Colin Murray Archer (born December 7, 1966 County Durham), better known as GemScottish footballer Archie Gemmill), is an English musician best known for his work with Heavy Stereo and Oasis. He joined Oasis as rhythm guitar player in November 1999, and now handles lead guitar as well and writes some of their songs. (pronounced with a hard "G" - like "guitar", after the

Archer is a vegetarian. He is married to Lou, with whom he has a son, Joel, and a daughter, Libby.

Archer began his musical career in The Edge in the early 80's. They released two singles Take A Walk and Little Girl Blue. See http://stewart-piercy.com/GemArcher.html and http://www.stewart-piercy.com/blog/?p=121 for much more information.

He later moved on to Whirlpool in the mid-80s. Ironically, in 1987, when Whirlpool were auditioning for a drummer, he stumbled across a young Alan White (then just 15 years old) who impressed everyone at the audition. Archer remembers "I thought he was mega but the others were worried what a 15-years-old kid on the road and on the lager would be like. I rang his dad and told him, Sorry. But don't worry he's fantastic. He'll go all the way". Archer's words were to prove true when White joined Oasis in 1995. Archer was to join him 12 years after their initial meeting.