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Eight months before Motörhead’s classic lineup recorded their self-titled debut, the trio found its sea legs in the studio at an August 1976 session, where they recorded early versions of half of Motörhead’s track list. Now, a year shy of the recordings’ 50th anniversary, the session will come out as The Manticore Tapes on June 27.

The release’s first single is a ragged rendition of the band’s eponymous song, recorded, of course, at a U.K. studio called Manticore. You can hear vocalist-bassist Lemmy Kilmister play boogie-woogie low end,...

In the early days of the Who, Pete Townshend gave little thought to a solo career. Writing songs for the band, crafting albums, and touring behind them occupied nearly all of his time and mental energy.

In 1972, however, he was persuaded to shape Who Came First — a spiritual collection of oddities and demos meant only for the ears of friends and fellow followers of Meher Baba — into an official release once bootlegs flooded the market. And five years later, he teamed up with Faces bassist Ronnie Lane for the collaborative LP Rough Mix.

Surviving Faces members Rod Stewart, Ron Wood, and Kenney Jones have reformed to record new songs, according to a new interview with Wood in The Times. The trio has reunited for a handful of brief live appearances in recent years, but there hasn’t been a new Faces album since 1973’s Ooh La La. A spokesperson for Stewart did not immediately respond to Rolling Stones’ request for comment.

The Faces broke up in 1975 due to Stewart’s success as a solo act. Guitarist Wood joined the Rolling Stones later that year,...

Yo La Tengo have shared a new song, “Bleeding,” which will appear on the group’s upcoming EP, Sleepless Night, out October 9th via Matador Records.

“Bleeding” is an immersive bit of dream pop, with tendrils of guitar lines twisting around each other while Ira Kaplan’s baritone floats above, just louder than a whisper. About halfway through, however, a lone drone begins to swell beneath the serene proceedings, adding an unnerving edge to the song as it drifts toward its conclusion.

“Bleeding” is the second offering off Sleepless Night,...

Yo La Tengo have shared a rendition of the Byrds’ “Wasn’t Born to Follow.” The cover is set to appear on Sleepless Night, a new EP out October 9th via Matador.

Featuring Dave Schramm on lead guitar, the cover stays fairly close to the folk-tinged original. “No I’d rather go and journey/Where the diamond crescent’s glowing,” they sing. “And run across the valley/Beneath the sacred mountain.”

Written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King, “Wasn’t Born to Follow” originally appeared on the Byrds’ 1968 album The...

Today the Alzheimer's Association released “Music Moments,” a collection of new recordings and unreleased tracks by award-winning artists honoring the personal, emotional connection between music and life’s most important moments that we would never want to lose to Alzheimer’s and all other dementia.

“Music Moments” is available on all major streaming platforms now.

“Music Moments” is a multi-genre collection of powerful performances and heartfelt storytelling created to champion the fight for a world without Alzheimer’s disease, and is available in two parts: a compilation album and behind-the-scenes video series. This unprecedented project is an effort to highlight how music marks the most important moments and people in our lives, while raising awareness for Alzheimer’s disease and engaging the public in conversation to advance the cause.

Ten talented artists brought their unique musical style and perspective to “Music Moments” by contributing a never-before-released version of a song...

“I think I oughta say something about that song now,” Don Williams would tell concertgoers between the tunes he’d play while seated on a stool, guitar in hand. “I’ll think of something and say it later.” The joke being that country’s “Gentle Giant” would rarely get around to saying much, preferring instead to let the lyrics, and his warm, blanketing baritone do the talking, with his onstage motion mostly limited to moving effortlessly from one familiar hit to the next. Williams, who died in 2017 at 78, will be...

Jimmy Page went to some dark places in the years following John Bonham’s sudden death in September 1980. Led Zeppelin had been at the center of the guitarist’s life since the band began 12 years earlier and they were gearing up for an American tour when the tragic news hit and brought all band activity to an immediate halt. The Who responded to the death of their drummer two years earlier by simply hiring a new one and hitting the road, but Zeppelin were unwilling to go that route and...

Project based on West End production All Or Nothing The Mod Musical.

Influential British band The Small Faces will be the subject of a feature documentary and a narrative feature film.

The projects are based on Carol Harrison’s West End musical All Or Nothing The Mod Musical, which follows the rise and fall of the band – it most recently played at The Ambassadors Theatre from March-May in 2018.

Harrison is producing the documentary with Mark Vennis of UK sales and production outfit Moviehouse Entertainment and Scott Millaney of Mgmm Studios. The latter company, which has been behind 2014 SXSW doc Soul Boys Of The Western World,...

A few years after he discovered he had multiple sclerosis, Small Faces and Faces bassist Ronnie Lane put together a charity concert that was a bit of a coup: He managed to unite the three most famous guitarists who played in the Yardbirds at different times onstage for the first time — Eric Clapton, Jeff Beck and Jimmy Page.

At the concert, which took place at London’s Royal Albert Hall on September 20th, 1983 and was dubbed A.R.M.S. – Action into Research for Multiple Sclerosis – they each played solo...

Charlotte Harrison Jun 16, 2017

A few words about trying to fit in, learning to like yourself, and living in the present rather than the past...

Welcome to Geeks Vs Loneliness, our spot on the site where we try and talk about things that may be affecting you and the people around you. Hopefully, across the articles we've done, there's something here to help you, or people you know. No miracle cures, just a few thoughts.

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This week, we're handing over to the awesome Charlotte Harrison. And she wants to talk about superpowers...

Whenever I've been posed the question 'If you could choose to have any superpower, what would you pick?' I'd pick invisibility every time. It's a superpower which may appear self-indulgent or self-pitying (hopefully you don't think this after reading!). It tends...

Brett Smiley 25th September 1955 - 8th January 2016.

The death of Brett Smiley has removed one of the most obscure, but fascinating facets from the chipped, black nail varnished footnotes of rock. Until the turn of the new century his most slender of reputations rested only in the minds of those fortunate enough to possess his lone single "Va Va Va Voom," a wonderfully effete confection which surfaced in Britain in the fading months of 1974. Over-hyped and over the top, this California pretty boy import pouted and pranced like a stick thin bleached and back combed Goldie Hawn in platform boots. He emoted huskily: "I've gone so crazy I'm a certified nervous wreck. A little bit eccentric Ha! Screaming like a discotheque,"  made the cover of Disc magazine as the prettiest boy in the world and managed to briefly render Marc Bolan butch and reveal Sweet as the dockers in drag that they truly were.

Swaggering '70s rockers the Faces will reunite, appropriately enough, at a benefit show for a British prostate-cancer charity. That's according to Rod Stewart, who announced on his website today a reunion concert with former bandmates Ronnie Wood and Kenney Jones, to take place at a Surrey polo club September 5. (You can buy tickets here.) It's a celebration of the 40th anniversary of the band's breakup, which seems like a curious date to commemorate, but we'll go with it. The reunion lineup will be without original members Ronnie Lane and Ian McLagan, who died in 1997 and 2014, respectively; as Stewart wrote, "We'll raise a glass to them."...

Johnny Rotten grabs the microphone and lurches forward, his pimply face grinning into the camera. Next to him, Steve Jones is miming (or mocking) guitar-hero moves, while Sid Vicious hunches over his bass, surly as ever. The grainy footage carbon-dates to the tail end of 1977, right before the band was about to embark on their notorious U.S. tour and then implode. It's Christmas Day in the Northern city of Huddersfield, and will turn out to be the penultimate U.K. performance for the seminal punk band. They launch into...

[Press Release] Los Angeles -- February 25th sees the digital release of 11 of Pete Townshend’s solo albums digitally as part of a new deal with Umc / Universal Music. An extensive reissue program for Townshend’s solo material that will see the catalog remastered and reworked is planned to start later this year and will run into 2016. The 11 digital album releases cover Who Came First, his collaboration with The Faces’ Ronnie Lane Rough Mix, his musical version of Ted Hughes’s The Iron Man, his collections of demos Scoop, Another Scoop and Scoop 3, as well as the albums Empty Glass, All The Best Cowboys Have Chinese Eyes, White City, Psychoderelict and the live album Deep End Live! featuring David Gilmour. Who Came First This 1972 release was the first release by Pete Townshend outside...

The standup comedian on Rod Stewart, London Transport Museum and what went wrong with Man of Steel

Simon Donald is a 49-year-old standup comic, musician and occasional actor best known for co-founding the satirical magazine Viz with his brother, Chris, in 1979. Although Simon was an actor in his teens, joining the Newcastle People's theatre in 1976, he didn't begin his career in standup until 2005. He has since performed throughout the UK, doing several runs at the Edinburgh festival. He is currently touring new material and will be at Nozstock: The Hidden Valley, Bromyard, Herefordshire, 26-28 July.

Software: GarageBand for iPad

I have always used GarageBand, which is Apple's free music-making and recording software. But I recently bought an iPad and got the new version. A few nights ago I was in Newcastle and I decided to completely rewrite the end of the show, including a song I had written. The new...

Where can you see Donovan, The Red Hot Chilli Peppers, Beastie Boys, Laura Nyro, Guns-n-Roses and Chris Rock under one roof? The 27th annual Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and the only place to see it is on HBO! Premiering this Saturday, May 5th at 9Pm this special presentation is jam packed with live performances, celebrity appearences and rock-n-roll royalty. Honorees and presenters for this year's show include: Beastie Boys will be inducted by Chuck D. Donovan will be inducted by John Mellencamp. Small Faces/The Faces will be inducted by Stevie Van Zandt. Red Hot Chili Peppers will be inducted by Chris Rock. Laura Nyro will be inducted by Bette Midler. Freddie King will be inducted by Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill. Don Kirshner will be inducted by Carole King.

Cleveland — The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ceremony didn't miss Axl Rose at all.

The rowdy celebration, which in past years has included awkward moments, touching tributes and unforgettable performances, rocked on without Rose, the Guns N' Roses frontman who may one day regret skipping a night when 6,000 fans, 1,400 guests and many of music's biggest stars partied in Public Hall with the class of 2012.

Hard rockers Guns N' Roses – minus Rose – headlined this year's eclectic group of inductees. Others being enshrined are the Red Hot Chili Peppers, the Beastie Boys, folk icon Donovan, late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro and British bands the Small Faces and Faces.

Before the ceremony started with a blistering performance by Green Day, Chili Peppers lead singer Anthony Kiedis said it was strange to be enshrined while on tour.

"We're going somewhere," Kiedis said. "How can we stop and take an award when really we're just halfway there?...

Rumer has announced details for her new album. Boys Don't Cry marks the second studio album from the singer-songwriter. It will be released on May 28. The LP is a collection of lesser-known songs from the 1970s, including forgotten tracks by Leon Russell, Issac Hayes and Bob Marley. Discussing the project, Rumer said: "This is about passion, and paying respect to other people's work. I went on a journey and this music tells that story." The record, which also features covers of Todd Rundgren, Townes Van Zandt, Ronnie Lane and Tim Hardin, is described as "a dark, diverse set of songs, many of which have personal echoes for Rumer". Boys Don't Cry follows 2010's Seasons of My Soul, which peaked at number three on the chart and has sold one million copies to date. The tracklist, including (more)...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced the presenters for this year's induction ceremony, and it looks like its list of presenters is as eclectic as its list of honorees.

Comedian Chris Rock will induct Los Angeles band The Red Hot Chili Peppers. Rock is a big fan of the "Californication" rockers and has been a friend of the band for a while, reports the Associated Press.

Meanwhile, Chuck D will induct the Beastie Boys, John Mellencamp will induct Donovan, and Steve Van Zandt will induct the Small Faces/Faces.

Actress and singer Bette Midler will induct the late singer-songwriter Laura Nyro, Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill from Zz Top will induct Freddie King, Robbie Robertson will induct Cosimo Matassa, and Carole King will induct Don Kirshner. The ceremony will also feature Tom Dowd and Glyn Johns and Smokey Robinson inducting The Blue Caps, the Comets, the Crickets,...

The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame has announced its 2012 inductees, a list that includes the usual spate of Hof-y names (the Small Faces, ‘60s singer Donovan, blues guitarist Freddie King, etc) plus a handful of artists that made their mark in the MTV era: the Beastie Boys, the Red Hot Chili Peppers and Guns N’ Roses.

And while none of those latter three are exactly surprising (though, we gotta admit, the Cure, who were also in the running this year but didn’t make the cut, were robbed), what may transpire when they’re enshrined at the Hall’s annual induction ceremony — set for April 14 in beautiful Cleveland — could shock the rock world to its very core. Because, as is tradition, the honored acts will take the stage to perform a medley of their biggest hits, and while we’re reasonably sure what will happen when the Beasties and the Peppers do their thing,...

New York — Welcome to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, Guns N' Roses.

The seminal rock band of the late 1980s and early `90s, best known for hits like "Welcome to the Jungle," "Sweet Child O' Mine" and "November Rain," leads the 2012 class of inductees announced on Wednesday. Also making the cut is the hip-hop trio Beastie Boys; rockers the Red Hot Chili Peppers; the late singer/songwriter Laura Nyro; Donovan; and influential British rock group The Small Faces/The Faces, which included Rod Stewart and Rolling Stones guitarist Ronnie Wood.

Nyro, who wrote such hits the 5th Dimension's "Wedding Bell Blues" and Blood Sweat & Tears' "When I Die," is the only female act to make it this time around. The hall passed on Donna Summer, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, Heart and Rufus with Chaka Khan, who were on the ballot for 2012.

But it wasn't just women who...

A scene from Sucker Punch

Photo: Cruel Films Just above is a new look at Zack Snyder's upcoming film Sucker Punch, which features young ladies in their underwear with guns, a giant robot and apparently dragons battling it out with airplanes for supremacy in an alternate 1950s setting. Snyder's Cruel Films released the pic earlier today and you can get a larger look right here.

Dwayne JohnsonFor the past several years, wrestling and action movie fans alike have been complaining about Dwayne Johnson (the artist formerly known as "The Rock") continuing to make family films and seemingly throwing away his chance to become an action star. I've always sided with Johnson, thinking there's nothing wrong with him wanting to make movies he can watch with his family. I mean, I'm sure he'd much rather his kids see him dressed up in a tutu than being beaten with a steel...

Mick Hucknall has joined the The Faces as a replacement for Rod Stewart. Formed in 1969 after the dissolution of the Small Faces, the Stewart-fronted group split in 1975. The band played a one-off date last year with various vocalists, including Hucknall. The reformed group, with Hucknall as lead singer and ex-Sex Pistol bassist Glen Matlock replacing the late Ronnie Lane, will play the first Vintage At Goodwood festival on August 13 before touring in January. Guitarist Ronnie Wood told BBC News of early rehearsals: "Mick Hucknall was singing (more)...

The Mad Hatter's Film School, London

As Tim Burton's Alice continues to create box-office overspill, the influence of Lewis Carroll's fantasies is paid due homage by the BFI, with vintage Alice screenings and workshops aimed at Carroll's very inspiration: children. Send your kids down the (safe and legal) rabbit hole of film-making this Easter, where they can learn to design Alice puppets and comics, compose a new soundtrack for one of the oldest celluloid versions of Alice, and dabble in green screen to see how things might appear larger, smaller, and altogether curiouser and curiouser.

BFI Southbank, SE1, Tue to 9 Apr

Andrea Hubert

Quadrophenia Day, Margate

It may be set in Brighton, but this well-worn 1979 mod classic is being given an outing to help fund a heritage theme park and pop culture archive in rival seaside town Margate, which also enjoyed its fair share of mods v rockers rumbles.

Ronnie Wood is hoping to regroup his former band, The Faces. Founded in 1969, the band included singer Rod Stewart, keyboard player Ian McLagan, drummer Kenney Jones, and Wood and Ronnie Lane on bass.

Wood is hoping the band will get back together in March in hopes of planning a tour in 2011.

The Rolling Stones rocker told the Daily Star newspaper in an interview, "I want to reform my band The Faces. There's a new line-up but it's going to go really well. We're going to start getting together in March to rehearse for shows next year."

All of the original members, aside from Ronnie Lane who died in 1997, may possibly be reuniting soon. This is good news for Wood, most recently known in the news for his split with wife, Jo Wood, after a 23 year marriage to run off with a 21-year-old waitress, Ekaterina Ivanova.

Ronnie Wood is hoping to regroup his former band, The Faces. Founded in 1969, the band included singer Rod Stewart, keyboard player Ian McLagan, drummer Kenney Jones, and Wood and Ronnie Lane on bass.

Wood is hoping the band will get back together in March in hopes of planning a tour in 2011.

The Rolling Stones rocker told the Daily Star newspaper in an interview, "I want to reform my band The Faces. There's a new line-up but it's going to go really well. We're going to start getting together in March to rehearse for shows next year."

All of the original members, aside from Ronnie Lane who died in 1997, may possibly be reuniting soon. This is good news for Wood, most recently known in the news for his split with wife, Jo Wood, after a 23 year marriage to run off with a 21-year-old waitress, Ekaterina Ivanova.

Rod Stewart has confirmed reports that he is reuniting The Faces with Ronnie Wood. The band will comprise the original lineup minus bassist Ronnie Lane, who died in 1997. When asked about the rumours, Stewart told The Mirror: "We have our first rehearsal on Monday. It will be next summer and I am looking forward to it. It'll be great" Commenting on Wood's recent marriage problems, (more)...

On 22 Dreams, Paul Weller indulges just about every genre he's flirted with over the past 30 years—with the emphasis on "indulge." With The Jam, The Style Council, and a mostly stellar solo career, Weller has dabbled in everything from punk and folk to jazz and house, all cemented by his trademark gritty R&B. Dreams starts out true to form with "Light Nights," a Cat Stevens-esque raga full of smoky ghosts and fiddles that climb around him like vines. It's immediately followed by the disc's title track, a rousing take on the classic Brit-rock perfected by Weller's most enduring influence, Small Faces. It's mostly downhill from there—and with 21 songs total, that's quite a drop. "Black River" is cabaret jazz that strains to relax. "Push It Along" is a generic soul stomper that dry-humps the line between homage and pastiche. If 22 Dreams is Weller's stab at a White Album,...

Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood are planning to reunite The Faces, say reports. According to The Sun, the veteran rockers met at Mayfair eatery Cipriani to discuss the possibility of returning to the studio with the band. The original Faces lineup comprised Stewart, Wood, Ian McLagan, Kenney Jones and the late Ronnie Lane. A source commented: "Ron and Rod had a great time reminiscing. They were having (more)...

Former Faces rocker Ronnie Wood wants reunite the band he quit in the 1970s to be a Rolling Stone.

The guitarist's former bandmates, including Rod Stewart, Kenney Jones and Ronnie Lane, are reportedly keen on a comeback.

And Wood, who is currently between Rolling Stones tours, has given the idea his backing.

He tells CMUMusic.com, "Yeah, I have heard rumours about us reuniting. There just aren't enough hours in the day are there? We'd love to do it if we could, yeah. It could happen."

Last year, drummer Jones claimed a reunion had "every chance of happening".

Former Faces rocker Ronnie Wood is backing plans for the 1970s band to reunite.

The guitarist joined The Rolling Stones for a 1975 U.S. tour, and became a permanent member of that band when Ooh La La hitmakers the Faces split for good soon after.

But drummer Kenney Jones last year hinted a reunion had "every chance of happening" and would include singer Rod Stewart and keyboard player Ian McLagan.

And Wood, currently between Rolling Stones tours, is keen to take part.

He tells CMUMusic.com, "Yeah, I have heard rumours about us reuniting. There just aren't enough hours in the day are there? We'd love to do it if we could, yeah. It could happen."

Original Faces bassist Ronnie Lane died of pneumonia in 1997 after a long battle with multiple sclerosis.