos to the Oasis YouTube account relating to the collection. Certain editions

features a live album, taken from the band's final tour.

Musical style

Oasis were most heavily influenced by The Beatles, an influence which was frequently labelled as an "obsession" by

the British media.[90][91][92]

In addition, members of Oasis have cited The Stone Roses,[93]

The Bee Gees,[94]

T.

Rex,[95]

Sex Pistols, Slade, Small Faces, The Who, Nirvana, The Rolling Stones, The Stooges, The La's, The Doors,

Jimi Hendrix, Bob Dylan, Neil Young, R.E.M., Humble Pie, Happy Mondays, Inspiral Carpets, The Kinks, The Jam,

Pink Floyd, The Verve, Led Zeppelin, David Bowie, The Velvet Underground, Talking Heads,[96]

and The

Smiths[97]

as an influence or inspiration.

Legal action was taken in the case of Neil Innes (formerly of the Bonzo Dog Doo-Dah Band and The Rutles) who

sued after the song "Whatever" borrowed from his "How Sweet to Be an Idiot". He was awarded royalties and a

co-writer credit. Noel Gallagher claimed in 2010 that the plagiarism was unintentional and he was unaware of the

similarities until informed of Innes's legal case.[98]

Oasis were also sued by Coca-Cola and forced to pay A$500,000

in damages; When asked about the incident, Noel Gallagher joked "Now we all drink Pepsi." "Shakermaker"

allegedly lifted words and melody from "I'd Like to Teach the World to Sing".[99]

When promotional copies of

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? were originally distributed, they contained a song called "Step Out". The

promotional CD was quickly withdrawn and replaced with a version that omitted the controversial song, which was

allegedly similar to the Stevie Wonder song "Uptight (Everything's Alright)". The song later appeared as the B-side

to "Don't Look Back in Anger", albeit now listing "Wonder, et. al" as cowriters.

Legacy and influence

Many bands and artists have cited Oasis as an influence or inspiration, including The Killers,[100]

Arctic

Monkeys,[101]

The Enemy, Elliott Smith, Lily Allen, Maroon 5, Coldplay,[102]

The Strokes, The Coral,[103]

Ryan

Adams, The Kooks,[104]

The Rifles,[105]

The Pigeon Detectives,[106]

Keane and Kasabian.[107][108]

No Way Sis were a cover band from Glasgow who had a top 40 hit in the UK with "I'd Like To Teach The World To

Sing" a cover of the New Seekers song sung in the manner of Oasis.[109]

The Japanese band Little by Little derived

their name from the Oasis song of the same name.[110]
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Band members

Final line-up

Liam Gallagherlead vocals, tambourine (19912009)

Noel Gallagherlead guitar, vocals, bass, keyboards

(19912009)

Gem Archerrhythm guitar, bass, harmonica (19992009)

Andy Bellbass, rhythm guitar (19992009)

Chris Sharrockdrums (20082009)

Former members

Paul "Bonehead" Arthursrhythm guitar, acoustic guitar, piano

(19911999)

Paul "Guigsy" McGuiganbass (19911999)

Tony McCarrolldrums (19911995)

Alan Whitedrums, percussion (19952004)

Zak Starkeydrums (20042008)

Discography

Definitely Maybe (1994)

(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)

Be Here Now (1997)

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)

Heathen Chemistry (2002) Don't Believe the Truth (2005)

Dig Out Your Soul (2008)

References

Footnotes

[1] "Some might say Oasis are still world beaters after Slane gig" (http://www. belfasttelegraph.co.uk/entertainment/music/reviews/

some-might-say-oasis-are-still-world-beaters-after-slane-gig-14351086. html). The Belfast Telegraph. 22 June 2009. . Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[2] "Oasis, Coldplay & Take That enter Guinness World Records 2010 BookGuinness World Records Blog post" (http://community.

guinnessworldrecords.com/_Oasis-Coldplay-Take-That-enter-Guinness-World-Records-2010-Book/blog/713512/7691.html).

Community.guinnessworldrecords.com. . Retrieved 23 June 2010.[3] Oasis receive Outstanding Brit Award (http://www.nme. com/news/oasis/24788). Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[4] Oasis get the guinness' in (http://www.oasisinet.com/NewsArticle.aspx?n=775). Retrieved 4 May 2010.

[5] "Oasis top best British album poll" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/7249473.stm).BBC News. 18 February 2008. . Retrieved

21 February 2009.

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