Noel Gallagher: 'Oasis were better than The Stone Roses, Blur and Pulp'

Noel Gallagher has claimed that Oasis were head and shoulders above bands including The Stone Roses, blur, Pulp, Suede and The La’s.

In a fresh interview with MOJO to celebrate the magazine’s 30th birthday, Noel spoke candidly about Oasis’ mid-nineties glory days.

Looking back at the band’s legendary career almost three decades on from their debut single ‘Supersonic’, Noel spoke about Oasis’s self-belief and he insisted they were in a league of their own.

“We always had unshakable self-belief in Oasis,” Noel said. “Going into the start of 1994 we didn’t have ‘Supersonic’, but everything else was already written.

“Everybody who heard the demos of what would become ‘Definitely Maybe’ were freaking out, so we just wanted to seize the moment.

“We’d been talking the talk amongst ourselves for a couple of years and when it came down to it, we were ready. Every minute I spent awake, I just knew it was going to happen.”

He continued: “Back then, I’d hear blur or Pulp or Suede on the radio and think – f--- these idiots. But looking back at it now, it was an amazing time for indie music, or whatever you want to call it. But we were ready to take over. We were ready to wipe everybody out.

“I thought Blur, Pulp, The Stone Roses, The La’s, whoever, they were great people and they had one or two great tunes, but we had twelve. However loud they were, we were louder. However fast they were, we were faster.

“However good they were, we would trump it. They were all great bands, but we were better. It was as simple as that.”

It was announced earlier this month that Oasis’ B-sides album ‘The Masterplan’ is getting a remastered reissue on Friday 3rd November to celebrate its 25th anniversary.

You can watch highlights from Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds’ very special show for Absolute Radio at O2 Academy Bournemouth in July right here:

Both Noel and Liam Gallagher songs featured in Absolute Radio’s recent listener-voted countdown of The 50 Greatest Songs of the Past 15 Years. Check out the full list below.

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