>their harmonies were the best. you can see the influence of american r&b groups.
>I had listened to some very early beatles stuff (pre and during Hamburg) and they were playing fast and raw rock which got me thinking about a predecessor of punk.

They were just doing the stuff of the age, emulating everyone else, but Makka thought he was Little Richard (Where do you think they got the "Wooooooooooooh" in "She Loves You" from?

>Unfortunately Epstein got them and they lost their roughness...