It’s one of the most infamous – and rarely seen – music movies of all time. Back in 1972, in the height of their hedonistic heyday,
the Rolling Stones invited acclaimed US photographer Robert Frank to accompany them on the road in America. “Cocksucker Blues” was the resulting doco – which the band subsequently shelved thanks to its controversial footage.
Banned from public screenings due to scenes such as lead singer Mick Jagger snorting cocaine in the midst of naked groupies, the film has been kept under wraps for decades. Now it’s leaked online – and thousands of fans have been watching the streaming footage.
As Keith Richards once put it, “If anyone in America saw it, we’d never be let in the country again.”