There's A Third Gallagher Brother That No One Ever Talks About

The two Gallagher brothers have been getting an awful lot of attention lately.

Younger sibling Liam is receiving plaudits for his recently launched solo career, with his first single 'Wall of Glass' being played on Radio 1 as the 'World's Hottest Record'. Him and Noel, however, are also getting the same old attention via Oasis reunion rumours, which never seem to stop.

Noel, not one to allow too much limelight to get away from him, recently commented on Harry Styles solo career, effectively knocking him right back to the X Factor stage he began on.

The relationship between Noel and Liam has been there for all to see since the early 90s, and though it's been very public, there's a lot more depth to it. For example, there's another Gallagher brother in the equation.

Paul Gallagher is the elder brother of both Noel and Liam, who has been ever present through their lives, yet has remained under the radar.

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Seven years older than Liam, and two years older than Noel, Paul was the first born to Peggy and Tommy Gallagher. By his own admission he didn't have much of a relationship with Liam when they were kids.

He said: "When I was 14, he was seven, and when I was seven he was zero."

He also alludes to a bit of jealousy between them, as when Liam came along he was his mum's 'blue eyed boy' and got a leather jacket first.

However, him and Noel were apparently dressed like twins and had a great bond.

Noel claims that he had a bit of resentment towards Paul because, as the oldest, he had his own room, which meant Noel was forced to share one with Liam in their home in Burnage, Manchester.

The three brothers endured the same troubled upbringing, being hit by their father and watching their mother suffer the same abuse, right up until one night Peggy rounded them up and left.

Because of this, Paul differs in no major ways, personality wise, to his two younger brothers. However, there's one major difference - he's not a global megastar.

That's not to say that he's been simply living off his brother's money, however, he's done a lot over the years. A lot of his activities have come off the back of his family's success, mind, but if you had that chance you'd take it too.

Gallagher in a charity football match. Credit: PA

Back in 1996 he released a book, co-written with Terry Christian, called Brothers: From Childhood to Oasis, in which he was the first to tell the 'accurate' story of the band. Not long after, he worked for Creation Records, the label Oasis were signed to, in the A&R (artist and repertoire) department. He described his role as 'sitting around all day listening to demos'.

He was also the focus of a documentary in the late 90s called Mad For It - The Paul Gallagher Story, in which he and his mum Peggy speak about Noel and Liam's success. At the time Paul was 30 and still living at home, though he said he had aspirations to move out in the coming months.

Eventually he did, moving to London and partaking in the odd press appearance. He eventually became a writer for Sky Sports, writing about the sports 'no one else wanted to write about'.

"I used to write about boxing, I am mates with Colin Dunne, the boxer from Liverpool," he told Zani. "I used to interview boxers; I interviewed Paul Ingle, before he got injured, Barry McGuigan, all of them. I used to do big write ups, no one would cover boxing at Sky.

"Sky Sports would have 'such a fight', but they would never do an in-depth interview, but I would.

"Boxing is the hardest sport in the world, one man against one man, life or death. Hats off to any boxer that gets in the ring, you have got to be crazy. Gotta to be up for it."

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After a bit of band management, which he says was a ball ache, he turned to managing himself and his reborn DJ career, which he fucked off in 1998 because Acid House had become popular again.

"I met this kid in London and he said to me, 'You used to DJ?' I said 'yeah, that was years ago, and I can't be bothered anymore'," Paul told Zani.

"But he said 'If I find you a club, will you come and DJ?', so I said 'why not?' So we started Hindu Nights at the Make Up Club in Ghent, Belgium every two months, and that is kind of cool.

"From that I have done festivals all over Europe with The Sex Pistols, Oasis, The Buzzcocks, and even a dance one, I don't know why I was there with Soulwax, but it was a good paid gig. I have been all over in Europe, its cool. I initially started in the late 80's in Manchester but packed it up when Acid House reared its head."

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All things considered, it seems like he's had a good time in the shadow of his two rock n roll bros, and has largely avoided a lot of sibling rivalry.

You might catch him every now and again out with Liam on a run, pictured in the tabloids. He also commonly attends Liam and Noel's shows, giving the brotherly support they fail to give each other.

As you were, Paul.

Topics: Oasis

Mark McGowan

Mark is a journalist at LADbible, who joined in 2015 after a year as a freelance writer. In the past he blogged for independent football fan channel Redmen TV, after graduating from Staffordshire University with degrees in journalism and English literature. He has worked on campaigns such as UOKM8? and IIOC.