About two-thirds into Sky Atlantic’s broadcast of King Rocker, Robert Lloyd – the subject of the film – is talking about how things were going from “bad to worse”. Unfortunately, an ad break comes in fractionally too soon and cuts him off; meaning what he actually says is “from bad to wor …” When the documentary resumes we have moved on, that final sibilant left unsaid. Probably forever. I’ve gone back and forth on this for ages, and I’m still not sure if it was intentional. It’s that sort of film.
This is, ostensibly, a documentary about a musician – Lloyd, the singer with 70s punk band The Prefects, which eventually morphed into cult Birmingham post-punk arty types The Nightingales. It tracks Lloyd’s hodge-podge career as he goes from art-rock frontman to record company boss, to band manager, to music video producer, to sit-com scriptwriter to pop solo artist,...
This is, ostensibly, a documentary about a musician – Lloyd, the singer with 70s punk band The Prefects, which eventually morphed into cult Birmingham post-punk arty types The Nightingales. It tracks Lloyd’s hodge-podge career as he goes from art-rock frontman to record company boss, to band manager, to music video producer, to sit-com scriptwriter to pop solo artist,...
- 2/10/2021
- by Marc Burrows
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
Roxy Music have been eligible for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame ever since their debut single “Virginia Plain” turned 25 in 1997, but they were always more popular in their native England than America and even members of the band are a little surprised they got in this year. “I always felt we were a little too far out there for the general public in America even though we have a strong following in some pockets over there,” Roxy saxophonist Andy Mackay told Rolling Stone late last year. “It was very surprising to hear.
- 3/30/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Bryan Ferry will reunite with Roxy Music members Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera for a performance at the 2019 Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction ceremony.
Ferry, Mackay and Manzanera will perform alongside a group of musicians that have played with either Ferry or Roxy Music throughout the years, including Chris Spedding, Neil Jason and Fonzi Thornton. However, drummer Paul Thompson and synth master Brian Eno will not attend the ceremony due to prior commitments.
Roxy Music hasn’t performed together since 2011 and in a January interview with Rolling Stone,...
Ferry, Mackay and Manzanera will perform alongside a group of musicians that have played with either Ferry or Roxy Music throughout the years, including Chris Spedding, Neil Jason and Fonzi Thornton. However, drummer Paul Thompson and synth master Brian Eno will not attend the ceremony due to prior commitments.
Roxy Music hasn’t performed together since 2011 and in a January interview with Rolling Stone,...
- 3/27/2019
- by Jon Blistein
- Rollingstone.com
Roxy Music saxophonist Andy Mackay was driving down to England’s West Country in mid-December when he got a text from Bryan Ferry saying that they’d been inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. “I knew we had been nominated,” says Mackay. “But I always felt that we were a little too far out there for the general public in America even though we have a strong following in some pockets over there. It was very surprising to hear.”
The group hasn’t performed together since they quietly disbanded after a 2011 tour,...
The group hasn’t performed together since they quietly disbanded after a 2011 tour,...
- 1/24/2019
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
Following Roxy Music‘s Rock and Roll Hall of Fame induction, Bryan Ferry will embark on a North American solo trek focusing on the band’s 1982 album Avalon as well the singer’s own solo work and Roxy Music hits.
Ferry’s 18-date North American leg begins July 30th at Toronto’s Sony Centre and runs through September 5th in Vancouver. Along the way, the singer will perform at Austin’s Moody Theater, home of Austin City Limits, on August 23rd. Tickets for the tour go on sale beginning January 14th at Ferry’s website.
Ferry’s 18-date North American leg begins July 30th at Toronto’s Sony Centre and runs through September 5th in Vancouver. Along the way, the singer will perform at Austin’s Moody Theater, home of Austin City Limits, on August 23rd. Tickets for the tour go on sale beginning January 14th at Ferry’s website.
- 1/14/2019
- by Daniel Kreps
- Rollingstone.com
The nominations for the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame’s Class of 2019 are in, and the list includes Radiohead, Def Leppard, Stevie Nicks, Rage Against the Machine, the Cure, Devo, Janet Jackson, Kraftwerk, LL Cool J, Roxy Music, Todd Rundgren, John Prine, MC5, Rufus featuring Chaka Khan and the Zombies. The top vote-getters will be announced in December and inducted March 29th, 2019 at a ceremony at Brooklyn’s Barclays Center. HBO will broadcast the event later next year.
To be eligible for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s...
To be eligible for this year’s ballot, each nominee’s...
- 10/9/2018
- by Andy Greene
- Rollingstone.com
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