Tony McCarroll

Tony McCarroll is a British rock drummer who formerly played drums for Oasis, prior to being sacked by the band in April 1995.

Early life

McCarroll was born to Irish parents on 4 June 1971 in Levenshulme, Manchester, where he grew up. He has family in Ireland and spent a couple of years living there when he was younger due to a job his dad got. McCarroll got his first drum kit when he was six years old.

Career

McCarroll had met Paul McGuigan while playing for the local football team at a young age. Together with McGuigan's friend Bonehead, they formed a band called 'The Rain' and hired Chris Hutton as their singer. He was sacked and replaced by Liam Gallagher not so long after, whom McCarroll had also known through childhood.

When Liam's brother Noel joined, the band changed their name to Oasis. McCarroll has stated in his book that he was closely involved in the creation of several of Oasis's songs, including Supersonic, despite Noel being given sole credit as songwriter.

Noel and McCarroll got on during childhood but as Oasis gradually became famous the relationship between the two faltered. Noel had repeatedly and publicly slammed McCarroll's drumming ability and said it wasn't good enough for a number one single.