He helped found the Beatles, defined their style, died young, and has been remembered as a sad footnote to pop history. Until now. A controversial new book about Stuart Sutcliffe casts a shocking shadow over the fab four's wholesome image
by David Lister
31 October 2001
The Beatles are not short of biographies. Every few years they come, posing ever more outlandish questions. Did Paul McCartney die in the Sixties to be replaced by a lookalike? (Unlikely.) Did John Lennon have an affair with Brian Epstein? (Probably not.) Did Yoko Ono bring a bed into the recording studio? (Yes, actually.)
Since...
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