Liam Gallagher Of Oasis Was Born On September 21, 1972

Oasis lead singer Liam Gallagher was born on September 21st of 1972, 35 years ago today.

Liam & his brother Noel Gallagher make up the core of Oasis and are the only members to have been with the group for all of their albums.

Through the group's first three albums there was a pretty defined structure with Liam singing most of the songs (although Noel took lead on some ballads such as "Don't Look Back in Anger") and Noel writing all of the songs.

Liam has written songs on each of the last three Oasis songs. He wrote "Little James" on 2000's Standing on the Shoulders of Giants, "Born on a Different Cloud", "Better Man", & "Songbird" on 2002's Heathen Chemistry, and "The Meaning of Soul", "Love Like A Bomb", & "Guess God Thinks I'm Abel" on 2005's Don't Believe The Truth.

Liam is most well known for his distinctive vocal style, his erratic behavior, & his seemingly constant bickering with his brother Noel.

Oasis on Letterman in 1995 performing the title track from their second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory?



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Oasis Performs "Champagne Supernova" At The MTV Awards On September 4, 1996

Oasis created some controversy at the US MTV Video Music Awards on September 4th of 1996 when lead singer Liam Gallagher spat on stage and threw beer at the audience during the band's performance of "Champagne Supernova."

He also included some interesting lyric variations such as "A champagne supernova up your bum."

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Oasis Released Definitely Maybe On August 29, 1994

British rock band Oasis released their debut album Definitely Maybe on August 29th of 1994.

Definitely Maybe is one of the most commercially successful & critically acclaimed debut albums released in rock history.

It was the fastest selling debut album in UK history upon it's release. It went directly to #1 on the UK charts. Although it never reached higher than #58 in the US charts it has sold over 1 million copies in the United States. It has sold over 7.5 million copies worldwide.

Definitely Maybe is regularly named to all time best of lists in the UK. The songs "Live Forever," "Supersonic," "Cigarettes & Alcohol," "Rock 'n' Roll Star," & "Slide Away" have been particularly popular.

"Live Forever" was selected by readers of Q magazine as the greatest song of all time in 2006. It was #1 in a poll by NME and XFM to find the 50 greatest indie anthems ever.

Definitely Maybe (includes live performances & promo videos - you'll have to do some volume adjustments as some are very loud and some quiet)

1. "Rock 'n' Roll Star"

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2. "Shakermaker"

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3. "Live Forever"

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4. "Up In The Sky"

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5. "Columbia"

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6. "Supersonic"

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7. "Bring It On Down"

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8. "Cigarettes & Alcohol"

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9. "Digsy's Dinner"

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10. "Slide Away"

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11. "Married With Children"

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Blur goes to #1 on the UK charts with "Country House" on August 26, 1995

Blur had their first UK #1 with "Country House" on August 26th of 1995. It was featured on Blur's 4th album The Great Escape.

The song is probably best remembered as being a part of Blur's rivalry with fellow British band Oasis.

The song's release date was moved to coincide with that of Oasis' single "Roll With It" which was seen as a confrontation for #1 that week. Although "Roll With It" came in at #2 the album it came from (What's the Story) Morning Glory? far surpassed The Great Escape in sales, particularly in America where The Great Escape never reached higher than #150 (although this was seen as a minor victory at the time for Blur because it was their first time reaching America's top 200 album charts. But in comparison (What's the Story) Morning Glory? reached #4 in the US and is 4X platinum in sales there all time. It's also 14X platinum in the UK (the 3rd biggest selling album in UK history.) So it's commonly believed that while Blur won this battle for #1 single, they lost the war of becoming the most popular band in the UK.

Compare the songs for yourself (with videos)

"Country House"



"Roll With It"



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Oasis records MTV Unplugged on August 24, 1996

Oasis recorded their MTV Unplugged show on August 24th of 1996 sans lead singer Liam Gallagher.

The show was recorded at London's Royal Festival Hall in front of 400 fans including Liam Gallagher. Liam had failed to show up for the recording and had said he had a sore throat. He was seen in the audience drinking beer and smoking cigarettes. His songwriting/lead guitarist brother Noel Gallagher took over lead vocals on all of the songs for the show.

Here's "Listen Up" from this show. "Listen Up" was a b-side and on the original recording it was sung by Liam.



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Oasis' Be Here Now Was Released On August 21, 1997

Oasis' 3rd album Be Here Now was released in the UK 10 years ago today on August 21st of 1997.

There was considerable hype leading up to the release of Be Here Now with the huge success both commercially and critically of their first two albums 1994's Definitely Maybe and 1995's (What's The Story?) Morning Glory.

The album was recorded from October 1996 to April 1997. The recording sessions were were by all accounts completely out of control. The album's producer Owen Morris said in 2007 "in the first week, someone tried to score an ounce of weed, but instead got an ounce of cocaine. Which kind of summed it up." Creation Records owner Alan McGee said of his visits to the studio "I used to go down to the studio, and there was so much cocaine getting done at that point . . . Owen was out of control, and he was the one in charge of it. The music was just fucking loud."

Many of the songs contained many layers of guitar tracks. "My Big Mouth" for example had an estimated 30 guitar tracks overdubbed onto the song. In most cases the guitars recorded are the same part over and over again to create a wall of sound effect.

The album went on to set the UK record for first day (350,000) and first week (696,000) sales easily entering the UK charts at #1. It also sold 152,000 copies in the first week in the US but this was considered a relative disappointment. It opened at #2 on the US charts. It went to #1 in Canada.

Live performances of Be Here Now songs:

"D'You Know What I Mean?" (sound is a little quiet)



"My Big Mouth"



"Magic Pie"



"Stand By Me" (Acoustic)



"Fade In-Out"



"Don't Go Away" (on SNL, sound is quiet)



"Be Here Now"



"All Around The World"



Music videos for Be Here Now songs:

"D'You Know What I Mean?"



"Stand By Me"



"Don't Go Away"



"All Around The World"



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Oasis Plays Show in Paris, France on June 16, 1994

Oasis played their first show outside of the UK on June 16th of 1994 when they played at The Erotika Club in Paris, France.

Their debut album Definitely Maybe was released later in '94 on August 30th.

The album featured "Live Forever" a song that songwriter Noel Gallagher had written before he joined Oasis in 1991. Gallagher has said it to be a retort to the depressive grunge music of the period and was inspired by the Rolling Stones song "Shine A Light."

Video for the Oasis single "Live Forever"


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Noel Gallagher was born on May 29, 1967

Noel Gallagher was born on May 29th of 1967 in Manchester, England.

Noel Gallagher is the principle songwriter and lead guitarist for the British rock band Oasis. Gallagher also sings lead vocals on some Oasis songs such as "Don't Look Back In Anger," "Talk Tonight," "Sad Song," "Magic Pie," "Sunday Morning Call," "The Importance of Being Idle," and "Part of the Queue."

Noel's brother Liam Gallagher is Oasis' lead singer.

On "Let There Be Love" the final track from Oasis' most recent album 2005's Don't Believe The Truth, Liam & Noel take turns singing. Listen to "Let There Be Love" :

Oasis had their first UK #1 single with "Some Might Say" on May 6, 1995

"Some Might Say" became the first Oasis single to hit #1 in the UK on May 6, 1995. It was the lead single for their very successful second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory? which is the 3rd biggest selling UK album in history with over 4.3 million copies sold in the UK. It has sold 19 million worldwide including over 4 million in the US.

They've had seven more #1 UK singles since then: "Don't Look Back In Anger," "D'You Know What I Mean?" "All Around The World," "Go Let It Out," "The Hindu Times," "Lyla," & "The Importance of Being Idle." along with many more top 10 UK hits.

Video for "Some Might Say"

Oasis goes to #1 on the UK charts with "Hindu Times" on April 21, 2002.

Oasis had their 6th UK #1 single with "Hindu Times" from Heathen Chemistry on April 21st of 2002.

Oasis performing "Hindu Times" live in 2002:

Oasis - Don't Look Back In Anger - #1 On The UK Charts - March 2, 1996

11 years ago today, March 2nd, Oasis topped the UK charts for the second time with Dont Look Back In Anger taken from their second album (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

The song also made it to #1 on the Irish singles chart and #10 on the US modern rock chart.

Like all the Oasis songs from this time period it was written by Noel Gallagher. Unlike most Oasis songs it was also sung by Noel. Liam Gallagher was the lead singer for the rest of the tracks on the Morning Glory? album.

Dont Look Back In Anger is the closing track on the recent Oasis greatest hits album Stop The Clocks.

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Oasis forced to cancel first foreign tour - February 8, 1994

13 years ago today Oasis was forced to cancel their first foreign tour. Oasis was involved in a brawl on a ferry. Members of the band were arrested and locked in the brig. They were then deported from Holland and sent packing back to England. This was well before their debut album Definitly Maybe was released in August of 1994 and before even their first single release "Supersonic" in April 1994.



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