“Johnny offered his services to the band”: What Noel Gallagher said when one of his heroes almost joined Oasis

Noel Gallagher and Johnny Marr.

In the early days of 2000, Noel Gallagher spoke to Total Guitar about the Oasis album he had just finished working on - Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants.

With characteristic bluntness, Noel said straight off the bat: “The new album is very good but not great. I think we can do better and probably will.”