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Slick
pre-1989: rolling stones
1989 and after: vegas stones
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jamesfdouglas
2007-2012 (or 2013 - who really cares?) - picking their arses so they juuuuust hang on long enough to get their 50-year hype machine going long enough to milk us all one more time somehow - even though there's no possible way they could pull off a whole show. I think they really only "lasted" 45 years, finito after 2007 except for Mick's vault-rading.
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memphiscats
Interesting question. Originally, I was going to go with roll mops - applying the Stones cast of players to each era. But it depends on if we're looking at WHO's playing or WHAT they're recording? And the WHAT is probably the best divider of the Stones' eras.
I would say I almost agree with Kowalski, with one small change: I would stop at 72 after Exile and start a new category with Black and Blue - Dirty Work. Otherwise, his take looks spot-on to me!
Early Stones - 6
1) 1963-1967 [Rolling Stones #1 to Their Satanic Majesties Request]
2) 1968-1977 [Beggars Banquet toBlack and Blue]Exile
3) 1978-1986 [Black and Blue to Dirty Work]
4) 1989-1997 [Steel Wheels to Bridges to Babylon]
5) 2002-2011 [Forty Licks to Some Girls reissue]
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kowalski
There's no real break between Exile and Goats Head Soup.
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His Majesty
Jones - transitional - Taylor - Wood - Vegas.
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His Majesty
Jones - transitional - Taylor - Wood - Vegas.
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jamesfdouglas
2007-2012 (or 2013 - who really cares?) - picking their arses so they juuuuust hang on long enough to get their 50-year hype machine going long enough to milk us all one more time somehow - even though there's no possible way they could pull off a whole show. I think they really only "lasted" 45 years, finito after 2007 except for Mick's vault-rading.
By this logic, shouldn't we really deduct the years in between 1983 and 1988 from the grand total as well? They were as inactive then as they have been since 2007 to 2012. Both are periods of inactivity yet no one blinks about removing that 5 year stretch in the 80's when absolutely nothing happened. So technically the band lasted only 40 years. Is that right?
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kowalski
There's no real break between Exile and Goats Head Soup.
Just a breakdown in quality.