10 artists who left or got fired just before their band became famous
Imagine you’re playing in a band with your friends and having fun, but after a while you think to yourself, “Is this really going anywhere? Should I go back to school, learn a trade?” And you decide to move on and grow up. One year later, your friends are playing arenas while you’re folding laundry and crying.
Even worse, what if you were fired from that band?! That’s the case for some of these 10 musicians who either left or were fired right before their band became famous. This has become known as “Pete Best-ing it” after the well-known Beatle who left just months before the band broke. Another obvious one we won’t be covering here is Dave Mustaine, who got booted from Metallica—but that worked out all right for him. We’re gonna dig a little deeper on these stories, but many of them do have happy endings for both sides.