[ramonesfreak]

I would call Pete Best a mediocre drummer at best. There are many theories why Pete was fired. We will never know for sure because there is only one person alive who truly knows and that is Paul and Paul isn’t talking. Ringo was already a well known drummer in a well established band. Whether Mona was one of the reasons….no way to verify this without Paul speaking out. Personally, I think between John Paul and George seeing Ringo play and experience playing with him when he sat in on occasion, they simply knew the band sounded complete and right with Ringo. I’ve played with many different drummers over the years. When you have a mediocre drummer, you might think that it sounds and feels pretty good and you are happy that you have a drummer since they are so hard to find. But then when you have an opportunity to play with a truly excellent drummer you tend to go “wow what just happened, I need this guy”. Everything just clicks then. It wasn’t clicking with Pete and I think it’s well documented that his drumming wasn’t the only reason it wasn’t clicking.