Editing Gem Archer (section)

{{Short description|English rock musician}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=January 2015}}
{{Use British English|date=April 2014}}
{{BLP sources|date=May 2020}}

{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Gem Archer
| image             = Gem Archer - Twickenham Stadium - Sunday 9th July 2017 U2Twick090717-2 (35776378112) (cropped).jpg
| caption           = Archer in 2017
| birth_name        = Colin Murray Archer
| alias             = 
| birth_date        = {{birth date and age|1966|12|7}}
| birth_place       = [[Hunwick]], Durham, England{{cn|date=September 2024}}
| death_date        = <!-- {{Death date and age|YYYY|MM|DD|YYYY|MM|DD}} -->
| instrument        = {{hlist|Guitar|vocals}}
| genre             = {{hlist|[[Britpop]]|[[glam rock]]|[[alternative rock]]|[[indie rock]]|[[funk rock]]}}
| occupation        = {{hlist|Musician|songwriter}}
| years_active      = 1981–present
| spouse            = {{marriage|Christine Mary Biller|2022}}
| label             = {{hlist|[[Creation records|Creation]]|[[Big Brother Recordings|Big Brother]]}}
| current_member_of = {{hlist|[[Oasis (band)|Oasis]]|[[Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds]]}}
| past_member_of    = {{hlist|The Edge|Whirlpool|[[Heavy Stereo]]|Ben and the Bends|[[Proud Mary (band)|Proud Mary]]|[[Beady Eye]]}}
}}

'''Colin Murray''' "'''Gem'''" '''Archer''' ({{IPAc-en|g|ɛ|m|}} ''{{Respell|GEHM}}''; born 7 December 1966{{cn|date=September 2024}}) is an English guitarist and singer. He is best known as a member of the rock bands [[Oasis (band)|Oasis]], [[Beady Eye]] and [[Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds]], making him and [[Chris Sharrock]] the only members of Oasis to have been part of both Liam and Noel Gallagher's post-Oasis projects. He is also known for his work with [[Heavy Stereo]].

Archer joined Oasis as second lead guitarist in November 1999, and contributed to the writing of some of the band's songs. Oasis went on a 15-year hiatus in August 2009, but in November 2009, [[Liam Gallagher]] announced he was writing new material with Archer as well as other Oasis members excluding his brother [[Noel Gallagher|Noel]], under the name [[Beady Eye]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nme.com/news/oasis/51231|title=Liam Gallagher reveals his post-Oasis band name|publisher=Nme.com|access-date=2014-08-24}}</ref> After two albums with Beady Eye, 2011's ''[[Different Gear, Still Speeding]]'' and 2013's ''[[BE (Beady Eye album)|BE]]'', the band had officially disbanded in October 2014. In 2017, Archer joined Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds as lead guitarist, thus reuniting with Oasis member [[Noel Gallagher]].