Roxy Music is another band that never had a bass player as a member proper, yet always inventive bass lines upfront in the mix. As if they were trying to over-compensate for their embarrassing lack of a bass player in their ranks. Apparently, all the myriad Roxy bass players had the freedom to play what they wanted. John Gustafson, who played on Stranded, Country Life and Siren, even had an offer to join (and refused, silly boy!).
