The ending of any band is always going to do a number on the fanbase. Whenever something bad happens in the music industry, there’s usually no straight answer, but fans will always insist on knowing what split their favourite groups apart. Sometimes they just need one person to pin everything on, but looking at the final days of the Beatles, Yoko Ono was far from the biggest problem they had when working on their classics.
She may have been a change of pace for the rest of the band when John Lennon began bringing her to rehearsals, but the truth of the matter is that the Fab Four were growing apart. Lennon wanted to make more experimental music, and Paul McCartney was quickly becoming his usual perfectionist self, so it was only natural for them to go their separate ways once they started hitting creative walls in the studio.
Ono’s blame for the band’s demise may have come at an opportune time for Allen Klein to wipe his hands of any wrongdoing, but if there’s anyone who should be considered the scoundrel of their final days, it’s him. He was the one who pitted them against each other towards the end, but while Ono’s original music was always going to be an acquired taste, the thought of her maliciously stealing Lennon away from the band is the kind of rumour reserved for men who are afraid of the opposite sex.