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TAPE_NUMBER: EN0006 IN_TIME: 10:25:25 LENGTH: 05:03 SOURCES: APTN/SINE RESTRICTIONS: All no access Internet, No re-use/re-sale of film/video/TV clips without clearance music/performance rights must be cleared FEED: SCRIPT: English/Nat xfa Title: Liam Gallagher Date: January 2000 Location: London Mr Northern swagger himself, LIAM GALLAGHER, is due to ruffle a few feathers as he speaks candidly about his new album, the Beckhams, the Internet, and manager of Creation Records, Alan McGee. No stranger to controversy, the OASIS frontman held nothing back as he promoted the band's latest album, STANDING ON THE SHOULDER OF GIANTS. The album is Oasis' first since summer 1997. It's also the first time the brothers have recorded without original band members Paul 'Bonehead' Arthurs and Paul 'Guigsy' McGuigan. Today, the line up reads NOEL and LIAM Gallagher, ALAN WHITE on drums, and new additions GEM on guitar and ANDY BELL on bass. There are one or two other changes as well - Liam Gallagher now plays guitar, and has written his first song to be included in Oasis material 'Little James', about his step-son, Patsy Kensit's child by former husband Jim Kerr. Liam, despite his image as today's archetypal rock and roll star, claims to have spent the recording of this album sober, so that his input to the project would be taken more seriously. Although he still claims to be 'rock and roll' he says that fatherhood has changed his outlook to life and it's this new outlook that has led to his attack on Posh Spice and David Beckham. The 33-year-old star, relating to what it's like to have a baby in the public eye, feels the couple are abusing their responsibility by welcoming celebrity photographers into their child's life for cash. Oasis shot to fame in 1994 with the smash-hit album DEFINITELY MAYBE, and followed it up in 1995 with (WHAT'S THE STORY) MORNING GLORY. They are recognised as the leaders of the early 1990's Brit-pop scene. As part of Creation Records, run by ALAN McGEE, the band's popularity has grown exponentially. However, the band recently dumped the label to record under their own label, Big Brother Records. The split from McGee was anything but smooth. The Oasis frontman savagely attacked the manager during the interview, calling him "a lousy businessman, record boss, whatever... mate!". The band's public image has been shaped as much by controversy like this as by its music. The two brothers happily indulged in public fighting and the usual rock star high jinks, but admissions of illegal drug use by both of them have generated much of the negative press in their native Britain. Noel went so far as saying taking drugs was as normal as "getting up and having a cup of tea in the morning" though he has since retracted this. The album title 'Standing on the Shoulders of Giants' is a quote from Sir Isaac Newton, referring to the debt owed by science to the work of great minds that have gone before. It's also the motto on the side of the British two pound coin. However, Noel philosophically admits that in Oasis' case, most will assume the title refers to the major bands that have influenced their music - The Beatles, The Who, and the Sex Pistols. Noel had promised a more dance orientated record that took the Oasis away from what detractors refer to as its Beatle-Karaoke mode. However, 'Standing...' sees Oasis once again wearing their Sixties' musical influences on their sleeve, although this is not something you would want to mention to Liam. For further information please contact Sine (Sony Music), London (tel) 0171 911 8200 SHOTLIST: VIDEO CLIP 'GO LET IT OUT'; SOT LIAM GALLAGHER (RE: SOBRIETY ON ALBUM); VIDEO CLIP 'ROLL WITH IT'; ZOOM IN TO ALAN McGEE (CREATION RECORD OWNER); SOT GALLAGHER; B-ROLL VICTORIA AND DAVID AND BROOKLYN BECKHAM RETURNING FROM HONEYMOON; SOT LIAM GALLAGHER (RE:- THE BECKHAMS); VIDEO CLIP 'GO LET IT OUT'; SOT GALLAGHER (RE:- SOUNDING LIKE THE BEATLES); VIDEO CLIP 'GO LET IT OUT'; SOT GALLAGHER (RE:- INTERNET); VIDEO CLIP 'WONDERWALL'; SOT GALLAGHER (RE:- FUTURE); VIDEO CLIP 'GO LET IT OUT'; CU LIAM POINTS TO CAMERA.?