Inside the World of Celebrity Eyebrows...

Bruce and Bernard McLintoch better known as the wildman of rock Liam Gallagher's stage eyebrows

Today we meet twins Bruce and Bernard McLintoch, who are better known as famous Oasis frontman and rock icon Liam Gallagher's stage eyebrows. Bruce and Bernard were born in 1965 and grew up in a small tenement flat in Glasgow's Springburn with their mother Flora, father Harold, a brush salesman, and 5 other siblings. They both left school at 16 and moved to Manchester in 1982 to find fame and fortune in the music industry. But it wasn't to be and what followed, Bruce and Bernard now term "the wilderness years." Bruce explains "We were in a band at that time called Frosted Octopus trying to hit the big time, me on Bass and Bernard on lead guitar. There was Mad Mikey Shaw on drums and Graham two shoes Michaelson on vocals, he was called two shoes as he would go on stage barefoot but wearing two shoes on his hands, that was his thing." But Frosted Octopus never did hit the big time and after 7 years the band fell apart due to the a heavy touring schedule and the addictions of some of its members. Mikey Shaw was heavily addicted to alcohol and prescription drugs and Bernard was addicted to Wella Styling Gel. "I was on 4 or 5 tubs a day at this point." Bernard shrugs "There was no hiding it from Bruce and the rest of the band I was gelled out my nut morning, noon and night. and it got worse when Frosted Octopus split man I was in Gel hell." With Bruce and Bernard now estranged from the rest of the band and each other it was the turning point for Bernard who booked into rehab, got clean and hasn't touched styling gel or any other product since.

The McLintoch twins reunited in 1991 and moved into a new house in Manchester to make a fresh start, next door lived a family called the Gallaghers and it was at a party at the Gallagher's house that Bernard and Bruce were introduced to Liam, who had just formed a band with some friends. Liam started to invite Bruce and Bernard along to rehearsals and after a few weeks formally asked them to join Oasis in the position of his stage eyebrows. "We were delighted." beams Bruce "We had a ball during our time in Oasis, we have travelled the world, we've partied with celebrities and we have played to crowds of thousands. " A lot is made of the relationship between Liam and his brother Noel Gallagher, who has since quit Oasis due to the rift between them. However, Bernard assures us that he and Bruce have never got on better. "I dunno it could be seeing Noel and Liam at each others throats all the time but me and Bruce have only got tighter since we have been Liam's stage eyebrows. We have a right laugh on stage but you'd never know it. Liam never cracks a smile. The man's a pro!" 

It is hard to know what the future holds for Oasis and for Bernard and Bruce, now in their late forties. With Liam and Noel currently locked in a bitter court battle it seems there will be no return to the glory days for this British band. However, Bernard and Bruce remain positive and excited for the future. Bruce laughs "We will continue to work as Liam's stage eyebrows for as long as he want's us to and as for everything else. Well.. we've just got to roll with it don't we?"