Speaking about the ever-evolving line-up of his experimental post-punk pioneers The Fall, the late Mark E. Smith famously once said, “If it’s me and your granny on bongos, it’s The Fall.” The same might well be said of Oasis – if Noel and Liam are there, it’s Oasis. There has been neither a granny or bongos onstage at the Manchester giants’ huge reunion shows this summer, their crack line-up augmented by the band’s co-founder Bonehead, 2000 arrivals Gem and Andy Bell and an Oasis newbie in US drummer Joey Waronker. No complaints here about the choices of back-up – Oasis have sounded monumental at their Live ’25 shows. But it did make me wonder about what their other former members have been up to, none of whom have even been snapped attending a show. Maybe they’ve spent the summer purposely hiding under a rock. Here’s what we know on what the ex-members of the rock’n’roll titans are up to these days...
