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- Kaitlyn Hall
- Gimme Shelter (1970) Directed by Albert and David Maysles Charlotte Zwerin, Gimme Shelter documents the final days of The Rolling Stone's 1969 US tour, and the days leading up to the infamous Altamont Freeway Free Festival.
- Crossfire Hurricane (2012) Crossfire Hurricane is a fun and engaging film directed by Brett Morgen that covers the first 20 years of the band's career.
- Olé Olé Olé! : A Trip Across Latin America (2016) Produced by the band, this film is a fun way for viewers to get to know the older version of the band as they make their way across Latin America on 2016 tour.
- Sympathy for the Devil (1968) Celebrated director, Jean-Luc Godard creates a unique forward-film that compiles fiction, political commentary, and documentation that gives a nuanced view to the band and the song "Sympathy for the Devil."
Jun 21, 2022 · The Rolling Stones will celebrate 60 years as a band with a special four-part docuseries, My Life as a Rolling Stone, set to premiere Aug. 7 on Epix. The new series will tell the story of the ...
- Jon Blistein
- Keith Richards Was A Huge Beatles Fan
- Ronnie Wood's Home Was A Hangout For Musicians During The 1970s
- Mick Jagger Learned His Moves from Little Richard
- Charlie Watts Had A Unique Hobby on The Road
- Ronnie Wood Was in The Right Place When Mick Taylor Left The Band
- The 'Bad Boy' of Rock 'N' Roll Was Arrested in Toronto — and It Saved The Band
- Charlie Watts Wanted to Open A Drum Museum
- The Rolling Stones Logo Has Nothing to Do with Mick's Lips
In the early days of their friendship, Keith Richards would play The Beatles constantly, driving Mick Jagger "absolutely batty." The Rolling Stones were still a blues cover band when the Fab Four become international sensations. "We were just envious too, man. I mean, they're doing what we want, you know, and they got it," remembers Richards in the...
In 1971, before he was part of the band, Ronnie Wood bought a house in the Richmond area of London called "The Wick." "I went in and I saw these beautiful fireplaces and beautiful oval rooms, and I went beyond my means to get it, of course," says Wood. One of the first things he did was turn the basement into a recording studio. Soon, the house bec...
"What a great performer Mick is. He can perform on a coffee table. It takes a lot of balls to stand up and command an audience of 100,000 people," says Patrick Woodroffe, the band's former creative director, in the docuseries. Described by some as a 'wild animal' on stage, Jagger credits Little Richard for his moves: "Little Richard literally taugh...
Charlie Watts and the other Rolling Stones lived a nomadic existence during their 60 years of touring around the world. A proper English gentleman, Watts was anything but a rock and roll cliche. Instead of trashing his hotel rooms, Watts would sketch them — he drew every hotel bed he slept in and other details of his surroundings on the road. "It s...
Before joining The Rolling Stones, Ronnie Wood found fame playing guitar for The Faces with vocalist Rod Stewart. When former Stones guitarist Mick Taylor grew weary of his drug-fuelled life on the road, he quit right in front of Wood. Taylor leaned over Wood to tell Jagger, "I'm leaving the band. I'm leaving right now," remembers Wood. It wasn't l...
By the mid-1970s, Keith Richards began to struggle with fame, finding it hard to cope with "that level of adoration." He turned to drugs and in 1977 was arrested in Toronto for heroin possession and 'means to traffic,' which almost landed him in jail for years. Though he didn't end up doing any time, Richards said it became clear to him it was "mus...
Charlie Watts was fascinated with drums from a very young age, playing beats on the family table with a piece of wood or a knife and fork. "We bought him his first drum set for Christmas when he was 14," said Charlie's mom, Lil. Of course, his love turned into a lifelong obsession. Watts collected some 100 drum kits, which he kept at an undisclosed...
The Rolling Stones needed a poster for their 1970 European Tour and Mick Jagger wanted an image that could work on its own like the Shell Petroleum logo. "We were doing the Sticky Fingerscover. I don't know why I thought it should have a logo," says Jagger, who worked with graphic design student John Pasche on the logo. "I gave him this idea of thi...
Oct 17, 2023 · The making of the Rolling Stones‘ forthcoming album, “Hackney Diamonds,” is explored in a new one-hour TV documentary, “The Stones: Still Rolling,” produced by Fulwell 73 and Mercury ...
Mar 31, 2022 · 31 March 2022. The 60th anniversary of the Rolling Stones will be marked by four new BBC documentaries telling the band's story from the perspectives of each member. The future rock legends first ...
Aug 5, 2022 · Mick Jagger and Keith Richards' lives are explored in Epix's new documentary about the Rolling Stones. Drugs, Tina Turner and The Beatles factor in.
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Aug 29, 2022 · The Rolling Stones have been doing Rolling Stones documentaries for nearly as long as they’ve been a band, and given their early goes, it’s impressive they’ve kept at it. The first, Charlie ...
