Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds

Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 是一只成立于2010年，来自英国的乐队。从这个略带偏执的名字中不难发现其亮点所在——Noel gallagher。作为乐队冠名权拥有者,Noel Gallagher曾是前英伦摇滚班霸Oasis（现已解散）的lead guitarist和songwriter，在Oasis期间肩负着乐队绝对强权领袖和无与伦比天才双重任务，一直为受众所津津乐道。在Oasis解散两年后，Noel Gallagher自组乐队 Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds 再次冲击英伦乐坛，发行了首张同名大碟《Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds》。
 
Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds除核心主唱Noel gallagher外，另有四名成员：前Oasis录音钢琴伴奏Mike Rowe担任钢琴手，The Zutons 乐队的Russell Pritchard负责贝斯，主音吉他Tim Smith，鼓手则是来自The Lemon Trees的Jeremy Stacey. 自2009年8月，Noel gallagher正式宣布脱离Oasis以来，关于他可能发行Solo album的传闻就甚嚣尘上.2011年7月，Noel gallagher举行新闻发布会确认“Solo album即将面市”，并告诉记者第二张专辑将与Amorphous Androgynous合作，最迟在2012年发行；关于其胞弟Liam gallagher指责“自己听过Solo album里面大部分歌曲，并曾经试唱”，Noel gallagher笑称纯属谣言。
在参加电视节目The Jonathan Ross Show 中，Noel gallagher谈到Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds名字由来时说，有两个缘由激发了他的灵感：一是有天在刷盘子时候听到了Peter Green's Fleetwood Mac这张专辑，觉得也许把Noel gallagher作为前缀加在乐队名字前很有意思；而名字后半部分的则是来源于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.