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Beady Eye
Oasis finally imploded in '09 - well past their prime. Noel and Liam Gallagher's ongoing spat, which began shortly after the band formed in '91, exploded when Noel announced his departure. He'd quit before but always returned. This time was different.
Noel's first solo concert was for the Teenage Cancer Trust shows where he played Oasis songs. He was backed by Gem Archer, the former Oasis guitarist, for the acoustic leaning sets.
Meanwhile, Liam was putting together another band - Beady Eye. Actually, it was the remnants of Oasis - Archer, bassist turned guitarist Andy Bell and drummer Chris Sharrock. Jeff Wootton filled the bass slot.
"It's proper Rock 'n Roll," Gallagher said of the band. "Oasis was a pop band compared to what we're doing . . . The sound will be 'Beatlesesque,' but a lot of it sounds more like T. Rex or really old Rock 'n 'Roll like Jerry Lee Lewis." Hang on their Liam, wasn't 'Beatlesesque' the very definition of Oasis? "I'm doing the next record you'll hear for the next 50 years," Gallagher enthused.
Of course he couldn't resist getting in a dig at his brother. "My brother Noel will be crawling back . . . He thinks he's the leader, he thinks every decision he makes is right . . . I started this f*cking band. I am Oasis." Well, that should smooth things over for the next family reunion.
"We're a band," added Liam on a more positive note. "It ain't just me. It's a good band vibe. I'm very excited about it."
In a subsequent NME interview, the younger Gallagher brother expressed additional confidence in Beady Eye's future. "I think we're gonna be f*****g big, man," he told NME. "There's no point in saying, 'Oh, we might be kind of big,' otherwise what's the point? Because I know how good we are and I know how good we're gonna be."
Full-Length Album:
2011 Different Gear, Still Speeding
Beady Eye visits the '60s ("Millionaire" and "Beatles And The Stones"), John Lennon's pre-retirement '70's ("The Roller"), late 70's ELO ("Bring The Light" and "Standing On The Edge Of The Noise") and even Oasis ("The Beat Goes On" and "Kill For A Dream" - a track very similar to "Wonderwall") on their debut, "Different Gear, Still Speeding." A touch of Punk ("Four Letter Word") and Garage ("Three Ring Circus") round things out. But Gallagher, and by extension, Beady Eye are more than the sum of their influences. Gallagher still owns one of the most recognizable and captivating voices in music and the band is as killer as prime Oasis - but with an altered trajectory.