The Rolling Stones The Biography

Bob Spitz, MacLeod Andrews

eAudio - 2026

Named a Most Anticipated Book of 2026 by The New York TimesFrom the award-winning, bestselling author of classic histories of the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, a groundbreaking reckoning with the world’s greatest rock 'n' roll bandAll great music is a threat.What left is there to say about The Rolling Stones? A hell of a lot, it turns out.Bob Spitz has brought his indefatigable energy and five decades of experiences in the fields and hollows of rock 'n’ roll to bear on his five-year journey to reexamine one of popular music’s greatest stories. There are myriad revisions to the conventional narrative which underscore just how in control of that narrative the band has been up to now—small example: no, Muddy Waters was not m...opping the floors at Chess Records when the Stones showed up. But in a larger sense, as with the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, Spitz’s greatest gift is for the big picture. He knows where the magic is, and... more