The Rolling Stones are on the cover of Rolling Stone...

[Generation42]

The fact that I'm not aware of who it is, already denies your answer, i.e. he is not the reason of The BBs not being on the RS cover. If he were globally famous, I'd have heard his name somewhere. While The BBs I knew even when I wasn't their fan yet. The band was already in the ears in early 2000s - the times I was into the modern music, mind you. So, 'Charlie Sheen' is a bad example, can't be compared to the BBs' fame & popularity, full stop.

Not to further derail this thread, but Sheen is absolutely "globally famous" by anyone's definition (other than yours, I guess).  The fact that you claim not to know who he is does zero to change this.  As ridiculous as the whole "Winning!" fiasco was, there's no denying that it was blown up into a huge story in the entertainment world for weeks.  I'd agree that the Beach Boys are a bigger name and a hundred years from now, more folks are likely to know their name than Charlie Sheen's, but sometimes these things all come down to timing, and as dumb as it seems looking back now, at that time, Charlie's was simply the bigger story.

[Pinder's Gone To Kokomo And Back Again]

Watch out OSD, your blathering hatred is bordering on scary obsession.

You might just turn out to be some sort of OldMarkDavidChapmanTypeDude.... If you can even walk still......

Yeah, that's a bit of a stretch. I'm sure that OSD has a bathrobe akin to a tinfoil hat on his head, but...

Oh, OSD can handle it..... He knows I love him anyhow.

[oldsurferdude]

Watch out OSD, your blathering hatred is bordering on scary obsession.

You might just turn out to be some sort of OldMarkDavidChapmanTypeDude.... If you can even walk still......

Yeah, that's a bit of a stretch. I'm sure that OSD has a bathrobe akin to a tinfoil hat on his head, but...

Oh, OSD can handle it..... He knows I love him anyhow.

[Jim V.]

Charlie Sheen

The fact that I'm not aware of who it is, already denies your answer, i.e. he is not the reason of The BBs not being on the RS cover. If he were globally famous, I'd have heard his name somewhere. While The BBs I knew even when I wasn't their fan yet. The band was already in the ears in early 2000s - the times I was into the modern music, mind you. So, 'Charlie Sheen' is a bad example, can't be compared to the BBs' fame & popularity, full stop.

The 70s RS cover I've seen of The BBs isn't the best photo, of course, but then again, I can't recall any decent cover by any other artist. Seems to me, the magazine can't get a well enough photographer for shooting the normal covers. Most of what I saw is corny & uninspiring, including the boss Rolling Stones. Just my 50 cents to the subject.

I'm assuming you're not American, so I suppose you get some leeway on these things, but you really have never heard of either Kermit the Frog or Charlie Sheen? I find that incredibly hard to believe in today's world. And before anybody says anything, we do need to consider the fact that Charlie Sheen was probably the most popular man in the world for like 2 weeks a few years ago.

[rn57]

Charlie Sheen

The fact that I'm not aware of who it is, already denies your answer, i.e. he is not the reason of The BBs not being on the RS cover. If he were globally famous, I'd have heard his name somewhere. While The BBs I knew even when I wasn't their fan yet. The band was already in the ears in early 2000s - the times I was into the modern music, mind you. So, 'Charlie Sheen' is a bad example, can't be compared to the BBs' fame & popularity, full stop.

The 70s RS cover I've seen of The BBs isn't the best photo, of course, but then again, I can't recall any decent cover by any other artist. Seems to me, the magazine can't get a well enough photographer for shooting the normal covers. Most of what I saw is corny & uninspiring, including the boss Rolling Stones. Just my 50 cents to the subject.

I'm assuming your not American, so I suppose you get some leeway on these things, but you really have never heard of either Kermit the Frog or Charlie Sheen? I find that incredibly hard to believe in today's world. And before anybody says anything, we do need to consider the fact that Charlie Sheen was probably the most popular man in the world for like 2 weeks a few years ago.

You gotta keep in mind RRA1 lives in Siberia, where, when they talk about Tiger Blood, they're talking about what's in the veins of those honest to God Siberian tigers walking around there. And the old USSR was one territory I don't think the Muppet Show aired in so hard to say if it ran on the Russian networks later. Anyway, just about anyone a person can mention now can be seen or heard on YouTube.