The Faces haven’t been around for thirty-odd years, thanks mainly to Rod Stewart’s successful (and dodgy) solo career and the death of Ronnie Lane. That’s not stopped them reforming though and, worse still, playing like they really wanted to get the memory of one of Britain’s finest bands and really piss all over it.
For some inexplicable reason, the band almost returned. ‘Almost’ because they joined forces again without the still very much alive Rod Stewart who was replaced by… and this is incredibly difficult to type… Simply Red?s Mick Hucknall instead.
You can only hope that he got the gig because he shares a luck with women that belies his face, just like Rod the Mod.
And so, a rabble rousing back catalogue is played out to weeping fans of the band, complete with Cod Stewart up-front, along with a bunch of guests that are, on occasion, just as mystifying as Hucknall.
The Faces also counted on the dubious talents of Sex Pistol Glen Matlock, Rick bloody Wakeman and Bill ‘Grooming Her For Marriage’ Wyman.
The setlist for these new shows, which is being flogged to death looks great… if you can imagine a good singer tackling it. You got Miss Judy?s Farm, Ooh La La, I Wish It Would Rain, Maybe I'm Amazed, Flying, Cindy Incidentally, I'd Rather Go Blind, Pool Hall Richard, Stay With Me and more.
All sung by Mick Hucknall. Seriously. This is not a bad joke. There’s video evidence right here. As such, the Hecklerspray staff are all being frogmarched into a cleansing unit to have their insides scrubbed by wire-wool.
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Frank Lampe says
dude–get your facts straight. you’re only off by about a year. at the first of the official “reunion” shows held this week, the band included only hucknall and ron’s kid on guitar as non-original members. and that video is over a year old. clearly, you weren’t there and didn’t read any of the reviews from respected music journalists who were. nice try. well, actually not.
Jove says
I agree, the author of this article is talking from his ass – and obviously was not present. Why even bother – bad job!