THIS OBSESSIVE BEATLES FAN HAS VISITED EVERY ABBEY ROAD IN ENGLAND
Music fans have been known to do some pretty strange things over the years. For some people, the traditional acts of appreciation—buying records, going to gigs, sending the occasional item of underwear in the mail—simply aren’t enough. For some, devotion means more.
Consider the California woman who had a tattoo of Drake’s name branded onto her forehead; or the German dude who spent $60,000 on plastic surgery to look like Justin Bieber; or the man who regrettably covered his body in 29 Miley Cyrus tattoos. These are the fans whose rock ‘n’ roll reverence knows no sensible bounds.
Bryan Eccleshall might not quite be at the top of this list. But, undoubtedly, he’s somewhere on it. Over eight years, this Beatles-lover has travelled the length and breadth of his home country of England in an attempt to visit and take a photo of every single Abbey Road—the title of the Fab Four’s 11th album. He did it, too. Some 132 of them in total. Thousands of miles travelled, and many more dollars spent. “It wasn’t purely a fan-boy thing, though,” the 50-year-old tells Noisey when we meet for a pint in his home city of Sheffield, UK. “It was a conceptual art project too…”
Noisey: So, I guess you like The Beatles, Bryan?
Bryan Eccleshall: Of course. I love them. Who doesn’t? Although, ironically enough, my favorite album is actually Revolver.
By: Colin Drury
Source: Noisey
