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  Name The Rolling Stones
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  Img Capt The Rolling Stones after performing on August 8 , 2006
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  Background group_or_band
  Origin London , England
  Genre Rock And Roll , Blues , Country , Rhythm And Blues , Reggae , Psychedelia
  Years Active 1962 – Present
  Label Decca <br> Rolling Stones Records <br> Virgin Records
  URL RollingStonescom
  Current Members Mick Jagger <br/> Keith Richards <br/> Charlie Watts <br/> Ron Wood
  Past Members Bill Wyman <br/> Brian Jones <br/> Mick Taylor <br/> Ian Stewart


The Rolling Stones are an English band whose Blues , Rhythm And Blues and Rock And Roll -infused music became popular during the " British Invasion " in the early 1960s . 1 The band was formed in London in 1962 by original leaders Brian Jones and Ian Stewart , but eventually led by The Songwriting Partnership of singer Mick Jagger and guitarist Keith Richards . Pianist Ian Stewart , drummer Charlie Watts and bassist Bill Wyman completed the early primary lineup. Their early image of unkempt and surly youth is one that many musicians still emulate.2

Jones died in 1969 shortly after being fired from the band and was replaced by twenty year old Mick Taylor . During the 1969 American Tour , tour manager Sam Cutler introduced them as ''"The Greatest Rock and Roll Band in the World"''. After Taylor quit the Stones in 1974, former Faces guitarist Ron Wood began his continuing tenure. Wyman retired in 1993 being replaced by hired hand Darryl Jones .