“Everybody was exploding with riffs,” says Ronnie Wood. ‘You had the end of punk and the beginnings of hip-hop - that kind of semi-rap thing, which you get a bit if you listen to ‘Miss You’ and ‘Shattered.'”īeginning in October 1977 the band hunkered down at a live rehearsal space in Paris’ Pathé Marconi studios and jammed for months on end. “There was a lot of good genre-mashing going on before it all got a bit too separate,” adds Jagger, who was soaking up everything from the Clash to dance music at the time. It felt time to get down to the nuts and bolts of it and not play around with glamorous female voices and horns and stuff.” “Not that I’m a really big punk fan, but their energy, and the fact that you realize another generation was coming up on top of you, was a kick up the ass.
“We were getting a certain kick up the ass from the punks,” says Richards.
THE ROLLING STONES SOME GIRLS TRIAL
The Some Girls reissue - due November 21st and packed with extras including 12 previously unreleased tracks - was a time trip for the entire band, sending it back to a period when Richards was awaiting trial for heroin possession, Mick Jagger was hitting the New York club scene hard, and the Stones were forced to confront changing times.
“You’re immediately transported back to Paris in 1977.” What does he see back there? “A couple of bitches that I’d forgotten about,” he says with a cackle. Earlier this fall, Keith Richards spent two days at Electric Lady Studios in New York adding guitar overdubs to some unfinished tunes from the sessions for the Rolling Stones‘ 1978 classic, Some Girls.