[garinda]

Woody the Beetles didn't invent rock 'n' roll. They started off, like a lot of other British groups of the time aping their American idols like Carl Perkins, Elvis, Buddy Holly, Little Richard, Gene Vincent etc.

The Beetles did go on to change the face of music when they found their own style, just as the Sex Pistols shook up the music scene in the mid seventies when the charts were full of bland pop such as the Osmonds or dire concept music like Tubular bells, and prog rock

Nothing's ever really original. The Beetles were influenced by their American idols who in turn were influenced by county, hillbilly as well as black gospel singers. The Pistols were influenced by the underground New York scene, and bands like the Patti Smith Group and the New York Dolls.