A couple weeks ago, I bought this book at Diesel. That day I read it cover to cover. It's SO cool. The story is mainly about Astrid Kircherr (who inspired my haircut) and original Beatles bass player Stuart Sutcliffe, but involves the Beatles without Ringo during their Hamburg days. As you can see on the cover that I've posted, it's amazing how the author, Arne Bellstorf makes his simplistic drawings look so much like the actual people. Coming from a very harsh critic of Beatles fan art (I rarely see drawings of them that I'm impressed with), I absolutely loved reading this book. In the intro at the front, Bellstorf talks about meeting with Astrid and getting ideas for what the Beatles actually said during her experience with them. It gives as accurate an account of the Beatles before they were fab and an interesting take into the doomed life of Stu Sutcliffe. I seriously recommend it. It was a pleasure to read.
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