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English art rock band about|1=the English rock band|2=their self-titled debut album|3=Roxy Music (album) Use British English November 2018 April 2020 Infobox musical artist | name = Roxy Music | image = Roxy Music - TopPop 1973 06.png | caption = Roxy Music on ''TopPop'' in 1974. Left to right: Eddie Jobson, Paul Thompson (musician)|Paul Thompson, Phil Manzanera, Bryan Ferry, Sal Maida, Andy Mackay | image_upright = 1.2 | origin = Newcastle upon Tyne/London, England | genre = hlist|Art rock|glam rock|pop rock|sophisti-pop | discography = Roxy Music discography | years_active = hlist|1970–1976|1978–1983|2001–2011|2022 | label = hlist|Island Records|Island|E.G. Records|E.G.|Virgin Records|Atco Records|Atco|Reprise Records|Reprise|Warner Records|Warner Bros. | spinoffs = hlist|The Explorers|801 (band)|801 | website = URL|roxymusic.co.uk * Bryan Ferry * Andy Mackay * Phil Manzanera * Paul Thompson (musician)|Paul Thompson | past_members = * Brian Eno * Graham Simpson (musician)|Graham Simpson * Dexter Lloyd * Roger Bunn * David O'List * Rik Kenton * John Porter (musician, born 1947)|John Porter * Eddie Jobson * John Gustafson (musician)|John Gustafson * Sal Maida * John Wetton * Rick Wills ''Roxy Music'' are an English rock music|rock band formed in 1970 by lead vocalist and principal songwriter Bryan Ferry and bassist Graham Simpson (musician)|Graham Simpson. By the time the band recorded their Roxy Music (album)|first album in 1972, Ferry and Simpson were joined by saxophonist and oboist Andy Mackay, guitarist Phil Manzanera, drummer Paul Thompson (musician)|Paul Thompson and synthesizer player Brian Eno. Other members over the years include keyboardist and violinist Eddie Jobson and bassist John Gustafson (musician)|John Gustafson. The band split in 1976, reformed in 1978 and split again in 1983. In 2001, Ferry, Mackay, Manzanera and Thompson reunited for a concert tour and have toured together intermittently ever since, most recently in 2022 to celebrate the 50th anniversary of their first album.cite magazine |last1=Kreps |first1=Daniel Roxy Music to Reunite for First North American Tour in Nearly 20 Years https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/roxy-music-reunite-north-american-tour-1327394/ |magazine=Rolling Stone 28 March 2022 28 March 2022 Ferry has also frequently enlisted band members as backing musicians during his solo career. Roxy Music became a successful act in Europe and Australia during the 1970s. This success began with their first album in 1972. The band pioneered more musically sophisticated elements of glam rock while significantly influencing early English punk rock|punk music,''More Than This: The Story of Roxy Music'', Eagle Rock, October 2009. and provided a model for many New wave music|new wave acts while innovating elements of electronic music|electronic composition. The group also conveyed their distinctive brand of visual and musical sophistication with their focus on glamorous fashions.[AllMusic artist p108518yes "Roxy Music: Biography"]. Stephen Thomas Erlewine. AllMusic. Accessed 3 March 2010. Roxy Music's final studio album was ''Avalon (Roxy Music album)|Avalon'' (1982, which was certified Music recording certification|Platinum in the United States, where the band had spent their first ten years as a moderately successful cult band.cite news | url= https://www.theguardian.com/music/2005/may/20/roxymusic.popandrock | title= Roxy is the drug | work=The Guardian | location=London | first=Tim | last=de Lisle | date=20 May 2005 | access-date=20 November 2016 Outside of the band, Ferry and Eno have had influential solo careers, with Eno also becoming one of the most significant British record producers of the late 20th century. In 2019, Roxy Music were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.cite news https://www.rockhall.com/class-2019-nominees CLASS OF 2019 NOMINEES 5 October 2018cite news https://www.nytimes.com/2018/12/13/arts/music/rock-roll-hall-fame-inductees-janet-jackson.html Janet Jackson and Radiohead Lead Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Class of 2019 Ben Sisario |work=The New York Times 13 December 2018 13 December 2018