Editing Roxy Music (section)

==Style==
Roxy Music have been associated with a range of genres including [[art rock]],<ref name="AM"/> [[glam rock]],<ref>{{cite news|first= Brian |last= Boyd |title= And on the seventh day, Eno released a not-very-good album. Hallelujah! |url= https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/music/and-on-the-seventh-day-eno-released-a-not-very-good-album-hallelujah-1.1805214 |newspaper= [[The Irish Times]] |date= 23 May 2014 |access-date= 28 April 2016}}</ref> [[pop rock]],<ref>{{cite book |editor-first=Michael |editor-last=Ray |title=Disco, punk, new wave, heavy metal, and more: Music in the 1970s and 1980s|year=2012|page=107|publisher=Rosen Education Service|isbn=978-1615309085}}</ref> [[progressive rock]],<ref>[[Simon Reynolds|Reynolds, Simon]].[https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/02/roxy-music-40-years "Roxy Music: The Band That Broke the Sound Barrier."] ''[[The Guardian]]''. 1 September 2012.</ref> [[art pop]],<ref>{{cite news |last=Lester |first=Paul |author-link=Paul Lester |title=Franz and Sparks: this town is big enough for both of us|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2015/jun/11/franz-and-sparks-this-town-is-big-enough-for-both-of-us|work=[[The Guardian]] |date=11 June 2015}}</ref> [[New wave music|new wave]],<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.pastemagazine.com/articles/2018/05/these-vintage-roxy-music-live-tracks-from-this-day.html |title=Let These Vintage Roxy Music Tracks From This Day in 1983 Start Your Long Weekend |website=Paste |date=25 May 2018}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.allmusic.com/blog/post/thirteen-new-wave-album-classics |title=Thirteen New Wave Album Classics |publisher=[[AllMusic]] |access-date=7 May 2023 |last=de Visé |first=Daniel}}</ref> [[soft rock]],<ref>{{cite web |url=http://felixonline.co.uk/articles/2018-02-22-roxy-music-s-for-your-pleasure/ |title=Roxy Music's For Your Pleasure |first=Adrian |last=LaMoury |website=FelixOnline |date=23 February 2018}}</ref> [[synth-pop]]<ref>{{cite web |title=Bryan Ferry, Channeling Bob Dylan |url=https://www.npr.org/2007/07/05/11748764/bryan-ferry-channeling-bob-dylan |publisher=NPR |date=5 July 2007}}</ref> and [[sophisti-pop]].<ref name="sweet">{{cite web |last=Jenkins |first=Jake |title=Sophisti-pop: The '80s' Most Elegant Genre |url=https://www.sweetwater.com/insync/sophisti-pop-the-most-elegant-genre/ |website=Sweetwater |date=30 July 2021 |access-date=13 September 2022}}</ref> The early style and presentation of Roxy Music was influenced by the [[art school]] backgrounds of its principal members. Ferry, Mackay and Eno all had studied at prominent UK art colleges during the mid-to-late 1960s, when these institutions were introducing courses that avoided traditional art teaching practice, with its emphasis on painting, and instead focused on more recent developments, most notably [[pop art]], and explored new concepts such as [[cybernetics]]. As writer [[Michael Bracewell (writer)|Michael Bracewell]] notes in his book ''Roxy: The Band that Invented an Era'', Roxy Music was created expressly by Ferry, Mackay and Eno as a means of combining their mutual interests in music, modern art and fashion.

Ferry studied at [[Newcastle University]] in the 1960s under renowned pop artist and educator [[Richard Hamilton (artist)|Richard Hamilton]], and many of Ferry's university friends, classmates and tutors—e.g. [[Rita Donagh]] and [[Tim Head]]—became well-known artists in their own right. Eno studied at [[Winchester School of Art]] and although his iconoclastic style became apparent early and caused some conflict with the college establishment, it also resulted in him meeting important artists and musicians including [[Cornelius Cardew]] and [[Gavin Bryars]]. His interest in [[electronic music]] also resulted in his first meetings with Andy Mackay, who was studying at [[University of Reading]] and who had likewise developed a strong interest in [[avant-garde music|avant-garde]] and electronic music.

The three eventually joined forces in London during 1970–71 after meeting through mutual friends and decided to form a rock band.

Roxy Music were initially influenced by other artists of 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 and roll]] acts and genres such as [[Elvis Presley]] and [[Motown]]. Ferry stated that Roxy Music's unique sound came as a result of the diverse and eclectic musical backgrounds of the band's members; "I had lots of musical influences, [[Phil Manzanera]] had this Latin heritage, being born in [[South America]]. Saxophone and oboe player [[Andy Mackay]] was classically trained. Eno with his deep interest in experimental music. They were specialists in their field. Paul Thompson brought a lot, with his very powerful, earthy drumming."<ref name="auto">{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2018/feb/01/bryan-ferry-roxy-music-invented-new-pop-game-for-anything |title=Bryan Ferry on how Roxy Music invented art pop: 'We were game for anything' |work=The Guardian |date=1 February 2018|access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.theguardian.com/music/2012/sep/02/roxy-music-40-years |title=Roxy Music: the band that broke the sound barrier |work=The Guardian |date=2 September 2012|access-date=28 February 2020}}</ref>

Roxy Music were one of the first rock music groups to create and maintain a carefully crafted look and style, which included their stage presentation, [[music video]]s, album and single cover designs, and promotional materials such as posters, handbills, cards and badges. They were assisted in this by a group of friends and associates who helped to sculpt the classic Roxy Music 'look', notably fashion designer [[Antony Price]], hair stylist Keith Mainwaring, photographer Karl Stoecker, the group's "PR consultant" Simon Puxley (a former university friend of Mackay) and Ferry's art school classmate [[Nicholas de Ville]]. Well-known critic [[Lester Bangs]] went so far as to say that Roxy Music represented "the triumph of artifice".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nme.com/reviews/roxy-music/2774 |title=Roxy Music – The Early Years – Album Reviews |work=Nme |date=2 September 2000 |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> Ferry later attributed the band's look to his interest in American music and popular culture icons including [[Marilyn Monroe]], Motown and [[Stax Records]] artists. He also stated he wanted to create an alternative image to publicity shots of pop and rock groups at the time which would feature artists "in a dreary street, looking rather sullen. Which was the norm."<ref name="auto"/>

The band's self-titled debut album, produced by [[King Crimson]]'s [[Pete Sinfield]], was the first in a series of albums with increasingly sophisticated covers, with art direction by Ferry in collaboration with his friend Nick De Ville. The album artwork imitated the visual style of classic "[[List of men's magazines|girlie]]" and [[fashion magazine]]s, featuring high-fashion shots of scantily clad models [[Amanda Lear]], [[Marilyn Cole]] and [[Jerry Hall]], each of whom had romances with Ferry during the time of their contributions, as well as model Kari-Ann Moller who appears on the cover of the first Roxy Music studio album but who was not otherwise involved with anyone in the band, and who later married [[Mick Jagger]]'s brother [[Chris Jagger|Chris]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.librario.com/1123|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100809141847/http://www.librario.com/1123|url-status=dead|title=These Vintage Years! – Bryan Ferry and Roxy Music – Kari-Ann|archive-date=9 August 2010}}</ref> The title of the fourth Roxy Music studio album, ''[[Country Life (Roxy Music album)|Country Life]]'', was intended as a parody of the well-known British rural magazine [[Country Life (magazine)|''Country Life'']], and the visually punning front cover photo featured two models (two German fans, Constanze Karoli—sister of [[Can (band)|Can]]'s [[Michael Karoli]]—and Eveline Grunwald)<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.superseventies.com/ac26countrylife.html |title=Seventies' Greatest Album Covers: Country Life |publisher=Superseventies.com |access-date=20 July 2011}}</ref> clad only in semi-transparent lingerie standing against an evergreen hedge. As a result, in many areas of the US the album was sold in an opaque plastic wrapper because retailers refused to display the cover. Later, an alternative cover, featuring just a picture of the forest, was used.