Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 是一只成立于2010年，來自英國的樂隊。從這個略帶偏執(zhí)的名字中不難發(fā)現(xiàn)其亮點所在——Noel gallagher。作為樂隊冠名權擁有者,Noel Gallagher曾是前英倫搖滾班霸Oasis（現(xiàn)已解散）的lead guitarist和songwriter，在Oasis期間肩負著樂隊絕對強權領袖和無與倫比天才雙重任務，一直為受眾所津津樂道。在Oasis解散兩年后，Noel Gallagher自組樂隊 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 再次沖擊英倫樂壇，發(fā)行了首張同名大碟《Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds》。
 
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds除核心主唱Noel gallagher外，另有四名成員：前Oasis錄音鋼琴伴奏Mike Rowe擔任鋼琴手，The Zutons 樂隊的Russell Pritchard負責貝斯，主音吉他Tim Smith，鼓手則是來自The Lemon Trees的Jeremy Stacey. 自2009年8月，Noel gallagher正式宣布脫離Oasis以來，關于他可能發(fā)行Solo album的傳聞就甚囂塵上.2011年7月，Noel gallagher舉行新聞發(fā)布會確認“Solo album即將面市”，并告訴記者第二張專輯將與Amorphous Androgynous合作，最遲在2012年發(fā)行；關于其胞弟Liam gallagher指責“自己聽過Solo album里面大部分歌曲，并曾經(jīng)試唱”，Noel gallagher笑稱純屬謠言。
在參加電視節(jié)目The Jonathan Ross Show 中，Noel gallagher談到Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds名字由來時說，有兩個緣由激發(fā)了他的靈感：一是有天在刷盤子時候聽到了Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac這張專輯，覺得也許把Noel gallagher作為前綴加在樂隊名字前很有意思；而名字后半部分的則是來源于Jefferson Airplane歌曲"High Flying Bird"。
 
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds are an English rock act formed in 2011 as the solo moniker of former Oasis lead guitarist/songwriter Noel Gallagher. The band consists of former Oasis session pianist Mike Rowe, drummer Jeremy Stacey of The Lemon Trees, The Zutons bassist Russell Pritchard and guitarist Tim Smith. The band also has a variety of guests on their debut album such as the Crouch End Festival Chorus and The Wired Strings.
 
Since his departure from Oasis in August 2009, many speculated that Gallagher might record a solo album. In July 2011, he held a press conference to confirm that this was the case, after denying rumours from his brother Liam Gallagher that he had already heard the tracks featured on it. He also explained that he would be collaborating with Amorphous Androgynous for a second album that was due for release in 2012.
 
The singles for Gallagher's debut album are "The Death of You and Me", "If I Had a Gun...", "AKA... What a Life!", ""Dream On"" and "Everybody's on the Run". AKA... What a Life! made its debut on a Vauxhall television advertisement.
 
Gallagher announced that he will begin touring a week after the album is released. He stated, "We're going to go out on tour a week after the album is out. We're going to start off slow in small theatres. If it's good enough to get bigger than that then it'll get bigger than that. I don't think there'll be a huge great big tour this year. I think this year it'll be a quick whizz around the world and try and do the major cities and then it will probably be a bigger tour next year."
 
Gallagher explained in an interview with Jonathan Ross on The Jonathan Ross Show that the inspiration for the band's name was from two sources. The idea to prefix the name with "Noel Gallagher's" was formed whilst washing up dishes listening to the album Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac, while the latter part of the name is taken from the song "High Flying Bird" by Jefferson Airplane.