Interesting Facts
Noel and Liam are both Beatles fans
Noel and Liam's favorite Beatles track is "Ticket To Ride" They also like the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who and the Sex Pistols. All of Oasis are from Manchester except for Alan White who is from London, England. Noel, Liam and Guigsy are Man City fans, Alan is a Charlton Athletic fan and Bonehead is a Utd fan
Oasis performed on the rooftop for their Promo for "Supersonic". The Beatles did the same thing for Let It Be
Their first drummer was Tony McCarroll. He was sacked after a punch up with Liam and Alan White replaced him the night before they performed "Some Might Say" on Top Of The Pops
The title "Wonderwall" is either taken from a title from one of George Harrison's albums or from an interview with John Lennon where he said "Wonderwall" instead of "Wonderfull"
Liam and Patsy finally got married in secret in May '97
Noel's girlfriend, Meg Matthews is on the Wonderwall CD single cover
Their song, "Shakermaker" cause a controversy when Coke said it sounded to much like their song, "I like to the teach the world..." and Oasis had to change some of the lyrics of the song because they threatened to sue Oasis over it.
The intro to "Don't Look Back In Anger" is taken from John Lennon's song, "Imagine"
The ending to the song "She's Electric" is also copied from the Beatles song, "With A Little Help From My Friend"
Oasis have also now added the Beatles song, "Octopus Garden" at the end of "Whatever"
They have made two Beatles covers, "I Am The Walrus" and "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away"
Their birthdays are:
Noel (29.5.67)
William (21.9.72)
Bonehead (23.6.65)
Guigsy (9.5.71)
Alan (26.5.72)
Their newest album "Be Here Now" is also a name of one of George Harrison's albums.
The song "Married With Children" was actually inspired by Noel's ex-girlfriend who told Noel, "your music shite", which is part of the lyrics
Noel wrote "Whatever" in less than 10 minutes
Noel wrote the songs, Columbia, Live Forever and others in the "Hit Hut" in which he used to work while working on a building site because part of a gass main had landed on his foot disallowing him from working on the site itself
Noel is dyslexic, and that slows down his songwriting, which means he have to keep rewriting the things 50 times until he can get the words in the right places
It's no secret that Noel and Liam do not get along with each other. This is what Noel has to say,"It's a good thing we don't live in the United States, where guns are accessible, because I'd have blown his head off by now. The problem is, I can't fire him because my mom would kill me."
Oasis insist on eating Beans On Toast before going on stage
Oasis performed on MTV Unplugged but Liam did not sing because he had a sore throat, at the end of the MTV showing he was seen sitting in the stand with Patsy and Meg drinking beer
Noel Gallagher is the 2nd richest man in pop music in a list done in 1996. The richest is George Michael, Seal third, Gary Barlow fourth and Blur fifth.
A record-breaking 250,000 people attended the Oasis concert at Knebworth in England on August 9, 1996, also a record-breaking 20,000 attended the Earls Court concert
According to Sky Magazine, both Oasis albums are featured in the 20 Most Definitive Albums of the Decad
In the Definitely Maybe album cover, the two photos of football players are Rodney Marsh and George Best. There's also a LP sleeve of Burt Bacharach and the movie in the TV is "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly"
The house on the cover of the single Live Forever is a house that John Lennon grew up in
The house on the cover of Definitely Maybe is Bonehead's house
Noel played most of the drums in Definitely Maybe
Noel co-wrote and co-sang the song Setting Sun by the Chemical Brothers.
Noel's favourite movie is Star Wars
Liam signed a modelling contract with Versace for a reported $75,000
Noel and Johnny Depp are close friends
Liam Gallagher was arrested for suspicion of possesing a controlled substance, possibly cocaine. He is free on bail.
Oasis won Best Group and Best Album at the Brits Award 1995 and was nominated for Best Song with Wonderwall. In the previous year, they won Best New Group
Oasis won 'Best Group' and Wonderwall won 'Best Song' at the MTV Music Awards 1996. They were also nominated for 'Best Rock Act' and 'Best Select MTV Video' for DLBIA. Oasis did not turned up for the Awards though
After receiving the award for 'Best Rock Act' at the MTV Music Awards 1996, D'Arcy of the Smashing Pumpkins said, "I'm sorry, I really feel bad ya know, coz err, Oasis should have won this coz they're the best band since the Beatles. But thanks a lot anyway."
Noel went to console Liam over Liam's arrest on suspicion of possessing drugs. But Noel went to the wrong house! Noel stood squirming in embarrassment when he was told Liam's place was next door
Noel is left-handed, but plays the guitar with his right hand