Look Back In Awe With Oasis

As Oasis prepare to accept the Outstanding Contribution To Music Award at this year's Brit Awards, it's hard to imagine a music scene without the outspoken Gallagher brothers at the forefront.

In fact, Liam and Noel are the only two surviving members from the original band line-up, who formed in 1991.

Supersonic was their first big hit in 1993, catapulting the band into the big time.

Their debut album Definitely Maybe was the fastest selling LP at the time and entered the album charts at No1.

Sales have now superceded an incredible 50 million albums worldwide and the boys have notched up an impressive eight UK number ones.

And throughout their 16 years in the limelight, Oasis have never shied away from controversy.

Their rivalry with fellow Britpop act Blur led Noel to shockingly declare he hoped singer Damon Albarn would "catch Aids and die," something he later apologised for.

The fiery relationship between the two brothers has frequently come to blows, and even threatened the future of the band on occasion.

Noel's frankness about cocaine indulgence has also hit the headlines.

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The brothers have had a series of high-profile relationships, with the song Don't Look Back In Anger said to be about Noel's ex Meg Mathews, though he has always denied this.

Liam's marriage to Patsy Kensit in 1997 was doomed from the start, with the self-styled bad boy managing to impregnate Lisa Moorish just a week after his wedding.

Needless to say, they divorced in 2000 and he now lives with Nicole Appleton of the girl band All Saints.

The wilder days of the Gallaghers may now be behind them, but their music will undoubtedly Live Forever.

The brothers have given us some great quotes over the years. Here is a top ten:

1. Liam: "I’d never want to be that big in America as they’re all f***ing weirdos."

2. Noel on the influence of Arctic Monkeys: "It's gonna be c**ts with guitars going, 'And me mum works down the f**king chip shop, she met a geezer,' and all that. Great pop music is not about real life, it's about how great life can be. Real life's s**t."

3. Noel: "The middle classes 'experiment' with drugs; the working classes just get stuck in."

4. Noel: "If I ever get to go to the moon, I'll probably just stand on the moon and go 'Hmmm, yeah...fair enough...gotta go home now."

5. Noel on Robbie Williams: "He's just a fat tap-dancer from Stoke."

6. Noel: "The thing about us is we're honest. If we're asked whether we take drugs, we say yes. I was brought up by my mam not to be a liar."

7. Liam: "If I saw an alien, I'd tell it to f**k right off because whatever planet he came from they wouldn't have the Beatles or any decent f*****g music. So they can f**k right off, I ain't going anywhere with them."

8. Noel: "We're not arrogant, we just believe we're the best band in the world."

9. Liam: "I'm not getting married today. I'm in bed."

10. Noel: "Kylie Minogue is just a demonic little idiot as far as I'm concerned."

Source: www.thesun.co.uk