NOEL GALLAGHER - MARR WAS OASIS INSPIRATION

British rocker NOEL GALLAGHER was inspired to form OASIS with his brother LIAM after watching a performance by THE SMITHS as a youngster. The Wonderwall hitmaker says he was so impressed by The Smiths frontman Johnny Marr's performance on British music chart programme Top Of The Pops he formed his own band in 1991. He says, "I remember seeing The Smiths on Top Of The Pops, and I don't mean this in a sycophantic way, but I wanted to be Johnny Marr. He had the Brian Jones haircut, the turtleneck, and the big red semi-acoustic guitar and he was cool as f**k."