The Faces Tribute Band: Faces were an early 1970s rock band formed in 1969 from the ashes of The 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). Their most successful songs included "Stay with Me", "You're So Rude", "Had Me a Real Good Time", "Cindy Incidentally", "Debris", and "Richmond". As Rod Stewart's solo career became more successful than the group themselves, the band became subordinate to their lead singer. Ronnie Lane left the band in 1973, replaced by Tetsu Yamauchi (who had replaced Andy Fraser in Free). Faces' final studio album was Ooh La La and the band broke up in 1976. The members of the band had varied post-band career: Wood joined the Rolling Stones; Lane formed Slim Chance and had a modest solo career that ended prematurely when Lane was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis; Jones joined The Who after the death of Keith Moon; McLagan was being considered by Pete Townshend to also join the Who, but was touring with the Rolling Stones at the time. He married Keith Moon's ex-wife, moved to America, formed the Bump Band (which tours and records to this day), and also became a very successful session musician; and, Stewart's solo career was massively successful. Although they enjoyed relatively modest success compared to contemporaries such as The Who and The Rolling Stones, Faces played a vital role in the birth of what would eventually become punk. Their good-natured, high-octane (and frequently liquor-laden) live performances and studio albums gave direct rise to groups such as The Damned, New York Dolls and in particular The Sex Pistols, who have cited the Faces repeatedly as a massive influence on both their music and devil-take-all personas. Following the collapse of the punk movement, the influence of the Faces gave rise to rock-revivalists ranging from The Replacements to The Black Crowes and, more recently, groups such as Pearl Jam, The Charlatans, Whiteout and Stereophonics.
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