Keith Richards: “Rolling Stones were not British Invasion”

In the media, for mere comfort, there is always the temptation to generalize and group in a single whole artists perhaps different from each other, but united by the same characteristic. Thus, when in the sixties a group of British bands began to be successful in the United States, the generic “British invasion” definition was used for these musical groups.

To the guitarist of Rolling Stones Keith Richards It never liked that his band was included in that group that moved from the sensational success that the Beatles in the United States. The US public was overwhelmed and enchanted by these bands that in addition to giving new music they possessed the exotic charm of old Europe.

Not that a Keith Richards The stones at the American public did not please, as American Songwriter reports, but he wanted the band to be appreciated because part of a movement wanted the Rolling Stones they were recognized for their uniqueness, for their musical proposal. In his opinion, English music in the 1960s was simply good, there was no need to label it as a cultural or social movement.

In 2007, speaking of those times, the 81 -year -old today Keith Richards, Speaking with the Rolling Stone magazine, he sentenced: “Those were only nonsense. Suddenly, finally, some English bands were lucky and managed to cross the ocean. At that time there was simply an explosion of music in England who somehow made it. Part of that music was bad. Many were only covers of American R&B.”