On Last FM. The Rolling Stones only   had 80 members of their fan group in 2007, The Beatles had over 2,000 which is now over 12,000 and the average age of fans is 22 more guys than girls and they are from all over the world! THe Beatles debuted pretty well on Itunes,as of November 17,28 of the top 100 tunes were by The Beatles they also had 16 of the top 50 albums 40 and a half years after they broke up!



In 2006,2007 and 2008 The Beatles were the # 1 most listened music artists on Last.FM and they are very popular on YouTube and Rate Your Music where many male and female fans in their teens and 20's call them The Greatest Rock Band Ever!


The Beatles are still rightfully regarded by most people,most rock critics,and many other music and rock artists as The   most creative,innovative,and prolific rock band ever! In 1995 25 years after they broke up their Anthology CD's went straight to # 1 around the world and I heard a rock DJ say that 40% of the people buying them were teenagers,the same exact thing when their 1CD came out in 2000 30 years after they broke,up and in 2009,39 years after they broke up,they were the second biggest selling artists in the last decade,and their 1CD was the biggest selling album!



The Beatles   wrote *plenty*   of great rock songs including hard rock   on The White Album and Abbey Road    and   as many have rightfully pointed out   Paul invented heavy metal with his 1968    song Helter Skelter and people have also said John's I Want You She's So Heavy   on Abbey road was also one of the first heavy metal   songs.



Even in their early days they wrote   some great rockers that were   very rocky for the times, as The All Music Guide   said,in their very good review of Past Masters Volume 1   that they proved they could rock really   really hard,with John's I Feel Fine   from late 1964 which featured the   very recorded   feedback guitar on a rock song,and Paul's great blues rocker,She's A Woman   also from late 1964,and what they called the peerless I'm Down   which is Paul's screaming rocker from   mid 1965 which they performed even harder   rocking, and   screaming   in   August 1965   at Shea   Stadium.


Also John's You Can't   Do That from early 1964,is a great rock song, so   is   Day Dripper,Paperback Writer, And You're Bird Can Sing,Oh Darling,Hey Bulldog, She Said She Said,Taxman, Revolution,Get Back,Come Together etc!