A Sound So Very Loud

Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain are fantastic chaps. The Dudley Moore and Peter Cook of music journalism LG x – Liam Gallagher
Whether you’re a super fan or Oasis novice, this book is essential reading. Hamish and Ted have had front row tickets to the Oasis story from the very beginning. There’s no one who knows more about the band, the music and its impact than these two. – Mat Whitecross, director of Oasis: Supersonic
With both wild-eyed fan devotion and a NASA-style attention to detail, Kessler and MacBain perfectly capture the lightning-in-a-bottle joy of Oasis – Alex Needham, Arts Editor, The Guardian
Astute, intimate, hilarious and candid, Kessler and MacBain have produced the definitive Oasis book. Every page is jam-packed with insight, analysis, access and anecdotes – Terri White, author of Coming Undone
The authors’ own clear love of the music comes with enough journalistic objectivity to balance the zing of rollicking storytelling with the ballast of serious scrutiny. The pair have written something special: a book of wit and verve about why Oasis matter – The Telegraph
This, unquestionably, will become the Oasis book against which all others will be judged … to read it from start to finish is to fall in love with Oasis all over again – Simon Goddard, author of the Bowie Odyssey series, in The A-Z of Oasis magazine
Definitive … Ted Kessler and Hamish MacBain combine the enthusiasm of fandom with the rigour of journalism, and having both interviewed Liam and Noel Gallagher countless times they capture them brilliantly: the humour, the chaos, the surprising perceptiveness – Will Hodgkinson, Chief Rock & Pop Critic, The Times
The stories behind the tunes in this book are just wonderful – Emma Barnett
Genuinely essential for any Oasis fan – Felix White, The Maccabees and Tailenders
The one book that will make hearts still smitten by Oasis’s music beat faster. Regular interviewers of the Gallaghers in the UK music press, [Kessler and MacBain] manage to combine a keen ear for the wit and wisdom with a broader, more adult perspective on peak Oasis and their milieu – Mojo
[Kessler and MacBain] do an excellent job of communicating the excitement and chaos of Britain’s biggest ’n’roll band, while celebrating the very music that put them there – Record Collector
Comprehensive and meticulously researched … Sharp, witty writing brings the stories to life, perfectly capturing the brothers’ humour and charisma – The Sun

Ted Kessler was on the staff at NME between 1993 and 2003 before joining Q magazine’s staff, working there for sixteen years, four of those as editor. He first interviewed Oasis around their debut single, ‘Supersonic’, in 1994 for NME; his final interview with the band was on the road in Amsterdam in 2009 for Q, a few months before their split. Since then, he has written five Liam Gallagher cover interviews. He is the author of the memoir Paper Cuts and the Billy Childish biography To Ease My Troubled Mind. He also devised and edited My Old Man: Tales of Our Fathers.

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