History Trivia / TheRollingStonesBand

** ''Cocksucker Blues'', the infamous documentary about the 1972 ''Music/ExileOnMainStreet'' album tour (featuring lots of language, sex, and general mayhem). The band sued over the content of the film, and so it can't be shown in public without director Robert Frank being physically present. (Before his death in 2019, he held frequent screenings.) [[note]]One screening was at the Museum of Modern Art in New York during a retrospective of Frank's photography career: the presenter for the screening noted that the settlement said that it couldn't be shown unless Frank was ''physically in the building''. While he was not at the screening, he was at the other end of the museum giving an interview to a journalist, [[LoopholeAbuse and thus the screening was okay because he was physically in the building]] [[/note]] This hasn't stopped it from being a mainstay on the bootlegging scene for many years. Ten minutes of excerpts from ''Cocksucker Blues'' eventually found their way into 2010's ''Stones In Exile'', but obviously it isn't anywhere near the same experience.

** ''Cocksucker Blues'', the infamous documentary about the 1972 ''Music/ExileOnMainStreet'' album tour (featuring lots of language, sex, and general mayhem). The band sued over the content of the film, and so it can't be shown in public without the director being present. (The director does hold frequent screenings.) This hasn't stopped it from being a mainstay on the bootlegging scene for many years. Ten minutes of excerpts from ''Cocksucker Blues'' eventually found their way into 2010's ''Stones In Exile'', but obviously it isn't anywhere near the same experience.

** ''Music/BridgesToBabylon'' only saw problems emerge when it was time to record in LA, as Keith Richards did not like Mick Jagger's plan to invite outside producers such as the Dust Brothers, whose work on Music/{{Beck}}'s ''Odelay'' had impressed Jagger, and looping expert Danny Saber. Richards hated electronic music and refused to work with either of them. He even threw Saber out of the studio when he found out he was overdubbing guitars. As for The Dust Brothers, they ultimately only worked on three tracks. Most of the album was instead produced by Don Was, who had produced ''Voodoo Lounge''. Midway through production, Was had to keep Jagger and Richards in separate rooms and studios. Richards and his engineer friend had to steal tapes to make sure a track was finished. Charlie Watts only got through the conflict by bonding with famous session percussionist and former [[Music/JohnLennon Plastic Ono Band]] member Jim Keltner, with whom he would make a solo record later. Watts ultimately flew out of Los Angeles as soon as he was not needed anymore. By the end of the sessions, none of the Stones were speaking to one another. It was their last album for eight years.

** The Stones were invited to play at the Film/MontereyPop Festival in 1967, but were unable to get work visas due to Jagger and Richards' drug busts. Brian Jones did attend the festival, however, and even appeared onstage to introduce Music/JimiHendrix.

** After Brian Jones was fired in 1969, the Stones invited Music/JeffBeck to replace him, but he turned them down. In 1975 they tried again, inviting Beck to what he thought was a one-off guest session but turned out to be a stealth audition to replace Mick Taylor. He turned them down again, later saying that "Keith and I wouldn't have gone through an album without punching each other out anyway."

** The Stones were asked to play at the Film/MontereyPop Festival in 1967, but were unable to get work visas due to Jagger and Richards' drug busts. Brian Jones did attend the festival, however, and even appeared onstage to introduce Music/JimiHendrix.

* BlackSheepHit: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a rare example of a Stones song that was never included on any albums outside of {{Greatest Hits Album}}s, and was instead relegated to being released as a standalone single. Despite this, it managed to become one of the Stones' best-selling songs of all time, to the point that it's the song most played at concerts on record.

* RarelyPerformedSong: In October 2021, the song "Brown Sugar" was dropped from the band's concert setlist due to its controversial lyrics about slavery and rape, although both Jagger and Richards have expressed hope to bring it back in the future.

* While still circulated, ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' is often considered this. Music/MickJagger does like two of the songs from the albums, "2000 Light Years From Home" and especially "She's a Rainbow" (which appeared in various compilations).

* CreatorBacklash: ''Music/DirtyWork'' is a bit of a sore spot for the band, as it was recorded at the peak of turmoil between Jagger and Richards. Ever since the album's release, the only track that's been played live is "Harlem Shuffle" (their biggest hit from the album), and even then [[RarelyPerformedSong just on rare occasions]].

* ExiledFromContinuity: In October 2021, the song "Brown Sugar" was dropped from the band's concert setlist due to its controversial lyrics about slavery and rape, although both Jagger and Richards have expressed hope to bring it back in the future.

* OldShame: While still circulated, ''Music/TheirSatanicMajestiesRequest'' is often considered this. Music/MickJagger does like two of the songs from the albums, "2000 Light Years From Home" and especially "She's a Rainbow" (which appeared in various compilations).

** ''Forty Licks'', their comprehensive GreatestHitsAlbum, had been out of print since 2008 due to rights issues. Though a more comprehensive one, ''GRRR!'' came out in 2012, and even included one of the four new songs from ''Forty Licks''. In July 2023, [[MilestoneCelebration to mark Mick Jagger's 80th birthday]], ''Forty Licks'' got re-released on vinyl.

** ''Forty Licks'', their comprehensive GreatestHitsAlbum, has been out of print since 2008 due to rights issues. Though a more comprehensive one, ''GRRR!'' came out in 2012, and even included one of the four new songs from ''Forty Licks''.

* BannedInChina: When they played China as part of a world tour, they were specifically told by the government some of their songs were forbidden, such as "Brown Sugar", which was about an interracial sexual hook-up.

* TropeNamers: SympathyForTheDevil is named after the song, and ManOfWealthAndTaste comes from the second line. PaintItBlack is also named after the song, although it is otherwise unrelated. (Ironically, the song "Sympathy for the Devil" is a subversion of the trope it named.)

* BlackSheepHit: "Jumpin' Jack Flash" is a rare example of a Stones song that was never released on any albums outside of {{Greatest Hits Album}}s, and was instead relegated to being released as a standalone single. Despite this, it managed to become one of the Stones' best-selling songs of all time, to the point that it's the song most played at concerts on record.

** Music/MickJagger was assaulted by a drugged-up audience member during a performance at the Altamont Free Concert in December 1969; the would-be murderer was fatally stabbed by event security--the Hells Angels--before he had a chance to do anything except point a gun at the stage. The incident is captured in the documentary film ''Film/GimmeShelter''.

* CreatorBacklash: ''Music/DirtyWork'' is a bit of a sore spot for the band, as it was recorded at the peak of turmoil between Jagger and Richards. Ever since the albums release, the only track that's been played live is "Harlem Shuffle" (Their biggest hit from the album), and even then just on rare occasions.

* MagnumOpusDissonance: According to Richards' autobiography, Jagger looked at ''Music/ExileOnMainSt'' as just another album. It also took awhile for its reputation to build.

** During the Stones' 1969 Hyde Park concert, held two days after Music/BrianJones's death, Music/MickJagger eulogized him by reading portions of Creator/PercyShelley's 1821 poem "Adonais" [[note]]written as an elegy for Creator/JohnKeats[[/note]] aloud.

** The alteration of the title of "Star Star". It was originally called [[spoiler: "Starfucker"]], but their record label forced them to retitle it.

!![[Music/TheRollingStones The band]]

* ExiledFromContinuity: In October 2021, the song "Brown Sugar" was dropped from the band's concert setlist due to its controversial lyrics about slavery. Although, both Jagger and Richards have expressed hope to bring it back in the future.

-->''When this you see, remember me\\

* InMemoriam:
** During the Stones' 1969 Hyde Park concert, held two days after Jones's death, Mick Jagger eulogized him by reading portions of Creator/PercyShelley's 1821 poem "Adonais" [[note]]written as an elegy for Creator/JohnKeats[[/note]] aloud.

* InMemoriam: The 1969 compilation ''Through the Past, Darkly (Big Hits Vol. 2)'' is dedicated to the then recently-deceased Music/BrianJones, and the sleeve notes include an epitaph that Jones had composed himself.