Oasis parted ways 11 years ago, with the band calling it quits after delighting fans for years with their iconic hits.
As we mark 25 years since the historic Oasis vs Blur battle for the UK number 1 spot, it’s worth noting it’s been over a decade since the Manchester Britpop titans split, leaving fans devastated.
Brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher have feuded publicly since the break-up in 2009, but it’s not just those two who have come to blows over the years.
Original drummer Tony McCarroll endured a bitter split with Oasis just before the release of their mega-selling album (What’s the Story?) Morning Glory, launching a lawsuit as a result.
From drinking to oblivion, fiery feuds, lawsuits, and books about cult hero footballers, here’s what the members of Oasis did after the fallout.
Liam and Noel are famously still feuding years after the band parted ways (Image: PA Archive/PA Images)
The band officially split in August 2009, following growing tensions between the Gallagher brothers.
Noel’s departure followed on from a fiery backstage row between the siblings at Rock en Seine festival, Paris.
After the Wonderwall hitmakers split, Liam, who was lead singer, enjoyed success as part of Beady Eye and a solo career.
Noel has also had a successful singing career since he made the decision to leave Oasis.
Tony McCarroll endured a bitter breakup with Oasis years before the band’s final split (Image: All Action)
He formed and became lead vocalist, guitarist, and songwriter for Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds.
The brothers are still feuding to this day, with Liam regularly taking to his Twitter page to slam his brother in brutal tweets.
But it’s not just Noel and Liam who have rowed, as Tony McCarroll has spoken out about the scandal surrounding his departure from the band.
Tony sued the band after he was sacked as their drummer in 1999 (Image: Reuters)
He was a founder member of the Manchester group in 1991 with Bonehead and Guigsy, when it was known as The Rain, before the Gallagher siblings joined.
However, his involvement with the Champagne Supernova hitmakers only lasted with one album – Definitely Maybe.
His final ever performance with Oasis was amid their first number one hit, Some Might Say, on Top of the Pops.
He endured a bitter split with the band in April 1995 before the release of (What’s the Story) Morning Glory? in October that year.
The drummer’s relationship broke down with the group and he especially argued with Noel, according to reports at the time.
Tony accused Noel of ‘dictating’ the band’s decisions (Image: Getty Images)
The drama escalated as there was even a publicised court case, as Tony sued the band.
Noel claimed Tony had to go as he wasn’t good enough to play songs from the new album, including global hits Don’t Look Back In Anger and Wonderwall.
Tony however claimed he was kicked out because he stood up to a “dictatorial and detached Noel” too many times.
The drummer then attempted to sue Oasis for £18m, as he felt he was owed this for his part in the band’s five-album deal with Creation records. It was settled out of court, with Tony reportedly receiving six-figure settlement.
Tony told Manchester Evening News : “I spent three years getting drunk after Noel kicked me out of Oasis” in an eye-opening interview.
He explained to the publication: “I couldn’t get myself out of a suitcase for the next few years.
Liam regularly slams his brother Noel in fiery posts on Twitter (Image: APA/AFP via Getty Images)
“With the band I was used to travelling, touring. I just needed to get away. The band were getting bigger, good on them, but I needed to get away from the whole thing.
“So I began to ignore and neglect a few things and got away.”
He continued: “When that court case settled there was a bit of a release, it was kind of like ‘OK you’re going to be safe a while’ so great, but I never wanted to be in the position ever and I had to endure it.
“If you’re asking when I got back to normality… maybe I’m not normal. You’re reminded every single f***ing day of Oasis.”
The iconic Oasis line-up of Bonehead, Liam and Noel Gallagher, Guigsy and drummer Alan White (Image: GETTY)
Tony also shared his upset on being ditched from the group in his ‘tell-all’ book Oasis: The Truth: My Life as Oasis’s Drummer, which was published in 2010.
McCarroll was replaced by Alan White, with the lineup remaining stable for several years.
In early 1999, Paul ‘Bonehead” Arthurs announced he was leaving, and then Paul McGuigan, known as “Guigsy” followed less than three weeks later.
Since leaving the band, Guigsy, who played bass in the band, wrote a book about former football star Robin Friday.
The book was called The Greatest Footballer You Never Saw: The Robin Friday Story.
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