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London, United Kingdom (1962 – present)

The Rolling Stones, formed in London, England circa 1962, are one of the world’s most popular rock music groups, selling over 200 million albums worldwide. They were inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1989 and have performed in approximately 40 countries.

The group was formed by Brian Jones, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Mick Jagger and Keith Richards met as schoolmates in Dartford, Kent. They took their name from a Muddy Waters song called “Rollin’ Stone Blues”, and made their live debut in July 1962 at London’s Marquee Club (minus Bill Wyman and Charlie Watts). They start playing pubs and clubs around the city and suburbs. Bill Wyman joined later that year (the popular story is that he was asked because he had his own amplifier), replacing Dick Taylor, who started the Pretty Things.

In January 1963, Charlie Watts joined the Stones. The band gigged constantly, with residencies at venues like Ealing Jazz Club, Ken Colyer’s Studio 51, and Eel Pie Island in Twickenham. Their weekly peformances at the Crawdaddy at Richmond’s Station Hotel resulted in ecstatic press reviews, and in April press agent Andrew Loog Oldham saw them there and signed them to his management company the next day. He started the “Would you let your daughter marry a Rolling Stone” press campaign, which set the tone for their career, which has included drug arrests, and many notorious incidents.

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ilovekokonoto wrote:
4 hours ago

kto to

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mismik wrote:
5 hours ago

START ME UP....

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mismik wrote:
6 hours ago

Great band

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Tweek27 wrote:
7 hours ago

rock'n'roll as it should be

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miloalterioph wrote:
14 hours ago

nothing better ...

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Orange42 wrote:
19 hours ago

complain less, listen more.

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domeofstars wrote:
23 hours ago

But Angie, I still love you baby. Everywhere I look I see your eyes <3 <3 <3 <3 <3

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Ke999 wrote:
yesterday evening

Beatles and Stones are both good bands [7]

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stillnotahero wrote:
yesterday evening

Yeah, but comparing bands always lead to not-needed arguments and it's dumb because at the end of the day The Beatles and The Rolling Stones are just as awesome as eachother!

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Joe--23 wrote:
yesterday evening

whoa calm down a little, people can compare bands its not the end of the world

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Martinchus89 wrote:
yesterday afternoon

Compare Beatles and Stones, as well as any other band is stupid. Get a life and do something for the world

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DJ_MW wrote:
yesterday morning

http://www.last.fm/group/I+love+my+iPod+|+mp3+player :D

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Batutas wrote:
Sunday evening

legends of rock

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Joe--23 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

The Rolling Stones are one of the greatest bands ever, in my opinion better than the beatles but it is more down to preference :)

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Faktorialis wrote:
Sunday afternoon

don't play with me, 'coz you're play with fire

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poseidon83 wrote:
Sunday afternoon

(1962 - present): "Two more years together and we will have been on the stage for half a century, bitcheeeaaaaaaaaass!" Respect!

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penf0ld wrote:
Sunday afternoon

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3pcMVcxXGAc

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jeffreywithonef wrote:
Sunday afternoon

Let It Loose is such an awesome song.

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camaki wrote:
Sunday morning

Until 1969

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PinKkFloyDd wrote:
Saturday evening

Keep this Beatles vs. Stones bullshit out of here. First of all, despite the really early years of both bands' existences, the two aren't even comparable; totally different styles after '65 or '66. Second, they are both amazing in their own ways. I love the Beatles more but I absolutely love the Stones, too. No reason to bash one band over another.

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