STACK NZ Dec #80

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I wouldn’t call him unsung. I mean he’s fucking amazing. He’s part of it. He did an incredible job. Owen Morris is incredible. What did Owen Morris (Morris produced the first three Oasis albums) bring out from the band that wasn’t there before? He made them sound like themselves, what they actually sounded like live. It was amazing. Was he hard to work with? I heard that he was a little extreme. He supposedly terrorisedTheVerve’s Nick McCabe in the studio. How did you find him? I always thought Owen was fucking fine. I thought he was fuckin’ insane, don’t get me wrong, but he was mad. How did you get involved with the documentary? I think it was Noel’s PA that approached me and asked if I wanted to be in part of the film and I went, “Okay.” Then I went and did a five-hour interview and they used about one and a half minutes of it [laughs]. What’s your relationship like with the Gallaghers now? Good. Liam’s a recluse these days. Noel I’ll probably talk or text every two or three days; it’s good. What did you make of the film the first time you saw it, other than the fact you’re only in it for a minute and a half? I was scared. I was scared in case I’d be portrayed like a fool. They seemed to like me. Were you surprised that it was just centered on the band’s first five years? Not really. I think it would be really hard to do a film on their entire career –

perception of the music industry in anyway? I don’t know really. I don’t really judge people. I think as you get older, most people get straight anyway. If you don’t go straight, you die. Going back to the Gallaghers.The whole sibling rivalry - was that accentuated just for the media, or did they really not like each other? I think when it started they were playing up to it then it became real at some point. I think it probably started as comedy and then ended up as reality. I think one of the reasons they were so popular was they were just a bunch of chancers who saw an opportunity and took it and public saw and recognised that. It gave everyone a little bit of hope.The film starts at Knebworth and ends there – where were your heads at at Knebworth?What were you all thinking? I’m still trying to get my head around Knebworth. I remember thinking when the fireworks were going up, that, fuck it’s got too big.

really difficult to be honest with you.

There’s no mention of the Blur wars in there. Is that because Noel and Demon are friends now? Yeah, I don’t know what that was about. I genuinely have never asked. Would you say you’re closer to Noel than Liam? Probably, but it’s not through choice. It’s only because Liam’s reclusive. I’m quite reclusive as well. I manage the Mondays, the Mary Chain, Black Grape and Willow Robinson, but the other side of me is I live in Wales. I do keep myself to myself. I’m sober now. I don’t drink. I don’t take drugs. I’m not rock and roll at all. I’m a dad. I’m 56 year-old dad of a 16 year-old daughter. I’m a boring guy [laughs]. How long have you been off the booze for? I’ve been sober off drugs since about ’94, and I relapsed the booze about 2003/2004 for a couple of years and then I went sober again. I think that was inevitability that you would have a drink and then you’d get back on it again.

Did being sober change your

Did you think the band sensed that it

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