The Beatles 1970 split is among the most infamous in music history.
Tensions had been brewing for a few years, with band members wanting to express their creativity in different ways. Much speculation has been made on the reason for the split, however it is difficult to pin down a single reason.
Friction grew between John Lennon and Paul McCartney, with both wanting to stamp their song writing authority on the quartet. George Harrison even quit the band at one point, Yoko Ono revealed.
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Storming out of a studio session, Harrison said: "See you round the clubs."
However, John Lennon traces the origins of the split years earlier than this, believing the death of manager Brian Epstein to be the beginning of the end. Epstein died after a drug overdose on August 27, 1967.
Epstein was seen by many as the glue that held the band together. Evidently this view was held by John Lennon.
Speaking to Rolling Stone, Lennon said: "I don’t know whether you’ve had it, but I’ve had a lot of people die around me, and the other feeling is, ‘What can I do?’”
“I knew that we were in trouble then, I didn’t really have any misconceptions about our ability to do anything other than play music. I was scared. I thought, ‘We’ve f***** had it. We broke up then."
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