The Fab Four

 You may not be familiar with the name fab four but beatles very well. Here we can go on a ride through roads they journeyed.

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form.

Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionized many aspects of the music industry and were often publicized as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements.

On Lead Guitar GEORGE HARRISON

George harrison and barbers don't get on well. He constantly says that his pet hate is having his hair cut. He first met fellow Beatle John Lennon in the fish- and-chip shop by his school and his immediate re- action was: “He's a good lad. He doesn't get his hair cut, either.” 

Quick to smile, alert, Givorge operates on lead guitar but is iso efficient on drums and iano. Guitar is the main wibby of his life, though, anil he says: “One day  i want to sit down, give ifn lot of dhowplit -and came up with a com: pletely revolutionary idea for anew guitar. 

On Rhythm Guitar JOHN LENNON 

ONCE upon a not so long ago, two lads from Li¥erpoo! Played before an apprecia- tive sudience in Reading, Berkshire, 25 the Nurk Twins. One was Paul MeCartney. The other was Joho Lennon, John WINSTON Lennon—rhythm gui- turist of the four-handed Tevitles,  

On Bass Guitar PAUL MeCARTNEY

JAMES PAUL MeCARTNEY is so often regarded as the Elder Statesman of the Beatles—bot the fact is that he didn't see the light of day until June 18, 1942, and is the youngest of the batch. Left-handed bass guitarist, prolific songwriter, enthusiastic conversationalist. .. lists his favourite off-stage hobbies as writing things and birdwatching. Paul is brisk, business-like, alert. He looks taller than the others but is actually precisely the same height as John Len- nom and George Harrison. Weighs in at 11 stone 4 Ib—an athletic sort of frame, topped by dack brown hair, The EVES, roo: on the move (from bird- watching, are hazel in colour, deeply intense.  

On Drums RINGO STARR

RINGO STARR—the last to join the Beatles, A drummer of real ferocious efficiency. Shortest (at 5 ft. & im.) in the group; also the lightest (9 stone 6 Ih) The only blue-eyed one of the four. A happy-go-lucky type... but who still remembers with horror his first appearance at the massive Liver- pool Empire, when the curtains swirled back to reveal Ringo still in the process of setting op his drum kit! 

Ringo is also the only Beatle ta have changed his name for show business purposes, Shirkey is the family name and his parents, Elsie and Harry, gave him the first name Richard, soon shortened te Ihnck. “Ringo” came abou hecause he wears a minimum oF three highly colourful rings an his fingers An o¢upresive face has Ringo. Expressive hair. toc, dark brown in colour and Mlophappy a5 400n as he starts belabouring his drum kit. WH crinkles down towards his eyes —ovws which mirror the ox. ciemeni of the music he pounds out. 

Musical style and development

In their initial incarnation as cheerful, wisecracking moptops, the Fab Four revolutionised the sound, style, and attitude of popular music and opened rock and roll's doors to a tidal wave of British rock acts. Their initial impact would have been enough to establish the Beatles as one of their era's most influential cultural forces, but they didn't stop there. Although their initial style was a highly original, irresistibly catchy synthesis of early American rock and roll and R&B, the Beatles spent the rest of the 1960s expanding rock's stylistic frontiers, consistently staking out new musical territory on each release. The band's increasingly sophisticated experimentation encompassed a variety of genres, including folk-rock, country, psychedelia, and baroque pop, without sacrificing the effortless mass appeal of their early work.

The Beatles were an English rock band formed in Liverpool in 1960, comprising John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Starr. They are regarded as the most influential band of all time and were integral to the development of 1960s counterculture and the recognition of popular music as an art form. Rooted in skiffle, beat and 1950s rock 'n' roll, their sound incorporated elements of classical music and traditional pop in innovative ways. The band also explored music styles ranging from folk and Indian music to psychedelia and hard rock. As pioneers in recording, songwriting and artistic presentation, the Beatles revolutionized many aspects of the music industry and were often publicized as leaders of the era's youth and sociocultural movements.