Fenster writes:
I posted my first NOT The Beach Boys earlier. Here is the first NOT The Beatles. It is another truly shameless rip-off, but enjoyable.
There is an entire genre of music that rips off the Beatles in one fashion or another. Sometimes this is done strictly for amusement, as with Eric Idle’s Rutles. Sometimes it is a more respectful homage, as with Todd Rundgren and Utopia’s Deface the Music. The link below is to Mr. Greedyman, a cut by the Vinyl Kings. They just want to sound like The Beatles. Not bad.
Blowhard, Esq.
Callowman
Sherbrooke
Eddie Pensier
Enzo Nakamura
Epaminondas
Fabrizio del Wrongo
Fenster
Brundle Guy
Glynn Marshes
Paleo Retiree
Atypical Neurotic
Question Lady
Sax von Stroheim
Sir Barken Hyena
The Mistaken
Uncouth Reflections 
Amazingly Beatles-esque, I’d say.
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Of course the greatest exponents of this genre are the Spongetones, who take off from a pre-psychedelic Beatle platform, and have gone on over the next 20 years in ways one wishes the Beatles might have. Here’s their first album:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XUl0O27Ijfk&list=PLB2FC8CDF4B101B56&noredirect=1
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Indeed. Spongetones were queued up but thanks for handling. They don’t have the Lennon-McCartney vocal tonations of some groups (like the Vinyl Kings). But they have the song structure of the early Beatles (’64-’65) down to a T. Mr. Greedyman by contrast can be placed around ’66, I’d think.
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The Young Veins spent the bulk of their first album ripping off the Beatles, as well as other 60’s artists. Panic! at the Disco’s 2nd album Pretty. Odd. is also pretty much a Beatles homage as well, though they cited inspiration from the Beach Boys. (In particular, “Behind the Sea” seems to take cues from the Beatles psychedelic era.) At any rate, it’s kind of interesting to see how many bands will either ripoff or otherwise mimic the Beatles, especially for a whole album’s worth of songs. Sometime the results are good, but I’ve found that I prefer as often as not to simply listen to the Beatles.
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