It's been pointed out a couple times. I made a mistake in this video saying 9th chords rather than 6th. The Rock N Roll Star chords are actually 6th chords and not 9ths 🙂 Otherwise known as Johnny B Goode chords 😄
A few people have commented on this video saying Bonehead had very little to do with the sound of Oasis but I disagree and think they'll sound better then without him on the tour
Their sound also changed quite a bit when Noel switched to a multi-amp setup. There was something pure about ripping through a cranked JCM900 on the verge of feedback.
On Supersonic, the open E to the F# is called a subtonic movement. If you listen to Edgar Winters Frankenstein, Edgar himself describes it as subtonic and it has a menacing effect.
As Steve Jones put it 'strum the chords like your giving a kick in the bollix' guigsy & bonehead were the wall of sound to Oasis, kept it very simple but solid and no ego in trying to stand out. hence why it worked 👌
It's probably down to note placement. If you play on top of the beat things sound in time but small. If you play just behind the beat (by fractions of a second) things sound big. Listen to Smells like teen spirit, the kick drum & crash on the 1 is always laid back a touch which makes it sound big. The listener is expecting it to be there on the beat but when they have to wait a fraction of a second the perception is that it hits you more when it does land. We learnt this at music college.
In my well paid opinion, Gem added more important things to the sound… licks, riffs, lead work that Noel really never wanted to do, and even backing vocals. Bonehead is just the nostalgic factor. Anyway, I would love to see both of them in the reunion
It'll be interesting to see how much Noel does actually play. I have a feeling he'll be playing the solos but the more general lead parts may be left to another guitarist.
Totally agree, normally Liam's band sound a bit like an Oasis cover band when playing Oasis songs. One day I clicked into a live performance without knowing Bonehead was on stage, I just thought mmmm they sound pretty good, a lot better than usual, maybe the sound guy did a good job. I didnt even recognize Bonehead when I see him because of the beard. When I went thtough the comments, I realized it was Bonehead that's making the difference!
I agree. While the sound engineer is a key person for the sound, certainly for the pro live recordings, I think there's too many examples of performances with and without Bonehead for it to be ONLY the sound engineer making the sound bigger.
On the record Noel is hammering on the 4th fret b triad but when they played it live he would bounce on the b chord with bonehead and guigsy. For bonehead to ad that chuck berry ride back into it live is pretty clever, they are both playing each others part and their own at the same time.
Noel himself said bonehead was the soul of oasis...noel doesn't hand out compliments easy so that's quite a big statement....in my view oasis were at their absolute best from 93-97... from standing on the shoulder of giants it all changed... I'm not saying it was worse because it wasn't but it changed into something different ....which is to be expected when most of the lineup isnt the same anymore
Quite a comparison of what Noel said when Bonehead left 'its hardly McCartney leaving The Beatles' 😄 But yeah, I think Noel had admiration and respect for Bonehead. And yes, almost all bands evolve into something different to when they started. With new members or without.
I agree with your point on losing their power when Gem and Andy arrived. Although technically better, Gems chord style was very open and with Noel playing standard open chords at the top of the neck, it lacked bottom end. This did suit Oasis’ latter albums so just different I suppose.
I felt that sometimes bonehead was lost behind Noel’s guitar and the bass in live performances, but on some occasions you could hear him quite clearly. Or it could just be me not being able to pick it out, I don’t know.
There's a video on RUclips of the Knebworth gig. When Noel is soloing, Bonehead is barely audible. I had to be quite specific with the video chosen to actually hear Bonehead properly and maybe it's not surprising that MTV produced that one rather then Knebworth/Wembley where presumably the band might have had more control on the mix.
Bonehead started a few songs like Whatever and Stand By Me. It's strange to hear him on his own. As for the bass, that was always lost in the mix, except Wonderwall at Maine Rd oddly!
if you listen to their demos around 1993, especially the columbia white label demo, it really highlights how important he was, as his guitar in that track is very quiet, leaving the song lacking in the power the final version has
I hadn't heard that demo. It is super quiet. I quite like the production in that one but at the same time, you're right, the original is much more powerful.
@@JKGuitar i also like the sound of it (it was passed around as a promo exclusive to radio DJ’s when they first got signed and miraculously got played on radio 1 about 50 times, a first for any band), i especially like the outro where the drums combine with a programmed drum beat with some weird vocal samples
Another interesting comparison: From the Maine Road gigs onwards, Noel was always mixed in louder than Bonehead. So they already lost a lot of that raw power in 1996.
Agreed that Oasis sounds different without Bonehead and his [90% barre chords+10% licks], compared to Gem and his more opened chords, but perhaps the comparison in Liam's band live is a bit biaised by the fact that with Bonehead in it, you have 3 guitars in the mix instead of 2 (3 rythm guitarists likely sound more massive than 2)
A fair point. I just think it's such a drastic difference in sound when Bonehead is there versus not. And that has been the same whether in Oasis or Liam Gallagher. 90s or 020s.
Great video bud I remember noel & gem in the oasis days would swap from lead to rhythm guitar live on stage And recently gem plays lead in the flying birds while noel sticks to rhythm
Going from memory on supersonic, he would play the full bar chord shape on A and B, that way he could basically strum all 6 strings if he wanted but obviously that wouldn’t sound good.
Great video mate - wasn't sure when it started in your bedroom but you dud a great job :) i got an idea for an oasisy type tune so gonna bear this in mind.
Thanks mate! Looking to move house soon so there'll be more space rather than the bedroom! Definitely a few techniques which can be used when writing guitar parts
Your point about Oasis getting better technically with Gem is so true. I think with Bonehead, Oasis could cover up their non-technical guitar playing with big sound. I prefer the Bonehead sound for sure. I mean what Oasis fan wanted stuff like "A Quick Peep"?? LOL great vid!
I think people underrate how tight Oasis were when playing. Maybe not the most technical, but they were very tight. I think they used to practice every night or something pre fame...
Hi have you changed the pick-ups in your PRS, there is great depth/clarity to them, and possibly the hollow body is adding something also. I'm looking to possibly update a Tokai Les Paul .
All credit for Bonehead. It was kind of a silver lining when he left because Noel doesn’t consider himself a lead guitarist. With Gem, he was able to take the passenger seat a little and let him do those parts.
Good analysis of Bonhead's style, and it was about time he got the credit he deserves, because he was essential to the original Oasis sound, not to mention his ability on other instruments.
Hi, Great video and now suddenly a very current topic! I notice you are using the Yamaha amp here, can i ask how you are recording your guitar parts for the video? it sounds great and i'm interested to know how you are set up. Thanks
Yeah, to be honest I wasn't expecting this video to be very active again. The Yamaha amp can connect to PC via USB so that's hooked up. Then I use a DAW (I use Reaper) which then records using the Yamaha amp. That's kind of it. It's a great piece of kit for the money.
Interesting. I always thought the slightly 'off' sound of that part because Noel plays an Asus2 and Bonehead plays a A barre chord and so there's a B note added
Oasis always had a big driving guitar sound for sure, in my opinion they could have sounded all the better if they didn't push the drums back into the mix as much.
Hi Stu. For guitar, I use a Yamaha THR5 amp. This gets plugged in direct to Reaper on my iMac. For voice, lapel mic plugged into a Focusrite Solo. Cameras used are a Sony ZV1 and Go Pro 8
@JKGuitar well both I guess. Morris said when he received the tapes of Definitely Maybe, the main thing he did was turn bonehead up loud, compared to the mixes they had been doing before Morris. So yeah, his playing style certainly contributes a lot to a big sound.
I think Noel took more control over that side of things. Even for live DVD recordings. Someone else in this comment section pointed out that Bonehead is playing the picked chord progression before the chorus in Wonderwall at Knebworth...but you can barely hear it
Oasis had a guy who just played rhythm. Not 'and backing vocals' or a guitarist that played some lead too or anything like that. He just played rhythm.
I never truly appreciated Bonehead till he started regularly playing with Liam again and oh my gosh that sounds like Oasis! I wonder what a lineup where Noel goes solo and Gem replaces him but Bonehead stays would have been like...
I don’t disagree but I’ve heard oasis sound massive with the later lineup also. The Wembley gigs were a bit washed out with sound that big echo rich environment doesn’t suit amps and guitars blasted out to the max in my opinion. He was arguably the best musician in the band in the original days but again in my opinion the band just lost their edge in the 00s that along with the fact the songs just weren’t as good as the earlier ones. If oasis ever do reunite I’d love to see the original lineup just for nostalgia but I think it’s a bit of a pipe dream. Not the reuniting but the original lineup
From my understanding, Guigsy is happily retired and Tony McCaroll probably burnt his bridges so I think it would be a hybrid of 'old' and 'new' of Liam, Noel, Bonehead, Gem and Chris Sharrock. You never know though, I could certainly see a McCaroll cameo or something..
@@JKGuitar 30 years of morning glory next year I hope they reunite. I just don’t understand why they don’t get back together they don’t have to live out of each others pockets anymore do a month of rehearsing the set list and do some gigs man it’s not hard. They don’t have to embark on a world tour or anything just commit to some summer shows and see what happens. That’s my opinion for what it’s worth. Get guigs off the sofa and tell him to lay off the green. Use bone and gem and let Noel just take lead they couldn’t always play the songs properly for lack of guitars anyway. Then give Tony and Alan a call and see who fancies it 🤷♂️
Wembley Stadium residency or something. No touring from city to city, country to country. Like you said, it will happen. What causes it to happen, I'm not sure.
BH also played fifth chords but with the top 2 strings also played (ie. he muted the D string during, say, the Supersonic verses, whilst playing bar chords)
It's funny... the other day I came across with a video of oasis playing live in Jools Holland, presenting Standing On The Shoulders of Giants album with the new band members, and suddenly, I had the same realization how weak it sounded. Funny I did not realize it before, after all these years. They didn't sound bad, but weak. And now your video appears with this nice explanation. Thank you.
@@JKGuitar good shout! I reckon Bonehead was underrated and underused in some respects, especially live in my opinion. He is/was a big Quo fan and that bluesy shuffle, + heavy, thumping power chords defined oasis' sound for me
I didn't know that he was a fan of Quo. That makes a lot of sense with what he plays. In some ways, he's underused, in other ways he's a great example of providing a powerful foundation for the lead guitar
Correct. It's maybe why the live pro shot vary so much in sound quality. But I still think there's enough evidence with Oasis + Liam Gallagher that Bonehead makes a difference
Agreed man! I'll never forget the wall of sound at Knebworth in 96. It was my first gig. I had just turned 15...my days, my ears still ring to this day haha
@JKGuitar this is correct, Noel himself re-recorded all guitar tracks, and most of the bass, in the liner notes they're even listed as a 3 piece band, Liam on vocals, Noel guitar and vocals and Alan White on drums.
Yeah man the complete original line up with tony on drums... even if it's only for a couple of song's then get andy and gem back on with zach or alan white....i want the original line up to do supersonic one last time
It's been pointed out a couple times. I made a mistake in this video saying 9th chords rather than 6th. The Rock N Roll Star chords are actually 6th chords and not 9ths 🙂
Otherwise known as Johnny B Goode chords 😄
Saw Liam Gallagher live. When he brought Bonehead on the sound became massive. Another level. Whatever he does, props to the man!
Epiphone into a Marshall. Big chords. Great stuff from Bonehead
His amp goes up to 11
@@cshartley101 Beat me to it by 8 days.
Rthymn guitar isn't easy.
Bonehead is a very good musician
@@dan32113 agreed. Rhythm is super underrated for the overall sound of a band
Good points! Bone head was the Malcom Young of Oasis.
A good comparison!
Nothing compared to Mal
@@doug.c.9873 The point is that In Oasis he was REALLY SOMETHING.
I’m thrilled how the real Oasis fans are unanimously requesting Bonehead for the reunion tour
A few people have commented on this video saying Bonehead had very little to do with the sound of Oasis but I disagree and think they'll sound better then without him on the tour
Pretty sure he's going to be on stage for some of the earlier song's...
I read that he had a bit to do with the actual reunion...
@@glennwoods2462 I think he was usually the peace negoatier back in the day so would make sense
i want guigsy too
@@owenjeffrey9365 I think that's a step too far haha
This is very accurate. Their sound was huge with Bonehead. That trademark sound disappeared with him.
Pretty much!
Their sound also changed quite a bit when Noel switched to a multi-amp setup. There was something pure about ripping through a cranked JCM900 on the verge of feedback.
A good point and one I hadn't thought of (not massively knowledgeable about the gear used!).
I didn’t have “watching a Bonehead appreciation video” on my Bingo card this morning but here we are.
Far too many Noel videos on RUclips. Not enough Bonehead.
@@JKGuitar I agree. All the tutorials feature either Noel's parts, or a mashup. They should all do both.
On Supersonic, the open E to the F# is called a subtonic movement. If you listen to Edgar Winters Frankenstein, Edgar himself describes it as subtonic and it has a menacing effect.
I've not heard Frankenstein before. That's a great track and can hear that subtonic movement. Thanks for sharing this!
Mr Arthurs is a very good friend of mine and will love your video, keep up the good work r kid 🎸
Cheers mate!
He seems like such a good dude. I hope he's part of this reunion tour.
As Steve Jones put it 'strum the chords like your giving a kick in the bollix' guigsy & bonehead were the wall of sound to Oasis, kept it very simple but solid and no ego in trying to stand out. hence why it worked 👌
Exactly. While I don't think Guigsy will perform at the reuinion, I hope Bonehead does
Absolutely true. Bonehead gave the band that hard edge.
Agreed!
Bonehead gave Oasis BALLS in their sound
100% agree!
It's probably down to note placement. If you play on top of the beat things sound in time but small. If you play just behind the beat (by fractions of a second) things sound big. Listen to Smells like teen spirit, the kick drum & crash on the 1 is always laid back a touch which makes it sound big. The listener is expecting it to be there on the beat but when they have to wait a fraction of a second the perception is that it hits you more when it does land. We learnt this at music college.
In my well paid opinion, Gem added more important things to the sound… licks, riffs, lead work that Noel really never wanted to do, and even backing vocals. Bonehead is just the nostalgic factor. Anyway, I would love to see both of them in the reunion
It'll be interesting to see how much Noel does actually play. I have a feeling he'll be playing the solos but the more general lead parts may be left to another guitarist.
@@JKGuitar exactly my thoughts
Agree
Totally agree, normally Liam's band sound a bit like an Oasis cover band when playing Oasis songs. One day I clicked into a live performance without knowing Bonehead was on stage, I just thought mmmm they sound pretty good, a lot better than usual, maybe the sound guy did a good job. I didnt even recognize Bonehead when I see him because of the beard. When I went thtough the comments, I realized it was Bonehead that's making the difference!
I agree. While the sound engineer is a key person for the sound, certainly for the pro live recordings, I think there's too many examples of performances with and without Bonehead for it to be ONLY the sound engineer making the sound bigger.
On the record Noel is hammering on the 4th fret b triad but when they played it live he would bounce on the b chord with bonehead and guigsy. For bonehead to ad that chuck berry ride back into it live is pretty clever, they are both playing each others part and their own at the same time.
For Rock N Roll Star, yeah?
Noel himself said bonehead was the soul of oasis...noel doesn't hand out compliments easy so that's quite a big statement....in my view oasis were at their absolute best from 93-97... from standing on the shoulder of giants it all changed... I'm not saying it was worse because it wasn't but it changed into something different ....which is to be expected when most of the lineup isnt the same anymore
Quite a comparison of what Noel said when Bonehead left 'its hardly McCartney leaving The Beatles' 😄 But yeah, I think Noel had admiration and respect for Bonehead.
And yes, almost all bands evolve into something different to when they started. With new members or without.
Yeah he’s their Izzy Stradlin and Malcolm Young. And the open low E playing, straight out of The Stooges.
Great comparisons!
I agree with your point on losing their power when Gem and Andy arrived. Although technically better, Gems chord style was very open and with Noel playing standard open chords at the top of the neck, it lacked bottom end. This did suit Oasis’ latter albums so just different I suppose.
Very good point about the style changing in the latter albums. More intricate playing. I suppose you can't just make Definitely Maybe every album..
I felt that sometimes bonehead was lost behind Noel’s guitar and the bass in live performances, but on some occasions you could hear him quite clearly. Or it could just be me not being able to pick it out, I don’t know.
There's a video on RUclips of the Knebworth gig. When Noel is soloing, Bonehead is barely audible. I had to be quite specific with the video chosen to actually hear Bonehead properly and maybe it's not surprising that MTV produced that one rather then Knebworth/Wembley where presumably the band might have had more control on the mix.
Bonehead started a few songs like Whatever and Stand By Me. It's strange to hear him on his own. As for the bass, that was always lost in the mix, except Wonderwall at Maine Rd oddly!
I've just watched the Wonderwall @ Maine Road again. That mix is very odd, bass is almost as loud as the guitar!
Made me appreciate Bonehead more. I love both Oasis lineups but Bonehead's rhythm guitar work on their earlier albums were monstrous and phenomenal.
I agree! Big big sound
if you listen to their demos around 1993, especially the columbia white label demo, it really highlights how important he was, as his guitar in that track is very quiet, leaving the song lacking in the power the final version has
I hadn't heard that demo. It is super quiet. I quite like the production in that one but at the same time, you're right, the original is much more powerful.
@@JKGuitar i also like the sound of it (it was passed around as a promo exclusive to radio DJ’s when they first got signed and miraculously got played on radio 1 about 50 times, a first for any band), i especially like the outro where the drums combine with a programmed drum beat with some weird vocal samples
I agree . He probably held that vibe together
Vibe Master General
Bonehead=wall of sound=Liam’s real sidekick
Gospel
I genuinely wouldn't be that bothered about seeing Liam solo if Bonehead isn't playing. It's not the same.
Bonehead is a classic example of a rhythm player that you dont hear in a song . When his rhythm stops there is a subtle change in the overall sound.
Agreed totally!
Another interesting comparison: From the Maine Road gigs onwards, Noel was always mixed in louder than Bonehead. So they already lost a lot of that raw power in 1996.
Yeah definitely. That's what made the MTV Supersonic performance so good because everything was mixed equally
I love that punky sound they had live especially with Tony drumming, I bought the Live by the Sea VHS tape back in December.
Open low E’s mean you can hit an E whilst switching chords.
Agreed that Oasis sounds different without Bonehead and his [90% barre chords+10% licks], compared to Gem and his more opened chords, but perhaps the comparison in Liam's band live is a bit biaised by the fact that with Bonehead in it, you have 3 guitars in the mix instead of 2 (3 rythm guitarists likely sound more massive than 2)
A fair point. I just think it's such a drastic difference in sound when Bonehead is there versus not. And that has been the same whether in Oasis or Liam Gallagher. 90s or 020s.
What licks?
Great video bud
I remember noel & gem in the oasis days would swap from lead to rhythm guitar live on stage
And recently gem plays lead in the flying birds while noel sticks to rhythm
Noel will have to start to re-learn all those lead lines!
Thats a lovely PRS guitar you have.
Good video thanks
Thanks!
I read that Mr Bonehead added the piano to Digsy's Dinner. That was sooooo perfect!
He's quite talented. He played the mellotron on Wonderwall. I've seen him play bass and piano on a live performance
Going from memory on supersonic, he would play the full bar chord shape on A and B, that way he could basically strum all 6 strings if he wanted but obviously that wouldn’t sound good.
I think in the Knebworth footage of Wonderwall you can see (but not hear!) Bonehead is actually playing some of the tinkly bits in the chrous
Yep, at 2:16! As you say, a bit buried in the mix
Great video mate - wasn't sure when it started in your bedroom but you dud a great job :) i got an idea for an oasisy type tune so gonna bear this in mind.
Thanks mate! Looking to move house soon so there'll be more space rather than the bedroom! Definitely a few techniques which can be used when writing guitar parts
He said it himself in the supersonic documentary. Something along the lines of "I played those barre chords like no one else could've."
The best damn barre chorder!
Your point about Oasis getting better technically with Gem is so true. I think with Bonehead, Oasis could cover up their non-technical guitar playing with big sound. I prefer the Bonehead sound for sure. I mean what Oasis fan wanted stuff like "A Quick Peep"?? LOL great vid!
I think people underrate how tight Oasis were when playing. Maybe not the most technical, but they were very tight. I think they used to practice every night or something pre fame...
Neil Young sounds best with Crazy horse. Not the best technique but fits perfectly with Neil.
Hi have you changed the pick-ups in your PRS, there is great depth/clarity to them, and possibly the hollow body is adding something also. I'm looking to possibly update a Tokai Les Paul .
@@AchtungMonkey Hey. These are actually the stock pickups. I think it's the hollow body when I compare it to my non hollow body guitars.
His tone and the way he attacks the strings on the guitar with a really solid feel makes all the difference in the world.
Agreed!
All credit for Bonehead. It was kind of a silver lining when he left because Noel doesn’t consider himself a lead guitarist. With Gem, he was able to take the passenger seat a little and let him do those parts.
Shame really though because I personally like seeing the composer of a solo, play it.
Felt as time went on Bonehead's guitar got lower and lower in the mix. Saw them live at Maine Road and he was almost inaudible.
It's a big shame!
Bonehead rocks!
He does!
Incredible video, had to sub , cheers from New Zealand
Thank you!
Bonehead is the most important Oasis member ever
I've seen a few people say this in this comment section!
Erm I would think the most important member was that Noel fella. You know, the one who wrote all the songs 😝
@@mickmarsbar81 agree to disagree?
@@BoynamedMagnus183 Sure. But you’re wrong. 😅
Third most important member, how’s that?
@@mickmarsbar81 i can live with that
Good analysis of Bonhead's style, and it was about time he got the credit he deserves, because he was essential to the original Oasis sound, not to mention his ability on other instruments.
Agreed. Very underrated in my opinion and a big part of their sound
Hi, Great video and now suddenly a very current topic! I notice you are using the Yamaha amp here, can i ask how you are recording your guitar parts for the video? it sounds great and i'm interested to know how you are set up. Thanks
Yeah, to be honest I wasn't expecting this video to be very active again. The Yamaha amp can connect to PC via USB so that's hooked up. Then I use a DAW (I use Reaper) which then records using the Yamaha amp.
That's kind of it. It's a great piece of kit for the money.
@@JKGuitar thanks, yes I have one too that why it caught my eye.
Spot on jk ! You know the dance 🎸
Yup. Have Bonehead in the mix…. Gem.
Did he not play a Sheraton more than a Riviera?
I think his main guitar is the Matsumoku Riviera but he has played the Sheraton too. Maybe some more clued up people can clarify
Bonehead and Guigsy never got enough love.
I'd love to make a video on Guigsy but I think it'd possibly be 2 minutes long
If you listen to the bridge in Rock 'N' Roll Star, there's a polychord. Bonehead plays an A while Noel plays an E.
Interesting. I always thought the slightly 'off' sound of that part because Noel plays an Asus2 and Bonehead plays a A barre chord and so there's a B note added
I think the E is on the slide guitar part @@JKGuitar
Best Supersonic performance was Earls Court 1995
Personally I believe Earls Court was their peak performance compared to Knebworth/Maine Road.
Credit for playing barre chords for entire concerts. My hand would die
Brilliant channel mate bonehead the legend
I think he's great. Very underrated. Multi-instrumentalist and makes a racket
Oasis always had a big driving guitar sound for sure, in my opinion they could have sounded all the better if they didn't push the drums back into the mix as much.
In live performances or on the records? There can be a lot said for the actual album mixes. Wall of sound, yes. Bass, no
@@JKGuitar I meant the studio recordings. A bigger drum sound would have complimented the songs a bit better.
Ah gotcha. I agree. I think there was just so much processing going on to get the wall of sound, that parts of the band had to be 'sacrificed'
Excellent video and very informative. Which Yamaha THR amp do you use and what gear are you using to record the videos?
Many Thanks mate
Stu
Hi Stu. For guitar, I use a Yamaha THR5 amp. This gets plugged in direct to Reaper on my iMac. For voice, lapel mic plugged into a Focusrite Solo. Cameras used are a Sony ZV1 and Go Pro 8
Thanks for that mate.
Much appreciated 😎
Great video learnt a lot thanks mate
Glad you enjoyed it!
Owen Morris said the sound of Oasis was Morris turning him up
loud in the mix on the studio recordings
Pretty much. But Boneheads playing still contributed to that. Maybe moreso live then in the studio
@JKGuitar well both I guess. Morris said when he received the tapes of Definitely Maybe, the main thing he did was turn bonehead up loud, compared to the mixes they had been doing before Morris. So yeah, his playing style certainly contributes a lot to a big sound.
After 1995 the live mixes got really shit probably because Noel wanted his guitar to be as loud as fuck and you couldn't hear Bonehead.
I think Noel took more control over that side of things. Even for live DVD recordings. Someone else in this comment section pointed out that Bonehead is playing the picked chord progression before the chorus in Wonderwall at Knebworth...but you can barely hear it
I've been asked to play the Bonehead parts for a Definitely Maybe tribute. Thanks for the tips!
No worries, hope it goes well!
all praise to Lord Bonehead
Amen!
Great video and an excellent insight to Boneheads influence 👊👊….ps,you’re an awesome guitar player 👍
Thanks for the kind comment. Glad you enjoyed it!
Oasis had a guy who just played rhythm. Not 'and backing vocals' or a guitarist that played some lead too or anything like that. He just played rhythm.
Yep, gave Noel free reign for his lead
The reason Oasis sounded massive was the amps were all turned up to 10. That’s what Noel said on the pedal show.
There's a bit more to it otherwise every band who turns to 10 would sound massive, which they don't.
I never truly appreciated Bonehead till he started regularly playing with Liam again and oh my gosh that sounds like Oasis! I wonder what a lineup where Noel goes solo and Gem replaces him but Bonehead stays would have been like...
Bonehead in Liams band is such a big big difference. The sound is massive.
WT strings are you pressing down arrays for supersonic intro
Arrays?
@@JKGuitar strings lol
@@seanunsworthwigan4640 For the bonehead part I was playing, its the low E and A
For the Noel part I briefly played, it's on the high E, B and G
Rock and row stah
biblical
Plays really nice piano as well.
Bass player, Guitar player, Piano player, Mellotron player. Very underrated.
bonehead is the master at rhythm, he’s playing it perfectly
Absolutely. He's playing exactly what the songs need
Dude listened to Noel’s interview and made a video out of it. Nice..
What interview is this?
Bonehead was the grit
the grit and the goat 😎
Wizard of oz
Those are not 9ths, they're 14ths or 6ths
Yep! I've pinned a comment the other day correcting this
@@JKGuitar ok, hadn't seen it
I don’t disagree but I’ve heard oasis sound massive with the later lineup also.
The Wembley gigs were a bit washed out with sound that big echo rich environment doesn’t suit amps and guitars blasted out to the max in my opinion.
He was arguably the best musician in the band in the original days but again in my opinion the band just lost their edge in the 00s that along with the fact the songs just weren’t as good as the earlier ones.
If oasis ever do reunite I’d love to see the original lineup just for nostalgia but I think it’s a bit of a pipe dream.
Not the reuniting but the original lineup
From my understanding, Guigsy is happily retired and Tony McCaroll probably burnt his bridges so I think it would be a hybrid of 'old' and 'new' of Liam, Noel, Bonehead, Gem and Chris Sharrock.
You never know though, I could certainly see a McCaroll cameo or something..
@@JKGuitar 30 years of morning glory next year I hope they reunite.
I just don’t understand why they don’t get back together they don’t have to live out of each others pockets anymore do a month of rehearsing the set list and do some gigs man it’s not hard.
They don’t have to embark on a world tour or anything just commit to some summer shows and see what happens.
That’s my opinion for what it’s worth.
Get guigs off the sofa and tell him to lay off the green.
Use bone and gem and let Noel just take lead they couldn’t always play the songs properly for lack of guitars anyway.
Then give Tony and Alan a call and see who fancies it 🤷♂️
Wembley Stadium residency or something. No touring from city to city, country to country. Like you said, it will happen. What causes it to happen, I'm not sure.
Tone is in the fingers.
Listen to slide away from Chicago 94. Bonehead makes oasis sound huge
100%!
BH also played fifth chords but with the top 2 strings also played (ie. he muted the D string during, say, the Supersonic verses, whilst playing bar chords)
Aren’t they 6ths, rather than 9ths?
They are. Why I said 9th, I don't know..
It's an easy mistake, if your little finger was on the D string, rather the A, it would be a 9
Bonehead legend.
Yep!
That hammer on from the open E is something Page was known for. Zeppelin influenced them a lot more than they would ever admit.
It was louder but Noel said Be Here Now was trash. I think he got tired of that wall of sound anyway by that point
Be Here Now is atrociously produced. I cannot believe that drum sound was actually released to the world
Bonehead the spirit of Oasis
I really hope he plays at the reuinion shows!
I hope Bonehead will be back during the 2025 reunion 🍻
Nailed on I reckon
Bonehead wasnt responsible for the wall of sound but he was a key part of it ...
Yep!
Unfairly always drowned out in mix by NG guitar, big head small shoes
Agreed!
It's funny... the other day I came across with a video of oasis playing live in Jools Holland, presenting Standing On The Shoulders of Giants album with the new band members, and suddenly, I had the same realization how weak it sounded. Funny I did not realize it before, after all these years. They didn't sound bad, but weak. And now your video appears with this nice explanation. Thank you.
Kind of sums it up really. Before Bonehead, powerful sound. After, not a bad sound but not as powerful
Always found it difficult to hear Bonehead's parts in most live performances. His guitar is noticeably quieter on a lot of videos available.
Supersonic and Acquiescence are good ones usually to hear some Bonehead
@@JKGuitar good shout! I reckon Bonehead was underrated and underused in some respects, especially live in my opinion. He is/was a big Quo fan and that bluesy shuffle, + heavy, thumping power chords defined oasis' sound for me
I didn't know that he was a fan of Quo. That makes a lot of sense with what he plays. In some ways, he's underused, in other ways he's a great example of providing a powerful foundation for the lead guitar
Status Quo?
By playing barre chords
A big part of it!
You are no doubt right. But remember the sound engineer is ultimately in charge of the mixes you are listening to and comparing. Peace and love
Correct. It's maybe why the live pro shot vary so much in sound quality. But I still think there's enough evidence with Oasis + Liam Gallagher that Bonehead makes a difference
Agreed man! I'll never forget the wall of sound at Knebworth in 96. It was my first gig. I had just turned 15...my days, my ears still ring to this day haha
Those aren't 9 chords. They are 6 chords if anything. In B the 6 is G#, the 9 is C#. May want to edit the video
Correct, they are 6th chords. I'll add some info on the video to correct that
@@JKGuitar I can see why you made the mistake, totally the kind of thing I'd do
Basically he had a couple of amps. He had a switcher and switched between the amps and barre chords. Nothing complex.
A great example of not needing to be too complex but helping to provide a big wall of sound
I believe you guys are a bit overestimating bonehead 😂 the sound changed cause the songs changed too. Archer was a great guitarist
Always said Andy and in particular, Gem, made Oasis sound less
@@horusheresy6949 Agreed
I thought he recorded standing with giants?
I believe Guigsy and Bonehead recorded parts but then left the band and therefore all their parts got re-recorded
@JKGuitar this is correct, Noel himself re-recorded all guitar tracks, and most of the bass, in the liner notes they're even listed as a 3 piece band, Liam on vocals, Noel guitar and vocals and Alan White on drums.
You should hear him on piano.
Think I've seen a live peformance of him on piano. Can't remember what song though!
MASSIVE, like City 😂
oasis is back!
Love to see them at one of the gigs!
The walls could do with some paint, and cleaning off the old tape....
Hahah, you're not wrong there 😂
Cracking video btw..... also love the PRS@@JKGuitar
Thanks mate!
People keep going on about Oasis getting back together. I hope that happens too, but I want the original lineup
Me too. Unfortunately I think Tony burnt his bridges and Guigsy is happy in retirement...
@@JKGuitar we can dream 😊
@@dave-jk6en Indeed 🙂
Yeah man the complete original line up with tony on drums... even if it's only for a couple of song's then get andy and gem back on with zach or alan white....i want the original line up to do supersonic one last time
As long as Bonehead is there I'm happy with it
Bonehead is oasis
Apart from the Gallaghers, to me Oasis is Bonehead in his coat with his big red guitar smashing out barre chords and earning millions
Bonehead is the luckiest guy in music. Literally played what he was told to play. He's essentially a cover guitarist.
Guigsy is the luckiest guy in music. He didn't even play on some of the album tracks
@JKGuitar good point.