The Rolling Stones: The Biography
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Last update: 04-28-2026
Product details
- Publisher : Penguin Press
- Publication date : April 21, 2026
- Language : English
- Print length : 704 pages
- ISBN-10 : 0593489098
- ISBN-13 : 978-0593489093
- Item Weight : 2.24 pounds
- Dimensions : 6.44 x 1.34 x 9.51 inches
- Best Sellers Rank:#722 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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Top reviews from the United States
- Peter BonannoSomething new?Beautiful hardcover book hoping it actually surprises me
- toodlesSkip it if you’re looking for something new to learnMeh. We were gifted a copy and are happy not to have paid for this book. There’s nothing new that most fans won’t already know, and mean-spirited gossip is reprinted like it’s gospel. Maybe those anecdotes are true but how does the reader really know that? There are many other books that give a balanced history and value the band members’ contributions fairly. What should be approached with some discernment by readers of these types of books is that there are accounts that were told, or written or ghost written by various players years ago and those tales were documented years after the events took place — and those players admitted taking heavy doses of drugs during the time periods they dished about. One wonders how accurate those reports are, in retrospect, and how closely they stayed to actual events vs acquiring some color in the retelling.
It’s not all about Richards and Jagger and at this stage and never really was though this volume weighs them heavily perhaps because they’re the only living members from the original RS still in the band. For quite some years the RS just have not been very good at all from a musical standpoint. Maybe it really was about the blending of the talents of all 5 after all. That could be a worthy subject for a musicologist to explore. Repackaged material just isn’t very appealing in books like this. - Chris KuchlerNot bad but needed a better editorQuite good, but he needed a better editor. There is a whole series of errors: Mona was not the lead track on their first British LP, it was the fourth; in one spot he says that the B side of Let's Spend the Night Together is Lady Jane; he mentions Herbert Hoover when he means J. Edgar; it's Memory Motel, not Memory Hotel; the shows at the Oakland Coliseum in 1969 were both inside and both at night, there was no afternoon outdoor show that caused the fans to be sluggish from the sun; Brian had a Rolls, not a Bentley; the 1967 European tour was Mar-April so when they played Jumpin' Jack Flash at the NME show in May of '68 it was not nearly two years since they'd been on stage. And there are many many many more errors like this. The writing is good, but all these errors make you wonder about the accuracy of other things he says.
- Karen VBrilliant read about a beloved bandBob Spitz paints with all the colors in the crayon box and puts the reader in the room / on the plane / in the bus / backstage / onstage / at the show and more with this brilliantly written and researched biography. I'm having a blast turning each page and, when I have to take a break from reading, I play some vintage Stones and keep the energy and the memories percolating. Loving this book!