Tony McCarroll

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Tony McCarroll
Birth nameAnthony McCarroll
Born (1971-06-04) 4 June 1971 (age 53)
Levenshulme, Manchester, England
Genres
Instrument Drums
Years active
  • 1991–1995
  • 2010
  • 2018–present
Formerly of Oasis

Anthony "Tony" McCarroll [1] (born 4 June 1971) is an English drummer and one of the founding members of the English rock band Oasis, as their drummer from 1991 until his dismissal in April 1995. He played the drums on their debut album, Definitely Maybe , in addition to performing on the singles "Whatever" and "Some Might Say", the latter of which was Oasis's first number-one single from the album (What's the Story) Morning Glory? .

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Early life

Anthony McCarroll was born to Irish parents, Anthony McCarroll, a native of County Tyrone and Bridie O'Donnell, a native of County Offaly, on 4 June 1971 in Levenshulme, Manchester, where he grew up. He has family in Ireland and spent a couple of years living in Kinnitty, County Offaly, his mother's home, when he was younger due to his father's work. McCarroll got his first drum kit when he was six years old.

Career

Oasis

McCarroll had met Paul McGuigan while playing for the local football team at a young age. Together with McGuigan's friend Paul Arthurs, they formed a band called The Rain and hired Chris Hutton as their singer, but he was sacked and replaced by Liam Gallagher not so long after, whom McCarroll had also known through childhood. Liam decided to change the name to Oasis, inspired by a poster for Inspiral Carpets that was hanging in his room.

Soon after, Liam's brother Noel joined. McCarroll has stated in his book that he was closely involved in the creation of several of Oasis's songs, including "Supersonic", despite Gallagher being given sole credit as songwriter.

Noel Gallagher and McCarroll got on during childhood, but as Oasis gradually became famous, the relationship between the two faltered. Gallagher has repeatedly publicly slammed McCarroll's drumming ability, saying it was not good enough for a number one single.[ citation needed ] After McCarroll's ejection from the band, Noel Gallagher stated in an interview with the Associated Press, "I like Tony as a geezer, but he wouldn't have been able to drum the new songs." [1]

On the last day of April 1995, McCarroll's departure was announced and he was replaced by Alan White, who remained until 2004.

Oasis producer Owen Morris said of McCarroll, "Tony was quiet and always polite to me, but seemed out of his depth…so I think Tony did well to survive as long as he did in Oasis". [2] Morris described McCarroll's drumming style as "extremely basic", but with timing and tempo that were "almost autistically perfect". [2]

Lawsuit against the band

In 1999 McCarroll hired a solicitor Jens Hills – who had won Pete Best £2 million from the Beatles in 1995 – to sue Oasis for £18 million. Arguing that McCarroll was owed his part of the band's five-album deal with Creation, the case hoped to set a legal precedent, as McCarroll would have claimed compensation for two LPs on which he had not played. Eventually, he accepted an out-of-court settlement of £550,000 in March 1999 and agreed to give up future royalties.

Life after Oasis

In an article building up to Oasis's seventh studio album Dig Out Your Soul in Q magazine in 2008, it was revealed that McCarroll was last seen in 2000 performing with the band Raika. [3]

McCarroll's memoir of his time in Oasis, titled Oasis: The Truth, was released in October 2010. [4]

McCarroll was also interviewed for the documentary entitled Oasis: Supersonic in 2016, and the audio was included in the film.

In 2022, McCarroll revealed that the only Oasis concert he ever attended as part of the crowd was coincidentally the last show they ever played: V Festival on 22 August 2009. [5]

Personal life

On 30 August 2021, McCarroll revealed via Twitter that he had been admitted to hospital five days prior after suffering a heart attack, but stated that while he was "not out of the woods yet", his recovery was progressing well and thanked the NHS staff for their services. [6] [7] The following day, McCarroll tweeted that he was "all good" and had left hospital after having had a coronary stent inserted to restore and improve his cardiac blood flow. [8]

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References

  1. 1 2 "Original Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll wants reunion". AP News. 2 April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2023.
  2. 1 2 Morris, Owen. "The Rise and Fall of Me Recording Oasis". owenmorris.net. Archived from the original on 12 November 2016. Retrieved 24 January 2017.
  3. ↑ "McCarroll keeps it in the family". NME. 6 December 2000. Retrieved 22 October 2011.
  4. ↑ ASIN   1843582465
  5. ↑ Microdot (11 November 2022). Tony McCarroll Interviewed – Life Before, During & After Oasis . Retrieved 4 July 2024– via YouTube.
  6. ↑ @TonyMcCarrolls (30 August 2021). "Hi All. Wanted to let you know I was admitted to hospital on Thursday after suffering a heart attack on Wednesday n…" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  7. ↑ Emily Zemler (31 August 2021). "Oasis Founding Drummer Tony McCarroll Suffers Heart Attack". Rolling Stone.
  8. ↑ "Former Oasis drummer Tony McCarroll shares health update following heart attack: "All good!"". NME . September 2021.
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