Small Faces

From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist

The Small Faces were an English rock and pop band from London, formed in 1965. The group consisted of the singer and guitarist Steve Marriott, the bass player Ronnie Lane, the drummer Kenney Jones and the keyboard player Jimmy Winston, who was replaced by Ian McLagan in 1966. In the mid-1960s the band was one of the most respected and influential mod groups, with hits such as Whatcha Gonna Do About It in 1965 and Sha-La-La-La-Lee and All or Nothing in 1966.

Music and breakthrough

From 1967 the group grew into one of the most successful psychedelic bands in the United Kingdom, with Itchycoo Park among others and the 1968 album Ogdens' Nut Gone Flake. In 1969 Marriott left to start Humble Pie. The others carried on as Faces, with Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood. After Itchycoo Park became a hit again in 1975, the original line-up briefly came together again, and in 1977 and 1978 Playmates and 78 in the Shade were released.

Influence

The group's sound is raw and energetic, a bridge between British rhythm and blues and psychedelia. Critics use the word freakbeat for it. The Small Faces are regarded as one of the first sources of inspiration for Britpop, and the music journalist Jon Savage called them the group that foreshadows the early Sex Pistols. In 2012 they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame together with Faces. In School of Rock they appear alongside The Who and The Kinks as a band of the mods.

Listening

Discography

Studio albums

• 1966Small Faces
• 1967From the Beginning
• 1967Small Faces
• 1967Small Faces
• 1968Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake
• 1977Playmates
• 197878 in the Shade

In School of Rock

The chapters, maps and magazine stories of School of Rock are currently available in Dutch only.

• Mixtape 2: Youth Cultures 1950-1980^NL Reader

See also

• Ogdens’ Nut Gone Flake