Early Beatles Stuart Sutcliffe
He died of a brain haemorrhage shortly thereafter.
Early beatles stuart sutcliffe. Although kirchherr shot very few. His paintings were highly acclaimed and he is often referred to as the fifth beatle. Stuart sutcliffe was born in edinburgh scotland in 1940 but his family moved to england shortly after. The three of them were all studying at the school and sutcliffe was noted as a brilliant painter.
Stuart sutcliffe was the original bassist of the five member beatles he played with the band primarily during their days as a club act in hamburg germanywhen the band returned to liverpool in 1961 sutcliffe remained behind in hamburg. Astrid kirchherr was a german photographer and artist known for her association with the beatles and her photographs of the bands original members john lennon paul mccartney george harrison stuart sutcliffe and pete best during their early days in hamburg. Stuart fergusson victor sutcliffe was a scottish painter and musician better known as the original bass guitarist of the english rock band the beatles. Born in edinburgh scotland in 1940.
Instead of replacing him with a new member paul mccartney changed from rhythm guitar with lennon to. The brief life of a talented painter and passable bassist. Collectmirrorpixmirrorpix via getty images. Sutcliffe played with the beatles in hamburg where he met photographer astrid kirchherr to whom he was later engaged.
Stuart sutcliffe the other beatle. He had been suffering from increasingly severe headaches and blackouts since settling in hamburg with astrid kirchherr his german fiancee. Sutcliffe a friend of john lennons from art school played with the beatles in 1960 and 1961. If you encounter two or more answers look at the most recent one ie the last item on the answers box.
Sutcliffe and john lennon are credited with coming up with the name for the beatles as they both liked buddy hollys band the crickets. The band used this name for a while until lennon decided to change the name to the beatles from the wo. Sutcliffe is one of the group of people sometimes referred to as the fifth beatle. He died the following year of an aneurysm believed to have been caused by head injuries that he suffered during a street fight just after a beatles performance in liverpool in january 1961.
He happened to meet john lennon at the liverpool college of art when he was introduced by a mutual friend. Stuart sutcliffe helps form the beatles. Sutcliffe and john lennon are credited with inventing the name beetles as they both liked buddy hollys band the crickets. Stuart sutcliffe was an artist and the beatles original bassist in liverpool and hamburg.
He enrolled in the hamburg college of art after leaving the beatles and studied under future pop artist eduardo paolozzi. Kirchherr met artist stuart sutcliffe in the kaiserkeller bar in hamburg in 1960 where sutcliffe was playing bass with the beatles and was later engaged to him before his death in 1962. Stuart sutcliffe the brilliant young painter who was a bass guitarist with the beatles in their early period died on this day of a brain haemorrhage. Sutcliffe left the band to pursue his career as a painter having previously attended the liverpool college of art.
Stuart sutcliffe poses for a portrait in liverpool england.