Rolling Stones fans were absolutely wild in the 1960s! (Picture: BBC/Getty)
Rolling Stones fans were left stunned as a new documentary revealed just how wild things were back in the day.
Airing on BBC Two, The Stones and Brian Jones took a deep dive into the relationships and rivalries within The Rolling Stones in their formative years.
It also explored the creative musical genius of Jones, who was key to the success of the rock group before his death in July 1969.
Now comprising of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood, while the band’s live shows are certainly still full of beans, it’s fair to say they’re nowhere near as raucous as they once were.
Airing on Monday night (May 15), the doc revealed unseen footage from back in the day, where devout Stones fans would cause actual chaos at their gigs just to get close to them.
Clips from their heyday not only captured young women screaming and chanting for their favourite musicians, but also attempting to climb on stage without any care for the consequences.
The Stones cause hysteria everywhere they went (Picture: BBC)
Fans would rush towards the stage when they came on (Picture: BBC)
They would even yank on their mic wires (Picture: BBC)
…and get kicked in the face as a result (Picture: BBC)
‘The band in 1963 played over 300 gigs,’ explained Nick Broomfield.
‘When you’d come on stage, a whole crowd would just pour forward.’
Indeed, they did.
‘There was rioting whenever the Stones played.
‘It was an outpouring of emotion against the authorities and the traditional ways of doing things.’
On what made the rockers so attractive, he explained: ‘The way the Stones looked and dressed, their hair and sexuality, was a whole new feeling.
‘Everyone fancied both Brian and Mick, both male and female.
Police literally dragged people out by their hair! (Picture: BBC)
But it backfired, as crowds soon turned on cops (Picture: BBC)
Officers had things thrown at them on stage as fans rebelled (Picture: BBC)
‘They had this extraordinary androgynous quality.’
Video footage from the sixties showed crowds being kicked and shoved by security guards as they caused chaos at Stones’ shows, trying to get within touching distance and even pulling on their microphone wires.
Some even jumped up on the stage, with police officers literally pulling them away by their hair!
And as cops proceeded with their attempts to restore calm, the audience only seemed to become more violent.
Fans were seen throwing things at officers, forcing them to hide behind stage curtains, running up and causing riots, even pulling on the curtains and launching themselves out onto the crowd.
And the Stones continued playing as all of this happened.
Truly, wild.
But the Stones continued playing through it all, as you do! (Picture: BBC)
Taking to Twitter as the doc aired to express their disbelief, one fan wrote: ‘Watching Nick Broomfield’s Brian Jones film, amazed at the violence at the early gigs, stage invaders being kicked, hurled back into the crowd.’
‘Blimey those early Stones gigs were a bit scary…’, wrote another.
‘The Brian Jones doc on BBC2 features the earliest stage drive I’ve ever seen’, another wrote, referencing one young man hurling himself out across a sea of people in a bid to cause carnage.
‘Omg! That gig. The security kicking the audience and dragging them by the hair. A total riot’, one fan wrote.
‘Mad times. You couldn’t make it up’, they later added.
It’s safe to say Rolling Stones gigs are a bit more tame these days (Picture: Getty)
Others were keen to heap praise on the documentary, hailing the unearthed footage ‘fascinating’ for offering an insight into the ‘gifted musician’.
‘This Brian Jones documentary is absolutely mint – wonderful footage, lots unseen by my eyes’, one person tweeted.
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‘If you’re not watching the Stones & Brian Jones thing on #BBC2 right now you need seriously to rethink your life choices’, one added.
It was also noted how ‘heartbreaking’ the film was, as it ventured into Jones’s battle with drug addiction ahead of his death at the age of just 27.
Watch The Stones and Brian Jones on BBC iPlayer.
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The Stones caused absolute carnage everywhere they played.Â
