The Angel, Bedford – 23 March
The 100 Club, London – 24 March
The Forum, Tunbridge Wells – 26 March
Oxford Polytechnic, Oxford – 27 March
The Jug of Ale, Birmingham – 28 March
The Joiners, Southampton – 29 March
The Fleece & Firkin, Bristol – 30 March
Moles, Bath – 31 March
Lucifer’s Mill, Dundee – 5 April
La Belle Angel, Edinburgh – 6 April
The Tramway, Glasgow – 7 April
Middlesbrough Arena, Middlesbrough – 8 April
The Wheatsheaf, Stoke – 11 April
The Duchess, Leeds – 12 April
The Lomax, Liverpool – 13 April
The Adelphi Club, Hull – 29 April
Coventry University, Coventry – 30 April
The Wedgewood Rooms, Portsmouth – 2 May
TJ’s, Newport – 3 May
The Wherehouse, Derby – 4 May
The Princess Charlotte, Leicester – 6 May
The Old Trout, Windsor – 7 May
The Roadmenders, Northampton – 8 May
The Army and Navy, Chelmsford – 10 May
The Boat Race, Cambridge – 11 May
The Venue, London – 13 May
The Leadmill, Sheffield – 14 May
Edwards 8, Birmingham – 1 June
Cardiff University, Cardiff – 2 June
The Island, Ilford – 3 June
The Royal Albert Hall, London – 4 June
Norwich Arts Centre, Norwich – 6 June
The Marquee, Manchester – 8 June
Manchester University, Manchester – 9 June
The Avenham Park Festival, Preston – 11 June
The Cathouse, Glasgow – 12 June
The Cathouse, Glasgow – 13 June
Erotika, Paris (France) – 16 June
The Brighton Centre (East Wing), Brighton – 18 June
Glastonbury Festival, Somerset – 26 June
Wetlands, New York (USA) – 21 July
T In The Park Festival, Hamilton – 31 July
The Riverside, Newcastle – 9 August
The Irish Centre, Leeds – 10 August
Wulfrun Hall, Wolverhampton – 11 August
Hultsfreds Festival, Hultsfred (Sweden) – 13 August
Rock City, Nottingham – 15 August
Forum, London – 16 August
The Astoria, London – 18 August
Lowlands Festival (Netherlands) – 28 August
The Tivoli, Buckley – 31 August –
The Limelight, Belfast – 4 September
The Hacienda, Manchester – 5 September
The Logo, Hamburg (Germany) – 8 September
The Arena, Amsterdam (Netherlands) – 9 September
Quattro, Tokyo (Japan) – 13 September
Quattro, Tokyo (Japan) – 14 September
Quattro, Toyko (Japan) – 15 September
Quattro, Toyko (Japan) – 16 September
Quattro, Osaka (Japan) – 18 September
Quattro, Nagoya (Japan) – 19 September
Moe’s, Seattle, WA (USA) – 23 September
The Satyricon, Portland, OR (USA) – 24 September
Bottom of the Hill, San Francisco, CA (USA) – 26 September
Melarky’s – Sacramento, CA (USA) – 27 September
The Whisky a Go Go, Los Angeles, CA (USA) – 29 September
The Uptown Bar, Minneapolis, MN (USA) – 14 October
The Metro, Chicago, IL (USA) – 15 October
St Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI (USA) 16 October
The Grog Shop, Cleveland, OH (USA) – 18 October
Lee’s Palace, Toronto (Canada) – 19 October
Local 186, Allston, MA (USA) – 21 October
The Met Café, Providence, RI (USA) – 22 October
JC Dobbs, Philadelphia (USA) – 23 October
9:30 Club, Washington, DC (USA) – 26 October
Maxwell’s, Hoboken, NJ (USA) – 28 October
Wetlands, New York (USA) – 29 October
La Cigale, Paris (France) – 4 November
Transbordeur, Lyon (France) – 5 November
Theatre Du Moulin, Marseille (France) – 6 November
The Palladium, Stockholm (Sweden) – 16 November
The Cue Club, Gothenburg (Sweden) – 17 November
The Dairy, Lund (Sweden) – 18 November
The Loft, Berlin (Germany) – 20 November
Markthalle, Hamburg (Germany) – 21 November
Batchkapp, Frankfurt (Germany) – 23 November
Luxor, Cologne (Germany) – 24 November
Paradiso, Amsterdam (Netherlands) – 25 November
Zeche Carl, Essen (Germany) – 27 November
Botanieve, Brussels (Belgium) – 28 November
Southampton Guildhall, Southampton – 30 November
The Octagon, Sheffield – 1 December
The Corn Exchange, Cambridge – 4 December
Barrowlands, Glasgow – 7 December
Wolverhampton Civic Hall, Wolverhampton – 11 December
The Astoria, Cardiff – 12 December
The Hammersmith Palais, London – 13 December
The Royal Court, Liverpool – 17 December
Manchester Academy, Manchester – 18 December
Barrowlands, Glasgow – 27 December
The Brighton Centre (East Wing), Brighton – 29 December
Middlesbrough Town Hall, Middlesbrough – 30 December
1995
DV8, Seattle, WA (USA) – 28 January
The Commodore Ballroom, Vancouver (Canada) – 29 January
The Roseland Theatre, Portland, OR (USA) – 30 January
The Fillmore, San Francisco (USA) – 1 February
The Palace, Hollywood, CA (USA) – 3 February
SOMA Live, San Diego, CA (USA) – 4 February
The Nile Theatre, Mesa, AZ – 5 February
The Bar & Grill, Salt Lake City, UT (USA) – 7 February
The Bluebeard Theatre, Denver, CO (USA) – 9 February
Deep Ellum Live, Dallas, TX (USA) – 11 February
The Liberty Lunch, Austin, TX (USA) – 12 February
The Urban Art Bar, Houston, TX (USA) – 13 February
The New Daisy Theatre, Memphis, TN (USA) – 15 February
The Cat’s Cradle, Carrboro, NC (USA) – 17 February
The Masquerade, Atlanta, GA (USA) – 18 February
The Stone Pony, Ashbury Park, NJ (USA) – 3 March
The Wust Music Hall, Washington, DC (USA) – 4 March
The Abyss, Virginia Beach, VA (USA) – 5 March
The Theatre of Living Arts, Philadelphia, PA (USA) – 7 March
The Academy, New York, (USA) – 8 March
Lopo’s, Providence, RI (USA) – 10 March
The Avalon, Boston, MA (USA) – 11 March
Club Soda, Montreal (Canada) – 12 March
The Phoenix Theatre. Toronto (Canada) – 14 March
The Odeon, Cleveland, OH (USA) – 15 March
St Andrew’s Hall, Detroit, MI (USA) – 16 March
Tyndall Armory, Indianapolis (USA) – 18 March
The Vic Theatre, Chicago, IL (USA) – 19 March
The Orbit Room, Grand Rapids, MI (USA) – 20 March
First Ave, Minneapolis, MN (USA) – 24 March
Rave At Eagles, Milwaukee, WI (USA) – 25 March
The Cliffs Pavilion, Southend – 17 April
Le Bataclan, Paris (France) – 20 April
Sheffield Arena, Sheffield – 22 April
Levenshulme, Manchester, 1979 – already perfecting the vacant stare. With Ged and Adi McCarroll, my two greatest comrades. I’m the one on the right, Adi is in the middle and Ged is on the left.
Ireland, 1977. The Quality Street Gang. The McCarroll and Donnelly clans would create a proper racket with a host of impromptu instruments. That’s me, banging on the empty chocolate tin.
Levenshul
me, Manchester, 1988. Dolan, McCarroll, Croke, McGuigan and Mannion. I guess the names give an indication as to why it was known as ‘County Levenshulme’.
© D Walls
Bonehead and Dave Rayson in Corfu, 1984.
© J Regan
The famous Breshnev Blowback.
© P Ashbee
Bonehead and the General – Didsbury, 1986.
© J Regan
Burnage, 1993. Liam outside his mum’s on his beloved scooter.
Liam with Evan Dando, who became an honorary member of the band, at his own insistence.
© Getty Images
The Fleece and Firkin, Bristol, March 1994. The happiest place in my life. Behind my kit, that is, not Bristol.
© Paul Slattery
Another inspired performance at The Venue, New Cross, London.
© Paul Slattery
Top of the Pops, June 1994. The looks are up front for once. I sit coiffured and heavily plastered in make-up as we perform ‘Shakermaker’. My rather pasty-looking colleagues got at least a month’s worth of piss-taking out of this. The piss-taking stopped as soon as Face magazine made us all wear eyeliner for a photo shoot.
© Paul Slattery
Back off, tiger. There was a definite chemistry between Liam and Paula Yates.
© Paul Slattery
The Columbia Hotel, London, 1994. A few hours after this photo was taken, we were banned from the hotel after the contents of our room landed on the hotel manager’s car below. We all took the rap but no prizes for guessing who the real culprit was.
© Paul Slattery
Glastonbury 1994. Rock ’n’ roll shades are by now standard issue as we wait to enter the arena. Even though we were playing our biggest gig to date, there was an air of nonchalance about it. Some called it arrogance, we called it confidence.
© Paul Slattery
Staring out over the sea of people as we perform at Glastonbury. It still remains one of the highlights of my time in the band. A wonderful day that was capped by an electric performance by Johnny Cash in the evening.
© Paul Slattery
Naumberg Bandshell, Central Park, New York, 1994. Liam was enjoying himself as the crowd gathered to watch. He demanded we play a set to please them. I think by the looks of the crowd, though, they were probably more interested in stealing our belongings than listening to our music. Noel rightly told Liam it was a crazy idea and the inevitable arguments ensued.
© Paul Slattery
USA, 1994. Who’s the man who can shift his own bodyweight in sweat? I was always exhausted after a performance but it felt good.
© Paul Slattery
‘Live Forever’ video shoot. When the director asked for someone to be buried, all hands remained firmly by sides. I decided to do my bit. On the shoot, I had to tell Guigs to slow down: he was shovelling a bit too eagerly for my liking.
© Paul Slattery
Big Yellow Taxi, New York, 1994. Bonehead was fantastic company and has left me with more memories than any other band member. Some of those memories keep coming back even though I’ve had therapy to try and block them out. A superb musician and an integral cog in the Oasis music machine.
© Paul Slattery
On the train to Osaka from Tokyo, Japan, 1994. A brief but welcome break before we reached the next frenzied mob of Japanese fans. Liam had enjoyed playing football with the crowd in Tokyo so much that we had brought our own ball along.
© Paul Slattery
When things turned sour in Japan … Me and Guigs are standing at opposite ends of the band. The tension is evident, even in this photograph. This was the beginning of the end.
© Paul Slattery
The Met Café, Providence, USA, 1994. Liam marched into every venue like this, ready to take on the world. This venue had waiters carrying plates laden with steak and ribs, who would pass through the band while we performed. How rude!
© Paul Slattery
Below: Elstree, London, 1994. We enjoy the moment prior to performing ‘Whatever’ on Top of the Pops. A happy and relaxed band before we break for Christmas. Even Noel is laughing along.
© Paul Slattery
The Academy, New York, 1995. Liam shows his appreciation of the crowd.
© Paul Slattery
Sheffield Arena, April 1995. My final concert as the drummer for Oasis. A packed house and a storming performance to boot.
© Paul Slattery
Paul Ashbee, otherwise known as BigUn. BigUn has taken to travelling on a Lambretta Series 1, the largest scooter they ever manufactured. It would have to be. It has a top speed of 60 mph until BigUn actually gets on it. Then it’s lucky to touch 30.
© Mike Tate
About the Author
Tony McCarroll currently lives between Ireland and Manchester. He still drums regularly and also teaches at his own drum clinic. He is the father of two children and lives with his partner, Sue.
Richard Dolan started to write when he was aged four. He hasn’t stopped since. He is currently residing in Cheshire after travelling the globe for many years. Richard has somehow convinced a beautiful young girl called Jane to marry him and has three wonderful children. Well, two and a real Wrong ’Un.
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Table of Contents
Title Page
PREFACE
1 HE BANGS THE DRUMS
2 CONTEMPT BREEDS FAMILIARITY: A MANCUNIAN CONCEPT
3 A DEFINITE MAYBE
4 ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL
5 BONEHEAD THE VIKING: UK TOUR
6 OASIS ADULATION AND THE BASSIST REVELATION: JAPAN TOUR
7 MAKE SURE YOU HOOVER BEFORE YOU REACH VANCOUVER: US TOUR
8 A FAREWELL TO ARMS
9 ARISE SIR NOEL, THE LORD MAYOR OF LONELINESS
1 THE PERFECT BEAT
2 AND SO TO THE SPARTANS
GIGOGRAPHY
Plates
About the Author
Copyright
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