Oasis are an English rock band, formed in Manchester in 1991. Led by lead guitarist and primary songwriter Noel Gallagher and his younger brother, lead vocalist and songwriter Liam Gallagher, Oasis is the most successful group to emerge during the Britpop movement of the mid-1990s.

Oasis under Noel Gallagher crafted their musical approach to rely on simplicity: with Arthurs and McGuigan restricted to playing barre chords and root bass notes, respectively, McCarroll playing basic rhythms, and the band's amplifiers turned up until the sound distorted, Oasis created a sound "so devoid of finesse and complexity that it came out sounding pretty much unstoppable."

Their first Radio session was for the now defunct BBC Radio 5 on the Manchester-based Hit the North Programme which was, on that day, presented by Marc Riley and New Order's Peter Hook, and not usual presenter Mark Radcliffe.

In 2005, The Guinness Book Of Hit Singles And Albums declared Oasis the "Most Successful Act of the Last Decade in the UK."[1] [2] Oasis has sold more than 50 million records worldwide,[3] and has had eight UK number one singles. Liam and Noel Gallagher are the only original band members.

In November 2006, the band released a "best-of" album entitled Stop the Clocks, which received great attention, especially in the UK, selling more than one million records in three months.

The band have been working on their seventh studio album, expected to be released sometime in 2008.

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