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Pete and another member of the band committed suicide I believe.
My brother in law reckons he was friends with him way back then.
The beatles signed them to apple records then apple records got bought out or sold that's how Neilson ended up singing I can't live.
Don't think Pete and the other band member ever got over being so near to fame and fortune.
Just Googled Stan Polley, what a f*cking twat of a man, had he been around today no doubt he’d be dipping his toe in Premier League football. Tragic tale re. Badfinger, could and should have been one of the greats, marvellous that this thread is bringing them to the attention of some younger posters who aren’t aware of them.
They were a class act who should have had far more recognition than they did. Day After Day is a superb song as is No Matter What. Didn't realise till a few years after Nilsson had a huge hit with it that Without You was written by the Badfinger lads. Loved their music.