On Wed, Jul 29, 2009 at 2:33 PM, Mark Eichelberger < markeichelberger@verizon.net> wrote: > All of which is nice...but my question was really directed at those who > were not old enough to have experienced Beatlemania as it was happening. I > was really trying to get an idea of a band or artist from the 70's, 80's or > later that had as strong an impact as the Beatles, the Kinks, or the Who, > etc. obviously had on you. > > Mark E. > > If it wasn't clear in my original response, I was born in 1975, so missed the Beatles when they were active, but no one active during my lifetime had nearly the same impact. XTC came closest. -- Benjamin D. Lukoff ÷ lukoff@gmail.com LinkedIn profile: http://www.lukoff.us blog: http://www.examiner.com/x-479-Seattle-History-Examiner articles: http://crosscut.com/account/BenjaminSPACELukoff/ photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/lukobe/