The Rolling Stones - The Rolling Stones - AllMusic
www.allmusic.com › album › the-rolling-stones-mwThe Rolling Stones Review. by Bruce Eder. [+] At the close of 1963, the Rolling Stones were, for want of a better word, on a -- roll. They'd done okay if not great the previous summer with their debut single, a cover of a Chuck Berry obscurity called "Come On," which was more energetic than 99 percent of its competition, and then roared into the Top 20 in November with a follow up single, a savage rendition of the Lennon - McCartney song "I Wanna Be Your Man," complete with slide guitar and ...
The Rolling Stones Albums and Discography | AllMusic
www.allmusic.com › artist › the-rolling-stones-mnAs 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 Keith Richards and Brian Jones wrote the blueprint for sinewy, interlocking rhythm guitars.