Los Escarabajos

Los Escarabajos (meaning beetles in Spanish), made their debut at the 1993 Spanish Beatles Convention in Seville, going on to appear at the festival many times and this year participated in the first Valencia Beatle Fest, where they shared the bill with Pete Best and Neil Innes.

In 1995 they entertained a crowd of 30,000 prior to the annual Valencia festival 'Las Fallas', when huge papier-mâché statues are made and set ablaze all over the city. That same year Los Escarabajos were joined by a brass section and were able to include some of the more complicated numbers such as Got To Get You Into My Life and Savoy Truffle into their set.

The band released an album comprising of Beatles covers and original songs entitled 'By The Beetles' in 1997, and contributed their version of 'It's All Too Much' to a Spanish CD honouring the songs of George Harrison called 'Harrisongs'. Their latest recording project, 'Lennonphile' comprises of the unfinished songs which John Lennon was never able to release, including the ironically poignantly titled 'Life Begins at Forty', 'The Happy Rishikesh Song' and 'Serve Yourself'.

Los Escarabajos are founding member Enrique Sánchez (guitar), Jesús Beades (bass), Bernardo Jiménez (keyboards), Luis Abad (guitar) and José Luis Blanco (drums).