Backbeat Band

An alt-rock supergroup of types, the Backbeat Music group came collectively for a short instant in 1993-94 to record and promote the soundtrack to Backbeat, Iain Softley’s 1994 fair-to-midlin film chronicling the Fab Four’s pre-Beatlemania period in Britain and Hamburg. Comprising Afghan Whigs vocalist Greg Dulli, R.E.M. bassist Mike Mills, Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl, Sonic Youngsters vocalist/guitarist Thurston Moore, Gumball guitarist (and prolific maker) Don Fleming, and Spirit Asylum vocalist Dave Pirner, the Backbeat Music group punctuated the steak-and-potato times of ’90s alt-rock with a couple of lively interpretations of tunes the Beatles protected during performances within their pre-Brian Epstein leathers at grimy locations such as for example Liverpool’s Cavern Golf club and Hamburg’s Celebrity Club. Documenting the soundtrack’s dozen figures in 1993, the Backbeat Music group played one verified “gig” throughout their period collectively: a blink-and-you-missed-it stage appearance in the MTV Movie Honours on June 10, 1994.