Oasis – Be Here Now (Chasing the Sun edition)

Was it really 19 years ago, almost two decades…? Well, yes it was and I for one wouldn’t mind betting the years since have gone a darn sight slower for the members of Oasis (and a good number of their fans) than the few months before and after the release of Be Here Now in Read More…

Oasis – Definitely Maybe (Chasing the Sun edition)

We wouldn’t have it any other way, but Liam Gallagher has disowned the planned series of remastered Oasis albums, warned fans off them and along the way also managed to refer (amusingly) to his big brother as “some roadie from the 80s”, in reference to Noel’s dues-paying spell humping kit for the Inspiral Carpets. Hey-ho, Read More…

Beady Eye 26:04:2011

Only a fool went to the Guildhall on Tuesday expecting to see anything that even remotely resembled the singer’s previous band. Although the membership has been drawn entirely from the ranks of Oasis, Beady Eye has precious little to do with that monolithic outfit – not even Liam Gallagher himself. The occasional walk-off aside, his Read More…

Paul Stacey 2008

If you’re going to do it, do it properly. That’s the maxim that has served guitarist/producer Paul Stacey, from Parkstone, extremely well for more than 20 years and built him an impressive CV that includes Oasis and US rock giants Black Crowes, as well as current indie-pop darlings The Kooks, New Zealand melodic rockers the Read More…