Tony McCarroll, co-founding member and former drummer of Oasis, feels he is going up against a \"global brand\" by releasing \'Oasis: The Truth\', a book levelling criticism at Noel Gallagher. Tony has written about his time in the band and the countless arguments with Noel until the songwriter had him sacked in 1995.\"There\'s a lot of things I need to put right. There is another side to the Oasis story which I think needs to be appreciated. Maybe even get other bandmembers recognised for once. It wasn\'t all about one person.\"
Noel Gallagher has repeatedly bashed Tony McCarroll since the drummer left the band, and Tony says that his book is likely to cause friction among the band\'s fans:
\"I\'m going up against a bloody global brand. \"I\'m doing this for me, at the end of the day. It\'s my little opinion, and I\'m speaking for the little man.\"
When asked if he and Noel could ever could ever reconcile their differences, the drummer said:
\"No way in the world, I can\'t see it. Noel is Noel at the end of the day. If you get any kind of apology out of that man. Believe me, I offered the olive branch many times. You know, tried to appease things, whatever it was. Whatever these issues were. He wasn\'t forthcoming in any kind of way.\"
Tony McCarroll joined The Rain in 1991. The band changed their name to Oasis when Liam Gallagher joined, with Noel Gallagher subsequently joining the band.
