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steel driving hammer Ex Member	So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what? Jul 1^st, 2010 at 11:45am I know you don't just "leave" the Stones alive... Prolly just a bunch switchblade talk.
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Edith Grove Rocks Off Regular Offline Disco STILL sucks! Posts: 12,336 New Orleans Gender:	Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what? Reply #1 - Jul 1^st, 2010 at 12:20pm They're not really a band until they get together and do something new or tour.
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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,231 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what? Reply #5 - Jul 1^st, 2010 at 2:01pm Band? What band?
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AngieBlue Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 792 Gender:	Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what? Reply #6 - Jul 1^st, 2010 at 2:06pm Keith has made the comment about does he need to put out an ad for guitar player for hire a couple of times. Once in print and once on Fallon's show. The only one who knows the answer to if any one is 'in' is Mick. When he's ready to do something then we'll know what form of the band we'll see.
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Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what?
Reply #7 - Jul 1^st, 2010 at 5:54pm

AngieBlue wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 2:06pm:

Keith has made the comment about does he need to put out an ad for guitar player for hire a couple of times. Once in print and once on Fallon's show.

I guess it sounds good when he does that. However, the last three tours have ended with gaps in performing activity of three years (1999-2002), two years (2003- 2005) and three years again (to date) (2007-10).

The Stones as a band have barely spent more than a couple of months in the studio since 1997 and in the last decade and a half Keith has been by some distance the most inactive band member in terms of both side projects and live appearances. He hasnt exactly been that prolific in terms of his share of the band's songwriting either.

He's had plenty of time on his hands in which he could have stayed active and his repeated suggestion that he's itching for some work doesn't really hold up when scrutinized beyond face value. At 66, his chops aren't exactly going to improve if he's barely active for years at a time. In fact, it's a pretty telling and sad reflection that with all the hype surrounding the 'Exile' week he made two cameos at the various Fallon shows - and whilst the house band and several guest acts performed songs in his honour, he chose to merely chat with the host (entertaining though it was) and flat out declined to sit in on even one of the great songs that he co-wrote - because he hadn't played guitar in a long time.

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Gazza Unholy Trinity Admin Offline Rat Bastid "We piss anywhere, man.." Posts: 13,231 Belfast, UK Gender:	Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what? Reply #8 - Jul 1^st, 2010 at 5:56pm steel driving hammer wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 11:45am: I know you don't just "leave" the Stones alive... Er..you do. No band member has ever died while still a Stone. Unless you count Stu.
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Tumbled Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,206 Gender:	Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what? Reply #10 - Jul 1^st, 2010 at 9:53pm did somebody piss in the coffee today? Keith is on antiseizure meds maybe still and arthritis, probably hep c and 4 kids and grandkids and Mick has 7 kids how many grandkids and outside interests ...how you gonna feel when you are 66 or 67. like bouncing around on a stage & in a poor economy? not me..
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Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what?
Reply #11 - Jul 1^st, 2010 at 10:49pm

How many times can everyone mull over rumors with nothing credible to back it up. No Rolling Stone, nor anyone of the Stones reps, nor anyone from their official staff ever mentioned an ioda about Ronnie possibly not being in The Rolling Stones anymore....

Most of the folks who spoke of this are sources like The Sun, or some odd-ball websites...

Sure Ronnie is pretty unpredictable anymore and he has went through a divorce. He has relapse here and again but guess what ...how much of this is really any bit of a surprise? I'm sure The Stones weren't supportive of some of the decisions he's made in the past three years but none the less I'm sure they were not too shocked by all this either. I'm sure Ronnie is still very much a Rolling Stone based on the fact that nobody in their camp ever stated anything about Ronnie possibly not being in the group anymore. End of Story.

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Reply #12 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 6:10am

Tumbled wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 9:53pm:

did somebody piss in the coffee today? Keith is on antiseizure meds maybe still and arthritis, probably hep c and 4 kids and grandkids and Mick has 7 kids how many grandkids and outside interests ...how you gonna feel when you are 66 or 67. like bouncing around on a stage & in a poor economy? not me..

Wait: I thought he "cured" himself of hep c?

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Reply #13 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 7:29am

Tumbled wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 9:53pm:

did somebody piss in the coffee today? Keith is on antiseizure meds maybe still and arthritis, probably hep c and 4 kids and grandkids and Mick has 7 kids how many grandkids and outside interests ...how you gonna feel when you are 66 or 67. like bouncing around on a stage & in a poor economy? not me..

So? Who suggested the Stones owe us another note? Not Me. Still doesnt alter the fact that if they're still a band, time isnt exactly on their side and that for the sake of their musical ability, they need to keep relatively active.

Like myself, you dont know the intimate effects of Keith's medical condition I would imagine, so presuming he's so delicate he can't work is a bit presumptious. And if he WAS, why would he be itching to play (incidentally he was saying the same things a year ago. Nothing much has happened since)

And which of Mick's 'outside interests' has been occupying his time for the last 3 years? He's not exactly been churning out the movies or solo albums.

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Reply #14 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 8:57am

Gazza wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 5:56pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 11:45am:

I know you don't just "leave" the Stones alive...

Er..you do. No band member has ever died while still a Stone. Unless you count Stu.

Of course Stu needs to count! his departure imo spead up the decline and he is missed more than many realize.

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Reply #15 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 10:27am

Mel Belli wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 6:10am:

Tumbled wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 9:53pm:

did somebody piss in the coffee today? Keith is on antiseizure meds maybe still and arthritis, probably hep c and 4 kids and grandkids and Mick has 7 kids how many grandkids and outside interests ...how you gonna feel when you are 66 or 67. like bouncing around on a stage & in a poor economy? not me..

Wait: I thought he "cured" himself of hep c?

he has hep-c antibodies... but he does not have the actual virus... he is one of the lucky 20%er's.. the percentage of people infected with the virus whose immune systems are able to fight off the virus on its own... a blood test will show the antibodies but not the virus...

HEY KEITH ... MARY AND I (AND ABOUT 10 MILLION OTHER PEOPLE) NEED SOME OF YOUR ANTIBODIES...

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Reply #16 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 10:57am

gimmekeef wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 8:57am:

Gazza wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 5:56pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 11:45am:

I know you don't just "leave" the Stones alive...

Er..you do. No band member has ever died while still a Stone. Unless you count Stu.

Of course Stu needs to count! his departure imo spead up the decline and he is missed more than many realize.

Absolutely agree on that bit - although as far as being an official band member, he unfortunately wasnt...

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Reply #17 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 11:09am

Gazza wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 10:57am:

gimmekeef wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 8:57am:

Gazza wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 5:56pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 11:45am:

I know you don't just "leave" the Stones alive...

Er..you do. No band member has ever died while still a Stone. Unless you count Stu.

Of course Stu needs to count! his departure imo spead up the decline and he is missed more than many realize.

Absolutely agree on that bit - although as far as being an official band member, he unfortunately wasnt...

I have different definitions...he's in and always will be in my book.........

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Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what?
Reply #18 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 12:08pm

Gazza wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 10:57am:

gimmekeef wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 8:57am:

Gazza wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 5:56pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 11:45am:

I know you don't just "leave" the Stones alive...

Er..you do. No band member has ever died while still a Stone. Unless you count Stu.

Of course Stu needs to count! his departure imo spead up the decline and he is missed more than many realize.

Absolutely agree on that bit - although as far as being an official band member, he unfortunately wasnt...

Exactly how is "official band member" defined, as it pertains to the Stones?

I'm not trying to be argumentative here, but I'm thinking that Stu's high regard by the Glimmers, etc., probably had him on a payroll, and we know that he supported the Stones on stage and off, up until his death.

Even though you didn't see Stu on album covers, concert posters, etc., I believe the Stones considered him a band member.
Just my opinion. stu-smiling

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Reply #19 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 5:15pm

gimmekeef wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 11:09am:

Gazza wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 10:57am:

gimmekeef wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 8:57am:

Gazza wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 5:56pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 11:45am:

I know you don't just "leave" the Stones alive...

Er..you do. No band member has ever died while still a Stone. Unless you count Stu.

Of course Stu needs to count! his departure imo spead up the decline and he is missed more than many realize.

Absolutely agree on that bit - although as far as being an official band member, he unfortunately wasnt...

I have different definitions...he's in and always will be in my book.........

I consider him a Stone and always have done. I dont make the executive decisions though, and no matter what way we like to romanticize his involvement and importance to the band, he ceased to be a band member in 1963.

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Reply #20 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 5:21pm

Edith Grove wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 12:08pm:

Gazza wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 10:57am:

gimmekeef wrote on Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 8:57am:

Gazza wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 5:56pm:

steel driving hammer wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 11:45am:

I know you don't just "leave" the Stones alive...

Er..you do. No band member has ever died while still a Stone. Unless you count Stu.

Of course Stu needs to count! his departure imo spead up the decline and he is missed more than many realize.

Absolutely agree on that bit - although as far as being an official band member, he unfortunately wasnt...

Exactly how is "official band member" defined, as it pertains to the Stones?

I'm not trying to be argumentative here, but I'm thinking that Stu's high regard by the Glimmers, etc., probably had him on a payroll, and we know that he supported the Stones on stage and off, up until his death.

Even though you didn't see Stu on album covers, concert posters, etc., I believe the Stones considered him a band member.

Just my opinion. stu-smiling

Not party to signing band contracts, not a board member, not given a vote on band decisions, not given the same % as the other members. Four ways of evaluating whether someone is a 'band member' or not.

the fact that they kept him not only on the payroll but gave him more of an exalted status for the rest of his life obviously indicates a lot of love and loyalty (although there wasnt much loyalty shown to him in 1963) and he's the only real candidate for the "Sixth Stone" status, but that still didnt make him a band member in the true sense of the word as far as the rest of them were concerned.

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Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what?
Reply #21 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 6:04pm

Tumbled wrote on Jul 1^st, 2010 at 9:53pm:

did somebody piss in the coffee today? Keith is on antiseizure meds maybe still and arthritis, probably hep c and 4 kids and grandkids and Mick has 7 kids how many grandkids and outside interests ...how you gonna feel when you are 66 or 67. like bouncing around on a stage & in a poor economy? not me..

Spot On Tumbled. No way will they risk an outlay in such a serious recession. Your other points are spot - on too. Meantime I have my original Aftermath LP on the deck which cost me UK32/6 (USD2?) and am very happy. Another tour with Wood would be embarrassing!

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Tumbled Rocks Off Regular Offline Posts: 1,206 Gender:	Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what? Reply #23 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 8:21pm Right Ginda and as it should be. life is for living not dying. I don't want these guys to fuck up their health to rake it in one more time. I hope they live out their lives in whatever happiness they can find. as am I. I'm tired of hero worship anyway
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corgi37 Rocks Off Regular Offline Rocks Off Rules You Bastards Posts: 1,559 Aussie land Gender:	Re: So is Ronnie in or out of the band or what? Reply #24 - Jul 2^nd, 2010 at 8:54pm Why do a whole tour? Just do a big gig in NYC & another in Hyde Park and then say goodbye.
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