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Liam was on the front cover of Vanity Fair draped in a union jack wasn't he?
Oasis played their part in the renaissance of Britain, along with New Labour and artists like Damien Hurst (who I personally don't rate) and designers like Alexander McQueen and Paul Smith.
Also I would argue The Beatles were not as ERA defining as Oasis, The Sex Pistols, The Who or perhaps even The Jam or The Specials.
Liam dressed in a Union Jack was a direct nod to something that had already been done 20 years previously by Pete Townshend and the boys. Remember, it's the FIRST time that you see and hear something that makes it groundbreaking and innovative.
The WHO also backed their claims for status up well past Vanity Fair, abroad.
Oasis got in a couple of fights with each other, failed to turn up for a gig or two, and they were history as far as the US were concerned. Plus, the music didn't really match the furor they were trying on.
The first album was a depiction of everything The WHO were news for, 20 years beforehand - Rolls in the pool, hotel tv smashed, scooter covered with mirrors etc. Then the onstage fighting a-la Kinks. Oddly, Gallagher could basically get away with echoing the acerbic Lennon with "The Beatles are bigger than Jesus", by calling Oasis bigger than The Beatles - but if he'd tried that on The WHO he'd have had to hide in a corner from the jeers of derision.