BEING 747 are a pop/rock group based in Huddersfield, West Yorkshire. We’ve been playing together under this name since 2001, playing numerous gigs in venues up and down the country and touring/releasing three full-length albums.

From 2006 onwards, the group abandoned the traditional approach to rock music and started work on a new collection of educational pieces all about evolution, greatly inspired by the work of David Attenborough. Sharing a fascination with the wonders of the natural world, they decided to combine their musical and vocational skills to do something truly worthwhile and tell this incredible story. The project was named ‘AMOEBA TO ZEBRA’ and the aim was to take this dazzling concept show around schools to aid teaching about evolution with relevance to the national curriculum.

‘Amoeba to Zebra’ was premiered in front of PHD boffins at Leeds University’s ‘Rock & Beasts’ convention on deep-sea vent systems in June 2007. Since then, it has been performed to thousands of children in many schools of all backgrounds/denominations from Cornwall to Newcastle, even opening a new adventure playground at Slimbridge WWT along the way! It has also been performed at a number of international Science Festivals (including the prestigious Cheltenham Science festival) and had a debut run at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe in 2010. With the success of Amoeba to Zebra and the new production, ‘In The Valley’, Being 747 have established themselves as the UK’s first touring ‘Edu-POP’ group.

Being 747 are:

DAVE COOKE – Vocals, Guitar. Dave is the principle songwriter in the group and has the uncanny ability to capture almost any obscure subject in engaging lyrical form. Dave is also a Ceramic Artist/Sculptor by trade & makes all the show’s props.

PAUL MORRICONE – Drums, Vocals. As a music video director/editor, Paul has been responsible for the all multi-media aspects of the show as well as contributing to songwriting.

STEVEN MORRICONE – Bass, Keyboards, Vocals. Steve runs an independent record label and is responsible for the management of Being 747’s activities as well as writing/arranging for the band.