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Noel Gallagher
Oasis songwriter and guitarist whose wall-of-guitar approach defined 1990s Britpop. Gallagher's Epiphone semi-hollowbodies through cranked Marshalls produced a thick, jangly tone layered multiple times in the studio. His simple but effective chord-based style on Wonderwall became one of the most played songs in guitar history.
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