Fans of Britpop gods Oasis who have been hoping that brothers Liam and Noel Gallagher would patch things up just long enough to see the Mancunians on tour again, or at least release another record, may now finally have their wishes come true, or at least, kind of.
The use of AI is clearly a talking point right now, with services like ChatGPT and Midjourney often cited, and it’s an area of concern for some, especially in specific markets, and a sign of progress that has been championed by others. 
Now it appears that this bright new, ever-evolving technology has been used to imagine what Oasis would sound like if they were to once again put together a new album.
An eight-track album titled AISIS has been put together by Breezer, an indie band, which then makes use of an AI alternate version of Liam Gallagher’s distinctive voice for an extra level of validity.
The band commented on their reasoning behind creating the project via their YouTube channel;
“We’re bored of waiting for Oasis to reform, so we’ve got an AI modelled Liam Gallagher (inspired by @JekSpek) to step in and help out,”
“It seemed to be a perfect match, and we love how some of these have turned out. We have a 2nd bunch of songs to come if you want to hear more, please let us know in the comments,”
“We’ve thoroughly enjoyed convincing our mates these are actually Oasis lost tunes, and recommend you try the same too.”
The comments on the YouTube video are mostly positive, but neither Liam nor Noel has yet made their feelings known. Clearly, such a move is perhaps a better alternative than the use of stock music to create a homage to the band and may well be replicated for other bands, maybe even Oasis’s old enemy Blur.
Oasis released their last studio album, their seventh, in October 2008 before they split for good the following year. The brothers are well known for their bickering and had fallen out previously, which led many to believe that this latest split would not be permanent, but now, nearly 15 years on, the band remains broken.
Their first album, Definitely Maybe, was released in August 1994 and sold 15 million copies worldwide, and their follow-up, (What’s the Story) Morning Glory, amassed 22 million sales, and this was very much their peak period.
All seven studio albums topped the UK charts, and their third, Be Here Now, made it to number two in the US.
They achieved eight number-one singles in the UK, and at their pomp, they played to over 250,000 fans at Knebworth over the course of two massive concerts. It’s worth noting that over two and a half million people applied for tickets.
The topic of a reunion tour is always being discussed by the music media, and Noel responded in a recent interview, stating;
“Yeah, I understand it (the calls for a reunion), yeah. No one has really come along to take our place,”
“He should get his people to call my people,” Noel continued. “He’s got my number, he’s got my manager’s number. Call us. But you know what? He won’t call.” Noel Gallagher added.
Liam, who is very active on social media, took to Twitter to respond.
“Here’s how I see it the little fella, aka potato, has done a lot of damage to Oasis as a band/brand,”
“He’s got a lot of making up to do not just to me but to you the fans the people that put us where we are today as you were LG x,”
Both brothers have gone on to forge successful musical careers but got nowhere near the heights that Oasis did.
Noel formed Noel Gallagher’s High Flying Birds, with each of their three albums going to number one and going platinum. Liam started up Beady Eye and scored relative success with two albums in this guise.
In 2017 his strictly solo debut, As You Were, went to number one, with sales of his album outselling the rest of the top 10 combined. The follow-up albums Why Me? Why Not and C’mon You Know also went to number one.
The AI effort by Breezer may well aid the growth of their band, neatly standing on the shoulders of giants Oasis, and the band’s guitarist Chris Woodgates has commented on the progression they’ve experienced prior to the release of AISIS;
“We’ve been together for over ten years, wrote a few tunes back in 2013 but parked them and moved on. Over lockdown, we thought we should try to do something with them, so we released a couple of songs – Alive and Forever – that got a bit of traction, but it soon petered out. Then Bobby had the mad idea to stick in Liam as the singer.” Woodgates stated.
The Lost Tapes Volume One, as the album is titled, weighs in at 33 minutes and is a great concept album that may lead Oasis to push on with reunion efforts.
The songs are written by the band, and the AI is in the form of Liam’s vocals. On the possibility of AI being used to actually write the lyrics and music, Breezer frontman Bobby Geraghty says;
“I don’t think that’s possible yet,”
“AI is still very much controlled by the user. You need to feed it exactly what it needs to replicate. I don’t think it’s at the point where AI could write a song. Although, having said that, a lot of people have asked if the music was AI-generated, which it’s not.” Geraghty concluded.
