Bands that have had an influence on Oasis’ style through the years:

Beatles
Burt Bacharach
Rolling Stones
The Who
The Stooges
Neil Young
Sex Pistols
Stone Roses
The Smiths

Direct Instances of Influences:

• Imagine by John Lennon and “Don’t Look Back in Anger”: Introduction piano piece.
• The main guitar in “Cigarettes and Alcohol” and the song “Get It On (Bang a Gong)” by T-Rex.

• Quoting “Octopus’s Garden” at the end of “The Masterplan”.
• How Sweet to be an Idiot: “Whatever”
• “I’d Like to teach the World to Sing”- “Shakermaker”