December, 1988
Noel Gallagher recruited by Inspiral Carpets as roadie.

August 18th, 1991
Oasis play their first gig, at Manchester's Boardwalk.  Noel, who has yet to join, is in the audience.

January 1992
Oasis play their first gig with Noel, again at the Boardwalk.  The first song they play is an instrumental version of Columbia.

July 1992
Oasis play their first live radio session for Mark Radcliffe, on his seminal Radio 5 show, Hit the North.

December 1992
Oasis record their first demo proper, Live Demonstration, in Liverpool.

18th May 1993
The band play at King Tut's Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow and Creation boss Alan McGee offers them a deal.

June 1993
Oasis' future manager, Marcus Russell, arrives at the Manchester venue the Hop and Grape with Johnny Marr to see the band play.

October 22nd, 1993
Oasis sign to Creation for the UK and Sony for the rest of the World.

December 1993
Recording sessions in Liverpool produce 'Supersonic'.

January 1994
Radio 1 take the unprecedented step of play-listing 'Columbia', a single sided promo not commercial available.

18th February 1994
The band, minus Noel, are incarcerated in Holland for kicking off a ferry.

March 1994
Oasis make their debut TV appearance, playing the cult channel 4 series, The Word.

April 11th 1994
'Supersonic' is released.  It reaches No. 31 in the British singles chart.

June 20th 1994
'Shakermaker' takes Oasis just outside the top 10, to No. 11.

June 26th 1994
The band play the Glastonbury festival's NME stage.  Here Liam asks the crowd, 'Are you gonna wake up, then, for some real songs?'

August 8th 1994
Oasis release 'Live Forever' and go to No. 10.  Their plan to release one single every two months and achieve higher chart positioning each time is working.

August 29th 1994
Definately Maybe, the debut album from Oasis takes the No. 1 slot in the British album charts.  It is the fastest-selling debut album of all time.

September 23rd 1994
Oasis play the first date of their slightly shaky first American tour.

October 10 1994
Cigarettes and Alcohol reaches No. 7 in the UK charts.

December 19th 1994
Whatever gives Oasis their highest chart postioning to date, it goes to number 3.

January 1995
On his acoustic guitar Noel writes the bulk of Oasis's second album.

January 23rd 1995
Oasis win Best Band, Best New Band, and Best Single for 'Live Forever' at NME Brat award to Oasis.

February 28th 1995
Oasis get Best Band at Brit awards.  Blur win four awards and dedicate their Best Band award to Oasis.

March 1995
'Live Forever' is at the top of the American college charts, and Definately Maybe has sold over 220,000 copies.

April 24th 1995
Oasis have their first No. 1 hit with Some Might Say.

April 27th 1995
Drummer Tony McCarroll makes his last appearance with Oasis on Top Of The Pops.  He is replaced that week by Alan White.

May 8th 1995
Oasis enter the Rockfield Studios to record their second album.

June 23rd 1995
Robbie Williams from Take That joins Oasis onstage at the Glastonbury festival.

August 14th 1995
Oasis release 'Roll With It' and Blur release 'Country House', sparking the big pop tiff of the nineties.  Oasis have to settle for No. 2 spot.

September 1995
Bass player Guigsy leaves the band citing nervous exhaustion.

October 2nd 1995
(What's The Story) Morning Glory? is released.  It goes straight in at No. 1.

October 17th 1995
Temporary bassist Scott McLeod leaves the band in the middle of an American tour.

October 30th 1995
'Wonderwall' is released, taking the No. 2 slot a week later.

November 4th and 5th 1995
Oasis play the biggest indoor European gig on record at the Earls Court Exhibition Centre.  Crowd capacity on each night is 20,000.

December 1995
'Wonderwall' enters the Billboard charts in America at No. 21, Definately Maybe has now sold in excess of 500,000 copies.

February 1996
Tickets for the Oasis gig at Manchester City ground Maine Road are released.  80,000 are shifted in record time.

February 19th 1996
'Don't Look Back In Anger' is released, the first single release with Noel not Liam on vocals.  It goes to No. 1.

April 27th, 28th
Oasis play their two dates at Maine Road, and the crowd are ' MAD FOR IT'.