2000 Light Years From Home is a song by The Rolling Stones from their 1967 psychedelic rock album, Their Satanic Majesties Request. It was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and is famous for its space-like atmosphere. It appeared as the b-side to the single, "She's a Rainbow". Jagger reportedly wrote the verses to the track whilst under detention in Brixton prison, following the notorious police raid on Keith Richard's "Redlands" home. ^[1] Rolling Stones redirects here. ... Year 1967 (MCMLXVII) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar) of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. ... Psychedelic rock is a style of rock music that attempts to replicate the mind-altering experiences of hallucinogenic drugs; especially LSD.[1] by using lyrics that describe dreams and refer to drug use using bizarre sounds created by altering the instruments and vocals with electronic effects such as heavy distortion... Their Satanic Majesties Request is a psychedelic rock album by The Rolling Stones recorded and released in 1967. ... Sir Michael Phillip Mick Jagger (born July 26, 1943) is an English rock musician, actor, songwriter, record and film producer and businessman. ... Keith Richards (born 18 December 1943) is an English guitarist, songwriter, singer and a founding member of The Rolling Stones in 1962. ... Shes a Rainbow is a song by the English rock n roll band The Rolling Stones and was featured on their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request. ...

Along with "She's a Rainbow", it is the only song from Satanic Majesties that was ever actually performed live by the band, when it was revived for live rendition on the 1989 U.S. Tour and on the 1990 Tour of Europe. The song has been recorded by 80's post-punk band The Danse Society, speed metal band Grave Digger on their debut album and stoner rock group Monster Magnet, and is included on their album 4 Way Diablo. Shes a Rainbow is a song by the English rock n roll band The Rolling Stones and was featured on their 1967 album Their Satanic Majesties Request. ... Post punk generally refers to the particularly fertile and creative period following the initial punk rock explosion. During the first wave of punk, roughly spanning 1976-1983, bands such as The Sex Pistols, The Clash, The Ramones and The Damned began to challenge the current styles and conventions of rock... The Danse Society were a postpunk group from Sheffield, United Kingdom, active from 1981 to 1987. ... Speed metal is a sub-genre of heavy metal that spawned in the early 1980s and was the direct musical progenitor of thrash metal[1] [2]. When Speed metal first emerged as a genre, it innovatively increased the tempo of the music template set forth by Black Sabbath, Led Zeppelin... ring names: Grave digger Lee whittle (the Deadman Lee Whittle) (Beast of the East) Lee Whittle Iron Giant Billed from: Death Vally Cemetary Billed weight: 200lbs Billed hight: 610 Born in: Norfolk VA---Died in: still living Real Name: Lee Whittle Finnishing/signature moves Graveyard slam ((pumphandle slam)) (Tomb... Stoner rock and stoner metal are interchangeable terms describing sub-genres of rock and metal music. ... Monster Magnet is an American rock band. ... 4 Way Diablo is the forthcoming seventh studio album from Hard Rock band Monster Magnet. ...

References

• Davis, S. (2002), Old Gods Almost Dead: The 40 Year Odyssey of the Rolling Stones, p.217, London, Aurum Press

The most outstanding feature of the song is perhaps the phenomenal Mellotron playing of Brian Jones, showing his multi-instrumentalist skills at their finest. For the period, the standard of Jones' understanding of this complex instrument, often "over played" by less talented musicians is second to none. (Alan Crussell, personal fan opinion 24 September 2007.)