Oasis: A Year On The Road

In 1994, Oasis was on the fast–track to the top. Hailed as the kings of Britpop, and by some as “the new Beatles,” the band had conquered the British charts and were on the verge of international success. Their first world tour, playing on three continents, was the critical moment in the band’s emergence as an international force. Photographer Paul Slattery was there through that entire crucial period. In Oasis: A Year on the Road, Slattery’s photos capture the excitement and the drama of the times, and his recollections offer a revealing counterpoint to the candid images.

A professional photographer for more than 20 years, Paul Slattery is internationally known for his work with Oasis, The Smiths, The Clash, U2, and other major bands.

Paul first jumped into the photographer’s pit at a gig by his teenage guitar hero Link Wray at London’s Lyceum in June 1975 when he should have been studying for his final exams.

Narrowly passing those exams, he could have got a job as a town planner, but it was planning the next gig that soon be-came his life. A chance meeting with Lemmy at the Nashville in West Kens-ington convinced him of the need to have a rock and roll lifestyle and he sub-sequently went on to photograph the Pistols, The Ramones and The Clash.

Going on to photograph such bands as U2, Joy Division, The Fall and The Specials he has flirted with Heavy Metal and survived drinking sessions with the likes of Judas Priest, Iron Maiden and of course Motörhead and counts Lemmy as a true gent and a number one rock god.

In complete contrast he made some of the most iconic photographs of the Smiths in the mid eighties, and in the late eighties and early nineties he photographed the Stones Roses and a young Manic Street Preachers, bands that captured the spirit of the times.

In February 1994 he was introduced to a then unknown band called Oasis with whom he eventually spent a year on the road. It is from these pho-tographs that this book has been compiled.

Paul’s photographs have ap-peared in thousands of magazines worldwide, over 80 books on rock and roll bands, and on numerous CD’s.

Previous books; The Smiths - The Early Years published by Vision On, Omni-bus Press.

For more details on the book and to order a copy click here.

These photos are exclusive to this website and used with the kind permission of
Paul Slattery.

Image 1
Noel in Central Park New York City, during the filming of the 'Live Forever' video 22/07/94.

Image 2
The morning after the gig at the Fleece & Firkin Bristol 30/03/94.

Image 3
Undrugged concert at the Albert Hall in London 04/06/94.

Image 4
Paramount Hotel NYC relaxing before the bands' first ever US gig at the Wetlands 21/7/94.

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Taken at the Paramount Hotel NYC 23/07/94.

Image 6
Taken at the Astoria London 18/08/94.

Image 7
Taken at Virgin Records Marble Arch London with Evan Dand on 30/08/94.

Image 8
Taken in the Top Of The Pops dressing room 07/09/94.

Image 9
Taken in Osaka Japan 17/09/94.

Image 10
Taken at Club Quattro, Osaka Japan 18/09/94.

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Taken at Club Quattro, Nagoya Japan 19/09/94

Image 12
Taken at the "Whatever" video shoot Wimbledon, London 05/12/94.

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Taken in the Top Of The Pops dressing room 14/12/94.

Image 14
Taken at the Academy NYC soundcheck 08/03/95.

Image 15

Front cover of the book.

Image 16

Invitation to the book launch on November 26th 2008 in London.

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