More popular than Jesus group, but was persuaded to stay on the condition that the Beatles would from now on focus solely on their work as recording artists. After a break, they reconvened in November 1966 to begin recording "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band", which was a major critical and commercial success when released in June 1967. Lennon was asked about the controversy during a trip to Canada in 1969. He repeated his opinion that the Beatles were more influential on young people than Christ, adding that some ministers had agreed with him. He called the protestors in the US "fascist Christians", saying
More Than a Thousand in Setúbal, Portugal in 2001. They moved to London in 2005 to reach a wider audience. More Than A Thousand’s debut album “Volume II: The Hollow” is a follow up to the EP “Trailers Are Always More Exciting Than Movies”, billed as '13 songs about loss, separation and human decay'. It is based on the band's experiences in the previous two tumultuous years. "Volume II: The Hollow" was recorded and produced in 2006 at Tonteknik studios in Umea, Sweden, under the supervision of Pelle Henricsson and Eskil Lovström, the team that had produced Refused, Poison the Well, Cult of Luna