I'm not sure if I'd call the Beatles a 'Rock' band at all. Maybe a few individual songs, but generally they were Pop. It's obvious that Lennon was heading sllightly more in the Rock direction, but the band split before they could ever really become a Rock band, as such. Besides, with Macca's interest in avant-garde composition, Harrison's growing interest in electronics and Lennon's political 'radicalism' I'm guessing that had they ever BECOME a rock band, it would've probably been more along the lines of something like Amon Duul or Faust than AC/DC. Unfortunately, we'll never know, and the post-Beatles solo albums offer next to no help whatsoever.
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