Stuart Sutcliffe, John Lennon's classmate in art school, was the original bass guitarist for The Beatles. (He was not a great musician, and was there mostly for "image".) He left to because he became engaged to the Beatles' German photographer friend, Astrid Kirchherr, and died a few months later of a brain hemorrhage at age 21. Tommy Moore was the first drummer to play with the Beatles, once they had chosen that name. He quit after a few weeks. Pete Best joined them for their first Hamburg booking, and stayed with the band two years. He was replaced in 1962 by Ringo Starr. Jimmy Nicol substituted for Starr for 10 days during the 1964 Australian tour, while Starr had a tonsillectomy and recovered from it. He was never considered for permanent membership. John Lennon's original band the Qua