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“I hadn’t played bass to any great degree before I tried out for Oasis. When I was invited to come out and got on the plane, I didn’t have a bass”: Andy Bell looks back on crafting Ride’s mind-expanding shoegaze sound and playing in Britpop’s biggest band
By Andrew Daly published
The ‘90s were good to Bell. With Ride, there were the classic albums Nowhere and Going Black Again. Then there was Oasis. He looks back on a decade that changed everything – and the advice Blur’s Graham Coxon gave him about string bending
“Where you hold your guitar for the first time is crucial. It signifies how much of a c*** you’re going to be”: Noel Gallagher on how the most stressful day of his life was caused by a guitar strap
By Matt Parker published
The Oasis and High Flying Birds guitar legend recalls tackling the big questions ahead of Oasis' first gig
This is the song most Americans want to learn how to play on guitar – and you probably know what it is
By Matt Parker published
New research has analyzed searches for guitar lessons to determine the most popular tracks
15 Britpop guitar heroes who shook up the UK in the '90s
By Andrew Daly published
The '90s were a heady time for the British indie scene, aka Britpop – from the advent of Blur vs Oasis to the emergence of Radiohead, we run down the guitarists behind the genre's biggest hits
Gibson recreates two of Noel Gallagher’s prized guitars with 1960 ES-355 and Epiphone Riviera signature models
By Matt Owen published
The premium limited-edition Murphy Lab model and more affordable Epiphone alternative revive the Oasis co-founder's go-to touring instrument and early favorite
Noel Gallagher’s Gibson ES-355, reportedly behind Oasis split, sells for more than $400,000
By Matt Owen published
The Bigsby-equipped beauty was destroyed on the night of the band's 2009 Rock en Seine Festival set, and is supposedly the symbol of their break-up
Smashed Gibson ES-355 reportedly behind Oasis’ split to go under the hammer
By Matt Owen published
The guitar, once belonging to Noel Gallagher, was restored in 2011 after it was smashed in two on the night the band split, and is described as “the symbol of Oasis' breakup“
Noel Gallagher's 10-year-old son taught him how to play AC/DC's Back in Black
By Sam Roche published
When his son asked what grade he was, the Oasis man replied, “I'm grade £76 million”
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