The Birth, Life, Death and Rebirth of Liam Gallagher’s voice [part 2] 

It’s finally here. Will the next part take just as long to come out? Yes Don’t be afraid to ask the name of any songs or where any gigs were. I read every comment and respond to most :) If you’re wondering, Liam has Hashimoto’s disease, an auto immune condition that damages the thyroid gland and has many effects, one of which is hoarseness of the voice. He has to take medication daily, and has had to cancel many gigs due to a sore throat, which I believe to be often caused by this (some confirmed). But I’m not a doctor, or his Doctor so I’m only speculating at the end of the day

that 1999 carnation cover...ohh man his voice was on point, totally masive

Even when liams voice was going he still gave it 100% and thats why they are one the greatest bands in history.

Other than the fatigue and losing his voice, I think he sounds incredible in 2000

I would’ve given anything to see them and him in their peak. I was born 97. I got onto their music just as they split. After that I was hooked.The film supersonic was a major factor too. All I do is rewatch gigs on here and listen to their music each day. I've seen Liam and Noel live on their own, but it’s not the same. I’m gutted I never saw them together. His voice sounds amazing again, I’m thankful he’s managed to get it to a top level again. After all the shit he’s managed to come back and prove his ability. How anyone can knock him down is baffling?! They can piss off. He’s the greatest frontman ever, from the greatest band ever. Oasis means everything to me! Their music and what they stood for speaks to me on every level. It’s more than just music, it transcends it for me. They are life. I live my life through their music. Mate these videos are amazing. Appreciate the work you’ve put in👏🏻You’ve got a new subscriber! ✊🏻

Another title for these videos could be ‘listen to Noel learn to sing backing vocals in tune through the years.’ He definitely improved!

Might be a controversial opinion but I love how he sounds in 2000. He was never the same after 97 but that doesnt mean he was never as good. The rasp and the new deeper voice only adds to the wall of sound that is oasis, even if it was less consistent.

Liam’s such a goat, I listened to Oasis’ songs during the best and worst moments of my life. I’m from Italy and I recently went to see him perform live in Rome just before pandemic, he had a rasp voice but as weird as it may sound I prefer that. When he sang the last song his voice gave up and let the crowd do the thing but in the end of the day the gig was incredible and I remember it as the only precious moment of 2020. Great work man, really detailed ✨

It’s weird because he was obviously very aware of how damaged his voice was getting, so he changed how he sang to adapt to it, and it just put further strain on it to sing in a different yet passable way. Madness. Voice wasn’t destined for longevity it seems. Though he definitely sounds pretty damn decent recently.

Be here now is my fav era of liams voice

at 5:54, that rendition of Don't Go Away is genuinely touching. To steal & paraphrase Bonehead's comment on the Definitely Maybe doc, his voice was uncharacteristically angelic at times

Live Forever at around 24:24 sounds fab! I personally love that unique rasp. Even the uncontrolled ‘find out why’ almost voice crack sounds weirdly good!

They should've just taken a year or so off, after '96. Just to let the whole band rest. The be here now tour just massively changed his voice.

He sounds pretty good in this period, his prime is 1995/96 though. Great video and don't go away and stop crying your heart out live performances are really touching

In a perfect world, they should've taken 97 off, dropped The Masterplan as the 3rd album in 98 and done a short tour of the US and UK

Can we appreciate that Liams voice at it worse was better than half the shit that’s out these days

Although I was a massive fan as a '90s teenager and almost-15 year old me would've given anything to go to Knebworth, I never got to see Oasis mk1 and my first gig was the Wembley show that was released as Familiar to Millions. I saw them a few times from 2000-2005, and definitely noticed Liam's voice deepening and he really did seem to struggle with the older material at times. I think it was Finsbury Park (July 2002) - I just put it down to getting older, as singers' voices do seem to become less elastic but richer for it. It was always awe-inspiring to see them, though. I was at a show in Brighton (December 2002) where he went off and Noel took over for a few songs mid-show. The write-up in the paper portrayed this as a tantrum but I'm pretty sure this 'Noel segment' became a bit of a fixture of their gigs around that time, no doubt to give Liam's pipes a bit of a rest! I watched Supersonic and As It Was (the LG doc) over Christmas, and really saw Liam in a new light. Seeing in these videos, how he gave his all despite trouble with his voice, says it all. He was always portrayed as arrogant and moody but it's clear he's always been incredibly hard-working and passionate, and didn't want to give any time and energy to media nonsense. Now he's sounding better than ever and his songwriting is on another level. Looking forward to Part 3!

Noel should have done a bunch of the songs he sang in order during longer shows. That could have given Liam 30 to 40 minutes to rest his voice, and then he could have came back out and finished the concert.

Be Here Now Tour took Liam's voice. Too long gigs and fucking high notes + cocaine and alcohol... Happy to see him happy with his work this days

His voice is incredible in that show at the GMEX

This is brilliant. I feel like I should be paying for this kind of quality!

Apoquindo was bad for Liam. Noel was a real bro for doing live forever on acoustic that night.

Thank you very much friend for your time and work, we were waiting for you !!!!

1995 and 97 are my favourite years for Liams voice

I love this band so much. Wembley 2000 is my favorite Oasis gig of all time. Amazing video!

Next part is gonna be painful

That 2001 performance of fade away is one of my all time favorite oasis performances

Cheers for putting all this together. Quality. Much appreciated. The way he sings it’s amazing his voice is not totally shot. Sounded great in his down by the river gig.

That session where he sang carnation, he sounds the best he’s ever sounded singing that 👌

1997 was very clean but also very powerful, whereas 1995/6 he had the rasp.

Quality! Cannot wait for the next part, for some reason I love studying his voice!

It would have helped Liam more if Noel or any of the other bandmates suggest to tune all of the guitars down to half a step or a whole step down that would have helped Liam to not overwork his voice

In my opinion 1997 was probably Liam's best year in terms of control and diversity. He was easily able to do those calm acoustic numbers where his voice shone through like similar to 1994 but at the same time he could go for the gravel and rasp whenever he wanted all whilst being able to maintain his normal middle ground. His ability to turn the gravel and rasp on is probably seen during the 1997 Gmex show that was in the video, during D'you know what I mean and All around the world he turns the rasp on for the lines 'they dont even know your born' and 'if your lost at sea then I hope that you drown'. Honestly it's incredible and just shows the level of control he had being able to turn it off and on.

The first gig you showed in this part is one of my favourite shows. This series would have been a tonne of work to put together. Thank you for doing it for us. 🖖

I was at that gig in 99. One of the most fun concerts of my life. Pocket full powder. Model on my arm. Open bar. Back stage passes. What a night. Then went to a raging house party with my singer. One of the best nights of my life. Cheers Liam voice was tops in 96 for me.

He sounds very good in 1999. Granted that they didn’t play many gigs and that he’s mostly using his mid-range on the song, but the Carnation cover sounds awesome, some parts genuinely sound like 1995.

The G-Mex concert was his best performance. I wish the strength in his voice always remained that way.

Great vid mate, great to hear some of there old gigs and see how his voice changes throughout the years. I’m 17 and it’s very interesting to see how his voice has developed.

2000-2002 is by far my favorite era. Still has his voice, just more raspy

It always amazes me how that voice could change so much between 2001 and 2002

Thanks so much for puttin' this and the earlier part together, chief! Ever the more hyped for concerts to be a thing again!

Legend for this! 1997 was just incredible

Really excellent stuff...thank you so much for this compilation! I concur with your thoughts about Hashimoto's. I too suffer from this, and I'm also a singer...and it affects my voice BIG TIME! The voice can easily get sore, raspy and tired sounding from this thyroid disease, especially when you're singing as hard and as often as Liam. One thing I know is that alcohol is very bad for this condition. I can tell you that singing is so much easier for me when I'm off booze. I can hear a little bit of this going on in Liam's voice. You can also see when he's indulging more in booze/substance abuse, his beautiful face looks more bloated/inflamed. Coincidentally this seems to be when he's struggled more with his voice. I think that's why he's singing so much better than ever these days: he's really being moderate with his alcohol/cigarette/drug intake...according to him anyway! Again, thanks so much, really beautifully put together, so interesting and so enjoyable for we Liam fans! Looking forward to part 3! Cheers!

I am watching this and thinking that Liam and many other vocalists sound best live (of course, if they are not experiencing any health related problems) when they are singing songs that have been written last. For example, in 2000 Liam's voice sounds better on songs from Standing on the Shoulder of Giants, because they were written with his then current state of voice in mind. If we take another famous vocalist, Dave Gahan from Depeche Mode - he sounds good live now when he is singing stuff from latest albums. And of course, he is no longer able to sing like 20, 30 years ago. Hence change of arrangement of classic DM songs on live shows. Same with Liam. Sure, he is no longer able to sing like when he was in his 20's. But he sounds great on his solo stuff.

Been waiting for this ever so patiently. Absolutely love the details and analysis. Top job mate!

Can’t wait for part 1! These are awesome!

feckin brilliant Lad .... tha natural nuances of Liam's singing is utterly unique .... and tha changes that happen naturally with His singing for 30 years is awesome His vocal changes are organic , no wanker lessons, no trying, He's natural and is why He inspires so many Slainte mate great job with tha videos

So much gratitude for all the insight on this and for sharing really aporeciated , Loving his voices rebirth esp after the Hydro in Glasgow a few nights ago ❤️

Be Here Now era, for me, was their best , Liam was untouchable with many proper Rock N Roll tunes like Be Here Now, D'You Know What I Mean, Stay Young and many more

one thing that i know everybody will agree with me on is how Liam hit the perfect notes 90% of the time even if the texture of his voice was fucked up. some of the worst oasis gigs from 2006-09 have liam singing with a badly worn out voice but anybody who can tell C from G will notice that he pushes his voice to all the right notes as much as he can. his breath control was pretty much fucked after don't believe the truth, but he still hit the right notes more or less with his kermit voice. he couldn't sustain most notes except baritones after DBTT though, and that's something that has bled into his solo efforts as well. he's bounced back from vocalist's hell though, and boy is it a miracle.

One of the best things here is where he's singing Acquiesce, voice goes, and Noel steps in with the actual original lyrics that Liam wasn't going to sing haha. IQ 200 moment!

I was so happy when I saw you posted. Loved the video. Waiting for the last part

Great VIDEO! Thanks for your work and the time you spent configuring and researching all these clips. Thanks for the great information as well. Can’t wait for the third one. Take care

I hope you get the rewards for these videos, top notch. As a long time Oasis fan reliving the 90s here. Take me back! Haha.

Personally I think Liam and oasis as a band sounded unbelievable and at there best from year 2000, standing on the shoulders of giants album live is the best

Thank you so much for this video, and also thanks for considering and including the "Leganés gig" I had suggested. MAd fer it mate!

Im really hurt that you didnt included stand by me in bonehead’s house, for me is the best Liam has ever sounded

Rattlesnake Phase has such a badass ring to it.... it's pretty biblical.

I hope you keep getting the recognition you deserve for making these videos!

Noel singing Liam’s part in Acquiesce is mega.

love these, your commentary is really well-done! allows the clips room to breathe whilst also guiding the video very effectively

This is excellent work!

YEEESSSS! Finally!! Thank you!!

Love Tokyo '98, massive gig. Champagne Supernova from here is so special!

amazing!! thank you mate

Great I been waiting for this for a while. I personally prefer his voice from 2000

Biblical mate good to see this been looking forward to it since part 1

I love Liam's tambourine. It reminds me of my elementary school music class. Cute, at odds with a typical image for a rock n' roll star.

Brilliant compilation! Excellent follow up to the first episode! I only wish people would stop uploading these FAKE remasters, especially when it's even the wrong aspect ratio. It's keep getting harder to find the original performances in high quality as these clickbait versions taking over :(

the g-mex concert is an absolute mega! legendary++

My personal preference has always been 2000 Liam (Wembley Live Album). Although he couldn't quite reach the high notes, his voice's command was MASSIVE. Thanks for this comprehensive look at his evolution. Looking forward more! PS. I'd love it if you can have the Beady Eye performance of Morning Son in Kimmel, I think. His voice was amazing there (partly due to the reverb but still a favorite of mine)

Singing for Liam became more work than a natural, effortless gift. He just had the power and could sing with ease from 94 to early 96. The undiagnosed Hashimotos he sung with for years had done damage and is why his voice became less powerful and more raspy. Lot of singers live the rockstar life and maintain their voice for the most part. It's different for all of them. For having no singing lessons, proper techniques, and coming into loving music late in his teens after the hammer to the head incident, Liam is an all time great singer and person in music history along with his brother and Oasis. Thankful that they ever existed. Really a miracle how bands like Oasis come to be. Real bottom to the top musicians and artists.

Well done mate, quality video, worth the wait

On this list what was there biggest gig in terms of attendance? Also Liam's voice was still great in the 2000s it really started to go in 2004. Noel is a bro for covering for him. No matter if they bicker bros will be bros

This whole series is awesome, thank you! But I can`t find part 1 anymore... ?

Brothers forever ❤️

For me their best gig was Geneagles Scotland, 1994 🔥

Been waiting for this

Great video mate

I WAITED SO MUCH FOR THIS, OMG

Thank you very much for making this

31:24 insane vocals, the last original liam voice gig (?)

I think they should release a album on TOTP 2002. They were incredibe over there

I’ve been waiting for this, cheers

I honestly love the "Rattlesnake" phase. All the way to 2002. He sounds cool. I like how he stretches the words.

was waiting for this. Thanks

For me, Liam's best performance in 2000 was at the Yokohama concert!

Great video! I can't wait for the next part. Great job!

Worth the wait, what a vid

Liam also sweats a lot -- also probably because of Hashimoto's disease

liam's' voice in wembley 2000 was at its best

Cheers for this!

Noel needs to bring back the 2002 look

Great series, looking forward to the next one

Broooo, that part at 34:08 "PEOPLE TRY TO PUT US DOOOWN" literally made me scream and shout THAT WAS FUCKING INCREDIBLE! He did better on that song in that year then he did during the Shoulder of Giants Era!!

finally, thank you

Been waiting so long for this one

Hard to say if the fatigue from 2000 was built up for 2001, since Liam had almost 5 months off, and actually sounded pretty fresh in January. But yeah, his voice in that year, though better than the June - Aug '00 gigs, still sounded less tuneful/melodic than any gigs before that period. Something defo happened to Liam's voice during those Noel-less days.

Amazing band and video

One of his worst moments of that era was when he completely cracked on the high note for my generation at the tokyo concert on 2002