The Pete Best Band now consists of two drummers, Pete and Roag, and four young musicians, Mark Hay, Phil Melia, Chris Cavanagh and Dave Deevey.

Pete Best was the original drummer for The Beatles. Best, like the rest of The Beatles, grew up in Liverpool. His mother ran the Casbah Club, where The Beatles frequently played.

Pete Best was the original drummer for The Beatles. Best joined The Beatles in 1960 and proved to be a solid addition to the band. He gave them a drummer, and his mother opened The Casbah, ...

Pete Best, the original drummer of The Beatles, is retiring.. The drummer's brother Roag Best announced the news on X on Saturday, April 5, sharing a picture of them together. "Well what an ...

Pete Best: I had not a clue. That was the furthest thing from my mind. My biggest thought was getting together the right money and right managers, not making it to the top of the English hit parade.

Pete Best may well be the biggest loser in musical history. As his story goes: The Beatles were essentially born in the basement of his family's home in Liverpool, and by Best's count, he drummed ...

Pete Best says he still doesn’t know why he was fired by the Beatles.As his new cleverly titled DVD Best of the Beatles chronicles, the reasons run the gamut from producer George Martin’s ...

Pete Best joined the band with John Lennon, Paul McCartney and George Harrison in 1960, back when they were still the lads from Liverpool, and had yet to find international fame.

Pete Best passed an impromptu audition just before the band departed. The four, plus art student and Lennon pal Stu Sutcliffe, would play dozens of gigs together, in Germany and Liverpool.