'Bye Bye Bonehead' - In The NME Archive 

that's what I've been sayin'!!!

Well said

meh i wouldn’t go that far

Guigs was the liver

i like noel but he has the "my band" mentality and if youve been in a band before you know that its horrible being in a band with someone like that

yeah

john kim for me,if oasis got back together my line up would be Liam, Noel , bonehead, guigsy and whitey

Who doesn't?

Music Reviews101 Best line up. Tony was too loud and fast for his own good.

MrCowlick Yeah he was or I would have Starke (Ringo Stars son, 2003-2006 I think)

I wish he live in L.A., I'd find that guy and just give him a huge hug! Is he not great?

Chris Knight where can I read these stories

crispwhite Tony McCarrols book is probably a pretty good start

Bonehead ordering the pizza in front of morrisey

Very true they were friends before oasis and it was bonehead and Liam who put the band together before Noel came along.

@@martincharlesworth6962 i thought it was Liam and Tony McCarroll who put the band together.

@@davlor86 Liam came along after bonehead sacked the singer or he left. The band was called rain, a Beatles b side song.

Tony and guiggs were there before Liam before Noel came. Yes you're right it was Tony and bonehead

Jim C - so true.

Egg fuckin XACTLY

+Joe Marshall end of the day, the only people that make Oasis, Oasis are the Gallagher brothers. Everyone else in the band are and were interchangeable as seen.

+StrettyHS 313 You're right about Noel and Liam being the big two mate, I agree. Since I wrote this comment I've listened to a lot more of Noel's solo stuff and Oasis' more obscure songs and I think they show the great talents of both the brothers. Don't get me wrong, I bloody love oasis and I'm in a band where we play a shitload of their songs. However, I do find Noel's treatment of Bonehead and Guisgy a bit harsh considering they were founding members. But I heard they're mates again now so water under the bridge eh?

Joe Marshall who knows about Guigsy. the guy is a living mystery haha. Bonehead played with Liam couple years ago anyway.. Personally, I don't think Oasis could of lasted as long as they did with the same members. Would of got far too stale, especially after the rollercoaster of the Be Here Now era haha

I think what Bonehead brought to the band was that HUGE wall of sound of guitar. It was present on their first three albums but disappeared as soon as Bonehead left and never really returned. He had a fucking massive sound and the perfect tone for the band and layed a great foundation for Noel to play lead over. No, neither Noel or Bonehead are among the greatest guitarists ever, but together they complimented eachother so well that it didn't matter. They still sounded amazing regardless.

Well Noel was right. Macca was a songwriter for the beatles. Noel was the sole song writer for oasis at that time. Bonehead leaving wasn't the end of the world. When noel left it was different story, end of band

Very well said. I like him better than Alan White, since White basically plays the same beat on most of the songs.

Him and guigsy were the luckiest musicians in the world. I am surprised they both quit.

Bonehead and Guigsy ain’t even on the same level Guigs never wrote or recorded any bass tracks for definitely maybe, only did half of morning glory, sits around getting stoned, and then takes stress leave for 2 months and comes back just before knebworth. Boneheads a lad, good musician, (don’t forget he didn’t just play ryhtm, he played piano, strings, keys, and extra overdubs), and the one people get really excited for

​@@s.storumus8620 Guigsy not playing bass on DM is a myth. It was all done live

He was the craziest one mate they had to put him on meds

nah, he was also a drunk coke sniffer

kuwinsitall They were all off their tits. All mellowed now

@@badgasaurus4211 i heard from a reliable source that gem became a smack addict

Guigsy was even more lucky. He could barely play.

Yoda on DMT Good luck m8.

And now your famous or not?

jj7701 congratulations on being a successful gay groupie

jj7701 Lol! Even the bass player ends up with a female groupie. Poor old Bonehead.

Bryan Donoghue dont go away was probably the biggest one, they were very similar. Chris griffiths got co-writing credit for Rockin Chair. Theres also the rumour that both Liam and the Griffiths helped write Columbia

what a ridiculous comment. that's like saying Bez isn't vital to the Happy Mondays. If your in a band and doing your doing your bit YOU ARE VITAL, regardless how big or small the contribution is. If you've perfected the art of shacking a tambourine in a said band then your the man for that job in that band.

They were part of the Oasis sound. Gem and Andy might have been technically more skilled musicians but you can't really distinguish them from any other competent session musicians. Bonehead had a simple but tight and hard-hitting style that's hard to replicate. Listen to the difference between any live version of Supersonic when the rhythm section kicks in as Liam sings ''I need to BE myself...''' in 1994 and then from 2000 onwards.

So by the same criteria, Ringo Starr was not vital to The Beatles?

Justin Mayhugh the point i'm making is that you could easily replace bonehead with any other rhythm guitarist it wouldn't cripple oasis. Same goes for guigs. You take away Liam or Noel (and i'm not trying to fanboy them) and the magic of oasis is gone. Ringo is vital to the beatles in the same way bonehead was to oasis, in the way of image and nostalgia. People remember how good oasis was and how smooth everything was during definitely maybe and morning glory and bonehead was part of the band at that time. So it's only normal that people would think bonehead was vital as a person, but he simply isn't as a musician, songwriter, or interesting live performer.

kadaveri but you have to remember that with any rock band in their youth, the guitars will be louder and the intensity will be higher. That comes with youth. After the 90s, oasis matured a lot and their music didn't call for such loud rhythm sections. That coupled with the fact that when gem wasn't playing lead, he was turned way low and wasn't heard very much equal the reason for the absence of drive in the supersonic performances post 2000

I think bad decisions, mainly drugs and constant fighting sucked the joy out of the band. Thats basically what Bonehead was stating above. Also I think Noel lost interest in writing fun rock tunes. He's is still a great songwriter but, he doesn't write rock n roll songs anymore. Oasis would have lasted longer if the other members brought fresh ideas to the songwriting.

...what about Alan, the longest drummer?

+MrRyan2582 ya also Alan the drummer sacked by noel.. im sure Liam can be a pain in the arse by noels so sly..

It seems Noel wasn't nicest guy in the world. All the guys that were fired or left, tend to still get along with Liam. And those guys were all friends with Noel from early days, but still left a huge band at the time. I'd love to know the truth

Part of the reason why Oasis forums are almost dead nowadays, because it's just a bunch of lowlifes spewing hatred.

I heard from one of his nephews noel kicked his home door in at 4am and poured wine over him in bed. Next day he left

luca j wow Noel is a piece of shit

How is that even an Oasis lineup? This is like some sort of supergroup.

TheFlyingDutchman don't talk daft mate , oasis without Liam Gallagher? Alright pal whatever

I'm not talking daft, just saying that this isn't an Oasis lineup, this is a supergroup (like Audioslave for example).

oh shit sorry mate i was trying to reply to Ian Last .

Yeah !!!! My dream Beatles line up would be John Lennon Vocals, Jimi Hendrix Guitar, Mohammed Ali on Bass, and Pythagoras on drums...

peepingtom20101 Pretty sure it was Guigsys bass that Noel replaced some of, Bonehead plays all the rhythm on DM i think

After morning glory, the only other album I liked was the very last one: dig out of your soul.

Barney Os. They were all good. Well Heathen Chemistry had some awful ones but it was still good.

If you listen to Be Here Now, it's the closest thing you can compare to the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band

Angelo Reyes How?

***** I'm talking about the creativity

jehst' hahaha the earrings, glasses and jacket ain't helping either