Oasis quickly established themselves as the defining and most globally successful group of Britpop and the ‘Cool Britannia’ era, going on to release the highly anticipated Be Here Now in 1997 and Standing On The Shoulders Of Giants in 2000, both to huge commercial success. Founding members Arthurs and McGuigan left the group in 1999, with Andy Bell and Gem Archer joining for Oasis’ fifth album, Heathen Chemistry, released in July 2002. Despite Heathen Chemistry leaking online in full almost three months prior to official release, the album went straight to number one in the U.K. and later certified triple platinum.
