Such is the immense cultural swell behind the tsunami known as The Beatles that it is hard to imagine as anything other than the titans of pop music they have been mythologised as. And, as near-deities in the world of music, their position is not only infallible by and large but even personally. It seems impossible that each member of the band would not be determined to climb the creative Mount Olympus every time they set foot on stage or in the studio.

Of course, things couldn’t be further from the truth. While the band have been duly awarded their titles as some of the most influential musicians of all time, they were also simply four lads from Liverpool who used their spare time to learn some rock and roll songs and hopefully make a few bob down the nearest music hall. This means that each of the members of the group had their own personality and, as it would turn out, their own breaking points.

John Lennon, Paul McCartney, George Harrison and Ringo Star were, apart from being musical heavyweights, just four ordinary blokes from Merseyside and that meant tempers would flare occasionally. There have been a few occassions noted within the annals of Fab Four history when the bandmates would almost come to blows or find themselves on the wrong end of a verbal battering from another. However, it was rarely the music that pushed them over the edge.

Usually, the interpersonal relationships that held the band together became sticky and inescapable to the point of aggression. However, on a few occasions, the music pushed Lennon, McCartney, Harrison, and Starr over the edge.