#i think colin was only spared because of his drums lmao

[muzaktomyears]

I'm obsessed with the machinations of John and Paul to bring George into the Quarrymen. They were so awful.

Colin (the drummer) says that once John had heard George play (engineered by Paul, of course), John and Paul decided to get rid of Eric (the third guitarist) so that they could get George into the group. However, they still needed Colin's support and they didn't just ask him right away because Colin and Eric were friends (Eric got Colin into the band). They also didn't dare just fire Eric to his face.

Instead John and Paul convinced Colin to go with them (and without Eric!) to see a potential future venue and oh! 14-year-old schoolboy George Harrison just happened to be there! with his guitar! which he then played like he was auditioning! Which was a bit odd but whatever.

John and Paul then sent Nigel (the manager) to find Colin a few days later and get him to agree that George was a good guitarist, and when he agreed Nigel confronted him with the fait accompli that John and Paul wanted Eric out and George in and that was fine with Colin, right?

Colin said yes because his opinion obviously couldn't sway anything at this point, plus he felt his own position in the band was not all that secure. Nigel then went to relay this to John and Paul who were sat in Mendips waiting for an answer (lmao).

Finally they got Nigel (poor Nigel!) to ring a blissfully unaware Eric and tell him if he didn't buy an electric bass guitar (very expensive) then he had to leave the band.

Result: Japage3! (plus Colin)