About

The Face originated from Hornchurch in East London and were part of the 1979 Mod revival.

They played their self penned songs on the London gig circuit from August 1979 when they made their debut supporting Paul Jones (Manfred Mann) and The Blues Band, through to February 1980 when they played their final gig headlining at Ilford Town hall.

Their music resembles the 60s beat genre, but with a definite 70s new wave influence to give it a hard edge and high energy.

During 1979/80, The Face played alongside Mod legends, The Small Hours at a number of their London gigs, The Purple Hearts, Squire and The Little Roosters at iconic venues such as The Bridge House, Canning Town, The Moonlight Club, The Windsor Castle, The Music Machine, Acklam Hall and Hastings Pier Ballroom.

As 1979 moved into 1980 the band started to get their own headline slots at The Bridge House and other venues and signed a record deal with RSR Entertainment (Roland Rennie, who launched The Beatles in the U.S).

However, the London Mod scene was starting to give way to New Romantics and the planned single was never released.

The Face reformed for Mods Mayday 2014 . 2 of the original band members, Les Potton and Dave Pike returned, along with Cambridge’s Andy Lindsay on Bass and Luke Allport on drums.

Since then Simon Steggles (drums) and Dave Ellis (bass) rejoined the band to create the original line up for gigs in 2016. Simon has sadly left to focus on other projects, but the band were soon joined by Andy Farrow and have since supported From The Jam, The Vapors, Secret Affair and Rhoda Dakar (Bodysnatchers and Special AKA)..

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We’re “The Face” from ‘ornchurch