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[[File:oasis92.jpg|frame|Oasis' lineup back in 1992]]
{{quote|"''The funny thing is, that mouthing off three years ago about how we were gonna be the biggest band in the world, we actually went and done it. And it was a piece of piss.''"|'''Noel Gallagher''', circa 1995}}
[[Oasis]] were a British [[Alternative Rock]] band strongly associated with the '90s [[Britpop]] movement, along with their archnemeses [[Blur (band)|Blur]]. The band was established (initially as The Rain) in 1991 by vocalist Liam Gallagher, guitarist Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs, bassist Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan and drummer Tony McCarroll; to little success, until [[Control Freak|Noel Gallagher]], Liam's older brother, came out of the blue and took total control of the band – which nobody protested, for he and his songs were just that good. Led by the older Gallagher, the band went on to achieve stellar success in the mid-'90s and onward: the zenith being "the Battle of Britpop" with rival band Blur, and the album ''(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'' shifting over 4.6m copies in the UK to currently rank as the country's fourth-highest seller of all time. As the Britpop trend died out towards the turn of the millennium, Oasis survived and prospered into the new century: managing in total to produce seven studio albums (all UK Number Ones), go 14 years without missing the Top 5 with a 'proper' single, and ultimately sell over 70 million album copies worldwide. They finally imploded in 2009, after one bust-up too many between the Gallagher brothers led to Noel's departure. Prior to this, they'd also gone through some less terminal lineup changes:
* McCarroll was kicked out and replaced by Alan White as drummer ([[Name's the Same|not]] ''that'' [[Yes|Alan White]]) in 1995.
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Oasis's future would finally come into critical doubt, after the best part of 20 years marked by internal squabbling and irregular rifts of greater or lesser severity, in August 2009 when Noel – who wrote most of their singles and best known tracks, and decided their artistic directions – announced his departure. The rest of the band were ambiguous as to whether they would carry on, until Liam Gallagher announced a split in late 2009; he later announced that they would "continue the project" in 2010, albeit perhaps with a different name. This came to pass, as some time after the breakup Liam and the rest of the band reconvened under the name [[The Band Minus the Face|Beady Eye]], releasing their 'debut' album ''Different Gear, Still Speeding'' in February 2011. Noel came out of hiding more belatedly, confirming that he's going onto a solo career under the name [[I Am the Band|Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds]]; his debut album under this moniker was released in October 2011, and eclipsed his former bandmates' effort by flying straight to UK Number One.
* ''Definitely Maybe'' (1994)
* ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' (1995)
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* [[AcCENT Upon the Wrong SylLABle]] - Liam needs some time in the sunsheeyine.
** These are crazy days but they make Liam Sheeyine.
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