Book description
Roxy Music and Art-Rock Glamour is a detailed exploration of the
origins of the glam scene in the early seventies. Fronted by the
deeply charismatic Bryan Ferry - equal parts fifties crooner and
stylish spaceman - and with the visionary Brian Eno on keyboards, Roxy
Music melded high-art intentions with commercial savvy to redefine
what we understand pop culture to mean, and in the course of so doing
created some of the twentieth century's most adventurous music.
Michael Bracewell is the author of six novels and two works of
non-fiction, including the much acclaimed England Is Mine. His writing
has appeared in The Penguin Book of Twentieth Century Fashion Writing
and The Faber Book of Pop, and he has written catalogue texts for many
contemporary artists, including Richard Wentworth, Jim Lambie and
Gilbert and George. He was the co-curator of 'The Secret Public: The
Last Days of The British Underground, 1977-1988', at Kunstverein
Munchen in 2006, and was a Turner Prize judge in 2007.
