HURRICANE #1 singer Alex Lowe confirmed that his band had now decided to
call it a day with the announcement that guitarist Andy Bell would be
joining Oasis. He told NME: "I'd like to wish Andy Bell the best of luck
with his future in Oasis. It was a pleasure working with him and Hurricane #1.
Rock on!"
But Hurricane #1 and Oasis have not always been so complimentary about each
other. In an NME interview in July 1997, Noel Gallagher commented on
Hurricane #1's single, 'Just Another Illusion': "I see Hurricane #1 went in
at Number 35. That's 35 places too high in my book."
In the same interview Liam Gallagher added: "Hurricane #1? He (Lowe) copies
my haircut and then slags me off! What's that about? Who'll I batter?
Hurricane #1? Never heard of them. Isn't that some indie band with the guy
from Erasure in them?"
Later the same month, the name-calling escalated into a fight when Lowe, a
former boxer, and Liam bumped into each other at a gig of Bell's wife, Idha,
at London's Ronnie Scott's. The pair called each other "c--s" and punches
were thrown.
Meanwhile, Gay Dad's Cliff Jones told NME he had no idea of Andy Bell's plans
but added: "Andy is a superb guitarist and I'm sure a great bassist too.
Oasis' gain is Gay Dad's loss."
Bell had originally announced that he would be replacing Gay Dad guitarist
Charley Stone before announcing two weeks later that he was in Oasis.
A number of other people had been mooted to join Oasis on bass, notably
Monaco's David Potts, who rehearsed with the band.
Potts told NME the day he heard he hadn't got the job: "I had a full week of
rehearsals with them, starting October 31. The lads were dead good, sound
really. I kind of had the impression that I'd got it, because the weird thing
was that Noel phoned me asking me to rehearse, not the other way round."
As for the new album, Potts said: "The new album is very good, it's very
different and much better produced than the last one. It doesn't sound as
pub rock as before and The Beatles influence is still there, just a better
era of The Beatles. Liam's track is really good too... I wouldn't be surprised
if it ended up being a single."
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