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Oasis Biography: The very first time Oasis played together they promised they were going to be the best, that they'd never settle for the dull thud of mediocrity. And then they set about proving it. Right from the off, they resisted the security of the obvious, of doing things the way they were supposed to. They never sent a demo to a record company, knew that supreme self-confidence and a host of classic songs would be enough to curve destiny their way. When Creation Records supremo Alan McGee saw them at a club gig in Glasgow they had no manager, no agent, and no money. Just greatness. He signed them on the spot. An unsuspecting world was about to be blown away. On April 11th 1994, Oasis released their debut single, 'Supersonic', an elegantly noisy pop celebration. By now their live shows were being talked of as something very special and they'd built an extensive, committed fan base. A trio of classic singles, 'Shakermaker', 'Live Forever' and 'Cigarettes and Alcohol' further emphasised Oasis' soaringly assured power. Their increasingly growing audience began to wonder what they ever did without them. More live shows followed, including a triumphant New York debut and promoters soon got used to the band breaking all records, exceeding even the wildest expectations. With the release of their debut album, 'Definitely Maybe', it was time to rewrite the record books once again. The album was the fastest selling debut in British history, entering the charts, unsurprisingly, at number one. It's still in the UK top twenty after a staggering eighteen months, going way past triple platinum and perhaps more impressively has sold well over one million copies outside the UK. They crowned 1994 with their No.3 Xmas single 'Whatever', swept the readers' and writer's polls in the music press, and were, unsurprisingly, winners at the BRIT Awards. Barely a year between their first single and the stratospheric. Not bad going. In 1995 the reputation of Oasis' live shows sky-rocketed. All around the world gigs sold out in under half an hour, and telephone exchanges from Dublin to Detroit blew up through the sheer weight of calls for tickets. Furthermore they headlined Glastonbury, played two nights in a colossal tent on Irvine Beach, Scotland, and staged the two biggest ever indoor gigs in Europe, at a specially-expanded Earls Court. So loud were the latter that serious earth tremors were reported in the Kensington and Chelsea areas. The shows themselves were astounding, emotional, and proof, if any was needed, that Oasis were undoubtedly the biggest and best band in the country. On record, too, the band had progressed, in April 'Some Might Say' provided them with their first No. 1 single, selling over 300,000 copies. The follow-up 'Roll With It' reached 400,000, and 'Wonderwall' is Platinum (600,000) and rising after 12 weeks in the Top Ten, and inspired an almost instant cover version by Mike Flowers. Their second album '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?' went straight in at No. 1, and became the fastest-selling album since Michael Jackson's 'Bad' in 1987. By the end of 1995 it was certified 6 times Platinum, and, apart from Robson & Jerome, by far the biggest-selling album of the year. This success is being mirrored world-wide, with the album hitting No. 1 in France, Sweden, Ireland and New Zealand, as well as reaching gold in most other countries. If last year was magnificent, their future looks better still. Edging into 1996 , there's 4 BRAT Awards, 6 BRIT nominations, and 'Don't Look Back In Anger' their ninth single in less than 2 years. Significantly, at time of writing '...Morning Glory?' had just jumped to No. 5 in the US Billboard charts. How much more do they want? How much have you got'? Oasis's bio above from the Oasis official site

 

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Early years and breakthrough (1991-1994)

Originally named The Rain, the group was formed by school friends Chris Hutton (vocals), Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (guitar), Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass), and Tony McCaroll (drums). When Hutton left the band, he was replaced by Guigsy's friend Liam Gallagher, who changed the band's name to Oasis, having seen the word on an Inspiral Carpets poster. The band played their first gig on Saturday 18 August, 1991, at the Boardwalk club in Manchester. Liam's older brother Noel Gallagher, who had recently returned from touring America as a guitar technician for the Inspiral Carpets, came to watch his younger brother play. Soon after witnessing the gig, Noel was invited to join the band, agreeing under the condition that he would be the band's sole songwriter and leader.

After gaining a loyal following in the local Manchester gig circuit, Oasis were signed to Creation Records by label owner Alan McGee in 1993. Following a limited white label release of the song "Columbia", the band released its first commercial singles, "Supersonic" and "Shakermaker," in the spring of 1994. Both were Top 40 hits in the United Kingdom and attracted much attention. Later that year their breakthrough came with the single "Live Forever," which was a major hit in Britain. It reached the Top 10 and spent a year on the charts. This was followed by "Cigarettes & Alcohol", which reached an even higher position in the UK chart than "Live Forever".. Soon after, Oasis released their highly-acclaimed debut album, Definitely Maybe, which entered the charts at number one and became the fastest selling debut album in UK history.

The EP "Whatever" was released in the same year and saw the band in a transitional stage between the heavy sound of Definitely Maybe and more ballad and relaxed sound of their second album.

Britpop and the height of fame (1995-1997)
1995 saw another change to the bands lineup, as at the beginning of the recording sessions for their second album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, drummer Tony McCaroll was kicked out of the band, following a punch-up with Liam and a row with Noel in a bar. He was replaced with Alan White. They continued successfully recording and in 1995 released their second album, to vast commercial success. While its predecssor was hailed by many as having ressurected guitar pop, Morning Glory served as the breakthrough album that made Oasis international superstars, despite having generated mild apathy from critics in its early days of release. The heavier tracks of Definitely Maybe were replaced with ballads in vein of the 1960s British Invasion groups. It expanded on the sound of the debut creating a more introspective record. The result was an album that took the rock world by storm and established Oasis as a "must see" act of the mid 1990s.

(1995-1999) in a clockwise order: Guigsy, Bonehead, Whitey, Liam and NoelAround this time, the British media steadily built up a rivalry between Oasis and fellow "Britpop" luminaries Blur. Whilst the rivalry was mostly fictional (although Noel took exception, famously wishing Aids upon Damon Albarn and Alex James), it raised profiles of both bands. In August 1995, Blur and Oasis released the first single from each of their new albums on the same day. Perhaps because it was more aggressively priced (99p vs £1.99), Blur's "Country House" won the day over "Roll With It" - selling 274,000 copies to Oasis' 216,000. In the long run, however, Oasis' album outsold Blur's and is considered as the definitive album of the Britpop era. The album spawned three other hit singles; "Some Might Say", "Wonderwall", and "Don't Look Back in Anger", all of which reached either #1 or #2 in the British charts.

As their rise to fame reached its zenith, Oasis performed back-to-back concerts at Knebworth Park on the 10th and 11th August 1996. The band sold out both shows within minutes, with tickets sold to an aggregate of 250,000 people for the two nights. At the time, the ticket sales held the record for the largest outdoor concert ever held in the UK. Robbie Williams who befriended the Gallagher brothers during this period, eventually sold out three consecutive nights at the same venue in 2003 to break the record. The concert, supported by the Prodigy, the Chemical Brothers and the Manic Street Preachers amongst others, was voted the third "greatest gig" of all time by readers of Q magazine in 2004, behind Radiohead's appearance at Glastonbury in 1997 and Nirvana's visit to the Reading Festival in 1992.

Oasis released its third album Be Here Now in August 1997, launched by the hit single "D'You Know What I Mean". The album was their most eagerly anticipated effort and the subject of considerable media attention - culminating with an hour-long documentary screened by the BBC on the eve of its release. It became the fastest-selling album in British history, and nearly topped the U.S. charts. Be Here Now outsold Definitely Maybe, but failed to reach the heights of their second chart-topper. Although early reviews seemed promising, after the media frenzy settled, and prompted in part by Noel's public criticism of the album, critics and record buyers branded Be Here Now "bloated" and "derivative" compared to their earlier efforts. Shortly after its release, British music magazine Melody Maker published an article claiming that Be Here Now was the album most sold to secondhand record shops.

Perhaps some of the supposed "backlash" which followed the dissapointment of Be Here Now was more due to the natural levelling of interest in the band. Even brothers Liam and Noel have different opinions: Liam still defends Be Here Now, compared to Noel's readiness to wash his hands of it, blaming it on overproduction due to a high intake of cocaine and a lack of time spent on writing the songs. Johnny Depp is credited with playing slide guitar on the track "Fade In-Out". Allegedly Noel was too drunk and high on cocaine to perform slide guitar, thus Depp was asked to take his place. Noel Gallagher has admitted he did not play this part saying "I'll have to own up and say that's not actually me playing the slide part. That was the engineer, because no one in the band can play slide."

Their fifth album, Heathen Chemistry, was released in July 2002. The record departed a little bit of the experimental sound of the previous one and instead borrowed heavily from traditional British rock, while combining musical hooks from early work, including the forementioned. Heathen Chemistry also proved to be a much more democratic recording process for the band. Unlike albums of the past, Noel was not the sole songwriter. Liam, Andy, and Gem also contributed their songs to the recording process. Diverse songwriting wasn't the only difference with Heathen Chemistry. There was also a lack of break-ups, fights, or drug abuse in the studio during the recording of the album, which ultimately gave the record a more relaxed feel compared to past efforts. Johnny Marr also gave his toll to the album, providing additional guitar as well as back-vocals in several songs. While critics gave Heathen Chemistry lukewarm reviews, most fans received the album well. Soon after the release, the band embarked on a fairly successful supporting tour for the new album. While Oasis primarily focused on European shows, their tour was successful enough for Q magazine to name them as one of the "50 Bands To See Before You Die".

Despite the band's efforts to abstain from the drug and alcohol abuse, in December 2002 Liam Gallagher, Whitey, and three members of the band's entourage were arrested in Munich after being involved in a drunken fight at a local club. Loud-mouthed Liam was considerably drunk and full of cocaine, when he scuffled with a bunch of American Football stars – notably the fists of the 6'6" builder nicknamed The Powderkeg caused him to lose his front teeth. Then he jumped on stage, twirled the microphone and kicked in the groins police officer, who came to arrest him. Consequently, several shows were cancelled thereafter due to Liam's condition (which caused £170 000 losses for the band) and two years later Liam was fined £40 000. In 2003, while the band was on tour in the United States, Noel, Andy and touring keyboardist Jay Darlington were involved in a car accident. While none of the band members sustained any major injuries, some shows again were cancelled as a result. After the end of the tour, the band spent the rest of the year out of the spotlight.

In early 2004 after 9 years career in Oasis, longtime drummer Alan White left the group for still unknown reasons. In June 2004, Oasis headlined the widely popular Glastonbury Festival for the second time in their career. At Glastonbury, they featured additional drummer Zak Starkey, son of Ringo Starr, who debuted at Oasis' warm-up performance at Poole two days previously. Starkey has not been announced as a permanent replacement of Whitey. In September 2004, the band released Definitely Maybe: The DVD in commemoration of the 10th anniversary of the release of their debut album. The DVD contains an enhanced audio version of the debut album, 4 hours of live footage, and interviews with band members and the production team.

The recording process for their sixth album was much prolonged. It was supposed to be released in September 2004. The band started recording in December 2003, but after the departure of White, these sessions were scrapped. Then they worked with the famous duo Death in Vegas, but because of Richard Fearless and Tim Holmes' other commitments, that was also abandoned. After a mixed reaction for their efforts headlining the first night at at Glastonbury, the band scrapped everything and stated that they were beginning from "the scratch". They holed up in a L.A. studio and after four months of recording sessions, Noel stated in December 2004, that the record was finished. It was produced by him and Dave Sardy (the Thrills), as well as the sleeve of the album. It should be noted that this album suffered three long dragging and unsuccessful recording sessions just like their debut album Definitely Maybe. In late February 2005 Noel hinted that the new album was already mastered and would feature 12 songs written by the quartet - 6 by Noel, 3 by Liam, 1 by Gem and a couple by Andy. In March he confirmed that the title of the new record is indeed the rumoured Don't Believe the Truth and will be released on 30 May.
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