prevnextView All1960s???Gimme Shelter???By Douglas Wolk Oct. 21, 20110Artist: Rolling StonesYear Released: 1969Get This AlbumThe Rolling Stones had a reputation as the great cynics of rock ???n??? roll, the band that flipped over the peace-and-love bromides of the ???60s to expose the nasty side of power and sex. ???Gimme Shelter??? is where they proved it: its title is a demand, not a request.