Synopses & Reviews
For the first time, the complete story of the enigmatic founder of the Rolling Stones and the early years of the band
Brian Jones was the golden boy of the Rolling Stonesand#151;the visionary who gave the band its name and its sound. Yet he was a haunted man, and much of his brief
time with the band, before his death in 1969 at the infamous age of twenty-seven, was volatile and tragic. Some of the details of how Jones was dethroned are well
known, but the full story of his downfall is still largely untold.
Brian Jones is a forensic, thrilling account of Jonesand#8217;s life, which for the first time details his pioneering achievements and messy unraveling. With more than 120 new interviews, Trynka offers countless new revelations and sets straight the tall tales that have long marred Jonesand#8217;s legacy. His story is a gripping battle between
creativity and ambition, between self-sabotage and betrayal. Itand#8217;s all here: the girlfriends, the drugs, and some of the greatest music of all time.
Victors get to write historyand#151;but itand#8217;s rarely fully true. The complete, magnificent story of the Rolling Stones can never be told until we disentangle all the threads and put Brian Jones back in the foreground.
Review
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Brian Jonesand#160;. . . is revisionist history of the best kindand#8212;scrupulously researched and cogently arguedand#8212;and should be unfailingly interesting to any Stones fan.and#8221;
and#8212;Larry Rohter,and#160;New York Times
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and#8220;A great, cautionary taleand#8221;
and#8212;George Byrne,and#160;Irish Independent and#160;
and#8220;Thorough and well researchedand#8221;
and#8212;Craig Brown,and#160;Mail on Sunday and#160;
and#8220;Fascinating... wonderful at evoking that very non-modern age of the 50s and 60sand#8221;
and#8212;Mark Blake,and#160;Mojo and#160;
and#8220;Magnificent and controversial ... a monumental bookand#8221;
and#8212;Paul Gleason,and#160;stereoembersmagazine.com
Synopsis
and#147;Should be unfailingly interesting to any Stones fan.and#8221; and#151;Larry Rhoter, New York Times and#160;
The Rolling Stonesand#8217; rise to fame is one of rock and#145;nand#8217; rolland#8217;s epic stories. Yet one crucial part of that story has never been fully told: the role of Brian Jones, the visionary who founded the band and meticulously controlled their early sound, only to be dethroned by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards. Tormented by paranoia and drug problems, Jones drowned at the age of twenty-seven. Drawing on new information and interviews with Richards, Andrew Oldham, and Marianne Faithfull, among dozens of others, Brian Jones lays bare the Rolling Stonesand#8217; full story, in all its glory and squalor.
About the Author
Paul Trynka is the author of acclaimed biographies of David Bowie and Iggy Pop. He was also the editor of MOJO and has written on music and popular culture for publications including Elle, Blueprint, The Wire, and many of the UKand#8217;s broadsheets. He lives in London.