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The reason I put Oasis in is because it was a massive turning point for why music became the centre of my universe. But I’m a big Blur fan, when I found Blur that all changed. My uncle was always into Nirvana and Oasis, and he’d be playing Oasis in the car or whatever. At first it was songs like “Don’t Look Back in Anger” or “Wonderwall”, the easier ones, but then when I really got into it, they became one of the first bands I completely consumed. I was obsessed.

We all illegally downloaded music back then, using uTorrent or whatever it was, and I made sure I had everything, Stop the Clocks and all the anthologies. But I always loved the B-sides. “Rockin’ Chair” is amazing. “Round Are Way”, “D'Yer Wanna Be a Spaceman?” - I was obsessed. I even thought their cover of “Heroes” was an Oasis song at first, which actually led me to discovering David Bowie, and then Bowie flattened everything for a while. It’s all connected.

For me, Oasis is a plot point because it was the first time I felt like I found community and identity. All the lads used to hang out wearing trackie bottoms and tracksuits, nothing wrong with it, it’s just what we wore. Then we saw Oasis in their jeans and parkas, walking with that simian stroll, and we thought they looked cool. I only even know it’s called the simian stroll because of that Elbow song “Lippy Kids.”

I bought a parka in Penneys years ago - really thin, completely useless in the cold. I’d walk around drenched in rain, doing the simian stroll, thinking I was the coolest kid in the world. Definitely not. But it was the first time me and my friends were all into something together, all discovering our brothers’ and uncles’ music at the same time.

The first song I ever sang with someone, just because I wanted to sing, was “Digsy’s Dinner”. I still wasn’t 100% like, ‘I want to be in a band’, I just wanted to sing. Oasis was that turning point. And “Rockin’ Chair” is the one I always remember listening to. It’s not even my favourite Oasis song, but it’s the one I most strongly connect with from that time.

I have this memory of walking through a field with my tiny iPod Nano, headphones in, singing that song while playing football. I’d put the wires under my t-shirt so they didn’t get caught, and I’d just run around with the ball, listening to Oasis. That’s how much it meant.

Posted a little clip and review from the Gurriers show! Interview coming out soon!

It’s just a Sign of the Times… In the middle of the pit with Gurriers during their electrifying debut Canadian show at The Garrison in Toronto.

Gurriers are one of those bands that can just turn your inner grievances at the state of the world into incredible choruses that double up as rallying cries, encourage some of the best moshpits and also, incredibly, have you dancing along.