The Small Faces’ surviving members, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones, have taken us through the making of the group’s classic singles in the new issue of Uncut, out now. McLagan explains that he believes the group were treated worse by the industry than any other band. “[Manager Don] Arden nev...
The Small Faces’ surviving members, Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones, have taken us through the making of the group’s classic singles in the new issue of Uncut, out now.
McLagan explains that he believes the group were treated worse by the industry than any other band.
“[Manager Don] Arden never paid us,” says McLagan. “We got £20 a week and that was it. We went to Immediate and now we were on £50 a week… and that was all we got from them, too. Unbelievable.
“I don’t think any band’s been treated worse than the Small Faces. We got our very first royalty cheque from the sales of our Decca records in 1997. So Steve [Marriott, who died in 1991] never got a penny.”
The new issue of Uncut is out now.