I thought Getting High and Forever the People was pretty good and had a lot of cool tour stories.

Forgot I had read Paul’s, enjoyed that as well. I’ll give getting high and forever the people a go!

I know it’s not what most people would want but I would love a definitive book on the second part of their career: from the BHN backlash in 98 to the final blowout in 09.

Forever The People does get into the BHN period fairly well and there is another book lesser known book called Where Did it All Go Wrong? Oasis and the Millenium Meltdown I think, but there’s lots in that 10 year period that would be interesting to me as a lifelong fan, particularly regarding the dynamics of the band and hearing from Gem and Andy and about Alan.

33 1/3 Definitely Maybe by Alex Niven.

Was There Then

the "fully illustrated book (NO MUSIC!)" with NG/Bonehead interview cd

I find Paolo Hewitt nearly unreadable. He never cites sources for his anecdotes (and for a lot of the events he describes it's clear he couldn't have been present himself), he doesn't seem to connect most of the stories to each other or to any kind of overall narrative, and his prose is just cringey. "The sun was like a yellow snooker ball"? Are you kidding me?

For entertainment value, I enjoyed Tony's and Ian Robertson's the most out of the ones I've read, and those two kind of balance each other out in terms of Noel vs. Liam. I've been meaning to read Paul Gallagher's - I'm sure it's got an interesting perspective on things.

I haven't got or read Tony's book so I can't comment on it. It's one Oasis book which I've never bothered with.

Yeah - great book.

The Some Might Say book is ok but it's not the best Oasis book which I've read and I would love to read a book or books about the Oasis from the 2000's right up until the split in 2009. Plus a book on what's happened since then with Beady Eye, Liam's solo career and Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds. Hopefully one day we'll get these books.

Getting High is alright, Paolo's writing can be a bit annoying at times and too dramatic, but it also captures well a lot of the stuff
I don't think it's 100% factual but it's a nice read

Ian Robertson and Tony's books are fun read but a tad too biased (one against Liam and the other against Noel), they have their reasons of course and I'd be too if I was in their shoes I suppose, but you gotta factor it when you read them and realise it sometimes get in the way of actual facts

Paul's book gives a nice outlook on the brothers upbringing and personalities and how the whole Oasis thing got going, I felt a bit uncomfortable reading it though (but that may be just me), it goes quite deep on the childhood stuff

Not at all sure that Gem is the right person for this job (even if he is a good writer, he doesn't strike me as a particularly confessional fellow, though who really knows what depths lurk there) but for sure, any new book, and especially one about the end years, needs a fresh POV, and not just a collection of the same stories that are already all over the press and the internet.  

Likely the brothers will do books one day but that usually becomes an obvious career step when your career is starting to change tempo (see a gazillion rock autobiographies/biographies from artists in their 60s and 70s.)  But until then it's pretty much down to either an insider with some insight or a savvy journalist/novelist/music writer who can gain the trust of both camps (not impossible but would take a rare person.)