▁Sh ul mans ' ▁opinion ▁was ▁confirmed , ▁in ▁their ▁eyes , ▁by ▁the ▁success ive ▁failure ▁of ▁follow - up ▁singles ▁to ▁" K ites ". ▁Att empt ing ▁to ▁escape ▁their ▁new ▁image , ▁they ▁released ▁a ▁pseud onymous ▁double ▁A - side ▁single ▁in ▁late ▁ 1 9 6 8 ▁as ▁the ▁M oles ▁- ▁" We ▁Are ▁the ▁M oles ▁( parts ▁ 1 ▁& ▁ 2 ) ". ▁This ▁comp ounded ▁their ▁identity ▁crisis ▁as ▁the ▁single ▁was ▁subsequently ▁caught ▁up ▁in ▁a ▁rum our ▁that ▁the ▁M oles ▁were , ▁in ▁fact , ▁the ▁Beat les ▁recording ▁under ▁a ▁different ▁name ▁and ▁with ▁Ring o ▁St arr ▁as ▁lead ▁singer . ▁The ▁rum our ▁was ▁eventually ▁deb unk ed ▁by ▁P ink ▁F loyd ▁leader ▁Syd ▁Bar rett , ▁who ▁out ed ▁Simon ▁Dup ree ▁and ▁the ▁Big ▁Sound ▁as ▁the ▁band ▁behind ▁the ▁record . ▁ ▁In ▁ 1 9 6 9 , ▁the ▁Sh ul man ▁brothers ▁finally ▁dissol ved ▁the ▁group ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁escape ▁the ▁pop ▁music ▁environment ▁that ▁had ▁fr ustr ated ▁them . ▁Sur pr ising ly , ▁they ▁did ▁not ▁return ▁directly ▁to ▁rh ythm ▁and ▁bl ues ▁or ▁soul , ▁but ▁chose ▁to ▁purs ue ▁a ▁more ▁complicated ▁direction . ▁Ray ▁Sh ul man ▁later ▁stated , ▁" We ▁knew ▁we ▁couldn ' t ▁continue ▁with ▁the ▁mus icians ▁we ' d ▁had ▁before . ▁We ▁wer en ' t ▁interested ▁in ▁the ▁other ▁mus icians ▁in ▁the ▁band