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Noel Gallagher Says Yes to Drugs

While some keep their drug use under the radar, Oasis' Noel Gallagher admitted to spending £1 million on drugs till he kicked the habit in 1998. Despite all the cash he dropped on drugs (including doing cocaine in a toilet that was set aside for the Queen of England), Gallagher said he never did heroin, "which kills people and which I have never tried." He stopped using in 1998 "because it is bad for your health, brain, life and for people around you."

Gallagher also slams Coldplay's Chris Martin, who says he has never taken drugs, and calls him an idiot for not doing so. "Doing drugs is the most beautiful thing about being in a rock band," the Oasis guitarist tells Italian newspaper Corriere Della Sera.

Gallagher goes on about Martin and even U2's Bono who "don't play, they just talk about politics." "At a U2 or Coldplay concert, there is always a message about poor people or people dying from hunger," he said. "OK, but can't we just have a nice evening? Do we always have to feel guilty?"

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kat

ugh...oasis are just a beatles-green day rip-off band. i love coldplay, and what does it matter if chris martin doesn't do drugs? maybe oasis would have better songs if they weren't always in a drug-induced haze.

September 02 2009 at 12:58 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Russell Miller

Oasis is the shit. Noel is the man. Enough Said.

August 09 2009 at 2:44 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
mrwill909

go and live back in manchester then noel if it's that good. twat

July 25 2009 at 4:57 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
annie

i think everyone is taking all this shit too literally. noel says he is not doing drugs anymore so obviously he doesn't think they are the most beautiful thing, however he is just stating that he wishes rock bands were just rock bands. drugs have always been part of the rock and roll scene. Whenever we think of a hard core rocker, we picture a strung-out musician. i know i do anyway. but now, celebs have to shove their a political agenda down our throats. i'm not an oasis fan, or a u2 or coldplay fan, but i agree with noel. i have nothing against helping other people, i donate money and time, i just wish celebs didn't have so much influence on our society. I want actors to act and musicians to play music. call me old fashioned.

July 10 2009 at 4:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
johnhendersonmf

Cold play is a joke. Whiney Rock will DIE soon. Classic Sex, Drugs, and ROCKnROLL WILL LIVE FOREVER! Rock on ...The Doors, Led, Nirvana all did massive amounts of drugs and listen to there music so you politicaly correct people can suck it!

July 09 2009 at 5:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Emmy

Not that U2 & Coldplay are far superior - okay, totally different universe than Oasis - but, what he says is kinda, sorta true...Can't we all just go to a concert & enjoy it sometimes...I'm getting a little tired of being preached to by someone I'm there to see perform/I paid to see perform not lecture...just a thought :)

July 09 2009 at 2:24 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Gabriella

I think Chris Martin is adorable..and I love Coldplay, but thats just me.

I think Noel is right though..being in a "rock band" does give you reason to be wild and do crazy things but he must have forgotten that because he and his brother were so effed up all the time it ruined the band. They could have been something, someones, but they chose to make the drugs and the fighting more important than the music...

and where are they now?

Oh yeah, nowhere.

July 09 2009 at 12:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
lyla1981

Ok, Oasis is my favorite band EVER and I knew they had a drug habit going. Especially, the Gallaghers and I'm glad Noel says he's not doing them anymore (even though I'm sure he still drinks like a fish), but drugs are not beautiful. I'm a recovering addict who just recently relapsed and can say first hand it was no beautiful trip for me.
I don't think this guy is the best influence on budding musicians.....but I still love the music. That won't change.

July 08 2009 at 9:57 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rachel

Sometimes shit like that annoys me. Seriously..
"OK, but can't we just have a nice evening? Do we always have to feel guilty?"
I see where hes coming from, but part of me is like.. that is so wrong.
Somethings like child soldiers (6 Mil die a year in 31 countries as young as 6 and 7) and Darfur would go overlooked if it werent for bands like U2.
Just because he's too selfish to use his popularity for good doesnt mean he has to knock others for it.

July 08 2009 at 5:14 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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jen

i really think we need to worry about all the starving and homeless children in our own country before we all feel the need to help other countries. Yes i know there are programs and we have more of this and that in the US and yes we should be grateful for what we have. But seriously all the money and food and la la la we send over there when there are more than enough needy children here makes no sense to me. How can we help another country when we can barely take care of our own!

July 09 2009 at 5:24 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
rachel

woah

July 08 2009 at 5:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply