Tag: Bryan Ferry
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Sliding Doors: The Origin of Roxy Music
Brian Eno was waiting for the tube at Maida Vale. A train stopped, leaving Brian equidistant between two carriages. He didn’t know it, but his destiny awaited. Enter one carriage, and he would become a pop star, an innovator of ambient recording, and eventually collaborate on some of David Bowie’s most remarkable albums, using a…
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Are Blue Öyster Cult Rock’s Most Barking Mad Band (Or Just The Shortest?)
In my last article, I introduced you to some of Rock’s Greatest Song Titles – all by Blue Oyster Cult. 1988’s Imaginos was my first full BÖC album – an entirely bonkers concept album about… I have no idea – twenty five years later. It’s proper barking. We’re talking Katie Price levels of madness here.…
Every record tells a story 