Wow, I have been thinking about this a lot lately. Personally, I would have to initially agree with Chrisvant, but I think a point needs to be made here. The Beatles hit the world stage at the right time. There wasn’t good music in the US in 1963 when "I want to hold your hand" hit the charts, unless one wants to make an argument for the Beach Boys. The great music of the 1950s died in '57 when Elvis went to war and Berry went to jail. Now, the Avett's have a lot more to compete with these days. Good music and access to good music is all around us, unlike the old days of 1963. Unfortunately, not the Avetts, or any band, will ever have as much influence and sheer power the Beatles had. Although, I do want to agree with bobzimmerman in that I want to see what influence TABs will have on music. I do believe the Avetts are going to spark a new style of music and attract the masses, much like the Beatles. Hopefully, one day people will put the Avetts on the same level of the Beatles, but Avettnation will never overshadow Beatlemania.

This is fun: Who would be John, Paul, George, and Ringo?