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Post-Oasis: Gallagher Brothers Update

Posted at 4:50 PM on December 5, 2011 by The Current
Filed under: Music News

With Liam Gallagher's band Beady Eye playing a show in the Twin Cities tonight, it seemed like the right time to take a look back at Oasis and the work that its erratic sibling duo has done since.


Oasis has always had a turbulent history. So it wasn't surprising when the Gallagher brothers parted ways in 2009 after a backstage scuffle. But the band still hasn't left many people's minds, and both Liam and Noel have begun solo projects of their own to fill the void.


Noel started Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in 2010, featuring some high-profile musicians like former Oasis pianist Mike Rowe, Jeremy Stacey of The Lemon Trees, Russell Pritchard of The Zutons fame, and percussionist Lenny Castro. "High Flying Birds" is a reference to another iconic band from a few decades prior, that of Jefferson Airplane. The song appeared on a compilation album in 1974.


Read Mary Lucia's review of the album, and here's the lead track, "The Death of You and Me."




Liam went on to form Beady Eye in collaboration with previous members of Oasis. They started Beady Eye Records as an avenue to release their material in the UK and Ireland, and use Dangerbird Records for distribution in the US, home to influential stateside artists like Minus the Bear and Hot Hot Heat. The debut is called Different Gear, Still Speeding, and the band is already working on a new release for 2012. Here's a song off the album called "The Roller."




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