Teenagers worshipping Roxy Music with vacuum cleaners as instruments — 1978 Manchester was unhinged.
Documentary profiling young Roxy Music fans. They talk about the band and the music, are seen out and about in Manchester, they prepare for a concert at the Opera House. Includes footage of a tribute band, who, due to a lack of musical instruments, use household appliances to make music.
Direction
McManus captures raw, unguarded teenage worship.
Production
Household appliance tribute band is cinema history.
Director
John McManus
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Shot during Roxy Music's 'Manifesto' tour, this captures British glam's final breath before new wave and punk fully took over Manchester's youth culture.
The tribute band's appliance gimmick wasn't scripted — director McManus reportedly found them already performing this way at a local pub.
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