Though the rivalry between The Beatles and The Rolling Stones was always more friendly than the press would suggest, there have been a few sharp words from members of each band regarding their closest contemporaries throughout the decades, with the most vitriolic coming from John Lennon, who harshly criticized The Stones shortly after the break-up of The Beatles in 1970 (via Rolling Stone), and Mick Jagger, who in 1987 turns the heads of many Beatles fans when he claimed in an interview that he thought the Fab Four's splitting was "a good idea" at the time (via Variety).
Richards has occasionally been critical of The Beatles, most notably in a 2015 Esquire interview, describing The Fab Four's groundbreaking album "Sgt. Pepper" as "rubbish," though it seems he was also of this opinion regarding his own band's forays into psychedelia, preferring instead to keep his riffs rounded in the blues and classic rock sound that he's famous for.
But in 2020, it appeared that McCartney was the most likely to cause bad blood between the two bands, with a comment he gave during an interview with The New Yorker, describing The Stones as nothing more than a "blues cover band." Fans were quick to note the disrespectful tone of the comment. Still, months later Richards publicly addressed the supposed slight (via Variety), revealing that he had received a message immediately after McCartney's interview was published, with the former Beatle assuring his fellow rocker that his comments had been taken out of context, and that The Stones had accepted the explanation. "Hey, Paul's a great guy, man," Richards added.
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