Lately I haven't received very many submissions so what I've decided to do until things pick up is post various e-mails from the Whatever mailing list that I have found to be creative or insightful.  

So, what are you waiting for?  Get those creative juices flowing and send me your entries!!!  Please send all submissions to Jessica   

* When/where/how did you first hear about Oasis & what did you   
   think?  
* What was the first Oasis album/single you got?  

1) Both my friend and i were die-hard Beatles fans at the time. One night  she calls me up: "I just discovered this great new band. They're  influenced by the Beatles!" Wonderwall was playing in the background,  but I didn't pay that much attention to it. A couple days later she sat  me down and showed me the vids for Morning Glory and Wonderwall, which  she had on tape. I hated MG, but I liked Wonderwall. She started hating Oasis by the time the vid for CS came out, but here I am.    

2) I actually bought WTSMG and DM together after a little more exposure from a different friend. I basically heard all of the two albums except  for Slide Away and Married With Children and was really into four songs  off each album before I bought anything. This friend was done with Oasis  by late '96.   

Reply By: Beth   

I first saw Oasis on MTV and it was the Wonderwall video that was on but  they were doing that thing when you can email in what you think about  the video and I was paying more attn. to that then I was the video.   Then later that night [really late] they had on a show and I belive it  was called "Shopping with Oasis" but it was really late and I was   
thinking "OK, this is some band I have never heard of, it's really late  and I'm tired, and what in the hell is up with those damn sunglasses?  [really, they where buggy lookin'],"  and turned it off.  To this day I  haven't stopped kicking myself over that.  

The first album I got was Morning Glory but I remember the night I went  out to buy it I was with my dad and he had no idea what I was looking  for, so I went wandering around the record store looking for an *album*  [I don't belive in singles] by a group named Oasis with a song called  Wonderwall on it.  So after quite some time of searching I gave up and  went home.  Later that night I invited a friend over and they brought  over Morning Glory.  I freaked out.  I was wild but then my dad said  something like "Oh, that was the album you wanted.  Well that was right  up front on the display." I was thoroughly P-Oed by this and screamed  "You knew and you never told me!!" in a rather anguished voice.   *Somewhat* funny looking back on it now.  

Reply By: Laura  

I first heard about Oasis on Muchmusic when the whole 'Wonderwall' hype was going around (keep in mind I was a total grunge follower at the time). I kept telling myself how much I hated them, but I really didn't. You know that feeling. Don't tell me you didn't think that Mmmbop was 'catchy' when you first heard it. Anyways, I first heard Wonderwall, didn't want to follow the hype so said I hated Oasis. Next came Champagne Supernova, which I genuinely loved, but didn't want to say. Then came Don't Look Back in Anger, and I finally realized that this is the band for me. I dropped all my grunge loving ways and moved on to listening to good music.  

First Oasis album I got was WTSMG. It was the first day my local HMV opened. I went home and listened to it and fell in love.  

Reply By: Meg  

Well some kid at school that  I sat near in class was always singing "Wonderwall" but at that time I had never heard of Wonderwall or Oasis.  It really annoyed me when he sang that song.  Once I asked why he sang it all the time and he said "Cause its such a great song!"  I was like "OK".  When I saw the "Wonderwall" video on VH1 I loved the song!  At first I didn't know it was the same song as the one the kid was singing.  When I heard the lyrics "and maybe you're gonna be the one that saves me" I knew where I had heard it before and thought: that kid was right about it being such a great song!  So the next day I bought the album "(What's the story)Morning Glory?" and loved every song!  

Reply By: MaccaNuTz@aol.com  

I first heard about Oasis in Teen magazine.  I remember I got it in the mail  
one day in December.  I read it right away because I was bored.  I remember reading an article they did on Oasis.  I can't remember exactly what was said because this was 1995. I remeber them saying that they liked The Beatles and sounded kinda like them.  They were saying that they were a hit in the States, but I couldn't recall hearing anything of them.  But the article really interested me in them.  Then about a week later I remember finally hearing Wonderwall on the radio.  And I loved it immediately.  So like the next day I went out and bought the album. I heard it and loved it.  About two weeks late I finally bought Definitely Maybe.  At this time, Tower only had their two albums no singles.  Well I remember they had Wonderwall but I didn't wanna get it for some reason. My first single I got was Don't Look Back In Anger  US when that came out.  Then I finally decided to get Wonderwall US .  Still at this time they didn't have any other singles.  But they had t-shirts and books which I got. I remember they finally got in like five of their singles.  They got Whatever, Cigarettes & Alcohol, Live Forever, Shakermaker, Supersonic, and Some Might say in first.  I got those right away that day. I was so happy that they finally had them especially Whatever,  because just before then our radio station started playing it but then they sold the station. Then months later they got the rest of the singles! They are the only store I know around me that really sells Oasis stuff.   They even got in the boxsets a few months back and sell them for only $24.99.  I even found Wibbling Rivalry there! Ok that's not a big deal but I heard it's hard to find, but I found it.  and it was only like $4 and this is the vinyl version.   

Reply By:  Mike  

The first time I saw Oasis was on MTV and it was the Don't look back in Anger Vid. I like the song so much that I started pining away at the tv waitin for MTV to play it again. But for some strange reason they never did. Then one day I went to my friends house and he started playing these casettes he had bought for Christmas. Suddenly Stand By Me came(apparently he had bought the Be Here Now album) I fell in love with it. And like the avid Guitarist and Oasis fan that I am I got my guitar and started interpreting all the songs on the BHN album. And to this day I still do it. I know all the TABS for all the songs on WTSMG?, BHN, and DM.  

Reply By:  Ryan  

i'm glad that these questions came up, because i like to think about this  
sometimes.  i think a certain thing about oasis is that i feel like i kinda "discovered" them, though not really.  what i mean is that i got into oasis right when supersonic came out, in america that is.  i heard it on the radio (q101), and liked it right away.  i remember my brother commenting on how simple the lyrics were, but it just hit me somehow. then on a radio talk show on the same station, they reviewed definitely maybe and played rock 'n' roll star, and i liked that a lot too.  i decided then to buy the album.   

i think the album came out right at the end of august '94 (30th or 31st), and i know i didn't get it much later than that.  the whole album was really good.  then i saw in a select magazine that it was voted album of the year.  that was the first time i had heard about their being so big in england.  i had no idea how popular they were.  then i started collecting articles and pictures and whatever i could get a hold of.  i had never been so passionate about a band before, i felt like they were mine.    

then the next summer i was listening to the radio and heard some might say, though i turned it off at first because i didn't know it was them, but i knew i recognized the voice and guitar playing, so i turned it back and sure enough it was them.  i listened to that station for the next day and a half, almost non stop, for it to come on again so i could tape it.  then, one day i went into this indie record shop, went straight to the oasis section, and i couldn't believe what i saw.  loads of oasis singles on import, which i had never had access to before!  i was thrilled.  i bought the some might say and cigarettes & alcohol singles to start with, since that's all i could afford.  i was amazed how good the b-sides were.  the singles i was missing was all i bought after that, i had to get them all.   i can't possibly explain how exciting this time was for me, getting this abundance of new songs that i knew existed but didn't know how to get them.  then i got the thrill of anticipating new single releases, starting with roll with it.  then (what's the story) morning glory? came out and didn't disappoint, and so on and so on.  it's basically been non-stop for me since.    

i discovered this list, which has helped satiate my need for bootlegs and information, and i can honestly say that i have never gotten tired of them or swayed in my opinion of them over the past four years.  and though i don't think i'm better than anybody else because i maybe heard of them before others, i  consider myself extremely lucky for stumbling onto them as early as i did.  it just makes me feel really good to know i've been with them for four years and i'll be with them for the next forty four years or however long the rest of my life is.  i'll be surprised if i ever feel the same way about another band.   

Reply By: Edilson  

I heard about Oasis for the first time in a radio, the guy in the radio said that this new band called Oasis was one of the better new bands of England and played "Wonderwall", well I remember that I feel like I found something special in this music until now all the times I heard "Wonderwall" I got that feeling inside me.  

My first Oasis album was a bootleg named "Behind Closed Doors" from KTS, my brother give to me in my anniversary in the same week I go to the Shop of Cds and bought "Definetely Maybe" and "(What's the Story) Morning Glory?", that I heard 24 hours for at least one year until come "Be Here Now", Now I heard DM 6 hours, MG 6 hours and BHN 6 hours, the rest of time I heard my bootlegs and my singles ;)  

Reply By: Shakermaker  

I first heard about Oasis when I heard 'Wonderwall'. I had never really listened to the radio before then,so I wasn't around to hear "Supersonic" and all those other earlier singles. When I heard it though, I was amazed at how perfect a song could be. So I ran out and got the album. I was suprised because I liked the whole thing,and normally I only like one or two songs on albums. The first album I got was Morning Glory...and I *think* the first single I got was ''Some Might Say".  

Reply By: Trisha  

The first time I heard Oasis I had just moved to a really crappy place (I won't meantion where because I'm not sure if anyone lives there.)  Anyway I didn't really listen to MuchMusic and the music I did listen to was shit.  I was in a really bad situation at that point in my life and I just hated everything about myself and other people.  I was in my room at about 11.00pm and I reading with the t.v on.  I don't know why but it was on Muchmusic (I usally didn't watch Much)  and out of nowhere Wonderwall came on.  I don't know what happened to me but I put my book down and started to listen to it very carefully.  I was totally blown away.  The lyrics were so meaningful, the music was great and the singer had this voice that I couldn't ignore.  Right away I knew that I loved them and I had to find out who they were.  I didn't know who they were because nobody I knew liked them and I wasen't a big music fan.  The name Oasis came up and I had to know more about them and buy their album.  I don't know why but had to buy their album (I usally make myself listen to more then one song before I buy and album.)    

I got a drive back to Toronto because for some reason I didn't want to buy the album there and went straight to Music World.  Two c.d's were under Oasis but I wanted the one with Wonderwall on it.  I picked it up and bought What's The Story Morning Glory?.  I loved it!  After that I bought Definitely Maybe and I bought all the Oasis merchandise I could afford.  Now I love tons of music and Oasis is my favourite band.  

Reply By: Roi  

1. I was doing my O-Levels and during my exams there was this song that kept coming in my mind all the time, it was Whatever. Well I just loved that, but not enough to like the band. Then when SMS and RWI came out, I became a real Oasis fan. So from the other responses I have read till now, am I the only one who got to like Oasis not just from Wonderwall ??  

2. Definitely Morning Glory. Wanted to get it for the SMS song mostly (though I had thought that Whatever was on that album too !). I was a bit reluctant on getting Definetely Maybe, since I didn`t know the songs on it except LF, but after getting it I was quite pleased in having done so, since it made me become a bigger Oasis fan.  

Reply By: Eve  

One night late on the radio I heard Live forever and I fell In love with the song . Of course since it was 2 in the morning , there was no DJ so I didn't know who it was by . About a week or two later I heard Wonderwall and I'm like ' hey this is a good song ' . Of course then I found out it was Oasis , and so that sparked my interest in them. Even though at the time I thought Noel and Liam were twins ! They look so much alike in the Wonderwall video , right ? But I have this thing about not buying a CD after hearing only one song since I might not like it . Then Champagne Supernova was played on my local radio station and  I loved it so much I cried . They didn't say who it was so I called up the station to find out who it was by , and they said ' Oasis '.   

I went out the next day and bought WTSMG? . Then a week after this point in time I heard Live Forever again on the radio but this time it was around mid-night so I found out that it was by Oasis . Of course me thinking that WTSMG? was their only album I was a little confused . The next time I went into a record store which was about a month after that I went to the Oasis section and saw DM , I bought it right away and loved it, played it continuously , worrying at the same time if you could break a CD by listening to it too often like you can with a tape . But yet it is still here and I still love Oasis . And will (hopefully) until the day I die  

Reply By: Lindsay  

well, hmm the first song that i ever heard was Wonderwall. I even  remember when i first heard it! man i'm wierd. It was at night and I was  going to bed, and i was listening to the Q107 top ten at ten ( toronto  people should know this) and anyway. this amazing song came on  (wonderwall) and i just stopped and listened to it. I think about a few  weeks later i went and bought WTSMG, which also happened to be the first  cd i ever bought with my own money. I loved it, still do, and i think i  listened to it bout seven times in a row that day. (yes you can call me  crazy) from then on i was hooked!  The more i think about it, the more  details come back... that night on muchmusic they showed Live By The Sea  (is that what it's called?) and i remember watching it.  

Reply By: LesCheeba@aol.com  

I started liking Oasis when I saw the video for Live Forever. I saw it and said, wow finally someone is out there doing something different. I then saw an interview with Noel on MTV where he was saying that being a rock star was great and people who say it isn't are lying. He went on to say that people like Eddie Vedder should be working in MacDonalds cause being a rock is the best thing in the world. At the time Pearl Jam was one of my favorite bands, and I normally would have written off some newcomer ripping on one of my favorite bands. But with that comment Noel Gallagher and Oasis won my respect and I figured anyone who could finally say what everyone was thinking about bands who didn't want to become popular would have an awesome album. And they did.   

And when Wonderwall finally came out here in the states and Oasis started to get popular here, I worked in a music store. We played What's the Story Morning Glory twice a day (sometimes more) every day for a year and a half until I finally took the promo home.  

Reply By: Ariana  

Ok I have enjoyed reading other peoples stories about how they got into  
the true beauty that is Oasis. Now it's my turn. Ok It was very early 1996 and I was watching MTV Jams. hahaha!! I was really into rap back then and r&b. Before I knew it MTV Jams was over and a song that certainly wasn't rap came on. Black and White video with a touch of color. I stared into the tv. The guitars and the instrumental bits in the background was mesmorizing. I looked at the lead singer and immediatly was a prisoner of his charming looks. I needed to listen to the song again. It said Oasis at the end and from then on i watched mtv religiously to see Wonderwall. I did this for about a month not even thinking about buying the album. (weird huh?)   
       
I was going into a Wherehouse to pick up a 2pac CD (HAHAHAHHA!!) when low and behold staring right in front of me on the "Hot Hits" display WTSMG was there. I had just enough money to purchase one cd and well I think I made the right choice. I  got in the car and first of all found wonderwall listened to that about 10 times and started to explore the album. At first listen I was sort of surprised that I wasn't fed any more songs that sounded exactly like wonderwall and became dissapointed. But that all went away once i actually listened to the whole album from start to finish. It was on constant repeat. I took my discman everywhere I went, I was obsessed. And when I was at school I started to get all worried and very gloomy when I wasn't listening to it. (I swear it felt like an addiction). I then got DM as a gift from my mom. and all the rest of the singles, books whatever you name it. Let's see while all my friends are into ska, rap, r&b, and I'm still stuck in my own little world grooving to a beat that I will never lose.  

Reply By: Caesar1776@aol.com  

I first head Oasis on Vh1 (yeah, I know I'm ashamed) with Champagne Supernova.  You see, I was totally modern music ignorant at the time, and I was switching through the channels.  I saw Noel playing guitar and said "Hey, that guy looks like me". Then I heard the song, and the rest is history.  

Reply By: Whitney  

For me I was driving over to this girls house to have lunch back in early summer 95 and I heard this song (live forever) on the radio that I had heard a couple of times before but when I heard it this time I thought, my God this song is unbelievable.  So I went had lunch went back to work and called the radio station and requested the song. I requested it at sometime around 2:00 p.m. I then proceeded to wait by the radio with my tape recorder ready until 6:30p.m. when they finally played it again.   

Shortly thereafter I was at the record store debateing wherther I should buy Depeche Mode (violator) or Oasis. Well, I walked up to the counter with Depeche Mode and just before I was supposed to pay for it i changed my mind and got Oasis, and have been a fanatic ever since. 

Reply By: Alyssa  

I've ALWAYS been into the Rolling Stones, The Beatles, The Sex Pistols, etc., etc., and for the longest time that's what I mainly listened to. I mean, I'd turn on the radio and listen to some new music once in a while, but for the most part I'd just turn it off and think, "You know, there's got to be some better music out there...." But then I heard Champagne Supernova and I was immediately hooked (I wasn't too into Wonderwall, believe it or not....) After doing some reading up on Oasis, I found out that I was into a lot of the music that influenced Oasis as a whole, and that just made me love them even more. Also, being a guitarist, I fell further in love with Oasis' music after hearing Noel's acoustic Morning Glory from the There and Then video - it  really encouraged me to get even more into playing the guitar, and I even started playing with a band and everything :o) I don't know if this has been asked before, but is there anyone out there who has been inspired by Noel himself (or even Oasis in general....) to pick up an instrument and start playing, or even to try to start a possible career in the music business? Talk amongst yourselves.... :o)  

I almost forgot: The first Oasis album I bought? Well, I bought both Definitely Maybe AND (What's The Story) Morning Glory? at the same time. :o)  

Reply By: Sarah  

I think I first heard about Oasis when I heard the Wonderwall single which was big out here (Australia) at the time. And if you knew me, you'd know that if I like just one song off an album, I'll go and buy it, so I bought WTS(MG). I loved Oasis, they were my introduction to British music and have definately started me on the track to what I want to do with my life (become a music journalist). They started my obsession with music in general.