Rolling Stones

The Rolling Stones are an English rock band founded in London in 1962. The Stones were popular throughout 1960s and 1970s, and still perform to this day. Having more of a "naughty" image than The Beatles, they were fronted by lead singer Mick Jagger.

Inspired initially by the Chicago school of electric blues (particularly the South-Side variation), they later took in influences from the 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 Litle Helper") and perceived references to Satanism such as "Sympathy for the Devil."

The Stones had a popularity that never died. A resurgence by the group in the 1990's has continued and they continue to sell out stadiums almost half a century after first coming on the scene.