Roxy Music's heady mix of Bryan Ferry's emphatic sexual posturing, Brian Eno's synthesizer experimentation, Stockhausen and Stax exploded with a pop energy unlike that of any other band — ensuring an unbroken string of tope-ten albums. As their dazzling mix of space suits and fifties haircuts gave way to lounge lizard chic, Roxy Music's ongoing ability to be both pop icons and maintain serious musical credentials resulted in one of pop music's most enduring and original lefends.
Stylish, witty, and evervescent, Unknown Pleasures: A Cultural Biography of Roxy Music, the first book dedicated to Roxy Music and their frontman Bryabn Ferry since they disbanded in 1983, is a vital celebration of popular culture in the '70s and one of its most influential bands.
