Roxy Music
Sign in to saveEnglish art rock band formed in 1970
Key facts
- Origin
- Newcastle upon Tyne /London, England
- Genres
- Art rock glam rock pop rock sophisti-pop
- Works
- Roxy Music discography
- Years active
- 1970–1976 1978–1983 2001–2011 2022
- Labels
- Island E.G. Virgin Atco Reprise Warner Bros.
- Spinoffs
- The Explorers 801
- Past members
- Bryan Ferry Andy Mackay Phil Manzanera Paul Thompson Brian Eno Graham Simpson Eddie Jobson (See List of Roxy Music members for others)
- Website
- roxymusic .co .uk
via Wikipedia infobox
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Encyclopedic overview
Roxy Music were an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry (lead vocals/keyboards/principal songwriter) and Graham Simpson (bass). By the time the band recorded their first album in early 1972, Ferry and Simpson were joined by Andy Mackay (saxophone/oboe), Phil Manzanera (guitar), Paul Thompson (drums) and Brian Eno (synthesizer). Simpson departed in mid-1972, from which point the bassist position in the band would be unstable, while Eno was replaced by Eddie Jobson (synthesizer/keyboards/violin) in mid-1973. By 1980, the band was reduced to a core trio of Ferry, Mackay and Manzanera, augmented by various backing musicians.
Beginning with their first album, Roxy Music became a successful act in Europe and Australia during the 1970s. The band pioneered more musically sophisticated elements of glam rock, significantly influencing early English punk music, and provided a model for many new wave acts while innovating elements of electronic composition. The group also conveyed their distinctive brand of visual and musical sophistication with their focus on glamorous fashions.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Roxy Music” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.