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- '60s Rock Legends Nearly Split Over One Album — Still Going Strong 63 Years Later</p>
<p>Isabella TorregianiJuly 12, 2025 at 12:12 AM</p>
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<p>'60s Rock Legends Nearly Split Over One Album — Still Going Strong 63 Years Later originally appeared on Parade.</p>
<p>The Rolling Stones are celebrating 63 years since their legendary debut — which is a major milestone in the rock world.</p>
<p>While many bands have broken over the years, the Stones have kept going strong for decades. However, it wasn't always smooth sailing.</p>
<p>Contrary to popular belief, the band's closest split didn't happen due to Brian Jones' tragic death. Instead, tensions peaked in the early 1980s.</p>
<p>During the making of their 1983 album Undercover, Keith Richards and Mick Jagger found themselves at creative odds.</p>
<p>Chris Kimsey, the album's co-producer, once told Vanity Fair, "That was the worst time I'd ever experienced with them. We recorded a lot of it in Nassau [Bahamas], then mixed it in New York at the Hit Factory. I would get Mick in the studio from like, midday until seven o'clock, then Keith from like, nine o'clock till five in the morning."</p>
<p>The divide caused major friction, with Richards and Jagger avoiding each other entirely in the studio. "Mick would say, 'When's he coming in? I'll be there later,'" Kimsey recalled.</p>
<p>During this period, Jagger signed a solo deal with CBS, signaling that the band's unity was falling apart.</p>
<p>He even stated in an interview with Q at the time, "It's ridiculous. No one should care if the Rolling Stones have broken up, should they? I mean, when the Beatles broke up, I couldn't give a sh-t. I thought it was a very good idea. With me, people seem to demand that I keep their youthful memories intact in a glass case specifically preserved for them."</p>
<p>Between 1982 and 1989, the Stones didn't tour, fueling doubts about their future. Although they reunited for 1986's Dirty Work, tensions remained high — Jagger was reportedly absent for much of the recording, leaving Richards to take charge.</p>
<p>However, the break ultimately did some good for the band. By 1989, they reunited for Steel Wheels, marking a crucial turning point.</p>
<p>Richards later reflected in 2003, "I knew that album was about starting over… Either that was where the thing was going to break or we'd survive and carry on."</p>
<p>In a 2022 interview with Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1, Richards called the hiatus "necessary," adding, "Once we started back again, I felt stronger than I had for a long time."</p>
<p>During the break, Richards gained a new appreciation for Jagger's role after stepping in as lead singer with his own band, The X-Pensive Winos. "</p>
<p>I came back to the Stones with a lot more knowledge of what Mick's job entails," he said. "And it's quite surprisingly different, you're out there all the time."</p>
<p>'60s Rock Legends Nearly Split Over One Album — Still Going Strong 63 Years Later first appeared on Parade on Jul 12, 2025</p>
<p>This story was originally reported by Parade on Jul 12, 2025, where it first appeared.</p>
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