History Main / FaceoftheBand

* Ever since joining Creator/{{Shaft}} in 2004, Creator/AkiyukiShinbo has become this to the studio.

* In ''WesternAnimation/SabrinaTheAnimatedSeries'' when Sabrina, Chloe, Hilda and Zelda cast a spell to make them into a famous GirlGroup "The Flavour Babes", Sabrina becomes lead singer and lead guitarist to boot. Naturally she's the one who has to learn AnAesop about letting her ego get the best of her. An in-universe "Where Are They Now?" report describes her as "the face of the Babes".

** Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto ''is'' Nintendo to most people, even though the company has several other talented directors/producers like [[Franchise/{{Metroid}} Yoshio]] [[VideoGame/WarioWare Sakamoto]], [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Masahiro]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Sakurai]], and [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Katsuya]] [[Franchise/{{Splatoon}} Eguchi]], to name a few. Even for the franchises that Miyamoto did create, he had close collaborators such as Takashi Tezuka (who was a major influence on ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' and ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' as a fellow director and designer) and protégés like Creator/YoshiakiKoizumi or Creator/EijiAonuma that later became the leads of said franchises who created defining entries in their own right that shaped the identity of the series. And a Nintendo fan would be remiss to forget Creator/GunpeiYokoi, whose love of tinkering is the reason why Nintendo became a video game developer in the first place.

* Creator/ShigeruMiyamoto ''is'' Creator/{{Nintendo}} to most people, even when the company has enlisted other talented producers like [[Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda Eiji Aonuma]], [[Franchise/{{Kirby}} Masahiro]] [[VideoGame/SuperSmashBros Sakurai]], and [[VideoGame/AnimalCrossing Katsuya Eguchi]]. Takashi Tezuka has about the same role as Miyamoto, but tends to be ignored (he directed ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'' and the ''Series/TwinPeaks'' influence in that game was his idea, and he produced the original ''Animal Crossing'' before Eguchi was promoted from director to producer). Also of note is Yoshiaki Koizumi, a major force behind ''Mario'' and ''Zelda'' titles, Satoshi Tajiri, the mastermind behind ''Pokemon'', and Gunpei Yokoi, the guy who turned the company into what it is today.
** Creator/SatoruIwata, Nintendo's president from 2002 until passing away in 2015, was also in this territory. The ''WebVideo/NintendoDirect'' program/press releases might have something to do with this (note that in Europe, an entirely different Satoru, Nintendo of Europe president Satoru Shibata, does the Nintendo Directs).
** The American fanbase [[MemeticBadass can hardly forget about Reggie]]. He is also well known enough in PAL regions for a Mii based on him to appear in the European ''VideoGame/TomodachiLife'' Nintendo Direct alongside one based on Nintendo of Europe's president, even though Reggie has no control over the European branch.

* [[Music/Twice TWICE's]] Nayeon is usually listed first among the members due to her being the oldest, is often positioned to stand out (then again one of her official positions is center), is likely the one who sings the opening lines in songs, rivals only Jihyo as the member with the most lines overall, and is the first member to get an official solo release.

This is especially prevalent in bands that are named for one or more of the founding members (Santana, Gladys Knight and the Pips), bands with rotating casts aside from one or two consistent members, or [[TheSmurfettePrinciple bands with one female member]] (even in the rare case where she doesn't sing lead, which is a sure-fire clincher of "face" status, she'll at least be the ''other'' Face Of The Band simply by virtue of being TheChick). It's also rather fascinating just how often this tends to be a rare human-specific case of WhatMeasureIsANonCute.

* Parodied in Joan Hess's ''Much Ado In Maggody'', in which country singer Matt Montana's band consists of four nearly identical guys with four-letter first names starting with "B". Even their manager only bothers to keep track of who's who because the drummer's the only one who can be trusted to drive the tour bus.

This is especially prevalent in bands that are named for one or more of the founding members (Santana, Gladys Knight and the Pips), bands with rotating casts aside from one or two consistent members, or [[TheSmurfettePrinciple bands with one female member]] (even in the rare case where she doesn't sing lead, which is a sure-fire clincher of "face" status, she'll at least be the ''other'' Face Of The Band simply by virtue of being TheChick). It's also rather fascinating just how often this tends to be a rare human-specific case of WhatMeasureIsANonCute (Not really ''surprising'', but fascinating.)

* Russian indie band PALC is Taya Paltseva and her backing band.

* Russian indie band PALC is Taya Paltseva and... the dudes playing the instruments.

* For Russian folk-rock band Music/OtavaYo, band leader Alexei Belkin does most of the talking-to-the-audience in between songs and takes the lead in interviews. however, quite a few fans will assign the Face Of The Band role to [[TheSmurfettePrinciple violin player Yulia Usava]].

* Parodied in Joan Hess's ''Much Ado In Maggody'', in which country singer Matt Montana's band consists of four nearly identical guys with four-letter first names starting with "B". Even their manager only bothers to keep track of who's who because the drummer's the only one who can be trusted to drive the tour bus.

* '''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}''': One of the in-game bands is ABXY (aka, "Chirpy Chips" outside Japan). Their lead vocalist is an ''adorable'' sea anemone girl named Harmony, who quickly became the most popular of their quartet amongst fans. Her popularity was such that she eventually became one of the shopkeepers in ''VideoGame/Splatoon3''.

* VideoGame/{{Splatoon}} has the in-game band ABXY, also known as the Chirpy Chips internationally. Their lead vocalist is an ''adorable'' sea anemone girl named Paruko, who has already become the most popular of their quartet amongst the game's fans.

The two-person version of this trope, and also its opposite (where one band member is much more forgettable than the others) is the LesserStar. Taken to its LogicalExtreme, becomes IAmNotShazam. See also IAmTheBand and SpotlightStealingTitle. When a group tries to carry on after losing its most prominent member(s), the result is TheBandMinusTheFace. Can occur even on a LongRunnerLineUp. Not to be confused with TheFace but the roles can overlap if the one member everyone knows is also the most social. Quite common if [[EgocentricTeamNaming the band is named after the guy]], and in cases of ArtistAndTheBand names.

The two-person version of this trope, and also its opposite (where one band member is much more forgettable than the others) is the LesserStar. Taken to its LogicalExtreme, becomes IAmNotShazam. See also IAmTheBand and SpotlightStealingTitle. When a group tries to carry on after losing its most prominent member(s), the result is TheBandMinusTheFace. Can occur even on a LongRunnerLineUp. Not to be confused with TheFace but the roles can overlap if the one member everyone knows is also the most social. Quite common if [[EgocentricTeamNaming the band is named after the guy]].

The two-person version of this trope, and also its opposite (where one band member is much more forgettable than the others) is {{Garfunkel}}. Taken to its LogicalExtreme, becomes IAmNotShazam. See also IAmTheBand and SpotlightStealingTitle. When a group tries to carry on after losing its most prominent member(s), the result is TheBandMinusTheFace. Can occur even on a LongRunnerLineUp. Not to be confused with TheFace but the roles can overlap if the one member everyone knows is also the most social. Quite common if [[EgocentricTeamNaming the band is named after the guy]].

* Music/DCTalk is Toby "[=TobyMac=]" [=McKeehan=], [[Music/{{Newsboys}} Michael Tait]], and... that guy who became an exvangelical (Kevin Max).