The Britpop Band That the Beatles' George Harrison Famously Beefed With
No musician is immune to the occasional beef with another musician. Though, we’d have to say George Harrison of The Beatles’s “beef” with the brothers behind Oasis was a little bit one-sided.
Many musicians out there have voiced their distaste for the Manchester, England rock band Oasis. Blur, Radiohead, Mick Jagger, and the actual members of Oasis are a few examples. And not surprisingly, George Harrison also had a few cross words for the band, as well.
In a way, it’s quite sad. Noel and Liam Gallagher have said that Oasis took a lot of inspiration from The Beatles. It was well-known that they were the Gallaghers’ favorite band. Never meet your heroes, kids.
“The music lacks depth,” Harrison said of Oasis’ music back in 1996. “And the singer Liam is a pain, the rest of the band don’t need him.”
It was a pretty shocking jab at the band, particularly Liam. And he didn’t take it sitting down. In an interview with MTV shortly after, Liam went as far as to threaten the former Beatle.“If any of them old farts have got a problem with me, then they should leave their Zimmer frames at home, and I’ll hold them up with a good right hook,” Liam Gallagher said on MTV.
Source: Em Casalena/americansongwriter.com
