{"product_id":"getting-high-the-adventures-of-oasis-paperback","title":"Getting High: The Adventures of Oasis - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003ePaolo Hewitt\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBetween 1994 and 1996, music writer Paolo Hewitt spent the greater part of his life on the road with Oasis, in the U.K., Europe and America. He came back with tales that would cement the legend of the brawling, effing, hedonistic, charismatic, confessional and extraordinarily talented Gallagher brothers, Noel and Liam, and their group.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHewitt is a rare and perceptive fly-on-the-wall during the band's hectic rise to the height of their powers, as their first two albums are released to the kind of excitement scarcely seen in British rock music since the sixties.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHewitt takes the Gallaghers' story right back to their parents' roots in Ireland, and the descriptions of Noel and Liam's childhoods in working-class Manchester reveal the seeds of their determination to make Oasis the force it became.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGetting High\u003c\/em\u003e is an illuminating, funny, sometimes shocking reminder of how big a band can get, and how quickly the insanity sets in. Oasis have today sold in excess of 70 million records worldwide. Hewitt's intimate account of this explosive and beloved band, in their prime, is a rock classic and a riveting narrative.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Paolo is the only person to speak about what it was like on the road with us because he's been there. He's been there, he's seen it, he's done it.' \u003cem\u003eNoel Gallagher\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Top read.' \u003cem\u003eMelody Maker\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Unlimited access to all areas of the Oasis bandwagon is the ace up this biography's sleeve.' \u003cem\u003eQ\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'10\/10 - sometimes you get what you pay for.' \u003cem\u003eEsquire\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'By adopting a fly-on-the-wall approach and writing Oasis's story as though it were a novel rather than a straight biography, he succeeds in entertaining, informing and occasionally putting you inside the head of the Gallagher brothers.' \u003cem\u003eHot Press\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'In \u003cem\u003eGetting High\u003c\/em\u003e we get closer to the real Oasis, not the tabloid fancies, the music press stereotypes of Noel the genius, Liam the wanker and three other blokes who don't count. Hewitt paints an engrossing and uplifting portrait of one of the most important bands of the decade.' \u003cem\u003eThe Word and Issue\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eGetting High\u003c\/em\u003e is refreshingly well written' \u003cem\u003eTotal Guitar\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Compelling drama' \u003cem\u003eManchester Evening News\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'If you only buy one book about Oasis, then make sure it's this one.' \u003cem\u003eFHM\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'This well-researched tome chronicles many a pivotal moment in Oasis's history and is filled with plenty of ribald anecdotes.' \u003cem\u003eNME\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e'Head and shoulders above every other Oasis book. I hated finishing it so much I read it again.' \u003cem\u003eIrvine Welsh\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 418\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.85 x 7.81 x 5.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 05, 2016\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44626331107430,"sku":"9781911413707","price":32.81,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0599\/7255\/0758\/files\/UC9jdU42Um9Ma3NyR21tK05LaEhmUT09.webp?v=1770907938","url":"https:\/\/infinitylightwa.com\/products\/getting-high-the-adventures-of-oasis-paperback","provider":"Infinity Light","version":"1.0","type":"link"}