Abbott, Tim

Managing Director of Creation Records when Oasis were signed. Subsequently left to run own companies, Better Records [home of Smaller], and Better Management [briefly home to Robbie Williams].

Blackburn, Gary

Head of Anglo Plugging.

Cannon, Brian

Art director. Runs Microdot which has designed all the sleeves. Also works with The Verve and Ash.

Camp, Kevin

Head of security.

Coyle, Mark

Met Noel when sound engineer with Inspiral Carpets. They became friends, and Mark worked on the first album, after which he retired from working with them on production duties due to hearing problems. Remains part of the inner sanctum.

Furmanovsky, Jill

Unofficial official band photographer since 1995. Has been photographing rock stars since the mid 1970s. She was looking for an up and coming band to bookend a book of her photographs when she was pointed in the direction of Oasis by a journalist friend, Daniela Soave.

She first saw the band at Cambridge Town Hall on 4th December 1994. The band trust her and give her pretty much open access to photograph them wherever they are.

She toured her photographs in the 'Was There Then' show in the UK in 1997, and published a book of same name. Details of the show can be found here.

Green, Dick

Former member of 'Biff Bang Pow' who released records on Creation Records.

Co-owner of Creation with Alan McGee.

Greengrass, Emma

Marketing manager at Creation.

Griffiths, Richard

President of Epic Records, US.

Griffiths, Tony

Member of the Real People, whom Noel met as a support act to the Inspiral Carpets. Tony runs the Porter Street Studios in Liverpool, where Oasis recorded its first studio demo. He later provided backing vocals to "Supersonic".

Hewitt, Paolo

Former music journalist, now writer of music biographies. Muse to Weller. Been around the band since 1994. Written official biography of band, 'Getting High', published in 1997. Is currently working on a second volume, due for publication in 2000.

Hopkins, Johnny

Long-term and current press spokesman for the band.

Howard, Peter

Of Sifter’s Record Shop from whom the brothers bought their records as kids, and who has found infamy in the song "Shakermaker" as 'Mr Sifter'.

Lambert, Graham

Guitarist with Inspiral Carpets whom Noel met in on his 21st birthday in 1989 at a Stone Roses concert in Manchester, as a result of which Noel auditioned for the role of singer. He was rejected but started work as technician/roadie.

See an article in

Morris, Owen

Engineered part of the first album, and has since worked closely with the band when they recorded albums and performed live He has co-produced (What's The Story) Morning Glory? and Be Here Now with Noel.

Nowell, Roger

Guigsy’s bass guitar technician.

O’Neill, Terry

Security man.

Rhodes, Jason

Noel’s guitar technician

Russell, John Marcus

Manager of Johnny Marr, The The, Electronic and Pusherman. Runs Ignition Management who look after Oasis. Left his teaching job on his divorce, and went into management with Latin Quarter, then The Bible before meeting Marr.

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