The Rolling Stones
People who only know The Rolling Stones as the biggest touring act on the planet, will not recall the day when the English group was considered a public menace. At the height of their 1960s fame, the British music publication Melody Maker asked in a belligerent headline, “WOULD YOU WANT YOUR DAUGHTER TO GO WITH A ROLLING STONE?” Many would have answered with an emphatic “no.” But the group – described by one observer in their heyday as resembling “five unfolding switchblades” – has survived public pillorying, rampant drug abuse, multiple arrests, the expulsion and subsequent death of one of their co-founding members, a sensational murder at a huge high-profile concert, and various attendant scandals... Read More
- Genre:
- Rock
- City Of Origin:
- London, England
- Formed Date:
- 1962













