Ricky had been in London for less than six hours when his wallet was stolen outside the gates of Buckingham Palace. After that, I listened to The Beatles all the time... and it was The Beatles that inspired me to start a band with friends. I still remember the joy of buying my guitar after the summer break of my first year in high school, and our first practice song was Ticket to Ride. The Beatles made me do it: Ricky's high school band (Image credit: Ricky)One of those friends is Masa, Ricky's high school classmate and former bandmate, resplendent in double denim today as 'George Harrison'. "Just thinking that The Beatles sang on that brick stage underground gave me chills," Tora later tells us.