| The origins of
Like... The
Beatles hark back to the mid 1990s, when brothers Steve
and Nick taught themselves to play the guitar. Avid Beatles fans already
and inspired by the West End production of Buddy and movies such as La
Bamba and Great Balls of Fire, they taught themselves how to play by
learning Beatles classics including Strawberry
Fields Forever, Rocky Racoon and
Cry Baby Cry. As a wise man once said, 'life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans', and that certainly happened for these two brothers. Nick went on to join a variety of guitar bands, while Steve spent a time playing guitar for pints of beer in the Channel Islands, before coming back home to Essex and enjoying a successful career in amateur dramatics. Throughout this period, both brothers' love of the Beatles and their music stayed constant. Like... The Beatles formed in the beginning of 2008 when Steve and Nick were asked to perform together for a family party. The opportunity to cover a series of Beatles hits was immediately grasped, and they quickly recruited their Brother-in-Law, Nick, already a drummer in Nick's band, to portray Ringo. After the first rehearsal, it was agreed Steve would be best suited to portray John and Nick to portray Paul, leaving only George unaccounted for. With a shared love of The Beatles and all being performers in their own right, the band gelled right away and decided to continue working together after the family party. After performing that first gig, the
boys started advertising for someone to fill the role of George. The next priority was to get the band's
equipment right, which by Summer of 2008, the boys had managed to do,
acquiring guitars and amplifiers that made the band sound as close to
the real thing as possible. The next step was to introduce wigs and
makeup to bring the appearance of the band closer to that of the
originals. This also meant expanding the band's wardrobe from the Cavern
look, to include other periods in Beatle history. By the Autumn of 2008,
the band could boast three distinct Beatle looks - 'The Cavern', 'Shea
Stadium' and 'Abbey Road'. |
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