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
Wikidata facts
- Official name
- Roxy Music
- Official website
- www.roxymusic.co.uk
- Image
- Roxy Music band.jpg
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- Commons category
- Roxy Music
- inception
- 1971-01-01
- start of work period
- 1970-00-00
- social media followers
- 195000
- end of work period
- 2011-00-00
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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.