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Oasis, originally called Rain were initially a five piece band including Liam Gallagher (vocals), Noel Gallagher (Lead guitar), Paul McGuigan (bass), Paul Arthurs (Rhythm guitar) and Tony McCarroll (drums). The Gallagher brother grew up in Burnage, a town on the edge of Manchester and their songs were fantasies of an escape from every day working-class life. Liam and Noel were no strangers to the police during their teens and it is the brothers sibling rivalries which lies at the heart of Oasis. Noel returned home from ‘The Inspiral Carpets’ tour in 1992 where he was a roadie for the band. On his return home, Liam informed him that they had formed a band. The band went on to dominate the nineties and their songs were full of hedonistic euphoria delivered with a rock and roll attitude courtesy of Liam. Alan McGee of Creation Records saw the band play live in Glasgow and signed them onto the label immediately. There debut single ‘Supersonic’ was released on April 11th 1994. This was followed by the release of their debut album ‘Definitely Maybe’ inSeptember 1994 which became the fastest selling debut album in British history. The album entered the charts at number one and sold well past triple platinum within the first 18 months. ‘Some Might Say’ was Oasis’ first number one single selling over 300,000 copies. The following single ‘Roll with it’ reached the 400,000 mark and the following single from that, ‘Wonderwall’ sold a staggering 600,000 copies within the first 12 weeks of release. This success saw the release of their second album ‘(What’s the story) Morning Glory?’ which went straight in at number one and became the fastest selling album since 1987. By the end of 1995, it was certified 6 times platinum. The album hit number one in France, Sweden, Ireland and New Zealand and was a huge success in many other countries. Noel became established as a major songwriter and his style was defined as being inspired by The Beatles. Both brothers were huge fans of The Beatles. The band returned in 1997 with a new single ‘D’ya know what I mean?’ taken from the next album ‘Be Here Now’. Both the single and the album entered the charts at number one. At this stage, Oasis had released 3 albums between 1994 and 1997. In November 1998, Oasis produced arguably their best album to date ‘The Masterplan’. During this time, Oasis were recording what was to be their next album ‘Standing on the Shoulder of Giants’ which was released later in February 2000. This album included the first song Liam had written for the band ‘Little James’. Noel Gallagher co-produced this album with Mark Stent. In the UK, this album and the first single taken from it ‘Go Let it Out’ were the first releases on Oasis’ own label ‘Big Brother Recordings’. Oasis returned with a single in April 2002, after almost two years. It was called ’The Hindu Times’. This was the first song to be heard from their new album ‘Heathen Chemistry’ which was released on July 1st 2002.