Oasis

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Liam and Noel Gallagher in San Diego (2005)
Liam and Noel Gallagher in San Diego (2005)
General information
origin Manchester , Greater Manchester , England
Genre (s) Britpop , alternative rock
founding 1991
resolution 2009
Website www.oasisinet.com
Founding members
Liam Gallagher
Vocals, lead guitar
Noel Gallagher
Tony McCarroll (until 1995)
Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (until 1999)
Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs (until 1999)
Last occupation
singing
Liam Gallagher
Vocals, lead guitar
Noel Gallagher
bass
Andy Bell (from 1999)
Rhythm guitar
Gem Archer (from 1999)
Drums
Chris Sharrock (from 2008)
former members
bass
Scott McLeod (1995)
Drums
Alan White (1995-2004)
Zak Starkey (2004-2008)

Oasis [ əʊˈeɪsɪs ] was a British band formed in October 1991. She is considered the most successful exponent of Britpop and, in addition to her music, is also known for the rivalry between the brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher .

To date, the band has sold around 80 million records worldwide. Her best-known songs include Live Forever (1994), Whatever (1994), Wonderwall (1995), Don't Look Back in Anger (1996), Champagne Supernova (1996), D'You Know What I Mean? (1997) and Stop Crying Your Heart Out (2002).

On August 28, 2009, Noel Gallagher announced that he was leaving the band. Liam Gallagher confirmed in October 2009 that Oasis was history. Liam then formed the band Beady Eye with the remaining members ; Noel started a solo project ( Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds ).

Band history

Emergence

In the early 1990s, guitarist Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs, bassist Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan and drummer Tony McCaroll formed the rock band Rain together with a singer in their home town of Manchester . As they were dissatisfied with the skills of their singer, they asked their mutual colleague Liam Gallagher to replace him. Gallagher had dropped out of school, took turns doing unskilled jobs and was unemployed at the time. In his youth he was musically turned towards hip-hop , especially its representatives Run-DMC and Public Enemy . His interest in rock music had only just been kindled: a local Stone Roses concert made a lasting impression on him and made him want to become a rock singer himself.

Liam Gallagher's older brother Noel has also had varying unskilled jobs since his school days. At that time he was already composing songs, including Oasis' later single Live Forever . Since 1988 he was a roadie with the local band Inspiral Carpets , to which he had previously unsuccessfully applied as a singer. Because of Noel Gallagher's talent as a songwriter, Liam asked him to join the band Rain . Noel agreed on the condition that he would become the sole band director and composer. Rain was renamed Oasis at Liam's endeavor . The name Liam Gallagher noticed on a poster goes back to the location of a Stone Roses concert in Swindon .

Convinced of their skills and with the intention of becoming famous, Oasis toured small clubs across the UK for a long time . Finally, Alan McGee from the music label Creation Records noticed them during their appearance at the Glasgow club King Tut's Wah Wah Hut and signed a contract with the band in 1993. Only a successful attempt to intimidate the club operator on the part of the band made this trend-setting appearance possible:

“And so perhaps for the only time in their life they exerted massive pressure. We play or we take the place apart , said Bonehead. Exactly , Noel agreed. Liam contented himself with a meaningful look. "

1994: Definitely Maybe

The first two singles Supersonic and Shakermaker , released in the spring of 1994, made it to number 31 and 11 respectively on the British single charts.

Kurt Cobain died six days before the first single, Supersonic, hit stores . The Gallagher brothers stood up against the grunge of American provenance, which had dominated rock music since 1991 and for which the Nirvana frontman Cobain had been the figurehead, by referring more strongly to the tradition of British rock music. The single Live Forever made the band's breakthrough in the same year, stayed in the charts for over a year and reached the top 10 at best times. Shortly afterwards Oasis released their first album: Definitely Maybe . The album went straight to number 1 on the charts and achieved the highest sales to date in the first week of sales of a debut album in the UK.

It wasn't until 2006 that this record was broken by the rock band Arctic Monkeys and their debut album Whatever People Say I Am, That's What I'm Not . The album also sold quite successfully internationally, with Sony taking over the distribution with the newly founded label Helter Skelter . Oasis received a contract for five regular studio albums.

1995–1996: (What's the Story) Morning Glory?

On October 2, 1995 (What's the Story) Morning Glory? released the second album. In Great Britain, the singles Don't Look Back in Anger , as well as the pre-release Some Might Say , which became the first number 1 single, topped the charts - the album became the fastest-selling since Michael Jackson's Bad . In the US, it was since Songs of Faith and Devotion of Depeche Mode 's first album of a British band that managed to finish in the top four in the US charts. Oasis has now also achieved its international breakthrough. Even before the album was recorded, drummer Tony McCaroll left the band because Noel Gallagher was of the opinion that he was technically not up to the new material. He was replaced by Alan White.

In addition, a song appeared on the album with Wonderwall , with which the band is still particularly associated today; fans of the band and some music critics sometimes spoke of the perfect rock song or even the best British song of all time.

With (What's the Story) Morning Glory? The difficult relationship between the Gallagher brothers became a major topic in the media. In addition, there was the rivalry with other bands, especially with Blur , which, due to its social origin from the middle class , seemed to represent a kind of alternative to the “working class” Oasis. In the Battle of the Bands with Blur, hyped up by the British press , Oasis initially lost out to Blurs Country House in terms of sales with their single Roll with It . Both singles were released on the same day and then occupied the first two places on the British singles charts. In the long run, however, Oasis were soon more commercially successful than their rivals. In 1996, Oasis played two nights in Knebworth. More than 2.5 million people wanted tickets for these two open air concerts. The band was at the height of their career.

1997-1998: Be Here Now

On August 21, 1997, Oasis released their third album, Be Here Now , which is still the fastest-selling album of all time in the UK (695,761 copies sold in the first week, which officially only includes sales for the first three days, because it is estimated that nearly a million copies were sold for the entire week). The album was eagerly awaited by fans and critics and initially welcomed with euphoria in many cases, but over time the number of voices that considered the songs to be too weak and the album to be overproduced increased.

In retrospect, Be Here Now is often seen as an artistic failure. Noel Gallagher himself also confirmed in retrospect that the album, which was created when the musicians fell out and used cocaine in large quantities , was of poor quality. In retrospect, Be Here Now marked a turning point in the history of the band, which from then on could no longer build on previous successes.

2000: Standing on the Shoulder of Giants

During the recording of the fourth regular album, both Paul Arthurs and Paul McGuigan left the band and two new members were added: Andy Bell (formerly on Ride and Hurricane # 1 ) and Gem Archer (formerly on Heavy Stereo) took their place shortly afterwards a.

Standing on the Shoulder of Giants was released on February 28, 2000. The title is an allusion to thesaying, made famousby Isaac Newton , “If I have seen further it is by standing on ye sholders of Giants.” (German: “If I see further than others, this is the case because I stand on the shoulders of giants. "). It was the first album on which Noel was not the sole songwriter. It contains the song Little James , which was written by his brother Liam. The trend that the other members of the band also wrote songs continued in the following studio albums. Although Standing on the Shoulder of Giants was a number 1 hit in Englandwith Go Let It Out , it failed commercially in direct comparison with the previous albums (3 million units sold).

2002-2003: Heathen Chemistry

On July 2, 2002, the fifth studio album, Heathen Chemistry, followed . The previously falling sales figures were increased again thanks to the hit singles Stop Crying Your Heart Out , Little by Little , The Hindu Times and Songbird (4 million units sold worldwide, of which over 1 million in Great Britain alone).

2005: Don't Believe The Truth

Liam Gallagher (2006)
Noel Gallagher (2008)

On May 30, 2005, the band released their sixth studio album, Don't Believe the Truth . This album received surprisingly good reviews. Many journalists who had been critical of Oasis since Be here now admitted that they no longer trusted the band to produce such a convincing album. The album was on the leading chart positions worldwide in the first week, but quickly fell off the charts again (with the exception of Great Britain). According to Noel Gallagher, the title refers to the Iraq war .

During the recording of this album, drummer Alan White had to leave the band and was replaced for the Glastonbury Festival 2004 by Ringo Starr's son Zak Starkey , who was officially presented in February 2005 and accompanied the band until spring 2006. The tour promoting the album was the band's most successful tour to date. Although the band could not achieve the sales figures of the years 1994 to 1997 after 1997, the sales figures remained stable with this album (the studio albums since 2000 each sold around three to four million times worldwide). The USA deserves special mention, where the album could only sell just under 300,000 units, but where sold-out concerts could be played within a very short time, albeit in smaller locations than before: in New York's Madison Square Garden with 17,000, in the LA Hollywood Bowl with 19,000 and in the Boston Tweeter Center with 20,000 visitors.

2006–2007: Stop the Clocks and Lord Don't Slow Me Down

A best-of compilation was released on November 20, 2006 . Stop the Clocks was compiled by Noel Gallagher. The limited edition double CD includes a DVD with bonus material. The full track list can be found on the band's websites - Be Here Now was not included. With this best of they finally fulfilled the conditions of the cooperation with Sony BMG.

On October 21, 2007, Oasis released their first online single. This is also the title track of the DVD Lord Don't Slow Me Down , released a week later , which includes Noel as lead singer.

2008–2009: Dig Out Your Soul

On October 6, 2008, the band released the seventh studio album: Dig Out Your Soul , again produced by Dave Sardy . The first single The Shock of the Lightning was released on September 29, 2008. Zak Starkey left the band after the album was recorded and was replaced by Robbie Williams' former drummer Chris Sharrock. The Japanese version of the third single Falling Down contains a 22-minute reinterpretation of the song by the group The Amorphous Androgynous , which was released in Europe as an independent LP . The song is also used as the intro for the Japanese anime Eden of the East .

2009: Separation from Noel Gallagher

On the night of August 28th to 29th, 2009, Noel Gallagher announced his departure on the band's website. In a message published there the following day, he said that he had been forced to take this step and regretted the last-minute cancellation of the festival appearances that had already been booked in Great Britain, France, Germany and Italy. He himself was ready for these concerts, but “other people” were not. In the media there were then different interpretations as to whether the 18-year history of the band ended or not. On October 8, 2009, Liam Gallagher declared the band disbanded in an interview with The Times.

On December 19, 2009, it was announced that Liam Gallagher would release a new album in mid-July 2010 with Gem Archer, Andy Bell, Chris Sharrock and Jay Darlington, two former live musicians from Oasis. Liam Gallagher stated that the band would not release music under the name "Oasis". It was published in early 2011 under the name Beady Eye . When this band broke up after three and a half years and two albums, according to Liam Gallagher, "on good terms" in October 2014, there was again speculation about an Oasis reunion.

Noel Gallagher, accompanied by Gem Archer, played two concerts in the Royal Albert Hall on March 25th and 26th, 2010 as part of the Teenage Cancer Trust Program , which were completely sold out. He released his first solo album Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in 2011 . In 2017 Liam Gallagher also released his first solo album As You Were .

Discography

Studio albums

year Title
music label
Top ranking, total weeks, awardChart placementsChart placementsTemplate: chart table / maintenance / without sources
(Year, title, music label , placements, weeks, awards, notes)
Remarks
DE DE AT AT CH CH UK UK US US
1994 Definitely Maybe
Creation
DE26 (15 weeks)
DE
AT27 (7 weeks)
AT
CH25th
gold
gold

(11 weeks)CH
UK1
Seven times platinum
× 7
Seven times platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryUK
US58
platinum
platinum

(21 weeks)US
First published: August 29, 1994
Sales: + 3,515,000
1995 (What's the Story) Morning Glory?
Creation
DE3
gold
gold

(61 weeks)DE
AT3
gold
gold

(31 weeks)AT
CH1
gold
gold

(38 weeks)CH
UK1
15 times platinum
× 15
15 times platinum

(… Where.)Template: chart table / maintenance / preliminaryUK
US4th
Quadruple platinum
× 4
Quadruple platinum

(78 weeks)US
First published: October 2, 1995
Sales: +11,827,540
1997 Be Here Now
Creation
DE2
gold
gold

(28 weeks)DE
AT3 (16 weeks)
AT
CH2
gold
gold

(23 weeks)CH
UK1
Six-fold platinum
× 6
Six-fold platinum

(47 weeks)UK
US2
platinum
platinum

(26 weeks)US
First published:
Aug 21, 1997 Sales: + 4,835,000
2000 Standing on the Shoulder of Giants
Big Brother
DE5 (8 weeks)
DE
AT3 (9 weeks)
AT
CH3
gold
gold

(13 weeks)CH
UK1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(35 weeks)UK
US24 (8 weeks)
US
First published: February 28, 2000
Sales: + 1,250,000
2002 Heathen Chemistry
Big Brother
DE4 (14 weeks)
DE
AT4 (12 weeks)
AT
CH1
gold
gold

(17 weeks)CH
UK1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(49 weeks)UK
US23 (5 weeks)
US
First published: July 1, 2002
Sales: + 1,375,000
2005 Don't Believe the Truth
Big Brother
DE2 (8 weeks)
DE
AT6 (13 weeks)
AT
CH3 (15 weeks)
CH
UK1
Triple platinum
× 3
Triple platinum

(41 weeks)UK
US12 (7 weeks)
US
First published: May 30, 2005
Sales: + 1,100,000
2008 Dig Out Your Soul
Big Brother
DE8 (11 weeks)
DE
AT13 (7 weeks)
AT
CH2 (8 weeks)
CH
UK1
Double platinum
× 2
Double platinum

(33 weeks)UK
US5 (5 weeks)
US
First published: October 6, 2008
Sales: +700,000

Band members timeline

Awards

  • BRIT Awards
    • 1995: Best British Breakthrough Act
    • 1996: Best British Album ( (What's the Story) Morning Glory? ), Best British Group and Best British Video ( Wonderwall )
    • 2007: Outstanding Contribution to Music Award
    • 2010: BRITs Album of 30 Years ( (What's the Story) Morning Glory? )
  • Q Award
    • 1994: Best New Act
    • 1995: Best Live Act
    • 1996: Best Act in the World Today
    • 1997: Best Act in the World Today
    • 2000: Best Live Act
    • 2005: Best Album ( Don't Believe the Truth ) and People's Choice Award
    • 2006: Best Act in the World Today and Classic Songwriter Award (Noel Gallagher)
  • MTV Europe Music Awards
    • 1996 : Best Song ( Wonderwall )
    • 1997 : Best Group
    • 1998 : Best Rock
  • NME Awards
    • 1995: Best New Band , Album of the Year ( Definitely Maybe ) and Single of the Year ( Live Forever )
    • 1996: Best Band , Best Live Band , Best Album ( (What's the Story) Morning Glory? ) And Best Single ( Wonderwall )
    • 1997: Best Musical Event (Knebworth) and Band Of The Year
    • 2000: Hero of the Year (Liam Gallagher)
    • 2003: Best UK Band , Artist of the Year and Best Haircut (Liam Gallagher)
    • 2005: Best Music DVD ( Definitely Maybe )
    • 2006: Best Video ( The Importance of Being Idle )
    • 2009: Best UK Band and Best Blog ('Tales from the Middle of Nowhere' by Noel Gallagher on the official homepage)
  • Ivor Novello Award
    • 1995: Songwriters of the Year (with Blur )

literature

  • Paolo Hewitt: The arrogance of the gutter. Translated from the English by Kirsten Borhardt. Hannibal Verlag, St. Andrä-Wölker 1997, ISBN 3-85445-145-8 .
  • Paul Mathur: Take me there. Oasis, the story. Translated from the English by Cécile Lecaux. Bastei Verlag, Bergisch Gladbach 1997, ISBN 3-404-71517-9 .
  • Christian Seidl: Oasis. What's the story? Goldmann Verlag, Munich 1996, ISBN 3-442-43630-3 .
  • Harry Shar: Oasis talking. Translated from the English by Angelika Welt. Schwarzkopf & Schwarzkopf Verlag, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-89602-699-6 .

Web links

Commons : Oasis  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Discography and facts
  2. ^ SPIEGEL ONLINE, Hamburg Germany: Tweets by Liam Gallagher: The return of O - A - S - I - S. In: SPIEGEL ONLINE. Retrieved June 9, 2016 .
  3. "A STATEMENT FROM NOEL" ( memento of the original dated August 29, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (Band website, English) @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oasisinet.com
  4. http://www.laut.de/vorlaut/news/2009/10/08/23290/index.htm
  5. Oasis - The Arrogance of the Gutter by Paolo Hewitt
  6. Take Me There: Oasis, The Story by Paul Mathur
  7. Publication of “Time Flies” - a review on news.de  ( page no longer available , search in web archivesInfo: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.news.de  
  8. John Harris: Britpop !: Cool Britannia and the Spectacular Demise of English Rock. Da Capo Press, Cambridge 2004, ISBN 0-306-81367-X , p. 131.
  9. Track 20: The Strory behind the song: "Wonderwall" by Oasis. Rhein Neckar Zeitung , April 14, 2014, accessed on December 7, 2018 .
  10. MTV News: The best song of all time ... ( Memento from September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  11. Review “Time Flies” on news.de ( memento of the original from July 26, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.news.de
  12. oasisinet.com: NEW ALBUM & SINGLE DETAILS ANNOUNCED . Archived from the original on December 9, 2004 Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. . Retrieved June 28, 2008. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.oasisinet.com 
  13. Noel Gallagher's announcements on the official band website (mirrored at oasisnet.de on August 30, 2009, English)
  14. Liam Gallagher's interview with The Times
  15. An Oasis comeback is becoming increasingly possible , Der Standard from October 27, 2014, accessed November 2, 2014