Artist of the Week Episode 4: Noel Gallagher

Ok, I know a couple of fanatics out there that were waiting for this one since a while, so there you go, mad for it, this week Liberation’s artist of the week: Noel Gallagher and this is why:

because the danger of talking about him is that the list could never end
because he gained his stage experience as roadie for the Inspiral Carpets
because he took over OASIS, won the Brit Pop war of the 90’s and became the biggest influence for many bands that followed
because the legend says that when he joined Oasis he had already written most of the first three albums
because he had a masterplan in mind, become the biggest band in the world, and he managed to achieve it
because he just got the “Godlike Genius Award” from the NME
because of Live Forever, Wonderwall, Whatever, If I had a Gun, The Masterplan, should i continue?
because he’s a mother fucking arrogant loudmouth with a huge ego (second only to his brother Liam)
because let’s admit it, following his verbal dispute with his brother became kind of fun
because he never talks with the crowds when playing live, if you go to his gigs you go for the music, who cares what he says in between songs?
because he’s the chief
because if you give him a guitar and put him on a stage he can go on playing Tunes (capital T) for 6 hours
because he collaborated with Paul Weller, The Chemical Brothers, Ian Brown, The Prodigy, Johnny Depp (oh yes), Miles Kane,….
because after Oasis split he took his time for his first solo album that went straight at the top of the charts
because he has already the second album ready to come out this year
because he always says that the best drummer in Oasis was…. him
because he has one of the longest list of enemies and detractors in the world and still doesn’t give a f..k
because he has created the longest list of insulting nicknames for Liam
because one day or the other, for money or not, he will re-form Oasis with his younger brother
because he hates Manchester United
because he’s a massive Beatles fan
because one day he heard an interview of Kurt Cobain saying that he wanted to die, he picked up the guitar and wrote Live Forever, probably the best guitar solo of the nineties
because today he’s considered the finest songwriter of his generation and probably the best around in UK today, and this, definitely qualifies him as the artist of the week for The Liberation by Indie Nation