Different Gear, Still Speeding is the debut studio album by English rock band Beady Eye , released on 28 February 2011. It debuted at number three in the UK Albums Chart selling 66,817 in the first week. As of August 2012, the album has sold 174,487 copies in the UK. On Different Gear, Still Speeding, all members contributed to the instrumentation, much like the later albums of Oasis. Read more on Last.fm.
Beady Eye was an English rock band formed in 2009. The band consisted of vocalist Liam Gallagher and guitarists Gem Archer and Andy Bell, formerly of Oasis, rounded by drummer Chris Sharrock who substituted for Oasis during their last tour in 2008/2009, before Oasis broke up after chief songwriter and lead guitarist Noel Gallagher quit acrimoniously in August 2009. The remaining members gathered on and decided that they "will not quit making music together" and so they formed the band Beady Eye. Read more on Last.fm
Zusammen mit den ebenfalls zum Ende hin bei Oasis tätigen Andy Bell und Gem Archer begibt sich Noel als erster der beiden Gallagher-Brüder auf Solopfade. Dabei wandelt er unverkennbar auf den Spuren der britischen Popgeschichte der letzten Jahrzehnte, bedient sich mal hier und mal dort, aber oder gerade deshalb kann sich das Ergebnis in Form von schnörkellosen Rockern und melodischen Balladen durchaus hören lassen, auch wenn der Verlust des hauptsächlichen Songwriters spürbar bleibt.