The demise of The Beatles set the template for every major band split since
FIFTY YEARS ago today a new type of story hit the front pages of newspapers. “Paul Is Quitting The Beatles” proclaimed the, announcing the end of the group which had altered the shape of pop music. The source of that story on April 10th 1970—an interview that had been printed the previous day to promote the release of Paul McCartney’s first solo album—did not say anything quite so bald. Yet readers assumed, correctly, that there was no turning back.
In their break-up, as in their work, The Beatles were ahead of their time. Just as they had been pioneers in making music—refining the four-piece band; writing their own music, with three distinct songwriters; employing stylistic innovations; marching at the vanguard of pop’s onward rush through the 1960s—so they were pioneers in ending things. .
Since then, intra-band tensions in ABBA, Fleetwood Mac, Pink Floyd and Guns N’ Roses have been a source of remarkable interest. Many of music’s jolliest moments have come from musicians being rude about their former bandmates. Ozzy Osbourne asserted that he had parted company with drummer Carmine Appice “for health reasons. I was sick of him”.
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