The Beatles are arguably the greatest band to ever live, but the secret behind their split has never been fully understood. For years, the musicians have kept very mum about the circumstances that led to their breakup.
Until now.
A previously unreleased Rolling Stone interview tape with legendary band member John Lennon has now surfaced, and it reveals the great amounts of tension between him and Paul McCartney, as well as an angrier side of Lennon.
In the interview, John comments on feeling "sick" over selling out as a band as well as being "fed up" playing sidekick to Paul McCartney, a feeling that was mutual for Ringo Starr and George Harrison. John also had a problem with how his fellow band-mates treated his wife, Yoko Ono.
He said, "They despised her… It seemed I had to be happily married to them or Yoko, and I chose Yoko…George insulted her right to her face and I didn't hit him, I don't know why. Ringo (Starr) was alright but the other two really gave it to us. I'll never forgive 'em."
But ultimately, Lennon suggests the Beatles break-up was a long time coming. By the time they made it big in the early 1960s, Lennon said that the "music died" and that they never "improved" from that point forward.
Wow. A lot of resentment to be hidden for some many years.
You can read the entire Why The Beatles Broke Up article in the upcoming issue of Rolling Stone.
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