Before I ever heard of Oasis I was a fan of the "The" garage rock scene  and always appreciated the Beatles for their Rock 'n' Roll tunes. So it would have been hard for me to ignore Beady Eye. As for Noel, I would have probably found out he was the brother of the singer of Beady Eye and gave him a try.

first off love the mo pic   man he caught it big on that massage table

thats a good point , like i said no bashing at all , its no secret i am less than thrilled with either of there solo outputs and only listen out of loyality , but with no OASIS  i have no loyality or interest in them as i find noels stuff pretty boring , and bdi are to me OASIS LITE ,   wish i could love it , but man it dont hit me and i tried , i will still always support , but with no OASIS , no way would i support

THAT

sometimes i am hard to follow , that sums it up best up there , for me anyway

To quote Malcolm Tucker, "What would it be like if men had tits?"

Because it's hypothetical, it's very difficult to answer.

Let's say that out of the blue we get a rock band that comes along full of a bunch of middle aged guys that are influenced by the 60s. In 2011 there was a severe lack of this kind of music, for better or for worse, but I probably would have given it a listen but maybe been slightly put off by their first record. Had Flick Of The Finger been the first song I'd hear then I would have been very interested.

To be honest, I doubt they'd be given any exposure at all though.


And then comes along this guy who's the brother of the lead singer and puts out a Kinks inspired album a few months down the line. A similar story to Beady Eye; I would have been mildly interested but I'm not sure if it would have electrified me. Would a 45 year old man releasing an alternative/vintage style rock album have been given much exposure? Probably not.

The thing about this question is we're assuming that Noel never wrote Live Forever, Slide Away, Some Might Say or any of the rest of it so we don't know whether his songwriting would have evolved differently etc.

Maybe.

I did hear The Death Of You And Me on the radio before I got into Oasis. I thought it was a weird song but I liked it. I doubt I'd go to a gig of a 47 year old grumpy looking dwarf though. It's hard to say.

To add to my post... I got into Jarvis Cocker, Richard Ashcroft, and Morrissey before I listened to Pulp/The Verve/The Smiths. They all happened to have solo records during the time I was really getting into music. I owe that to my friend who I used to talk to on the weekends and listen to the radio with, it just became the norm to turn on Absolute/BBC radio on my own.

I don't know,I remember liking TDOYAM when it came out,even if I wasn't an Oasis fan at the time
Plus I love both NGHFB and CY,so I'd say yes for Noel

BE I don't know,I'm not Bring The Light's biggest fan,but I really like The Roller and FLW,so maybe I would've got into them anyway

It's hard to tell though,cause they're all well past their primes,so it's hard to imagine their careers without what came before,it just feels like a journey
The question should be "if Catfish And The Bottlemen released DGSS/BE/NGHFB/CY would you like them?"

Now that's a great point ,,, but look at me , my brain was formed on LED ZEP and eddie Van halens guitar ...... Yet when Zep disbanded I thought page and plant lost the plot , and same for eddie with Van hagar ,   If plant and page were in there prime as solo artists I would not have listened , and if HAGAR came before roth.    Which almost happened in 1974 , I would not be aware of eddies genius , funny how certain things go 

Yeah but bear in mind that Led Zep music is outwordly stuff, more like epic virtuoso, an artist can't continue doing progressive on and on year after year. They kinda blew their creativity and inspiration in a a handful of very productive years aiming very high and that was it. Oasis on the other hand is rock n roll with poppy brushes, you can go on with that that because it's easier,  you will hardly fail once you figured out what your formula is. You can rewrite Cigarettes and Alcohol 20 times and still get your fanbase off their nuts, but you can't write stairway to heaven twice... you will fall short, no matter what.

Liam wasn't interested in music till Noel was a roadie for Inspiral Carpets

I guess that depends if Noel's albums had any songs from Oasis' catalog. If so, of course! If not, probably not— especially in Beady Eye's case.

i would still like noel but probably not to the same extent. he does get a lot of goodwill from us oasis fans. As for beady eye i don't care for them as it is anyway.