Richards’ problems had gotten completely out of control, and he knew it. It certainly wasn’t the first time his heroin addiction created trouble, but this time it was different. On February 17th, 1977, Keith Richards was arrested in his hotel room in Canada. The band went on a short tour in the summer of 1978 and they were back in the studio again at the beginning of 1979. Following the release of Some Girls, recordings continued. It stung and it inspired the band to create the impressive Some Girls, its sound and intensity brought the band back to the forefront, the fire had returned. Disco, reggae and punk had emerged and The Stones were almost deemed irrelevant. Meanwhile the musical landscape had drastically changed. The albums Goats Head Soup, It’s Only Rock ‘N Roll, Black And Blue and the shabby live album Love You Live were watered-down versions of everything The Stones once represented. It seemed as if the band thought it didn’t matter what they released, the end result would prove to be equally great. Unfortunately, it went downhill after that. The Rolling Stones (Annie Leibovitz) 1980
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