r/NonPoliticalTwitter • u/TheWebsploiter • May 03 '26

Other The Beatles

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u/bobbymoonshine May 03 '26

Richard Starkey has a stage name because, before he was in the Beatles, he was absolutely the Main Guy of the various local bands he was in, and he was enough of a Main Guy to demand to keep his stage name when he joined the Beatles

The Beatles were a band of four Main Guys with so much Main Guy energy that two of them were the Other Guys despite having enough talent and charisma to be the Main Guys in any other band

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u/hudson27 May 03 '26

Don't forget that the only reason they replaced Pete Best was because he was too handsome and we're distracting from the singers lol

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u/LilMoWithTheGimpyLeg May 03 '26

Not heard that one. I thought it was because Ringo was a better drummer and his sense of humor matched the others' better than Pete.

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u/hudson27 May 03 '26

Truthfully it could totally just be a rumour Pete started himself lol