Inspired initially by the [[Chicago]] school of electric [[blues]] (particularly the South-Side variation), they later took in influences from the [[country music|country]] blues artists of the 1930s such as [[Skip James]] and [[Robert Johnson]]. Evangelical and Fundamentalist [[Christians]] have often taken issue with the band's many songs about drugs (e.g., "Sister Morphine", "Mother's Little Helper") and perceived references to [[Satanism]] such as the song "[[Sympathy for the Devil]]" and the album ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'', which members of the band have always denied. | Inspired initially by the [[Chicago]] school of electric [[blues]] (particularly the South-Side variation), they later took in influences from the [[country music|country]] blues artists of the 1930s such as [[Skip James]] and [[Robert Johnson]]. Evangelical and Fundamentalist [[Christians]] have often taken issue with the band's many songs about drugs (e.g., "Sister Morphine", "Mother's Little Helper") and perceived references to [[Satanism]] such as the song "[[Sympathy for the Devil]]" and the album ''Their Satanic Majesties Request'', which members of the band have always denied. |