The Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are, quite simply, one of the greatest rock and roll bands of all time, with more than 60 years spent helping to define the sound, image, and feeling of what rock music is. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock. With his preening machismo and latent maliciousness, Mick Jagger became the prototypical rock frontman, tempering his macho showmanship with a detached, campy irony while Keit...