How Exile on Main St.'s decadence shaped Oasis's early attitude

The most interesting thing about the Rolling Stones’ influence on Oasis isn’t musical—it’s attitudinal. Noel Gallagher has said that Exile on Main St. wasn’t just an album to him, it was a whole way of life: “the band falling apart, living in a basement, doing loads of drugs, and still making the greatest record of all time.” That idea—that chaos and excess could fuel greatness—bec