It's So Insane To Me That Noel Named A Recording Company After Himself And Called It "Big Brother Studios".

[bbc radio 1 w/ steve lamacq, '97]

blow-by-blow newsroom account of oasis's fall '96 american tour falling apart; Melody Maker Sept 21 1996

-"has liam submitted anything to you, then?" -"has he submitted anything? just... just. himself." -"okay."

(X)

whiskey a go go theory time

for those who don't know, in september 1994, oasis were performing in the USA. one of them gigs - the whiskey a go go one - didn't go so well in the sense that noel sang horribly and didn't play much better, either, however, Liam sang beautifully throughout the whole thing and tony had a pretty good gig as well. guigs and the bone were nothing special but neither were they awful. so with the exception of a wee 'hey we didn't all agree which song to play NOW!' mishap, the gig was alright for everyone except noel.

the gig in question:

YouTube

Oasis - Live @ The Whisky-A-Go-Go 1994 (Meth Show) [Full Concert HD]

Thanks to the guy who found the tapes and made them public for everyone to see. Uploading here for an even wider spread. The boys were on cr

why was noel so unglued that he couldn't even perform semi-decently? the official version was, of course, hurr durr meth. but in supersonic (2016) Liam says he took meth as well - and he sang like an angel. was noel's meth different from everyone else's?

theory time: obviously, it wasn't the meth that messed noel up. the meth did nothing wrong and everyone else's performance that night proves as much. so leave the poor meth alone.

what messed noel up to the point he couldn't perform was having sex with Liam. proof:

but... noel had already written lock all the doors, up in the sky, slide away - all his depraved incest anthems? and according to Liam, the 'magic' happened in Liam's childhood bedroom (big yikes). surely noel's unhealthy incestuous relationship with Liam had been long since consummated by september 1994? well, yes. except noel obviously doesn't believe in any sort of equity or reciprocity, so Liam - apologies to the squeamish! - as we know from up in the sky was always left asking 'how does it feel when you're inside me?'. never the other way around.

until september 1994, that is, when Liam somehow managed to convince noel to bottom. and of course noely dearest ended up hating experiencing what he himself would regularly subject Liam to - so he left Liam that accusatory note, as if everything was Liam's fault. we can go on 'like brothers' when i'm banging you, but we can't go on 'like brothers' when you're banging me. and if you dare suggest that we do something YOU would like, i'm going to punish you by leaving you, scaring the shit out of you.

10 years of Noise & Confusion, 2001

Gary asked where are they going to be in 10 years, Noel struggle with the question and said, “We all be still involved, who knows” and Liam said “I’ll be still in this band, me personally”

PD: Cute how Noel out of nowhere compliments Liam’s looks.

do you see my vision

"Live Forever" @ the Melt Festival, Germany, July 19, 2009

some photos of Noel’s early 90’s notebook, auctioned off in 1998 (click through to see them in high resolution)