No eruptions. No surprises. No escape.

• "I could be your lover, you could be all mine"

• Noel's arse

Things You Can't Speak to Liam About (according toNoel)

‘Why don’t you give your brother a kiss?' 

'Kiss him? I’ll fookin’ ’ave ’im!’ he replied and kissed him on the cheek. 

Guigsy as Liam's other-other big brother as told by/to Paolo Hewitt

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During the Amsterdam ferry incident (Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis)

As Guigsy and Liam drunkenly walked down a corridor, trying to locate their room, Guigsy heard a noise, turned and saw a guard coming out of a side door, about to use his truncheon on the unsuspecting Liam. Without hesitation, Guigsy punched the guy. From nowhere, eight guards suddenly appeared and piled into him. Liam then made a bolt for the stairs.

Guigsy was hauled downstairs, roughed up and thrown into the brig. About five minutes later, he heard loud noises coming from the corridor and sure enough, here's Liam shouting that the guards have thrown him down three flights of stairs and if he's going into a cell they better not have any sexual desires for him.

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During the 1997 Be Here Now tour (Forever the People: Six Months on the Road with Oasis)

This is how close the friendships run. At about 12:30 that night, I heard a noise outside my room and go to investigate. It's Guigsy, who's dropped his keys.

"Where are you off to, boss?"

"Well, I was going to chill in my room, but I'm going down to see Liam because he's charged up and he's on his own down there and there is bound to be someone there who doesn't know the score. But if he sees me, that will chill him out and he'll be as sweet as."

As sweet as.

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On the bus on the way home, Guigsy sat next to Liam. I don't know what was troubling the man, but I saw the bassist fling a protective arm around the singer and I heard Liam quietly say, "I don't like Liam Gallagher at the moment."