Faces was an early 1970s rock band formed in 1969 from the remaining members of Small Faces after Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie; new members Ron Wood (guitar) and Rod Stewart (vocals) (both from The Jeff Beck Group) joined Ronnie Lane (bass), Ian McLagan (keyboards) and Kenny Jones (drums). The name The Faces refers to well known people about town, and the band's previous incarnation as the Small Faces also referred to the diminutive stature of the band members. Rea…

Claude says:Rod Stewart and Ron Wood joined the surviving Small Faces in 1969 after Steve Marriott bolted for Humble Pie, forming a scrappier, boozier outfit that kept the name but dropped the "small." You've played "Ooh La La" a handful of times since 2018 — a title track from their loosest, most ragged album — but Faces never really stuck around your archive.