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pseydtonne  ·  3507 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: Why is Roxy Music so underrated?

Roxy Music had hits. That's not underrated.

Roxy Music gave us Brian Ferry and BRIAN mofo ENO. Eno invented ambient music to improve the airport experience -- in other words, he invented an entire GENRE of music that is still active as a solution to a simple problem.

You want underrated from that era, maybe a touch later? MX-80 Sound. Let's talk about how much Ariel Pink's Haunted Graffiti is a Snakefinger tribute band. Heck, let's give a big shout-out to the Blasters -- without the Alvin Brothers, there never would've been a rockabilly revival in 1983 and again in 1994.