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Alan McGhee

Edi talks to the founder of Creation records who discovered and managed the hugely successful band, Oasis. He talks about success, addiction, mental breakdown,

'Success is as dangerous as failure’ says Alan McGee when interviewed just before his 40th birthday in 2000. He talks about growing up in Cathcart, the son of a panel beater and shop assistant and feeling like the awkward geeky weird guy at school. Not feeling like he ‘amounted to zilch’ gave him something to kick against and had a positive effect on a drive for success, most notably when his record label, Creation Records signed Oasis and made them and him multi millionaires. His cocaine habit was legendary ‘whatever was on the table I would snort it’ but as he tells Edi it nearly killed him and he’s changed his lifestyle.

28 minutes

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Sun 8 Nov 2020 07:00

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  • Sat 7 Nov 2020 18:30
  • Sun 8 Nov 2020 07:00

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