Cross-media picks for The Rolling Stones fans — films, series, games and books in the same vein.
Fans of The Rolling Stones tend to reach for music that feels lived-in and unvarnished. These picks circle the same territory: documentaries that put you inside the chaos of a legendary tour, dramas about bands that got chewed up by the industry, histories of how rock music actually got made, and games that let you feel the instruments under your hands. Films, series, books, and games — each one a different angle on the same obsession.
Film
Crossroads
A guitarist's obsessive search for a lost Robert Johnson song — blues at its most elemental.
Film
Gimme Shelter
A firsthand chronicle of the Stones' 1969 US tour, ending in the chaos and tragedy of Altamont.
Film
Fats Domino: Walking to New Orleans
A performance collection built around Fats Domino classics, from Blueberry Hill to Walking to New Orleans.
Film
Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band
A small-town band makes it big, loses its roots, then must save its hometown — built around Beatles songs.
Film
Song Sung Blue
Two down-on-their-luck musicians form a Neil Diamond tribute band and prove it's never too late to follow your dreams.
Film
The Doors
The story of a famous and influential 1960s rock band and its lead singer, Jim Morrison.
Film
Turn It Up, It's Rock 'n' Roll
A clumsy radio host inherits a bankrupt station and saves it through sheer passion for rock 'n' roll.
Film
The Guitar
Diagnosed with a terminal illness and fired from her job, a woman throws caution to the wind and chases her dreams.
Series
Vinyl
A 1970s New York record exec tries to save his failing label amid the era's musical upheaval and personal wreckage.
Series
Classic Albums
A documentary series unpacking the making of rock's most distinctive albums, one record at a time.
Series
Sex&Drugs&Rock&Roll
An aging NYC rocker tries to revive his band and his life — comedic, sharp, and steeped in music culture.
Series
The Top Ten Revealed
Music icons and experts debate the songs and bands that left an indelible mark on rock history.
Series
George Harrison: Living in the Material World
A documentary portrait of George Harrison — much more than just a member of the most famous rock quartet in history.
Series
The Get Down
South Bronx youth in 1977 chase dreams and breakneck beats, transforming music history.
Series
Seven Ages of Rock
A landmark series charting rock's emergence as a global force, told through the musicians who shaped it.
Series
takt op.Destiny
Music is the light that illuminates people's hearts — until monsters arrive and silence it forever.
Game
The Beatles: Rock Band
Play through the Beatles' career from Liverpool to Abbey Road — the band whose rivalry with the Stones defined an era.
Game
Guitar Hero Encore: Rocks the 80s
Shred through classic rock tracks with a guitar controller across retro venues and iconic stages.
Game
Rock Band 2
Master lead guitar, bass, drums, and vocals across rock history — the full band experience as a game.
Game
AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band
Live out a rock 'n' roll fantasy with the music of AC/DC in this Rock Band spinoff.
Game
Rock Band
Create a band, seek fame and rock stardom on a world-wide tour — the full arc as an interactive game.
Game
Rock Band 3
The most ambitious entry in the Rock Band franchise, letting you interact with music history by playing it.
Game
Friday night funkin: whitty mod (lo-fight) with music
A rhythm game where music is the weapon — beats and timing are all that stand between you and defeat.
Game
Rocksmith 2014 Edition - Remastered
Plug in a real guitar and learn to play — the fastest way to get from fan to musician.
Book
Stone Alone
Bill Wyman, bass player for the Rolling Stones, tells the full story from 1962 to superstar status — warts and all.
Book
Everybody needs a rock
A children's guide to finding the perfect rock for play — not the band, the actual stone.
Book
Rock and roll, 1955-1970
A social history examining rock's roots, rhythm and blues, solo stars, and the supergroup era.
Book
The '90s: The Inside Stories from the Decade That Rocked
Collected *Rolling Stone* interviews from the 1990s — the decade's rock scene in raw firsthand voices.
Book
Rock and roll
A social history of rock and roll with photographs, tracing the music's cultural force across decades.
Book
Slash
A memoir from one of rock's greatest guitarists — sex, drugs, and rock 'n' roll from the inside.
Book
Without You
Poor luck and bad business decisions crushed Badfinger despite George Harrison's belief in their talent.
Book
The sound of the city
A comprehensive study of rock and roll's rise from 1954 to 1971, expanded with illustrations and new material.
Start with Gimme Shelter, the documentary of their infamous 1969 US tour that ended at Altamont, or The Doors for another portrait of a legendary 1960s rock band. The series Vinyl captures the same era's music-industry chaos from the label side.
Stone Alone is the Stones' own bass player Bill Wyman's account of the band from 1962 onwards. Slash and Without You offer other insider rock memoirs, while Rock and Roll, 1955–1970 and The Sound of the City trace the broader history those bands emerged from.
The Rock Band series lets you play through rock history as a full band; Rocksmith 2014 teaches you on a real guitar. The Beatles: Rock Band covers the same era from the other side of rock's greatest rivalry.