Interesting
Facts
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Noel and Liam are both Beatles
fans.
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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.
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All of Oasis are from Manchester
except for Alan White who is from London, England.
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Noel, Liam and Guigsy are Man
City fans, Alan is a Charlton Athletic fan and Bonehead is a Utd fan.
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Oasis performed on the rooftop
for their Promo for "Supersonic". The Beatles did the same thing for Let
It Be
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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
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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"
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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.
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The intro to "Don't Look
Back In Anger" is taken from John Lennon's song, "Imagine"
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The ending to the song
"She's Electric" is taken from the Beatles song, "With A Little Help
From My Friend"
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At live gigs Oasis have
added the Beatles song, "Octopus Garden" at the end of "Whatever"
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They have made three Beatles
covers, "I Am The Walrus", "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away" and
"Helter Skelter"
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Their
birthdays are:
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Noel
- 29th May 1967
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Liam
- 21st September 1972
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Bonehead
- 23rd June 1965
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Guigsy
- 9th May 1971
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Alan
- 26th May 1972
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The name of the new album, 'Be
Here Now' is taken from something that John Lennon said in an interview
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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
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Noel wrote "Whatever"
in less than 10 minutes
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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
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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. Now
he usually uses a tape recorder to record his songs as he writes.
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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
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A record-breaking 250,000
people attended the Oasis concert at Knebworth in England on August 9,
1996, this makes it the largest 'open-air' concert in Europe. Also a record-breaking
20,000 attended the Earls Court concert, this is the largest 'indoor' gig
in Euope.
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The house on the cover
of the single Live Forever is a house that John Lennon grew up in
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The house on the cover
of Definitely Maybe is Bonehead's house
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Noel played most of the
drums in Definitely Maybe
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Noel co-wrote and co-sang
the song Setting Sun by the Chemical Brothers.
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Noel's favourite movie is Star
Wars
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Noel and Johnny Depp are
close friends. Their wives, Meg Natthews and Kate Moss are also close friends
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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
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Noel is left-handed, but
plays the guitar with his right hand
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Johnny Depp plays slide guitar
on 'Fade In-Out'
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On the title track to 'Be Here
Now' the into is played on a toy piano which Noel knicked from Mick Jagger's
kid.
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