Must Haves. Music Edition. Noel Gallagher.

BACKGROUND HISTORY

Noel was raised withinside the suburbs of Manchester, England. His father became an alcoholic who frequently beat his 3 sons, prompting Noel's mom to take the kids and depart her husband in 1982. Noel persisted to have a difficult childhood, getting expelled from college on the age of 15 and growing a popularity with the nearby police. At the equal time, he determined a love for rock track and started gambling the guitar, even writing a number of his destiny hits -- including "Live Forever" -- even as nonetheless a teenager. By his early twenties, Noel had grown assured sufficient in his talents to audition for Inspiral Carpets, a Manchester band whose vocalist had currently quit. Although he did not get the job, the band requested him to excursion with them as a roadie.

Active1990s - 2020s

BornMay 29, 1967 in Longsight, Manchester, England

Genre

Pop/Rock

Styles

Alternative Pop/Rock

Alternative/Indie Rock

British Trad Rock

Britpop

Contemporary Pop/Rock

Member Of

Oasis

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

SOLO ALBUMS

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, chasing yesterday, who built the moon?

HITS

if i had a gun, its a beautiful world, the death of you and me, she taught me how to fly

CULTURAL IMPACT

As the lead guitarist, major songwriter, conceptualist and coffee vocalist for Oasis, Noel Gallagher performed a notable function in shaping British rock track from the Nineties and beyond. He became the brains in the back of the organization`s largest hits, which drew similarly from the riff-heavy guitar heroics of the Who and the smart, melodic pop hooks of the Beatles. Although Oasis maintained a near-everlasting location withinside the tabloids -- thank you in big component to Noel's public battles together along with his more youthful brother, Liam, in addition to the wild existence that each siblings led -- Noel's songwriting helped keep the band's role withinside the charts, too, with extra than 20 songs accomplishing the Top Ten in England. Tensions withinside the organization in the end reached a boiling factor in August 2009, prompting Noel to go away Oasis and release Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds in 2011, wherein he persisted to refine his songcraft even as steadily incorporating sturdy factors of electro-dance and psychedelia. This evolution became traced on Back the Way We Came: Vol. 1 (2011-2021), a hits series launched at the 10th anniversary of the self-titled debut from Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds.