Re-Make/Re-Model: Becoming Roxy Music

Just wrapped up Re-Make/Re-Model: Becoming Roxy Music, by Michael Bracewell. If you’re a Roxy fan and looking for a tell-all on what went on underneath Eno’s feather collar, this isn’t it. Rather it’s a fascinating, and somewhat exhausting, treatise on what was going down in U.K. art schools and the birth and burdgeoning of the Pop art scene with the likes of Richard Hamilton and Mark Lancaster. I kept waiting for all the dirt on Roxy, but what you get is a compelling read on all the ingredients boiling in the pot, soon to boil over, that gave birth to what was arguably the first rock band as an art project.

A great read for any music, and Pop art, fan.