Magisterial ... Captures the drama, trauma and betrayals that have kept the Stones in the public’s consciousness for more than six decades ... Although Spitz unearths little new information, he excels at presenting the Stones in glorious Technicolor. Spitz homes in on the telling details and anecdotes that give the band’s story a deep richness and poignancy ... Hundreds of books have been written about the Rolling Stones, but few sparkle quite like Spitz’s. For anyone who loves or even likes the Stones, it’s indispensable.
Mr. Spitz, the author of well-received studies of Bob Dylan, the Beatles and Led Zeppelin, has a clear-eyed view of the band: the business, the spectacle, the collateral damage. What he offers is an updated take on a familiar portrait. The faces are the same, but the light is different, and suddenly you see shadows you never noticed, a new determination in one person’s eyes, a scar along the jaw of another. You won’t look at the Stones the same way again.
A terrific biography ... Over the course of 700 pages, Spitz takes his glorious time telling the band’s familiar story with much loving detail and mindfulness ... This is a must for every fan of the Stones and rock ’n’ roll, a work of music history to savor.
Sturdy biography of the iconic if now superannuated bad boys of rock ’n’ roll ... Spitz pulls together the well known but adds insightful moments ... A treasure trove for Stones fans.
