Former Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll As Oasis announced their long-awaited reunion tour, many people have been looking up Tony McCarroll, the band’s original drummer, wondering if he will be joining them when they return. Oasis, easily one of the defining rock bands of the ‘90s, split in 2009 after a fiery row in Paris and have not played together since. On Tuesday, the band announced a run of 14 shows in the UK and Ireland next summer.
“The guns have fallen silent. The stars have aligned. The great wait is over.
Come see. It will not be televised,” the band said. McCarroll’s time with the band began in the late 1980’s, when it was called The Rain and Noel Gallagher wasn’t a part of the lineup.
After Gallagher joined and the band officially became Oasis, the Manchester-born McCarroll continued as their drummer, performing on their first two albums, 1994’s Definitely Maybe and 1995’s What’s The Story (Morning Glory?). Liam and Noel Gallagher in London in 1995. Photo: Getty McCarroll didn’t quite get on with Gallagher, with the former claiming that Gallagher didn’t like anyone “disagreeing with him”.
Gallagher has said he didn’t trust McCarroll’s skills as a drummer. Oasis producer Owen Morris in an interview about recording Definitely Maybe said of McCarroll: “Tony was quiet and always polite to me, but seemed out of his depth..
.so I think Tony did well to survive as long as he did in Oasis. “And I loved Tony’s drumming.
It was simple, cert.