A 21st Century Reexamination of the Story and Contemporary Impact of Brian Jones-Brian’s short life was filled with controversy, violence, misogyny, and betrayal from a wide variety of sources. Brian had a profound dark side to him that hurt him on many different levels: business-wise in his band and relationship-wise with his family, girlfriends, and children. This would eventually lead to his expulsion from the band and his untimely death 3 weeks later. Brian himself knew that he wouldn’t live very long, and it was his reckless obsession with music that catapulted him to the height of success with the Rolling Stones and to the bottomless pit of self- destruction that ultimately decided his fate.