(from Oasis Knebworth: Two Nights That Will Live Forever by Jill Furmanovsky)
(pictured: Kat Killingley, Guigs, Marienne "Mouse" Lawes)
Responsible for the bandโs diet, Marienne Lawesโbetter known to all as โMouseโโfirst worked with Oasis in August 1994. โWhen I met the band, I gave them each a questionnaire to detail their food preferences and to break the ice. I asked them to draw a self-portrait. Noel drew God!โ His responses typified the bandโs dietary preferences. โDo you eat vegetables?โ โNo.โ โSalads?โ โNo.โ โPasta?โ โNo.โ
Asked to list his favourite meals, Noel wrote: โ1. Full breakfast, 2. Fish and chips, 3. Steak and chips, 4. Meat curry, 5. Crisps.โ Not to be outdone, Liam added โSugar Puffsโ and โWheatabix [sic]โ and, in response to Noel declaring โThe Big Cheeseโ as his job on tour, Liam signed off as โGroupie.โ
โI had to teach them about food,โ Mouse says. โI was like their mum, โIf you donโt eat your greens, you donโt get pudding.โ If I did too much posh food, Noel would have a word, but I changed their habits over time. By the end, Noel liked fresh grilled tuna and Liam loved fresh soup, especially pea and ham. They were never pampered. Theyโd eat with the crew and truck drivers. My motto was, โI feed bands, not egos.โ Every day I used to put a blackboard up for the menu with a Thought for the Day. One time, Noel wrote, โNo one is good at everything, but everyone is good at something.โโ
Mouse offered a simple selection in the bandโs dressing room: a fruit platter, a bowl of crisps, dips, a big basket of chocolate mini-bars, a big bowl of mixed-up sweets, some chewing gum, and honey and lemon for Liamโs voice. โPosh bands would have meat and cheese platters and just stick fags in it, so it was all childlike stuff. Thatโs all they wanted.โ
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