History
Much more than just a tribute to the Beatles, the performance of Beatbox aims to revive the energy and charm of the legendary quar tet from Liverpool. To obtain the desired result, nothing has been left to chance: the instrumentation is identical to that used by the Beatles in their historical concerts, the Stage clothes, are made by the same tailor who made them for the U.S. tours of the Fab Four.
To give life to this project, four musicians from the curriculum rather than noble: Stefano Piancastelli, Marco Breglia,Michele Caputo and Federico Franchi has played with the great names of Italian pop. A show that runs through the memories and the discovery of several generations, with performances faithfully to the original, to rediscover the enthusiasm and positivity of the Swinging ‘60s.
Molto piu’ che un semplice tributo ai Beatles, la performance dei Beatbox si propone di far rivivere l’energia e il fascino del mitico quartetto di Liverpool. E per ottenere il risultato desiderato nulla è stato lasciato al caso: dalla strumentazione, identica a quella usata dai Beatles nei loro storici concerti, ai vestiti, confezionati su misura dalla stessa sartoria che li creò per la tournèe americana dei Fab Four.
A dare vita a questo progetto, quattro musicisti dal curriculum piu’ che nobile: Federico Franchi, Stefano Piancastelli, Marco Breglia,e Michele Caputo, vantano collaborazioni con i grandi nomi del pop italiano. Uno show che attraversa i ricordi e le scoperte di piu’ generazioni, con esecuzioni fedelissime a quelle originali, per riscoprire l’entusiasmo e la positività dei mitici anni ’60.
Stefano Piancastelli as John
Vocals, Lead Guitar
He was bored in Taranto.
He got into music thanks to the Beatles during his early teens and discovered right away that his natural habitat was writing songs, lyrics and convey things that go straight to people’s hearts. All this with The Moonquakes, his historic band with whom he's been carrying around for years his own tunes, of course also imbued with 60s Beat influences!
Stefano is typically atypical, eternal creative, witty and a bit uncomfortable too, all features that allow him to play the role of John in a completely natural way and without any actorial artifice!
Marco Breglia as Paul
Vocals, Bass, Piano, Guitar
He approached music as a child, by practicing piano and guitar, shortly before discovering The Beatles and wanting to be Ringo Starr. He switched to drums then, and became a working musician in 2001, playing around the globe, as well as teaching. He’s been a member of the European band of Bob Malone for ten years, Los Angeles based piano player, current member of John Fogerty’s band and studio player for Ringo Starr’s Give More Love album.
A long-time jazz enthusiast, he toured as a sideman with many Italian and American solo artists, playing in many international jazz festivals all around Europe.
While working intensively as a drummer, he never turned his back on his passion for singing and playing guitar and bass. He joined The Beatbox in 2019, taking the role of Paul.
Michele Caputo as George
Vocals, Lead Guitar
Thanks to his parents, he’s been listening to good music since he was little, and started to practice piano at the age of 11.
After discovering The Beatles, he got fond of George Harrison so he switched to guitar as a self-taught. At the age of 15 he formed his first tribute band with which he played for 5 years around northern Italy, and thanks to which he reached a good reputation among Beatles tribute acts.
In december 2021, 19 years old, he joined The Beatbox, as a George Harrison impersonator.
Federico Franchi as Ringo
Vocals, Drums, Percussions
He spent his childhood close to famous Italian musicians since his father Renzo was at that time working as a session man for famous bands and solo artists. Federico learned how to play guitar and drums in his teenage and since the age of 19 he’ve been working as a musician and a drums teacher.
In the last 15 years he recorded several albums with independent Italian artists. His latest work sees him sitting behind the drum-set with the Italo-Iranian band THE ALLOPHONES, an alternative rock band that just released his second studio album, MUSCLE MEMORY.
He started playing the Beatles at the age of 15 and developed a strong passion for Ringo’s drumming, a passion that took his style deeply into a vintage swinging feel. By 2008 he’s been working with the most known Italian Beatles Tribute Bands.
Claudio Airo
Keyboards, Percussions
Born 1967 in Milan (Italy), where he took private piano lessons and started to play in music bands. He started professional playing in 1988 and graduated at Siena Jazz Academy and Siena conservatory.
In his career he performed and recorded a wide range of different genres, from pop entertainment, blues, soul to mainstream and avant-garde jazz.
In 2013 he met and entertained, as a pianist-singer in a Hotel lounge-dining hall, Paul McCartney in person; a sort of premonition and endorsement for what would soon have happened. A few months later he met The Beatbox, starting an artistic collaboration playing live on stage with them the orchestral and additional piano and keyboards parts.
The Beatbox Staff
Production Manager
Production Manager