Initially a self-confessed emulator of Roxy Music from 1974 under the name Tiger
Lily, Ultravox briefly converted to punk with Ultavox! andHa!-Ha!-Ha! both
released in 1977. Ultravox had no trouble turning the corner on new wave and
synth pop in 1980 with the brilliant Vienna. A member of the short-lived
neo-romantic movement for a time, Ultravox soon fell into a certain pop
mannerism with Rage in Eden (1981) and Quartet (1982). The band's success -
mainly in the UK - continued until U-Vox in 1986, before it continued without
most of its original members until 1994. The historic ...