The Faces

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

So who 'ere loves these loveable early 70's english party rock lads. Their probably my fav rock n' roll combo ever.

The Faces legacy is a weird one because despite the high profiles of certain members namely Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood they never reached the superstardom they deserved. Always living in the shadow of Rod Stewart's concurrent solo career and the Rolling Stones. Their only lasting song that may be familiar to the wider audience being Stay With Me which itself is sometimes wrongly credited to as Rod Stewart solo.

But alot of rock n' rollers were listening despite their lack of mainstream success. They were the prototype for '77 punk, they weren't angry quite the opposite but they didn't give a toss about anything. The Sex Pistols being particuarly taken by the Faces. Not only the Pistols but also Aerosmith, AC/DC, The Only Ones, The Replacements, Guns N' Roses, The Black Crowes etc were all hugely influenced by them.

Fav album would be the obvious one A Nod Is As Good As A Wink... To A Blind Horse (1971) the ultimate party/drinking record if there ever was anyone. Totally flashy pub rock with ole western brothel saloon piano tinklings, maelstrom of slide guitar, swinging rhythms and whiskey soaked vocals delivering cheeky lyrics with the wink of an eye and raised pinky finger.

Not only that they had the best hair and threads of any rock n' roll band.

Anyway here's a clip, see ya at the bar! Wink

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4t4OVOCPI&feature=related

Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

Love these guys. Just fun, barroom drinking, good-time music. Allot of people compare the Black Crowes, especially their early stuff, to the Rolling Stones, but take a listen to the Faces and you see where the Crowes took their cues from.

Scarred But Smarter Number of posts : 3487 Age : 53

I ask thee.....could I have such a love for DOGS D'AMOUR and LONDON QUIREBOYS and not give the nod where it's due...Love THE FACES....

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

It's impossible Shiney.

You know the Faces are the only band were i like bands taking liberally from them even ripping off. I love heaps of bands that have that Faces vibe and sound to them. It's the best sound.

Damn right MG, the Black Crowes on their Shake Your Moneymaker album definately had that Faces sound/vibe to them more so than the Stones comparisons. Although the Quireboys debut from that same year took the Faces influence to the extreme with their album A Bit Of What You Fancy.

If anyone owns Shake Your Moneymaker and not A Bit Of What You Fancy or vice versa than your missing out. Those two albums go together so well.

Here are few younger bands with hefty doses of the Faces influence.

Midnight Scraper
http://www.myspace.com/midnightscraper

The Blessings
http://www.myspace.com/theblessings

Diamond Dogs
http://www.myspace.com/diamonddogssweden

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

Only 2 bites of the cherry. Man these guys are so underrated and unknown.
I see alot of talk and love for the London Quireboys, Black Crowes and Flies On Fire even but none for the Faces. These guys were the prototype for all that. And they beat the Rolling Stones at their own game. Get on it people!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dn4t4OVOCPI&feature=related

King Of Kaiju Number of posts : 30892 Age : 64

OK, you convinced me. Just ordered Best Of The Faces: Good Boys When They're Asleep from Amazon zShops for about $8 incl. shipping.

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See Scott, Rattboy is costing me money too! Very Happy

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Metal master Number of posts : 689 Age : 104

1st concert I ever saw, Rod Stewart & The Faces w/Rory Gallagher opening. Not a bad introduction to the world of live live Rock N' Roll.

Scurvy Skalliwag Number of posts : 12851 Age : 60

Quote :: 1st concert I ever saw, Rod Stewart & The Faces w/Rory Gallagher opening. Not a bad introduction to the world of live live Rock N' Roll.

as good as The Faces were at times, I would rather listen to Rory Gallagher any day of the week. Especially his live stuff.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

assault_attack wrote:: 1st concert I ever saw, Rod Stewart & The Faces w/Rory Gallagher opening. Not a bad introduction to the world of live live Rock N' Roll.

Wow what a combo, the bar must of run out quick with both Gallagher and the Faces on the same bill.

Metal master Number of posts : 689 Age : 104

I saw them at the Cow Palace a 12 to 15,000 seater. Rory was the 1st band I saw or heard live! I was blown away by the playing & the volume, LOL. The faces were great too! After that night I was hooked for life on live concerts, My drug if you will.

I just saw Trower w/Davey Pattison on vocals, Ran into Dave Meniketti. Saw some friends from the 80' & earlier 90's that sat near me for 12 years at Shoreline Ampitheater, I love the buzz of being at a concert/Club gig etc. The music, The people, The cool stories, Great times.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

I would love to have seen the Faces bitd, even now if they reunited.

You just couldn't lose with those songs live, with Rod out front throwing his mike stand about. What happened Rod?

And Rory as well, one of my favs. No better opening act then him.

Scurvy Skalliwag Number of posts : 12851 Age : 60

Quote :: I just saw Trower w/Davey Pattison on vocals,

Saw them a few weeks back here in Sacramento... in a very very small place and it was sweet sweet sweet. Have you listend to the Schenker/Pattison Summit discs ? I put them on from time to time. I have been looking pretty hard at The Faces box set, 5 guys walk into a bar. Anyone have it ?

Latrz

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

Yeah great box, the king daddy of box sets in my opinion.

40 odd songs out of the 60 have never been released before, high on rarities and quality. Great photos and essay. With effusive praise 'boxes' from Paul Westerberg, Slash, Rich Robinson etc.

Got a great rendition of the guys doing Lennon's 'Jealous Guy' with hilarious dialogue at the start. They also do a cover of Free.

Just one of those things you can't absorb at once, i just keep coming back to it and discover something new.

One of my prized possessions in my collection.

Subject: Re: The Faces Sun Mar 02, 2008 4:51 pm

Quote :: See Scott, Rattboy is costing me money too!

He's clearly getting kick-backs somehow. $.07 here and there adds up!

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

scottmitchell74 wrote:

Quote :: See Scott, Rattboy is costing me money too!

He's clearly getting kick-backs somehow. $.07 here and there adds up!

Yeah Amazon pays me a nice little %. You are buying at amazon right? Suspect

Metal master Number of posts : 689 Age : 104

Have you listend to the Schenker/Pattison Summit discs ? I put them on from time to time

Yeah! Good covers. I think Schenker might only be on the solo's w/Kevin Curry playing the rhythm, Not possitive. Aynsley Dunbar is perfect for the drums on these songs with the exception of the Montrose tracks. He is not a heavy player & IMO he is out of place doing Carmassi's drums parts. My only complaint. Davey sounds great of course.

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Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

Looks like the impossible will happen........

11 July 2008 - It has been nearly four decades since they first formed, but it looks like the Faces could be joining forces once again.

Active from 1969 they disbanded in 1975 with Ronnie Wood later joining The Rolling Stones and drummer Kenny Jones eventually becoming a member of The Who.

We've been speaking exclusively to the Faces keys player, Ian McLagan, who said all the original members of the group - including Ron Wood, Kenny Jones and the previously hesitant Rod Stewart - are all up for reforming.

The 5^th original member, Ronnie Lane, died in 1997.

McLagan said it just a matter of getting it together: “I’ve wanted to for years and so has Woody and Kenny. Rod is now interested it seems and I’m real pleased about that, and he’s serious about it. I mean we’re trying to get it together, it’s just a question of schedules.”

As to when the supergroup are planning on coming together again, McLagan told 6 Music: “We’re hoping to get together later this year, just to get together, to play and then we may have some news - but I want it to happen, badly. It’s gonna be great if it does happen.”

Maggie May hitmaker Rod Stewart was the one member who was unsure of the reunion in the past but McLagan said that he’s now approaching it differently.

“Rod hasn’t wanted to do it for a long time, he didn’t see the need in it,” he explained, “but I think he really wants to now, I think he wants to rock out. I think it’d be great, great for everybody.”

Now they’re all on board, McLagan said it’s more likely to happen soon because they’re all available this year: “The Stones aren’t gonna tour for over a year so Woody has a window of opportunity, Rod has a window approaching.

“My window is ever being opened and shut but I’ll open that window and climb through it to work with The Faces anytime, and Kenny’s up for it.”

Tour and album

And it seems a tour would be a likely outcome of the reunion, maybe even an album.

“I think what we’d probably do is a couple of gigs in London and then there’s talk of some in America. I think we should do Austin to rock Austin. I don’t care about LA but I mean Chicago and Detroit - they made the Faces.”

McLagan’s already been working on some new material: “Well it would be great to record new tracks, I have a couple of songs that Rod might like. We’d have to see, I think that would be the way to go though, not just to go out on tour. It’d be great to have an album.”

This might even include digging out some of their lost Faces songs to create a record with some old and some new.

“Even if it was a few tracks we could tag onto older tracks or tracks that haven’t been heard before, because there’s some stuff in the vaults,” McLagan said.

The keyboardist concluded, “I’ve got my fingers crossed, my eyes and my legs crossed.”

There is a shadow of doubt cast over their plan this morning though.

Ronnie Wood is on the front of The Sun newspaper, amid claims he's left he wife for an 18 yr old waitress.

His wife Jo admits the two are in Ireland together, but says they're just friends.

That would be great, and possible new material! I hear Glen Matlock (Sex Pistols) is the number 1 choice to replace the irreplaceable Ronnie Lane.

But Woodie, what's going on there? I guess it doesn't matter how old you are things never change.

Scarred But Smarter Number of posts : 3487 Age : 53

Whoo hoo.....

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Bukkake Tsunami Number of posts : 25557 Age : 53

I'd like to see/hear this.

Master Of The Crotch Grab Number of posts : 6841 Age : 50

I hate Rod Stewart on his own, but like The Faces quite a bit.

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

DeathCult wrote:: I hate Rod Stewart on his own, but like The Faces quite a bit.

Hey DC you should check out Rod's first 4 solo records that ran concurrent with the Faces, they were all Faces record's in all but name. The band backing him on those great solo efforts.

Master Of The Crotch Grab Number of posts : 6841 Age : 50

Sounds good to me, as long as its not that "if you want my body" BS sick

Metal is in my blood Number of posts : 2682 Age : 37

DeathCult wrote:: Sounds good to me, as long as its not that "if you want my body" BS

Oh no, definately not. Pre that horrible "Sexy Legs" song as well. Rod Stewart is one of the biggest sell outs in the history of music or he betrayed his talent by making crap records for the last 30 odd years.

This clip is of the Ronnie Wood/Rod Stewart penned song, "Every Picture Tells A Story" from the Rod Stewart solo album of the same name released in 1971. Classic.

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