8. Oasis
For two years in the mid 1990’s, Oasis were untouchable. They surfed the wave of the Britpop movement, resurrecting ’60’s riffs and converting them into comically huge record sales for their delighted record label, Creation. Though their momentum quickly stalled by 1997 and they ran out of tunes, for many, Oasis were the biggest band in the world between 1994 and 96, surely the envy of every record label executive in the country.
The folks at Factory Records had more reason than most to writhe with envy. They had a particularly patchy record regarding talent-spotting during the ’80’s – they found The Smiths “too gloomy” and The Stone Roses were “too goth” to be sellable. Noel Gallagher was a big fan of Factory acts like New Order and Happy Mondays and auditioned his band for the Manchester label first. Also See: 10 natural butts that are better than Kim Kardashian’s (With Pictures)
The verdict? Factory rejected Oasis, the picky label finding them “too baggy”. They may have missed out on massive piles of cash, but Factory can console themselves with the fact that they weren’t directly responsible for the explosion in tiresome ‘Lad-Rock’ that was precipitated by Oasis’ success.
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