Former Oasis manager Alan McGee shares story behind legendary photo with Liam Gallagher
nme.comAlan McGee – the former manager of Oasis – has recalled the story behind his legendary photo with Liam Gallagher.The ex-manager of the Britpop icons opened up about the famous image of him with the frontman outside London jazz club Ronnie Scott’s in 1997, and suggested that the calm demeanour they have was far from the case.The photograph captured Gallagher as he was riding the high of Oasis’ fame after the release of their second album ‘(What’s The Story) Morning Glory?’ and, more specifically, shortly after he had a row with Hurricane #1 singer Alex Lowe.It came after Lowe had recently done an interview with NME, and had referred to Oasis as “these c***s” – something which infuriated the indie-rock icon.“Which he didn’t mean [in an offensive way], that’s just the way we talk in Glasgow.
That’s affectionate,” McGee explained in his new memoir (via The Independent), adding that the two got into a physical altercation and Gallagher went on to vent his frustration to him outside the jazz club.“I manage to get them outside, and there’s a famous picture of me and Liam outside Ronnie Scott’s where it looks like we are having a chat, but what he’s really saying is ‘McGee’s a fucking c***!’ to my face,” McGee wrote.“We then went to some drinking club, some posh place like upstairs at the Groucho, and we were in the very back and Liam shouts at me for two hours.“It’s like the blast furnace treatment until he eventually runs out of steam.
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