Former Beatle Pete Best interview, Ireland 1996 

Pete should be an example to a lot of us who feel they fail but can discover that life goes on and early struggles make you a survivor later in life.

He makes a good living answering the same questions. He is forever linked to the best (no pun intended).. Good luck to him...

Obviously, Pete is over the disappointment and missed date with destiny, or every interview and every question would have been like a dagger to the heart. I'm glad he's all right.

Anyone who could take it on the chin like this fellow and still be standing is a Mike Tyson of the music world to me. I would have been out for the count man. Well done lad.🍺

I would say that Pete Best is an example where just because life isn't fair, doesn't mean that it can keep you down. I'm grateful that Pete has managed to keep his life reasonably healthy and productive, despite being fired from The Beatles, just prior to becoming a household name. I wish both him and his family well.

I like all The Beatles in particular Lennon was such a character and of course Pete Best is such a nice guy. Pete seems down to earth and very easy to talk to unlike the others who avoid certain questions in some cases, whether that be fame has changed them, who knows.

Pete is such a great guy I was so pleased that he got some money from the Anthology 1 album it’s so richly deserved, he played a huge role in helping the Beatles develop in Hamburg when they came back to Liverpool the were totally unrecognisable as a group. He missed out on the fame but he got his reward in end and he is such a grounded guy. If you are ever in Liverpool do go and visit the Beatles museum which Pete and his brother set up its great well worth a visit.

No way this chap is part of the four most charismatic, talented, cool people on earth. Wasn’t a fit then, isn’t close now. May be a fine fellow, but it all went according to the cosmic plan.

Waiting for him to say 'Turned round..' 1:23! Honestly!

He always reminds me of The Beatles song. “ I’M A LOSER..”

Almost a quarter of a century ago? This was from 1996 so he's around 10 years to late

Pete was within a hair's breath of making sure that the Beatles would plateau at a rather unimpressive low level

It was John Lennon who said in an interview --- not long before he was assassinated, btw, even when he was angry and bitter by that stage of his life: "Don't you realize that only a few hundred people ever saw the real Beatles? I mean, when we played in Hamburg, then the Cavern, then back to Hamburg, and back to the Cavern again. That's when we were the real Beatles, in 1960, '61, and '62, the four of us, and we were really rockin' in our leather gear. That's when we were truly The Beatles, and almost the entire world never saw it." Hold on a moment: 1960...'61...'62? What four Beatles was he talking about?!? And wasn't it Graham Nash who said (see interview here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-9hPgzptEMT4.html): "I first met the Beatles on November 19, 1959. And everybody knew --- every girl, every kid --- knew that when they looked at them, something special was about it. Y'know, they were four kids, and you couldn't get inside that. They (the Beatles) took care of themselves. And everybody knew that." Wait a minute: 1959? And then 1960... '61....'62? Who exactly was Graham Nash talking about? Yes, that's when the four of them -- John, Paul, George, and Peter --- were The Beatles. Sure, there was Beatlemania, with those hundreds of screaming fans throwing themselves at the group...well, most of them were screaming and throwing themselves at Pete, that is, who looked like a Hollywood movie star, the one that every other drummer in Liverpool called "the greatest rock 'n roll drummer of all time," granted --- but, yes, there was Beatlemania back then. Sometimes I wonder: Will the real story of The Beatles ever be told?

Class act

Pete Best had a bad attitude and wasn't up to par as a drummer . His not showing up for rehearsals was a bad move which gave Ringo Star a foot in the door who was a good drummer and got along well with John , Paul and George and so as they say the rest is history . There is nothing more to the story , although some like to make up their own version of what went down but it wasn't that big a deal and bands drop members all the time for various reasons only this keeps getting play because it was just prior to the Beatles becoming famous.

LOVE PETE BEST GREAT DRUMMER AND KICK ASS SOLID DRUMMER...🥁🥁🥁🥁💕💕💕

John said Pete was a good drummer but Ringo was a better Beatle. Pete didn’t fit in.

Look he just wasn't good enough? Just listen to him play even today ???? It's the same old double cymbal hit after every fill .

Pete got robbed. He was betrayed by his fellow Beatles due to their petty jealousy of his leading-man looks and his immense popularity with the fans and the press. Sacking him had absolutely nothing to do with his drumming ability, which was not only rock solid, but was the driving force behind transforming them from a bum band when he joined the group, to the hottest ticket in Hamburg and Liverpool. If you don't believe me, 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.

Get over it. He didn't fit in.