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Oasis

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

Oasis emerged in 1991 in Manchester from the band The Rain, in which Liam Gallagher sang. When his older brother Noel joined, he became the guitarist and the main songwriter. Together with Blur from London, Oasis was the biggest band of Britpop, the British guitar music that in the 1990s harked back to the Beatles and British rock of the 1960s and 1970s.

Music and breakthrough

Alan McGee of Creation Records saw the band on 31 May 1993 at the club King Tut's in Glasgow, where Oasis had talked their way onto the bill. Later that year the band signed with Creation. Definitely Maybe (1994) entered at number 1 and was then the fastest-selling debut album in British history. The second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995), spent ten weeks at number 1 in England. It includes Wonderwall and Don't Look Back in Anger, which Noel himself sings. Wonderwall reached number 2 in England and number 8 in America. In August 1996 Oasis played two nights at Knebworth, each for about 125,000 people.

Influence

The band kept going for a long time after that, but the quarrels between the brothers grew worse. In August 2009 Noel left, on the evening of a performance near Paris. Only in 2025 did the brothers tour together again. Oasis had eight British number 1 singles and eight number 1 albums. On streaming services the music lives on: in October 2020 Wonderwall became the first song from the 1990s to be played a billion times on Spotify.

Listening

Listening tip. Wonderwall (1995): the guitar has a capo on the second fret, so that a few strings keep ringing open. Also notice the 'cello' that comes in later: that is Bonehead playing a Mellotron, a keyboard instrument with recorded sounds.

Discography

Studio albums

In School of Rock

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See also

Sources

  1. Wikipedia (en): Oasis (band
  2. radiox.co.uk
  3. faroutmagazine.co.uk
  4. Wikipedia (en): Wonderwall (song
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