Liam Gallagher Names Sex Pistols Album As Greatest Ever

Liam Gallagher names Never Mind the Bollocks by the Sex Pistols as the greatest album of all time.

Far Out reported the verdict on 3 November 2026, and the praise covers the whole record.

What Liam said

First, Liam Gallagher answered a direct question about the most powerful song he had ever heard from a band.

He said it had to be the Sex Pistols, and he added that anything off Never Mind the Bollocks will do me.

Next, he stressed that the record still stands untouched after almost 50 years.

He pointed to its simplicity, and he praised the aggression and the passion behind every track.

In short, modern studio technology has not beaten a band that kept its approach simple.

Next, our Liam Gallagher page covers the frontman behind the verdict.

The old Rotten jibe

Meanwhile, Liam Gallagher once joked that he would have loved to join the Sex Pistols himself.

He said he would have kicked out Johnny Rotten, and he claimed he could do Rotten in his sleep.

In contrast, Rotten later hit back, and he said Liam Gallagher had copied him.

Still, the spat never dented the praise, and both brothers kept the record at the top.

Why the record still matters

Next, the Sex Pistols released Never Mind the Bollocks in 1977, and it changed British music fast.

The band lasted only two and a half years, yet it changed how fans dressed, talked and felt.

For context, our Oasis history page traces how punk fed into the Manchester band.

The record revived loud working class rock and roll, and it pushed back against bloated corporate rock.

In addition, the album gave young fans proof that four chords and a strong voice could open doors.

Noel agrees

Then Noel Gallagher matched his brother with praise of his own for the same record.

He told BBC Radio 2 host Johnnie Walker that he was ten when the album came out.

He heard Bodies through an older kid on his estate, and the swearing in the track stunned him.

Next, he called the album probably the greatest album of all time.

He added that Oasis would not have made Definitely Maybe without it, and he left no doubt.

In addition, our Definitely Maybe page covers the debut that followed the punk blueprint.

Also, our Noel Gallagher page covers the songwriter behind that claim.

Liam Gallagher on stage. Photo: Raph_PH, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

A rare point of unity

Meanwhile, the brothers rarely agree in public, and this verdict breaks that pattern.

Next, Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher still argue about many topics, yet punk unites them.

In short, one record shaped both brothers before Oasis existed, and it still shapes their taste.

First, the Sex Pistols gave young Manchester fans a new model, and the Gallaghers took it up.

Then the brothers turned that spark into their own band, and the rest became chart history.

Finally, fans can hear the link in the direct songs, the loud guitars and the plain spoken lyrics.

In addition, Far Out notes Oasis sales past 70 million records, and it links that rise to punk.

Still, the band never copied the Pistols outright, and it built its own stadium sized sound.

Next, the verdict lands days before the Rock Hall ceremony on 14 November 2026.

What it means for Live ‘27 fans

For fans, the verdict adds colour to the reunion, but it changes nothing about the tour itself.

Only Liam Gallagher and Noel Gallagher are confirmed by name for Live ‘27, and that fact stands.

Next, our Oasis lineup page covers the band that fans will watch on stage next summer.

The tour runs for 42 shows from 21 May to 26 September 2027, and it opens in Glasgow.

In addition, all 42 shows sold out in the September 2026 ballot, and no general sale took place for the tour.

In short, fans can enjoy the brothers agreeing on punk while they wait for the summer shows.

Finally, our Oasis setlist page covers the predicted songs for the reunion run.