We look back not in anger, but with frank and utter incredulity. Oasis have a new album about to hit the shops and Noel Gallagher has already described it as more of the “same old pub-rock bollocks”. There’s no reason to doubt him. Over the years, the likeable Noel has been a pretty good judge of his band’s output and “same old pub-rock bollocks” is as acute a description of the Oasis oeuvre as you’re likely to get. Although Damon Albarn’s succinct and sneering “Quoasis” isn’t bad, either.

What now seems incredible is that, ten years ago, we persuaded ourselves that they were the new Beatles, or close rivals to Blur, who are arguably the most interesting British band of the last 20 years, with or without Graham Coxon. Can you remember how big Oasis were, how all-conquering, back in 1994 and 1995? We were, as irritating young people from Manchester were apt to say at the time, “mad for it”. But mad for what, exactly? These days when you listen to Oasis albums, from three through to six, they seem so lumpen as to make even those dad-rock journeymen Ocean Colour Scene or the Stereophonics seem nuanced, subtle and innovative. And as for the witless mush of the second album, Noel with his bloody silly Wonderwall and all that deadly Manc whimsy and druggy dingbat philosophising . . . well, more of that later. Album No 2 — (What’s the Story) Morning Glory — was the release we got badly, very badly, wrong.


___________________________________________
this guy is peddling blur as the most interesting british band of the past 20 years? ok you know this guy is a hack - this is fish wrap quality.

If you would like to have more of a laugh at this bs you can read the entire article at www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7948-1196650,00.html