Raquel VillaécijaParis Correspondent
Paris Correspondent
Updated Friday, March 1, 2024-01:08
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He is one of the few rock stars still active, a generational and irreverent hero.
Although he has toned down to some degree the cockiness he displayed in the wild Oasis years, he remains an unpredictable guy, who says he has never listened to reggaeton and does not identify with Britpop.
The voice of
Live Forever
or
Wonderwall
continues with its psychedelic sparseness and its respect for the classics, especially for John Squire, the former Stone Roses guitarist, with whom he is launching a new album today: Liam Gallagher & John Squire.
Oasis broke out in the 90s, competing with groups like Blur, with some of the most celebrated albums in the history of rock and with songs that became generational anthems.
Controversy accompanied brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher from the beginning.
The level of the band and its publications decreased as both brothers grew apart.
When 30 years have passed since the publication of their debut,
their fans can still enjoy them separately.
This is their first album together, but it is not their first collaboration.
How has this experience been and what do you expect from this job? The experience has been very, very incredible.
Very nice, endearing and I hope people really enjoy the album.
It's uplifting.
It's a good album.
I think people are going to love it, they're going to like it a lot. You've said that the first Stone Roses concert changed your life.
What has it been like to work with an idol? Yes, it's incredible.
I'm a really big fan of John, so to do an album with John is amazing.
Seeing the Stone Roses changed my life, it put me on the right path.
Without them, I think I wouldn't be here today, I wouldn't have been in Oasis, I wouldn't have had this life.
Music changed my life and gave me purpose.
I went to that concert not knowing who I really was and I left knowing who I was and what I wanted to do in life.
So, eternal respect. You have said that this album is the best since Revolver, by the Beatles... Yes, I will tell you one thing, it is better than all the Beatles songs together and all the albums.
It's a joke.
What I meant was, he was obviously being arrogant that day, it's just fucking hot.
What I want to say is that it is up to par.
Right up there.
John Squire.
Well, I'm not as confident as Liam and I'm much more self-critical.
I love the statement because I think it's a great quote, but I disagree.
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Do you consider yourselves Britpop legends or icons? I don't really buy the Britpop thing.
Even if they did get us into it, I don't think we were, like Blur, Pulp and a lot of the Camden bands were.
Maybe we're wrong, but I always felt like we had a more classic sound, that wasn't as fast-paced as Britpop people.
I think we were at the limit.
We saw it from another perspective, we were more in line with the Roses, The Stones, the Kings, the Who... Do you have a concert planned in Spain on your tour? I think we are going to do something at the end of the year. Are you going to play Oasis or Stone Roses songs together? I think it would be a bit schizophrenic to jump from Oasis to this new album and then to the Roses and vice versa.
I'm sure people would love it, but it would be fucking crazy. Do you think that with this album you can attract a younger audience than your old fans? Yes, without a doubt.
I know this because I talk to people on social media and they are young people, and there are many who like this type of music.
This is necessary, for the energy of the concert.
Because we are older, and the public our age does not contribute anything in the first rows.
We are in the back area drinking and eating fish and chips.
So what you want is for the young people down there to have a great time and then go with the older ones in the back. How has the music industry changed, if at all, since Oasis or Stone Roses ?I don't know anything about the music industry.
I do not pay attention to it.
I'm not interested.
I just make songs, go on tour and have a good time.
I never go to the record company or hang out with people from the record company. Can we say that she is a self-made woman?
JS
I do think it's different, what I've noticed is how much it focuses on streaming, and the fact that you can release a single without releasing an album. Do you miss the good times of Oasis, the 90s? No, because now we're still having fun.
Then was then and this is now.
They were exhausting times too, I don't have the damn energy for it anymore.
That speaks well of me.
I like this peace. Have you considered adapting songs from other artists? Yes, we are considering it.
We don't know what we're going to do until we've tried it in rehearsals.
The main thing is to get this album ready.
I'm not worried about anything else.
But this album is good enough to play the whole thing. Is there any type of music out there that you like or dislike more?
For example, in general we hear more and more reggaeton... What is that? It's a genre in Spanish that comes from Latin America... I haven't heard of it, but I don't really like new music very much and those styles.
Sometimes my kids listen to that garbage and some others but I would never go to a concert.
I like the old, the classic, and there is still a lot to discover.