MTV sat down with Noel to discuss the recent creative shifts in the band as well as the recording of the new album,"Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants". So, let's move on and hear what they said.

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MTV: Since the last album, "Be Here Now," the band has undergone some lineup shifts, as you've parted ways with both founding members Paul "Bonehead" Arthurs and Paul McGuigan. Did it affect you personally when they left?

Noel Gallagher: In the case of Bonehead, not particularly, because we sort of saw that one coming. And in the case of Guigs, that happened overnight, so that was really more of a blow. But I personally went about [and dealt with] it that night when the two of them had left.

MTV: ... They (the two new members,Gem and Andy Bell) also give a bit of a freshness to the songs when you're playing them live, right? Because you have two guys that are not familiar with the material?

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NG: Well, the best thing about all this is that it's like being in a band. It's just like being in a brand new group, to be honest with you, because I don't play so much lead guitar anymore, because Gem is a better guitarist than I am. So it benefits my singing and backing vocals if I stick to rhythm guitar.

MTV: Looking back at "Be Here Now," do you now think that the sound of "Standing On The Shoulder Of Giants" was actually a more proper follow-up to "(What's The Story) morning Glory?"

NG: This probably should have been the third record that we made, yeah. We were basically forced into the studio last time, for one reason or another. We shouldn't have really gone in. We should've had the two-year break back then. But, you know, it's one of them catch-22 situations.

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You tend to get into trouble when you've got more than ten minutes on your hands, really. So we decided to go on and do it, which was the wrong move. This, to me, will always be the third album. Although there are some good things on "Be Here Now," probably about three tracks out of the eleven, [but that's] not really good enough.