The Quarrymen

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rock and roll band skiffle group

The Quarrymen were a 1950s skiffle and rock and roll group formed by John Lennon in Liverpool that eventually evolved into The Beatles.

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	rock and roll band → skiffle group →
activePeriod	1956–1960 →
alsoKnownAs	The Quarry Men →
associatedWith	Merseybeat scene →
basedIn	Liverpool →
countryOfOrigin	United Kingdom →
eventDate	1957-07-06 →
eventPlace	St Peter's Church, Woolton, Liverpool →
evolvedInto	The Beatles →
formedBy	John Lennon →
formedIn	1956 →
genre	rock and roll → skiffle →
hasInfluence	American rock and roll → skiffle music →
hasMember	Colin Hanton → Eric Griffiths → George Harrison → John Duff Lowe → John Lennon → Len Garry → Paul McCartney → Pete Shotton → Rod Davis →
hasOriginalSong	In Spite of All the Danger → One After 909 (early version performed) →
hasRecording	In Spite of All the Danger → That'll Be the Day →
hasStyle	amateur teenage band →
hasTheme	cover versions of contemporary hits →
hasWebsite	http://www.originalquarrymen.co.uk/ →
influenced	The Beatles →
languageOfWork	English →
locationOfFormation	Liverpool →
musicalInstrumentUsed	banjo → guitar → tea-chest bass → washboard →
notableEvent	John Lennon met Paul McCartney at a Quarrymen performance →
notableMemberLaterJoined	The Beatles →
partOf	early history of The Beatles →
performedAt	St Peter's Church fete, Woolton →
recordedAt	Phillips' Sound Recording Services, Liverpool →
recordingDate	1958 →
reformedIn	1997 →

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
John Lennon → Paul McCartney →	memberOf
The Quarrymen ("The Quarry Men") →	alsoKnownAs