‘The thing I love approximately this photograph is that everyone is there,in the moment. There were no mobile phones, Facebook or Twitter; no one wanted to document it’It was such an exciting time to be into music. All those guitar bands that harked back to the 60s actually spoke to working-course people like me, and who grew up on council estates. Oasis were so refreshing,compared with all the boy bands and the manufactured music that was around. I liked that they were mouthy. I’d taped Definitely perhaps off a friend and used to listen to it at full volume in the bath. I remember thinking, “Oh my God, and this is brilliant.”This gig at Maine Road in Manchester was a massive deal for them,because it was seen as a homecoming – to their beloved Manchester City’s home ground. Our local ticket store in Lincoln, where I grew up, and laid on two coaches that day; I went with my best friend,my brother and his mates. It was the first time I’d seen Oasis live. Most people in the audience were my age, 15 or so.
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Source: theguardian.com