I'd put him second only after Bowie.
But I'll be magnanimous because I admit most would put him only in the top ten.
Ferry & Roxy Music crafted and defined experimental art rock.
"Ferry was one of the most influential rockers of the 70's"
I don't think Roxy Music was ever much known in North America. I only knew them for one song -- Love is the Drug in the 70s.
In the 80s they became somewhat more well known for Avalon, More Than This. Slave to Love was was used in a soundtrack which upped their visibility somewhat, but not so much that they became a big thing over here.
Their music had this lush ethereal quality to it which I don't think quite gelled with North American audiences. I lived in England for a couple of years in the late 80s so I was more exposed to their music then.
Their music had this lush ethereal quality to it which I don't think quite gelled with North American audiences.
Not surprising then that Ferry was featured on the end credits to the Ridley Scott movie "Legend"
"Lush ethereal quality". Damn, you describe it well.
I'm American and I was one of the hip kids who knew Roxy Music. Lol. Yes, sadly most Americans have never heard of them. But they were a superstar band in Britain.
Across the board American rock has been light years behind British rock since the 1960's. They are the innovators in rock since the so-called "British Invasion".