The Most Iconic Rock & Roll Groupies Of All Time

Anita Pallenberg

She was 21 when the Rolling Stones invited her backstage, and nothing would ever be the same. Brian Jones was immediately smitten by the blunt bangs beauty and took her home that night. They didn’t have sex, but he sobbed into her arms until they fell asleep.

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The More You Know

  • ZZ Top refused a $1,000,000 offer from Gillette to shave their beards for an ad.
  • Before they became (arguably) the biggest pop act of all time, The Beatles had a hard time convincing record labels to sign them. In 1962, they were rejected by Decca Records, whose boss said “guitar groups are on the way out.”
  • Jimi Hendrix was kicked out of Little Richard’s band for stealing the spotlight and not wearing the uniform.
  • Lynyrd Skynyrd is named after a high school teacher, Leonard Skinner, who suspended students for having long hair.
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