Oasis are an Englishrock band started inManchester in 1991. The band came from an earlier group, the Rain, and its first members wereLiam Gallagher (lead vocals, tambourine),Paul Arthurs (guitar),Paul McGuigan (bass guitar), andTony McCarroll (drums).Noel Gallagher (lead guitar, vocals) later joined as a fifth member. While the band were active, they had many different members, though the Gallagher brothers stayed as a part of the band up until their break-up in 2009, which was minutes before they were about to play a concert.
