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All of Oasis are from Manchester except for Alan White who is from London, England.

Their birthdays are:
Noel (29.5.67)
Liam (21.9.72)
Bonehead (23.6.65)
Guigsy (9.5.71)
Alan (26.5.72)

Noel, Liam and Guigsy are Man City fans, Alan is a Charlton Athletic fan and Bonehead is a Utd fan.

Their first drummer was Tony McCarroll. He was sacked after a punch up with Liam and Alan White replaced him the night before they performed "Some Might Say" on Top Of The Pops.

The "Swirled Oasis" logo was first painted on a wall of the practice studio the band rented during their early days in Manchester.

Oasis insist on eating Beans On Toast before going on stage.

Oasis has only played one gig without Noel, that one being their first gig on August 18, 1991. Noel was in the audience to see the show. He joined the band shortly thereafter. Oasis has played several concerts without Liam.

Oasis performed on MTV Unplugged but Liam did not sing because he had a sore throat, at the end of the MTV showing he was seen sitting in the stand with Patsy and Meg drinking beer.

A record-breaking 250,000 people attended the Oasis concert at Knebworth in England on August 9, 1996, also a record-breaking 20,000 attended the Earls Court concert.

According to Sky Magazine, the 1st and 2nd Oasis albums are featured in the 20 Most Definitive Albums of the Decade.

Oasis won Best Group and Best Album at the Brits Award 1995 and were nominated for Best Song with Wonderwall. In the previous year, they won Best New Group.

Oasis won 'Best Group' and Wonderwall won 'Best Song' at the MTV Music Awards 1996. They were also nominated for 'Best Rock Act' and 'Best Select MTV Video' for DLBIA. Oasis did not turn up for the Awards though.

After receiving the award for 'Best Rock Act' at the MTV Music Awards 1996, D'Arcy of the Smashing Pumpkins said, "I'm sorry, I really feel bad ya know, coz err, Oasis should have won this coz they're the best band since the Beatles. But thanks a lot anyway."

Oasis performed on the rooftop for their Promo for "Supersonic". The Beatles did the same thing for Let It Be.

The title "Wonderwall" is either taken from a title from one of George Harrison's albums or from an interview with John Lennon where he said "Wonderwall" instead of "Wonderfull".

Their song, "Shakermaker" caused a controversy when Coke said it sounded to much like their song, "I'd Like To Teach the World To Sing..." and Oasis had to change some of the lyrics of the song because they threatened to sue the band over it.

The intro to "Don't Look Back In Anger" is taken from John Lennon's song, "Imagine".

The ending to the song "She's Electric" is also copied from the Beatles song, "With A Little Help From My Friends".

Oasis have also now added the Beatles song, "Octopus Garden" at the end of "Whatever".

They have made two Beatles covers, "I Am The Walrus" and "You've Got To Hide Your Love Away".

The song "Married With Children" was actually inspired by Noel's ex-girlfriend who told Noel, "your music shite", which is part of the lyrics.

Their newest album "Be Here Now" is also a name of one of George Harrison's albums.

The "Mr. Sifter" in Shakermaker is the name of Noel's favorite record store when he was growing up.

In the Definitely Maybe album cover, the two photos of football players are Rodney Marsh and George Best. There's also an LP sleeve of Burt Bacharach and the movie in the TV is "The Good, The Bad & The Ugly".

The house on the cover of the single Live Forever is a house that John Lennon grew up in.

The house on the cover of Definitely Maybe is Bonehead's house.

Contrary to the myth, Meg isn't the girl on the cover of Wonderwall, it's Amanda, a staff member at Creation Records.

Noel and Liam are both Beatles fans.

Noel and Liam's favorite Beatles track is "Ticket To Ride". Noel's favorite Beatle is John Lennon. They also like the Rolling Stones, the Kinks, the Who and the Sex Pistols.

It's no secret that Noel and Liam do not get along with each other. This is what Noel has to say: "It's a good thing we don't live in the United States, where guns are accessible, because I'd have blown his head off by now. The problem is, I can't fire him because my mom would kill me."

After he wrote Wonderwall and Don't Look Back In Anger, Noel let Liam choose which one Liam wanted to sing. Liam, of course, chose Wonderwall, much to the chagrin of Noel, who wanted to sing it since it was about his girlfriend.

Noel and Liam's dad once got �10 a night working as a country and western DJ at a social club. Their mom once worked as the lunch lady at Noel's secondary school, much to his dismay.

Noel wrote "Whatever" in less than 10 minutes.

Noel wrote the songs, Columbia, Live Forever and others in the "Hit Hut" in which he used to work while working on a building site because part of a gass main had landed on his foot disallowing him from working on the site itself.

Noel is dyslexic, and that slows down his songwriting, which means he have to keep rewriting the things 50 times until he can get the words in the right places.

Noel co-wrote and co-sang the song Setting Sun and Let Forever Be by the Chemical Brothers.

Noel's favourite movie is Star Wars.

Noel and Johnny Depp are close friends.

Noel Gallagher is the 2nd richest man in pop music in a list done in 1996. The richest is George Michael, Seal third, Gary Barlow fourth and Blur fifth.

Noel went to console Liam over Liam's arrest on suspicion of possessing drugs. But Noel went to the wrong house! Noel stood squirming in embarrassment when he was told Liam's place was next door.

Noel had a hard time learning how to play guitar at first. His teacher made him play left handed (since he is left handed). It was only after he started playing right handed that "it all made sense".

Noel once said he wanted to be remembered as someone who did daft things, supported a crappy football team, wore great shoes, "and did it".

When he was young, Noel and his friends once stole a fully laden milk truck. They were apprehended by the police shortly thereafter.

Noel attended his first concert when he was 13. He saw The Damned at the Manchester Apollo.

Noel once auditioned to be lead singer for the Inspiral Carpets (on the same day as the Lockerbie bombing, coincedentally.) He didn't get the job, but did end up as a roadie for the band.

Liam signed a modelling contract with Versace for a reported $75,000.

Liam Gallagher was arrested for suspicion of possesing a controlled substance, possibly cocaine. He is free on bail.

Liam got the name Oasis from an Inspiral Carpets poster in he and Noel's room that advertised the Carpets' upcoming show at the "Swindon Oasis Leisure Centre."

Liam repeatedly asked Noel to form a band with him. It would have been called "The Gallagher Brothers." Liam instead joined Rain, which then became Oasis.

Liam believes that the spirit of John Lennon is inside of him. He says that a few years ago he had an out-of-body experience and it was then that Lennon's spirit entered him.

Bonehead and Guigsy were in two bands before Oasis. Pleasure in Pain, which featured Bonehead on keyboard, and Rain, which became Oasis after Liam joined and changed the name.

Paul Arthurs has been known as "Bonehead" since he was seven or eight years old. While his schoolmates had long hair, he had his buzzed every week. The name, and hairstyle, stuck.

Bonehead once bicycled around Europe for six months. He then returned home and soon bought a beat up Mazda van. Guigsy decorated the van in psycadelic colors, and a picture. The van found its way into a newspaper after Bonehead, Guigsy, and their friends took it to a music festival.

Guigsy suffered an acute exaustion in the fall of 1995, forcing him to miss out on part of the tour and miss a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman. Since the replacement bassist left the tour days before the taping, Bonehead played bass when Oasis played Morning Glory on Letterman.

Guigsy's dream was to play football for a professional team. However, he tore a ligament in his knee during a game, destroying any hope of a professional career. He instead turned to music.

Guigsy and Noel used to play football at the same park. Guigs was a great player, Noel was a lazy one. Guigsy once said that "At the end of every game you would see all these dead cigarette butts where Noel had been standing."

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