2 LP
Limited edition. Exclusive release for RECORD STORE DAY 2025
LOST MANCHESTER SCENE ALBUM FROM 2000 FEATURES UNRELEASED TRACKS FROM THE NEVER RELEASED SECOND ALBUM Feat. NOEL GALLAGHER ON DRUMS!!
Tailgunner formed in 2000. A project of renowned sound technician Mark Coyle who had worked with many of Manchester's elite throughout the 80s including The Stone Roses, Happy Mondays and more notably with Oasis in the early 90s. Mark played a large part in the production of two of the greatest albums of the 90s. Oasis debut Definitely Maybe and Michael Head and The Strands. Living for Real is a compilation of Tailgunner's self-titled debut album released in 2000 and the second unreleased album Bread or Blood.
These 15 tracks showcase Mark's talent as a musician and songwriter backed by Paul Stacey on bass and Noel Gallagher on drums.
“I got kicked out of the band … fired by me best mate.” Noel Gallagher
"A lesson in swampy dirty ass rock 'n' roll." Select Magazine
" Tailgunner's spewed swamp riffs and razor chords are the closest thing this side of Neil Young's Crazy Horse to rock music as it was meant to be played." The Guardian