About the Book
In 1972 an English rock band released its first album to instant critical acclaim: Roxy Music. Here was a group that looked as though it came not only from another era, but also from another planet-a band in which art, fashion, and music would combine to create, in Bryan Ferrys words, above all, a state of mind. Written with the assistance, for the first time, of all those involved, including Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay, and Phil Manzanera, Re-Make/Re-Model tells how Pop Art, the 1960s underground, and Swinging London were transformed into a unique sound and look-theatrical, arch, literate, clever, sexy, thrilling. In the tradition of Jean Stein and George Plimptons Edie, Re-Make/Re-Model is the story of extraordinary individuals and exceptional creativity-and nothing less than the history of an era in music and pop culture.
About the Author :
Michael Bracewell is an acclaimed novelist as well as nonfiction writer. He lives in England.
Review :
"Rejecting the standard album-tour-drugs-sex hagiography, Bracewell focuses on British art, fashion and academia in the 1950s and '60s, and on how the cultural scene inspired several brilliant products of that milieu to create Roxy Music...Part oral history, part academic thesis, "Re-Make/Re-Model" essentially deconstructs the cast and credits of Roxy Music's wildly inventive 1972 debut album...Creative connections to Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, David Hockney and others make this tale engaging."--"New York Times Book Review" 5/4/08
""Re-make/Re-model" is the Roxy Book of Genesis Bracewell is meticulous in his coverage of the many aesthetic inputs that made up the Roxy world."--"Boston Phoenix"
Boston Phoenix
"Re-make/Re-model is the Roxy Book of Genesis Bracewell is meticulous in his coverage of the many aesthetic inputs that made up the Roxy world."
New York Times Book Review 5/4/08
"Rejecting the standard album-tour-drugs-sex hagiography, Bracewell focuses on British art, fashion and academia in the 1950s and '60s, and on how the cultural scene inspired several brilliant products of that milieu to create Roxy Music...Part oral history, part academic thesis, Re-Make/Re-Model essentially deconstructs the cast and credits of Roxy Music's wildly inventive 1972 debut album...Creative connections to Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, David Hockney and others make this tale engaging."Time Out New York, 6/5/08
"Offers way more insight than any career-trajectory doorstop ever could have...Chewier than garden-variety pop-music books...Bracewell is the first Roxy biographer to enjoy the full approval of band members, access to their inner circle and the opportunity to nab dozens of killer quotes from people in myriad disciplines...He couldn't be more in his element, and it shows...Not just an invigorating cultural history of late-midcentury England but a handbook for aspiring aesthetes."
"Skyscraper," Winter 08
"Bracewell is unbelievably thorough...The writing in "Re-Make/Re-Model" is unique and challenging, much like the band of which he writes."
Curled Up with a Good Book, 1/25/09
"Through a treasure trove of interviews, Bracewell often steps back to let the individuals tell their own story...However he is not afraid to add is own often astute observations from time to time...Part biography, part pop art appreciation, part late '60s/early '70s cultural study, this book equals more than the sum of its parts."
"Skyscraper", Winter 08
"Bracewell is unbelievably thorough...The writing in "Re-Make/Re-Model" is unique and challenging, much like the band of which he writes."
Curled Up with a Good Book, 1/25/09
"Through a treasure trove of interviews, Bracewell often steps back to let the individuals tell their own story...However he is not afraid to add is own often astute observations from time to time...Part biography, part pop art appreciation, part late '60s/early '70s cultural study, this book equals more than the sum of its parts."
"The Indepedant", 9/5/08
"Brilliant."
"Time Out New York", 6/5/08
"Offers way more insight than any career-trajectory doorstop ever could have...Chewier than garden-variety pop-music books...Bracewell is the first Roxy biographer to enjoy the full approval of band members, access to their inner circle and the opportunity to nab dozens of killer quotes from people in myriad disciplines...He couldn't be more in his element, and it shows...Not just an invigorating cultural history of late-midcentury England but a handbook for aspiring aesthetes."
"Skyscraper," Winter 08
"Bracewell is unbelievably thorough...The writing in "Re-Make/Re-Model" is unique and challenging, much like the band of which he writes."
"Boston Phoenix"
""Re-make/Re-model" is the Roxy Book of Genesis Bracewell is meticulous in his coverage of the many aesthetic inputs that made up the Roxy world."
"The Indepedant," 9/5/08
"Brilliant."
Jessa Crispin, NPR.org
"Bracewell combines art history, music theory and a smashing sense of fashion to create a new kind of rock history, one worthy of its groundbreaking subject."
"New York Times Book Review" 5/4/08
"Rejecting the standard album-tour-drugs-sex hagiography, Bracewell focuses on British art, fashion and academia in the 1950s and '60s, and on how the cultural scene inspired several brilliant products of that milieu to create Roxy Music...Part oral history, part academic thesis, "Re-Make/Re-Model" essentially deconstructs the cast and credits of Roxy Music's wildly inventive 1972 debut album...Creative connections to Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns, David Hockney and others make this tale engaging."
"Time Out New York," 6/5/08
"Offers way more insight than any career-trajectory doorstop ever could have...Chewier than garden-variety pop-music books...Bracewell is the first Roxy biographer to enjoy the full approval of band members, access to their inner circle and the opportunity to nab dozens of killer quotes from people in myriad disciplines...He couldn't be more in his element, and it shows...Not just an invigorating cultural history of late-midcentury England but a handbook for aspiring aesthetes."
