Wood: 'faces Lazier Than the Stones'

Ronnie Wood is convinced his band the Faces could never have achieved the Rolling Stones' lasting success - because they were too lazy.

The British rocker joined the Ooh La La hitmakers in 1970 before Keith Richards invited him to play guitar for the Stones five years later (75) - the same year the Faces announced plans to split.

Wood has remained a member of the Stones ever since and insists it takes "real commitment" to play with Mick Jagger and Richards' band, while revealing the Faces lacked the focus to establish any longevity.

He tells Britain's Uncut magazine, "We (the Faces) didn't have their (the Stones') polish or commitment. There was too much jangling the car keys in that band, everybody wanted to get out of the studio quick or get off stage and go down the pub.

"But when you're in the Stones you make a real commitment. You get together and you might be there for six weeks, but you don't go home until the job has been completed."

Wood and bandmates Ian McLagan and Kenney Jones reformed the Faces in 2010 after trying to persuade frontman Rod Stewart to join them for over a decade. Wood finally gave up and asked ex-Simply Red star Mick Hucknall to front the new-look group.