Oasis nearly didn't get big break because record boss thought they were Nazis
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mirror.co.ukThe record boss who gave Oasis their big break almost didn’t sign them up – because he believed they were Nazis. Alan McGee was put off the band after seeing a Union Jack in their rehearsal room.
He thought it meant they were far-right thugs. When a pal jokingly confirmed they were fascists, the Creation Records chief was ready to snub them.
But the 1993 misunderstanding was cleared up – and the Britpop band went on to sell more than 75 million records, including hits such as Wonderwall and Cigarettes and Alcohol.
Alan, 59, said in an interview for a new book that, before he’d met Oasis, he went to Manchester to see a friend called Debbie at her band’s rehearsal room. “I was looking around and I saw this Union Jack painted on the wall.
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