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…This book has been steeped in controversy since it was banned in America after it's first publication. John Lennon's assassin, Mark Chapman, asked the former Beatle to sign a copy of the book earlier in the morning of the day that he murdered Lennon…

…15 million dollars willed to me and is guarantted to die within a week" (Unknown). Despite the countless novels and songs written, such as the Beatles' "Can't Buy me Love", people still have this this misconception. With money comes greed…

…intensity. With their love of melody on their sleeves, with a screaming wrath burning in their hearts, they go for McCartney's tunefulness and Cobain's raw anger. By taking elements of the Beatles and Nirvana, they have come up with a sound that's raw new…

…Music of different types has been criticized throughout the ages. A generation of parents worried about poor role models like Kiss and Marilyn Manson. Before that, they thought the Beatles’ hair was too long and Elvis’ shake too suggestive. Rock’n’roll…

…forms of campaigning. Whatever the form, a revolution does have a few rules, as the lyrics from the Beatles song below points out. “We all want to change the world But when you talk about destruction Don’t you know that you can count me out…

…caught!"1 Even though Joey credits the Beatles as his main influence, he had been into music much earlier. When he was a kid, his father gave him an accordion, which he squeezed until there was nothing left of it. When he was thirteen his grandmother gave him…

….         The sixties also introduced the British Invasion to America. Groups like 'The Yardbirds' and Zombies could be heard everywhere. At the head of this British invasion was a group known as 'The Beatles' There hits like 'I want to hold your hand'. They broke up…

…when The Beatles started to play. The Beatles, for some the best rock group ever, were from Liverpool, England. Through the 60's, The Beatles dominated the record industries and with their dominant instrumentation, which included: electric leads, rhythm…

…of this decade and the start of the next, Rock n' Roll started to decline because it was formula ridden and it was too sentimental. Teenage audiences transferred their allegiance to Folk music. In 1963 the renewal of Rock n' Roll came when The Beatles started to play…

…to the development of European rock bands. “The British Invasion” was the term introduced to America when the Beatles emerged as the new generation of Rock ‘n’ Rollers. Through the sixties, the Beatles dominated the record industries all over the United States. John…