Noel Gallagher On Solo Projects And Drugs

Noel Gallagher

Noel Gallagher hopes that he and the other three members of Oasis will all go off and record solo albums after the promotional machine for the band's new album has wound down.

Speaking to Blender, he said: "I'd like for us to do separate projects after this record. We'd all have to agree on it, so it will probably never happen. I've got loads of new songs. Somewhat predictably, they're all brilliant".

However, by "brilliant", I don't think he means they were all written while he was on cocaine. And if he doesn't mean they were all written while he was on cocaine, then he doesn't mean they're "brilliant".

Gallagher recently told Spin that Oasis were much better when he took drugs: "Before 1997, I hadn't written a song without the aid of the old Colombian marching gear. Don't forget, I was on drugs before I was even in a band. The whole of the first three albums were written on drugs. I remember being off my nut and going into the back room and setting the goal of writing a song in 10 minutes - that was 'Supersonic'. All those albums and all the B-sides were written on drugs. That's why they're so good. And that pisses me off. I think, 'Maybe I should get back into taking drugs, and then it would be brilliant again'. But that thought lasts less than a second".