Who are the Beatles? We have all heard that name at least once in our lives though it is almost impossible that you have not heard it time and time again. It has become a household name. "The Beatles are the heart stopping, retro sounding, funky, white noise from Liverpool who literally rocked the world into the modern age  is how any true Beatles fan would have put it, and in many ways, they are correct. It all started out with four young musicians from England; each of them having their own dreams. They would end up becoming the most famous and yet, the most infamous quartet in the music industry, but nonetheless, their name will never be forgotten. By becoming the number one selling artist of all time having sold multi-platinum for majority of their albums, and emerging as the innovators of modern "pop  through mainstream success, excluding the achievements of its individual members, the Beatles is the greatest artist of all time. The Beatles' sound is unmistakable among other artists. The sound of a swaggy, greaser, bluesy bass, and almost inaudible treble and drums is what you would imagine when you think about their sound. You might also imagine a hippie completely stoned from LSD playing four chords on his semi hollow guitar only to write the next biggest hit on the radio; either of which sounds are applicable to the Beatles, but what made their sound so different? We may start off with the idea of a four voice male choir-band. Everyone in the band sung. Many of their songs like Hey Jude , " In My Life , and most of their songs on the "Abbey Road  album were vocal harmony heavy. Though it was evident that Lennon and McCartney were the leads, George Harrison and Ringo Starr were given, as a general tradition, two to three songs in every album wherein they sang. Aside from being vocally talented, the Beatles were also very instrumentally talented. The idea of a two guitar setup, a lead and a rhythm guitar, was heavy influenced by the Beatles. They were not the first to have this kind of setup, but they were the ones who made it popular; two electric guitars amped up in high volumes playing alongside each other. While Harrison maintained the main riff, Lennon would kick in with the solos or vise versa. The sound of a Rickenbacker and a Gretsch complimenting each other was very unusual at the time. Aside from the guitars, Paul McCartney's bass was clever but different. He did not just stay on the root note for majority of the song, but he escalated to the third and the fifth as well. This is most notable on the most unmistakable opening chord of "A Hard Day's Night  wherein John and George each play a G note while Paul plays a D. It made the intro sound more like an intro rather than an ending. While the guitars were the stars of the show and the bass was the backbone, the drums were often frowned upon. Ringo Starr, often seen as the weak link in the Beatles, was not the greatest of all drummers, but he did have his own share of innovations as well; mainly, the sound of an open high hat. On majority of their earlier songs, Ringo had played with the high hat opened allowing the crashy sounds of the drums to be made. This setup of two guitars, funky basses, and crashy drums set the standard for most, if not, all rock bands since their time. The Beatles sound, though unique, did not stay the same forever. The raw sound of the Beatles later on developed into a more developed, psychedelic and obscure type of rock. Old, trashy recordings developed into o