Noel Gallagher - History

Noel Gallagher was born in Longsight, Manchester, to Irish parents Peggy and Thomas Gallagher. Noel Gallagher was the couple's second child, after the birth of Paul Gallagher. Soon after the birth of younger brother Liam in 1972, the Gallaghers moved to Ashburn Avenue in the Manchester suburb of Burnage. Noel Gallagher had an unhappy childhood. Noel Gallagher and his brothers were often beaten by his alcoholic father, and he was often reclusive. Liam described him as "the weirdo in the family". Due to their unease around their father, Noel Gallagher and Paul both developed stammers. As the oldest child, Paul was given a room to himself, and Noel Gallagher was forced to share with Liam.

Peggy Gallagher acquired a legal notice of separation from her husband in 1976. Six years later she finally left him, taking the three boys with her. As teenagers the Gallagher brothers especially Noel was regular truants, often getting in trouble with the police. When his mother took a job working in the school canteen, Noel Gallagher ensured that he stopped by to visit her during lunch before skipping the rest of the day. Noel Gallagher was expelled from school at the age of 15 for throwing a bag of flour over a teacher. Noel Gallagher used to hang around with the football hooligan firms Maine Line Crew, Under-5s and Young Guvnors in the 1980s, and at the age of thirteen, Noel Gallagher received six months' probation for robbing a corner shop. It was during this period of probation, with little else to do, that Noel Gallagher first began to teach himself to play a guitar his father had left him, imitating his favorite songs from the radio. Noel Gallagher was particularly inspired by the debut of The Smiths on Top of the Pops in 1983, performing their single "This Charming Man".

Gallagher brothers maintained limited contact with their father in order to secure jobs in construction as teenagers. However, the relationship between father and sons continued to be tempestuous; Noel Gallagher said, "Because we were always arguing we'd still be working at nine o'clock every night". Having left his father's building company, he took a job at another building firm sub-contracted to British Gas. There he sustained an injury when a heavy cap from a steel gas pipe landed on his right foot. Following a period of recuperation, Noel Gallagher was offered a less physically demanding role in the company's storehouse, freeing up time in which to practice guitar and write songs. Noel Gallagher claimed to have written at least three of the songs on Definitely Maybe in this storehouse (including "Live Forever" and "Columbia"). He later called the storehouse "The Hit Hut" and claimed the walls were painted gold much of the late 1980s found Noel unemployed and living in a bedsit, occupying his time with recreational drug use, songwriting and guitar playing. He is left hander, but plays right handed.

In May 1988, Noel Gallagher met guitarist Graham Lambert of Inspiral Carpets during a Stone Roses show. The two struck up an acquaintanceship and Noel Gallagher became a regular at Inspiral Carpets shows. When he heard singer Steve Holt was leaving the band, Noel auditioned to be the new vocalist. Noel Gallagher was rejected, but became part of their road crew for two years. Singer Tom Hingley said Gallagher owes his own career to the band, since "his business sense, work ethic, message and humour are Inspiral down to the core." Noel struck up a friendship with monitor engineer Mark Coyle over their love of the Beatles, and the pair spent sound-checks dissecting the group's songs.

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