History Music / RoxyMusic

Roxy Music reformed in 2001, sans Eno, and toured steadily until 2011. They also recorded material for a new album with Eno, but these sessions were reworked into Ferry's 2010 solo album, ''Olympia''. After their 40th anniversary shows in 2011 they went on hiatus; Manzanera has stated that they are unlikely to perform together again.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: The first U.S. pressing of ''Country Life'' was packaged in black shrink wrap to cover up the two topless women on the cover. It did inspire Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} to package Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' in the same way a year later. The cover was eventually changed to a forest (which was originally meant to be on the back cover). Later reissues restored the original cover.

* BawdySong + IntercourseWithYou = A lot of their songs, and Ferry's chief preoccupations.

* CostumePorn — they will NeverLiveItDown, as will not Bryan Ferry himself.

* LoveIsADrug: "Love is the Drug"

* RecursiveReality: They're playing "Oh Yeah" on the radio...
* {{Retraux}}: Bryan Ferry dressed like a 1940s film star and was fond of crooning pre-60s songs using more lush modern equipment. His most blatant example of this trope was his ''Extended Play'' EP, designed to look like a late 50's or early 60's 4-track 7" EP, complete with liner notes, despite one of the tracks being a Gallagher and Lyle song released the previous year. This doubles as SeinfeldIsUnfunny, as though it would regain popularity in the punk era, the EP format was pretty much dead at the time.

* UpdatedRerelease: The second pressing of Manifesto has the rerecorded single version of "Angel Eyes" and the single remix of "Dance Away" replacing the originals. Because it was released only two months after the originals, they are quite rare. Earlier [=CDs=] kept the rearranged tracklist, however, the remastered [=CDs=] did reinstate the original mixes.

* ContemptibleCover:
** All of them, except ''Avalon''. Special mention goes to ''Country Life'', which features two German female fans of the band in semi-transparent lingerie standing in a forest.
** Maybe not contemptible, but Ferry's then-RealLife girlfriend Jerry Hall provides FanService as a butt-nekkid mermaid on the ''Siren'' cover.

* AlohaHawaii: "Hula Kula," the BSide to "Street Life." Arguably a case of ShownTheirWork as Phil Manzanera spent part of his childhood in Hawai'i.

* ''Siren'' (1975)

* UpdatedRerelease: The second pressing of Manifesto has the rerecorded single version of "Angel Eyes" and the single remix of "Dance Away" replacing the originals. Because it was released only two months after the originals, they are quite rare. Earlier CDs kept the rearranged tracklist, however, the remastered CDs did reinstate the original mixes.

* HoYay: Ferry deliberately invoked this on his solo recording of "It's My Party", where he left the lyrics the same as they were when sang by a female - ie his boyfriend Johnny. He said he left this in on purpose to appeal to the band's gay fanbase.

* CostumePorn — they will [[never live it down]], as will not Bryan Ferry himself.

* CostumePorn

!Discography:

* ''Music/RoxyMusic'' (1972)

* ''Roxy Music'' (1972)

* ArsonMurderAndJaywalking: Bryan would do anything for his lady. That means he would climb mountains, swim across oceans, walk a thousand miles, expose his deepest secrets, and sit in the garden growing potatoes by the score.

* DriveInTheater: From "Virginia Plain":
-->''Last picture shows down the drive-in\\
You're so sheer, you're so chic\\
Teenage rebel of the week''
* EchoingAcoustics: "2HB", via tape delay.

* CampStraight: Bryan Ferry.
** Though Ferry intentionally styled himself like a 1940s romantic crooner with an eccentric side, with more than a bit of Film/JamesBond influence, as evidenced by the cover of his solo album ''Another Time, Another Place''.

** Though Ferry intentionally styled himself like a 1940s romantic crooner with an eccentric side, with more than a bit of James Bond influence, as evidenced by the cover of his solo album "Another Time, Another Place".

* CanonImmigrant: Bryan Ferry's "Let's Stick Together" compilation was created for the US market, as the label demanded an album off the back of his "Let's Stick Together" single and declined to release his "The Price Of Love" EP. He combined the two releases with the previous year's "You Go To My Head" single, some UK B-Side recordings of Roxy Music tracks and a then unreleased version of "Casanova", in order to create an 11 track album. Whilst initially intended as a US only release, "Let's Stick Together" became hugely popular on import to the point where Island released it in the UK, and it has featured in all the reissue series since. Part of the reason is that it was the first Ferry release after Roxy Music announced their split.
* ContemptibleCover: All of them, except Avalon. Special mention goes to ''Country Life'', which features two German female fans of the band in semi-transparent lingerie standing in a forest.

* ''Country Life'' (1974)

** ''For Your Pleasure'' was a notable example as well. The band's self-titled debut garnered a good deal of criticism for the lengthy instrumental introductions to many of its tracks. The band took note of this and started the album with a jolt-- 'Do The Strand' starts immediately on Ferry's first line.

* ''Avalon'' (1982)

* RevolvingDoorBand: The band used different bassists after Graham Simpson left. The keyboard spots also changed a lot after the band reunited in the late '70s.

Roxy Music was a British art rock/GlamRock band in TheSeventies and TheEighties, known mainly for being a significant influence on PunkRock, [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]], SophistiPop, AlternativeRock and being the band where musician and knob-twiddler extraordinaire Music/BrianEno started his professional career. It had the following members:

* NewSoundAlbum: ''Stranded'', ''Manifesto'', ''Avalon''.
** 'For Your Pleasure' was a notable example as well. The tracks on the band's self-titled debut often had long introductions, which some people had criticised. The band took note of this and started the album with a jolt - 'Do The Strand' starts immediately on Ferry's first line.

* {{Retraux}} : Bryan Ferry dressed like a 1940s film star and was fond of crooning pre-60s songs using more lush modern equipment. His most blatant example of this trope was his ''Extended Play'' EP, designed to look like a late 50s or early 60s 4 track 7" EP, complete with liner notes, despite one of the tracks being a Gallagher And Lyle song released the previous year. This doubles as SeinfeldIsUnfunny, as though it would regain popularity in the punk era, the EP format was pretty much dead at the time.

Roxy Music was a British art rock/GlamRock band in TheSeventies and TheEighties, known mainly for being a significant influence on PunkRock, [[NewWaveMusic New Wave]] and SophistiPop, and being the band where musician and knob-twiddler extraordinaire Music/BrianEno started his professional career. It had the following members:

The band proved to be a huge influence on PunkRock, {{New Wave|Music}}, and AlternativeRock bands during their absence.

* {{Bowdlerization}}: The first U.S. pressing of ''Country Life'' was packaged in black shrink wrap to cover up the two topless women on the cover. It did inspire Creator/{{Hipgnosis}} to package Music/PinkFloyd's ''Music/WishYouWereHere'' in the same way a year later. The cover was eventually changed to a forest (which was originally meant to be on the back cover).