Nothing insulting. Just... really unsure what was expected of them to do. If you dig in to their stints in Hamburg, Pete never really gelled with the other th

Nothing insulting. Just... really unsure what was expected of them to do. If you dig in to their stints in Hamburg, Pete never really gelled with the other three. Unsure, but wouldn't surprise me if Aspinall didn't acknowledge Roag for some time. Not saying it was right if he did that, but probably understandable for some folks. > Do the right thing could have been as simple as being honest and straight forward Lennon was quoted a couple of times as saying Pete wasn't a very good drummer. That was being simple and honest and straight forward. Wasn't helpful to Pete, was it? I'd read he was suicidal for a bit, but seemed to get past that and just moved on for a time. I thought he was worked in a bakery (but might be confusing him with someone else), not as a janitor. Something else I read just indicated he worked for the civil service, which might be anything. Again though... "being honest" from the Beatles' perspective was "we didn't think he was all that great, and we used him for a while as a drummer". Doesn't paint him in a great light. Releasing statements from George Martin at the time saying "I don't want Pete on studio recordings" - again, honest, but wouldn't have been terribly kind at the time. Could they have just paid him some money in the 60s? Maybe. Unsure how much he got in '69 from the defamation lawsuit.