Editing Liam Gallagher (section)

===1991–2009: Oasis===
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When school friend [[Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan]] invited Gallagher to join his band The Rain as a vocalist, he agreed. He was the band's co-songwriter, along with guitarist [[Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs]]. Noel has since openly mocked this writing partnership, describing them as being "just awful", and Liam also admitted that they were "shit".<ref name="behind"/> The band only rehearsed once a week and did not get many gigs. It was at one of their rare shows in 1991 at [[Boardwalk (music club)|the Boardwalk]] in Manchester that Noel, having recently returned from touring internationally as a roadie for [[Inspiral Carpets]], saw them perform. In 1993, Oasis played a four-song set at [[King Tut's Wah Wah Hut]] in [[Glasgow]], where [[Alan McGee]] of [[Creation Records]] discovered them and signed them for a six-album deal. The band's debut album ''[[Definitely Maybe]]'' was released on 28 August 1994, and went on to become the fastest-selling British debut album of all time. Liam was praised for his vocal contributions to the album, and his presence made Oasis a popular live act. Critics cited influences from [[the Beatles]] and [[Sex Pistols]]. Liam's attitude garnered attention from the British [[tabloid press]], which often ran stories concerning his alleged drug use and behaviour. In 1997, ''Definitely Maybe'' was named the 14th greatest album of all time in a "Music of the Millennium" poll conducted by [[HMV]].<ref>"{{usurped|1=[https://web.archive.org/web/20160303222821/http://www.rocklistmusic.co.uk/channel4.htm Channel 4/HMV best music of this millennium]}}". Rocklistmusic.co.uk. Retrieved on 2 January 2007.</ref> In [[Channel 4]]'s "100 Greatest Albums" countdown in 2005, the album was placed at No. 6.<ref>{{cite web|title=The 100 Greatest Albums|url=http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/albums/results.html|publisher=[[Channel 4]]|access-date=27 April 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080914065711/http://www.channel4.com/entertainment/tv/microsites/G/greatest/albums/results.html|archive-date=14 September 2008}}</ref> In 2006, ''[[NME]]'' placed the album at No. 3 in a list of the greatest British albums ever.<ref>{{cite news| title =NME's best British album of all time revealed| url =https://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/22062| work =NME| location =UK| date =26 January 2006| url-status=dead| archive-url =https://web.archive.org/web/20060206022644/http://www.nme.com/news/arctic-monkeys/22062| archive-date =6 February 2006| df =dmy-all}}</ref> In the 2006 book of ''[[Guinness Book of British Hit Singles|British Hit Singles and Albums]]'', the album was voted the best album of all time, with the Beatles' ''[[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band]]'' finishing second.<ref>{{cite news | title = Oasis' album 'best of all time' | url = http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/5037792.stm | work = BBC News | date = 1 June 2006 | access-date = 3 April 2019 | archive-date = 29 March 2009 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20090329023045/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/music/5037792.stm | url-status = live }}</ref> ''[[Q Magazine|Q]]'' placed it at No. 5 on their greatest albums of all-time list in 2006, and ''NME'' hailed it as the greatest album of all time that same year.
[[File:Oasis Noel and Liam WF.jpg|thumb|right|The Gallagher brothers performing with Oasis in September 2005]]
The band's second album ''[[(What's the Story) Morning Glory?]]'' was even more successful, becoming the third-best selling album in British history.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6151050.stm|title=Queen head all-time sales chart|date=16 November 2006|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=2 March 2007|archive-date=30 December 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081230012831/http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/6151050.stm|url-status=live}}</ref> Around this time, Oasis became embroiled in a well documented media-fuelled feud with fellow [[Britpop]] band [[Blur (band)|Blur]]. The differing styles of the bands now leading the Britpop movement—Oasis a working-class northern band, and Blur a middle-class southern band—made the media perceive them as natural rivals. In August 1995, Blur and Oasis released new singles on the same day; Blur's "[[Country House (song)|Country House]]" outsold Oasis' "[[Roll with It (Oasis song)|''Roll with It'']]" by 58,000 copies during the week.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/indie/blur-vs-oasis/|title=Blur and Oasis singles sales|work=[[Seven Ages of Rock]]|publisher=BBC|access-date=3 October 2011|archive-date=4 April 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110404125710/http://www.bbc.co.uk/music/sevenages/events/indie/blur-vs-oasis/|url-status=live}}</ref> When the band mimed the single on ''[[Top of the Pops]]'', Liam pretended to play Noel's guitar and Noel pretended to sing, taking a jibe at the show's lip-syncing format. ''(What's the Story) Morning Glory?'' is considered to be a seminal record of the Britpop era and as one of the best albums of the 1990s,<ref name="rollingstone.com">{{cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/rolling-stone-readers-pick-the-top-10-albums-of-the-nineties-20110216/5-oasis-whats-the-story-morning-glory-0122161|title=5. Oasis – '(What's The Story) Morning Glory?'|magazine=Rolling Stone|date=16 February 2011|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-date=29 April 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120429025810/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/photos/rolling-stone-readers-pick-the-top-10-albums-of-the-nineties-20110216/5-oasis-whats-the-story-morning-glory-0122161|url-status=live}}</ref> and appears in several charts as one of the greatest albums of all time.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=188#rankings |title=(What's the Story) Morning Glory? (album) by Oasis : Best Ever Albums |website=Besteveralbums.com |year=2012 |access-date=11 January 2012 |archive-date=3 January 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120103155447/http://www.besteveralbums.com/thechart.php?a=188#rankings |url-status=live }}</ref> In 2010, ''[[Rolling Stone]]'' commented that "the album is a triumph, full of bluster, bravado, and surprising tenderness" and that it "capped a true golden age for Britpop".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/oasis/albumguide|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110502091901/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/artists/oasis/albumguide|url-status=dead|archive-date=2 May 2011|title=Rolling Stone Album Guide: Morning Glory|website=Rollingstone.com|access-date=7 June 2017}}</ref> The magazine ranked the album at No. 378 on its 2012 list of "[[The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time|''The 500 Greatest Albums of All Time'']]".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/whats-the-story-morning-glory-oasis-19691231|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120911063321/http://www.rollingstone.com/music/lists/500-greatest-albums-of-all-time-19691231/whats-the-story-morning-glory-oasis-19691231|url-status=dead|archive-date=11 September 2012|title=500 Greatest Albums: (What's the Story) Morning Glory?|website=Rollingstone.com|access-date=7 June 2017}}</ref> The album's enduring popularity within the UK was reflected when it won the BRITs Album of 30 Years at the [[2010 BRIT Awards]]. The award was voted on by the public to decide the greatest Best Album winner in the history of the BRIT Awards.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/16/brits-album-of-30-years/|title=AOL Radio Stations|work=Slacker, Inc.|publisher=AOL Radio|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-date=24 November 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121124231755/http://www.spinner.com/2010/02/16/brits-album-of-30-years/|url-status=live}}</ref> The album was also included in the book ''[[1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die]]''.<ref>{{cite book|first1=Robert | last1 = Dimery|first2=Michael | last2 =Lydon|title=1001 Albums You Must Hear Before You Die: Revised and Updated Edition|date=23 March 2010|publisher=Universe|isbn=978-0-7893-2074-2}}</ref>
[[File:Liam gallagher.jpg|thumb|upright|Gallagher performing in February 2006]]

Oasis's third album, ''[[Be Here Now (album)|Be Here Now]]'', was released on 21 August 1997 and set a new record as the fastest-selling album in UK Chart history. The album was denounced by Noel in later years, but Liam has defended it.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nme.com/news/oasis/25184|title=Liam Gallagher: my Oasis best of|publisher=[[NME]]|date=24 November 2006|access-date=27 June 2007|archive-date=4 March 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304042219/http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/25184|url-status=live}}</ref> On the first day of release, ''Be Here Now'' sold over 424,000 copies and became the fastest-selling album in British chart history; initial reviews were overwhelmingly positive.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/adeles-25-just-went-platinum-in-24-hours/|title=Adele's 25 just went platinum in 24 hours - Music Business Worldwide|date=21 November 2015|website=Musicbusinessworldwide.com|access-date=3 April 2019|archive-date=25 November 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151125015401/http://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/adeles-25-just-went-platinum-in-24-hours/|url-status=live}}</ref> The band's long-time producer [[Owen Morris]] said the recording sessions were marred by arguments and drug abuse, and that the band's only motivations were commercial.<ref name="Q07">{{cite web|url=http://news.q4music.com/2007/04/classic_clip_oasis.html|title=Be Here Now — was it really so bad?|access-date=23 June 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070529130405/http://news.q4music.com/2007/04/classic_clip_oasis.html|archive-date=29 May 2007|publisher=EMAP Performance Online|quote=The only reason anyone was there was the money. Noel had decided Liam was a shit singer. Liam had decided he hated Noel's songs. So on we went. Massive amounts of drugs. Big fights. Bad vibes. Shit recordings.}}</ref> As of 2008, the album had sold eight million copies worldwide. It was the best-selling album of 1997 in the UK, with 1.47&nbsp;million units sold.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.officialcharts.com/galleries/the-biggest-selling-album-of-every-year-since-1956/?14989|title=Official Charts Company|website=Official Charts Company|access-date=8 March 2018|archive-date=13 September 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160913172922/http://www.officialcharts.com/galleries/the-biggest-selling-album-of-every-year-since-1956/?14989|url-status=live}}</ref> The album topped the UK Vinyl Albums Chart in 2016, 19 years after its original release.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/oasis-classic-be-here-now-claims-number-1-on-the-official-vinyl-albums-chart__16740/|title=Oasis' Be Here Now is Number 1 on the Official Vinyl Albums Chart|website=Officialcharts.com|access-date=21 March 2019|archive-date=21 March 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190321035105/https://www.officialcharts.com/chart-news/oasis-classic-be-here-now-claims-number-1-on-the-official-vinyl-albums-chart__16740/|url-status=live}}</ref> Creation Records shut down in 1999, after which the Gallagher brothers set up their own label, [[Big Brother Recordings]], for all future Oasis releases. Future album and singles were marked with codes starting with "RKID" ("our kid", Northern English slang for a sibling or younger relative). Oasis returned in 2000 with the album ''[[Standing on the Shoulder of Giants]]''. Founding members Bonehead and Guigsy left during the recording, leaving Liam as the only member remaining from the band's pre-Oasis lineup. The album featured the band's first song written by Liam, "Little James", written for his then-wife [[Patsy Kensit]]'s son James.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/3284/uncuta3002.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091021031314/http://geocities.com/SunsetStrip/Underground/3284/uncuta3002.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=21 October 2009 |title="Titanic!" [part 2&#93; |access-date=5 January 2019}}</ref> This song, along with the album as a whole, received generally mixed reviews.

Oasis's next album, ''[[Heathen Chemistry]]'', was released in 2002 and featured three more songs written by Liam. One of them was "[[Songbird (Oasis song)|Songbird]]", an acoustic ballad about his love for [[Nicole Appleton]], whom he would later marry. The song was the fourth single from the album and reached No. 3 in the UK charts. Later that year, Gallagher broke several teeth and sustained injuries to his face after a fight broke out at a [[Munich]] bar. He and Oasis drummer [[Alan White (Oasis drummer)|Alan White]] were arrested but released without charge. Oasis had to pull out of the shows in Munich and [[Düsseldorf]] due to Liam's injuries. 2005 saw the release of Oasis's sixth studio album, ''[[Don't Believe the Truth]]'', featuring a further three compositions by Liam: "Love Like a Bomb" (co-written with rhythm guitarist [[Gem Archer]]), "The Meaning of Soul", and "Guess God Thinks I'm Abel". The album won two [[Q Awards]]: a special People's Choice Award and Best Album.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/11/arts.artsnews |title=Old guard of British music recognised at Q awards |last=Brooks |first=Xan |date=11 October 2005 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=5 September 2017 |issn=0261-3077 |archive-date=5 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170905093414/https://www.theguardian.com/uk/2005/oct/11/arts.artsnews |url-status=live }}</ref> Gallagher joined the rest of Oasis to receive the Outstanding Contribution to Music Award at the [[BRIT Awards]] in 2007. As the band picked up the award, he commented on stage, "Seeing as we don't get nominated for this shit no more, this'll have to do."

2008 saw the release of the band's final album ''[[Dig Out Your Soul]]'', which featured three Liam-written songs: "[[I'm Outta Time]]", "Ain't Got Nothin'", and "Soldier On". ''Dig Out Your Soul'' went straight to No. 1 on the UK Album Charts and reached No. 5 in the U.S. 200 Billboard Charts. In the UK, the album sold 90,000 copies on its first day of release, making it the second-fastest selling album of 2008, behind [[Coldplay]]'s ''[[Viva la Vida or Death and All His Friends|Viva la Vida]]''. It debuted on the UK Albums Chart at No. 1 with first-week sales of 200,866 copies, making it the 51st fastest selling album ever in the UK. The album debuted at No. 5 on the ''Billboard'' 200 in the U.S. with 53,000 copies sold.<ref name="billboard">Hasty, Katie. [https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043781/ti-begins-second-week-atop-billboard-200 "T.I. Begins Second Week Atop Billboard 200"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201018062908/https://www.billboard.com/articles/news/1043781/ti-begins-second-week-atop-billboard-200|date=18 October 2020}}. [https://billboard.com] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201221031636/https://www.billboard.com/|date=21 December 2020}}. 15 October 2008.</ref> It is the highest chart position of any Oasis album in the U.S. since ''Be Here Now'', which debuted at No. 2, but fewer total opening week sales than ''Don't Believe the Truth''.<ref name="billboard"/> It spent over 30 weeks in the French Albums Chart.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?key=95826&cat=a|title=lescharts.com – Oasis – Dig Out Your Soul|date=21 June 2009|access-date=21 June 2009|publisher=lescharts.com|archive-date=4 August 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210804232046/https://lescharts.com/showitem.asp?interpret=Oasis&titel=Dig+Out+Your+Soul&cat=a|url-status=live}}</ref> Many critics lauded ''Dig Out Your Soul'' as one of the band's strongest albums, one opined that "it seems Oasis have made something that can happily play alongside ''Morning Glory''".<ref>{{cite news | url=http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24470494-5003421,00.html | title=Oasis' Dig Out Your Soul one of their best | date=9 October 2008 | access-date=9 October 2008 | publisher=[[The Courier-Mail]] | first=Noel | last=Mengel | archive-date=14 October 2008 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081014172710/http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,24470494-5003421,00.html | url-status=live }}</ref> In August 2009, during the [[Dig Out Your Soul Tour|tour in support of the album]], the band split up due to Noel not being able to work with Liam any more.<ref>{{cite news|last=McCormick|first=Neil|url=http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/neilmccormick/100054668/noel-gallagher-regrets-the-end-of-oasis/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110709193927/http://blogs.telegraph.co.uk/culture/neilmccormick/100054668/noel-gallagher-regrets-the-end-of-oasis/|url-status=dead|archive-date=9 July 2011|title=Noel Gallagher regrets the end of Oasis|website=Blogs.telegraph.co.uk|date=7 July 2011|access-date=3 October 2011|location=London}}</ref>