East London beat formation that step by step (first from beat to rock and then from rock to rhytm & blues) managed to end up in the psychedelic scene, helped in no small measure by a generous intake of all kinds of chemical stimulants. They went down in history as the inventors of the round record sleeve (see Ogden's Nut Gone Flake, 1968).A face in the context of this band name is not literally someone's countenance, it is 'somebody'. And not just anybody, it is a person who knows how to dress with good taste and to the latest fashion.
In the sixties these people were also called Mods; the more followers they had, the more important they were. Sound familiar?
To support all this an excerpt from the song Bell Boy of The Who:
'Ain't you the guy who used to set the paces
Riding up in front of a hundred faces
I don't suppose you would remember me
But I used to follow you back in '63.'
The Small Faces had every right to advertise themselves as such: all members of the quartet were of moderate sizes from a physical viewpoint.
Active: 1965-1969; 1975-1978, GBR
Site: http://www.thesmallfaces.com/
See also: Small Faces, Who
1 comments:
What a steaming load of shite!
Bloody sods...
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