StickyStones wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 2:16am:




No. Bill had been talking about leaving since 1982, and when he brought out his autobiography in 1990 and then refused to go to NYC for the 'Sex Drive' video shoot a few months later it was clear the writing was on the wall. That was pretty much rubberstamped a few months later when they signed a $100 million deal with Virgin - but Bill opted out of doing so. There was no surprise at all that he had left, as the Stones had quite publicly been saying for a couple of years that they'd been trying to persuade him to stay - and there was absolutely no question that the band's future would be affected.

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Darryl was NEVER going to be a member. There's no way at this stage someone was going to join the band and get a 20% cut. Technically speaking, Wyman was replaced by Ronnie Wood as he was only a salaried employee up until 1993.

It was a sad day. Glad he's on the Stu Tribute.


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Tumbling Dijs wrote on Feb 19^th, 2011 at 3:20pm:



'High Wire'. Thats the one I meant. They flew to New York to film it and Bill refused to go (by this stage he had stopped flying)

Bill decided he was done with flying in 1990 after the Japanese tour.

For the European leg that followed it, he travelled between cities by car. Something which was quite doable back then as before the collapse of Communism, a European tour basically meant Western Europe.  Places like Prague, Vienna and Berlin would have been as far east as he would have had to go.

Gazza wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 5:06am:

He did fly to the States to promote The Rhythm Kings in '02.  I & a good friend caught them at the casino "Mohegan Sun" & we met Bill after at a meet & greet....

Bitch wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 11:49am:


I think I read somewhere one of his reasons for quitting was he felt they had stopped being exciting and had turned into a greatest hits live act.

Joey wrote on Feb 20^th, 2011 at 7:22pm:

OK....joey, this is the first mildly humorous thing you've posted since before the iraq war. keep it up.

I wasnt too fussed. If anyone could be replaced, its the bass player.

At the time I thought he must be crazy to quit. Over time I've come to see it from his point of view - their best years where behind them and the "vegas" tours were the future.

I agree that he was always consistant, reliable and often inventive whilst in the Stones and if he was missing from a lot of studio cuts it was probably because he was sick of hanging around waiting for Keith to turn up. Exile is a prime example of this.


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Bitch wrote on Feb 21^st, 2011 at 9:27pm:


Well, he'd still be called upon for archive projects, and as we're getting a 'Some Girls' deluxe later this year, I'd guess that if he was at their recent meeting it would be more to do with that than anything else. There'll be an interview with him included as part of the '1971-2006 singles' boxed set thats due out soon.

He married Mandy Smith in May 1989. He took two weeks off from the Steel Wheels sessions for his honeymoon. She developed some kind of allergy and was in and out of clinics for much of the time that he was on the road with the Stones (August '89 - '90). hey split up in late 1990 and divorced the following year. Bill commented afterwards that from when they got married until the tour ended, they'd barely spent a few weeks together. Not exactly an ideal situation for a girl of 19 years of age. I'm sure it was a huge strain on him too, so its no wonder that since he remarried and had children again, that he's decided to give more priority to his family.

The way I look at is that these people dont owe us a note of music. They've stuck together for longer than anyone so we've done pretty well out of it so far and if their work doesnt inspire them anymore, then like anyone else, theyre perfectly within their rights to give it up. If we feel compelled to build our lives around them so much or feel shortchanged because they dont want to play until they drop, then thats our problem (and I include myself in that!), not theirs.

Some Guy wrote on Feb 22^nd, 2011 at 12:01pm:



Yep. Its earmarked for September.

http://rocksoff.org/messageboard/YaBB.pl?num=1297202937/0#0

Song titles? Way too early to say. Doubt the Stones would even know themselves at this stage.

I'd expect some 2011 'tweaking' to be done. Don Was will be producing it again, apparently.

A rejigged SG for September?? A perfect birthday present for me!