There were originally five Beatles. From left to right are Stuart Sutcliff, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, John Lennon, and Pete Best on drums. Stuart Sutcliffe played bass guitar but left the band to pursue art college before the Hamburg tour.

Wondering how this lineup would've turn out, if they had stayed together.

I watched a movie one time............ what was the name of the dude who had an anurysm? Someone died.

luv4u said:

I watched a movie one time............ what was the name of the dude who had an anurysm? Someone died.

Stuart Sutcliffe

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I've read that Pete Best got a lot of money when the Anthology CDs came out.

Klaus Voormann, Astrid Kirchherr, Stuart Sutcliffe

Tony Sheridan & Stuart Sutcliffe (The Beatles were Tony's backup band for awhile and played on his album too.)

with Tommy Moore, their drummer before Pete Best

Allan Williams, Beryl Williams, Lord Woodbine, Stuart Sutcliffe, Paul McCartney, George Harrison, Pete Best

Pete Best talks about Stu. http://www.petebest.com/media/videos/stuart-sutcliffe.aspx

Young George's hair was pretty fierce.

I met Pete Best about 7 years ago at the 50th Grammy Awards Presentation. He was very nice, and was very strangely excited that I knew of him at all. His daughters are super tall and very beautiful. I have a picture with him somewhere.

June7 said:

I met Pete Best about 7 years ago at the 50th Grammy Awards Presentation. He was very nice, and was very strangely excited that I knew of him at all. His daughters are super tall and very beautiful. I have a picture with him somewhere.

HuMpThAnG said:

Wondering how this lineup would've turn out, if they had stayed together.

Largely the same, if not exactly the same. Ringo was a better drummer. John & Paul wrote a majority of the music & lyrics, with George writing a bit more as the years went on. Their songwriting, the way it changed over the years, was largely based on the things they were experiencing personally and the way the world was changing around them. I would think if their personal lives had been different (less success, different relationships), or if they had not chosen to pursue things like spiritual mysticism, LSD, the peace and freedom hippie movement, being openly anti-war, etc., that the music would be different. But if they stayed on those paths I don't think different personel would have affected their sound much at all.