It was 1974 and Roxy Music was playing in Birmingham, England, supporting their third album, Country Life, when a 14-year-old John Taylor, along with his schoolmate (and later Duran Duran bandmate) ...

Very few bands can boast the wide-ranging influence of Roxy Music. Over the course of eight studio albums, delivered during an 11-year period, the U.K. act created a body of work that would touch and ...

Phil Manzanera’s introduction to Roxy Music happened over a half century ago. He had answered an ad that the U.K. avant-garde rock act placed in Melody Maker, reportedly seeking “the perfect guitarist ...