Liam Gallagher recalls the gig that made him want to join a band: “It blew my mind”

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Liam Gallagher has recalled the gig that made him want to join a band in a new interview with NME – watch it above now.The former Oasis frontman looked back on his life in music in the latest in NME’s Firsts series, sharing his first festival, the first thing he would do after the release of ‘C’mon You Know’ and more.When asked what the first gig he went to was, Gallagher replied: “The Stone Roses in [ex-Manchester music venue] International 2.

It was ‘89, ‘Plymouth Grove, with my mate Dave.”He added: “It blew my mind and that’s when I wanted to join a band.”The star also revealed that the Roses were the first band he fell in love with. “Our kid was into The Smiths but they were a little bit too early for me and a little bit too student-y,” he explained. “But the Roses were a bit more laddy – not as laddy as us, but it felt a bit more right.”Ian Brown’s band were also the artists behind the first album that he bought. “The first record I bought was the Stone Roses’ debut album,” Gallagher shared. “I know this is all sounding very cool and people won’t believe me, but it is [true] – I’m just very cool […] I was obsessed with [the Roses].”Watch Gallagher’s Firsts interview with NME in full at the top of the page.In 2017, Gallagher recalled the first Stone Roses song that hooked him. “I remember our kid having ‘Sally Cinnamon’, but it was ‘I Wanna Be Adored’ that first got me,” he told NME. “I remember going to school, and my mate Damian, he had an elder brother who was well into them as well, and he was going ‘have you heard that band The Stone Roses?

There’s this song called ‘I Wanna Be A Dog’.’“‘I Wanna Be A Dog’? What the fuck’s that about?’ I must have been about 15 or 16, and then when I finally heard the record.