The Beatles Pete Best

[@joesmith-ok8ip]

good for pete he kept his wits about him, because, in perspective, he still made out very nicely from all that. he's famous, and made millions from the anthology albums. not to shabby, not to mention all the other things he has been involved with over time. being a bottom feeder off a band like the beatles is a pretty good situation to be in, kudos pete.

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

@Werewolf O. London, Esq. 👍

[@tonym50195]

He doesn’t have millions at all. He’s practically broke.

[@busterbiloxi3833]

He made around 900,000 dollars from the anthology.@@tonym50195

[@malyates5020]

The Pete Best story could be made into a feature film ...The man just has so much strength of character

[@busterbiloxi3833]

He's a momma's boy.

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

Mal Yates, if you are lucky, try to find the movie ( Vhs or Dvd) " Backbeat" . There are actors, not the real Beatles , but, anyway nice to watch. The actor doing the parte of Stuart Sutcliffe seems his photocopy! Regards, Patrick from Italy

[@jasona9]

@@patrickbuzzo1970 Pete Best offered to meet actor Scot Williams, the actor that played him in BACKBEAT. The producers forbid him from doing so. Scot met Pete years later and said he would have played Pete differently if he had the opportunity to meet him before filming. BACKBEAT is loaded with historical inaccuracies, how Pete Best is portrayed is just one.

[@jasona9]

@@busterbiloxi3833 You're not from Liverpool are you?

[@PaulGreen11]

The best advice any Beatle could ever give.

[@Emanresuadeen]

Pete will always be part of The Beatles story. He achieved legendary status along with the rest of them.

[@demiris65]

Always admired and respect Pete Best on how he handled himself throughout the years. He has found peace from within and that is priceless! REPLY

[@ktcarl]

Who else could say they played drums for The Beatles for a couple of years?

[@kellykempkilroy]

A better man than I.

[@jasona9]

In a dignified manner, Pete Best has accepted his place in Beatles history. It also made him a millionaire and got him a funny 😁 Carlsburg Lager 🍺 commercial during the Beatles Anthology 🍻. Cheers!

[@mpmp1165]

damn!!!!! and was mopping and crying i got kicked out from the varsity team, but FROM THE BEATLES!!!!!! damnnnnnn

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

Pete,I really hope to see you again,you are a great person !

[@ellenbeckmann4293]

Auf dem Beatles Platz, in Hamburg, steht er auch, neben den Beatles. Das hat mich sehr gefreut. Ein schöner Platz, aber leider hatte ich zu wenig Zeit...LG Ellen from Spangenberg 😍👏great Video u.ein sehr sympathischer Mensch.✌❤

[@timpenfield5]

LIFE GOES ON PETE, Good job bud

[@ncfeline1959]

God bless him

[@davidelliott1123]

Can't we just see a Comment from Paul McCartney or something from Ringo, if it was me, I would call him up, and have a good conversation over a Vegetarian meal, come on guys be a good sport, it doesn't take much too apologizing over someone who really seemed to pay his Dues and don't make it a Publicly stunt, from the first time I became a fan, this has always upset me!, how!, Just how?, can you write songs like " All you need is Love" I have always been disappointed by every one... I guess there really no Truth in This world?, the only Truth I know is that There's such a thing as time, and Regret, I really shouldn't judge you because I have Total Regrets, Mostly from the Terrible things I have said, I don't know if I am going to be remembered for the things I have done or said?....... Don't worry I am sure you will get away with it, and it seems that You can live with it

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@davidelliott1123 "Vegetarian meal"??? Wtf?

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

Here's what a contemporary drummer of Pete's said when he was asked in an interview what he thought of Pete's drumming: *"He was a genius. You could sit Pete Best on a drum kit and ask him to play for 19 hours and he'd put his head down and do it. He'd drum like a dream with real style and stamina all night long and that really was the Beatles' sound, forget the guitars. I was amazed when they replaced him. I even thought about learning guitar so he could be the drummer in my band. The Beatles didn't hate Pete Best, but they didn't want to be outshone by their drummer. Ringo was a good drummer but he was more ordinary."* - Chris Curtis, drummer for The Searchers, a great Liverpool band who scored a 1964 Top 3 Hit in the US charts with their classic, "Love Potion # 9". Chris saw Pete Best play many times in both Hamburg and Liverpool during Pete's two years as The Beatles' drummer.

[@ktcarl]

You can find many more drummers and musicians from that period in England whose opinions are quite different from Chris Curtis. In fact, there are 3 that have a differing opinion. John-Paul-George. Plus all the producers that listened to them in the studio didn't think Pete was a good drummer....including George Martin.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@ktcarl John, Paul, and George have all said, directly or indirectly, that Pete was a great drummer. And as for producers, the only one who didn't like Pete's drumming was George Martin--specifically, Pete's version of, "Love Me Do". But when Ringo replaced Pete and did his version of the same song at EMI, George Martin rejected it the same as he had rejected Pete's a few months earlier. And Martin hired pro session drummer, Andy White, to come in the next week to do the official recording of the song.

[@ktcarl]

@@Cosmo-Kramer Uhhhh, I've read that Martin hired a session drummer before Ringo joined the band because he didn't like Pete's drumming. He didn't know who Ringo was when he showed up in place of Pete. He already had White ready to go. Here are the 3 producers and 1 session engineer that didn't like Pete's drumming; Bert Kaempfert - Polydor Mike Savage - Decca Ron Richards(Martin's assistant) - EMI George Martin - EMI Check this out. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oIaWkmSams6ZY9k

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@ktcarl No, Martin didn't book the session drummer until after Ringo did his recording of, "Love Me Do", on September 4th. It's true that Martin wasn't expecting Ringo as he didn't know Pete had been replaced, but he let Ringo record the song anyway, and rejected it. He then hired the session drummer (Andy White) to come one week later, on September 11th, which he did. Ringo showed up expecting to get a second crack at the song, and was furious to find White there. -- Bert Kaempfert only disliked the loudness of Pete's drumming, as he was an "easy listening" producer, not fond of the heavier sounds of Rock 'n Roll. The sound engineer said they were completely unprepared for The Beatles and their heavy beat, having never heard anything like it before. -- Mike Savage was *not* a producer, he was the lowest-level assistant, and had no authority whatsoever to comment on what would and would not have been done with any of the band members had they been signed. The actual producer, Mike Smith, never had any problem with Pete's drumming, and indeed, signed Pete and his new band after he was sacked from The Beatles. No session drummers were required. Mike is also on record saying in an interview with Beatles fan magazine, The Beatles Book: *"Pete was a better drummer than Ringo."* -- As for Martin and Richards at EMI, Martin changed the arrangement of, "Love Me Do", with no warning, which threw Pete (and Paul, who was not happy about it) off, removing Pete's skip-beat, in the process. EMI sound engineer Norman Smith said, *"The problem wasn't with how Pete was drumming, but rather with what he was being asked to drum with the new arrangement."* -- And finally, that link you provided is a total hit job on Pete by a lying, rabid Ringo Apologist. The video is filled with lies and half-truths, all fabricated and skewed to disparage Pete and defend Ringo, and the decision to replace Pete with him. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

[@ktcarl]

@@Cosmo-Kramer How can that be true??? I saw and heard Martin say that he told Epstein that he could use Best on stage but that he was going to get a session drummer for recording. That was before he even knew about Ringo. There was 4 different producers that didn't like Pete Best's drumming. Pete was inadequate in the studio. Tony Sheridan's comment: "The producer didn't think Pete's drumming was good enough for recording." "Kaempfert suggested Pete not play his bass drum because he used to get too fast- The tempo was a problem." Tony went on to say, "Pete was a crap drummer. You can take my word for it. He was just not competent." Mike Savage-Session engineer: "I thought Pete was very average and didn't keep good time. You could pick up a better drummer in any pub in London." "The drummer should be the rock. If the rock isn't good, then you start thinking, no." "If DECCA was going to sign The Beatles, we wouldn't have used Pete Best on the record." Ron Richards (Martin's assistant): "Pete Best wasn't very good. It was me who later said to George Martin - He's useless. We've got to change this drummer." George Martin: "...but he couldn't play drums very well. I mean he couldn't keep in time too well and I was aware the band wasn't tight and they needed that binding force that a good drummer should give them. So I said to Brian I'll get another drummer for the recordings. You can do what you like with him on stage. But we'll have someone else on the tracks." The Pete Best Fan Club needs a big dose of reality medicine. It's silly carrying on this Pete Best love fest.

[@malyates5020]

Pete is a real gentleman....not many about now in showbiz

[@thestr8person]

clearly an interview after he made his millions from the anthology

[@stanislav182000]

Whatever people say about Pete he is already in history and lots of people in the world knows about him

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart9699]

I hate the way that the Beatles were bragging too much. They were unfair to him. Go on Pete!

[@karlwills3549]

well over 1000 shows, he must of been good

[@jasona9]

Beatle Fun Fact: Pete Best played more live hours with the Beatles than Ringo did.

[@Emanresuadeen]

I think Lennon himself said that The Beatles never sounded better that when they were playing all these live shows during their early years. And Pete was with them then.

[@dannyphillips3728]

What a legend

[@intsccents]

what a good guy with the right attitude...

[@ianstrange5674]

"I don't know how to turn round and tell you..." It seems that in Pete Best's world, no one can speak without first turning round.

[@user-lu9hq6jv4v]

One cool Man! He and his Mom helped create the band early on.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart9699]

And they get rid of him after all 🙁

[@ktcarl]

Wish people would just leave him alone and quit making him relive what happened to him in '62.

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart9699]

I wish they'll never leave him alone but remember him as the one of the greatest drummers of all time.

[@ktcarl]

@@wolfgangamadeusmozart9699 Except he wasn’t one of the greatest drummers of all time.

[@ianstrange5674]

@ktcarl No one is forcing him to give interviews. Besides he's profiting very handsomely from his association with the Beatles.

[@ianstrange5674]

@wolfgangamadeusmozart9699 Which is why Pete Best was in such great demand back in the 60s for his incredibly superior drumming skills.🙄

[@TomByron-h7s]

I like Pete. He did good. Enjoy the music

[@growlerthe2nd712]

In hindsight they could have made him a Roadie , like the Rolling Stones did with Ian Stuart

[@David-tu4dl]

I could never handle something like that, after 2yrs and all the shows they pulled that on him. I would have been on tv, in the papers haunting them wherever they went. I wouldn't let the public forget. If it wasn't for the Casbah Club and Pete's mom doing things for them who knows how they would have made it.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

It was a hideous betrayal. But I'm glad Pete didn't handle it the way you claim you would have. He's a bigger man than you.

[@David-tu4dl]

@@Cosmo-Kramer Better man then me huh, a man fights back when he has been wronged. He let them skate to fame and riches while he faded into obscurity. I would not have let the public forget.

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

@@David-tu4dl That would've backfired on you, made you look like a sour grapes whining loser. Pete did fight back to a degree, even got a lawyer to sue for wrongful dismissal. But the lawyer botched the suit and nothing came of it. And when Ringo slandered Pete in the mid-'60s with the lie that Pete had been missing Beatles' gigs due to being on drugs, Pete sued him and won a decent chunk of change. So he did stand up for himself, he was no doormat. But to harass the beloved Fab Four relentlessly for years the way you're suggesting he should've done, would've only been a poor reflection on Pete. He handled it well. And a big reason so many us love him today is because of the gracious way he handled it, never once uttering or writing a disparaging word about any of the four men who had betrayed him. You could learn a lot from Pete.

[@John-zn4lp]

After all these years, my opinion is that it was personality conflict, and the others simply got along better with Ringo, and thought his style of drumming was a better fit.

[@opencurtin]

If he was a good drummer you'd imagine another up and coming group would have taken a chance on him and he'd have found fame and fortune still ...

[@TuberOnTheLoose]

Do you honestly believe every up and coming group finds fame and fortune?

[@jasona9]

After he left the Beatles he was offered the chance to join multiple Liverpool groups that saw the potential of having him on drums including the Merseybeats and Rory Storm & the Hurricanes. Pete eventually joined Lee Curtis & the All-Stars. Unfortunately, after the Beatles, ALL these groups were a step backwards.....

[@Joe-ey7cu]

Pete is just as famous as the Beatles. Not many that don't know who Pete Best is.

[@peterbland7227]

The other Beatles were improving too quickly for him to keep up. He has become a good drummer over time, though. Can’t touch Ringo’s phrasing and inventiveness though.

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

Pete and Stuart!

[@rogertattersall1921]

Pete Best was kicked because he was not a good drummer. Ringo is Fantastic!! get over it. John, Paul, George, Ringo, we love them all Yeah Yeah Yeah!!!!

[@TurnerLaraine]

"What does it profit a man to gain the whole world and lose his soul?" And St. Paul's Scripture - "Forgetting the things of the past, I press towards the mark of the high calling...reaching for the crown of glory..." You did the right thing, Pete, to recognize "there's more to life"--although I give you credit for moving on. I used to spot your photos in the old magazines--and I'd think, "Who is that handsome drummer--and why in the world did they let him go?" (Not to put down Ringo either--who was just in the middle). It is good not to hang on to bitterness--and to forgive is divine! Jesus taught us to forgive! ("Love your enemies...") I truly admire your strength and ability to get past the past! Because you're right--there is more to this world--than this world! (There is an eternal heaven waiting for those who are able to love and forgive!) Keep your eyes on Christ and keep being a good example. And God bless you and your family!

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

Lady Laraine, did you buy his " Hayman's Green "Cd ? If you did not yet, get it , you will love it ! I made a joke to a couple of friends of mine, i told them " hey, i have the new Mc Cartney record" ! After listening 3 / 4 songs, i brought the CD cover and told them " this is the PETE BEST BAND " ! They could not believe their ears!! If you like the Beatles, you will love Hayman's Green! Greetings from Italy, Patrick 🎵🐾🐾

[@TurnerLaraine]

@@patrickbuzzo1970 Thanks!!

[@kellykempkilroy]

Friend, you are so right. Others went for the golden ring and forfeited their very souls and they’re now paying eternally.

[@carlcaldera2597]

Too bad Brian Epsstein didn't show more spine and kept Pete around as a co-manager of the band. Equally too bad that the Beatles in the beginning should have made it clear to Pete Best that he was only filling in till they found a real pro like Ringo!

[@rhlopez2694]

I bet when he got the last check he was " happy as Larry".

[@joseanastacio3717]

Baterista original dos beatles Esse é o cara

[@franktaconelli9095]

Pete seems like a nice guy and he certainly was a handsome fella but he wasn’t a very good drummer; if you have an opinion about Pete, I hope you’re a musician; and I ask all the musicians reading this: based on the many available recordings of Pete with The Beatles, would you want him in your band? The recording engineer in Hamburg took his bass drum away because his coordination was so erratic, the guy at Decca told Brian Epstein he wasn’t very good, and George Martin hired session drummer Andy White for The Beatles first official EMI session as he was unaware that Pete had been fired…and Lennon said he was ‘a crap drummer’…what else do you need to know?

[@raphcaswell-jones932]

0:14 this is the evidence of John getting drunk by my Grandad.

[@im1who84u]

I read a biography on the Beatles back in the sixties and that's when I first heard of Pete Best and his story. I was a teenager myself at the time and thought, how sad this must have been for Pete. Then I began to contemplate what I might have done in his place and at that age. I am not physically a big guy, I was attending military school at the time I read this biography, and I am of Italian and Irish descent. Military school can be a tough place with a lot of “jocks” and I didn’t want to be in any of their cross hairs. So, without going into too much detail, I had access to the commandant’s office, paper work, information, and week end town passes. I befriended two of the larger, meaner “goons” that were football players, had girlfriends in town, and also had disciplinary issues disqualifying them from getting town passes every now and then. I demonstrated to them I could make this go away and in return I wanted them to keep everyone else off my back. It worked great! I love it when a plan comes together. So now back to Pete Best. Back in those days in Liverpool there was a type of guy described as a “Teddy Boy”, goons. I would have walked right out of Brian’s office after he given me the bad news and rounded up two “Teddy Boys”, cut a deal with them, and have them explain to Ringo why he did not want to take the job and then keep the two “Teds” on retainer for a while just in case.

[@ktcarl]

im1 - Pete didn't do that because he had class.

[@im1who84u]

Hi SiSenior, well you could be right, or maybe it just didn't cross his mind. Either way he didn't do it and history was made. We'll never know how things could have been.

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

@Werewolf O. London, Esq. Allan Williams was much better than Brian Epstein

[@michaelsorrells8248]

Why John Lennon said he's a lousy drummer?

[@Cosmo-Kramer]

To cover up the real reasons they dumped him: jealousy of his huge fanbase, and the media treating him like he was the star of the band.

[@lanceschaina3084]

So, Pete Best was playing with the Beatles for 2 years, and his drumming didn't improve or evolve a nanometer. Compare his earliest tapes with the Decca audition tape, his drumming may have gotten worse. Now compare Ringo's drumming on I Want to Hold Your Hand and She Loves You with You Won't See Me and In My Life. And then later on Tomorrow Never Knows and Strawberry Fields. Enough said.

[@denisbrouillard5443]

The music speaks for itself

[@bgraham928]

Denis Brouillard You're so right it does! Pete was a superior drummer.

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

@@bgraham928 Hi, B.Graham !

[@WAHRHOCHZEHN]

He was no drummer. He sat at a drumset and produced tasteless noise that ruined songs.

[@iqosuser2754]

The James Dean of the Beatles. 2 years with them then booted. I think he wasn't a bad drummer but he was to good looking for the band. Jealousy crept in. Ringo never was a threat to the band. He did drum well but also improved in time . Quote John Lennon is Ringo the best drummer in the world...John replied he isn't the best drummer in the Beatles...lol I wonder how John Bonham would have been in the Beatles? Or ginger baker ..they would have been kicked out. ..they didn't look like a Beatle. ...John in his arrogance would have probably said they don't fit in...so Pete you where victimized. ...

[@Sophie_kent]

Pete Best didn’t have the same charm and humour as the others. They didn’t connect.

[@jasona9]

I read Pete’s autobiography. He claimed to have a strong friendship with John. By his own admission he didn’t have a strong friendship with either Paul or George.

[@kikiu2619]

Ringo is much more witty.

[@michaelsorrells4649]

He got fired from the Beatle

[@Slavatoremondo]

John Paul George, with Friends such as these you don’t need Enemies. They had no courage to tell the man himself, your out of the band they had the Manager do it. Just three Cowards.

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

Add George Martin,I believe he has been the first that wanted Pete out. And Brian had to be the one speaking for all the rest of the guys........

[@Sophie_kent]

They were young and ambitious who didn’t connect with Pete best.

[@jasona9]

@@patrickbuzzo1970 , Sir George Martin stated that he never demanded Pete must be replaced. He just wanted to use a session drummer for the Beatles first recording session. I believe Pete was fired for personality conflicts, as well as his drumming.

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

@@jasona9 probably conflicts ,like you said, Pete, however, even after years, said that he would not mind to meet Paul, and the fact that makes me thinking " why, Paul? " is that Macca never showed up or sent a reply. It there is / was jealousy, Paul should say," ok ,it happened many years ago,it's all over now! ". Would be so nice to see them together one day, even just to share a cup of coffee, and, imagine Jasona9, to play at the Cavern!! Never say never!! All the best to you J9 👋🎵🎵

[@ktcarl]

It's the manager's job to fire personnel. It prevents personal conflicts and keeps it a business decision.

[@mariacarrera6586]

sino cambian a pete best por ringo no le hubiera ido mejor a los beatles no fue error de george martin

[@DarkPatriots]

It’s So Sad That Pete Best Was Kicked Out, He Should’ve Stayed With The Beatles.

[@Melcop1886]

Sorry Pete, but there was only one main reason you were let go, you weren't a good enough drummer.

[@kafkic5205]

ugh i feel bad for pete, but this whole "no one knows the real reason he was fired" narrative is frustrating. he simply was not a good drummer, and there are quotes from john, paul, george, and george martin saying as much, as well as verified documents from brian epstein's office. bad documentary making to ignore those primary accounts just to make pete seem more sympathetic.

[@cindylubin4204]

How about this for a conspiracy, he wasn't any good, and Ringo was really excellent.

[@johnsergei]

Certainly seems, er, sounds that way ( & according to the recordings I've heard, he got worse for the DECCA & EMI June 1962 tryouts?)

[@hyzercreek]

I'm gonna have to go with this too. John said Pete was a lousy drummer and they were always looking to dump him when they got a good one. Paul says "we were in love with Ringo's drumming" and George said that Ringo was better the few times he filled in for Pete and that Pete was always calling in sick anyway "Ringo felt like he was our drummer"

[@jasona9]

Cindy Lubin, most people that write posts like yours never heard Pete play with the Beatles. Liverpool fans and musicians from that era have called him a good drummer. "If you haven't heard the Beatles at the Cavern with Pete Best then you haven't heard the Beatles". - Tony Crane of the Liverpool band the Merseybeats

[@cindylubin4204]

Depends what you mean by never hearing him play with The Beatles. If you mean never hearing him play live with them whether it was in the Casbah, Hamburg, or the Cavern you're right. But I've heard the both of the audition tapes for Decca, and EMI including the infamous Love Me Do recording. Plus the BBC radio recordings from 62 featuring Pete, and the Tony Sheridan record. That's enough for me to decide that he wasn't a very good drummer. I've also seen or heard plenty of recordings of him playing with his band or guest with Beatle tribute bands, and I hear great improvement from the early days. But he's not Ringo Starr, but there's a lot of drummers out there who are not Ringo, that's not an insult. Ringo is one of the greatest rock n roll drummers ever.

[@lucyfaiella7220]

JUST LOVE PETE BEST TO ME HE MADE THE BEATLES.... THEY DIDN'T HAVE A DRUMMER AND PETE WAS THERE FOR THE OTHER 3... WOW... SHOT GUN...🥁🥁🥁🥁🥁❤💚💙💗

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

🎵hi , Lucy!

[@skullduggery3377]

he should have taken drumming lessons.

[@empireblack2351]

After watching numerous interviews with Pete-I get it-He's a bit of a dud and a whiner. I am sure sympathetic to his plight but he said "life goes on" and yet until the Anthology millions he was still whining about it. Reminds me a lot of Dave Mustaine.

[@kevinotoole9576]

Except Mustaine actually had a successful career

[@empireblack2351]

@@kevinotoole9576 Vey True-the whining and "whoa is me" but mustaine def turned his crying in some great music

[@dougie1968]

Kicked out of the Beatles for being too handsome and getting all the girls. The lesson here is don't join a band if you're good looking and the other members are ugly. His replacement, Ringo, was the ugliest of the lot! Says it all, really.

[@denisbrouillard5443]

Yes it does, it says being pretty don't make you a good musician.

[@morrisjvan]

that's harsh !

[@wolfgangamadeusmozart9699]

@@morrisjvan Other people speak more harsh to Pete

[@rrdream2400]

other Beatles were ugly? Are you kidding me? they were all great looking. If they were jealous no way Paul and John play in the same band together, they would each want to be the only lead singer and song writer. If Pete were so great why didn't some other great band scoop him up?

[@torontotonto33]

As for the reason why the Beatles fired him , the narrator and Pete can't seem to see the obvious reason, he was a shitty drummer. Ringo was way better and a better fit for the band.

[@jasona9]

Ringo was certainly a better fit for the band, but Pete wasn't a "shitty drummer".

[@johnsavage5815]

He was a crap drummer.

[@hyzercreek]

I've hear the Beatles Anthology which has about 8 tracks with Pete Best. He sucked. Same overuse of quadruple time and done at tasteless times. He ruined the songs with that crap. When the song calls for 4 beats per measure stop playing 16 beats per measure at random times. Just STOP DOING IT. There are times when it's good to do, like when returning to the chorus after a quiet break, but Best did it all the time. Yech!

[@bgraham928]

Abcde Don't you know the difference between beats divisions and subdivisions? Evidently you don't! There was nothing wrong with Pete's drumming at all.

[@robinignatowski2439]

B Graham you're deaf, Pete sucked!!

[@patrickbuzzo1970]

@@robinignatowski2439 B.Graham is not deaf, he can hear better than you . You are one of those Pete haters, that's it ! Long life to the Pete Best Band, buy the Cd Hayman's Green, and you will change your opinion about Pete

[@jasona9]

@@patrickbuzzo1970 I have the song, "Everything I Want" from Pete's Hayman's Green Album on my iPhone. Good song!

[@jasona9]

@@robinignatowski2439 Too many Liverpool fans and musicians have defended Pete's musicianship. By Liverpool standards in'62 he was a good drummer. The Beatles reached many milestones from '60-'62 that they couldn't have without Pete.

[@richardrothenberg170]

He was a terrible drummer Ringo was just miles ahead of Pete skill wise.

[@flankerroad7414]

Nice enough fellow, but a poor drummer and an equally poor fit with J, P and G. Try and imagine Pete at the Royal Variety Performance. Seriously.

[@Michaelfranks6969]

Pity this his playing were mediocre could have impeded the success of the beatles. Anyway he is ok he recieve millions lately not bad for a half baked drummer...

[@jackrohde4709]

He wouldn't sign the pact with the devil, that's what I think, Brian was a Jew, maybe a Sabbataen Frankist.

[@RevolverAnthology]

yep, they sure sold their souls, maybe not all of them, who knows?

[@lexdunn4160]

STFU

[@mpmp1165]

damn!!!!! and was mopping and crying i got kicked out from the varsity team, but FROM THE BEATLES!!!!!! damnnnnnn