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In spite of Pete’s lack of drumming talent, I just can’t help but feel bad for Pete.

I mean, getting fired from the most iconic, legendary bands of all time in history just as that band was on the cusp of their international fame and fortune.

It’s not like he got fired from a band that would go on to have a few years of success only to fade into obscurity. He got fired from THE BEATLES, for crying out loud. An iconic band that whose name, music, fame, and fandom that still lives on, even decades after it broke up. He was so devastated, he actually attempted suicide once (saved in time be relatives).

Pete eventually went on to a 20 year career as a civil servant, helping unemployed people find jobs.

I know how many times he’s said he’s perfectly fine and happy with how things turned out for him (he earned millions in royalties from the beatles anthology cd).

But still, I can’t help but think there just had to be a few times when he’d be sitting in his civil service office, filling out paperwork, dealing with the daily drudgery of his 9-5 job, and think about The Beatles. How much more money they’re pulling in than him (I would think they earned more in one day than Pete earned in a lot of years). How much fame they have/had. How they’re living in the lap of luxury while he’s struggling to pay the rent and put food on the table for his family. If I were in Pete’s shoes back then, I know that’s what I’d be thinking about.

In spite of Pete’s lack of drumming talent, I just can’t help but feel bad for Pete.

Pete came out OK. He got paid in his later years when the surviving Beatles released some anthology - Past Masters or something - which had some tracks he played on. Not bad for a guy who got fired for not being good enough at his job.

I’m glad to hear Pete finally got some royalty money thrown his way. He seemed like a nice guy who just didn’t catch the right breaks.