The Rolling Stones are an English rock band formed in London in 1962, built around Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and still rolling after six decades. The 1968–1972 run — Beggars Banquet, Let It Bleed, Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St. — is about as deep as rock catalogs get. Shop The Rolling Stones vinyl, CDs, and reissues at Wax Trax Records.
The Rolling Stones formed in London, England in 1962. The band's enduring core has been Mick Jagger (vocals) and Keith Richards (guitar), with drummer Charlie Watts (1941-2021) a constant from 1963 until his death, guitarist Ronnie Wood since 1975, and earlier core members including founder and multi-instrumentalist Brian Jones (1942-1969) and bassist Bill Wyman. One of the most influential and commercially successful rock bands in history, they have toured and recorded across more than six decades.
The Rolling Stones built their sound on American blues, R&B, and rock and roll, helping define the template of the rock band. Their music spans raw blues-rock, country, soul, disco-inflected experiments, and arena rock, anchored by Richards's riffs, Jagger's charismatic delivery, and Watts's distinctive drumming. Their influence on rock music is among the most extensively documented of any band.
The Rolling Stones catalog is among the most heavily reissued in rock, with anniversary, super-deluxe, and box-set editions of Sticky Fingers, Exile on Main St., and others. Original UK Decca and US London pressings, plus the tongue-logo Rolling Stones Records releases, are highly collected.
Listeners new to The Rolling Stones often start with Exile on Main St. (1972) or Sticky Fingers (1971). For related listening, see and .
