LONDON (AP) — Oasis announced a reunion tour Tuesday, 15 years after the Gallagher brothers' feud forced the classic Britpop band to disband. Here's a look back at Oasis' ups and downs: 1967 Noel Gallagher, Oasis' songwriter and guitarist, is born in Manchester. 1972 Younger brother Liam Gallagher, Oasis' frontman, is born in Manchester.
1991 Bassist Paul McGuigan, guitarist Paul Arthurs and drummer Tony McCarroll form the band Rain. Liam Gallagher is added as a singer and suggests a different water-based name: Oasis. With the addition of Liam Gallagher's eldest brother, the band has a new direction.
1994 Oasis' debut album, “Definitely Maybe,” is released and hits No. 1 on the U.K.
Albums Chart. “Darlings of the English alternative scene, these four blokes from Manchester alternately are loved by British critics as rough-edged retropopsters with a tinge of Beatles or hated as Fab Four pastiche,” an Associated Press review says at the time. 1995 Oasis' sophomore album, “(What's the Story) Morning Glory?” is a smash hit and becomes one of the U.
K.'s bestselling albums of all time. McCarroll, the original drummer, is fired.
He’s subsequently awarded 550,000 pounds after suing. 1996 Oasis wins best group, best album and best video (for “Wonderwall”) at the Brit Awards, saying backstage that the only award they valued was the last one, as it was fan-voted. “Anything that’s voted for by corporate pigs means nothing,” Noel says of the other, industry insid.