Andy Mackay: In Search Of Marcel Proust
Chrissie Hynde, NME, 6 July 1974
IN TERMS of the rock machine they were chronologically burned out from the start. Who but a pack of literary looneys could have survived falling short of acne regulations and press on to become one of The Important Bands Of The 70's? Truly one of the wonders of the modern world. Roxy Music is one elixir of a band.
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