<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in King-crimson ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/king-crimson Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:57:31 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “The shop assistant said, ‘I could phone up Eric Clapton and he’d come and buy it.’” Robert Fripp on a briefcase of cash, a music store showdown and the ’59 Les Paul Custom that powered King Crimson’s most radical music. ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/robert-fripp-on-buying-his-1959-gibson-les-paul-custom vZcJp3cBup79BvhPrscLQf Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:57:31 +0000 Tue, 10 Feb 2026 22:58:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the guitarist whose playing he thought was “good fun” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/robert-fripp-on-jimi-hendrix-and-eric-clapton NenKeWRhD2SkPRWexK99R5 Fri, 26 Dec 2025 22:22:34 +0000 Wed, 11 Feb 2026 18:54:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He looked up at me and said, ‘That’s how the snare cuts through.’” Greg Lake on what happened when Robert Fripp asked him to play bass on King Crimson's debut album ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/greg-lake-on-the-rude-awakening-of-moving-from-guitar-to-bass cG5tXnRwwBDiZBpUo6P689 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:10:43 +0000 Wed, 17 Dec 2025 16:11:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Don’t you read the rumors? You’re working on a new album!” Robert Fripp offers a hilarious response to claim that King Crimson is in the studio making a record ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/robert-fripp-responds-to-new-king-crimson-album-rumors 26YpTy3C8j39bRtpUtRNfX Thu, 07 Aug 2025 13:29:11 +0000 Thu, 07 Aug 2025 15:42:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We used to get handfuls of this bloody stuff and then go back home and stick it up.” Robert Fripp’s early music experiments were bizarre says King Crimson cofounder Peter Giles ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/peter-giles-on-his-earliest-robert-fripp-memories iFCgH3mHmzmJE7zvNGtnGj Tue, 05 Aug 2025 21:04:45 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My hand would stay numb until soundcheck. It was scary.” Playing King Crimson's strenuous guitar parts left Adrian Belew in need of surgery. Steve Vai came to his rescue ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/adrian-belew-carpal-tunnel-surgery CVBgXFiavsCD9gcVVwXLah Thu, 24 Jul 2025 19:04:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Getting excited about the possibility of a new album is somewhat premature.” Robert Fripp and King Crimson are in the studio, but who knows what they're doing —and if we'll ever hear it ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/albums-singles/king-crimson-new-album-announcement-somewhat-premature gT5x3YP4ZmqX8BTvSExqLP Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:57:48 +0000 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 17:01:51 +0000 <![CDATA[ “As we speak, we're doing a King Crimson studio album.” Jakko Jakszyk confirms he's working on a new King Crimson album with Robert Fripp ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/jakszyk-confirms-hes-working-on-a-new-king-crimson-album-with-robert-fripp TnimhAdLVJ6ChDLBDFuEL9 Wed, 09 Jul 2025 14:59:20 +0000 Mon, 14 Jul 2025 11:08:56 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I thought, Robert Fripp’s a good guitarist. Maybe we could do something.” Andy Summers isn’t a fan of King Crimson, but his collaboration with Fripp came along at just the right time ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/andy-summers-on-his-robert-fripp-collaboration 88he7WhumfziVk9NtnvRDn Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:55:48 +0000 Wed, 02 Apr 2025 20:57:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Every single King Crimson record was a battle. Everything was against them." Steven Wilson reveals what King Crimson's music taught him about Robert Fripp's genius ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/what-steven-wilson-learned-about-robert-fripp-by-remixing-king-crimson dtDUMK68X8TAsBTNQ8poNj Mon, 24 Mar 2025 17:39:58 +0000 Tue, 25 Mar 2025 01:26:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ "He's underrated. Honestly, there’s no one close to him." They've both worked with Frank Zappa. But Steve Vai says he had no idea his guitar partner in Beat was such a powerhouse virtuoso ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/steve-vai-on-adrian-belew-and-beat VTjmxKgTNEwTV7b4NRfEYm Thu, 20 Feb 2025 13:38:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We get to our second show and I get an email from Robert Fripp.” Steve Vai says the King Crimson guru saw something in his playing he didn't like. So he told him how to fix it ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/steve-vai-beat-tour-advice zGrUerpGL53mdXMmuiCh5Y Wed, 15 Jan 2025 21:10:32 +0000 Thu, 16 Jan 2025 12:19:03 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It’s on a lot of records, and it only cost me 285 bucks!" It's ugly and beat to hell, but Adrian Belew's Stratocaster is behind landmark albums by Frank Zappa, David Bowie, King Crimson and Talking Heads ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/adrian-belews-ugly-strat-is-on-famous-albums dVCrHZTtjaucs6WDxq9sn4 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 19:28:07 +0000 Wed, 08 Jan 2025 13:07:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Tony Levin came in two notes early or late, and the whole thing fell to bits." Robert Fripp invented a tuning he couldn't play and polyrhythms that confused his band. The result was King Crimson's most difficult songs ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jakko-jakszyk-the-most-difficult-king-crimson-song-to-play zTdU5g8NuZHN5nYHrXFyca Mon, 25 Nov 2024 11:00:00 +0000 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 17:31:27 +0000 <![CDATA[ "Can you stop saying nice things about me?" Robert Fripp wasn't pleased when Jakko Jakszyk ruined his reputation as a tough boss ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/jakko-jakszyk-robert-fripps-reputation PPyip7R7suwFBREHR4vtcY Tue, 08 Oct 2024 15:24:00 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:08:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It took me quite awhile to be able to lock in with him. Robert told me I don’t hold my pick correctly”: Adrian Belew on the initial challenges of teaming up with Robert Fripp in King Crimson ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/adrian-belew-on-his-difficulties-locking-in-with-robert-fripp ygYL6w8p5WU5pu7PriHDSL Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:06:14 +0000 Thu, 26 Sep 2024 19:08:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I said, ‘I just want the most modern things we can have now’”: Adrian Belew discusses his love of the Parker Fly, and how he convinced Ken Parker to create his wild signature model ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/adrian-belew-on-convincing-ken-parker-to-make-a-signature-fly Y5pCLr8tWJV6LEmNrmEA8D Thu, 19 Sep 2024 20:16:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ “He Just Wanted Me to Go Wild on the Guitar”: Adrian Belew Reveals How David Bowie Helped Him Become a More Creative Player ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/adrian-belew-david-bowie BC9LqwwBtLZEUCBLgBx9kZ Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:24:11 +0000 Wed, 12 Apr 2023 18:25:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Heard on Classic Records by the Cult, the Smiths, Frank Zappa, David Bowie, Metallica, Talking Heads, King Crimson and More, the Boss and Roland Chorus Sounds Are a Mainstay of Rock ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/heard-on-classic-records-by-the-cult-the-smiths-frank-zappa-david-bowie-metallica-talking-heads-king-crimson-and-more-the-boss-and-roland-chorus-sounds-are-a-mainstay-of-rock PWFvfbSJ3igpFSb7QQTLHi Tue, 07 Feb 2023 16:55:13 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 11:09:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “It’s Still a Record That Stands up Today, Very, Very Well:” Adrian Belew and Jerry Harrison Talk ‘Remain in Light’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/its-still-a-record-that-stands-up-today-very-very-well-adrian-belew-and-jerry-harrison-talk-remain-in-light jgCdkhbDksaKBmqAyRrGza Tue, 25 Oct 2022 17:17:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Don’t Miss This Special Streamed Screening of ‘In the Court of the Crimson King, King Crimson at 50’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/dont-miss-this-special-streamed-screening-of-in-the-court-of-the-crimson-king-king-crimson-at-50 9QZeuwyWMqm5KAAzCBdK99 Fri, 21 Oct 2022 15:04:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch a Young Robert Fripp Putting a New King Crimson Lineup Through Its Paces with “Larks' Tongues in Aspic” ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-a-young-robert-fripp-putting-a-new-king-crimson-lineup-through-its-paces-with-larks-tongues-in-aspic rsKpfuv8hyoYGFc6uHsoQe Wed, 21 Sep 2022 17:44:43 +0000 Wed, 21 Sep 2022 18:06:58 +0000 <![CDATA[ Ten Great Robert Fripp Quotes ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/ten-great-robert-fripp-quotes 7GRovnSgmALEoXHzFS7tW9 Thu, 11 Aug 2022 16:58:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Looping Innovator Robert Fripp's 1979 Frippertronics TV Demonstration ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/gear/watch-looping-innovator-robert-fripps-1979-frippertronics-tv-demonstration 9aqB3EbQvYHfaiPaWK3dPA Wed, 23 Mar 2022 18:49:49 +0000 <![CDATA[ New King Crimson Documentary, In the Court of the Crimson King, Set for Premiere in March ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/new-king-crimson-documentary-in-the-court-of-the-crimson-king-set-for-premiere-in-march fhjBTxPjeW7eiJWMxmMt8n Mon, 07 Feb 2022 22:31:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ Hear Robert Fripp’s “Celestial” Guitar Tracks from David Bowie’s “Heroes” Master Tape ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/hear-robert-fripps-celestial-guitar-tracks-from-david-bowies-heroes-master-tape asr4fsGrmgRSZiX5L8JGin Thu, 23 Sep 2021 12:32:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch King Crimson’s Frenzied Performance of “21st Century Schizoid Man” at ‘The Stones in the Park’ ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/watch-king-crimsons-frenzied-performance-of-21st-century-schizoid-man-at-the-stones-in-the-park avC3eDLbdit4j7b5nYqpvJ Fri, 03 Sep 2021 12:38:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ Someone Spent 22 Years Learning King Crimson’s "Fracture," and Wrote a Book About the Journey ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/someone-spent-22-years-learning-king-crimsons-fracture-and-wrote-a-book-about-the-journey 7r3JKgKSTSP7WFzU4TYb5i Wed, 14 Apr 2021 20:05:36 +0000