What is The Rolling Stones?
{{about|the band|the magazine|Rolling Stone}} {{Infobox musical artist | name = The Rolling Stones | image = The Rolling Stones Summerfest in Milwaukee - 2015.jpg | landscape = yes | caption = The Rolling Stones performing at [[Summerfest]] in [[Milwaukee]] in 2015.<br />Left to right: [[Charlie Watts]], [[Ronnie Wood]], [[Mick Jagger]] and [[Keith Richards]] | background = group_or_band | alias = | origin = [[London]], England | genre = {{flatlist| * [[Rock music|Rock]] * [[blues]] }} | years_active = 1962–present | label = {{flatlist| * [[Decca Records|Decca]] * [[London Records|London]] * [[Rolling Stones Records|Rolling Stones]] * [[Virgin Records|Virgin]] * [[ABKCOS]] * [[Interscope Records|Interscope]] * [[Polydor Records|Polydor]] }} | associated_acts = {{flatlist| * [[The New Barbarians (band)|The New Barbarians]] * [[Billy Preston]] * [[Faces (band)|Faces]] * [[The Pretty Things]] * [[John Mayall & the Bluesbreakers]] * [[Bill Wyman's Rhythm Kings]] }} | website = {{url|rollingstones.com}} | current_members = {{plainlist| * [[Mick Jagger]] * [[Keith Richards]] * [[Ronnie Wood]] }} | past_members = {{plainlist| * [[Brian Jones]] * [[Ian Stewart (musician)|Ian Stewart]] * [[Dick Taylor]] * [[Bill Wyman]] * [[Mick Taylor]] * [[Charlie&nbsp;Watts]]}} }} [[File:Rolling_Stones_1965.jpg|thumb|The Rolling Stones 1965: Brian Jones, Charlie Watts, Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Bill Wyman]] '''The Rolling Stones''' are an [[England|English]] [[rock music|rock]] band that formed in [[London]] in 1962. The band members were: [[Mick Jagger]] (rhythm guitar and vocals), [[Keith Richards]] (lead and rhythm guitar and vocals), [[Brian Jones]] (lead guitar), and [[Bill Wyman]] (bass guitar). The band has been influenced by American [[blues]] and [[rock and roll|rock]] musicians like [[Howlin' Wolf]], [[Chuck Berry]], [[Bo Diddley]] and [[Muddy Waters]]. In the beginning they had their first hits with covers versio