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18 August 1991
Oasis play their first gig,
at Manchester's Boardwalk. Noel, who has yet to join, is in the audience.
January 1992
Oasis play first gig with
Noel, again at the Boardwalk. The first song they play is an instrumental version of
Columbia.
July 1992
Oasis play their first live
radio session for Mark Radcliffe, on his seminal Radio 5 show, Hit the North.
December 1992
Oasis record their first demo
proper, Live Demonstration, in Liverpool.
18 May 1993
The band play at King Tut's
Wah Wah Hut in Glasgow and Creation boss Alan McGee offers them a deal.
June 1993
Oasis' future manager, Marcus
Russell, arrives at Manchester venue The Hop and Grape with Johnny Marr to see the band
play.
22 October 1993
Oasis sign to Creation for
the UK and Sony for the rest of the world.
December 1993
Recording sessions in
Liverpool produce "Supersonic".
18 February 1994
The band, minus Noel, are
incarcerated in Holland for kicking off on a ferry.
March 1994
Oasis make their debut TV
appearance, playing the cult Channel 4 series, The World.
11 April 1994
First single 'Supersonic'
released by Creation via Sony. It reaches No. 31 in the British singles chart.
26 June 1994
The band play the Glastonbury
festival's NME stage. Here Liam asks the crowd. "Are you gonna wake up, then, for
some real songs?"
2 July 1994
Follow-up 'Shakermaker'
reaches the Top 20, as their appearance at the Heineken Music Festival in Preston's
Avenham Park sees Melody Maker dub them the 'next big thing'.
8 August 1994
'Live Forever', their first
Top 10 single, is released.
29 August 1994
Oasis's debut album
'Definitely Maybe' released. It takes Oasis to the No. 1 slot in the British album charts.
It is the fastest-selling debut of all time.
23 September 1994
Oasis play their first date
of their slightly shaky first American tour.
September 1994
An affray at Newcastle sees
Oasis cut their set short after a stage invader punches Noel in the eye.
10 October 1994
'Cigarettes And Alcohol'
released.
19 December 1994
Christmas single 'Whatever'
released, and the following month becomes their first Top 3 entry.
23 January 1995
Oasis win Best Band, Best New
Band, and Best Single for "Live Forever" at NME Brat awards.
28 February 1995
Oasis collect a Brit Award
for Best Newcomers but are overshadowed by Blur.
March 1995
"Live Forever" is
at the top of the American college charts, and Definitely Maybe has sold over 220,000
copies.
April 1995
'Some Might Say' enters the
charts at Number 1, just as the split with Tony McCarroll is announced. Alan White takes
over as drummer.
8 May 1995
Oasis enter the Rockfield
Studios to record their second album.
23 June 1995
Oasis headline the
Glastonbury Festival on Bonehead's 30th birthday. Robbie Williams from Take That joins
Oasis onstage.
14 August 1995
'Roll With It' released in
competition with Blur's 'Country House', which beats it to Number 1 the following week.
3 September 1995
BBC Radio One FM broadcast a
documentary on the band.
5 September 1995
Noel records 'Come Together'
with Pauls Weller and McCartney as the Smokin' Mojo Filters for the War Child appeal.
September 1995
Guigsy retires through
nervous exhaustion: replaced by Scott McLeod from local band the Ya-Yas.
2 October 1995
Second album '(What's The
Story) Morning Glory' released. It displaces Mariah Carey at Number 1 a week later.
17 October 1995
Temporary bassist Scott
McLeod leaves the band in the middle of the American tour.
30 October 1995
Single 'Wonderwall' released,
rising to Number 2.
4 & 5 November
1995
Oasis plays the biggest
indoor concerts ever held in the UK at Earls Court, London.
December 1995
"Wonderwall" enters
the Billboard charts in America at No. 21, Definitely Maybe has now sold in excess of
500,000 copies.
19 February 1996
Oasis scoop three Brit
awards: Best Band, Best Album (for 'Morning Glory') and Best Video (for 'Wonderwall').
19 February 1996
Chart-topping single 'Don't
Look Back In Anger' released.
20 April 1996
'Don't Look Back In Anger'
certified platinum (600,000 sales) in UK.
27 & 28 April
1996
Two shows at Manchester
City's Maine Road ground are recorded for possible future release.
11 May 1996
Noel declines an Ivor Novello
songwriting award as he had been co-nominated with rivals Blur.
August 1996
Oasis plays giant UK dates at
Knebworth and Loch Lomond.
