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The myth of Klaatu: The Beatles band that never was

The myth of Klaatu: The Beatles band that never was

The myth of Klaatu: The Beatles band that never was
September 28
09:09 2022

Humans love a mystery. It’s in our DNA. In an evolutionary sense, it is advantageous to figure them out for the sake of survival before we fall victim to them. Thus, that romantic pang of investigation is a hardwired titillation. Back in 1976, a collection of desperate Beatles fans figured that they had solved one. They figured they had caught out The Beatles trying to pull the wool over us and issuing new music under a secret new guise. The band was named Klaatu and when they released their debut record, 3:47 EST, the cover didn’t credit any of the creators. They sounded enough like The Beatles – had they stayed together and entered prog-rock – for people to get excited. There was one big problem with The Beatle-esque psychedelia on the mysterious Klaatu record: none of the band members were either Paul McCartney, John Lennon, George Harrison or Ringo Starr.

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Martin Nethercutt

Martin Nethercutt

Martin A Nethercutt is a writer, singer, producer and loves music. Creative Director at McCartney Studios Editor-in-Chief at McCartney Times Creator-in-Chief at Geist Musik President (title) at McCartney Multimedia, Inc. Went to Albert-Schweitzer-Schule Kassel Lives in Playa del Rey From Kassel, Germany Married to Ruth McCartney

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