Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis, by Paolo Hewitt
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Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis, by Paolo Hewitt
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Between 1994 and 1996, music writer Paolo Hewitt spent the greater part of his life on the road with Oasis, in the U.K., Europe and America. He came back with tales that would cement the legend of the brawling, effing, hedonistic, charismatic, confessional and extraordinarily talented Gallagher brothers, Noel and Liam, and their group.
Hewitt is a rare and perceptive fly-on-the-wall during the band’s hectic rise to the height of their powers, as their first two albums are released to the kind of excitement scarcely seen in British rock music since the sixties.
Hewitt takes the Gallaghers’ story right back to their parents’ roots in Ireland, and the descriptions of Noel and Liam’s childhoods in working-class Manchester reveal the seeds of their determination to make Oasis the force it became.
Getting High is an illuminating, funny, sometimes shocking reminder of how big a band can get, and how quickly the insanity sets in. Oasis have today sold in excess of 70 million records worldwide. Hewitt's intimate account of this explosive and beloved band, in their prime, is a rock classic and a riveting narrative.
"Paolo is the only person to speak about what it was like on the road with us because he’s been there. He’s been there, he’s seen it, he’s done it." Noel Gallagher
"Top read." Melody Maker
"Unlimited access to all areas of the Oasis bandwagon is the ace up this biography’s sleeve." Q
"10/10 – sometimes you get what you pay for." Esquire
"By adopting a fly-on-the-wall approach and writing Oasis’s story as though it were a novel rather than a straight biography, he succeeds in entertaining, informing and occasionally putting you inside the head of the Gallagher brothers." Hot Press
"In Getting High we get closer to the real Oasis, not the tabloid fancies, the music press stereotypes of Noel the genius, Liam the wanker and three other blokes who don’t count. Hewitt paints an engrossing and uplifting portrait of one of the most important bands of the decade." The Word and Issue
"Getting High is refreshingly well written" Total Guitar
"Compelling drama" Manchester Evening News
"If you only buy one book about Oasis, then make sure it’s this one."FHM
"This well-researched tome chronicles many a pivotal moment in Oasis’s history and is filled with plenty of ribald anecdotes."NME
"Head and shoulders above every other Oasis book. I hated finishing it so much I read it again." Irvine Welsh
Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis, by Paolo Hewitt- Amazon Sales Rank: #1407483 in Books
- Published on: 2015-05-11
- Original language: English
- Number of items: 1
- Dimensions: 7.81" h x .95" w x 5.06" l, .90 pounds
- Binding: Paperback
- 418 pages
Amazon.com Review The best band since the Beatles? Naah. Okay, the best Beatlesque band since the Beatles, not counting Badfinger? I say maybe. In any case, Paolo Hewitt's breathless, ungrammatical bio is a treat, mainly for its day-by-day documentation of exactly how the Brothers Gallagher just can't seem to get along. These belligerent Mancunians bicker, denounce each other to the press, and resort to fisticuffs at the drop of a hat. Noel is always giving Liam right proper stick, or vice-versa. And while the other band members end up with second-banana roles, they don't lag far behind in the hedonism derby, as witness this pharmaceutically-enhanced performance in Manchester: "By the time they got on-stage, they were seriously gone. Bonehead played with three cigarettes in his mouth, Noel was E'd up, Guigsy fell off the stage and McCarroll forgot to tighten the nuts on his cymbals so when he first hit them, his drum kit half- collapsed." The rest is history.
From Library Journal Too many rock group biographies are written because the artist is popular at the moment, not because there is anything interesting to say about the group. Getting High is an unfortunate case in point. Oasis is a talented young band whose records have performed very impressively in the United States and Britain, but the group has only been together for a few years. Thus, the book provides nothing more than a dreary chronicle of the band's life on the road, a life that seems to consist entirely of drinking, complaining, and fraternal squabbles. Hewitt (The Jam, Trafalgar Square, 1997) writes in a breezy style that frequently lapses into cliches and even bathos?the Nineties are "about freedom. The freedom to take drugs, hold raves, protect the environment." Moreover, the band's music is actually given rather short shrift. Purchase only as demand requires.?Rick Anderson, Penacook, N.H.Copyright 1997 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews A little over 30 years ago, England gave the world the Kinks-- a band founded by two brothers who couldn't stand each other. Now England has given us Oasis, led by Noel and Liam Gallagher, who are equally belligerent if not slightly more complex. Hewitt tracks the band's history from the Gallaghers' childhood in Manchester with a sadistic father (he begrudged them even Christmas gifts, according to his wife), countless soccer matches, and petty crime, to overnight success, the downside of fame, and mounds of cocaine and oceans of alcohol. While Hewitt's treatment of Oasis is innovatively nonlinear, bouncing back and forth between 1960s Manchester and 1990s London and concerts (Hewitt accompanied the band on tour), and he writes in the colorful vernacular of the Gallaghers' hometown, his preference for Noel is obvious. The reader gets the impression that the guitarist/songwriter is a reborn Coleridge--equal parts Romantic poet and drug devotee--while his brother, singer Liam, is unwashed and downright simian. But as Hewitt demonstrates, the two found each other indispensable--they alternately stormed out of the band only to return. Hewitt has a very strong sense of Oasis's roots- -probably from having written Beat Concerto: The Story of the Jam (not reviewed), on one of Noel's primary influences. And Getting High is at its best when recounting such serendipitous events as Noel meeting the only displaced Irishman from northern England more famous than himself--Paul McCartney. However, his lax treatment of Oasis's drug use smacks of tacit approval; Hewitt could have been equally descriptive without glamorizing the Gallaghers' lapses. Still, Hewitt finally proves his thesis that ``if Oasis was just Liam, they would never have been signed, they would have threatened to self destruct. If Oasis was just Noel, they would have never reached the heights they have.'' (16 pages photos, not seen) -- Copyright ©1997, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. The Boys: From the dole to Oasis By A Customer Hewitt uses his amazing accounts with the boys on the road and puts them into an remarkable story filled with the twists and turns of the band we all love. This story about Oasis goes from Peggy Gallagher's childhood days, to Noel and Liam growing up in Manchester, to the dismissial of former drummer Tony McCarroll, and every exciting night where Oasis is playing once again, to a capacity crowd. Hewitt sometimes goes a little to in depth about the history of the lands and Peggy's childhood, but it does help to understand things a little better, especially if you live in the states. You will be shocked at the great detail and insight Hewitt has into the lives of Oasis. One of the best parts is when Liam is eating breakfast in a hotel and already that morning there are 500 people standing outside the window watching him eat breakfast. Liam closes the curtains and the fans go crazy. This is one of the first times he realizes how big Oasis really is. It is a great book so buy it and read it now!!!!
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. Oasis Forever By A Customer When I first heard about the book I went straight to the bookstores to find it. After I got a copy I was attached to the book about their lifestyles and kind of things they do fun. The fights between Noel and Liam were exciting as the band's get drunk all night until the next dawn. It shows what the band Oasis is about and what happen in their past. Tells through the Gallagher Bros. sadistic lives to their success in the careers with help of friends, family and band members. Follows through band members such as Guigsy, Bonehead, and Alan White lives including producer, manager, and friends such as Johnny Hopkins, Mark Coyley, and Paul Weller as well. This book tells what Oasis is about. Their die-hard habits of partying, drinking, smoking, and shooting up drugs also included in this book. After reading the book, you want to go back for more and makes you want Live Forever. Highly recommended for Oasis fans
1 of 1 people found the following review helpful. A great biography of a great band By A Customer I really enjoyed this book. It was terrific to read how Noel and Liam Gallagher triumphed over a tough childhood to become successful musicians. Not only does this book tell the Oasis story in full, but it includes some terrific photographs. Being a HUGE Oasis fan, I must say that this book describes just about anything you want to know about the band, their music, and their lives. I would recommend this book to any Oasis fan.
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