Sir Paul McCartney’s brother Mike McCartney was The Beatles original drummer but lost out on the gig of a lifetime – 15-Oct-2022 – NZ Entertainment news
When asked if he had been The Beatles original drummer in an exclusive interview with BANG Showbiz, he replied: “Yes.”
Further explaining the situation, Mike has said: “I was The Beatles drummer, but I broke my arm in the Scouts. It was when John used to come to the house in Forthlin Road with The Quarrymen, before George was even there. I broke my arm at camp and it affected the nerves that control the wrist. They were dead.
“I had to have electric shocks and hot stuff put on my arm to get the nerves back. For a couple of years, I had to wear a support strap with a wire.
“If I hadn’t broken my arm, I’d have been a Beatle. But I did break my arm and I’m not a Beatle. You always have to deal in reality, not dreams.”
After guitarist George Harrison joined the band it was drummer Pete Best who got the job of performing with The Beatles when they went to Hamburg, Germany, before he was being fired from the group in 1962 and ultimately replaced by Ringo Starr who completed the line-up as Beatlemania swept across the globe.
Rather than regret what could have been, Mike reinvented himself with the stage name Mike McGear and formed the trio The Scaffold with Roger McGough and John Gorman, performing comedy, music and poetry.
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