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William John Paul "Liam" Gallagher (born 21 September 1972) is an English musician, singer, and songwriter. He is best known as the original founder and lead singer of the rock bands Oasis and Beady Eye.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Andy Bell to return to guitar for Liam Gallagher's new band )〕 His erratic behaviour, distinctive singing style, and abrasive attitude have been the subject of commentary in the press; he remains one of the most recognisable figures in modern British music. Although his older brother Noel wrote the majority of Oasis' songs, Liam penned the singles "Songbird" and "I'm Outta Time", along with a string of album tracks and B-sides. Noel departed Oasis in 2009 and formed Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds, while Gallagher continued with the former members of Oasis under the Beady Eye name until they disbanded in 2014. Gallagher was voted the greatest frontman of all time in a 2010 UK poll for ''Q'' magazine.〔("Liam Gallagher crowned best frontman" ). ''The Daily Telegraph''. Retrieved 29 May 2010.〕 ==Biography== Gallagher was born in Burnage, Manchester, to Irish parents Thomas and Peggy Gallagher. Thomas was often violently abusive towards his family and although his older brothers Noel and Paul took the most abuse, Liam has said that the abuse affected him deeply and inspired him to become an artist. When Liam was 10, Peggy took the boys and moved away from Thomas. Although Liam maintained sporadic contact with his father throughout his teens, he has said that their issues remain unresolved. Paul and Noel often contend that even from a young age, Liam went out of his way to antagonise people, especially Noel, with whom he shared a bedroom. The Gallagher brothers were troubled, especially in their mid-teens. Liam often stole bicycles from local shops. He attended St. Bernard's RC Primary School until age 11, then The Barlow RC High School in Didsbury; despite common reports that he was expelled at age 16 for fighting, Liam was actually suspended for three months. He then returned to school, where he completed his last term in Spring 1990.〔Gallagher, Paul & Terry Christian. Brothers: From Childhood to Oasis. Virgin Books, 1996. pp. 17, 33. ISBN 1-85227-671-1〕 He gained 4 GCSEs.〔VH1 Behind the Music, VH1, 2000〕 Noel has said that Liam showed little interest in music until his late teens.〔 Gallagher became confident in his ability to sing and began listening to bands like The Stone Roses, The Who, The Kinks, The Jam, T.Rex and The Beatles. In the process he forged a lifelong obsession with John Lennon; Liam would later sarcastically claim to be Lennon re-incarnated, despite being born eight years prior to Lennon's death. Gallagher married Patsy Kensit on 7 April 1997. However, the marriage got off to a rocky start due to various incidents reported in the tabloids. Gallagher made headlines after an incident of road rage. He allegedly leaned out of his car window, grabbed a cyclist and threw him off his bike. The cyclist was not injured and Gallagher was given a caution.〔()〕 On 26 March 1998, Lisa Moorish bore Gallagher a daughter, Molly, who was conceived during an affair in Los Angeles in June 1997, just a couple of months after he and Kensit got married. Gallagher and Kensit's only child together, son Lennon Francis Gallagher, was born on 14 September 1999. The couple divorced a year later. Gallagher's second son, Gene Gallagher, was born to Nicole Appleton on 2 July 2001. Liam tried to drag a photographer into a fight outside the hospital. In 2004, Gallagher made headlines when it was revealed that he regularly paid £2000 in child support for his son Lennon Francis and daughter Molly. Furthermore, he criticised musician Pete Doherty, the father of Lisa Moorish's other child, for his alleged lack of child support. The relationship between the two was put under further strain, because of Doherty's heavy heroin habit and his visits to Moorish under the influence of the drug. In April 2007, it was reported that Gallagher had purchased a property in Henley-on-Thames.〔Reported in ''(The Sun )'' newspaper, 2 April 2007〕 Gallagher and Nicole Appleton were married on 14 February 2008 at Westminster Register Office, the same venue where he married Kensit.〔Report in ''(The Times )''〕 Also present were Appleton's sister Natalie and her husband, The Prodigy's Liam Howlett.〔Reported at (NME.com )〕 Noel Gallagher and band mates Gem Archer and Andy Bell were not notified until after the ceremony took place. In August 2013, the couple announced their pending divorce, after five years of marriage, finally formalizing it in April 2014. Gallagher is a passionate supporter of football club Manchester City FC. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Liam Gallagher」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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