The Pretty Things were a 1960s and 1970s rock and roll band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of More

The Pretty Things were a 1960s and 1970s rock and roll band from London. They pioneered a raw approach to rhythm and blues that influenced a number of key bands of the 1960s British invasion, particularly The Rolling Stones.++++++++++++++++++++Original band members The Pretty Things were preceded by Little Boy Blue and the Blue Boys, which consisted of Dick Taylor, fellow Sidcup Art College student Keith Richards and Mick Jagger. When Brian Jones joined the band on guitar, Taylor was pushed from guitar to bass and band changed its name to the Rolling Stones. Taylor (born January 28, 1943, in Dartford, Kent) quit the Stones several months later when he was accepted at the London Central School of Art, where he met Phil May (born Phillip Arthur Dennis Wadey, on November 9, 1944, in Dartford, Kent) and they formed the Pretty Things. Taylor was once again playing guitar, with May singing and playing harmonica. They recruited Brian Pendleton (born April 13, 1944 in Wolverhampton died May 16, 2001 in Maidstone, Kent) on rhythm guitar; John Stax (born John Edward Lee Fullegar, April 6, 1944 in Crayford, Kent) on bass; and Viv Prince (born Vivian St John Prince, August 9, 1941, in Loughborough, Leicestershire) on drums. Viv Prince made his first drum kit himself in woodworking class while student at Loughbrough Grammar School.
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The Rolling Stones (vaak afgekort tot de Stones) is een Engelse rock-'n-rollband die actief is sinds 1962. Zij spelen, naast rock-'n-roll, More

The Rolling Stones (vaak afgekort tot de Stones) is een Engelse rock-'n-rollband die actief is sinds 1962. Zij spelen, naast rock-'n-roll, ook rock en diverse andere stijlen als blues, country, hardrock, reggae en punk. Sinds The Rolling Stones in 1962 werden opgericht hebben zij vele grote hits gehad, als Angie, "Paint It, Black en (I Can't Get No) Satisfaction. Zij hebben meer dan 25 studioalbums uitgebracht, waarvan bekende zijn Tattoo You, Goats Head Soup, Some Girls, Let It Bleed en Sticky Fingers. Hun laatste album was Shine A Light (2008). The Rolling Stones bestaan tegenwoordig uit Mick Jagger (zang), Keith Richards (gitaar), Charlie Watts (drums) en Ron Wood ((bas)gitaar). De bekendste ex-leden zijn Brian Jones, Mick Taylor, Bill Wyman, en hoewel nooit officieel toetsenist Ian Stewart. In juli 2010 hebben de leden van The Rolling Stones aangekondigd dat ze in 2012 definitief zullen stoppen. De belangrijkste reden hiervoor is hun leeftijd. De band is dan 50 jaar oud en de band vind dat een mooi moment om er een punt achter te zetten.
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