'Roxy Music wouldn't get signed today' - Manzanera

Tom Pakinkis

Roxy Music, one of Britain’s most successful rock bands, wouldn’t get signed today, according to the group’s former lead guitarist Phil Manzanera.

Talking to The Guardian, Manzanera said that the band’s “weird” sound during early albums would perhaps deter record labels today. 

"I was listening to The Bob and I was laughing,” said Manzanera referring to a track on Roxy Music’s self-titles 1972 debut album. “It's pure prog. The whole of that first album sounds so weird. It's such ...

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