Review for Oasis: Bio

Oasis are the greatest British band from the past twenty years. Go on argue. Say Blur, Manic Street Preachers even the Spice Girls. But the band who had the most critical and commercial success were Oasis. Led by brothers Noel and Liam Gallagher, they were a rollercoaster of great songs and even greater controversies. With their recent split (one of their many break ups) it seems that a full stop has been put on the band… but when you watch this documentary, it could simply just be a question mark.

This documentary goes through the lives of Noel and Liam, growing up in Manchester and the problems that came from the family. This is fairly interesting to see how they grew up and their discovery of music and inspiration by band The Smiths. The development of the band and the belief of Noel showed how they went from playing empty bars for two years and the amazing story behind how they got their record deal which needs to be heard to be believed. What followed was an explosion of popularity through songs like Supersonic and Live Forever and their debut album Definitely Maybe being a debut Number 1. After this came What's the Story (Morning Glory) and the awards flowed freely as they went from strength to strength and even cracked America, which was a rarity at the time and turned them into international superstars. However, the volatile nature of Noel and Liam is covered and how it almost destroyed the band itself. Also covered is the commercially successful Be Here Now, which was a critical disaster.

This was a great documentary, however the one thing that is missing is Oasis themselves who only make brief appearances and in fact none of their music is included. If you had no idea who they were or had never heard of them, then you would still have no idea, or even why they are deserving of a documentary. It is this one touch that would have made the documentary better and the fact that this was obviously made before their last split, it could have done with a little update to add why the last split happened. However, if you are after a good overview of the Noel and Liam, then this is a pretty good documentary.