You never know, and we can speculate forever, but the facts are the facts.

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Hairball
Doesn't take away from the fact he was the founder, and if the band was never found, it would have never existed as we know it.

Without Jones, no Stones.

Keith and Mick would have still met, but who knows what they would have become.
Maybe playing local pubs, or maybe another Peter and Gordon, or maybe a semi-successful blues covers band, or maybe members of a huge rock and roll band.
Whatever the case, without Brian they wouldn't be the Rolling Stones.

Spot on!
The Rolling Stones became world famous with Brian and are still world famous because of the talents of the band members as they are now. Mick and Keith (hey, and how about the other (ex) members?) have been decently credited in Dartford, so why not Brian in Cheltenham? Both places are only on the " global map" because of the Rolling Stones. Americans learned how to appreciate their musical (and others, like Billy the Kid, haha) herous. Come on you Brits, you can do it too!

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StonedAsia
I recently met a kid (mid-20s) from Cheltenham who had no clue who BJ was....haizzz.....kids

Even worse: last summer a friend of one of our daughters (age 29) sported a t-shirt with THE TONGUE on its front. When I asked her if she knew what that was she told me she had no idea but liked the design...