ROXY MUSIC

Roxy Music were an English rock band formed in 1970 and became a very successful act in Europe and Australia.  The band pioneered more musically sophisticated elements of glam rock while significantly influencing early English punk music,  and provided a model for many new wave acts while innovating elements of electronic composition

Roxy Music became a successful act in Europe and Australia during the 1970s. This success began with their debut album, Roxy Music (1972). The band pioneered more musically sophisticated elements of glam rock while significantly influencing early English punk music,  and provided a model for many new wave acts while innovating elements of electronic composition. The group also distinguished their visual and musical sophistication through a preoccupation with glamorous fashions. Ferry and co-founding member Eno had had influential solo careers. The latter became one of Britain’s most significant record producers of the late 20th century. Rolling Stone ranked Roxy Music No. 98 on its “The Immortals – 100 The Greatest Artists of All Time” list.

The band’s final studio album was Avalon (1982), which became platinum-certified in the United States. In 2005 they began recording a new studio album, which would have been their ninth, and would have been their first record since 1973 with Brian Eno, who wrote two songs for it and also played keyboards. However, Bryan Ferry eventually confirmed that material from these sessions would be released as a Ferry solo album, with Eno playing on “a couple of tracks”,  and that he doesn’t think they’ll ever record as Roxy Music again.  The album ultimately became Ferry’s 2010 album Olympia. Roxy Music played a series of 40th anniversary shows in 2011, but has since become inactive as a performing entity.

Roxy Music Backing Tracks

Avalon … More Than This …  Jealous Guy …  Over You …  Virginia Plain …  Dance Away …