Together with McGuigan's friend Paul Arthurs, they formed a band called The Rain and hired Chris Hutton as their singer, but he was sacked and replaced by Liam Gallagher not so long after, whom McCarroll had also known through childhood.
McCarroll has stated in his book that he was closely involved in the creation of several of Oasis's songs, including "Supersonic", despite Gallagher being given sole credit as songwriter.
[citation needed] After McCarroll's ejection from the band, Noel Gallagher stated in an interview with the Associated Press, "I like Tony as a geezer, but he wouldn't have been able to drum the new songs.
In an article building up to Oasis's seventh studio album Dig Out Your Soul in Q magazine in 2008, it was revealed that McCarroll was last seen in 2000 performing with the band Raika.
[5] On 30 August 2021, McCarroll revealed via Twitter that he had been admitted to hospital five days prior after suffering a heart attack, but stated that while he was "not out of the woods yet", his recovery was progressing well and thanked the NHS staff for their services.