But over the last three years, I've known him bet- ter than a whole heap of others. I saw Oasis rehearse in July 1993, watched them go from small-time chancers to the biggest rock band on the planet in the space of three years. Hey, I wrote the book. And catalysts for a personal redis- covery of faith that I'm not about to reveal, even to them. Importantly, the relationship between the band and those around them will never spill into public self-analysis.
Secrets are there to be kept.
Still, there's a few cracks of light worth investigating. The band themselves discreetly admit that they do just the same. I don't know. And I don't want to know. That was in March 1995.