19 Facts About Roxy Music

Roxy Music are an English rock band formed in 1970 by Bryan Ferry—who became the band's lead singer and main songwriter—and bass guitarist Graham Simpson.

Roxy Music became a successful act in Europe and Australia during the 1970s.

In 2011, Roxy Music played a series of 40th-anniversary shows, but went inactive as a performing entity following the concerts.

In 2022, Roxy Music reformed for a tour to mark the 50th anniversary of their first album.

Roxy Music played live through 1971, and recorded a demo tape of some early compositions.

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Bunn left the group at the end of the summer of 1971, and in October, Roxy Music advertised in Melody Maker seeking the "Perfect Guitarist".

Roxy Music reunited during 1978 to record a new album, Manifesto, but with a reshuffled cast.

Jobson was reportedly not contacted for the reunion; at the time, Jobson was touring and recording with his own band, U K The sleeve of Manifesto indicated that the revived Roxy Music line-up consisted of Ferry, Manzanera, Mackay, and Thompson, along with Paul Carrack, Alan Spenner, and Gary Tibbs ; despite this all other media pointed to Roxy Music being a quartet, with the latter three musicians being regular collaborators of the band.

At this point, Ferry, Mackay and Manzanera became the only permanent members of Roxy Music, and were supplemented by a variety of session players over the next few years including Tibbs, Spenner, Carrack, drummer Andy Newmark and guitarist Neil Hubbard.

On 29 March 2019, Roxy Music were inducted to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame; Ferry, Manzanera, Mackay and Jobson performed a six-song set at the induction ceremony at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.

Roxy Music reformed in 2022 for a 50th anniversary tour of the United Kingdom and the United States to be held that autumn.

Early style and presentation of Roxy Music was influenced by the art school backgrounds of its principal members.

Roxy Music was initially influenced by other contemporary artists at the time including The Beatles, The Kinks, The Rolling Stones, David Bowie, Elton John, The Animals, Pink Floyd, King Crimson, Jimi Hendrix, The Velvet Underground and The Who, as well as American rock'n'roll acts and genres such as Elvis Presley and Motown.

Roxy Music was one of the first rock music groups to create and maintain a carefully crafted look and style that included their stage presentation, music videos, album and single cover designs, and promotional materials such as posters, handbills, cards and badges.

In 2005, Tim de Lisle of The Guardian argued that Roxy Music are the second most influential British band after the Beatles.

Roxy Music's work has been featured in a number of soundtracks for both film and television.

Multiple Roxy Music songs were featured in the soundtrack to the 2006 BBC fantasy-police drama series Life on Mars set in 1970s Manchester.

An antagonist character in the video game Final Fight named Roxy is named after the band, as are other enemy characters in the game that pay homage to someone or something related to music, like her identical partner Poison.

In May 2021, Tony Barrell, a British writer and Roxy Music fan, announced that he was the author of the letter.