# Oasis Are the Greatest Irish Band of All Time  ## Metadata - Author: [[George Eaton]] - Full Title: Oasis Are the Greatest Irish Band of All Time - Category: #articles - Summary: insert summary - My notes: - Summary: Oasis is one of the most important and loved bands of the 1990s, known for their powerful songs and unique style. Their recent reunion tour showed they still have passion and energy, proving critics wrong. The band’s Irish roots are key to their identity and lasting impact on music and culture. - URL: https://www.newstatesman.com/culture/music/2025/07/how-ireland-gave-us-oasis - Source File: web-only ## LLM Chats ## NotebookLM ## LLM Audio ## Highlights > There were many in attendance old enough to recall Oasis’s first coming – aged 13, I witnessed their shambolic second Wembley Stadium show in 2000 – but there were also plenty of others who weren’t even born then. In defiance of laddish stereotypes, it is teenage girls (“the Oasisters”) who now comprise the band’s most obsessive fanbase, daily advertising their devotion on X and TikTok. For a generation accustomed to anodyne pop stars, there is something thrilling about the discovery of Liam, who speaks in a voice that is unmistakably his own. In common with the likes of Donald Trump and Jeremy Corbyn, he serves a human yearning for authenticity. ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jzmcy81w39a0x8e24ch3g9e7)) > All five of the original members are from Irish Catholic families; Gallagher has attributed Oasis’s “punch-the-air quality” to the rebel songs he heard played in the clubs of Manchester (recalling how his family were “demonised” during the Troubles). ([View Highlight](https://read.readwise.io/read/01jzmd00mzjwa4d38adxmvqqm9))