Paul Arthurs
| Paul Arthurs | |
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| Birth name | Paul Benjamin Arthurs |
| Also known as | Bonehead |
| Born |
23 June 1965 Burnage, Manchester, England |
| Genres | Rock, Britpop, alternative rock |
| Occupation(s) | Musician |
| Instruments | Guitar |
| Years active | 1991–present |
| Associated acts | Oasis, The Rain, The Vortex, Parlour Flames |
| Notable instruments | |
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Epiphone Riviera Mellotron |
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Paul Benjamin "Bonehead" Arthurs (born 23 June 1965) is an English musician and one of the founder members of the English rock band Oasis, best known as their rhythm guitar player from 1991-1999.
Arthurs left school in 1981 and worked as a plasterer. He started his first band in 1984, called Pleasure and Pain. Around this time, he began a relationship with Kate, whom he later married. In the late 1980s, while working as a building contractor, he started a band with his friends, Paul "Guigsy" McGuigan (bass), Tony McCarroll (drums) and Chris Hutton (vocals). They called themselves The Rain, after The Beatles' B-side, "Rain".
When Hutton was sacked, he was replaced by Liam Gallagher. Gallagher and Arthurs teamed up as co-songwriters. However, the band were still unsuccessful until Gallagher encouraged his brother Noel, who had just come back from travelling the world as a roadie for Inspiral Carpets, to join the band. Liam changed the band's name to Oasis, and Noel brought with him a collection of songs that were to make the band famous. Arthurs remembers the first songs Noel Gallagher played to him, "Live Forever" and "All Around the World". Arthurs broke down and cried when Noel played "Champagne Supernova" to the band on their tour bus. On the Definitely Maybe DVD, he said his favourite Oasis song to play live was "Columbia", as the song only consisted of three chords that create a hypnotic groove.
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