Exclusive: Gimme Shelter, directed by Albert and David Maysles and Charlotte Zwein, is widely considered one of the greatest music documentaries of all time.
The film, which chronicled the Rolling Stones’ U.S. tour in 1969, culminating in the Altamont Free Concert in San Francisco, premiered 50 years ago this week and comes 51 years after the controversial show, where Meredith Hunter died at the hands of the Hells Angels.
Gimme Shelter captures onscreen both how the concert was put together and the moment that Hunter was stabbed by the bikers, who were providing security at the event.
The film explores a fascinating moment in time — the end of the 1960s and the peace and love explosion, coming months after Woodstock — and showcases the uglier side of America, fresh from riots. It also captures one of the most iconic rock ‘n’ roll bands in their prime both in the studio and live.
Porter Bibb produced the film,...
The film, which chronicled the Rolling Stones’ U.S. tour in 1969, culminating in the Altamont Free Concert in San Francisco, premiered 50 years ago this week and comes 51 years after the controversial show, where Meredith Hunter died at the hands of the Hells Angels.
Gimme Shelter captures onscreen both how the concert was put together and the moment that Hunter was stabbed by the bikers, who were providing security at the event.
The film explores a fascinating moment in time — the end of the 1960s and the peace and love explosion, coming months after Woodstock — and showcases the uglier side of America, fresh from riots. It also captures one of the most iconic rock ‘n’ roll bands in their prime both in the studio and live.
Porter Bibb produced the film,...
- 12/8/2020
- by Peter White
- Deadline Film + TV
In celebration of the Rolling Stones’ upcoming No Filter Tour (purchase tickets here), as well as a special shoutout to Mr. Mick Jagger on his 76th birthday (July 26th), we decided to round up some of our favorite Rolling Stones merch floating around the internet. Formed in 1962, the Rolling Stones led the charge of the British Invasion that took the U.S. by storm in the mid Sixties. Unlike some of their contemporaries, the Stones were hard-hitting, passionate, loud, rebellious and in your face. And fans around the globe have loved it ever since.
- 7/27/2019
- by James Schiff
- Rollingstone.com
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