Liam Gallagher

William John Paul Gallagher (born: ) is an English singer and songwriter. He is the lead singer of the rock band Oasis. He later fronted the rock band Beady Eye from 2009 to 2014, before starting a successful solo career in 2017. Oasis has had various line-up changes; Gallagher and his older brother Noel have been the only constant members. One of the most recognisable figures in British rock music, Gallagher is noted for his distinctive vocal style and outspoken personality.
== Content ==
Liam Gallagher was interested in joining a band called the Rain. After mutual agreement, the band underwent a name change to Oasis, and Noel was initially approached to be their manager. He was subsequently extended an invitation to join the band as their lead guitarist, which he accepted. The band's debut album, Definitely Maybe (1994), was a critical and commercial success during the emergence of Britpop. Their second album, (What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995), reached the top of the album charts in many countries, and their third studio album, Be Here Now (1997), became the fastest-selling album in UK chart history. Britpop eventually declined in popularity, and Oasis failed to revive it; however, all of their subsequent albums topped the UK charts, and they continued to tour, playing gigs to 1,000,000+ people worldwide, but particularly in Europe, and South America. In August 2009, following Noel's departure from Oasis, Gallagher and the remaining band members would go on to form Beady Eye, with whom he released two studio albums before they disbanded in 2014.
In 2017, Gallagher began his solo career with the release of his debut solo album, As You Were (2017), which proved to be a critical and commercial success. It topped the UK Albums Chart and was the ninth fastest-selling debut album of the 2010s in the UK, with over 103,000 units sold in its first week. In 2018, the album was certified platinum with over 300,000 units sold in the UK. His second album, Why Me? Why Not, received mostly positive reviews and topped the UK charts upon its release in September 2019. This made it his tenth chart-topping album including eight with Oasis, and it also became the fastest-selling vinyl of 2019. Liam's third album, C'mon You Know, was released in 2022 and became his fourth solo album to debut at number one on the UK Albums Chart. In 2024, Gallagher collaborated with ex-Stone Roses musician John Squire on the studio album Liam Gallagher & John Squire, which was released on 1 March 2024. In August that same year, it was announced that Oasis would reform and do a tour of the UK and Ireland in Summer 2025.
Gallagher's voice has been compared to a blend of John Lennon, Johnny Rotten and Ian Brown. He has stated he has no clear influence other than Lennon and "music" itself, though he has been known to incorporate many different forms such as punk, indie, new wave, and jazz. On his singing, Spin magazine states that he "twists vowels to the stretching point Johnny Rotten-style — 'sun-shee-ine'". Gallagher has identified Rotten's band the Sex Pistols as being one he would have liked to front, having stated that he can impersonate Rotten "in his sleep". On the Definitely Maybe DVD, Gallagher revealed that the reason he sings with his arms behind his back is because it allows him to project more power through his voice. His singing pose also sees him leaning forward, arching his head up towards the microphone on the stand. Gallagher stated that his first record purchase was the debut album of the Stone Roses. In 2017, Gallagher admitted that had it not been for pop singer Madonna, he would have never entered the music industry. Recalling a childhood anecdote, he said he was "blown away" the first time he heard her song "Like a Virgin".
Oasis's career has been marked by turbulence, especially during the peak of Britpop, during which Gallagher was involved in several disputes with Noel; their conflicts and wild lifestyles regularly made tabloid headlines. The band notably had a rivalry with fellow Britpop band Blur. One of the most recognisable figures in British rock music, Gallagher is noted for his distinctive vocal style and outspoken personality. With the appearance of Oasis on the music scene in 1994, Gallagher quickly made a public name for himself with his "loutish" behaviour. In March 2010, he was voted the greatest frontman of all time in a reader poll by Q magazine. In 2019, he received the MTV Europe Music Award for "Rock Icon". His YouTube channel features content relating to his music career as a solo artist, and features album tracks and music videos.https://www.youtube.com/@LiamGallagherOfficial
== Relationship with Noel ==
During Oasis's American tour in 1994, Liam frequently changed the words of Noel's songs so that they were offensive to both Americans and Noel. In September 1994, Oasis played at the Whisky a Go Go in Los Angeles. The day of the show Oasis had been using methamphetamine that they believed was cocaine. The band made several mistakes and tensions arose on stage between Liam and Noel, eventually leading to Liam hitting Noel in the head with his tambourine. After the show, Noel shortly left the tour and went to San Francisco.
During the 1995 recording sessions for (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, the brothers had a fight when Liam invited everyone from a local pub back to the studio, while Noel was trying to work, culminating in Noel hitting Liam over the head with a cricket bat. Noel later described this event as "possibly the biggest fight we ever had".
In August 1996, after a record-breaking pair of shows at Knebworth, tension mounted between the Gallaghers when Liam backed out of Oasis's MTV Unplugged set minutes before it was due to start. Noel was forced to fill in at the last minute. Liam said that he had been struck down with a "sore throat" and that he does not like performing acoustically, though Noel has claimed he was hungover. Noel was further angered when Liam heckled him from the balcony while the band performed. Four days after, Noel was again forced to fill in for Liam on the first show of their American tour, when Liam refused to travel to America with the rest of the band claiming he needed time to buy a house. He was back on stage with Oasis for their next show three days later in Detroit. Tension between Noel and the rest of the band mounted and Noel left the tour, causing several media outlets to question the future of the band.
While on tour in Barcelona in May 2000, Oasis were forced to cancel a show when drummer Alan White's arm seized up; the band spent the evening drinking instead. During the night Liam made a crude remark about Noel's wife, Meg Mathews (apparently questioning the legitimacy of Noel's baby daughter Anaïs), leading to a fight. Following this, a press release was put out declaring that Noel had decided to quit overseas touring with Oasis. The rest of the band, with guitarist Matt Deighton replacing Noel, played the remaining dates. Noel eventually returned for the British and Irish legs of the tour; at the first of these shows the brothers shook hands after the song "Acquiesce".
In 2009, prior to the group's break, Noel called Liam "rude, arrogant, intimidating, and lazy", describing him as "the angriest man you'll ever meet ... like a man with a fork in a world of soup". The final straw for the band came at Rock En Seine in Paris, when an altercation between the brothers (subsequently described by Noel as "no physical violence but there was a lot of World Wrestling Federation stuff") prior to their performance resulted in the destruction of Noel's guitar and saw him announce his departure from the group. Liam later claimed he "messed the first one up" when questioned about his 2019 MTV Unplugged performance and has since claimed he missed the show because he "accidentally got drunk again".
Liam has stated he does not speak much with Noel and that they "don't really have a relationship". During the final tour, the only time that they ever spoke directly was when onstage. Noel would later reveal that while they were in Oasis, the two "never hung out together outside of the band, ever". Since the band's split, the only direct contact they have had with each other has consisted of exchanging text messages at Christmas; Liam also invited Noel to his wedding, which was scheduled to take place in 2021, but did not believe Noel would attend. When speaking to Sky News, Noel denied any invitation being received and remarked that as he was not invited to Liam's previous weddings "I'm not going to go to this one, am I?". Despite their constant fighting, the Gallaghers showed mutual affection before, during, and after their time in Oasis. Liam often calls Noel the best songwriter in the world, while Noel frequently calls Liam "cooler" than himself and praises Liam's good looks. Noel has said that Oasis came down to the relationship between him and Liam. Weeks prior to this, Noel said Liam was "obsessed with him", leading Liam to allege the same thing about Noel.
== Quotes ==
* Discipline? I don't know the meaning of the word.
* Everyone knows that if you've got a brother, you're going to fight.
* [on John Lennon's famous quote that The Beatles were bigger than Jesus] Lennon was right. And we are bigger than Jesus. We will be as big as The Beatles, if not bigger.
* I don't hate Chris Martin. I don't know him, know what I mean? I just thinks he's a bit giddy. He ought to calm down, he isn't gonna save the world.
* People are always going on about 'Oh, you've failed in America.' I've never failed at anything in my entire life. I got out of the bedroom when I was a young fucking lad, and I'm in a great fucking band. And now we're playing at Madison Square Garden.
* Americans want grungy people, stabbing themselves in the head on-stage. They get a bright bunch like us, with deodorant on, they don't get it.
* I suppose I do get sad, but not for too long. I just look in the mirror and go, 'What a fucking good-looking fuck you are.' And then I brighten up.
* There's Elvis (Elvis Presley) and me. I couldn't say which of the two is best.
* Pete Doherty needs a slap, and the sooner he gets it, the better.
* I don't know what any of my songs are about. I don't sit down to write about anything. They're about whatever you want. I don't pick subjects. I just start.
* I knew something was around the corner, but I didn't know what. I just knew I didn't want to work.
* [on La Roux] No way, mate. She's got man hands.
* [on his brother Noel] I'd do time for him. I love him. Me and him are cool. If anyone stepped on his toes, I'd cut them off.
* I refuse to dance. And I can't dance anyway. I'm not in a band for that.
* [on taking on Blur] We said it from Day One, we were the ones who were real, man. We're just honest, man, and we're not a bunch of women.
* In Caracas, top gig. Sat in me room in silence as my TV doesn't work. Not allowed to leave the hotel for fear of being tickled to death.
* I'm a better singer than him [Noel]. I'm the man, man.
* I am a tender, beautiful and loving guy that happens to slap a photographer now and then because they get in my way.
* [on his relationship with Noel these days] I haven't got one.
* I don't hate them [Coldplay], I don't wish they had accidents. I think their fans are boring and ugly and don't look like they're having a good time.
* You look at [Alex Kapranos] and the singer from Right Said Fred. It's the same person! He's just gone on the Atkins diet and grown his hair.
==Discography==
=== with Oasis ===
*Definitely Maybe (1994)
*(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (1995)
*Be Here Now (1997)
*Standing on the Shoulder of Giants (2000)
*Heathen Chemistry (2002)
*Don't Believe the Truth (2005)
*Dig Out Your Soul (2008)
=== with Beady Eye ===
*Different Gear, Still Speeding (2011)
*BE (2013)
=== Solo albums ===
*As You Were (2017)
*Why Me? Why Not. (2019)
*C'mon You Know (2022)
=== with John Squire ===
*Liam Gallagher & John Squire (2024)
== References ==
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