With his preening machismo and latent maliciousness, Mick Jagger became the prototypical rock frontman, tempering his macho showmanship with a detached, campy irony while Keith Richards and Brian Jones wrote the blueprint for sinewy, interlocking rhythm guitars. As the self-consciously dangerous alternative to the bouncy Merseybeat of the Beatles in the British Invasion, the Stones had pioneered the gritty, hard-driving blues-based rock & roll that came to define hard rock. Label: Various | Genre: Rock & Roll, Classic Rockīy the time the Rolling Stones began calling themselves the World’s Greatest Rock & Roll Band in the late ’60s, they had already staked out an impressive claim on the title. STUDIO ALBUMS | LIVE ALBUMS | COMPILATIONS | BOX SETS | SINGLES | BOOTLEGS The Rolling Stones – Discography (1964 – 2017)ĮAC/XLD Rip | 430xCD + 3xBD + 9xDVD | FLAC/WV Tracks & Image + Cue + Log | Full Scans Included