1 originally named the beetles they changed their name to beatles as a pun for beat music which is another rock?

The Beatles did not change their name. The Beatles were originally called "The Quarrymen" in 1956. The name paid tribute to the Quarry Bank High School in Liverpool, England. The Quarrymen disbanded in 1960, and John Lennon, Paul McCartney, and George Harrison formed "The Beatles" with Stuart Sutcliffe on bass and Pete Best on drums. The band then settled on the name The Beatles by combining the words "beat," a reference to the beat music genre that was prominent at the time, and the word "beetle" as a pun on the way their name sounded.