You might say getting Liam Gallagher to stay out of trouble is like pulling teeth.

The ever-volatile Oasis frontman and several members of his entourage were briefly taken into custody after a brawl in a Munich nightclub early Sunday morning that resulted in Gallagher getting his choppers knocked out and forcing the band to nix a handful of concert dates.

According to press accounts, the drunken row got started around 2 a.m. in the bar at Munich's five-star Bayerischer Hof. Gallagher and his crew apparently began swapping insults with a group of Italian men sitting nearby. The trash-talking quickly escalated, with both parties soon trading punches and kicks and tossing glasses and furniture.

The wonderbrawl eventually spilled into the foyer of the hotel, forcing the nightclub's manager to call police, who detained the combatants.

The 30-year-old Gallagher, who lost several of his front teeth in the incident and also sustained minor cuts and bruises, was arrested along with drummer Alan White, band deejay Phil Smith and one unidentified crew member, possibly a bodyguard. They were held in a Munich jail cell for 12 hours before posting $100,000 bail. The band's guitarist and principal songwriter (and Liam's older brother) Noel Gallagher was not involved in the altercation.

London's Evening Standard newspaper reports that Munich prosecutors have charged the Oasis bad boy and his compadres with grievous bodily assault, property damage and resisting arrest--for allegedly kicking a police officer who was kneeling down.

"It was very nasty, and when we tried to take Liam Gallagher for questioning he resisted arrest. He tried to punch and kick our officers to get them off him. He was being very violent," Munich Police spokesman Damian Kania told the paper.

"We had to charge the four Oasis members with causing bodily harm," continued Kania. "It seems clear that the British men started it. They had been drinking too much in the hotel bar and they started arguing with the other guests."

Oasis' Website, however, paints a different picture, arguing that the band members were the "victims of an unprovoked attack by a group of youths." The site also says a band bodyguard was knocked unconscious and required hospital treatment.

Either way, the band is hoping shafted fans won't look back in anger.

As a result of the t?te-?-t?te, Oasis postponed the rest of its German tour--including a stop in Munich Sunday and Hamburg Monday--so Liam could get his dental work taken care of.

"The damage to Liam's teeth is worse than it first appeared and he will have to return to the United Kingdom for surgery before he will be able to perform again," the band says on its Website.

Once considered the saviors of British rock 'n' roll, Oasis has since become a caricature, generating more ink for off-stage tumults than its erratic musical output.

First, there was Liam's infamous disappearing act from Oasis' 1996 U.S. tour in support of the band's hit album (What's the Story) Morning Glory?, forcing the group to nix several dates. Soon thereafter, the group said it would pull a Beatles and give up touring but continue "to exist."

The definitely became a maybe and then the band members made up and returned to doing live shows. But continued infighting led to the derailment of an Australian tour in 1998. The same year, Liam skipped out on an appearance on MTV Unplugged, forcing Noel to take on vocal duties. Months later, Liam was sued for allegedly headbutting a fan.

In May of 2000, Noel walked out of the band two days before a sold-out gig in Paris, complaining he was tired of touring and wanted off the road, though British tabloids speculated his exit had more to do with Liam's drinking binges.

Last August, concerts in Indianapolis, Philadelphia and Boston were canceled after Noel Gallagher, keyboardist Jay Darlington and bassist Andy Bell suffered minor injuries when their cab crashed into an oncoming vehicle in Indiana. All three eventually recovered.

Oasis' most recent album, Heathen Chemistry, was greeted with lukewarm reviews and lackluster sales in the U.S. upon its release in July.