“Johnny offered his services to the band”: what Noel Gallagher said when one of his heroes almost joined Oasis

In early 2000, Noel Gallagher spoke to Total Guitar about the Oasis album he had just worked on – Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants.

With characteristic frankness, Noel said right away: “The new album is very good, but not great. I think we can do better and probably will.”