The Rolling Stones Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

This is a fiction/fan codex: entries describe an in-universe canon. Our audits check canon and internal consistency — external fact-checking does not apply the way it does on real-subject codexes.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-08-23 · 30 entries checked · 16 flagged · 29 issues confirmed · 16 corrected · 13 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Keith Richards — Captain Teague appears in three Pirates of the Caribbean films, not two.

Charlie Watts — Watts met Jagger and Richards through Blues Incorporated, not directly in clubs, and he met Brian Jones after joining the Stones.

Charlie Watts — Watts's first public appearance as a permanent member was on 2 February 1963 at the Ealing Jazz Club; there is no established earlier date in January.

Ronnie Wood — The entry states that the title track of Faces' final LP, Ooh La La (1973), was sung by Ronnie Lane; in fact, it was sung by Ronnie Wood.

Ian Stewart — Stewart responded to Brian Jones's advertisement in Jazz News on 2 May 1962: The advertisement appeared in Jazz News on 2 May 1962, but Stewart responded to it in late May or early June 1962, not on 2 May.

Marianne Faithfull — The claim that 'As Tears Go By' was not a UK top 10 single in 1964 is correct, but the flag's statement that it reached number 9 in the UK in 1965 after re-release is accurate, so this is not an error; however, the flag itself is not a real error.

Marianne Faithfull — The claim that 'Sympathy for the Devil' was influenced by Mikhail Bulgakov's book she introduced to Jagger is disputed, but the entry's phrasing does not assert it as fact, so this is not a factual error.

1989 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction — The band was eligible for induction in 1986, but the Hall of Fame was founded in 1983, not 1986. The first induction ceremony was in 1986.

1989 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction — Ronnie Wood was inducted as a member of the Rolling Stones in 1989, along with the other listed members. The claim that he was not inducted at this time is incorrect.

Virgin Records — Rolling Stones Records was formed in 1970 by Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, Charlie Watts, Bill Wyman, and Allen Klein — Watts and Wyman were not co-founders of the label

Virgin Records — Bill Wyman left the label for A&M — Wyman left the band in 1993, not the label specifically for A&M

Keith Richards — Keith Richards legally changed his surname from 'Richard' back to 'Richards' in 1979, not 1978.

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