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Roxy Music
From HitStory, the pop encyclopedia of School of Rock · Artist
Roxy Music was an English rock band, started in London in 1970 by the singer and keyboard player Bryan Ferry and the bassist Graham Simpson. The saxophonist and oboist Andy Mackay answered an advertisement and brought along his friend Brian Eno, who was not a musician but could operate a synthesizer and a tape recorder. The drummer Paul Thompson and the guitarist Phil Manzanera completed the group. The name came from old cinemas: Roxy had something of faded glamour, and Music was a pun on rock music.
Music and breakthrough
In 1972 the debut album Roxy Music appeared, and shortly afterwards the single Virginia Plain, which reached number four in England. The performance on Top of the Pops, with striking costumes, made the band one of the faces of glam rock. After For Your Pleasure (1973) Eno left; Eddie Jobson took his place with keyboards and electric violin. Stranded (1973), Country Life (1974) and Siren (1975), with Love Is the Drug, followed. After a break the band came back with Manifesto (1979) and Flesh + Blood (1980). The last album was Avalon (1982), smoother and calmer than the early work.
Influence
Roxy Music combined nostalgia and the music of the future: Ferry's crooner voice, Mackay's saxophone and oboe, Eno's electronic sounds and tight rock drums. The band gave glam rock an artistic side, influenced early British punk and was a model for much new wave. That is why it is no coincidence that in the clubs of the 1980s people danced to Roxy Music, alongside Bowie and Kraftwerk.
Listening
Virginia Plain · Roxy Music, 1972Apple Music ↗
Discography
Studio albums
- 1972Roxy Music
- 1973For Your Pleasure
- 1973Stranded
- 1974Country Life
- 1975Siren
- 1979Manifesto
- 1980Flesh + Blood
- 1982Avalon
In School of Rock
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- Mixtape 7: The 1980sNL Reader