Richards, who was amused by stories in the book, particularly disagreed with one story where Wood threatened him with a firearm, contactmusic.com reports.

Richards said: "It's about 50 percent off. I read some of the serialisation of Wood's book in the papers last year. It stands up, but not very well, against former band mate Bill Wyman's book.

"I don't want to listen to that c**p. Ronnie is a big mouth. I love him dearly, but he's a flip-flap. I mean, I can never remember Ronnie pulling a gun on me. Some of these stories were so out of the picture that I just gave up and laughed."