Small Faces

Small Faces were an English rock band from London, founded in 1965. The group originally consisted of Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones and Jimmy Winston, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston as the band's keyboardist in 1966.<ref name="allmusic">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The band were one of the most acclaimed and influential mod groups of the 1960s,<ref name="acesandeighths">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="rollingstone">Template:Cite magazine</ref> recording hit songs such as "Itchycoo Park", "Lazy Sunday", "All or Nothing" and "Tin Soldier", as well as their concept album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake. They evolved into one of the UK's most successful psychedelic bands until 1969.<ref name="designer">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="bbc">Template:Cite news</ref>

When Marriott left to form Humble Pie, the remaining three members collaborated with Ronnie Wood, Wood's older brother Art Wood, Rod Stewart and Kim Gardner, briefly continuing under the name Quiet Melon, and then, with the departure of Art Wood and Gardner, as the Faces.<ref name="allmusic2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> In North America, the Faces' debut album was credited to Small Faces.

Following the breakup of both the Faces and Humble Pie in 1975, the classic line-up of Small Faces re-formed (consisting of Marriott, Lane, McLagan and Jones) after a re-release of "Itchycoo Park" became a top-ten hit.<ref name="bib" /> Lane left shortly thereafter, and was replaced by Rick Wills (later of Foreigner). This line-up (dubbed Mk-II by Marriott<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>) recorded one album Playmates before recruiting Jimmy McCulloch. This five-piece line-up released only 78 in the Shade before breaking up.

Small Faces have been considered one of the early inspirations forTemplate:Spndand even an early root ofTemplate:Spndthe later Britpop movement.<ref name="bbc2">Template:Cite news</ref> English music journalist Jon Savage has called them "the one Brit group that prefigures the early Sex Pistols [who covered Small Faces' "Whatcha Gonna Do About It", and whose member Glenn Matlock performed with a reformed version of successor band Faces]."<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.

History

Origins (1965)

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Small Faces in 1965 (left to right) Marriott, Lane, Jones and Winston

Meeting of Lane and Marriott (1965)

Lane and Marriott met in 1965 while Marriott was working at the J60 Music Bar in Manor Park, London.<ref name="makingtime">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Lane came in with his father Stan to buy a bass guitar, struck up a conversation with Marriott, bought the bass and went back to Marriott's house after work to listen to records.<ref name="makingtime"/> They recruited friends Kenny Jones and Jimmy Winston who switched from guitar to the organ.<ref name="makingtime"/> They rapidly progressed from rehearsals at The Ruskin Arms public house (which was owned by Winston's parents) in Manor Park, London, to ramshackle pub gigs, to semi-professional club dates. The group chose the name, "Small Faces", because of the members' small physical stature<ref name="makingtime"/> and a "face" was somebody special; more than just a snappy dresser, he was someone in mod circles as a leader, someone to look up to. A face had the sharpest clothes, the best records and always was seen with the prettiest girl on his arm.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Early stage performances (1965)

The band's early song set included R&B/soul classics such as "Jump Back", James Brown's "Please Please Please", Smokey Robinson's "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" and Ben E. King's "Stand by Me".<ref name="makingtime"/> The band also performed two Marriott/Lane original compositions, a fast and loud "Come on Children" and the "speed enhanced" song "E too D", in which Marriott would display his considerable vocal abilities in the style of his heroes and role models, Otis Redding and Bobby Bland. "E too D", which appears on their first album, Small Faces, is named after the guitar chord structure. On US compilation albums the track is titled "Running Wild".<ref name="makingtime"/> Marriott's unique and powerful voice attracted rising attention. Singer Elkie Brooks was struck by Marriott's vocal prowess and stage presence, and recommended them to a local club owner, Maurice King. Impressed, King began finding them work in London and beyond.<ref name="makingtime"/><ref name="makingtime2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their first out-of-London concert was at a working men's club in Sheffield.<ref name="makingtime2"/> Since the crowd was mainly made up of Teddy boys and hard-drinking workers, the band were paid off after three songs.<ref name="makingtime2"/> Despondent, they walked into the mod-orientated King Mojo Club nearby (then owned by Peter Stringfellow) and offered to perform for free.<ref name="bib">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They played a set that left the local mods wanting more. During a crucial residency at Leicester Square's Cavern Club, they were supported by Sonny & Cher, who were living in London at the time.<ref name="bbc3">Template:Cite news</ref>

Decca years (1965–67)

Signing to Decca and first two singles (1965)

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} The band signed a management contract with management impresario Don Arden, and they were in turn signed to Decca Records for recording.<ref name="allmusic"/> They released a string of high-energy mod/soul singles on the label. Their debut single was in 1965 with "Whatcha Gonna Do About It", a Top 20 UK singles chart hit.<ref name="allmusic"/> Marriott and Lane are credited with creating the instrumental to the song, "borrowing" the guitar riff from the Solomon Burke record "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love".<ref name="allmusic"/> The lyrics were co-written by the Drifters band member Ian Samwell (who wrote one of the first British rock'n'roll records, "Move It") and Brian Potter.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

The group failed to capitalise on the success of their first single with the follow-up which was written by Marriott/Lane, the hard-edged mod number "I've Got Mine".<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="bbc3"/> The band appeared as themselves in a 1965 crime film titled Dateline Diamonds starring Kenneth Cope as the band's manager and it featured the band playing their second single release.<ref name="movie">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="radio">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Arden thought the band's song would receive publicity from the film; however, the film's UK release was delayed, and "I've Got Mine" subsequently failed to chart despite receiving good reviews.

Shortly thereafter, Jimmy Winston left the band for an acting and music solo career. He went on to succeed as an actor in TV, film and became a successful business man.<ref name="ianmclagan2">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="allmusic3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In a 2000 interview, Kenney Jones said the reason Winston was fired from the band was because "He (Winston) got above his station and tried to compete with Steve Marriott."<ref name="officialfaces">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Winston subsequently said he left the group over conflicts between Arden and Winston's brother.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Small Faces and further hit singles (1966)

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Small Faces in 1966

Winston was replaced by Ian McLagan, whose keyboard talents and diminutive stature fit with the groove of the band perfectly.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="ianmclagan2"/> McLagan played his first performance with the band on 2 November 1965.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The new Small Faces line-up hit the charts with their third single, "Sha-La-La-La-Lee", released on 28 January 1966.<ref name="allmusic"/> It was written for the group by Mort Shuman (who wrote many of Elvis Presley's biggest singles, including "Viva Las Vegas") and popular English entertainer and singer Kenny Lynch. The song was a big hit in Britain, peaking at number three in the UK singles chart.<ref name="allmusic"/> Their first album, Small Faces, released on 6 May 1966, was also a considerable success.<ref name="bbc3"/><ref name="allmusic4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> They rapidly rose in popularity with each chart success, becoming regulars on British pop TV shows such as Ready Steady Go! and Top of the Pops, and toured incessantly in the UK and Europe. Their popularity peaked in August 1966, when "All or Nothing", their fifth single, hit the top of the UK charts.<ref name="bbc3"/> According to Marriott's mother Kay, he is said to have written the song about his breakup with his ex-fiancée Susan Oliver. On the success of "All or Nothing" they were set to tour America with the Lovin' Spoonful and the Mamas & the Papas, but these plans were shelved by Don Arden after details of Ian McLagan's recent drug conviction were leaked.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

By 1966, despite being one of the highest-grossing live acts in the country and scoring many successful singles, including four UK Top 10 chart hits, the group still had little money. After a confrontation with Arden who tried to face down the boys' parents by claiming that the whole band were using drugs, they broke with both Arden and Decca.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Immediate label years (1967–69)

"Here Come the Nice" and eponymous second album (1967)

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} They were almost straight away offered a deal with the newly established Immediate label, formed by ex-Rolling Stones manager Andrew Loog Oldham.<ref name="allmusic" /> Given a virtual open account at Olympic Studios in Barnes, London, the band progressed rapidly, working closely with engineer Glyn Johns.<ref name="ianmclagan3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Their first Immediate single was the daring "Here Come the Nice", which was clearly influenced by their drug use, and managed to escape censorship despite the fact that it openly referred to the dealer who sold drugs.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> A second self-titled album, Small Faces, followed, which, if not a major seller, was very highly regarded by other musicians and would exert a strong influence on a number of bands both at home and abroad.<ref name="bbc3" />

Three weeks before, their old label, Decca, released the album From The Beginning, combining old hits with a number of previously unreleased recordings.<ref name="allmusic5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It included earlier versions of songs they re-recorded for Immediate, including "My Way of Giving", which they had demoed for Chris Farlowe, and "(Tell Me) Have You Ever Seen Me?", which they had given to Apostolic Intervention.<ref name="allmusic6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="makingtime3">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The album also featured their stage favourite "Baby Don't You Do It", featuring Jimmy Winston on lead vocals and guitar.<ref name="makingtime3"/>

"Itchycoo Park", There Are But Four Small Faces and "Lazy Sunday" (1967–68)

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Small Faces in 1967. This photo was later used as the album cover for their US-only album There Are But Four Small Faces

The band's following single "Itchycoo Park", released on 11 August 1967, was the first of the band's two charting singles in the United States, reaching No. 16 in January 1968. The single was a bigger hit in Britain, peaking at No. 3.<ref name="bib"/> "Itchycoo Park" was the first British single to use flanging, the technique of playing two identical master tapes simultaneously but altering the speed of one of them very slightly by touching the "flange" of one tape reel, which yielded a distinctive comb-filtering effect.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> The effect had been applied by Olympic Studios engineer George Chkiantz.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> "Itchycoo Park" was followed in December 1967 by "Tin Soldier", written by Marriott.<ref name="ianmclagan4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Also, the track features American singer P. P. Arnold on backing vocals.<ref name="makingtime4">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="makingtime5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="arnold">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The song was quite a hit reaching No. 9 on the UK charts and No. 73 on the U.S. Hot 100 chart.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="bib"/> The Immediate Small Faces album was eventually released in the United States as There Are But Four Small Faces, with a considerable track change, including singles "Here Come The Nice", "Itchycoo Park", and "Tin Soldier", but eliminating several UK album tracks. The next single "Lazy Sunday", released in 1968, was an East End music-hall style song released by Immediate against the band's wishes.<ref name="rough">Template:Cite book</ref> It was written by Marriott inspired by the feuds with his neighbours and recorded as a joke.<ref name="allmusic"/><ref name="bbc4">Template:Cite news</ref> The single reached No. 2 in the UK charts.<ref name="bbc3"/> The final official single during the band's career was folksy sounding "The Universal", released in the summer of 1968. The song was recorded by adding studio overdubs to a basic track that Marriott had cut live in his back garden in Essex with an acoustic guitar.<ref name="ianmclagan4"/> Taped on a home cassette recorder, Marriott's recording included his dogs' barking in the background.<ref name="ianmclagan4"/> The single's comparative lack of success in the charts (No. 16 on the UK chart) disappointed Marriott, who then stopped writing music.<ref name="humblepie">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (1968)

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} At home in England, their career reached an all-time high after the release of their classic psychedelia-influenced album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake on 24 May 1968.<ref name="allmusic7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> It is widely regarded as a classic album, and featured an innovative round cover, the first of its kind, designed to resemble an antique tobacco tin. It stayed at No. 1 in the UK Albums Chart for six weeks, but reached only No. 159 in the US.<ref name="allmusic7"/><ref>Template:Cite magazine</ref>

The two-act concept album consisted of six original songs on side one and a whimsical psychedelic fairy tale on side two relating the adventures of "Happiness Stan" and his need to find out where the other half of the moon went when it waned. It was narrated by Stanley Unwin, after original plans to have Spike Milligan narrate the album went awry when he turned them down.<ref name="allmusic7"/><ref name="ianmclagan5">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Critics were enthusiastic, and the album sold well, but the band were confronted by the practical problem that they had created a studio masterpiece which was virtually impossible to recreate on the road. Ogdens' was performed as a whole just once, and memorably, live in the studio on the BBC television programme Colour Me Pop.<ref name="ianmclagan5"/>

Breakup and The Autumn Stone (1969)

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Marriott officially quit the band at the end of 1968, walking off stage during a live New Year's Eve gig yelling "I quit".<ref name="rough"/><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Citing frustration at their failure to break out of their pop image and their inability to reproduce the more sophisticated material properly on stage, Marriott was already looking ahead to a new band, Humble Pie, with Peter Frampton.<ref name="rough"/> On the subject of the group's breakup, Kenney Jones, in an interview with John Hellier (2001), said:

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After fulfilling outstanding live performance commitments, including a European tour in January, Small Faces' dissolution was formally announced in March 1969, and Marriott and Frampton's plans to form a new group together were unveiled (although the band were already formed and had been rehearsing together since January).<ref>Hewitt, Paulo and Hellier, John. Steve Marriott – All Too Beautiful... Helter Skelter (2005). Template:ISBN</ref>

A posthumous album, The Autumn Stone, was released later in 1969, and included the major Immediate recordings, a rare live concert performance, and a number of previously unreleased tracks recorded for their intended fourth LP, 1862, including the classic Swinging Sixties instrumental "Wide Eyed Girl on the Wall" and "Donkey Rides, A Penny, A Glass", co-written by Ian McLagan.<ref name="allmusic8">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The final single, "Afterglow (Of Your Love)", was released in 1969 after the band had ceased to exist and the single only reached No. 36 in the UK Singles Charts.<ref name="bib"/>

Hiatus: 1969–75

Faces (1969–75)

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} After Small Faces split, Lane, Jones and McLagan joined forces with two former members of the Jeff Beck Group, singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ronnie Wood,<ref name="allmusic2"/> along with Art Wood and Kim Gardner, to form Quiet Melon. Four singles were recorded before the lineup minus Art Wood and Gardner, became the Faces.<ref name="allmusic2"/><ref name="mclagan2000p153">Template:Cite book</ref> However, hoping to capitalize on Small Faces' earlier success, record company executives wanted the band to keep their old name. The band objected, arguing the personnel changes resulted in a group altogether different from Small Faces.

As a compromise, the new line-up's first album in the UK was credited as First Step by the Faces, while in the US the same album was released as First Step by Small Faces.<ref name="flnotes">Template:Cite AV media notes</ref> The album was only a mild commercial success, and the record companies perceived no further need to market this new line-up as the "Small Faces". Accordingly, all subsequent albums by this incarnation of the band appeared under the new name, "Faces", on both sides of the Atlantic. However, all North American LP, cassette and CD reissues of First Step still credit the band as Small Faces.<ref>Liner notes in the Faces' The Definitive Rock Collection, Rhino Records, 2007.</ref>

Jones and McLagan stayed with the Faces until their breakup in 1975.<ref name="allmusic2"/> Lane exited the Faces slightly earlier, in 1973.<ref name="allmusic2"/> With his backing band, Slim Chance, Lane then released several singles and albums from 1973 to 1976, including the 1974 UK hit "How Come".<ref>Template:Cite book</ref>

Humble Pie (1969–75)

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Marriott's first post-Small Faces venture was with the rock group Humble Pie, formed with the former Herd member Peter Frampton.<ref name="allmusic9">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Initially, the group was a huge hit in the US and the UK,<ref name="allmusic9"/> but Humble Pie split in 1975 due to lack of later chart success. Marriott went solo and released an album in 1976.<ref name="allmusic9"/><ref name="allmusic10">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Reunion: 1975–78

Following the breakup of the Faces in 1975, the original Small Faces line-up reformed briefly to film videos miming to the reissued "Itchycoo Park" which hit the charts again.<ref name="ianmclagan">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="billboard1">Template:Cite magazine</ref> The group tried recording together again but Lane left after the first rehearsal due to an argument.<ref name="ianmclagan"/> Unknown to the others, he was just beginning to show the symptoms of multiple sclerosis, and his behaviour was misinterpreted by Marriott and the others as a drunken tantrum.<ref name="ianmclagan"/>

Nevertheless, McLagan, Jones and Marriott decided to stay together as Small Faces, recruiting ex-Roxy Music bassist Rick Wills to take Lane's place.<ref name="ianmclagan"/> This iteration of Small Faces recorded two albums, Playmates (1977) and 78 in the Shade (1978), released on Atlantic Records.<ref name="ianmclagan"/> Guitarist Jimmy McCulloch also briefly joined this line-up after leaving Wings.<ref name="rollingstone"/> When McCulloch phoned Paul McCartney, who had found him increasingly difficult to work with, to announce he was joining Marriott, McCartney reportedly said "I was a little put out at first, but, well, what can you say to that?"<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> McCulloch's tenure with the band lasted only for a few months in late 1977. He recorded only one album with the group, 78 in the Shade .<ref name="allmusic11">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="JM">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

The reunion albums were both critical and commercial failures. Small Faces broke up again in 1978.<ref name="enotes">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Post-reunion activity: 1979–present

Kenney Jones became the drummer of the Who after Keith Moon's death in 1978 and continued to work with the Who through the late 1980s.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="who">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> His most recent work includes a band he formed and named the Jones Gang.<ref name="allmusic12">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ian McLagan went on to perform with artists such as Bonnie Raitt, Bob Dylan (the 1984 European tour), the Rolling Stones, David Lindley and his band El Rayo-X among others, and more recently Billy Bragg.<ref name="ianmclagan6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> In 1998 he published his autobiography, All the Rage.<ref name="ianmclagan7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He lived in a small town of Manor outside Austin, Texas, and was bandleader to his own "Bump Band".<ref name="ianmclagan8">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He died from a stroke on 3 December 2014.<ref>"Ian McLagan 1945–2014", The Austin Chronicle, 3 December 2014.</ref>

Steve Marriott recorded with a revived line-up of Humble Pie from 1979 to 1981.<ref name="allmusic10" /><ref>Template:Cite book</ref> During their tour of Australia in 1982 this version of Humble Pie was sometimes billed as Small Faces in order to sell more tickets.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> Along with Ronnie Lane, he formed a new band called the Majik Mijits in 1981, but this band's lone album, Together Again: The Lost Majik Mijits Recordings, was not issued until 2000.<ref name="makingtime7">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Later in the 1980s, Marriott went solo, playing nearly 200 concerts a year. On 20 April 1991, Marriott died in his sleep when a fire, caused by a cigarette, swept through his home in Essex, England.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref> His death came just a few days after he had begun work on a new album in the United States with his former Humble Pie bandmate, Peter Frampton.<ref name="frampton">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Ronnie Lane's recording career was curtailed by the effects of multiple sclerosis, though he issued collaborative albums with Pete Townshend and Ronnie Wood in the late 1970s.<ref name="allmusic13">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He moved to the United States and continued to perform live into the early 1990s.<ref name="allmusic13"/> Lane died at his home in Trinidad, Colorado, on 4 June 1997, after battling multiple sclerosis for nearly 20 years.<ref name="allmusic13"/><ref name="rollingstone2">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

Rick Wills of the reunited Small Faces played on David Gilmour's 1978 album, David Gilmour, then joined Foreigner later that year.<ref name="ianmclagan"/><ref name="gilmour">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref><ref name="allmusic14">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He stayed with Foreigner for 14 years, until 1992. Subsequently, Wills was a member of Bad Company from 1992 to 1998 and again, briefly in 2001.<ref name="allmusic15">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> Currently, he lives in Cambridge, England, and works with Kenney Jones in the Jones Gang.<ref name="makingtime6">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Jimmy McCulloch's stint with Small Faces only lasted for a few months in late 1977.<ref name="JM"/> Shortly after leaving, he started a band called Wild Horses with Brian Robertson, Jimmy Bain and Kenney Jones.<ref name="thin">{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> He and Jones both left the band before they issued any recordings.<ref name="thin"/> McCulloch then became a member of the Dukes, who issued one album in 1979.<ref name="JM"/> That same year, McCulloch died at the age of twenty-six from a heroin overdose at his flat in Maida Vale.<ref name="JM"/>

Influence

Small Faces were an early influence on seminal British punk band the Sex Pistols, who regularly covered them in live shows.Template:Sfn Johnny Rotten changed lyrics like "I want you to know that I love you baby, want you to know that I care" in "Whatcha Gonna Do About It" to "I want you to know that I hate you baby, want you to know I don't care".Template:Sfn

Small Faces and other 1960s mod bands resurged in interest with the mod revival of the late-1970s, led by the Jam.Template:Sfn Paul Weller of the Jam said: "The Small Faces are a massive influence on me. It's everything for me: they looked great, their music was great, their attitude was great. It was the most complete band for me."<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Small Faces were one of the 1960s British pop groups that highly influenced the Britpop movement of the 1990s; Professors Andy Bennett and Jon Stratton place them among the Beatles and the Kinks in this regard.Template:Sfn

Honours and awards

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Small Faces plaque

In 1996, Small Faces were awarded the Ivor Novello Outstanding Contribution to British Music "Lifetime Achievement" award.<ref>Template:Cite book</ref><ref name="billboard2">Template:Cite magazine</ref>

On 4 September 2007, a Small Faces and Don Arden commemorative plaque, issued by the London Borough of Westminster, was unveiled in their memory in Carnaby Street.<ref name="bbc2"/> Kenney Jones, who attended the ceremony, said in a BBC television interview, "To honour Small Faces after all these years is a terrific achievement. I only wish that Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane and the late Don Arden were here to enjoy this moment with me."<ref name="bbc2"/>

On 7 December 2011, Small Faces were announced as 2012 inductees into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.<ref name="rockhall">Template:Cite news</ref> The induction ceremony was held on 14 April 2012.

At least one tribute band exists, the Small Fakers, who have been approved by Jones and Winston as well as family members of those involved with the band.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Band members

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Classic line-up:

• Steve Marriott – vocals, guitar, harmonica, keyboards (1965–1968, 1975–1978; died 1991)
• Ronnie Lane – bass guitar, vocals, guitar (1965–1969, 1975; died 1997)
• Ian McLagan – keyboards, vocals, guitar, bass (1965–1969, 1975–1978; died 2014)
• Kenney Jones – drums, percussion, vocals (1965–1969, 1975–1978)

Discography

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} Studio albums

• Small Faces (1966)
• Small Faces (1967)
• There Are But Four Small Faces (US only, 1968)
• Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake (1968)
• Playmates (1977)
• 78 in the Shade (1978)

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External links

• Small Faces The Darlings Of Wapping Wharf Launderette Template:Webarchive
• Small Faces on Wapping Wharf
• Small Faces on Making Time
• Steve Marriott and the Moments on Making Time