Oasis: Supersonic

0:00:02 > 0:00:05This film contains very strong language

0:00:05 > 0:00:06Does the red light mean it's on, yeah?

0:00:06 > 0:00:08- Yeah.- Pour a few glasses of that, mate.

0:00:10 > 0:00:12- LIAM:- I've had about four fucking coffees today, man,

0:00:12 > 0:00:14and they've fucking proper knocked me out.

0:00:14 > 0:00:16What the fuck's going on?

0:00:16 > 0:00:18Now I'm fucking double tired. It's like, "Come on."

0:00:20 > 0:00:22All right, how are we doing in there? Are we good?

0:00:22 > 0:00:24Yeah, we're rolling. I'm just going to do a sync pip.

0:00:24 > 0:00:26OK, lovely.

0:00:26 > 0:00:28So, what do you think, looking back at that time?

0:00:28 > 0:00:30Because it was, like, two and a half years, really,

0:00:30 > 0:00:33from being signed to playing Knebworth.

0:00:33 > 0:00:34What happened to that band?

0:00:34 > 0:00:36What happened to you in those three years?

0:00:36 > 0:00:38Sorry, that was a big question.

0:00:38 > 0:00:40NOEL: It is a big question, and it deserves a big answer.

0:00:44 > 0:00:47As Oasis gears up to rock a quarter of a million fans,

0:00:47 > 0:00:49we're live from Knebworth.

0:00:49 > 0:00:51By Sunday night, Oasis will have played

0:00:51 > 0:00:54to more than a third of a million people in just over one week.

0:00:54 > 0:00:57Hi. This is Jo Whiley welcoming you to a rather special event,

0:00:57 > 0:00:59the live gig of the decade.

0:00:59 > 0:01:01In just over three years,

0:01:01 > 0:01:03Oasis will have gone from being a new signing

0:01:03 > 0:01:05to one of rock's true giants.

0:01:05 > 0:01:08CHEERING

0:01:34 > 0:01:39CROWD: Oasis! Oasis! Oasis!

0:02:00 > 0:02:03CROWD: Three, two, one!

0:02:43 > 0:02:45Knebworth's mad for it, yeah?

0:02:47 > 0:02:50Oasis was definitely like a fucking Ferrari.

0:02:50 > 0:02:52Great to look at, great to drive,

0:02:52 > 0:02:54and it would fucking spin out of control every now and again

0:02:54 > 0:02:55when you go too fast.

0:02:56 > 0:02:58We were just lads from a council estate.

0:02:59 > 0:03:02Two brothers, head cases.

0:03:03 > 0:03:08Oasis' greatest strength was the relationship between me and Liam.

0:03:08 > 0:03:10It's also what drove the band into the ground in the end,

0:03:10 > 0:03:12you know what I mean?

0:03:12 > 0:03:17# There we were Now here we are

0:03:17 > 0:03:19# All this confusion

0:03:19 > 0:03:22# Nothing's the same to me

0:03:22 > 0:03:26# There we were Now here we are

0:03:26 > 0:03:29# All this confusion

0:03:29 > 0:03:31# Nothing's the same to me

0:03:31 > 0:03:36# I can't tell you the way I feel because

0:03:36 > 0:03:41# The way I feel is oh so new to me

0:03:41 > 0:03:46# I can't tell you the way I feel because

0:03:46 > 0:03:51# The way I feel is oh so new to me... #

0:04:49 > 0:04:52For me, music, I wasn't into it until, like,

0:04:52 > 0:04:54when I was about 16 or 17 maybe.

0:04:55 > 0:04:57Anyone with a guitar or in a band

0:04:57 > 0:04:59I thought was a bit suspect, you know what I mean?

0:04:59 > 0:05:01And, like, I'd hurl abuse at them.

0:05:02 > 0:05:04I used to share a room with Noel.

0:05:04 > 0:05:07A bit of a stoner, a bit of a loner.

0:05:07 > 0:05:09You know, he had a guitar, so he was copping for it,

0:05:09 > 0:05:10you know what I mean?

0:05:12 > 0:05:13Always very quiet, Noel.

0:05:13 > 0:05:16Always in his room with a piece of paper and a pen

0:05:16 > 0:05:17and he'd be writing.

0:05:17 > 0:05:19Always strumming the guitar.

0:05:19 > 0:05:22Many is the time I went up and I knocked that guitar and said,

0:05:22 > 0:05:24"Bloody guitar, you get on my bloody nerves!"

0:05:26 > 0:05:28Yeah, I mean, once I'd discovered weed and guitars,

0:05:28 > 0:05:30you got into another world.

0:05:30 > 0:05:32What would you want to go out for?

0:05:32 > 0:05:36Everything I ever wanted in life was coming out of the speakers.

0:05:36 > 0:05:38I don't know why me and Liam would be so different.

0:05:38 > 0:05:41We both had the same childhood, do you know what I mean?

0:05:42 > 0:05:44He was a devil, Liam.

0:05:44 > 0:05:47Full of it, yeah.

0:05:47 > 0:05:49Total attention seeker.

0:05:49 > 0:05:51Robbing your clothes, robbing your records,

0:05:51 > 0:05:54robbing your this, robbing your that. Robbing your money.

0:05:54 > 0:05:56Definitely a bit of a show-off,

0:05:56 > 0:05:58but not to the point where it's, like, fucking,

0:05:58 > 0:06:00you know, Bonnie Langford, do you know what I mean?

0:06:00 > 0:06:03Or one of them little fucking brats with jazz hands.

0:06:04 > 0:06:08Well, Liam was... Allegedly, he was the cock of the school.

0:06:08 > 0:06:10No-one messed with him.

0:06:10 > 0:06:12I think one day some rival school

0:06:12 > 0:06:15turned up and boshed him on the head with a hammer.

0:06:15 > 0:06:17We were stood there having a cig

0:06:17 > 0:06:19and I remember all these lads coming down.

0:06:19 > 0:06:21These kids pulled out this little fucking hammer

0:06:21 > 0:06:22and went whack on my head.

0:06:22 > 0:06:24Blood everywhere.

0:06:24 > 0:06:26Got out of fucking double maths, so that was all right.

0:06:26 > 0:06:29I've got a perfect alibi for that, so it's nothing to do with me!

0:06:31 > 0:06:34From that day on, and I know it sounds stupid,

0:06:34 > 0:06:35but it was like as if something had

0:06:35 > 0:06:37fucking clicked, do you know what I mean?

0:06:37 > 0:06:39You know, I started hearing music,

0:06:39 > 0:06:41it started making sense, you know what I mean?

0:06:41 > 0:06:43So, whoever he is, thank you.

0:06:43 > 0:06:45Somebody hammered the music into him.

0:06:45 > 0:06:48He's got a fucking lot to answer for, hasn't he?

0:06:49 > 0:06:52All my life as it existed then was, like, going to sign on,

0:06:52 > 0:06:55getting my cash, cashing my dole,

0:06:55 > 0:06:57going to the Sifters, getting a record,

0:06:57 > 0:07:00buying some weed, going into Greggs,

0:07:00 > 0:07:04going back home and fucking blasting it out and getting soaked in it.

0:07:05 > 0:07:08I was just obsessed with being in a band.

0:07:08 > 0:07:09Just ob-fucking-sessed, man.

0:07:11 > 0:07:14Actually, I never thought Liam was interested in music

0:07:14 > 0:07:16until he used to sit out there in the kitchen and say,

0:07:16 > 0:07:18"I'm going to be famous one day," he said.

0:07:18 > 0:07:20"And you're going to be really proud of me." I said, "Am I?"

0:07:20 > 0:07:23I said, "Well, I hope it's before I start pushing up daisies."

0:07:23 > 0:07:26"Because we need the money now!"

0:07:26 > 0:07:28And then, of course, Bonehead started coming round,

0:07:28 > 0:07:31and Tony McCarroll and Guigsy.

0:07:31 > 0:07:34That's when Liam formed the band.

0:07:34 > 0:07:36I knew Bonehead and I knew Guigs,

0:07:36 > 0:07:38and they were in a band called The Rain.

0:07:38 > 0:07:39They'd heard I was cool,

0:07:39 > 0:07:42and I'd had my epiphany, and all that bollocks.

0:07:42 > 0:07:44Someone in passing just said,

0:07:44 > 0:07:46"You know, Liam wanted to be in a band."

0:07:46 > 0:07:48Liam came round my house.

0:07:48 > 0:07:52His voice was just like, "Whoa!" You know, it's like, "Yeah!"

0:07:52 > 0:07:56# I used to live my life in vain

0:07:56 > 0:08:01# Until today it's been the same

0:08:01 > 0:08:03# I've gone away... #

0:08:03 > 0:08:05It wasn't the Liam we all know.

0:08:05 > 0:08:07A bit more softer, a lot more melodic.

0:08:07 > 0:08:09And obviously his look. I mean, he

0:08:09 > 0:08:11looked like Liam's always looked, you know.

0:08:11 > 0:08:13He had a great haircut, great walk.

0:08:13 > 0:08:15"I'll have a bit of that."

0:08:15 > 0:08:17He went, "Right, look, do you want to be in this band?"

0:08:17 > 0:08:18I says, "Yeah, but we'll have to

0:08:18 > 0:08:21"change that fucking name, though, cos it's terrible."

0:08:21 > 0:08:23There was a poster in our room for the Inspiral Carpets.

0:08:23 > 0:08:25It certainly wasn't about Swindon Oasis.

0:08:25 > 0:08:28It was like, you know, there was a kebab shop called Oasis.

0:08:28 > 0:08:30There was a fucking taxi rank called Oasis.

0:08:30 > 0:08:32That fucking name keeps coming up, "Oasis."

0:08:32 > 0:08:35We were kind of a little bit out on our own.

0:08:35 > 0:08:37I just thought, "Oasis." That was good, man.

0:08:38 > 0:08:40I'm not in Oasis at this point.

0:08:40 > 0:08:43I'm not in a band. I've no intention of being in a band.

0:08:43 > 0:08:46I'm just part of a road crew for Inspiral Carpets,

0:08:46 > 0:08:49trying not to get sacked from this job

0:08:49 > 0:08:53because I fucking blagged my way into it and I'm an absolute chancer.

0:08:53 > 0:08:56The main thing was, like, getting Noel in the band.

0:08:56 > 0:08:57- Good morning!- He was a songwriter.

0:08:57 > 0:08:59He's a tight bastard!

0:09:01 > 0:09:02I'm OK with me.

0:09:02 > 0:09:05In my head, I thought, "He'll come off tour.

0:09:05 > 0:09:08"When he sees that we're doing it instead of talking about it,

0:09:08 > 0:09:10"he'll want to join our band and he'll do the business."

0:09:24 > 0:09:26I've done a couple of tours of America.

0:09:26 > 0:09:28I'd been to Argentina.

0:09:28 > 0:09:29I'd been to Japan.

0:09:29 > 0:09:32So as far as they went, I went with them.

0:09:32 > 0:09:34I met Mark Coyle sat at the back of the tour bus

0:09:34 > 0:09:36smoking weed and doing the monitors.

0:09:37 > 0:09:40That's how I met Noel, pulling this fucking face

0:09:40 > 0:09:42because this is his thing.

0:09:42 > 0:09:44He's the roadie for that band.

0:09:44 > 0:09:46And as soon as we started talking

0:09:46 > 0:09:49we were fucking best mates straightaway.

0:09:50 > 0:09:53If there's one thing I'd remember about Noel,

0:09:53 > 0:09:55it's that he never had a fucking dirty hand.

0:09:55 > 0:09:58But he loved that band.

0:09:58 > 0:09:59They were all terrified of him.

0:09:59 > 0:10:01Yeah, he was just the boss all the way,

0:10:01 > 0:10:03from the minute go when I met him.

0:10:03 > 0:10:05I thought we were great.

0:10:05 > 0:10:07I mean, clearly we weren't because we did get fired,

0:10:07 > 0:10:09separately got fired by the band,

0:10:09 > 0:10:11for being unprofessional

0:10:11 > 0:10:14and somewhat unapproachable by various tour managers.

0:10:14 > 0:10:16Lazy cunts!

0:10:17 > 0:10:19Yeah!

0:10:19 > 0:10:23I'd like to thank the Inspiral Carpets for sacking him. Well done!

0:10:23 > 0:10:25We had some great, funny fucking times.

0:10:26 > 0:10:29I wasn't sitting at the side of the stage, tuning guitars, thinking,

0:10:29 > 0:10:31"One day, this is going to be me."

0:10:31 > 0:10:35I thought that I'd arrived at that point and that was it.

0:10:35 > 0:10:38I thought, "This'll fucking do me." Do you know what I mean?

0:10:40 > 0:10:42I was doing a gig in Munich.

0:10:42 > 0:10:45Somebody soundchecking a bass drum. Boom.

0:10:45 > 0:10:47One, two. What's sibilance?

0:10:47 > 0:10:51I used to phone home on a Sunday, phone me mam.

0:10:51 > 0:10:53PHONE RINGS

0:10:55 > 0:10:56It's Noel.

0:10:56 > 0:11:01On the phone? Just a minute. I'll get it out here. Hello?

0:11:01 > 0:11:02How are you, Noel?

0:11:02 > 0:11:04- Are you all right?- Yeah.

0:11:04 > 0:11:06Just doing Liam's washing for him.

0:11:06 > 0:11:08Doing his dirty washing for him.

0:11:08 > 0:11:11But, anyway, we were chatting away about family stuff

0:11:11 > 0:11:13and then I said, "How's Liam?"

0:11:13 > 0:11:15"Oh, he's out rehearsing."

0:11:15 > 0:11:17"What for? He's not joined the Shakespeare fucking group, has he?"

0:11:17 > 0:11:19"Oh, no, he's in a band."

0:11:19 > 0:11:21"What? Doing what?"

0:11:21 > 0:11:22"He's the singer."

0:11:22 > 0:11:24"He's the singer? He can't fucking sing."

0:11:24 > 0:11:26"Oh, I don't know now. He said he's the singer."

0:11:26 > 0:11:29And that was it, and then I kind of got home

0:11:29 > 0:11:31and our Paul's going, "Oh, yeah, he's in this band.

0:11:31 > 0:11:33"They're pretty fucking good, you know."

0:11:33 > 0:11:35And then they were playing at the local band night

0:11:35 > 0:11:37on at the Boardwalk. And I went down to see them.

0:11:41 > 0:11:45# Take me when I'm young and true

0:11:45 > 0:11:48# Was it me or was it you?

0:11:48 > 0:11:52# Take me when I'm not so strong

0:11:52 > 0:11:56# Why has it taken you so long? #

0:11:57 > 0:12:01I was like, "Wow, fucking hell! I'm pretty impressed."

0:12:01 > 0:12:03They had their own songs,

0:12:03 > 0:12:07and Liam didn't look that out of place.

0:12:17 > 0:12:19The first thing they said when they

0:12:19 > 0:12:20come up to me was, "What did you think?"

0:12:20 > 0:12:22I said, "It was fucking great,"

0:12:22 > 0:12:25and they said, "We were thinking, would you fancy being our manager?"

0:12:25 > 0:12:28I was like, "What? What the fuck are they talking about? No."

0:12:28 > 0:12:31And they were like, "Because you know loads of people and all that."

0:12:31 > 0:12:33"Not sure about that. I think you'd get a better manager than me."

0:12:33 > 0:12:35And then a couple of weeks later,

0:12:35 > 0:12:37Liam said, "Come and fucking jam with us."

0:12:40 > 0:12:42You know, so I went and sat in with them

0:12:42 > 0:12:44and I was playing their tunes, and it was great.

0:12:44 > 0:12:46And then I think the second time I went,

0:12:46 > 0:12:49Liam was going, "Play them that fucking song that you played us."

0:12:53 > 0:12:56And then once everybody all joined in and you hear this thing

0:12:56 > 0:12:58that you've, in inverted commas,

0:12:58 > 0:13:01"written", being played back to you in this room

0:13:01 > 0:13:04and it's like, "Wow! Fucking hell! That's amazing!"

0:13:04 > 0:13:06It just went from there, really.

0:13:07 > 0:13:11# It's a bit early in the midnight hour for me

0:13:12 > 0:13:17# To go through all the things I want to be

0:13:19 > 0:13:23# I don't believe in everything I see

0:13:25 > 0:13:29# You know I'm blind so why do you disagree?

0:13:31 > 0:13:36# Take me away because I just don't want to stay

0:13:36 > 0:13:42# Cos the lies you make me say are getting deeper every day

0:13:44 > 0:13:48# These are crazy days but they make me shine

0:13:49 > 0:13:52# Time keeps rolling by

0:13:54 > 0:13:57# All around the world

0:13:57 > 0:14:00# You've got to spread the word

0:14:00 > 0:14:02# Tell them what you heard

0:14:02 > 0:14:04# Because you know it's going to be OK... #

0:14:04 > 0:14:08To hear your own stuff played back, it was really a mega moment.

0:14:08 > 0:14:11And then it went nowhere for two years.

0:14:11 > 0:14:12So, I mean, there is the myth

0:14:12 > 0:14:15that I kicked open the fuckin' rehearsal room door

0:14:15 > 0:14:18to the theme tune from The Good, The Bad And The Ugly,

0:14:18 > 0:14:19and said, "Everybody, stop what

0:14:19 > 0:14:21"you're doing. I am here to make us all millionaires."

0:14:21 > 0:14:24You know, it wasn't that at all, you know what I mean?

0:14:24 > 0:14:26No, the truth is, he got on his hands and knees and said,

0:14:26 > 0:14:27"Listen, I'll do anything,

0:14:27 > 0:14:29"just, please, let me be in your band."

0:14:29 > 0:14:31I said, "Get up off your hands and

0:14:31 > 0:14:33"knees, son. You're all right. You can do it."

0:14:33 > 0:14:35I think I've got a picture of it somewhere.

0:14:35 > 0:14:38For that 18 months to two years, we never gave up.

0:14:38 > 0:14:40If nothing else, we were dedicated.

0:14:56 > 0:14:57Yeah, I loved it. I loved it.

0:14:57 > 0:14:58That was our home for a bit.

0:14:58 > 0:15:01When everyone was in the Hacienda popping pills and that,

0:15:01 > 0:15:03and all my mates would be knocking on the door going,

0:15:03 > 0:15:04"What are you doing now?"

0:15:04 > 0:15:06"I'm going down to the fucking rehearsal room."

0:15:06 > 0:15:09The whole fucking city was, like, just immersed in this music

0:15:09 > 0:15:11that didn't make sense to me, you know what I mean?

0:15:13 > 0:15:16We weren't the best musicians, but we had spirit, man,

0:15:16 > 0:15:19and that was lacking massively at that point.

0:15:19 > 0:15:22I always thought that we were greater than the sum of our parts,

0:15:22 > 0:15:24you know what I mean?

0:15:24 > 0:15:25Bonehead?

0:15:25 > 0:15:28He was kind of the glue that held it all together.

0:15:28 > 0:15:29God bless him.

0:15:29 > 0:15:33If anything, I'd say Bonehead was the spirit of Oasis.

0:15:33 > 0:15:34He's a top musician and all, Bonehead.

0:15:34 > 0:15:36It's like he can play anything,

0:15:36 > 0:15:38but he's a mental cunt and I loved his mad side.

0:15:38 > 0:15:41So me and him would get up to mad shit together, you know what I mean?

0:15:42 > 0:15:44Guigsy? Guigs brought a calmness to it all.

0:15:44 > 0:15:46He never got flustered.

0:15:46 > 0:15:51Loved cricket and Doctor Who, and weed and Man City.

0:15:51 > 0:15:54I'd say fifth after that was being in Oasis.

0:15:54 > 0:15:56I'd say that came a lowly fifth.

0:15:56 > 0:15:58Guigsy, chilled out motherfucker, man.

0:15:58 > 0:16:02Lovely lad, but just a complete and utter fucking stoner.

0:16:03 > 0:16:07Tony was a person that I shared a room in the early days, you know,

0:16:07 > 0:16:10and I really, really got on with Tony. Really nice person.

0:16:10 > 0:16:14Very Irish in his ways, you know. Came from a massive Irish family.

0:16:14 > 0:16:16Definitely the quiet one.

0:16:16 > 0:16:18The one who was most reserved.

0:16:18 > 0:16:21None of them lot had kids, none of them had responsibility.

0:16:21 > 0:16:23I had a different outlook on life.

0:16:23 > 0:16:25I always had my daughter in the back of my head.

0:16:25 > 0:16:26That moulded me.

0:16:27 > 0:16:30Oasis was going for about maybe six months, a year,

0:16:30 > 0:16:34and I was writing songs just to amuse myself,

0:16:34 > 0:16:38and then one night, I went down with a song and everything changed.

0:16:52 > 0:16:58# Maybe I don't really want to know

0:16:58 > 0:17:00# How your garden grows

0:17:01 > 0:17:05# Because I just want to fly

0:17:05 > 0:17:10# Lately did you ever feel the pain?

0:17:11 > 0:17:15# In the morning rain

0:17:15 > 0:17:17# As it soaks you to the bone

0:17:19 > 0:17:22# Maybe I just want to fly

0:17:22 > 0:17:26# I want to live I don't want to die

0:17:26 > 0:17:29# Maybe I just want to breathe

0:17:29 > 0:17:32# Maybe I just don't believe

0:17:32 > 0:17:36# Maybe you're the same as me

0:17:36 > 0:17:39# We see things they'll never see

0:17:39 > 0:17:43# You and I, we're gonna live forever... #

0:17:45 > 0:17:48And Bonehead, he was saying, "You've not just fucking written that.

0:17:48 > 0:17:49"That's no way that's your song."

0:17:49 > 0:17:51Well, I wouldn't believe it.

0:17:51 > 0:17:52For someone to come in a room and just go,

0:17:52 > 0:17:55"Oh, I'll play you one of my songs," and then play you Live Forever.

0:17:55 > 0:17:56It's like, "Fuck Off!

0:17:56 > 0:17:58"You didn't write that." He said, "Why didn't I?"

0:17:58 > 0:18:00I said, "Because listen to it!"

0:18:00 > 0:18:02You know, I thought, "Wow! What a song! You didn't write it."

0:18:02 > 0:18:04"Yeah, I did." "No, you didn't."

0:18:04 > 0:18:06I knew enough about music and about

0:18:06 > 0:18:08songs to know that that was a great song,

0:18:08 > 0:18:10and then one followed another.

0:18:10 > 0:18:12And it's like, "No, this happening now.

0:18:12 > 0:18:16"And even if no-one else takes any notice of it, this is happening."

0:18:16 > 0:18:18I didn't really get involved with the music, kind of thing.

0:18:18 > 0:18:20I was, like, "Look, that's your thing. You do that.

0:18:20 > 0:18:24"I'll just be cool as fuck over here."

0:18:24 > 0:18:25Once they were in a band,

0:18:25 > 0:18:28I knew they weren't going to listen to me about steady jobs.

0:18:28 > 0:18:30They were up and down the country, and I would say,

0:18:30 > 0:18:31"Oh, you might be lucky tonight."

0:18:31 > 0:18:33And I'd say to Noel, "Any luck, Noel?"

0:18:33 > 0:18:36"No." Then they'd go off again somewhere else.

0:18:36 > 0:18:38I spend my life worrying about them.

0:18:40 > 0:18:44We didn't have one single paragraph written about us, ever.

0:18:44 > 0:18:46No-one even said we were shit.

0:18:46 > 0:18:48Completely and utterly fucking ignored.

0:18:48 > 0:18:51I kind of had a feeling it had happened, man.

0:18:51 > 0:18:53I don't know what the consequences would have been without it happening

0:18:53 > 0:18:56because it was, like, if it didn't happen,

0:18:56 > 0:18:59the world would be black, you know what I mean?

0:18:59 > 0:19:01We were sharing a rehearsal room

0:19:01 > 0:19:04with an all-girl band called Sister Lovers.

0:19:04 > 0:19:08Unbeknown to us, one of the girls in the band, Debbie Turner,

0:19:08 > 0:19:11God bless Debbie, was an ex-girlfriend of Alan McGee's,

0:19:11 > 0:19:14the head of the coolest record label in England.

0:19:14 > 0:19:16We were asking her what they're up to

0:19:16 > 0:19:19and they were saying, "We're going up to do this gig."

0:19:19 > 0:19:22I think I was probably being quite cocky, actually, in saying,

0:19:22 > 0:19:24"Oi, Noel, we're playing in Glasgow,"

0:19:24 > 0:19:28which, then, for an unsigned band to get a gig outside Manchester,

0:19:28 > 0:19:31that was like playing Glastonbury.

0:19:31 > 0:19:34And we were like, "Well, how the fuck have you got a gig and not us?"

0:19:34 > 0:19:36She said, "Why don't you come with us?

0:19:36 > 0:19:38"Be on the bill, kind of thing."

0:19:38 > 0:19:41And we were like, "Yeah, Glasgow? Fuck it, let's do it."

0:19:41 > 0:19:42For the pure love of it.

0:19:42 > 0:19:47"If we all put in £25 each, we can hire a splitter van

0:19:47 > 0:19:52"and get up there, kip in the van, do the gig, get back. Yay!"

0:19:52 > 0:19:53So we hired a van out,

0:19:53 > 0:19:56smoking weed, all that nonsense, drinking.

0:19:56 > 0:19:58You know one of them days where you just go,

0:19:58 > 0:19:59"It's fucking going to be the day today."

0:19:59 > 0:20:01Maybe it was the drugs or something.

0:20:01 > 0:20:04We get there really early and we say, "We're Oasis from Manchester.

0:20:04 > 0:20:05"We've come here to play tonight."

0:20:05 > 0:20:07And the guy said, "There's no band down here."

0:20:07 > 0:20:09I said, "Yeah, yeah, it's all right, we're with Debbie"

0:20:09 > 0:20:12And he's like, "No, no, no, no, no fucking way."

0:20:12 > 0:20:13I think we said, "Well, if they're

0:20:13 > 0:20:15"not playing, we're not going to play.

0:20:15 > 0:20:17"We'll do a really short set,"

0:20:17 > 0:20:20which wasn't hard cos I think we only had five songs anyway.

0:20:20 > 0:20:23Then Oasis were allowed to play.

0:20:27 > 0:20:30So we went on, we got to do four songs

0:20:30 > 0:20:32and we didn't think anything of it.

0:20:33 > 0:20:37Debbie didn't even know that I was coming up to that gig.

0:20:37 > 0:20:39I'd been an evil, twisted fucker.

0:20:39 > 0:20:42I thought that I would show up to put her on edge.

0:20:58 > 0:21:03# What was that sound ringing around your brain?

0:21:04 > 0:21:06# Today was just a blur

0:21:06 > 0:21:10# You've got a head like a ghost train

0:21:10 > 0:21:13# You're the outcast

0:21:13 > 0:21:16# You're the underclass

0:21:16 > 0:21:20# But you don't care

0:21:20 > 0:21:22# Because you're living fast... #

0:21:22 > 0:21:24At the end, there was just lots of

0:21:24 > 0:21:27feedback and a smattering of applause.

0:21:28 > 0:21:32I really do believe some things are meant to fucking be.

0:21:32 > 0:21:34I was standing there with my kid sister, Susan.

0:21:34 > 0:21:37She immediately went, "You should sign these,"

0:21:37 > 0:21:39and I'm like, "Let's hear the second song."

0:21:39 > 0:21:40And it's like, "I'm signing these!"

0:21:40 > 0:21:43And the third song, "I'm definitely signing these!"

0:21:43 > 0:21:46And I sort of, like, went up to Noel and I said,

0:21:46 > 0:21:47"I'm Alan McGee. Do you want a record deal?"

0:21:47 > 0:21:49And I said, "Who with?"

0:21:49 > 0:21:52And he went, "Creation Records," and I kind of recognised him.

0:21:52 > 0:21:53And that was it!

0:22:13 > 0:22:16I don't remember anybody highfiving in the back of the van

0:22:16 > 0:22:17thinking, "Hooray, this is it!"

0:22:17 > 0:22:19I remember going back to Manchester

0:22:19 > 0:22:21and getting into where I was living, you know,

0:22:21 > 0:22:23at, what, six o'clock in the morning.

0:22:23 > 0:22:27And my then missus, Louise, was getting ready to go to work.

0:22:27 > 0:22:29And I said,

0:22:29 > 0:22:31"Creation Records have offered us a record deal,"

0:22:31 > 0:22:32and she started crying.

0:22:32 > 0:22:35She knew then that, you know, that was going to be the end of us.

0:22:38 > 0:22:41I remember the day he came back and told me he had the record deal.

0:22:41 > 0:22:43And of course I thought, "Oh, this is great."

0:22:43 > 0:22:46I never really thought it would go the way it did, though.

0:22:46 > 0:22:48Liam says, "All I want, Mam,

0:22:48 > 0:22:50"is to earn a bit of money," he says,

0:22:50 > 0:22:53"and get myself some new clothes."

0:22:53 > 0:22:55And then it went haywire.

0:22:56 > 0:22:58Mam was an angel, still is.

0:22:58 > 0:23:00Not impressed by all this

0:23:00 > 0:23:02rock 'n' roll business, and rightly so.

0:23:04 > 0:23:06You know, when I think of those times, do you know what I mean,

0:23:06 > 0:23:09she kind of brought us up on her own, really.

0:23:09 > 0:23:11And three lads, particularly one of them being Liam,

0:23:11 > 0:23:13it was very tricky.

0:23:13 > 0:23:15I mean, she gave it all up for us, you know what I mean?

0:23:15 > 0:23:17I wanted to make her proud.

0:23:17 > 0:23:20I wanted to get her to stop from doing, like, three fucking jobs,

0:23:20 > 0:23:23put her feet up, you know what I mean? And have nice things.

0:23:24 > 0:23:26I hated it when I came over here first.

0:23:26 > 0:23:28It was a big shock, I'm telling you,

0:23:28 > 0:23:30to come to a big city like Manchester.

0:23:30 > 0:23:33Oh, I must have cried for about six months.

0:23:33 > 0:23:36It was after the New Year, I think it was 1963,

0:23:36 > 0:23:39I went to the Carousel and met him there.

0:23:39 > 0:23:41Tommy Gallagher.

0:23:41 > 0:23:43We got married after about nine or ten months.

0:23:43 > 0:23:45And that was it!

0:23:45 > 0:23:47He was lovely when I met him, like.

0:23:47 > 0:23:51Paul arrived ten months after I was married.

0:23:51 > 0:23:53Then Noel arrived a year after that again.

0:23:55 > 0:23:56We were dressed identical.

0:23:56 > 0:23:58She used to knit our clothes.

0:23:58 > 0:24:00So you can imagine, you've got no choice.

0:24:00 > 0:24:02You couldn't say, "I don't like them, Mum,"

0:24:02 > 0:24:05because she's just spent four years knitting you a jumper.

0:24:05 > 0:24:09Liam arrived five and a half years after, which was great.

0:24:09 > 0:24:12Now, that was the best time with the kids.

0:24:12 > 0:24:16I think there was always that bit of jealousy with Liam and Noel.

0:24:16 > 0:24:19I idolised Paul and Noel because there were only the two of them,

0:24:19 > 0:24:22and Noel was absolutely beautiful when he was a baby,

0:24:22 > 0:24:25and then of course Liam comes along, takes the limelight off you.

0:24:25 > 0:24:27He probably thought, "Urgh!"

0:24:27 > 0:24:31But you could tell the disagreements that was there with them.

0:24:31 > 0:24:33I was glad they were together in a band.

0:24:33 > 0:24:36I would not have wanted Liam in a band without Noel.

0:24:37 > 0:24:39But it all happened too quick,

0:24:39 > 0:24:41just too quick altogether.

0:24:43 > 0:24:45Good evening, Great Britain!

0:24:45 > 0:24:47Hello!

0:24:47 > 0:24:49Oasis, are you down there?

0:24:49 > 0:24:51- We certainly are.- Do you fancy having a bit of a chat?

0:24:51 > 0:24:53Go on, then.

0:24:53 > 0:24:56"Go on, then." There's a story about you lot getting signed to Creation.

0:24:56 > 0:24:58Alan McGee saw you in a club in Glasgow. Is that right?

0:24:58 > 0:24:59Don't believe the hype.

0:24:59 > 0:25:01No, he did, yeah.

0:25:01 > 0:25:02There was, like, seven people there,

0:25:02 > 0:25:04- I think, and he was two of them. - Right.

0:25:04 > 0:25:07- And he signed us there and then, on the spot.- Was he drunk?

0:25:07 > 0:25:10He actually thinks we're the greatest band in the fucking world.

0:25:10 > 0:25:13He's phoned me up, at fucking five o'clock in the morning,

0:25:13 > 0:25:15going, "You know, man,

0:25:15 > 0:25:18"we're going to annihilate the fucking world, man!"

0:25:20 > 0:25:22McGee wanted Bring It On Down to be the first single

0:25:22 > 0:25:24and I was fine with that. I love that song.

0:25:24 > 0:25:26They're just... It's punk.

0:25:26 > 0:25:28"You're the outcast. You're the underclass.

0:25:28 > 0:25:30"You don't care, but you're living fast."

0:25:30 > 0:25:31I just loved it.

0:25:31 > 0:25:35I can't say why Bring It On Down was chosen,

0:25:35 > 0:25:37but it wasn't coming together.

0:25:37 > 0:25:40I don't know what the fuck was wrong with it, like.

0:25:40 > 0:25:43I mean, it would become apparent why that session didn't work.

0:25:43 > 0:25:47It's because our drummer at the time wasn't the most consistent

0:25:47 > 0:25:52from one fucking bar to the next, never mind one day to the next.

0:25:52 > 0:25:55And that's his big moment, that, a fucking riff.

0:25:55 > 0:25:57"Just fucking do it in time, son."

0:25:59 > 0:26:01Fucking hell, we're up against it here.

0:26:01 > 0:26:03We'd not recorded anything.

0:26:03 > 0:26:06Why I chose to write a new song

0:26:06 > 0:26:09as opposed to record any of the others off of Definitely Maybe

0:26:09 > 0:26:11is still a little bit of a mystery.

0:26:18 > 0:26:21Noel's got the riff, but that's all he's got,

0:26:21 > 0:26:23so they're just kind of knocking this little thing,

0:26:23 > 0:26:26which all bands do, you know, a little riff.

0:26:26 > 0:26:29Someone had sent out for Chinese, or fish and chips or something.

0:26:29 > 0:26:30Or Chinese fish and chips.

0:26:30 > 0:26:32I went in the back room

0:26:32 > 0:26:35and, as bizarre as it sounds, wrote Supersonic

0:26:35 > 0:26:37in about however long it takes

0:26:37 > 0:26:39six other guys to eat a Chinese meal.

0:26:42 > 0:26:43Then he came back in the room with us.

0:26:43 > 0:26:46He said, "Look, I've just written another song."

0:26:49 > 0:26:52And we nailed it and mixed it that night.

0:26:52 > 0:26:54Rapid, because that's what we'd been

0:26:54 > 0:26:56doing every night in the Boardwalk, you know,

0:26:56 > 0:26:58and it sounded massive.

0:26:59 > 0:27:03Give it up for Oasis, making their TV debut with Supersonic.

0:27:04 > 0:27:08# I need to be myself

0:27:08 > 0:27:11# I can't be no-one else

0:27:12 > 0:27:15# I'm feeling supersonic

0:27:15 > 0:27:18# Give me gin and tonic

0:27:18 > 0:27:20# You can have it all

0:27:20 > 0:27:23# But how much do you want it?

0:27:23 > 0:27:24# You make me laugh... #

0:27:24 > 0:27:27We'd done gigs before that and there were people coming along

0:27:27 > 0:27:29because they'd read about us in the press.

0:27:29 > 0:27:31But nobody knew any of the songs.

0:27:31 > 0:27:33On the day that Supersonic came out,

0:27:33 > 0:27:35bang, the crowd were right there,

0:27:35 > 0:27:38and I remember people singing the lyrics to Supersonic.

0:27:38 > 0:27:40You know, they're singing your words

0:27:40 > 0:27:42back that you've nonsensically wrote down

0:27:42 > 0:27:44at fucking three o'clock in the morning.

0:27:44 > 0:27:47# You need to find a way for what you want to say

0:27:47 > 0:27:50# But before tomorrow

0:27:50 > 0:27:55# Cos my friend said he'd take you home

0:27:55 > 0:28:00# He sits in a corner all alone

0:28:00 > 0:28:04# He lives under a waterfall

0:28:04 > 0:28:06# Nobody can see him

0:28:06 > 0:28:09# Nobody can ever hear him call... #

0:28:09 > 0:28:12We'd play a town, we'd go off and do the next, do the next,

0:28:12 > 0:28:13and then come back to that one you

0:28:13 > 0:28:16did a few weeks before and do it again.

0:28:16 > 0:28:19Trouble seemed to find us at any given point.

0:28:19 > 0:28:22We were barred from a full chain of hotels

0:28:22 > 0:28:24and honestly, no-one would take us anywhere.

0:28:24 > 0:28:28I do remember one hotel, the whole bedroom went out of the window,

0:28:28 > 0:28:30mattress, pillows, everything.

0:28:30 > 0:28:32If it moves, fling it.

0:28:33 > 0:28:36I could never understand it, you know, hotel rooms being smashed up.

0:28:36 > 0:28:38That's like hard work.

0:28:38 > 0:28:40You'd get a sweat on.

0:28:40 > 0:28:42What do you do? Go to bed at ten o'clock every night?

0:28:42 > 0:28:44I don't think so, you know what I mean? You only get it once.

0:28:44 > 0:28:46You're going to live it to the full.

0:28:46 > 0:28:48Have it! And we did!

0:28:48 > 0:28:51You can't ask a 21-year-old lad to be professional, it's like...

0:28:51 > 0:28:54"I don't even understand that word. What are you on about?"

0:28:54 > 0:28:57You're feeling supersonic? Go to bed at half nine!

0:28:57 > 0:29:00"Give me gin and tonic"? Get my head down at about half ten.

0:29:00 > 0:29:02Fuck off, mate, you know what I mean?

0:29:15 > 0:29:18There was something very different about this band.

0:29:18 > 0:29:22It just had a devilish, belligerent, filthy little sound to it.

0:29:22 > 0:29:25Coyley could really mix sound in little clubs.

0:29:25 > 0:29:29He was really good at making it sound fucking epic.

0:29:29 > 0:29:32No, I didn't understand what "feeling supersonic" meant,

0:29:32 > 0:29:36but I'm with you, whatever it is, I'd die for you right now.

0:29:36 > 0:29:39That's how I felt about Oasis.

0:29:39 > 0:29:40Thank you very much.

0:29:40 > 0:29:42Did you get your friends working for you then,

0:29:42 > 0:29:44so you can tour around in a big group?

0:29:44 > 0:29:46No, it's just so we can exploit them.

0:29:46 > 0:29:49Thing is, if we didn't have them working for us when we're away,

0:29:49 > 0:29:50they'd be burgling our houses.

0:29:50 > 0:29:52So it's best to have them on the road with us.

0:29:52 > 0:29:55You're being hyped as the best band around at the moment.

0:29:55 > 0:29:57Is all the hype true?

0:29:57 > 0:29:58- Yeah.- It is? Good.

0:29:58 > 0:30:02The best band about today on the planet.

0:30:02 > 0:30:04It's a fact.

0:30:04 > 0:30:10# Ah, shake along with me... #

0:30:11 > 0:30:13We're in a band, we're into football,

0:30:13 > 0:30:15we're into taking drugs, and meeting women

0:30:15 > 0:30:16and all the rest of it, right?

0:30:16 > 0:30:19We won't deny anything that's been written about us.

0:30:19 > 0:30:21Why should we? They want to write about it, fine.

0:30:21 > 0:30:23Our music will stand the test of time. That is a fact.

0:30:23 > 0:30:24Right, all this media hype

0:30:24 > 0:30:27and all this thing about us being this, that, and the other, right,

0:30:27 > 0:30:28we'll be dead in a year's time.

0:30:28 > 0:30:30Everyone will have forgotten about it.

0:30:30 > 0:30:33The records that we make will be in the shops forever.

0:30:33 > 0:30:36# Shake along with me... #

0:30:55 > 0:30:57It was a wild tour.

0:30:58 > 0:31:00At one point, we were going to

0:31:00 > 0:31:03Amsterdam to support this band from Wigan, The Verve.

0:31:03 > 0:31:05Our first international gig.

0:31:05 > 0:31:09So this guy picked us up in a van, and he's going to be our roadie.

0:31:09 > 0:31:10Jason Rhodes.

0:31:16 > 0:31:18Marcus got in touch and said,

0:31:18 > 0:31:20"Right, do you want to go to Amsterdam?"

0:31:20 > 0:31:21I went, "Yeah!"

0:31:21 > 0:31:23Up your burn!

0:31:23 > 0:31:24I said to him, "All right, nice to meet you.

0:31:24 > 0:31:27"Fucking forget that. Did they give you a float?"

0:31:27 > 0:31:28And he said, "No, no, no, that's for petrol."

0:31:28 > 0:31:30I said, "Never mind petrol."

0:31:30 > 0:31:32And we took the float off him and then spent about an hour

0:31:32 > 0:31:36driving around Manchester getting drugs. And then set off.

0:31:36 > 0:31:37Get on the ferry.

0:31:37 > 0:31:40I don't know how we get on the ferry cos we're pissed,

0:31:40 > 0:31:41but we get on this ferry.

0:31:41 > 0:31:44As fate would have it, there's a load of West Ham fans

0:31:44 > 0:31:46on this overnight ferry. It's got a

0:31:46 > 0:31:47casino on it and a fucking night club.

0:31:47 > 0:31:50The Thursday night ferry to "The 'Dam."

0:31:50 > 0:31:52Who goes to Amsterdam on a ferry for the weekend?

0:31:52 > 0:31:54What kind of clientele?

0:31:54 > 0:31:56The drink of choice for a few hours

0:31:56 > 0:31:59was champagne and Jack Daniels slammers.

0:31:59 > 0:32:02The next thing is that sporadic

0:32:02 > 0:32:07fighting is breaking out all round us, really.

0:32:07 > 0:32:11Liam is very excited by the prospects of a lot of chaos going on

0:32:11 > 0:32:13and he goes and joins in.

0:32:13 > 0:32:16Yeah, it was fucking mayhem, man, I loved it.

0:32:16 > 0:32:19You can see him running through the windows along the deck.

0:32:19 > 0:32:20He's having a great time.

0:32:20 > 0:32:23He looks like he's in a school playground chasing leaves.

0:32:23 > 0:32:26Liam at one point said they'd ran through a casino

0:32:26 > 0:32:28and he flung all the roulette shit

0:32:28 > 0:32:30off the table as he was running past.

0:32:30 > 0:32:32Then there was a fight broke out

0:32:32 > 0:32:35and all I remember was it was a bit Benny Hill.

0:32:35 > 0:32:38The next time I see him, he's still running,

0:32:38 > 0:32:40but he's got policemen running after him.

0:32:40 > 0:32:43Someone's punched someone, someone's kicked someone.

0:32:43 > 0:32:45Someone's got nicked, then we're handcuffed

0:32:45 > 0:32:48and sent down to the bottom of the boat. We get locked up.

0:32:48 > 0:32:50Woke up the next day and I spoke to the Customs and I said,

0:32:50 > 0:32:53"Look, you know, I'm kind of missing four people.

0:32:53 > 0:32:54"Do you know where they are?"

0:32:54 > 0:32:56We were heading back. We didn't have any money,

0:32:56 > 0:32:59couldn't phone anyone, couldn't do nothing.

0:32:59 > 0:33:02I can remember getting to the hotel and having to ring Marcus and Alan

0:33:02 > 0:33:05and they're going, "You fucking what?! You what?!"

0:33:05 > 0:33:08And he says, "You've fucking blown it, you've blown it."

0:33:08 > 0:33:10But that was punk rock, man! I just went, "Fuck them!"

0:33:10 > 0:33:12I never listened to a word those

0:33:12 > 0:33:13clowns said anyway, you know what I mean?

0:33:13 > 0:33:15I called McGee, and I'll never

0:33:15 > 0:33:18forget this and this is another reason why I love McGee.

0:33:18 > 0:33:20I said, "Are you sitting down? I've got some news.

0:33:20 > 0:33:21"Everybody's been arrested."

0:33:21 > 0:33:24The only word he said was, "Brilliant."

0:33:24 > 0:33:25A hell of a start, that, isn't it?

0:33:25 > 0:33:28That's a great first day at work. Love it!

0:33:29 > 0:33:32Oasis were deported from Holland last week

0:33:32 > 0:33:34after they were involved in a

0:33:34 > 0:33:36drunken brawl on a cross-Channel ferry.

0:33:36 > 0:33:38The Creation act were forced to cancel...

0:33:38 > 0:33:41I thought it was great. That's how I want my rock 'n' roll stars to act.

0:33:41 > 0:33:44Stick up for themselves, get in a bit of shenanigans and that's it.

0:33:44 > 0:33:45We lived to fight another day.

0:33:45 > 0:33:47To me, it felt right.

0:33:47 > 0:33:49The thing about getting thrown off ferries,

0:33:49 > 0:33:53blah, blah, blah, getting deported is summat that I'm not proud about.

0:33:53 > 0:33:55Well, I am.

0:33:55 > 0:33:57Right, well, if you're proud about getting thrown off ferries,

0:33:57 > 0:33:59why don't you go and support

0:33:59 > 0:34:00West Ham and get the fuck out of my band?

0:34:00 > 0:34:03These lot think it's rock 'n' roll to get thrown off a ferry.

0:34:03 > 0:34:04- No, I don't.- To get... Shut up!

0:34:04 > 0:34:07These lot think it's rock 'n' roll to get...

0:34:07 > 0:34:08Shut the fuck up, man!

0:34:08 > 0:34:11These lot think...

0:34:11 > 0:34:14Am I going to have to say this or are you going to shut up?

0:34:18 > 0:34:20- Is this my question? - This is your question.

0:34:20 > 0:34:25No, I ain't a hooligan. I'm not a hooligan. Right?

0:34:25 > 0:34:27Obviously once you get that reputation,

0:34:27 > 0:34:31there's always someone who's going to go, "Well, I'll show them."

0:34:31 > 0:34:32If they'd never been in the paper,

0:34:32 > 0:34:34having a ruck, that probably wouldn't have happened.

0:34:48 > 0:34:50There was a full section of the tour,

0:34:50 > 0:34:53it was just going off every night.

0:34:53 > 0:34:56I felt that people were turning up to cause trouble.

0:34:56 > 0:34:58It was getting me down, if I'm being honest.

0:34:58 > 0:35:00Fucking dick!

0:35:05 > 0:35:09CHEERING

0:35:14 > 0:35:18We were getting a reputation as these bad boys of rock 'n' roll.

0:35:18 > 0:35:20"That's all fucking great,

0:35:20 > 0:35:22"but can we talk about the music first?"

0:35:22 > 0:35:25I think any band worth their salt, it's not about just the music.

0:35:25 > 0:35:26If you haven't got that kind of

0:35:26 > 0:35:28behaviour and you've just got great tunes,

0:35:28 > 0:35:31then you're fucking pretty boring, as far as I'm concerned.

0:35:31 > 0:35:32It's about both.

0:35:32 > 0:35:35When both come together, you'll have greatness.

0:35:39 > 0:35:42We showed their video a good couple of months ago.

0:35:42 > 0:35:45They've wasted no time in releasing a new single Shakermaker.

0:35:45 > 0:35:46Noel and Liam from Oasis.

0:35:46 > 0:35:49Thanks for interrupting your hectic schedule.

0:35:49 > 0:35:51What's it like being brothers in a band?

0:35:53 > 0:35:55He's speechless. Look at that.

0:35:59 > 0:36:01It's all right. I think it's all right, me.

0:36:01 > 0:36:02I think it's very, very funny.

0:36:02 > 0:36:04I mean, if you row, what sort of things do you row about?

0:36:04 > 0:36:08Everything. Everything. We don't even have to row.

0:36:08 > 0:36:10All we got to do is look at each other in a certain kind of way

0:36:10 > 0:36:12and we row without even opening our mouth.

0:36:12 > 0:36:15We're just going "grrr" inside our heads, you know what I mean?

0:36:17 > 0:36:21I hate the term "sibling rivalry," but that's effectively what it is.

0:36:21 > 0:36:24I know my brother better than anybody else.

0:36:24 > 0:36:26Liam's like a dog and I'm like a cat.

0:36:26 > 0:36:29Cats are very independent creatures.

0:36:29 > 0:36:31They don't give a fuck. Right bastards.

0:36:31 > 0:36:34Dogs are just fucking, "Play with me, play with me.

0:36:34 > 0:36:36"Please fucking throw that ball for me."

0:36:36 > 0:36:38Because they fucking need some company.

0:36:38 > 0:36:42It's as basic as that. Can't change the way that you are.

0:36:53 > 0:36:56I'm a cat, OK? That's just what I am.

0:36:56 > 0:36:59I've accepted it. I'm a bit of a bastard.

0:37:06 > 0:37:10What can I say, you know? I'm a bit of a cunt.

0:37:10 > 0:37:13They're two brothers, grew up together,

0:37:13 > 0:37:16one's one way, one's the other.

0:37:16 > 0:37:18Noel has a lot of buttons.

0:37:18 > 0:37:20Liam has a lot of fingers. It's that simple, really.

0:37:21 > 0:37:24It's about a power struggle, is what it is.

0:37:24 > 0:37:27It's about me being in charge

0:37:27 > 0:37:31and everybody directing everything towards me,

0:37:31 > 0:37:34and Liam being pissed off about it.

0:37:34 > 0:37:37That's basically what starts it all.

0:37:37 > 0:37:39I think it all stems down to when he bought a stereo years ago

0:37:39 > 0:37:41when we shared a room.

0:37:41 > 0:37:44I think one night I've come in pissed,

0:37:44 > 0:37:46and I couldn't find the light switch,

0:37:46 > 0:37:48so I pissed all over his fucking new stereo.

0:37:48 > 0:37:51I think it basically boils down to that. He's held that grudge.

0:37:51 > 0:37:53Need to let go of them grudges, brother!

0:37:55 > 0:37:57Democracy never works in a band.

0:37:57 > 0:37:59It's been proven a million times.

0:37:59 > 0:38:01And the trouble you had with Oasis is

0:38:01 > 0:38:03you had two people vying for the prime minister job.

0:38:05 > 0:38:10That tension, that antagonism, it drove that band,

0:38:10 > 0:38:12and it killed that band, is what it did.

0:38:12 > 0:38:14No lifting of the arms.

0:38:14 > 0:38:15He's got a better stance than me.

0:38:18 > 0:38:20He's a dick! Official!

0:38:21 > 0:38:23Yeah, but, anyway. Right?

0:38:30 > 0:38:31It's all about what's inside

0:38:31 > 0:38:34the fucking tin of beans that counts,

0:38:34 > 0:38:37not what the fucking wrapper is or how much it costs,

0:38:37 > 0:38:39or who you buy it off, or what till you get it from.

0:38:39 > 0:38:41Or even whether it's your Spar,

0:38:41 > 0:38:43your Kwiksave, or your fucking Sainsbury's.

0:38:43 > 0:38:46Man, it's about what's inside the tin of beans, man.

0:38:46 > 0:38:49And, like, if it's right, it's right.

0:38:49 > 0:38:52If this ever goes on, like, a video, for the kids, right,

0:38:52 > 0:38:56I would apologise, but I'm not going to! Because he's a prick!

0:38:56 > 0:38:57Check it out!

0:39:02 > 0:39:05One-two, one-two, one. One-two.

0:39:05 > 0:39:08When people go, "Oh, what's the best thing about Oasis?"

0:39:08 > 0:39:10It was just getting that chance to record our album

0:39:10 > 0:39:12because we knew we weren't going to fuck it up.

0:39:12 > 0:39:13We were ripping, man!

0:39:14 > 0:39:16So, we'd been to Monnow Valley.

0:39:16 > 0:39:18We recorded what we thought was a great album.

0:39:18 > 0:39:22Everybody else surrounding the band kept chanting this mantra,

0:39:22 > 0:39:24"Oh, it doesn't sound like they do live,

0:39:24 > 0:39:26"it doesn't sound like they do live."

0:39:26 > 0:39:29I was like, "Well, who does it fucking sound like, Spandau Ballet?"

0:39:37 > 0:39:41# Is it my imagination

0:39:41 > 0:39:47# Or have I finally found something worth living for? #

0:39:47 > 0:39:50I said to Noel Gallagher, "It's not good enough."

0:39:50 > 0:39:52I knew what Oasis should sound like cos I'd seen it live

0:39:52 > 0:39:55and I just knew the performances were wrong.

0:39:56 > 0:39:59At one point he was so frustrated by the whole thing,

0:39:59 > 0:40:00he went, "Look, why don't we just

0:40:00 > 0:40:03"put it out and we'll get it right in the second album?"

0:40:03 > 0:40:06And I went, "You'll never get to the second album."

0:40:06 > 0:40:09# Cos when it comes on top

0:40:09 > 0:40:12# You got to make it happen... #

0:40:12 > 0:40:16It was not happening. The pressure was definitely on.

0:40:16 > 0:40:18I phoned up Marcus one Saturday morning.

0:40:36 > 0:40:38I'd be interested to know why they took that risk,

0:40:38 > 0:40:40just putting me in charge of that.

0:40:40 > 0:40:43No track record whatsoever.

0:40:43 > 0:40:46The thinking is, "Who does the live sound?"

0:40:46 > 0:40:49"Mark does. So let's go do it live."

0:40:50 > 0:40:54Time for plan B on Definitely Maybe.

0:40:54 > 0:40:55And thank God for that, you know,

0:40:55 > 0:40:57because we all knew that Coyle understood us.

0:40:57 > 0:40:59He always made us sound how we should sound.

0:41:01 > 0:41:02We hit upon this system in the Sawmills.

0:41:02 > 0:41:05Everything was crowded around the drum kit.

0:41:05 > 0:41:08We'd just do three takes of each song and then move on.

0:41:08 > 0:41:09I would have thought that

0:41:09 > 0:41:13that album was recorded in three days, maximum.

0:41:15 > 0:41:20But I started mixing and it didn't really sound very good.

0:41:20 > 0:41:24I think at that stage I'd took it as far as I could.

0:41:24 > 0:41:28I do remember taking a cassette, the final mix that we did with Mark,

0:41:28 > 0:41:30to McGee's flat

0:41:30 > 0:41:33and sensing that he was completely underwhelmed by it.

0:41:33 > 0:41:35And me thinking, "Oh, fuck it, I give up!"

0:41:35 > 0:41:40Marcus announces that he's going to get Owen Morris to do a mix on spec.

0:41:40 > 0:41:43Marcus got me in because I don't think he knew anybody else.

0:41:43 > 0:41:46So I was very lucky to be in the right place.

0:41:46 > 0:41:49And I'm thinking, "What has he done? You know, I don't get it."

0:41:49 > 0:41:52He did one mix and it was just outrageous.

0:42:10 > 0:42:12We did a session. That's where I met Liam.

0:42:12 > 0:42:15And I told him he sounded like John Lennon

0:42:15 > 0:42:16and he was like, "You got it!"

0:42:16 > 0:42:18At, like, one o'clock in the afternoon.

0:42:18 > 0:42:20Liam, lead vocal, Rock 'N' Roll Star.

0:42:20 > 0:42:26# I live my life in the city and there's no easy way out

0:42:27 > 0:42:31# The day's moving just too fast for me... #

0:42:33 > 0:42:36Noel was like, "That sounds great. That'll do."

0:42:36 > 0:42:38And they let me do exactly what I wanted.

0:42:38 > 0:42:39And there was this new box

0:42:39 > 0:42:41and you could make things twice as loud

0:42:41 > 0:42:45without going into digital distortion on your CD.

0:42:45 > 0:42:47It was in every fucking jukebox in the country, twice as loud.

0:42:47 > 0:42:50It was funny as fuck, man.

0:42:50 > 0:42:52It's just a pity that Definitely Maybe came out

0:42:52 > 0:42:55and then we didn't see Alan for a couple of years.

0:42:55 > 0:42:56I took too many drugs.

0:42:56 > 0:42:59More and more and more, that's what we were all about,

0:42:59 > 0:43:01and eventually it was too much.

0:43:01 > 0:43:05It's just that's what happens, isn't it? When you play with fire, mate.

0:43:05 > 0:43:07Some people can last the pace, some people can't.

0:43:07 > 0:43:10Do you know what? I don't regret any of that shit.

0:43:10 > 0:43:12That's just life.

0:43:12 > 0:43:14We didn't know it then but he was the last of a dying breed.

0:43:14 > 0:43:16He's up there with the most

0:43:16 > 0:43:18important people in my life, you know what I mean?

0:43:18 > 0:43:20That's made a fucking real difference.

0:43:23 > 0:43:2612 songs that are about being alive and having a good time.

0:43:26 > 0:43:29About being happy. About enjoying yourself.

0:43:29 > 0:43:31And then about being sad, you know what I mean?

0:43:31 > 0:43:33But knowing that it can get better.

0:43:33 > 0:43:34About everything. Just life.

0:43:55 > 0:43:57Their debut album is already

0:43:57 > 0:43:59being hailed as a classic of our time.

0:43:59 > 0:44:01A year ago, they were playing to empty venues.

0:44:01 > 0:44:04Last night, they embarked on their first UK sellout tour.

0:44:04 > 0:44:06One of the biggest British bands since The Beatles.

0:44:09 > 0:44:10There isn't a band like Oasis.

0:44:10 > 0:44:12They're trying to get the youth

0:44:12 > 0:44:14culture out of raves, taking drugs and stuff,

0:44:14 > 0:44:17and back into the gigs, where they belong.

0:44:17 > 0:44:20And they're really good, and Liam Gallagher is just gorgeous

0:44:20 > 0:44:21and I'll have his children!

0:44:21 > 0:44:24Our first single came out in England four months ago.

0:44:24 > 0:44:27It went into the charts at number 32.

0:44:27 > 0:44:29Everyone said an indie band can't do that.

0:44:29 > 0:44:32Well, the album's gone out and it's gone in straight at number one

0:44:32 > 0:44:35above Pavarotti, above Prince, even above Elvis.

0:44:35 > 0:44:37The fastest-selling debut album of all time in England,

0:44:37 > 0:44:39and quite deservedly so.

0:44:39 > 0:44:41Here's Rock N' Roll Star. Here they are!

0:44:41 > 0:44:43# That to me was just a day in bed

0:44:43 > 0:44:46# I'm gonna take my car and drive real far

0:44:46 > 0:44:49# You're not concerned about the way we are

0:44:49 > 0:44:52# In my mind my dreams are real

0:44:52 > 0:44:55# Now you're concerned about the way I feel

0:44:55 > 0:45:01# Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star

0:45:02 > 0:45:07# Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star

0:45:11 > 0:45:14# It's just rock 'n' roll

0:45:14 > 0:45:17# It's just rock 'n' roll

0:45:18 > 0:45:21# It's just rock 'n' roll. #

0:45:23 > 0:45:25Thank you very much.

0:45:25 > 0:45:28CHEERING

0:45:45 > 0:45:47So next thing you know, we were going to Japan.

0:45:47 > 0:45:49What do you expect?

0:45:49 > 0:45:50I've never been to Japan, so you think,

0:45:50 > 0:45:52"All right, I'm prepared," you know.

0:45:52 > 0:45:55No. Nothing ever on this planet was going to prepare me.

0:45:55 > 0:45:58Japan! Japan!

0:45:58 > 0:46:00We arrived in Japan and there were,

0:46:00 > 0:46:02fucking, like, 1,000 girls at the airport.

0:46:02 > 0:46:05People waiting for us and shouting my name!

0:46:05 > 0:46:07"Liam, Liam! Noel! Guigs! Tony!"

0:46:07 > 0:46:09It was just, like, "Fuck off! This is Japan?

0:46:09 > 0:46:11"But they know my name?"

0:46:11 > 0:46:14"Yeah, of course they do!" It got me and I loved it.

0:46:14 > 0:46:17I loved every last minute of it.

0:46:17 > 0:46:19Fucking hell, they followed us everywhere,

0:46:19 > 0:46:22outside hotels, in the fucking foyer,

0:46:22 > 0:46:25outside your room, in your fucking room, everywhere you went.

0:46:25 > 0:46:27It was like mania, you know what I mean?

0:46:27 > 0:46:29It was like what we'd always read about.

0:46:31 > 0:46:33Yeah.

0:46:33 > 0:46:36First time in Japan. First time on a jumbo plane.

0:46:36 > 0:46:38It was just mental, you know what I mean? Just mad!

0:46:42 > 0:46:44Just, you're all off your heads, and it's mad.

0:46:44 > 0:46:46And it's top! I love youse all.

0:46:46 > 0:46:48I absolutely loved Japan.

0:46:48 > 0:46:50It was fucking mayhem.

0:46:50 > 0:46:52Guigs wasn't too keen on it, he was like,

0:46:52 > 0:46:54"Oh, I don't know what they're fussing about."

0:46:54 > 0:46:56And I'm like, "Me, you fucking lunatic!

0:46:56 > 0:46:58"That's what they're fussing about!"

0:46:58 > 0:46:59Where's the toilet?

0:47:09 > 0:47:14# Is it my imagination

0:47:14 > 0:47:19# Or have I finally found something worth living for?

0:47:26 > 0:47:31# I was looking for some action

0:47:31 > 0:47:36# But all I found was cigarettes and alcohol... #

0:47:36 > 0:47:38That might have been the one time in

0:47:38 > 0:47:41my life where I thought, "Fucking hell! Wow!

0:47:41 > 0:47:42"How has it landed here?

0:47:42 > 0:47:45"Why are all these people who don't speak English

0:47:45 > 0:47:46"obsessed with it already

0:47:46 > 0:47:49"before we even fucking plugged in and played?"

0:47:49 > 0:47:52# To spend your days in the sunshine

0:47:52 > 0:47:56# You might as well do the white line

0:47:56 > 0:47:59# Cos when it comes on top

0:47:59 > 0:48:03# You got to make it happen

0:48:03 > 0:48:06# You got to make it happen... #

0:48:10 > 0:48:12I was writing for a Nancy boys'

0:48:12 > 0:48:15magazine as far as they were concerned.

0:48:15 > 0:48:18I knew that I was ten years older than them.

0:48:18 > 0:48:20I was female, and it was all blokes.

0:48:20 > 0:48:22I was a mum, and I just thought,

0:48:22 > 0:48:24"Right. I'm going to stay up later than you.

0:48:24 > 0:48:26"I'm going to drink more than you,

0:48:26 > 0:48:28"I'm going to behave more badly than you,"

0:48:28 > 0:48:31because I wasn't going to get this story otherwise.

0:48:32 > 0:48:36The first night in Japan, we'd all been out,

0:48:36 > 0:48:39and it would have been about three o'clock in the morning.

0:48:39 > 0:48:42My head had just hit the pillow, and the phone rang.

0:48:42 > 0:48:43"Who's calling me?"

0:48:43 > 0:48:46I picked up the phone and it was Liam.

0:48:46 > 0:48:48"Get down here now!"

0:48:48 > 0:48:51So I walked down the corridor back into their room

0:48:51 > 0:48:56and Liam said to me, and honestly, it was like he was shimmering,

0:48:56 > 0:49:01he just said to me, "Do you believe in God? Do you think there's a God?"

0:49:01 > 0:49:04And, I sort of looked at him and I said,

0:49:04 > 0:49:06"How did we get on to this one?"

0:49:06 > 0:49:08And he said, "Because I don't believe there's a God,

0:49:08 > 0:49:11"because if there was a God, all that wouldn't have happened."

0:49:11 > 0:49:14And I said, "What wouldn't have happened?"

0:49:14 > 0:49:17I didn't know what he was on about.

0:49:17 > 0:49:20There was all this pent-up simmering rage.

0:49:22 > 0:49:25I was definitely angry with life and that, I guess, you know.

0:49:25 > 0:49:29You know, I mean, shit with my dad and just life in general.

0:49:29 > 0:49:31I was an angry young man,

0:49:31 > 0:49:34so singing them songs sort of

0:49:34 > 0:49:36released all my shit onto other people,

0:49:36 > 0:49:38but in a good way, you know what I mean?

0:49:40 > 0:49:43My dad, he used to knock my mam about.

0:49:44 > 0:49:48There were many times when, like, it got like that.

0:49:48 > 0:49:51He never touched me. I don't know why he didn't.

0:49:51 > 0:49:54You know, sometimes you'd fucking... You'd want the crack

0:49:54 > 0:49:56instead of having to witness it.

0:49:57 > 0:49:58He used to kill Noel.

0:49:58 > 0:50:01Noel was the one that got it the most.

0:50:01 > 0:50:02I remember Noel once saying, "If

0:50:02 > 0:50:04"you don't get out of here, Mam, and leave him,"

0:50:04 > 0:50:06he says, "I'm going to kill him."

0:50:06 > 0:50:10And I thought, "Oh, Jesus. You can't be doing time for the likes of him."

0:50:10 > 0:50:14Yeah, my dad used to beat the living daylights out of me.

0:50:14 > 0:50:15I've never felt compelled

0:50:15 > 0:50:18to either talk about it or write about it.

0:50:18 > 0:50:21I know that I think it's no-one else's business.

0:50:22 > 0:50:26You can't let that kind of thing affect you in any way

0:50:26 > 0:50:28because then you're carrying

0:50:28 > 0:50:30that weight all the way through life.

0:50:31 > 0:50:32He always thought you'd never

0:50:32 > 0:50:35leave him because you had nowhere to go to.

0:50:35 > 0:50:38"You'll never leave me." I said, "Won't I? Try it."

0:50:39 > 0:50:43One night, we got the courage to get out,

0:50:43 > 0:50:46and I left him a knife and a fork and a spoon,

0:50:46 > 0:50:47and I think I left him too much.

0:50:47 > 0:50:50He never once come after us. Wouldn't dare.

0:50:52 > 0:50:54It was a sense of, "See you later. We're free!"

0:50:55 > 0:50:58It definitely affected them, because they got very bitter.

0:51:00 > 0:51:01I wouldn't say I was scarred,

0:51:01 > 0:51:04but everybody's childhood makes them what they are.

0:51:05 > 0:51:07You can't think about it too deeply

0:51:07 > 0:51:09because it would fucking drive you mad.

0:51:10 > 0:51:12I think it benefitted me in the way

0:51:12 > 0:51:14that it made me withdraw into my own world

0:51:14 > 0:51:17and from that came the learning to play the guitar.

0:51:19 > 0:51:22I guess, in some way,

0:51:22 > 0:51:24my old fella beat the talent into me.

0:51:31 > 0:51:34On Live 105, Oasis.

0:51:34 > 0:51:35Supersonic, yeah?

0:51:43 > 0:51:46The contrast of getting on a plane and coming from Japan,

0:51:46 > 0:51:49where the mania was like, fucking, "Blam!"

0:51:49 > 0:51:54Then getting to America, where nobody had heard of us,

0:51:54 > 0:51:56that didn't freak me out.

0:51:56 > 0:51:59I was ready to start again, you know what I mean?

0:51:59 > 0:52:01But I also knew

0:52:01 > 0:52:04that you won't get anywhere on attitude in the States.

0:52:04 > 0:52:05You've got be able to play.

0:52:06 > 0:52:09I went over there with definitely a fucking chip on my shoulder,

0:52:09 > 0:52:11but a good chip, you know what I mean?

0:52:11 > 0:52:12It was like, "Look, we're going to

0:52:12 > 0:52:15"fucking have youse and if you like us, great,

0:52:15 > 0:52:16"if you don't, give a shit."

0:52:16 > 0:52:19American Customs then asked a question

0:52:19 > 0:52:21that would fucking blow Liam's mind, you know what I mean?

0:52:21 > 0:52:23Right, who've we got here, then?

0:52:23 > 0:52:24He's a singer.

0:52:24 > 0:52:26"What's the purpose of your visit?"

0:52:26 > 0:52:29"You what?" "Not a fucking visit.

0:52:29 > 0:52:31"I'm not visiting, mate. I'm a fucking rock star.

0:52:31 > 0:52:33"I'm here to steal your soul."

0:52:33 > 0:52:36"OK, you can follow me now, sir. You're coming this way."

0:52:40 > 0:52:43There's always pressure that's on the bands to break America, as well,

0:52:43 > 0:52:48you know, but breaking America quite often breaks the fucking band

0:52:48 > 0:52:52because they're that concerned about it and it's that vast. Fuck me, man.

0:52:52 > 0:52:54You have a good time and all that, but I'll tell you what,

0:52:54 > 0:52:57when you get home, your carpet don't look the same.

0:52:57 > 0:52:59And we've got the two Gallagher brothers

0:52:59 > 0:53:01from the band Oasis.

0:53:01 > 0:53:03And you're playing at the Whisky tonight.

0:53:03 > 0:53:05- Is it sold out, do you know? - Of course it's sold out.

0:53:05 > 0:53:06OK, and what have you been doing?

0:53:06 > 0:53:08We've just been doing loads of interviews, and gigs.

0:53:08 > 0:53:11Working. Melissa's been making us work dead hard. She's on top.

0:53:11 > 0:53:13I think what they said was there were some interviews

0:53:13 > 0:53:15and hanging out and doing work and stuff.

0:53:15 > 0:53:18- You're right.- I'll be the translator here.

0:53:18 > 0:53:20Diddle, diddle, diddle, diddle.

0:53:20 > 0:53:22Anything else?

0:53:22 > 0:53:25Someone had discovered the joys of crystal meth,

0:53:25 > 0:53:28which is effectively like ninja speed.

0:53:28 > 0:53:31It's not even fun, you know what I mean? It's a fucking horrible drug.

0:53:31 > 0:53:33I don't know who fucking got it,

0:53:33 > 0:53:36but it was there and we all thought it was coke.

0:53:36 > 0:53:37And we were doing big fucking lines

0:53:37 > 0:53:40of it and it just fucking kept us up for days.

0:53:40 > 0:53:42Everybody had a dig at it.

0:53:42 > 0:53:45The only problem with that is that you couldn't get to sleep.

0:53:45 > 0:53:46You couldn't sleep.

0:53:46 > 0:53:49Right, I don't mind having a dig at anything as long as, you know,

0:53:49 > 0:53:53about half ten at night, I have a cup of tea and go to bed.

0:53:53 > 0:53:56The Whisky a Go Go on Sunset Strip, fucking hell,

0:53:56 > 0:53:58it's the most famous club in LA.

0:53:58 > 0:54:00We get to the sound check,

0:54:00 > 0:54:03everybody's been up all night and looked like it.

0:54:03 > 0:54:07All right, LA, Whisky a Go Go. This is the spot.

0:54:07 > 0:54:09The best band in Britain.

0:54:09 > 0:54:12I say they're the best band in the universe.

0:54:13 > 0:54:16None other than Oasis!

0:54:16 > 0:54:18All right, Oasis!

0:54:18 > 0:54:20And there you have it.

0:54:20 > 0:54:22This one's called Rock N' Roll Star.

0:54:42 > 0:54:46# I live my life in the city and there's no easy way out... #

0:54:46 > 0:54:48Everyone was appalling.

0:54:48 > 0:54:50Every member of the crew, every member of the fucking band,

0:54:50 > 0:54:52because of crystal meth.

0:54:55 > 0:54:57Phil Smith, our roadie,

0:54:57 > 0:54:59who was responsible for putting the set lists out,

0:54:59 > 0:55:02for some reason, my set list was different to everybody else's.

0:55:02 > 0:55:06# You're not concerned about the way we are... #

0:55:06 > 0:55:09They were all playing different songs at the same time.

0:55:09 > 0:55:12"Whoa! What's going on here?"

0:55:12 > 0:55:15# Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll star... #

0:55:15 > 0:55:18It was a shambles, man. It was an absolute fucking shambles.

0:55:19 > 0:55:22# Tonight I'm a rock 'n' roll... #

0:55:25 > 0:55:28Do it again for you, you know?

0:55:28 > 0:55:30The whole thing just fell apart.

0:55:30 > 0:55:32I've never seen it with this band before.

0:55:32 > 0:55:34All right, Rock N' Roll Star. Again.

0:55:38 > 0:55:40I think there were a lot of tension on stage,

0:55:40 > 0:55:42a lot of gesturing between Noel and Liam.

0:55:42 > 0:55:44Well, more from Liam to Noel.

0:55:44 > 0:55:46And then the tambourine came flying.

0:55:46 > 0:55:47I think he said summat

0:55:47 > 0:55:50and I fucking launched the tambourine at him or summat.

0:55:50 > 0:55:53Not like the Bruce Lee throwing star or a fucking lightsabre.

0:55:53 > 0:55:54It was a tambourine.

0:55:54 > 0:55:57But when it hit me on the shoulder it went, "Tshhh!"

0:55:57 > 0:55:58Out of time, I might add.

0:55:58 > 0:56:00It was lucky I didn't fucking

0:56:00 > 0:56:03launch a monitor at him or summat, or a fucking drummer.

0:56:03 > 0:56:04What?

0:56:06 > 0:56:08I could see Liam was going behind

0:56:08 > 0:56:10one of the amps throughout the gig, man,

0:56:10 > 0:56:12and he was just snorting lines of crystal meth on stage.

0:56:12 > 0:56:14"That's going to go tits up, isn't it?"

0:56:24 > 0:56:26It was a bit of a catastrophe.

0:56:26 > 0:56:28Yeah. I was in a fury.

0:56:29 > 0:56:31I left a little bit of me on that stage that night.

0:56:31 > 0:56:35After that night, it was more "me and them" as opposed to "us."

0:56:36 > 0:56:38I remember going back to the hotel

0:56:38 > 0:56:40and saying to Maggie, our tour manager...

0:56:40 > 0:56:42I think I took the float off her.

0:56:42 > 0:56:44Noel was quite upset about it.

0:56:44 > 0:56:45He said, "Can you give me money?"

0:56:45 > 0:56:47And I said, "Well, what do you want?"

0:56:47 > 0:56:49He goes, "Well, enough money to go back home."

0:56:49 > 0:56:52So I just gave him, like, 700. That's all I had, I said, you know.

0:56:52 > 0:56:54He said, "Can I have my passport?" So I gave him his passport.

0:56:54 > 0:56:57But I remember ringing up Marcus, saying, "He's going to leave,"

0:56:57 > 0:56:59and he was like, "No, no, no, he'll be fine, be fine.

0:56:59 > 0:57:01"He's going to sleep it off, it'll be fine, be fine."

0:57:01 > 0:57:04I was like, "Hm, I don't think so!"

0:57:04 > 0:57:06I don't know what I was thinking.

0:57:06 > 0:57:09Maybe I thought it was the end. I really don't know.

0:57:09 > 0:57:11He takes the money and runs.

0:57:11 > 0:57:12I remember some fucking soppy note

0:57:12 > 0:57:14coming through the door, saying, like,

0:57:14 > 0:57:16"How can we go on like brothers?"

0:57:16 > 0:57:18It was like, "Fuck right off!"

0:57:18 > 0:57:20So that got rolled up

0:57:20 > 0:57:22and then another line of crystal

0:57:22 > 0:57:24meth went up the old fucking tubular bells.

0:57:24 > 0:57:25So, I woke up in the morning

0:57:25 > 0:57:27and I found a note underneath my door

0:57:27 > 0:57:29and I opened it up, and I knew it.

0:57:29 > 0:57:31He said, "I'm leaving." "Bollocks!"

0:57:31 > 0:57:34He's gone missing. Nobody knows where he is.

0:57:34 > 0:57:36There's our songwriter gone.

0:57:36 > 0:57:39"Shit! I think it's really over, isn't it?"

0:57:39 > 0:57:41I came up with this idea.

0:57:41 > 0:57:46I got his bill and then I traced all the last numbers he rang.

0:57:46 > 0:57:48And then I noticed there was one number "415,"

0:57:48 > 0:57:50and I thought, "Ah, San Francisco."

0:57:50 > 0:57:52We've just been to San Francisco

0:57:52 > 0:57:55and I knew that he had some little fling over there.

0:57:55 > 0:57:57Marcus said, "I'm going to ring the number."

0:57:57 > 0:57:59So he gets her on the phone and he says,

0:57:59 > 0:58:00"You know, we're not saying anything,

0:58:00 > 0:58:03"but obviously, legally, he's a missing person, you know.

0:58:03 > 0:58:05"We're going to have to have to get the police involved."

0:58:05 > 0:58:08And the minute he hung up the phone, I said, "He's there."

0:58:09 > 0:58:12Let me see if I can get my story straight here.

0:58:12 > 0:58:16I'd met this girl at an Oasis gig.

0:58:16 > 0:58:19I must have phoned her and said, "It's fucked up here."

0:58:19 > 0:58:21And I got on a plane and flew off to San Francisco.

0:58:21 > 0:58:24I don't know what the fuck I thought I was doing.

0:58:24 > 0:58:26I was just going to, like, disappear, you know.

0:58:26 > 0:58:28It was quite a traumatic time.

0:58:28 > 0:58:32But Talk Tonight was written about those few days

0:58:32 > 0:58:35and out of that came that great song.

0:58:35 > 0:58:37So it was meant to be.

0:58:37 > 0:58:38It was meant to be.

0:58:38 > 0:58:40# Sleeping on a plane

0:58:40 > 0:58:43# You know you can't complain

0:58:43 > 0:58:49# You took your last chance once again

0:58:49 > 0:58:55# I landed stranded

0:58:55 > 0:58:59# Hardly even knew your name

0:59:02 > 0:59:05# I want to talk tonight

0:59:07 > 0:59:11# Until the morning light

0:59:13 > 0:59:17# About how you saved my life

0:59:19 > 0:59:22# You and me see how we are... #

0:59:24 > 0:59:25I kind of sat in this girl's flat,

0:59:25 > 0:59:28probably doing too many fucking drugs

0:59:28 > 0:59:30and being a bit fucking mad.

0:59:30 > 0:59:34Unbeknown to me, they'd found out, "This is where we think he is."

0:59:35 > 0:59:38If I close my eyes now, I can't even picture the girl.

0:59:38 > 0:59:41I can't remember her name. It's a bit of a blur.

0:59:42 > 0:59:43You meet them people in America,

0:59:43 > 0:59:46you don't meet them anywhere else in the world.

0:59:46 > 0:59:48They take you under their wing, you know.

0:59:48 > 0:59:51They're spiritual people is what they are.

0:59:51 > 0:59:54She was one of them.

0:59:54 > 0:59:57She was saying, "What, you're going to leave?

0:59:57 > 0:59:58"And what are you going to do?"

0:59:58 > 1:00:00And I guess at that point I'm thinking,

1:00:00 > 1:00:01"Actually, that's a fucking good point.

1:00:01 > 1:00:03"What am I going to do? I can't sing."

1:00:03 > 1:00:06I wasn't a singer then. I'm no front man.

1:00:06 > 1:00:09I just needed a bit of time out, I guess.

1:00:09 > 1:00:12I may have been trying to teach somebody a lesson.

1:00:12 > 1:00:14I failed miserably.

1:00:15 > 1:00:18I think we'd heard about a couple of days that, "Yes, he's coming back."

1:00:18 > 1:00:20It means the band's staying together

1:00:20 > 1:00:23rather than going home and signing on the dole.

1:00:23 > 1:00:25And obviously, by the time he's about to turn up,

1:00:25 > 1:00:28everyone's fucking shitting it, because, you know,

1:00:28 > 1:00:30because he can put on a stern face.

1:00:30 > 1:00:32You know, he can unsettle you.

1:00:34 > 1:00:39The new era started when he walked back into that hotel

1:00:39 > 1:00:41and everything was different after that.

1:00:41 > 1:00:43And we all had to be different

1:00:43 > 1:00:46because if you're not with him, you're going home.

1:00:46 > 1:00:48I'd written these new songs.

1:00:48 > 1:00:50Someone had booked a recording session.

1:00:50 > 1:00:53Like this was Oasis' fucking cure for everything.

1:00:53 > 1:00:55"Let's go in the studio."

1:00:55 > 1:00:59Talk Tonight, well, that's one moody fucking song, that.

1:00:59 > 1:01:04It shows that delicate side to him

1:01:04 > 1:01:07that you just don't really see.

1:01:07 > 1:01:10He doesn't show these emotions, Noel. He never did.

1:01:10 > 1:01:12Apart from when you stick him

1:01:12 > 1:01:15behind the glass with a microphone,

1:01:15 > 1:01:18and then he can let this emotion loose that he's got

1:01:18 > 1:01:21and suddenly you can see Noel.

1:01:22 > 1:01:24You kind of see, almost,

1:01:24 > 1:01:27a little boy or summat, you know.

1:01:27 > 1:01:31Something very, very innocent and very pure.

1:01:33 > 1:01:35They're my favourite moments.

1:01:35 > 1:01:39It's like a door opens and a bit of light comes in,

1:01:39 > 1:01:43and then the door's shut again, you know, and he's calling you a twat.

1:01:51 > 1:01:55# Some might say that sunshine follows thunder... #

1:01:55 > 1:01:59In those days, I would write every day because I was fucking so driven.

1:01:59 > 1:02:01I recognised that I was in a moment

1:02:01 > 1:02:04and everything that I wrote felt great.

1:02:08 > 1:02:11There's a strange melancholy to Some Might Say

1:02:11 > 1:02:13considering I knew it was going to be number one

1:02:13 > 1:02:15before I even sat and wrote it.

1:02:15 > 1:02:16I fucking knew it.

1:02:17 > 1:02:19What is going on in this room now?

1:02:19 > 1:02:21You can walk next door to Boyzone, yeah, go in there.

1:02:21 > 1:02:25They'll be like, "Hey, fuck. Oh, Jesus Christ...

1:02:25 > 1:02:27"We've got to get this fucking thing together now,

1:02:27 > 1:02:29"because it's not in time.

1:02:29 > 1:02:32"It's not in time, just fucking me and you going like, 'Huh!'"

1:02:32 > 1:02:35You go in there and you hear, "Wa-hey! You all right?"

1:02:35 > 1:02:38You come in this room and it's like, you know, it's the funny farm.

1:02:38 > 1:02:40And that's what it's all about, it's like,

1:02:40 > 1:02:42"Do what you friggin' want."

1:02:42 > 1:02:44If you want to go like that, do it,

1:02:44 > 1:02:46because it don't mean nothing. If you want to go... Do that.

1:02:46 > 1:02:50If you want to go... "Hey, fuck man." Like, "Hey, fuck," right?

1:02:50 > 1:02:51You can do that.

1:02:51 > 1:02:53But if you want to just do this,

1:02:53 > 1:02:56what I'm doing here now, just do it, because it's like...

1:02:56 > 1:02:58This is an advert for not taking drugs.

1:02:58 > 1:03:00This is an advert? It's an advert?

1:03:00 > 1:03:03This is an advert for not getting into chemical abuse, big time.

1:03:03 > 1:03:05No, no, hey, hey, hey!

1:03:05 > 1:03:08People who know, know that I have not been a fucking...

1:03:08 > 1:03:09I've never been an abuser.

1:03:09 > 1:03:11I've never been an abuser. I've been a user.

1:03:12 > 1:03:16I've never been an abuser, man. Nothing to do with drugs.

1:03:16 > 1:03:19It's to do with the air, the air, man, and music.

1:03:19 > 1:03:22And that is it, that is it, and I'm ranting now, come on!

1:03:22 > 1:03:23You know what I mean? It's right.

1:03:23 > 1:03:25That's it. That's it.

1:03:25 > 1:03:27Giving a performance of their brand new song,

1:03:27 > 1:03:30it's the best song around. It is Some Might Say!

1:03:45 > 1:03:50# Some might say that sunshine follows thunder

1:03:53 > 1:03:59# Go and tell it to the man who cannot shine... #

1:04:01 > 1:04:04Yeah, and that was Tony's last gig.

1:04:04 > 1:04:06Yeah, I'd probably made up my mind,

1:04:06 > 1:04:08knowing that Champagne Supernova was coming up

1:04:08 > 1:04:11and Don't Look Back In Anger, and Wonderwall,

1:04:11 > 1:04:14that he wasn't going to be able to play those songs.

1:04:16 > 1:04:19It had become apparent recording Definitely Maybe.

1:04:19 > 1:04:23We spent a lot of time fucking about trying to get the drums right.

1:04:23 > 1:04:26And it was never right.

1:04:26 > 1:04:28When we were doing Some Might Say and stuff,

1:04:28 > 1:04:30Noel was like, to me,

1:04:30 > 1:04:32"That's the fucking last time he's ever in the fucking studio."

1:04:32 > 1:04:36I was going to Tony, "Tony, you've got to get your shit together, Tony.

1:04:36 > 1:04:37"Or bye, Tony."

1:04:37 > 1:04:41Drummers are really smelly, useless, talentless losers, man.

1:04:41 > 1:04:44I mean, fancy having a job where you bang things all day.

1:04:44 > 1:04:46I thought orangutans do that, don't they?

1:04:46 > 1:04:47Gorillas and monkeys and that.

1:04:47 > 1:04:49They just bang things, like bang

1:04:49 > 1:04:51dustbin lids on their heads and all that.

1:04:51 > 1:04:53Well, that's what they do, isn't it?

1:04:53 > 1:04:55And drummers just do it and get paid loads of money for it.

1:04:55 > 1:04:57Fucking sack them all. Drum machines, I say, man.

1:04:57 > 1:04:59I'm telling you, can't wait to say I'm in a dance band.

1:04:59 > 1:05:02Press the button. Doesn't answer back, don't have to feed it.

1:05:02 > 1:05:04Don't have to pay no money, don't have to buy it any drugs.

1:05:04 > 1:05:07Don't have to get it any women, don't have to do nothing.

1:05:07 > 1:05:09Put it on a flight, "Fuck it, in the back of the truck,"

1:05:09 > 1:05:10and never have to speak to it again.

1:05:10 > 1:05:13As it went through that American tour, it got really nasty with Tony,

1:05:13 > 1:05:16and you'd have to feel for the boy.

1:05:16 > 1:05:19I'd hold my hands up and say I gave him a terrible time as well.

1:05:20 > 1:05:22And I shared a room with him.

1:05:22 > 1:05:24Tony would just pour it out, you know.

1:05:24 > 1:05:26"Fucking hell, Bonehead," do you know?

1:05:26 > 1:05:28"People are getting at me, and people are doing this."

1:05:28 > 1:05:30It was hard for me to be the guy in the middle.

1:05:30 > 1:05:32Maybe I talked to Noel, talked to Liam,

1:05:32 > 1:05:35"Look, go easy on the guy, man."

1:05:35 > 1:05:37I was quite a reserved guy.

1:05:37 > 1:05:40I think people might have looked at that as some kind of weakness,

1:05:40 > 1:05:43but, no, I didn't want to be the leader.

1:05:43 > 1:05:45I'll sit back here and do my drums.

1:05:46 > 1:05:49You know, like, when a pack of feral dogs exclude one puppy,

1:05:49 > 1:05:51it became like that, I think.

1:05:52 > 1:05:55Our kid, I just think, made his mind up, you know what I mean?

1:05:55 > 1:05:57and just didn't fancy him.

1:05:57 > 1:05:59"He's not going to be able to do these next songs."

1:05:59 > 1:06:01Or "I don't want him to do it," you know what I mean?

1:06:01 > 1:06:05Yeah, I mean, I'm gutted for him, but it is what it is, man.

1:06:05 > 1:06:07I had an argument with Noel.

1:06:07 > 1:06:09He said something, and I finally went, "Fuck you, mate."

1:06:09 > 1:06:11You know what I mean? "Fuck off."

1:06:11 > 1:06:14I told him in no uncertain words what I thought of him.

1:06:14 > 1:06:15I kind of regret that a touch.

1:06:17 > 1:06:20We might have had words. It's quite likely. I don't know.

1:06:20 > 1:06:25Whatever he says is probably true. I wouldn't deny it at all.

1:06:26 > 1:06:28I was at home and Marcus phoned.

1:06:28 > 1:06:30He says, "Are you sat down?

1:06:30 > 1:06:34"Listen, I've got some bad news for you. The band want you out."

1:06:34 > 1:06:36I was shellshocked.

1:06:36 > 1:06:39Still, to this day, it's with me.

1:06:39 > 1:06:42I think about it every day, believe it or not.

1:06:42 > 1:06:44Hard for him, you know, poor old Tony,

1:06:44 > 1:06:48but all of a sudden it's like, "Shit! We need another drummer."

1:06:48 > 1:06:51Paul Weller's drummer had a brother called Alan.

1:06:51 > 1:06:54And I was going, "Right, cool, I'm arsed, what does he look like?"

1:06:54 > 1:06:55"Smegly little mod."

1:06:55 > 1:06:57"Cool. Let's get him down here".

1:06:58 > 1:07:00And I'd never met this guy before.

1:07:00 > 1:07:03He starts talking about the drums

1:07:03 > 1:07:07and I'm like, "I'm fucking not interested in how you can play.

1:07:07 > 1:07:10"As long as you look the part, you'll do.

1:07:10 > 1:07:12"By the way, you're doing Top of The Pops on Wednesday."

1:07:12 > 1:07:15And that was his first thing.

1:07:15 > 1:07:17# Some might say

1:07:17 > 1:07:21# We will find a brighter day

1:07:23 > 1:07:25# Some might say

1:07:25 > 1:07:29# We will find a brighter day

1:07:31 > 1:07:35# Yeah, cos I've been standing at the station

1:07:35 > 1:07:38# In need of education in the rain

1:07:41 > 1:07:44# You made no preparation

1:07:44 > 1:07:47# For my reputation once again

1:07:49 > 1:07:52# Some might say

1:07:52 > 1:07:54# Some might say... #

1:07:54 > 1:07:57Morning Glory was incredibly quick and easy.

1:07:57 > 1:08:00Rockfield, the posh studio, fucking Queen and all that.

1:08:00 > 1:08:03Fucking Bohemian Rhapsody and all that.

1:08:03 > 1:08:06Don't film me, Tim. Seriously.

1:08:06 > 1:08:09- Film him, Tim, film him. - He's giving birth?

1:08:09 > 1:08:11I'm fucking knackered.

1:08:11 > 1:08:12Right, play this track, man.

1:08:12 > 1:08:15This is the nerve centre, the bridge as we call this.

1:08:15 > 1:08:16Full steam ahead!

1:08:16 > 1:08:18Oh, I don't know where a fucking light is.

1:08:18 > 1:08:20I don't know where anything is at the moment.

1:08:20 > 1:08:22But you know where the top is, don't you?

1:08:22 > 1:08:24Because that's where we're going, Morris.

1:08:24 > 1:08:28- The topmost of the most popper most.- That's us.

1:08:28 > 1:08:31Noel had the songs and the arrangements

1:08:31 > 1:08:34and he was totally in control of the band,

1:08:34 > 1:08:38so that first week of Morning Glory, we were doing a song a day.

1:08:38 > 1:08:40Finished. Extraordinary.

1:08:40 > 1:08:42He is like God, isn't he?

1:08:49 > 1:08:53I knew the songs were a lot more richer than Definitely Maybe.

1:08:53 > 1:08:55I knew they had, like, definitely gone up a notch.

1:09:00 > 1:09:03I loved Owen. Mental Welshman.

1:09:03 > 1:09:04He was always setting fire to shit

1:09:04 > 1:09:07and things were always blowing up because he had it too loud.

1:09:07 > 1:09:10No rule book, with his big, mad laugh, going,

1:09:10 > 1:09:12"Yeah, let's fucking have it!"

1:09:12 > 1:09:15They were the best times I ever had recording.

1:09:15 > 1:09:17It's gorgeous and sexy, and...

1:09:22 > 1:09:24Have your priorities right.

1:09:27 > 1:09:29Liam was extraordinary.

1:09:29 > 1:09:30And they had this freaky thing

1:09:30 > 1:09:33where Noel would play the song once

1:09:33 > 1:09:35on an acoustic guitar in the control room, to Liam,

1:09:35 > 1:09:38give him the words and he'd fucking sing it.

1:09:38 > 1:09:40Noel would listen to it once

1:09:40 > 1:09:43to check Liam's got the phrasing for the entire song

1:09:43 > 1:09:45that he's only just heard the once.

1:09:45 > 1:09:47Noel would go, "Nice one, Liam,"

1:09:47 > 1:09:50and there was always football on when Oasis were recording.

1:09:50 > 1:09:52Noel would fuck off,

1:09:52 > 1:09:54Liam would just bang another four tracks down.

1:09:54 > 1:09:56This would be, like, one in the afternoon.

1:09:56 > 1:09:59Cup of tea, lead vocal, done.

1:09:59 > 1:10:00Be like, "What the fuck?"

1:10:00 > 1:10:03You know, he's only heard the song once.

1:10:03 > 1:10:06Five songs, five days, man. Fucking amazing!

1:10:06 > 1:10:09# Slowly walking down the hall

1:10:09 > 1:10:12# Faster than a cannonball

1:10:12 > 1:10:17# Where were you while we were getting high?

1:10:17 > 1:10:20# Someday you will find me

1:10:20 > 1:10:25# Caught beneath the landslide

1:10:25 > 1:10:30# In a champagne supernova in the sky

1:10:30 > 1:10:33# Someday you will find me

1:10:33 > 1:10:37# Caught beneath the landslide

1:10:37 > 1:10:41# In a champagne supernova

1:10:41 > 1:10:44# A champagne supernova

1:10:44 > 1:10:47# Cos people believe

1:10:47 > 1:10:53# That they're gonna get away for the summer

1:10:57 > 1:11:00# But you and I We live and die

1:11:00 > 1:11:03# The world's still spinning round

1:11:03 > 1:11:07# We don't know why

1:11:07 > 1:11:11# Why, why, why, why... #

1:11:14 > 1:11:15No, we don't need that last one.

1:11:17 > 1:11:18Yeah!

1:11:22 > 1:11:24This is soaking the boats here.

1:11:24 > 1:11:26The boats are the Blues.

1:11:26 > 1:11:29Come on, the Blues! Come on, the Blues!

1:11:29 > 1:11:31Come on, the Blues!

1:11:31 > 1:11:34Come on, the Pool!

1:11:35 > 1:11:37It's the fucking curse of United!

1:11:38 > 1:11:40CHEERING

1:11:54 > 1:11:56Come on, you baldy twat!

1:11:59 > 1:12:01Fucking, hey!

1:12:01 > 1:12:02Come on!

1:12:02 > 1:12:04Dalglish!

1:12:04 > 1:12:06Dalglish!

1:12:06 > 1:12:08Dalglish!

1:12:09 > 1:12:10Come on, then!

1:12:13 > 1:12:16Good times, man. I loved it in that place,

1:12:16 > 1:12:18but it's not fucking prison, is it, you know what I mean?

1:12:18 > 1:12:20If I'm not needed today,

1:12:20 > 1:12:23I'm hardly going to sit and fucking watch you play guitar,

1:12:23 > 1:12:24you know what I mean, like?

1:12:24 > 1:12:26I'm fucking going to the pub.

1:12:26 > 1:12:27But it did cause arguments.

1:12:27 > 1:12:29Nearly. That's that, then, lad.

1:12:29 > 1:12:31So it'd always be like that. "Right, he's doing his guitars,

1:12:31 > 1:12:33"he'll be in there all fucking day, won't he?

1:12:33 > 1:12:35"We can go to the fucking pub."

1:12:35 > 1:12:36And he'd come out, and he'd be like,

1:12:36 > 1:12:39"All right, guys, what does everyone think... Where is everyone?"

1:12:39 > 1:12:41Where's everyone gone?

1:12:42 > 1:12:45Yeah, I was a sucker for the pub, man.

1:12:45 > 1:12:49You go in there one day, and you meet the local fucking drug dealer.

1:12:49 > 1:12:51Yeah, I probably did bring a few people back one night.

1:12:52 > 1:12:56Probably a bad move, because Noel was still working in the studio.

1:12:56 > 1:12:58No, I shouldn't have brought them back,

1:12:58 > 1:13:00but I thought we were a rock 'n' roll band, you know what I mean?

1:13:00 > 1:13:03I thought anything goes in Oasis, you know what I mean?

1:13:03 > 1:13:06Obviously, the other people had rules, you know what I mean?

1:13:06 > 1:13:07Fuck the rules, man.

1:13:09 > 1:13:14# Sing a sad song in a lonely place

1:13:14 > 1:13:17# Try to put a word in for me... #

1:13:17 > 1:13:20As I recall, Liam was going pretty fucking mad.

1:13:20 > 1:13:24Somebody let a fire extinguisher off in the farmhouse.

1:13:24 > 1:13:28I think maybe one of my guitars got damaged, and I blamed him.

1:13:28 > 1:13:30It just exploded into a big fucking bunch of chaos

1:13:30 > 1:13:33like you've never seen, man.

1:13:33 > 1:13:35I ended up having a proper fight with Liam.

1:13:35 > 1:13:38I mean, it might have been the biggest fight we ever had.

1:13:38 > 1:13:42I remember smashing his head in with a cricket bat, yeah.

1:13:42 > 1:13:45# What we don't touch we cannot feel... #

1:13:45 > 1:13:47The whole studio got smashed to pieces.

1:13:47 > 1:13:50There's, like, loads of little bits in the corner went, "Bzzt."

1:13:50 > 1:13:52Everything just got fucking blitzed.

1:13:52 > 1:13:56I'm not generally an obnoxious, belligerent dude,

1:13:56 > 1:13:59but somebody must've got on my tits, you know what I mean?

1:13:59 > 1:14:01Probably me not giving a fuck

1:14:01 > 1:14:03and him trying to write fucking Bohemian Rhapsody.

1:14:03 > 1:14:05And me sort of just going, "Bollocks! Let's have it!"

1:14:07 > 1:14:11I do remember jumping out of a window, driving off with Whitey.

1:14:11 > 1:14:15Liam appeared out of nowhere and threw a dustbin at the car,

1:14:15 > 1:14:19and we'd only known Alan about two weeks and he was saying,

1:14:19 > 1:14:21"It can't be over. I've only just joined."

1:14:21 > 1:14:23We were like, "No, no, no, no.

1:14:23 > 1:14:25"This is going to happen all the time."

1:14:25 > 1:14:27And he was going, "Fucking hell,

1:14:27 > 1:14:29"mate. What kind of fucking band is this?"

1:14:29 > 1:14:31Go and fucking join The Troggs!

1:14:31 > 1:14:35# We're throwing it all away... #

1:14:35 > 1:14:37Yeah, it was terrible.

1:14:37 > 1:14:39It happened, man, but there was no

1:14:39 > 1:14:41need for the cricket fucking bat around my head,

1:14:41 > 1:14:42you know what I mean?

1:14:45 > 1:14:48Every time there was ever a scene in Oasis,

1:14:48 > 1:14:50when we'd all got back together

1:14:50 > 1:14:52it was like nothing had ever happened.

1:14:52 > 1:14:54We had a tour booked

1:14:54 > 1:14:57and we were rehearsing in Brixton Academy.

1:14:57 > 1:15:00It was all fine. Me and Guigs got a taxi home.

1:15:00 > 1:15:03The next day, Guigs just doesn't show up.

1:15:03 > 1:15:07Marcus arrives and says, "Guigs wants to leave the band."

1:15:08 > 1:15:11What's happened to Guigs is he's had a bit of a fucking breakdown.

1:15:11 > 1:15:13That's when you kick yourself, you know.

1:15:13 > 1:15:16When you're that blinkered that you couldn't stop

1:15:16 > 1:15:19and notice that your mate wasn't feeling right.

1:15:19 > 1:15:21Any kind of chaos going on around,

1:15:21 > 1:15:23he would have shut down, do you know what I mean?

1:15:23 > 1:15:24Bass players are like that.

1:15:24 > 1:15:26Guigs is a gentle soul, you know what I mean?

1:15:26 > 1:15:28He wasn't like me and Noel, or like Bonehead.

1:15:28 > 1:15:30You know, we were fucking pretty mental.

1:15:30 > 1:15:34He was suffering from nervous exhaustion,

1:15:34 > 1:15:36as rock stars always are.

1:15:36 > 1:15:38"My nerves are exhausted."

1:15:38 > 1:15:41Or, "My exhaustion is fucking getting me nervous," I don't know.

1:15:41 > 1:15:44I never had it myself. It's a funny thing.

1:15:44 > 1:15:45Maybe he smoked too much weed.

1:15:45 > 1:15:48Maybe he just needed a breather, you know what I mean?

1:15:48 > 1:15:50We weren't the kind of band that was

1:15:50 > 1:15:52like, "Oh, poor Guigs," or, "Poor Liam."

1:15:52 > 1:15:55It was like, "Fuck that cunt! We've got shit to do, man."

1:15:55 > 1:15:56We went for Scott MacLeod

1:15:56 > 1:15:58from a little band that we'd

1:15:58 > 1:16:00played with in the past called The Ya Ya's.

1:16:00 > 1:16:02What a great job he got, didn't he?

1:16:02 > 1:16:05"Do you fancy being bass player in Oasis?" "Fucking yes!"

1:16:05 > 1:16:07I don't know how long it was before

1:16:07 > 1:16:09we got on the plane to go to the States,

1:16:09 > 1:16:10but even that was chaos.

1:16:12 > 1:16:16CHEERING

1:16:20 > 1:16:23We were on the way to New York to do David Letterman.

1:16:23 > 1:16:25Maggie, our tour manager - God bless that woman -

1:16:25 > 1:16:28we put her through absolute fucking hell.

1:16:28 > 1:16:30She came in kind of half laughing, going,

1:16:30 > 1:16:32"You're not going to guess what's just happened.

1:16:32 > 1:16:35"Scott's just told me he wants to, like, quit."

1:16:35 > 1:16:37And I remember going to the back lounge and saying to him,

1:16:37 > 1:16:39"Mate, what? What? What?"

1:16:39 > 1:16:42And he said these words - "I'm just missing my bird."

1:16:42 > 1:16:44You know, there's people that are cut out for it

1:16:44 > 1:16:46and there's people that ain't.

1:16:46 > 1:16:48He might have just gone "You know what? This is not for me."

1:16:48 > 1:16:51It's either that or his bird must have been fit as fuck,

1:16:51 > 1:16:53you know what I mean?

1:16:53 > 1:16:55I always take things like that...

1:16:55 > 1:16:58I would always laugh my way through it and think, even, you know,

1:16:58 > 1:17:00as you're driving into America to do David Letterman,

1:17:00 > 1:17:03and the bass player that's standing in

1:17:03 > 1:17:05for the bass player who's got nervous exhaustion is saying,

1:17:05 > 1:17:07"I can't handle it any more."

1:17:07 > 1:17:09You're laughing, going,

1:17:09 > 1:17:12"We must be the biggest bunch of cunts in the world,

1:17:12 > 1:17:15"because our mate is fucking sat at home watching the cricket.

1:17:15 > 1:17:17"He don't want to be in a band with us.

1:17:17 > 1:17:21"This fucking clown here, who's on the dole in England,

1:17:21 > 1:17:23"he don't want to be either! What?

1:17:23 > 1:17:26"I mean, are we like the biggest three cunts in the world?"

1:17:26 > 1:17:28It didn't deter us.

1:17:28 > 1:17:30We got to New York. Bonehead got up.

1:17:30 > 1:17:33"You're playing bass." And we do it as a fourpiece.

1:17:33 > 1:17:36Our next guests are the most popular rock 'n' roll band in Britain today.

1:17:36 > 1:17:39Can you guys prove it, seriously? How would we know? Are you really?

1:17:39 > 1:17:42OK, I'll take your word for it. All right, OK, I believe you.

1:17:42 > 1:17:45I'm going to believe you this time, but if there's trouble later

1:17:45 > 1:17:46with the equipment missing...

1:17:46 > 1:17:47All right, just relax.

1:17:48 > 1:17:51# Need a little time to wake up

1:17:51 > 1:17:55# Need a little time to wake up Wake up

1:17:55 > 1:17:58# Need a little time to wake up

1:17:58 > 1:18:02# Need a little time to rest your mind

1:18:02 > 1:18:06# You know you should so I guess that you might as well

1:18:08 > 1:18:12# What's the story, morning glory?

1:18:12 > 1:18:14# Well... #

1:18:14 > 1:18:15Being in the best band

1:18:15 > 1:18:18and the most important band of your generation

1:18:18 > 1:18:21shouldn't be a walk in the park, you know what I mean?

1:18:21 > 1:18:23We come back to England,

1:18:23 > 1:18:25we got these gigs coming up, they're sold out.

1:18:25 > 1:18:28They're going to be monumental. We didn't have a bass player.

1:18:28 > 1:18:31Radio One...

1:18:31 > 1:18:34The biggest ever indoor gig in Britain

1:18:34 > 1:18:38will rock the capital tomorrow night as Oasis roll into London.

1:18:38 > 1:18:41They'll play two blistering sets over the weekend at Earls Court

1:18:41 > 1:18:44in front of nearly 40,000 fans.

1:18:44 > 1:18:45- Hey, Noel?- Hello.

1:18:45 > 1:18:47Rumours of a split, or what?

1:18:47 > 1:18:48A banana split, yeah.

1:18:48 > 1:18:51- Yeah, where's the rest of the band tonight, then?- Who cares?

1:18:51 > 1:18:54Marcus was saying, "We'll just cancel everything,"

1:18:54 > 1:18:56to a chorus of, "Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa! What the fuck?

1:18:56 > 1:18:59"That's not how we run shit."

1:18:59 > 1:19:02If my fucking mum has got to play bass, that gig is happening.

1:19:02 > 1:19:05I think we gave Guigs first refusal, and said,

1:19:05 > 1:19:07"Are you going to do this gig or what?"

1:19:07 > 1:19:09I remember just getting a message like,

1:19:09 > 1:19:12"Guigsy's going to come back and do the gig." Hallelujah!

1:19:12 > 1:19:13But then there was a part of me thinking,

1:19:13 > 1:19:16"Oh, God, is he going to come on and just collapse?"

1:19:16 > 1:19:17It was pretty hairy.

1:19:17 > 1:19:19We were never fussed about it. It was like,

1:19:19 > 1:19:22"Have a nice fucking rest, did you, you lazy fucker?

1:19:22 > 1:19:24"I didn't even know you'd fucking gone!

1:19:24 > 1:19:26"What, you had a fucking breakdown? Fuck, when did that happen?"

1:19:26 > 1:19:30Look, Oasis wasn't for wimps, so I was glad Guigs came back,

1:19:30 > 1:19:33you know what I mean? He was part of the band.

1:19:33 > 1:19:34But the show must go on.

1:19:54 > 1:19:57Are we going to have it away in here tonight, or what? Come on!

1:20:27 > 1:20:31# I don't know what it is that makes me feel alive

1:20:31 > 1:20:35# I don't know how to wake the things that sleep inside

1:20:35 > 1:20:40# I only want to see the light that shines behind your eyes

1:20:42 > 1:20:47# There are many things that I would like to know

1:20:47 > 1:20:50# And there are many places that I wish to go

1:20:50 > 1:20:56# But everything's depending on the way the wind may blow

1:21:02 > 1:21:06# Because we need each other

1:21:06 > 1:21:09# We believe in one another

1:21:09 > 1:21:13# And I know we're going to uncover

1:21:13 > 1:21:17# What's sleeping in our soul... #

1:21:17 > 1:21:19There were days when you were in the zone, you know what I mean?

1:21:19 > 1:21:22Where you could just stand perfectly fucking still

1:21:22 > 1:21:24while there's all this chaos going on around you

1:21:24 > 1:21:26and all these kids are just fucking leaping about

1:21:26 > 1:21:29and the sound's, like, pumping, roaring.

1:21:29 > 1:21:33I'd just be stood completely fucking still like a boxer just thinking,

1:21:33 > 1:21:36"This is the best feeling in the world."

1:21:36 > 1:21:37Pure control.

1:21:40 > 1:21:44Not feeling the need to join the madness.

1:21:44 > 1:21:47Just absolute fucking still.

1:21:49 > 1:21:53# Because we need

1:21:53 > 1:21:56# Because we believe... #

1:22:08 > 1:22:09Cheers.

1:22:14 > 1:22:19Liam Gallagher, Sunday, pre-fucking the Liquid Room.

1:22:21 > 1:22:22One word?

1:22:23 > 1:22:25Sausages. What?

1:22:28 > 1:22:30Liam was always cooler than me, I think.

1:22:30 > 1:22:33He had a better walk and clothes looked better on him

1:22:33 > 1:22:35and he was taller, and he had a better haircut.

1:22:35 > 1:22:36And he was funnier.

1:22:38 > 1:22:40Liam clearly would have liked

1:22:40 > 1:22:42to have had my talent as a songwriter.

1:22:50 > 1:22:52And there's not a day goes by when I don't wish

1:22:52 > 1:22:54I could rock a parka like that man.

1:23:02 > 1:23:04I know Noel thinks I'm brilliant.

1:23:04 > 1:23:05We didn't need to pat each other

1:23:05 > 1:23:07on the back and go, "Oh, you're great."

1:23:07 > 1:23:09Me and him are, like, telepathic, you know what I mean?

1:23:09 > 1:23:11Kiss for the camera.

1:23:11 > 1:23:14There was a period where he was the greatest singer in the world.

1:23:14 > 1:23:15Added to that, the greatest front man.

1:23:15 > 1:23:18Added to that, he was a fucking good-looking boy, as well.

1:23:18 > 1:23:20They were the magic years, you know.

1:23:20 > 1:23:22The trick is keeping that shit going.

1:23:22 > 1:23:26What's all that about Liam walking off the stage or something?

1:23:26 > 1:23:27What happened there?

1:23:27 > 1:23:29He does it all the time, now. He does it...

1:23:29 > 1:23:31It's part of the show?

1:23:31 > 1:23:33CROWD: Liam, Liam!

1:23:33 > 1:23:35It never dawned on me to be a singer

1:23:35 > 1:23:37until he started walking off stage in the middle of gigs

1:23:37 > 1:23:39and it's kind of like, "Oh, fucking hell," you know.

1:23:39 > 1:23:41"We've got another 40 minutes left here.

1:23:41 > 1:23:43"Someone better do something."

1:23:57 > 1:23:59I had problems, man, with my throat.

1:23:59 > 1:24:01Just probably caning it too much.

1:24:01 > 1:24:03Fucking screaming, shouting, I don't know.

1:24:03 > 1:24:05Singing them songs the way I sing

1:24:05 > 1:24:07them is like being in a boxing match.

1:24:07 > 1:24:09It takes its wear and tear.

1:24:10 > 1:24:13And, of course, what happened, nine times out of ten,

1:24:13 > 1:24:15was I'd take over.

1:24:15 > 1:24:16But the more you'd finish the gigs,

1:24:16 > 1:24:18the more it enabled him to do it,

1:24:18 > 1:24:20and then he'd just do it at the drop of a hat.

1:24:20 > 1:24:22Just give us a minute, right?

1:24:22 > 1:24:24I'm going to have to sing for you, right, sorry.

1:24:27 > 1:24:29I never ever could not be arsed getting on that stage.

1:24:29 > 1:24:32I fucking take massive offence to that.

1:24:34 > 1:24:37That's one of the reasons why I had to start doing vocals,

1:24:37 > 1:24:38you know what I mean?

1:24:38 > 1:24:41And then I thought, "Oh, hang on a minute. This is all right.

1:24:41 > 1:24:44"That girl's staring at me. that's even better."

1:24:44 > 1:24:46Wonderwall, actually, you guys have been doing for a while.

1:24:46 > 1:24:48- Noel's been doing it acoustically. - Yeah.

1:24:48 > 1:24:50How did that come about?

1:24:50 > 1:24:53He just decided he wanted to do an acoustic song, which is cool.

1:24:53 > 1:24:56But now when we get back to England we're going to spread it out,

1:24:56 > 1:24:57we're going to do it as a band.

1:24:57 > 1:25:00- Are you still having a good time? - Yeah, I'm rocking, yeah.

1:25:00 > 1:25:02When I'm allowed to do the job,

1:25:02 > 1:25:04that thing's good, yeah, I'm happy.

1:25:04 > 1:25:06When I'm not allowed to do the job, I'm not happy.

1:25:09 > 1:25:11He's a great fucking songwriter and always will be,

1:25:11 > 1:25:13but singing's my gig.

1:25:13 > 1:25:16If you're going to start singing the fucking songs

1:25:16 > 1:25:19as well as writing them, what am I doing, making the fucking tea?

1:25:19 > 1:25:21All the coming off, and the "I'm doing this tune."

1:25:21 > 1:25:23I was walking on stage like a fucking yoyo,

1:25:23 > 1:25:25you know what I mean? Half the time.

1:25:25 > 1:25:28"Here he comes, here he goes, here he comes.

1:25:28 > 1:25:30"Leave it out! You're taking the piss, mate!"

1:25:30 > 1:25:32So therefore there will be a bit of

1:25:32 > 1:25:34frustration and the wheels might come off tonight.

1:25:36 > 1:25:38I've left once.

1:25:38 > 1:25:39For a long period?

1:25:39 > 1:25:41A couple of weeks. Shouldn't have come back.

1:25:41 > 1:25:43Biggest mistake I ever made was coming back.

1:25:43 > 1:25:46Because Morning Glory would have been my first solo album

1:25:46 > 1:25:47and I'd have had all the fucking money.

1:25:47 > 1:25:50Yeah, I mean, you know, our kid's left on a couple of occasions,

1:25:50 > 1:25:52and been sacked on a couple of occasions, actually.

1:25:52 > 1:25:54But, yeah, I suppose...

1:25:54 > 1:25:56How does that work? Four-fifths-of-vote sort of thing?

1:25:56 > 1:25:59Oh, no, I just sack him. "You? Out!"

1:26:00 > 1:26:03Noel said in the music papers the other day about,

1:26:03 > 1:26:06- "Only a couple more records." - About him leaving the band?

1:26:06 > 1:26:09I think he's got loads and loads of albums left inside him

1:26:09 > 1:26:12and us as a band have got loads and loads of gigs to do

1:26:12 > 1:26:15and things to do, and can make them, you know what I mean?

1:26:15 > 1:26:17I don't feel... No way we're splitting up.

1:26:17 > 1:26:19I'm not into that at all.

1:26:19 > 1:26:21But if he feels it, then he feels it, you know what I mean?

1:26:21 > 1:26:24A good slap around the jaw, man, will change his mind.

1:26:26 > 1:26:29This is yet another song with shit lyrics... Wonderwall.

1:26:42 > 1:26:44# Today was gonna be the day

1:26:44 > 1:26:48# They were gonna throw it back to you

1:26:48 > 1:26:52# By now, you should have somehow realised what you've got to do

1:26:52 > 1:26:57# I don't believe that anybody feels the way I do

1:26:57 > 1:26:59# About you now... #

1:26:59 > 1:27:02Morning Glory took on a life of its own after Wonderwall

1:27:02 > 1:27:06and then Don't Look Back In Anger came consecutively as singles.

1:27:06 > 1:27:09Then it just blew up all over the world.

1:27:09 > 1:27:11# And all the lights that lead the way are blinding

1:27:13 > 1:27:17# There are many things that I would like to say to you

1:27:17 > 1:27:20# But I don't know how

1:27:20 > 1:27:22# I don't know how

1:27:22 > 1:27:25# I said maybe

1:27:25 > 1:27:28# You're gonna be the one that saves me... #

1:27:28 > 1:27:31The songs on that record, they're extraordinary songs,

1:27:31 > 1:27:33and they're not extraordinary songs because of anything that I did.

1:27:33 > 1:27:36I only wrote them, and we only played them.

1:27:36 > 1:27:38It's the millions of people since

1:27:38 > 1:27:40who fucking sing them back to you to this day

1:27:40 > 1:27:42that have made them extraordinary.

1:27:45 > 1:27:47# Today was gonna be the day

1:27:47 > 1:27:50# But they'll never throw it back to you

1:27:51 > 1:27:56# By now, you should have somehow realised what you're not to do

1:27:56 > 1:27:59# I don't believe that anybody

1:27:59 > 1:28:02# Feels the way I do about you now... #

1:28:02 > 1:28:06There's nothing better than singing them songs, man, to the people.

1:28:06 > 1:28:07Fucking blast their souls.

1:28:07 > 1:28:09And them just going fucking apeshit.

1:28:09 > 1:28:12# And all the roads we have to walk are winding

1:28:12 > 1:28:16# And all the lights that light the way are blinding

1:28:17 > 1:28:21# There are many things that I would like to say to you

1:28:21 > 1:28:24# But I don't know how

1:28:24 > 1:28:26# I don't know how

1:28:26 > 1:28:30# Because maybe

1:28:30 > 1:28:34# You're gonna be the one that saves me

1:28:34 > 1:28:42# And after all You're my wonderwall

1:28:45 > 1:28:49# I said maybe

1:28:49 > 1:28:53# You're gonna be the one that saves me

1:28:53 > 1:28:58# You're gonna be the one that saves me

1:28:58 > 1:29:02# You're gonna be the one that saves me. #

1:29:12 > 1:29:14Maine Road, and the streets surrounding it

1:29:14 > 1:29:17really are a stone's throw from where I was born.

1:29:17 > 1:29:20That really was a homecoming gig, you know. It was, for all of us.

1:29:23 > 1:29:26Cheers, thank you very much.

1:29:27 > 1:29:29I'm a Man City supporter and have been all my life.

1:29:29 > 1:29:33To be offered to play at a gig like that, it was unbelievable.

1:29:34 > 1:29:39We still felt like a cult band selling out two nights at a stadium.

1:29:41 > 1:29:42From the greatest band in the world

1:29:42 > 1:29:45to the greatest fans in the world. Goodnight!

1:29:47 > 1:29:50I remember sitting in a box on my own

1:29:50 > 1:29:53watching the stadium emptying, with the floodlights on,

1:29:53 > 1:29:54trying to appreciate it,

1:29:54 > 1:29:57thinking, "Where does it go from here?"

1:29:57 > 1:30:00But then almost immediately, bang, you're into a party.

1:30:00 > 1:30:03Still to come, it's gone 13 times platinum,

1:30:03 > 1:30:05it charted a year ago today -

1:30:05 > 1:30:07is it the greatest album ever written?

1:30:07 > 1:30:10I think it's fair to say that (What's The Story) Morning Glory?

1:30:10 > 1:30:12is probably one of the biggest-selling albums of all time.

1:30:12 > 1:30:13Without doubt,

1:30:13 > 1:30:16the biggest band around in Britain at the moment is Oasis.

1:30:16 > 1:30:18The fastest-selling album of the decade.

1:30:18 > 1:30:21What? Are you asking me if I'm happy?

1:30:21 > 1:30:23Listen, I've got £87 million in the bank.

1:30:23 > 1:30:26I've got a Rolls-Royce. I've got three stalkers.

1:30:26 > 1:30:28I'm about to go on the board at Manchester City.

1:30:28 > 1:30:30I'm part of the greatest band in the world.

1:30:30 > 1:30:33Am I happy with that? No, I'm not! I want more!

1:30:41 > 1:30:43Well, we've got the Oasis brothers here.

1:30:43 > 1:30:45- What do you think about it tonight?- Boring.

1:30:45 > 1:30:47- I thought we should have won more. - Really?

1:30:47 > 1:30:49Yeah. We should have been voted the Best Rap Artist.

1:30:49 > 1:30:51I thought he should have been voted Best Band

1:30:51 > 1:30:53because he's got seven personalities.

1:30:55 > 1:30:57Oasis.

1:30:57 > 1:30:59- Oasis.- Oasis, Wonderwall.

1:31:03 > 1:31:06What does a Brit Award mean? Fuck all.

1:31:06 > 1:31:07In the grand scheme of things,

1:31:07 > 1:31:09all that shit was irrelevant.

1:31:10 > 1:31:14Has-beens shouldn't present fucking awards to gonna-bes.

1:31:16 > 1:31:21One of the heads of the Brits said, "This will ruin your career."

1:31:21 > 1:31:23You fucking bellend!

1:31:23 > 1:31:26If anyone's going to ruin my career, it's going to be me, not you.

1:31:30 > 1:31:33The one voted for by the fans means a lot.

1:31:33 > 1:31:35Anything that's voted for by fans is special.

1:31:35 > 1:31:39Anything that's voted for by idiots, corporate pigs, means nothing to us.

1:31:39 > 1:31:42You know, because, really, the music, fuck all that.

1:31:42 > 1:31:45Writing songs is difficult. Talking shit is easy.

1:31:45 > 1:31:48When I do an interview, I'm there to be a fucking gobshite

1:31:48 > 1:31:51and to cause as much fucking trouble as possible.

1:31:51 > 1:31:53As soon as people realise that the

1:31:53 > 1:31:55majority of people in this country take drugs,

1:31:55 > 1:31:57then, I mean, the better off we'll all be.

1:31:57 > 1:31:59Everybody does it. You do it, you do it, you do it.

1:31:59 > 1:32:02You do it, you do it, you do it and you do it.

1:32:02 > 1:32:04He doesn't do it... because he's a Buddhist.

1:32:04 > 1:32:06You know, it's like getting up

1:32:06 > 1:32:08and having a cup of tea in the morning.

1:32:08 > 1:32:10..is as common as having a cup of tea.

1:32:10 > 1:32:12It was immediately condemned by politicians

1:32:12 > 1:32:15with one minister calling him a "spoilt brat".

1:32:15 > 1:32:17The press lapped that shit up

1:32:17 > 1:32:20because no-one had ever come along that was even remotely like us.

1:32:20 > 1:32:23We were the biggest band in the country

1:32:23 > 1:32:25and we didn't give a fuck.

1:32:25 > 1:32:27I was asked a question, I gave my opinions

1:32:27 > 1:32:29and there's nothing that them or anyone else can do about it.

1:32:29 > 1:32:32We don't really care what they write about us in the press

1:32:32 > 1:32:33as long as we're on the cover.

1:32:33 > 1:32:36They can write anything they want about us inside,

1:32:36 > 1:32:38but as long as we are on the cover, then it don't matter.

1:32:38 > 1:32:40It'd do your head in sometimes

1:32:40 > 1:32:41when they were writing shit about you and that

1:32:41 > 1:32:43and fucking outside your house and stuff,

1:32:43 > 1:32:45but that's what I signed up for, you know what I mean?

1:32:45 > 1:32:47Liam? Can we have a quick picture? Liam?

1:32:49 > 1:32:51You know the story. It's in the papers. That's what's going on.

1:32:51 > 1:32:53Second to the singing was being the ultimate,

1:32:53 > 1:32:55number one fucking rock star in this fucking country

1:32:55 > 1:32:57and that's what I was.

1:32:57 > 1:33:00I remember going in a pub some days at, like, 11 o'clock.

1:33:00 > 1:33:02By half 12, people would be dancing on the tables

1:33:02 > 1:33:04and snorting cocaine, you know what I mean?

1:33:04 > 1:33:06You're like, "Fucking hell, I only

1:33:06 > 1:33:08"went in for a fucking pint and a read of the paper,

1:33:08 > 1:33:10"now fucking all hell's broke loose," you know what I mean?

1:33:10 > 1:33:12It did make life quite difficult, though.

1:33:12 > 1:33:14The day that it steps over into the

1:33:14 > 1:33:17tabloids and then stays there for years,

1:33:17 > 1:33:21then you've gone to the dark side and then the clock is ticking then.

1:33:23 > 1:33:25It had been billed as one of the most sensational trials

1:33:25 > 1:33:27in pop music history.

1:33:27 > 1:33:29Tony McCarroll, the drummer sacked by Oasis,

1:33:29 > 1:33:32going to court in search of a multi-milion pound slice

1:33:32 > 1:33:33of the band's annual earnings.

1:33:34 > 1:33:36When shit like that starts happening,

1:33:36 > 1:33:38you do start thinking all the fun's taken out of it.

1:33:38 > 1:33:41You start a band with the best intentions

1:33:41 > 1:33:43of just trying to get a big telly and a fit bird...

1:33:43 > 1:33:46And the next thing is everybody's hovering around you

1:33:46 > 1:33:49with leather manbags full of shit for you to sign.

1:33:49 > 1:33:51"How did it get to this?"

1:33:52 > 1:33:54And that was the change.

1:33:54 > 1:33:56Your mates are being slowly discarded to the side.

1:33:56 > 1:33:58It's a business now you're in.

1:33:58 > 1:34:01The people behind the scenes were determined to make it a brand.

1:34:01 > 1:34:03It was even hard to get on the guest list some days.

1:34:03 > 1:34:07At this point, the dynamic has changed that much.

1:34:07 > 1:34:10It's now in the hands of the industry.

1:34:11 > 1:34:15And I think the spirit of any band rapidly disappears

1:34:15 > 1:34:17and it's all about the money.

1:34:19 > 1:34:21Here we have Mr Mark Coyle

1:34:21 > 1:34:23sat looking rather subdued in the corner.

1:34:23 > 1:34:25Fuck off!

1:34:25 > 1:34:27Can you say that a little more graphically?

1:34:27 > 1:34:28Fuck off!

1:34:28 > 1:34:31Thank you, and here we have Liam...

1:34:31 > 1:34:33Always chipper in the morning, this young man.

1:34:33 > 1:34:35Can't get the bastard down.

1:34:35 > 1:34:37We tried several times.

1:34:37 > 1:34:39We've put monkeys on his back,

1:34:39 > 1:34:41a cement mixer once and we still couldn't get the bastard down.

1:34:41 > 1:34:43Look at that kipper!

1:34:43 > 1:34:44When you're in a bubble,

1:34:44 > 1:34:47sometimes you need a bit of guidance, don't you?

1:34:47 > 1:34:49I felt like all the people that were with us at the beginning

1:34:49 > 1:34:51were kind of getting pushed out a bit.

1:34:53 > 1:34:56I think the best times are when everybody's together

1:34:56 > 1:34:59and that gang is out on the road.

1:34:59 > 1:35:02They're the best of times, doing them little gigs.

1:35:02 > 1:35:06It does lose something when, you know, the industry grabs a hold.

1:35:07 > 1:35:10I do recall Mark coming up to me and saying,

1:35:10 > 1:35:13"I don't think I can do it any more."

1:35:13 > 1:35:16People were regularly coming into the dressing room and going,

1:35:16 > 1:35:19"Fucking hell. That was loud."

1:35:19 > 1:35:23I went to see a doctor with my ears, got ringing ears.

1:35:23 > 1:35:31The doctor says to me, "Stop doing this, because you will go deaf."

1:35:31 > 1:35:35So I left, and that was the end of my live life.

1:35:35 > 1:35:38I'd had enough, as well, I think.

1:35:38 > 1:35:39I think he said to me in the past

1:35:39 > 1:35:41that he thought it had got a bit too big for him.

1:35:41 > 1:35:43I really admire him for that.

1:35:43 > 1:35:46I think it was a bit more than that, I think.

1:35:46 > 1:35:48It was just getting a bit too corporate for him.

1:35:48 > 1:35:51You know, one minute you're fucking hanging with your mates,

1:35:51 > 1:35:52having the craic,

1:35:52 > 1:35:56but when management come into it, it changes, doesn't it?

1:35:56 > 1:35:59If anybody was a fifth member of that band, it was Mark.

1:36:01 > 1:36:02Yeah, and it made me a little bit

1:36:02 > 1:36:05sad that he wasn't going to be on tour any more.

1:36:05 > 1:36:08Soon after, Phil Smith quit.

1:36:08 > 1:36:10I still can't work out what was

1:36:10 > 1:36:12going through his fucking head at the time.

1:36:12 > 1:36:16In the early days, it was the five band, Coyle and Phil, that was it.

1:36:16 > 1:36:19Yeah, it's a shame that he wasn't around,

1:36:19 > 1:36:21but it's not the end of the fucking world.

1:36:21 > 1:36:24Beginning of a new world, you know what I mean?

1:36:24 > 1:36:27The machine goes on, and the band goes on.

1:36:27 > 1:36:29I am not getting in the way of that.

1:36:31 > 1:36:33Walking away from that, I'll never get over that.

1:36:35 > 1:36:37But it was the right thing to do.

1:37:28 > 1:37:31You can listen to their albums, but when you go to a gig

1:37:31 > 1:37:34and there's thousands and thousands of people,

1:37:34 > 1:37:35that's when it brings it home.

1:37:35 > 1:37:38That's really when I feel most proud of them.

1:37:40 > 1:37:44# Slip inside the eye of your mind

1:37:44 > 1:37:48# Don't you know you might find A better place to play

1:37:51 > 1:37:54# You said that you'd never been

1:37:54 > 1:37:59# But all the things that you've seen are gonna fade away

1:38:01 > 1:38:05# Gonna start a revolution from my bed

1:38:06 > 1:38:10# Cos you said the brains I had went to my head

1:38:11 > 1:38:15# Step outside Summertime's in bloom

1:38:17 > 1:38:21# Stand up beside the fireplace Take that look from off your face

1:38:21 > 1:38:27# Cos you ain't ever gonna burn my heart out

1:38:32 > 1:38:35# And so Sally can wait

1:38:35 > 1:38:40# She knows it's too late as we're walking on by

1:38:42 > 1:38:46# Her soul slides away

1:38:46 > 1:38:51# But don't look back in anger I heard you say... #

1:38:53 > 1:38:57I remember those gigs at The Point being, like, wildly emotional.

1:38:58 > 1:39:02It was breathtaking, the kind of energy and the vibe in the room.

1:39:03 > 1:39:06# My soul slides away

1:39:10 > 1:39:13# But don't look back in anger

1:39:13 > 1:39:16# Don't look back in anger

1:39:19 > 1:39:20# I heard you say

1:39:26 > 1:39:28# Least not today. #

1:39:28 > 1:39:32CHEERING

1:39:36 > 1:39:39It's that immigrant thing, isn't it? It's that sense of identity.

1:39:39 > 1:39:41Ireland saw them as their own,

1:39:41 > 1:39:43and everybody was in such a good mood.

1:39:46 > 1:39:47So we got back to the hotel, right,

1:39:47 > 1:39:49so there was loads of us in this bar.

1:39:51 > 1:39:52That hotel was fairly public

1:39:52 > 1:39:54because Ireland didn't really have

1:39:54 > 1:39:56security around rock bands them days.

1:39:56 > 1:39:58Anyone could walk in off the street.

1:39:58 > 1:40:01My dad, we'd seen him skulking around and I thought,

1:40:01 > 1:40:03"What the fuck is this going on?"

1:40:03 > 1:40:05Someone turned round and said, "Your old fella's over there,

1:40:05 > 1:40:08"with a journalist, trying to get summat going."

1:40:08 > 1:40:10And I was about to kill him.

1:40:11 > 1:40:15Oh, that was awful, that. I couldn't believe that that happened

1:40:15 > 1:40:17because it really spoiled their night.

1:40:18 > 1:40:20There was a scene.

1:40:20 > 1:40:22I was trying to take the dignified approach.

1:40:22 > 1:40:24Fuck him, do you know what I mean?

1:40:24 > 1:40:26He doesn't mean anything to me any more.

1:40:26 > 1:40:28We were better than that.

1:40:28 > 1:40:30Noel was saying to Liam, "Do not react."

1:40:30 > 1:40:32He's at one end, and Noel and Liam are at the other

1:40:32 > 1:40:34and Liam's going, "I'm going to fucking kill him."

1:40:34 > 1:40:36And that's when they locked horns.

1:40:36 > 1:40:39"Don't fucking react. You're not going to react." You know.

1:40:40 > 1:40:44I was fucking steadfastly not going to get involved.

1:40:44 > 1:40:46I did think Liam was a little bit upset.

1:40:47 > 1:40:50To give Noel his due credit, he contained Liam

1:40:50 > 1:40:55because Liam would have gone for him and Noel protected his brother,

1:40:55 > 1:40:56got him out of there.

1:40:56 > 1:41:00Because they were obviously looking for, you know, the big fight.

1:41:00 > 1:41:03I probably got calmed down by our kid, I think.

1:41:03 > 1:41:05It's just pathetic, you know what I mean?

1:41:05 > 1:41:08In front of the press with your son, you know what I mean?

1:41:08 > 1:41:10It's like, "See you later, mate."

1:41:10 > 1:41:11Round about that time, there was a

1:41:11 > 1:41:13story every couple of fucking months.

1:41:13 > 1:41:15"Poor old fucking Dad's trying

1:41:15 > 1:41:17"to get in touch with his famous sons,

1:41:17 > 1:41:19"but they don't want anything to do with him,"

1:41:19 > 1:41:20and all that bollocks.

1:41:21 > 1:41:24He had no intentions of making up with them.

1:41:24 > 1:41:25That was his last thought,

1:41:25 > 1:41:28but of course he got paid from the News Of The World.

1:41:28 > 1:41:31And then, of course, it was all over the papers the next day.

1:42:06 > 1:42:09He's always said it was me and the three kids that ruined his life.

1:42:09 > 1:42:11But I would just like him to know

1:42:11 > 1:42:13that it wasn't us that ruined his life.

1:42:13 > 1:42:14He ruined his own life.

1:42:16 > 1:42:19You know, it was kind of long since over,

1:42:19 > 1:42:22whatever was going on with my old fella.

1:42:22 > 1:42:24All I care about is the music, you know.

1:42:24 > 1:42:28In the end, none of this will matter.

1:42:28 > 1:42:31When it's all said and done, what will remain is the songs.

1:42:39 > 1:42:42I remember Marcus Russell saying to me,

1:42:42 > 1:42:44"Do we book these big gigs just while we can?"

1:42:44 > 1:42:47Fucking Knebworth, bigger, bigger.

1:42:47 > 1:42:50I imagine a fucking load of money involved.

1:42:50 > 1:42:52"See, Owen, it's like a fucking truck going down a hill.

1:42:52 > 1:42:55"It's burning and the wheels are fucking falling off.

1:42:55 > 1:42:57"But everyone's going, "It's fucking brilliant.'"

1:42:57 > 1:43:00"So I don't know when it's going to end, Owen."

1:43:01 > 1:43:03Somebody suggested that the next thing we should do

1:43:03 > 1:43:05should be these things at Knebworth.

1:43:05 > 1:43:09They didn't really have much significance to me.

1:43:09 > 1:43:11But, you know, somebody's only got to whisper in my ear,

1:43:11 > 1:43:13"Oh, these are the biggest gigs of all time,"

1:43:13 > 1:43:14and I guess, well, that's me, yeah.

1:43:14 > 1:43:17"You've just sold it to me. Thank you very much."

1:43:17 > 1:43:19The giant stage lies dark and silent.

1:43:19 > 1:43:23Tomorrow, that'll be the focus for 250,000 people.

1:43:23 > 1:43:25Do you know over 4% of the

1:43:25 > 1:43:26population applied for tickets for Oasis?

1:43:26 > 1:43:284% of the population!

1:43:28 > 1:43:30In just over three years,

1:43:30 > 1:43:33Oasis will have gone from being a new signing

1:43:33 > 1:43:34to one of rock's true giants.

1:43:34 > 1:43:36You know, everyone was taking a big leap of faith

1:43:36 > 1:43:38that we were going to sell these shows out.

1:43:38 > 1:43:41And the first one went on sale and it sold out in, like, minutes.

1:43:41 > 1:43:45As if by magic, the sun's got his hat on.

1:43:45 > 1:43:47Ha, hey, hey.

1:43:47 > 1:43:49The idea was put to us, we should

1:43:49 > 1:43:51put another two nights on sale immediately.

1:43:53 > 1:43:58And I think, for the first time ever, we kind of backed away.

1:43:58 > 1:44:01I don't know, maybe we got the sense that it had become too big.

1:44:01 > 1:44:03Then you find out afterwards

1:44:03 > 1:44:06that we could have done seven nights.

1:44:06 > 1:44:08Can't believe that we only done two nights.

1:44:08 > 1:44:10Whose fucking great idea was that?

1:44:10 > 1:44:12We should still be there playing right now.

1:44:12 > 1:44:15And finally, it's been called the rock concert of the decade.

1:44:15 > 1:44:18A quarter of a million rock fans at Knebworth in Hertfordshire.

1:44:18 > 1:44:20In a few hours, the hype becomes

1:44:20 > 1:44:22reality when Oasis take to the stage...

1:44:22 > 1:44:23John, describe the scene for us.

1:44:26 > 1:44:28I do often think, "What was it all about?"

1:44:30 > 1:44:33When we got to Knebworth, we'd only just become rock stars.

1:44:34 > 1:44:37And I said to Coyle and Phil, "You're getting on that helicopter,"

1:44:37 > 1:44:40because they were our two oldest mates.

1:44:40 > 1:44:43"Really, you should be there to see it with us.

1:44:43 > 1:44:46"This thing that we're all part of."

1:44:48 > 1:44:50It did feel like the end of

1:44:50 > 1:44:54something as opposed to the beginning of something.

1:44:54 > 1:44:57I had a sense of that, even at Knebworth, do you know what I mean?

1:44:57 > 1:44:59That it was never going to happen again.

1:44:59 > 1:45:02That it happened in such a short space of time,

1:45:02 > 1:45:05two and a half years from signing off to walking out on that stage.

1:45:05 > 1:45:07It's just magic.

1:45:08 > 1:45:11We were a band who had the tunes, who were grafters,

1:45:11 > 1:45:14who came from nothing and wanted it all.

1:45:15 > 1:45:19We were the last. We were the greatest.

1:45:19 > 1:45:21Nothing anybody does could be as big as Oasis.

1:45:32 > 1:45:34Never. It would never get repeated.

1:45:34 > 1:45:36Not because we were greater or better than anyone else,

1:45:36 > 1:45:38but just because we didn't actually give a flying fuck.

1:45:38 > 1:45:41We've definitely got a table upstairs with the big boys,

1:45:41 > 1:45:43whether they like it or not.

1:45:47 > 1:45:49It was the pre-digital age.

1:45:49 > 1:45:52It was the pre-talent show, reality TV age.

1:45:53 > 1:45:55Things meant more.

1:45:55 > 1:45:57It was just a great time to be alive,

1:45:57 > 1:46:00never mind a great time to be in Oasis.

1:46:00 > 1:46:05We were about to enter into a celebrity-driven culture

1:46:05 > 1:46:08and I've always thought that it was the last,

1:46:08 > 1:46:09great gathering

1:46:09 > 1:46:13of the people before the birth of the internet.

1:46:13 > 1:46:16It's no coincidence that things like that don't happen any more.

1:46:18 > 1:46:1920 years ago,

1:46:19 > 1:46:21the biggest musical phenomenon

1:46:21 > 1:46:24was a band that came from council estates.

1:46:25 > 1:46:30I just think in the times in which we live, it would be unrepeatable.

1:46:30 > 1:46:32We should be worried about that

1:46:32 > 1:46:35because where's it going to be 20 years from now?

1:46:53 > 1:46:56I just wanted it all, fucking there and then, you know what I mean?

1:46:56 > 1:46:58I just wanted it all to happen in

1:46:58 > 1:47:00one big fuck-off explosion of madness.

1:47:03 > 1:47:04I loved every minute of it.

1:47:07 > 1:47:10It meant the be all and end all, man. Life or death.

1:47:14 > 1:47:15And I wouldn't change anything.

1:47:15 > 1:47:18I'd do it all again in a fucking heartbeat.

1:47:43 > 1:47:45This is history!

1:47:45 > 1:47:47This is history!

1:47:47 > 1:47:50Right here, right now, this is history!

1:47:50 > 1:47:53I thought it was Knebworth, what are you on about?

1:47:55 > 1:47:58That was my life. That band was my life.

1:47:58 > 1:48:02So it went above and beyond anything I ever imagined.

1:48:02 > 1:48:04That was the pinnacle for me.

1:48:04 > 1:48:06It was like, "Where the fuck do you go from there?"

1:48:10 > 1:48:12Champagne Supernova.

1:48:19 > 1:48:22# How many special people change?

1:48:22 > 1:48:24# How many lives are living strange?

1:48:24 > 1:48:28# Where were you while we were getting high?

1:48:30 > 1:48:33# Slowly walking down the hall

1:48:33 > 1:48:35# Faster than a cannonball

1:48:35 > 1:48:39# Where were you while we were getting high?

1:48:39 > 1:48:42# Someday you will find me

1:48:42 > 1:48:46# Caught beneath the landslide

1:48:46 > 1:48:50# In a champagne supernova in the sky

1:48:50 > 1:48:53# Someday you will find me

1:48:53 > 1:48:56# Caught beneath the landslide

1:48:56 > 1:48:59# In a champagne supernova

1:48:59 > 1:49:03# A champagne supernova in the sky

1:49:13 > 1:49:16# Wake up the dawn and ask her why

1:49:16 > 1:49:18# A dreamer dreams she never dies

1:49:18 > 1:49:22# Wipe that tear away now from your eye

1:49:24 > 1:49:26# Slowly walking down the hall

1:49:26 > 1:49:29# Faster than a cannonball

1:49:29 > 1:49:33# Where were you while we were getting high?

1:49:33 > 1:49:39# Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide

1:49:39 > 1:49:43# In a champagne supernova in the sky

1:49:43 > 1:49:49# Someday you will find me caught beneath the landslide

1:49:49 > 1:49:52# In a champagne supernova

1:49:52 > 1:49:55# A champagne supernova

1:49:55 > 1:50:01# Cos people believe that they're gonna get away for the summer

1:50:05 > 1:50:08# But you and I We live and die

1:50:08 > 1:50:10# The world's still spinning round

1:50:10 > 1:50:13# We don't know why

1:50:13 > 1:50:17# Why, why, why, why... #

1:50:30 > 1:50:33It felt fucking biblical, man.

1:50:33 > 1:50:36It was a miracle that we even got there.

1:50:36 > 1:50:40It was everything and more than I asked for.

1:50:40 > 1:50:42Yeah, we felt untouchable, man.

1:50:42 > 1:50:44Supersonic, even.

1:50:48 > 1:50:51People make the mistake of thinking

1:50:51 > 1:50:54that the people on the stage here are defining something.

1:50:54 > 1:50:55What if no-one turns up?

1:50:55 > 1:50:58We can all sit here and suck each other's ball bags

1:50:58 > 1:51:01about 2.6 million people applying for tickets,

1:51:01 > 1:51:04but, you know, what's great about that is the 2.6 million people.

1:51:04 > 1:51:08Not anything that we did. And the people were with us.

1:51:23 > 1:51:26# How many special people change?

1:51:26 > 1:51:28# How many lives are living strange?

1:51:28 > 1:51:31# Where were you while we were getting high?

1:51:32 > 1:51:34# We were getting high. #

1:51:39 > 1:51:42My attitude then was, "More, give me more, give me more."

1:51:42 > 1:51:45Now, looking back, I honestly think we should have just went,

1:51:45 > 1:51:48"Thank you, every one of youse, for getting us here.

1:51:48 > 1:51:52"We were Oasis, and good night," and walked off.

1:51:52 > 1:51:54We should have...

1:51:54 > 1:51:57We should have disappeared into a puff of smoke.

1:51:57 > 1:52:00But, you know, it was my idea to keep going

1:52:00 > 1:52:02because I keep on fishing for it, do you know what I mean?

1:52:02 > 1:52:04I'm an addict!

1:52:05 > 1:52:06That's what shit kickers do,

1:52:06 > 1:52:08they ride it until the wheels come off.

1:52:09 > 1:52:12Just because you can't get any bigger or any higher

1:52:12 > 1:52:15doesn't mean to say you can't keep doing it, you know what I mean?

1:52:15 > 1:52:18Just because you kissed the sky - give it a fucking lovebite.

1:52:24 > 1:52:26When you're on stage, who are you playing to?

1:52:28 > 1:52:30On stage, when he turns to me, and I turn to him

1:52:30 > 1:52:33and, like, we just both look at each other,

1:52:33 > 1:52:36everything just clicks, and it just, like, transcends music.

1:52:37 > 1:52:40And it's only me and him that will ever get this...

1:52:41 > 1:52:43And that's what it's about for us.

1:52:44 > 1:52:47Sometimes, I do look back and I think, "Well,

1:52:47 > 1:52:50"I wish it had gone a different way," but it hasn't.

1:52:50 > 1:52:53It's caused a lot of problems with them two,

1:52:53 > 1:52:58but it's their life, so you have to just let them get on with it.

1:52:58 > 1:52:59I get where she's coming from

1:52:59 > 1:53:02because obviously me and our kid ain't got a relationship any more,

1:53:02 > 1:53:04but who's to say if we'd have been a pair of fishmongers,

1:53:04 > 1:53:06we'd have still slapped at each

1:53:06 > 1:53:08other with a bit of trout every now and again?

1:53:08 > 1:53:09I guess it's like a fight.

1:53:09 > 1:53:11We were kind of like a fucking Mike Tyson band,

1:53:11 > 1:53:12you know what I mean?

1:53:12 > 1:53:15We just come in fucking blazing, knocking everyone out.

1:53:15 > 1:53:17We were never going to do ten rounds

1:53:17 > 1:53:20and it was never going to get to point.

1:53:20 > 1:53:22At the end of the day, I weigh it up and I go,

1:53:22 > 1:53:27"Right, did the good times outweigh the bad times? Fucking 100%!"

1:53:27 > 1:53:28I'm happy with that.

1:53:30 > 1:53:33You couldn't say that anybody that was ever in Oasis,

1:53:33 > 1:53:37me included, was the best in the world at anything.

1:53:37 > 1:53:39But when it all came together,

1:53:39 > 1:53:45we made people feel something that was indefinable.

1:53:45 > 1:53:47We're still the same band that was playing in the Boardwalk.

1:53:47 > 1:53:50We virtually are wearing the same clothes.

1:53:50 > 1:53:52All that's happened is that it's

1:53:52 > 1:53:55caught fire and all these people have got on board.

1:53:55 > 1:53:58But people will never, ever, ever

1:53:58 > 1:54:00forget the way that you made them feel.

1:54:02 > 1:54:05There's a chemistry between the band and the audience.

1:54:05 > 1:54:09There's something magnetic drawing the two to each other.

1:54:09 > 1:54:12The love, and the vibe, and the passion and the rage

1:54:12 > 1:54:14and the joy that come in from the crowd.

1:54:14 > 1:54:16If anything, that's what Oasis was.

1:54:20 > 1:54:22# And then dance if you want to dance

1:54:22 > 1:54:24# Please, brother, take a chance

1:54:24 > 1:54:26# You know they're gonna go

1:54:26 > 1:54:29# Which way they wanna go

1:54:29 > 1:54:33# All we know is that we don't

1:54:33 > 1:54:35# Know how it's gonna be

1:54:35 > 1:54:37# Please, brother, let it be

1:54:37 > 1:54:39# Life on the other hand

1:54:39 > 1:54:42# Won't make you understand

1:54:42 > 1:54:48# We're all part of a master plan. #