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Faces (April 13, 2012) |
The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's class of 2012 will be inducted tomorrow (Saturday) in Cleveland, and leading the way are The Small Faces / Faces, Guns n' Roses, The Red Hot Chili Peppers, Donovan, Laura Nyro and The Beastie Boys. Today we preview The Small Faces, which morphed into The Faces:
- They'll be inducted by E Street Band guitarist Steven Van Zandt. This will be the fourth time he's done the induction honors, after The Rascals in 1997, booking agent Frank Barsalona in 2005 and The Hollies in 2010.
- Those being inducted are drummer Kenney Jones, late bassist Ronnie Lane, keyboardist Ian McLagan, late guitarist Steve Marriott, singer Rod Stewart and guitarist Ronnie Wood. All but Stewart and Wood were in The Small Faces, and Marriott was only in The Small Faces.
- The Small Faces came together in 1965 and became The Faces in 1969 when Steve Marriott left to form Humble Pie and was replaced by Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood from The Jeff Beck Group. The band broke through in the U.S. when Stewart and Woody joined, scoring with such hits as "Stay With Me," "Ooh La La," "Cindy Incidentally" and "(I Know) I'm Losing You." But Stewart's solo career and Woody's departure for The Rolling Stones spelled the end for The Faces in 1975. Marriott reformed The Small Faces in 1976 with Jones and McLagan, and that resulted in two albums before they went their separate ways in 1978. Jones then joined The Who following the death of Keith Moon.
- The Faces reunited in 2010 for select dates with Simply Red's Mick Hucknall on vocals. However, tomorrow night's reunion with Stewart has raised hope that they'll do more work together, minus the late Ronnie Lane. The Faces are scheduled to play three songs at the induction -- "Stay With Me," "Ooh La La" and most likely "What'cha Gonna Do About It" by The Small Faces.
