By Lenny Kaye, eMusic Contributor"Five years stuck on my eyes," sings David Bowie in the title role of The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust. "What a surprise." More astonishing is the intervening 40, in which the futuristic world… more »
By Jason Diamond, eMusic ContributorAside from the brilliant records, Roxy Music remains one of the most influential bands of the last 50 years based on the fact that they were the band that gave the world its first introduction to Brian Eno.… more »
By Jason Diamond, eMusic Contributor Brian Peter George St. John le Baptiste de la Salle Eno was born on this day in 1948 -- and yes, that's his real birth name. It's fitting that Brian Eno has a name that sounds like that… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorFlowing from start to finish, Roxy Music's eighth and final album announces itself as a major, sustained work. Although this 1982 disc features even more session musicians than 1980's Flesh + Blood, Avalon feels more… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorRecorded over three years at three U.K. venues with three different bassists, this 1976 live album issued during the extended break between the '75/'76 Siren tours and the late-'78 sessions for Manifesto is more of… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorWhere Country Life introduced Roxy Music to FM audiences, 1975's Siren opened the band up to AM radio listeners via the song that remains its most familiar, "Love is the Drug." As always, Ferry needs… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorAs its opening cut "The Thrill of It All" announces, 1974's Country Life rocks far harder than its predecessor, Stranded. That album's addition to the lineup — keyboardist/violinist Eddie Jobson and sideman bassist John Gustafson… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorReleased in 1990, eight years after the final MK III-era European tour it documents, this isn't the best way to remember Roxy Music. Heart Still Beating captures the band at the height of its popularity… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorWhat's the precedent for this album? Like the London band that created it, Roxy Music sounded like nothing else in 1972, and the only thing it resembles today is Roxy Music's next album, 1973's For… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorWith its shrunken band lineup (goodbye drummer extraordinaire Paul Thompson), increased reliance on session musicians, and inclusion of lackluster cover versions, 1980's Flesh + Blood at its worst feels like an uneven, synth-laden Bryan Ferry… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorA lot happened between the promotion of 1975's Siren and the recording of 1979's Manifesto, but not much to the band; its members announced midway through 1976 that they've decided "to have a rest from… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorReleased in the U.K. only seven months after For Your Pleasure and less than a month after leader Bryan Ferry's first covers album These Foolish Things, 1973's Stranded ushers in the beginning of Roxy Music… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorGiven that Roxy Music's debut was one of the wildest records of 1972 or any other year, it's fairly astonishing that 1973's follow-up is even more extreme. For Your Pleasure amplifies both the pounding pop… more »
By Barry Walters, eMusic ContributorIt was early 1976. Roxy Music was coming to town, and if I couldn't see them, I would surely die. My mother - who almost cut my miserable life short by forbidding me to see… more »
