“One day Ronnie came in and said he was leaving. I went: ‘Yeah, right.’ He said: ‘No, I really am. Plus I’m running off with my best friend’s wife’”: These 70s icons were rock’s ultimate party band – and gave the world Rod Stewart and Ronnie Wood

The Faces’ Ronnie Wood and Rid Stewart onstage in 1973.

The Faces were one of the great British rock’n’roll bands of the 1970s. Formed from the ashes of 60s dynamos The Small Faces, they released four classic albums between 1970 and 1973, introducing the world to singer Rod Stewart in the process. In 2011, the surviving members looked back on their short but riotous career.