Mick Jagger's knighthood caused a rocky patch for the Rolling Stones, with guitarist Keith Richards saying he went "berserk" when he heard the news.
In an interview with the music magazine Mojo, Richards said he reacted with "cold, cold rage at his blind stupidity."
The Stones are doing a series of 40th anniversary concerts, but Richards said Jagger's decision to accept the title of Sir Mick nearly ended the tour.
"It was enraging, I threatened to pull out of the tour — went berserk, bananas," Richards said.
Jagger's knighthood, for his services to music, was announced in a June honors list to mark Queen Elizabeth II's official birthday.
Several rockers of Jagger's generation — including Paul McCartney and Elton John — have been knighted, but many thought Jagger had long been passed over because of his 1960s radicalism and hedonistic lifestyle.
Rolling Stones drummer Charlie Watts said Jagger deserved the title, but that Richards — who co-wrote many of the band's classic songs — should have been offered one, too.
"Blimey, some of the people who had those medals, or whatever you call them, are horrendous, so Mick certainly deserves one," Watts was quoted as saying.
"If Paul McCartney got one, Mick should have got one. But if Mick got one, Keith should have been offered one, and that would have really been something else."
But Richards said he would never have accepted the title.
"I doubt they thought of offering me one," the 58-year-old was quoted as saying. "Because they know what I would've said. ... They knew I'd tell them where they could put it."