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The Rolling Stones are like the cockroaches of the music industry – you can’t get rid of them. Luckily, their fans aren’t sick of them yet and they’ve been touring for 56 years. For many, Mick Jagger and Keith Richards define what it is to be a rock star – they’ve got the dance move, the groupies, the substance abuse problems, and the unyielding drive. Their drive shot them right to the front of the British Invasion of the ’60s.
In a move that’s rather ironic for a magazine literally named after them (or that Bob Dylan song, it’s hard to tell), Rolling Stone rated the British legends as the fourth greatest artists of all time. Worldwide, the band’s album sales top 250 million, but stateside it’s left to a modest (but still wildly impressive) 66.5 million.
