Oasis

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Tony McCarroll. Oasis

CONTENTS

PREFACE

HE BANGS THE DRUMS

CONTEMPT BREEDS FAMILIARITY: A MANCUNIAN CONCEPT

A DEFINITE MAYBE

ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL

BONEHEAD THE VIKING: UK TOUR

28 MARCH 1994. JUG OF ALE, MOSELEY, BIRMINGHAM

30 MARCH 1994. FLEECE & FIRKIN, BRISTOL

11 APRIL 1994. ‘SUPERSONIC’ RELEASED. REACHED NO. 31 ON THE SINGLES CHART

13 APRIL 1994. THE LOMAX, LIVERPOOL

29 APRIL 1994. THE ADELPHI CLUB, HULL

30 APRIL 1994. COVENTRY UNIVERSITY, COVENTRY

1 MAY 1994. LEVENSHULME, MANCHESTER

2 MAY 1994. THE WEDGEWOOD ROOMS, PORTSMOUTH

3 MAY 1994. TJ’S, NEWPORT

4 MAY 1994, THE WHEREHOUSE, DERBY

5 MAY 1994

6 MAY 1994. THE PRINCESS CHARLOTTE, LEICESTER

7 MAY 1994. THE OLD TROUT, WINDSOR

9 MAY 1994

11 MAY 1994. THE BOAT RACE, CAMBRIDGE

12 MAY 1994

13 MAY 1994. THE VENUE, NEW CROSS, LONDON

14 MAY 1994. THE LEADMILL, SHEFFIELD

4 JUNE 1994. THE ROYAL ALBERT HALL, LONDON

20 JUNE 1994. ‘SHAKERMAKER’ RELEASED. REACHED NO.11 IN THE SINGLES CHARTS

21 JULY, 1994. WETLANDS, NEW YORK

26 JUNE 1994. GLASTONBURY FESTIVAL, SOMERSET

29 JUNE 1994. ELSTREE, LONDON. TOP OF THE POPS

8 AUGUST 1994. ‘LIVE FOREVER’ RELEASED. REACHED NO.10 IN THE SINGLES CHART

9 AUGUST 1994. THE RIVERSIDE, NEWCASTLE

30 AUGUST 1994. DEFINITELY MAYBE RELEASED. REACHED NO.1 IN THE ALBUM CHART

5 SEPTEMBER 1994. HACIENDA, MANCHESTER

OASIS ADULATION AND THE BASSIST REVELATION. JAPAN TOUR

11 SEPTEMBER 1994. RINGWAY AIRPORT, MANCHESTER

12 SEPTEMBER 1994. TOKYO

14 SEPTEMBER 1994. NAGOYA

MAKE SURE YOU HOOVER BEFORE YOU REACH VANCOUVER. US TOUR

20 SEPTEMBER 1994. SEATTLE

21 SEPTEMBER 1994. SEATTLE

23 SEPTEMBER 1994. SEATTLE

24 SEPTEMBER 1994. PORTLAND

25 SEPTEMBER 1994. SAN FRANCISCO

26 SEPTEMBER 1994. BOTTOM OF THE HILL, SAN FRANCISCO

27 SEPTEMBER 1994. MELARKY’S, SACRAMENTO

28 SEPTEMBER 1994. LOS ANGELES

29 SEPTEMBER 1994. THE WHISKY A GO GO, LOS ANGELES

30 SEPTEMBER 1994. LOS ANGELES

1 OCTOBER 1994–6 OCTOBER 1994. LOS ANGELES

7 OCTOBER 1994. THE CONGRESS HOUSE STUDIO, AUSTIN

14 OCTOBER 1994. THE UPTOWN BAR, MINNEAPOLIS

15 OCTOBER 1994. THE METRO, CHICAGO

16 OCTOBER 1994. ST ANDREW’S HALL, DETROIT

17 OCTOBER 1994. CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

18 OCTOBER 1994. THE GROG SHOP, CLEVELAND HEIGHTS

19 OCTOBER 1994. LEE’S PALACE, TORONTO

20 OCTOBER 1994. BOSTON

21 OCTOBER 1994. LOCAL 186, ALLSTON

22 OCTOBER 1994. THE MET CAFE, PROVIDENCE

23 OCTOBER 1994. PHILADELPHIA

30 OCTOBER 1994

18 DECEMBER 1994. ‘WHATEVER’ RELEASED. REACHED NO.3 IN THE SINGLES CHARTS

29 DECEMBER 1994. BRIGHTON CENTRE (EAST WING), BRIGHTON

28 JANUARY 1995. DV8, SEATTLE

30 JANUARY 1995. THE ROSELAND THEATRE, PORTLAND

1 FEBRUARY 1995. THE FILLMORE, SAN FRANCISCO

6 MARCH 1995. PHILADELPHIA

8 MARCH 1995. THE ACADEMY, NEW YORK

8 MARCH 1995. LATE SHOW WITH DAVID LETTERMAN, NEW YORK

A FAREWELL TO ARMS

17 APRIL 1995. CLIFFS PAVILION, SOUTHEND

20 APRIL 1995. LE BATACLAN, PARIS

22 APRIL 1995. SHEFFIELD ARENA, SHEFFIELD

17 APRIL 1994. THE WHITE ROOM, LONDON

24 APRIL 1995. ‘SOME MIGHT SAY’ IS RELEASED. REACHED NO.1 IN THE SINGLES CHART

27 APRIL 1995. TOP OF THE POPS, ELSTREE, LONDON

ARISE SIR NOEL, THE LORD MAYOR OF LONELINESS

JUNE 2010. SLIEVE BLOOM MOUNTAINS, IRELAND

APPENDIX 1. THE PERFECT BEAT

NUMBER 3. Steve White

NUMBER 2. John ‘Bonzo’ Bonham

NUMBER 1. Gene Krupa

APPENDIX 2. AND SO TO THE SPARTANS

NON-GRATITUDES. Non-Spartans. Noel Gallagher

Paul ‘Guigs’ McGuigan

GRATITUDES. The Spartans. Liam Gallagher

Paul Benjamin ‘Bonehead’ Arthurs

Vinny Collins, my football manager

Paul Gallagher

The Policeman

Alan McGee

Trampy Spike

Huts (Chris Hutton)

BigUn (Paul Ashbee)

The General (Jimmy Regan)

Jimmy the Butt / Robot Head Cat Killer

Chris and Tony Griffiths/The Real People/The Claggies

Marcus Russell

Owen Morris

Mark Coyle

Maggie Mouzakitis

Meg Matthews

Kadamba

Bridie and Tony (Mum and Dad)

Adi

Ged

Gemma and Oliver

FUTURE SPARTANS

LEVENSHULME SPARTANS

SPARTAN CLANS

REMEMBERED SPARTANS

WEST POINT SPARTANS

BURNAGE SPARTANS

SALE SPARTANS

BARNSLEY SPARTANS

SALFORD SPARTANS

SCOUSE SPARTANS

THE CARRIGAHOLT SPARTAN

SPARTANS EVERYWHERE

FEMALE SPARTANS

STUDIO SPARTANS

SCANDANAVIAN SPARTANS

LEGAL SPARTANS

OASIS SPARTANS

GIGOGRAPHY

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1992

1993

1994

1995

About the Author

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For Willie O’Donnell and Mark McCarroll.

Sleep tight, boys.

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My eagerness to work had left me with a few quid in my pocket for the first time in my life. Although the majority of it would be banked in my attempt to get a new drum kit, what remained went on cider and weed that would be consumed in the park at the weekend. I guess this was typical of the era we grew up in and happened in parks countrywide. It was Thatcher’s Britain and rebellion seemed right. As Greenbank and Chapel Street parks were right next door to the boxing gym, me and Guigs decided to move our drinking parties to Errwood Park in South Levenshulme. This, we thought, would give us some privacy and also stop any of the boxing brothers spotting us. After training all week, we felt it was a weekend reward. They (quite rightly) looked on it as a total waste of all the previous week’s work. I guess one thing that the gym taught me was to respect your body and yourself, something that could only be brought about through self-discipline – which, in itself, was a great attribute to have.

Errwood Park was as typical a city park as any, founded by the Victorians – though the pomp and circumstance of their day was now nowhere to be seen. The bandstand still stood, although it was now dilapidated and played host to the local glue-sniffers rather than any brass band. The bowling huts were still in good condition, as were the bowling greens themselves. Both were maintained by members of the bowling club who, if their beloved lawns were invaded, would exit the hut in a military formation and attempt to capture and punish any unlucky teenager. At night, the swings and roundabouts moonlighted as lounge bars and shabeens for the local teenagers intent on inebriation. Running through the middle of the park was the boundary between Levenshulme and Burnage. This was a point of conflict long before we had arrived.

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