STACK NZ Dec #80

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Ride, Primal Scream, My Bloody Valentine, Oasis – even Swervedriver – that’s some stable of bands you had at Creation. How do you look back on those days now? I don’t remember a great deal to be honest with you, but it was a cracking record company. It was a great time for music. The Oasis story is a rock and roll story that most people tend to know. Why do you think they made a documentary? I think maybe to remind people that they were fucking great band. Noel a few years ago and he said that he knew that you’d be at King Tut’s (the venue where McGee first saw Oasis play) that night when you signed them. However, in the film he said he wasn’t aware that you were going to be there. Did he know you were going to be there? No. He never knew, he never knew. It was the opposite. I’d be the set up, you know? What did he say before? That he knew that I was going to be there? Yeah. He said that he knew you were going to be there and that he had to bribe the bouncers to get on the stage and play. No. He’s fucking bullshitting. I mean, I didn’t even know I was going to be there. [Laughs]What was it that you saw that night that convinced you to sign them? Just a great fuckin’ band. I watched the film last night. I remember reading an interview with

success of Oasis? Do you know what, the more I

They could hold their instruments quite well.

think about it, I think they were just an extension of Madchester rather than a Britpop band. That’s really what they were. You’re right though - it was just timing. I think it was just the right place at the right time. Would you say that Owen Morris (Morris produced the first three Oasis albums) is the unsung hero in the Oasis story?

As we’ve already mentioned, you had some quality talent at Creation. How do Oasis compare to some of the bands you had on the label? They were brilliant live. That’s how I found them. They were brilliant live. Madchester had faded and grunge was steadily killing itself. Do you think the timing was critical for the

Were they good players? Noel’s a great guitar player.

What about the rest of them? What about Bonehead and Guigsy?

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