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Mantra of the Cosmos: X (Wot You Sayin?)

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Video: Mantra of The Cosmos – “X (Wot You Sayin?)”

Directed by Olli Ryder. Single out now.

If you’re like me, you probably find yourself pretty regularly wondering, “Goddamn–I wonder what Shaun Ryder is up to?” Well, he’s still twisting melons and he’s brought Bez along too.

The Happy Mondays frontman has teamed up with Bez (Happy Mondays, exercise guru), Andy Bell (Ride, Oasis) and Zak Starkey (Oasis, The Who, Ringo offspring) to cook up a brew of “psychedelic poetry” mixed with latter-day House grooves. With two singles out to date and a spot performing at Glasto, it’s unclear how far they’ll take this ride but sound is what you’d expect–satisfyingly so!

Just don’t call it a super group, ’cause that’s for fucking wankers.

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Zak Starkey Quits Oasis

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The NME (quoting The Sun today) reports that Zak Starkey has quit Oasis after a falling out with Noel Gallagher. The newspaper quotes a source close to the band as saying: “There have been arguments with Noel Gallagher and general disagreements.”

Starkey unofficially joined Oasis in 2004, replacing drummer Alan White and is credited on two albums, Don’t Believe the Truth and an upcoming studio album set for release this year.

Starkey’s membership in Oasis remained unofficial supposedly because of prior commitments to The Who and to leave open the possibility of working with Johnny Marr’s The Healers again. Seems old Zak likes to keep his options open, which isn’t such a bad idea if your main paycheck is signed by a Gallagher brother.

Previously on GLONO: Oasis – Lord Don’t Slow Me Down (DVD)

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Johnny Marr + the Healers at Chicago’s Double Door

January 28, 2003

A couple years ago I read a review in the NME of an Oasis show where the reviewer spots Johnny Marr in the crowd and notes how much Johnny now looks like Noel Gallagher, who built his own career on emulating Johnny Marr. Try to follow that because seeing Johnny Marr and the Healers is a case study in Brit rock and Marr’s role in developing a sound that has influenced so many English bands that it’s now come full circle and you’re left wondering Who Made Who?

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