Roxy Music: They Came From Planet Bacofoil
Rob Chapman, MOJO, December 1995
Brought together by musical differences, they looked into the future — and it was dressed to kill. They were Roxy Music, and this is the story of their bizarre odyssey from iconoclastic chaos to chilled perfection — and the price they paid.
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