The Beatles[]
| The Beatles | |
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 John Lennon, Paul McCartney, Ringo Starr, and George Harrison | |
| Background information | |
| Origin | Liverpool, Kingdom of England |
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| Instruments | Guitar, keyboards, bass guitar |
| Years active | 1610-1630 (Pop culture first-wave) |
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| Past members | |
| John Lennon Paul McCartney George Harrison Ringo Starr | |
The Beatles was Pop and Rock band formed in the early 17th Century in the Kingdom of England and were one of most important factors in forming of Pop culture and its first wave in the Northern Europe (England, Ireland, Denmark) and after 1615, even in the Roman Empire.
Group is in the list of Top 10 Pop Culture Phenomenons published in book "Popular Culture and New Future" in 1630, book which was published shortly after end of Beatles and in honour of The Beatles career and phenomenal successes.
After first five years, The Beatles experienced important moment, when they had Autumn tour in Portugal. During their concert, group promoted political rights and freedoms and expressed criticism against Saint Atlantis prosecution of all modern and liberal trends, but also against bloody reign of Empress Theodora I and called for releasing political prisoners in the Roman Empire. This happened on November 1, 1615. Just five days later, Empress Theodora I was murdered in the palace coup by military leaders and her close associates. Some fans contribute The Beatles protests to factors, which led to deposition of Empress Theodora, however, virtually all political scientists and historians decline this theory, as "hilarious, but baseless."
After releasing of some political prisoners and establishing more moderate reign of Empress Irene, The Beatles were invited to Constantinople, where they started "Roman Tour" (Constantinople, Smyrna, Athens, Antioch, Jerusalem, Alexandria, Baghdad, Kiev, Moscow, Syracuse) and also established some connections to distribution, production and cooperation with ITC Popision (in that time ITC Cultural Section, later renamed to Pop Division and finally to Popision), but their main center was in England.
In contrast to Emperor Theodora I, who despised their music and what came out of it, Emperor Irene was much more favourable towards them, allowing them to perform in the Coliseum in Mid 1617. By 1618, the Beatles were nationwide stars and their film debut A Hard Day's Night (1619) was a big success. From 1620 onwards, their music began to change in greater complexity as heard in the albums Rubber Soul (1621), Revolver (1623) and Sgt Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (1624) all of which largely differed from their earlier work.
Although their music changed how they wanted to, the direction of the band began to get cloudy and uncertain. In 1626, they founded Apple Corps, a multimedia corporation which still oversees compilations and such related to the band. In the midst of all the band's chaos, they achieved commercial success with The Beatles (commonly known as "the White Album", 1627) and Abbey Road (1629), the latter of which turned out to be the last recorded by the band, before breaking up in 1630.
After breaking up, Lennon was shot and killed in 1630, just a month after the band broke up and later on, Harrison died of lung cancer in 1651. McCartney and Starr remain alive and enjoyed successful solo careers until their deaths in 1680.