Hang around certain JAG members long enough and you’ll encounter a zealous enthusiasm for a certain band from the UK. The obsession of this musical group by said JAG team members knows few limits, which makes for some good-natured ribbing for a guy like me. Oh, I like the band-named-after-a-bug-but-spelled-wrong’s music plenty, and there’s no denying the profound impact they had on music and culture. It’s just that my teammates enthusiastic nature (perhaps fueled by my non-conformist streak) poses too good of a target not to embrace my comparative ignorance of the band formally known as the Quarrymen. By the way, is it Quarrymen or Quarry Men? I’m sure they’ll know.
What drives this post though was this link I came across, and how one graphic designer’s obsession with the band from Liverpool seems the perfect match for his infographic skills. Do these actually make any of this information more accessible or understandable? I’m not sure, though when done well infographics can be true works of design masterpieces. I am amazed both with skill and creativity that goes into something like this, and the enormous time it must have taken to figure all this out. I just hope the dude got paid by the hour.
For more on who’s behind this, check out ChartingTheBeatles.com, see their Flickr Pool (yes JAG Team members, you can contribute to this as well), and read the post about what they’re up to here.
Now, if they could just create a set of these based on Jack White, Beck or Miles Davis, I’d be a happy camper.