Hamburg had a street called Reeperbahn that had more strip clubs than any street in the world. Hamburg also had a very high crime rate because all the gangs in Berlin moved to Hamburg due to the Berlin Wall (Davies 80). This makes me think that this is why their parents were reluctant to let them go. They played in an Indian club called Indra. They became very good, so good that they started playing 7 days a week until 2 am. Eventually the club became so noisy that they had to move due to complaints from neighbors (Davies 82). They played so much that they usually slept about 5 hours. It just goes to show that if you want to be really good at something you have to work really hard. They wanted to play, they wanted to be successful and they were willing to work for it. The Beatles weren't just party headliners; even the Beatles were big partiers. There were also fights in the club while they were playing. There was so much fighting and drinking that people inside the clubs were half dead (Davies 83-84). This also caused some fights or arguments on stage. Sometimes they would throw food at each other while performing. Sometimes things got out of hand. The group made very few friends while they were in Hamburg. They didn't like the Germans. John said, "They're all half-witted." They did not make friends with the English there because they would start arguing with the Germans (Davies 85.) Eventually they had to return home. When they returned from Hamburg, one of their friends put up a sign that said: The Beatles, Direct from Hamburg. This led people to think they were German. People actually complimented them on how well they spoke English (Davies 97-98). After their return from Hamburg, the Beatles began to play in dance halls, in these dance halls brawls occurred very often. Once, Paul was grabbed by a random guy, slammed against the wall, and told not to move at all. Another night, people fought each other with fire extinguishers (Davies 101). I find this to be a strange coincidence because the same things would have happened in Hamburg. Trouble followed the band wherever they went. Shortly after returning home, they decided to return to Hamburg for the second time. While in Hamburg they met an old friend, Astrid. She was married to Stu, one of the first members, and greeted them with leather jackets. He wanted to change Stu's haircut, so he brushed it and cut some parts of it. This then caught on among the other members of the band and became the signature haircut (Davies 106). That was the birth of one of the most iconic haircuts in history, the 60s and Rock & Roll. They had to return home again but this time Stu decided to go to the Art College in Hamburg instead of continuing with the band. When the Beatles returned from Hamburg, they heard about a newspaper called Mersey Beat. This was Liverpool's first newspaper devoted solely to music. A boy named Bob Woller had written an article about them in the newspaper (Davies 107). This was the first major sign of attention they received. They only discovered the article upon their return from Hamburg. They were worried they had become irrelevant in Liverpool. While they were away, they received many more offers from clubs to play and had to travel constantly. Pete's friend Neil Aspinall bought a van and became the Beatles' road manager. He quit his other job and worked with them full time (Davies 109). Neil was their road manager for every year they toured. The Beatles kept playing and got much better as time went on. They caught the attention of the record store owner