Eh, lots of bands experience lots of adversity. It's not like there aren't plenty of working-class musicians out there with rough family backgrounds.

I think what brought me into the world of Oasis first was really their overall sound and Liam's voice. At a bookstore when I was younger I remember buying Morning Glory on clearance for fifty cents. I had always seen the name Oasis - (What's the Story) Morning Glory in the clearance rack and I knew absolutely nothing about them (I didn't know at the time that they were the lads behind Wonderwall, a pretty recognizable song). So one day I said f*** it and bought it on clearance and I remember the first time I put the CD in my computer that I was blown away by the opening chords, sound, and Liam's voice on Hello. After listening to the whole album repeatedly after that I would say that their overall sound is was got me into them. I remember thinking about Morning Glory that they sounded what I thought the Beatles would sound like if the Beatles entered hard rock territory.

Later on when I learned about their background and where they were from and how they grew up it songs like I remember it "clicked" for me where the lyrics for songs like Bring It On Down and Fade Away came from. I just found it impressive, like what defmaybe00 said above.

I think Liam's comeback over the past three years is truly a great comeback story compared to that of other artists. A lot of singers when they make a comeback make it work by either changing their sound a bit or singing in a different range (people like Elton John or Bob Dylan come to mind). Liam instead literally found his voice again. Yes it's not as strong or as clean as the mid-90s voice he had, but these days he's sounding pretty much like what he sounded like in 2002, all without changing his brand of music. I for one am very impressed. I agree with Beady's Here Now in what he is saying here and what he said in the river thread that basically the River Gig is like Liam really coming full circle and being back with full force.

Although I have a lot of respect for Oasis I'm just glad that Noel and Liam are still around and making music after all these years. I mean back in 2009 when they first split up I don't think that many people really had any idea of what was going to happen as there was so many different rumours around at the time and I seem to remember reading one that they were both ready to retire from music. But I'm glad that everything has worked out for the best.

this is really what made them so special. we've all been through our own shit, but coming out of that and writing something like live forever is unique. it just reminds me of the quote of noel saying that he wrote LF in response to nirvana's "i hate myself and want to die." obv i love me some grunge as well but there's something different, uplifting and high-vibrational about their music. when i found them, as a young depressed little punk, there wasn't anything else out there like it that i had ever heard.