ARTIST · MOD / ROCK

The Small Faces

Compact rhythm section swing—every fill telegraphs Carnaby attitude.

Mod rock
Psychedelic rock
R&B

Updated 27 October 2026

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Biography

Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake delivered conceptual whimsy with working-class swagger intact.

Itchycoo Park flanged psychedelia into Top of the Pops mythology.

Members later fed Faces and Humble Pie genealogies across British rock.

Clean streaming preserves Leslie guitar swirl, barrelhouse piano, and Marriott howl.

Steve Marriott, Ronnie Lane, Kenney Jones, and Jimmy Winston formed Small Faces in east London, with Ian McLagan replacing Winston. Their mod-flavored hits included All or Nothing, Itchycoo Park, and Lazy Sunday. Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (1968) came in a circular tin.

The band split in 1969, and Marriott formed Humble Pie, while the others joined Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood to form Faces. Marriott died in 1991, Lane in 1997, and McLagan in 2014.

Interesting facts about The Small Faces

01 English rock band formed in London in 1965 featuring Steve Marriott and Ronnie Lane.
02 Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake (1968) reached number one on the UK Albums Chart.
03 Inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012.
04 Ogden’s Nut Gone Flake came in a round tin that resembled a tobacco box.
05 Steve Marriott later formed Humble Pie.