History Music / TheRollingStonesBand

Starting with their 1966 album ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'', the songs of Jagger and Richards, aided by the instrumental experimentation of Jones, expanded the band's ever-present stylistic flexibility. The experimentation continued through 1967 with the [[BaroquePop baroque pop]] album ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'' and climaxed with the polarizing album ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' and single "We Love You". 1967 proved to be an important year for the Stones, who came close to breaking up. Jagger, Jones, and Richards were all hit by drug busts, which would have a devastating impact on Jones in particular. Oldham, who had worked as their manager and producer since 1963, quit around this time, feeling that his partnership with the band had run its course. This led to the Stones self-producing ''Satanic Majesties''.

* 1966 - ''Music/{{Aftermath}}''
* 1966 - ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' [[note]]Released in the US only as the substitute for the UK version. The track-listing was changed and it omitted ''Out Of Time'', ''Take It Or Leave It'', ''What To Do'' and ''Mother's Little Helper'' and added ''Paint It Black''[[/note]]

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'' began to add elements of psychedelia to their early mod sound. Its follow up, ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'', took them into full-blown psychedelic rock, continuing with this on ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest''. ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' codified their most well-known sound of bluesy, loose, garage rock. ''Music/SomeGirls'' played with elements of punk rock and disco, and ''Music/EmotionalRescue'' and ''Music/{{Undercover}}'' incorporated elements of synth-pop.

!!! "Now you can't always trope what you want...":

* AllDrummersAreAnimals: Totally {{Averted|Trope}}, Charlie was almost certainly the calmest, most level-headed member of the group, along with Bill Wyman.

The Stones were formed in London in June of 1962, when guitarist and original leader Music/BrianJones recruited pianist Ian "Stu" Stewart, soon followed by vocalist Music/MickJagger, who brought along guitarist Music/KeithRichards. After a series of fill-ins, bassist Bill Wyman joined in December 1962 and drummer Charlie Watts joined in January 1963, completing the first stable line-up. After the band recruited Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager, Stewart was removed from the official line-up, as Oldham felt that six members were too many, and Stewart was the odd one out image-wise. However, Stu took the demotion admirably well and continued to work with the band as road manager and main pianist and keyboardist until his death in 1985.

* SoloSideProject: Every main member has released solo albums or worked on solo projects while being a member of the Stones, save for Mick Taylor (whose solo debut didn't come until well after he'd left the band). Bill Wyman was the first to do this with a proper solo album with ''Monkey Grip'' in 1974, although Brian Jones recorded a film soundtrack in 1967 (''A Degree of Murder'') that was never officially released, and produced an album of Moroccan folk music (''Music/BrianJonesPresentsThePipesOfPanAtJajouka'') which was released posthumously in 1971.

** The band as a whole, UpToEleven. To illustrate: as noted they are "only" number 4 in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In the top 26, [[note]]The 2004 and 2011 list's top 26 are identical.[[/note]] Mick and Keith have literally, in the true sense of the word, ''outlived'' the majority of the artists listed. Further, in terms of active or even semi-active careers, only Music/JerryLeeLewis (who is semi-retired), Music/BobDylan, Music/PaulMcCartney, and Creator/BrianWilson rival the lads in rock and roll longevity.

** The band as a whole, UpToEleven. To illustrate: as noted they are "only" number 4 in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In the top 26, [[note]]The 2004 and 2011 list's top 26 are identical.[[/note]] Mick and Keith have literally, in the true sense of the word, ''outlived'' the majority of the artists listed. Further, in terms of active or even semi-active careers, only Music/JerryLeeLewis (who is semi-retired), Music/BobDylan, and Music/PaulMcCartney rival the lads in rock and roll longevity.

** The band as a whole, UpToEleven. To illustrate: as noted they are "only" number 4 in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In the top 26, [[note]]The 2004 and 2011 list's top 26 are identical.[[/note]] Mick and Keith have literally, in the true sense of the word, ''outlived'' the majority of the artists listed. Further, in terms of active or even semi-active careers, only Music/JerryLeeLewis (who's semi-retired), Music/BobDylan, and Music/PaulMcCartney rival the lads in rock and roll longevity.

** The band as a whole, UpToEleven. To illustrate: as noted they are "only" number 4 in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In the top 26, [[note]]The 2004 and 2011 list's top 26 are identical.[[/note]] Mick and Keith have literally, in the true sense of the word, ''outlived'' the majority of the artists listed. Further, in terms of active or even semi-active careers, only the (semi-retired) Music/JerryLeeLewis, Music/BobDylan, and Music/PaulMcCartney rival the lads in rock and roll longevity.

** The band as a whole, UpToEleven. To illustrate: as noted they are "only" number 4 in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In the top 26, [[note]]The 2004 and 2011 list's top 26 are identical.[[/note]] Mick, and Keith have literally, in the true sense of the word, ''outlived'' the majority of the artists listed. Further, in terms of active or even semi-active careers, only the (semi-retired) Music/JerryLeeLewis, Music/BobDylan, and Music/PaulMcCartney rival the lads in rock and roll longevity.

** The band as a whole, UpToEleven. To illustrate: as noted they are "only" number 4 in ''Rolling Stone'' magazine's 100 Greatest Artists of All Time. In the top 26, [[note]]The 2004 and 2011 list's top 26 are identical.[[/note]] Mick, Keith, and Charlie have literally, in the true sense of the word, ''outlived'' the majority of the artists listed. Further, in terms of active or even semi-active careers, only the (semi-retired) Music/JerryLeeLewis, Music/BobDylan, and Music/PaulMcCartney rival the lads in rock and roll longevity.

** Shortly after becoming the Stones' business manager in 1964, Andrew Loog Oldham had keyboardist Ian Stewart demoted to road manager, ostensibly on the grounds that six were too many for a pop group but more likely because Stewart's short-haired, lantern-jawed appearance didn't fit the image Oldham was trying to cultivate for them. However, he did continue to contribute to the Stones' recordings and performed in the background as their touring keyboardist (but not a full member of the band) until his death. When the Stones were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1989, the band requested that Stewart be inducted as a member as well.

** Brian Jones, originally the Stones' leader, was relegated to an [[OutOfFocus increasingly secondary role]] as the '60s progressed, due to such factors as Oldham taking over the band's management (Jones and Oldham didn't particularly like each other), the emergence of the Jagger-Richards partnership (Jones couldn't or wouldn't write usable songs for the group, which made him far less important as their commercial ambitions grew), deteriorating relations with his bandmates (exacerbated by a LoveTriangle between Jones, Richards, and Anita Pallenberg), and his own personal problems (including severe drug and alcohol abuse and a corresponding deterioration in hs physical and mental health). As a result of all this, Jones contributed little to the Stones' music after 1967; his final album with the band, ''Music/LetItBleed'', features him on just two tracks (congas on "Midnight Rambler" and autoharp on "You Got the Silver").

The Rolling Stones are a British blues-based rock band that has been described (first by stage manager Sam Cutler in 1969) as "The World's Greatest Rock and Roll Band" and has been doing its best to justify the description for more than ''half a century''.

The Stones were formed in London in June of 1962, when guitarist and original leader Music/BrianJones recruited pianist Ian "Stu" Stewart, followed by vocalist Music/MickJagger, who brought along guitarist Music/KeithRichards. After a series of fill-ins, bassist Bill Wyman joined in December 1962 and drummer Charlie Watts joined in January 1963, completing the first stable line-up. After the band recruited Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager, Stewart was removed from the official line-up, as Oldham felt that six members were too many, and Stewart was the odd one out image-wise. However, Stu took the demotion admirably well and continued to work with the band as road manager and main pianist and keyboardist until his death in 1985.

** ''Film/GimmeShelter'' (1970), a documentary of their disastrous 1969 free concert at Altamont Speedway, has been viewed by some as a meditation on the death of the Sixties.

The band's early recordings largely consisted of covers of American blues and R&B songs, while their earliest self-penned numbers were credited under the collective pseudonym Nanker/Phlege. After first achieving success in the UK with a cover of [[Music/TheBeatles Lennon and [=McCartney=]'s]] "I Wanna Be Your Man" in late 1963, they crossed the Atlantic as part of the first wave of UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion in 1964. However, their first U.S. tour was famously a disaster, with the Stones having no major hits to tour on, getting mocked by Music/DeanMartin on national TV, and regularly failing to sell tickets well. Their big breakthrough came in 1965, when their singles "The Last Time" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction", as well as their third album ''Music/OutOfOurHeads'', shot the Stones into superstardom on both sides of the pond. By this time, Jagger and Richards had taken the leadership role from Jones in the group, largely on the strength of their now-fertile songwriting partnership.

In 1968, the band recruited Music/JimmyMiller as a record producer and chose to return to a back-to-basics approach to their music after the psychedelic excesses from the previous year. ''Music/BeggarsBanquet'' proved to be the last hurrah for Brian Jones, who was hit by another drug bust, and stopped making major contributions to the band's music. His health had also been affected by drug use, and as a result of the drug busts, he was unable to gain a visa to tour in America. Jones's final contributions to the band were autoharp on "You Got the Silver" and percussion on "Midnight Rambler" from ''Music/LetItBleed''. Matters soon came to a head, and Jones was forced to leave the band he had founded and named, replaced by Music/MickTaylor. Jones sadly drowned several weeks after departure, just a few days before Taylor had his first gig with the Stones - at Hyde Park, which was transformed into a tribute for Jones. Taylor recorded five studio albums with the band (including ''Music/StickyFingers'' and ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'', which alongside their two predecessors are commonly considered one of the greatest four-album streaks in the history of rock music) before quitting in 1974. Former Music/{{Faces}} guitarist Ronnie Wood stepped in, became an official member in February 1976, and has been with the band ever since. Wyman quit in 1993; bassist Darryl Jones, who is not an official band member, has worked with the group since then.

Starting with their 1966 album ''Music/{{Aftermath}}'', the songs of Jagger and Richards, aided by the instrumental experimentation of Jones, expanded an always-present stylistic flexibility. The experimentation continued through 1967 with the [[BaroquePop baroque pop]] album ''Music/BetweenTheButtons'' and climaxed with the polarising ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' and the single "We Love You". 1967 proved to be an important year for the Stones, which came close to breaking up. Jagger, Jones, and Richards were all hit by drug busts, which would have a devastating impact on Jones in particular. Oldham, who had worked as their manager and producer since 1963, quit around this time, as he felt that his partnership with the Stones had run its course. This led to the Stones self-producing ''[[Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest Satanic Majesties]]''.

The band's early recordings largely consisted of covers of American blues and R&B songs, while their earliest self-penned numbers were credited under the collective pseudonym Nanker/Phlege. After first achieving success in the UK with a cover of [[Music/TheBeatles Lennon and [=McCartney=]'s]] "I Wanna Be Your Man" in late 1963, they crossed the Atlantic as part of the first wave of UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion in 1964. However, their first U.S. tour was famously a disaster, where the band had no major hit to tour on, were mocked by Music/DeanMartin on national TV, and regularly failed to sell tickets well. Their big breakthrough came in 1965, when their singles "The Last Time" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as well as their third album ''Music/OutOfOurHeads'' shot the Stones into superstardom on both sides of the pond. By this time, Jagger and Richards had taken the leadership role from Jones in the group, largely on the strength of their now-fertile songwriting partnership.

The Stones were formed in London in June of 1962, when guitarist and original leader Music/BrianJones recruited pianist Ian Stewart, followed by vocalist Music/MickJagger, who brought along guitarist Music/KeithRichards. After a series of fill-ins, bassist Bill Wyman joined in December 1962 and drummer Charlie Watts joined in January 1963, completing the first stable line-up. After recruiting Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager, Ian Stewart was removed from the official line-up, as Oldham felt that six members were too many, and Stewart was the odd one out image-wise. Stu took the demotion admirably well and continued to work with the band as road manager and main pianist and keyboardist until his death in 1985.

The band's early recordings largely consisted of covers of American blues and R&B songs. The earliest songs written by the band were credited under the pseudonym Nanker/Phlege. After first achieving success in the UK with a cover of Lennon and [=McCartney=]'s "I Wanna Be Your Man" in late 1963, they crossed the Atlantic as part of the first wave of UsefulNotes/TheBritishInvasion in 1964. However, their first U.S. tour was famously a disaster, where the band had no major hit to tour on, were mocked by Music/DeanMartin on national TV, and regularly failed to sell tickets well. Their big breakthrough came in 1965, when their singles "The Last Time" and "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" as well as their third album ''Music/OutOfOurHeads'' shot the Stones into superstardom on both sides of the pond. By this time, Jagger and Richards had taken the leadership role from Jones in the group, largely on the strength of their now-fertile songwriting partnership.

[[caption-width-right:350: The classic [[TheSixties Sixties]] line-up of The Rolling Stones. From left to right: Music/MickJagger, Music/BrianJones, Music/KeithRichards, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts.]]

[-[[caption-width-right:350: The classic [[TheSixties Sixties]] line-up of The Rolling Stones. From left to right: Music/MickJagger, Music/BrianJones, Music/KeithRichards, Bill Wyman, and Charlie Watts.]]-]

The Stones were formed in London in June 1962, when guitarist and original leader Music/BrianJones recruited pianist Ian Stewart, followed by vocalist Music/MickJagger, who brought along guitarist Music/KeithRichards. After a series of fill-ins, bassist Bill Wyman joined in December 1962 and drummer Charlie Watts joined in January 1963, completing the first stable line-up. After recruiting Andrew Loog Oldham as their manager, Ian Stewart was removed from the official line-up, as Oldham felt that six members were too many, and Stewart was the odd one out image-wise. Stu took the demotion admirably well and continued to work with the band as road manager and main pianist and keyboardist until his death in 1985.

* ScyllaAndCharybdis: "Rock And A Hard Place".
* SeductionLyric: Any band fronted by Mick Jagger is probably going to get a name for invoking this trope — but “Let’s Spend the Night Together” is an obvious instance for one.

** The original ''Music/SomeGirls'' cover layout shows the band members' faces superimposed in cut-and-paste fashion over famous Hollywood actresses' faces. We can recognize Creator/MarilynMonroe, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/JudyGarland, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/EarthaKitt, Creator/LucilleBall, Creator/BrigitteBardot and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. This backfired when Fawcett, Ball, Welch, the Monroe estate and Creator/LizaMinnelli on behalf of her late mother Judy Garland threatened legal action, forcing the album to be withdrawn and the cover altered for all subsequent pressings and reissues.

** The original ''Music/SomeGirls'' cover layout shows the band members' faces cut-and-paste super-imposed over famous Hollywood actresses' faces. We can recognize Creator/MarilynMonroe, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/JudyGarland, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/EarthaKitt, Creator/LucilleBall, Creator/BrigitteBardot and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. This backfired when Fawcett, Ball, Welch, the Monroe estate and Creator/LizaMinnelli on behalf of her late mother Judy Garland threatened legal action, forcing the album to be withdrawn and the cover altered for all subsequent pressings and reissues.

** The original cover layout shows the band members' faces cut-and-paste super-imposed over famous Hollywood actresses' faces. We can recognize Creator/MarilynMonroe, Creator/FarrahFawcett, Creator/JudyGarland, Creator/RaquelWelch, Creator/EarthaKitt, Creator/LucilleBall, Creator/BrigitteBardot and Creator/ElizabethTaylor. This backfired when Fawcett, Ball, Welch, the Monroe estate and Creator/LizaMinnelli on behalf of her late mother Judy Garland threatened legal action, forcing the album to be withdrawn and the cover altered for all subsequent pressings and reissues.

** ''Charlie is My Darling'' (1966), a documentary of the Stones' 1965 Irish tour, which has been described by some as ''Film/AHardDaysNight'' had it been directed by Creator/JeanLucGodard.