Noel Gallagher: “‘Definitely Maybe’ was the last great punk album”
nme.comNoel Gallagher has said in a new interview that Oasis‘ 1994 album, ‘Definitely Maybe’ was “the last great punk album”.Gallagher made the comments during an interview with MOJO Magazine where he also compared Oasis’ breakthrough album to the Sex Pistols‘ only album, ‘Never Mind The Bollocks, Here’s The Sex Pistols’. “Definitely Maybe was the last great punk album in many respects,” he told the magazine. “We were a punk band with Beatles melodies.
We had no effects, barely any equipment, just loads of attitude, 12 cans of Red Stripe and ambition.”Comparing ‘Definitely Maybe’ with the Sex Pistols’ album, he added: “If you listen to that and ‘Never Mind The Bollocks’, they’re quite similar.
That album was about the angst of being a teenager in 1977. Fast forward to 1994 and ‘Definitely Maybe’ is about the glory of being a teenager.”He continued: “It’s being down the park with a ghetto blaster distilled.
It’s no coincidence that it’s lasted this long. Maybe there have been technically better or bigger records since, but that album is the real fucking deal.
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