Beatles Tribute Bands

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:03 pm

hmmm... is your wife's name Joan? Would you ever name your son John?

Maybe one day he'd be in a Beatles tribute band.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 7:27 pm

These guys are really good. Check out the video of Hey Bulldog. IMHO Paul Sacco does one of the best Paul McCartneys that I've seen so far. He even looks somewhat like Macca.

http://www.meandmymonkey.com

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 8:58 pm

Actually, my wife is the luvly Arianne Lennon. And no, Sean and John and Julian were vetoed a long time ago...

Oddly, so was Kyoko....

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:35 pm

Holy cow... check out the video "The Early Years" from these guys. They are GOOD .... freakishly good.
John's vocals are a little too strained, but thats a small criticism.
These guys sound good and look good (especially George).

http://www.americanenglishbeatles.com/

wayang · Post by **wayang** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:40 pm

How about Ivan Ilych? (Easy, Kent, it's just a joke...)

The 'look and feel' component of The Beatles, eh? Well, I s'pose I could judge the 'look' component as well as the next guy, but the 'feel'? I wouldn't want to be crushed against the side of a Rolls Royce by a thousand screaming adolescent girls trying to make that determination...

...or do they not re-create that part?

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Fri Jun 30, 2006 10:45 pm

No, they dont (and cant) recreate that part. But when you are at a REALLY good Beatles recreation concert you can use your imagination to get a glimpse into what it might have been like to attend a Beatles concert back in the early 60's..... and this is especially true when the crowd gets into it and contributes their part of Beatlemania.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 7:29 am

A. E. was in Chgo 6 years ago, when I was still there. I saw one of the local fabs bands but not this one. Can't remember the name of that one, though.

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:16 pm

A few of the others....(with my humble comments attached):

BEATLADS
Birmingham, Alabama
Audio clips on this site are really bad quality, but they might sound good with a better recording.
PAY RANGE: $700-$2400 per event
http://www.gigmasters.com/artists/TheBeatlads/

EIGHT DAYS A WEEK
Cincinnati, Ohio
Good quality recordings but vocals over-processed. Technically good, need more energy.
PAY RANGE: $1200-$3600 per event
http://www.gigmasters.com/artists/EightDaysAWeek/

BEATLEGACY
Elmira, New York
Not bad, but they dont capture the sound as well as the bigger name tribute bands can.
PAY RANGE: $1600-$7200 per event
http://www.gigmasters.com/TributeBand/62/

AZ BEATS
Gilbert, Arizona
Technically ok. Their video reveals their pudgy middleaged George, but a pretty good job all-around.
$3600-$10000 per event
http://www.gigmasters.com/coverband/AzBeats/

THE YELLOW SUBMARINES
St. Johns, Michigan
Definitely grade B- as these things go... the 40-50 crowd doing their thing... more power to them, I say.
$900-$1800 per event
http://www.gigmasters.com/rock/TheYellowsubMarines/

THE CAVERN BEAT
Chicago, Illinois
Not bad, but not great. Another decent tribute band playing in a local area.
PAY RANGE: $800-$3200 per event
http://www.gigmasters.com/rock/TheCavernBeat/

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 12:48 pm

"AbbeyRoad has provided the ultimate Beatles tribute show for over a decade."

These guys have a pretty high opinion of themselves but after looking at their videos, I dont think it's deserved.

http://www.abbeyroadbeatlestribute.com

lennonon · Post by **lennonon** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 1:40 pm

Agree with the hyperbole about these guys...don't particularly like the sound too much and the look is everything wrong with a tribute band as discussed ad naseum....their version of "From Me To You" on their website is so dead and dreadful it makes one wonder...I'm still going with The Fab Four as my #1 although I do agree with your earlier comment Kent that the ReTurns setlist is the most original and would probably be the most fun to hear played well

brammy · Post by **brammy** » Sat Jul 01, 2006 5:01 pm

>>their version of "From Me To You" on their website is so dead and dreadful

yup... Beatles on ludes

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 8:35 am

Listening to most of these guys it's clear how important 1) Ringo was to keeping the energy going and 2) it is to have a good drummer in these tribute bands, if for no other reason than to have the tempos of these songs hard coded in his head so that everyone has the appropriate level of intensity for each song.

My pals I mentioned upthread, for example, are able to play the songs to within 2% of their studio length (AHDN clocks in at 2:32, the last time I recorded them their version was 2:29.).

I watched/listened to the Yellow Submarines video and their version of Please Please Me really dragged.

It's a lot harder than it sounds, ain't it, Beatles tribute band guys? Perhaps concentrating on the music first and THEN the wigs is the right order? Dunno, just, you know, asking.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:24 am

Really, the whole problem with these bands isn't the bands, it's the audiences and venues. If the audiences would just make as much noise as the originals did, all this talk about sound and looks wouldn't matter. One couldn't hear the band or get within a mile to see what they, or their gear, really look like.

alanz · Post by **alanz** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 9:32 am

Maybe the ultimate Beatles tribute band would be very tiny people playing very tiny instruments so that everything else scales correctly.

studiotwosession · Post by **studiotwosession** » Sun Jul 02, 2006 10:21 am

Alan, I see you're in So Cal. Are you going to the 75th festivities?