Rolling Stones

British  

plural noun

1. the . British rock group (formed 1962): comprising Mick Jagger, Keith Richards (born 1943; guitar, vocals), Brian Jones (1942–69; guitar), Charlie Watts (born 1941; drums), Bill Wyman (born 1936; bass guitar; now retired), and subsequently Mick Taylor (born 1948; guitar; with the group 1969–74) and Ron Wood (born 1947; guitar; with the group from 1975) See also Jagger

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Example Sentences

It was meant to let them, good lads that they were, stay in the U.K.—rather than follow their unruly peers, the Rolling Stones, who fled to the South of France to record “Exile on Main Street” under similar tax pressures several years later.

From The Wall Street Journal

Directed by Emmy Award-winning filmmaker Paris Barclay, the documentary celebrates the life and work of vaunted session player Billy Preston, who shared his talents with the likes of Ray Charles, The Rolling Stones, and The Beatles across his storied career.

From Salon

It’s been roughly six decades since the British Invasion, when the Beatles and the Rolling Stones stormed across the Atlantic and changed the course of pop music.

From The Wall Street Journal

Aficionados recognize that the Rolling Stones’ “Sympathy for the Devil” derives from Bulgakov’s “The Master and Margarita;” and “White Rabbit” by Jefferson Airplane echoes “Alice in Wonderland.”

From Los Angeles Times

Then came bad hombre after bad hombre from the UK: Paul McCartney, the Rolling Stones, the Who, Coldplay.

From Los Angeles Times