Washington, November 29 : Noel Gallagher claims his brother Liam "bullied" the rest of Oasis into starting Beady Eye with him.

Noel had quit in August 2009 after he had a fight with his brother Liam who walked out of their tour in 1996 just 15 minutes before the band was due to board a flight to perform in the US.

He believes Liam harassed the other three members - Andy Bell, Gem Archer and Chris Sharrock - into forming a group.

"I never said to them, `I'm leaving, and if you want to come with me, come.' Liam being Liam bullied them into starting a band that night," Contactmusic quoted him as telling the New York Times.

"Liam had actually made it to the airport in England, and as I'm getting on the plane he's getting off because his wife called, saying, `We need to buy a house'', he said.

"Now, what they were doing for the previous three months is anybody's guess. Probably picking gnats out of each other's hair like monkeys," he added.

Noel believes the walk out was one of the reasons Oasis never made it big in America.

"The first gig was a 16,000-seat arena, and the singer's not turned up. That killed us stone dead in America. We never recovered," he said.

Liam did rejoin the infamous tour just three days after refusing to fly out, missing just one show, but a furious Noel then quit the run concerts shortly afterwards. (ANI)