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John Lennon said the Beatles wrote better music after the band broke up. Here's why
By Phil Weller published
An interview from 1972 finds him praising his former bandmates and how they’ve “flowered” as solo artists

The one ex-Beatle George Harrison was open to starting a new band with
By Phil Weller published
Harrison was stifled in the latter days of the Fab Four, but while his solo career proved his creative worth, he held one former bandmate in higher regard than the others

Paul McCartney on the ghost of John Lennon and “strange goings-on” that marked the recording of the Beatles’ ‘Anthology’ hits
By Phil Weller published
It was the first time the trio had entered the studio without John Lennon, who McCartney claims made his presence known from beyond the grave

How an unreleased John Lennon demo saw three-quarters of the Beatles write a song together, 40 years after Lennon's death
By Phil Weller published
Starr was shocked to hear what Lennon said in the original demo tape, and saw it as a sign to get the Beatles back together in a roundabout way

George Harrison talks about the power of comedy and "noisy" John Lennon in a resurfaced 1981 interview
By Phil Weller published
In 1981, George Harrison appeared on Good Morning America to talk about how he navigated life after the Beatles' break-up

History says John Lennon and Paul McCartney last met in 1976. A friend says it was two years later over a pizza dinner in New York City
By Phil Weller published
Radio and TV personality Elliot Mintz has gone into detail about seeing the two Beatles together two years after their last known encounter

How John Lennon and George Harrison's early Beatles guitars found their way onto an obscure psychedelic rock album
By Phil Weller published
The Shulman brothers' group secretly recorded with the Beatles' gear, including Harrison’s Gretsch Duo Jet and Lennon's Rickenbacker 325

Ozzy Osbourne had three words to say about the life-saving impact John Lennon and Paul McCartney had on him
By Phil Weller published
When a teenage Ozzy heard the Beatles on a transistor radio, he instantly knew what he wanted to do with his life
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