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Live is the Drug
It’s been 25 years since Roxy Music were first filmed live, performing Re-Make/Re-Model at London’s Royal College Of Art. It was the beginning of a singluar musical journey, from art rock to MOR, which was made to be seen as well as heard. Their idiosyncratic visual flair is captured perfectly on their forthcoming DVD collection of live performances and promo videos, The Thrill Of It All: A Visual History 1972-1982. Saxophonist Andy Mackay and guitarist Phil Manzanera spoke to Jason Draper about their once-in-a-lifetime group…
What Roxy era are you most satisfied with on the DVD?
Andy Mackay: The great treat is the stuff from Montreux, which none of us have actually seen for 25 years. It was one of the best recorded performances of the original band, as it were. The first phase of our touring. That is fun to see, not least because there were fewer of us on stage. In the early days the assumption was always that, if I wasn’t playing saxophone I played keyboards, rather than have the big, later line ups with lots of backing singers and things. We were all doing things. It has an energy and exuberance about it. Having said that, I think the Fréjus footage is very impressive. That’s the most sophisticated of our tours: the one that had that late 70s/early 80s gloss to it.
Phil Manzanera: There’s almost three phases of Roxy. They all have their good and their bad points but, because the first lot was with Eno, and you’re beginning and it’s very, very exciting, there’s that energy there. You’re freaking everybody out because they’ve not seen anything like it before [laughs]. Then you’ve got the middle period where you’re dealing with the departure of Eno and what’s gonna happen to Roxy. You’re trying to formulate a sustainable career, so that’s another set of …
by Jason Draper
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