<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar Player in Robert-fripp ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/tag/robert-fripp Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:11:33 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “John McLaughlin scared the hell out of me.” Narada Michael Walden on his 1970s adventures with Mahavishnu, Robert Fripp and Carlos Santana ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/narada-michael-walden-on-his-1970s-adventures-with-john-mclaughlin-robert-fripp-and-carlos-santana sQDc6YGxxzbGPaKQAFky6G Wed, 29 Apr 2026 11:11:33 +0000 <![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[ “We were just flabbergasted.” The secret sound that has David Bowie’s “‘Heroes’” surging on the charts following its ‘Stranger Things’ appearance ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/music/david-bowie-and-stranger-things-the-sound-behind-heroes JR3L4s67ASRTfAaUHKW6Jg Tue, 06 Jan 2026 13:40:08 +0000 Tue, 06 Jan 2026 17:27:17 +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[ “I had never heard the guitar quite sound like this.” Robert Fripp on the Brian Eno creation that made him feel truly “liberated” as a guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/robert-fripp-on-the-device-that-made-him-feel-truly-liberated qkHSrqEccHFzAi5rff9GfC Thu, 02 Oct 2025 21:33:53 +0000 Fri, 03 Oct 2025 14:09:48 +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[ “You can tell by the way we played songs like ‘Roxanne’” Andy Summers on why Eric Clapton bored him and how his love of jazz fueled the Police ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/andy-summers-on-eric-clapton Ueixny6cXZh5Rk2xwhiNaX Wed, 02 Jul 2025 17:39:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ "It was the ultimate 'FU' to the record company.” Andy Summers on his improbable success with Robert Fripp after the Police's record label tried to stop the duo in their tracks ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/andy-summers-a-and-m-didnt-want-fripp-album sC95g9SN7SUMUE7UbmygTW Wed, 21 May 2025 12:00:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ "My husband is skirting around the subject matter here: He had a heart attack two weeks ago." Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox reveal he suffered a heart attack last month ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/my-husband-is-skirting-around-the-subject-matter-here-he-had-a-heart-attack-two-weeks-ago-robert-fripp-and-toyah-willcox-reveal-he-suffered-a-heart-attack-last-month buzq9UKLxHLEFVHKCAwDUL Mon, 12 May 2025 15:16:36 +0000 Tue, 13 May 2025 18:08:16 +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[ "Because it does things that nothing else does!” Why Prince, Robert Fripp and Kirk Hammett chose to play underdog guitars instead of the big-name brands ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitars/electric-guitars/prince-robert-fripp-kirk-hammett-and-their-off-brand-guitars XtrVNQ6ahpWgK7utNSYSXe Tue, 25 Feb 2025 23:12:25 +0000 Tue, 22 Apr 2025 08:19:18 +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[ “He was a great guitar player. He obviously really knew the instrument.” Joe Satriani says Kurt Cobain was underrated and points out the one thing few have noticed about the Nirvana guitarist ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitarists/he-was-a-great-guitar-player-he-obviously-really-knew-the-instrument-joe-satriani-says-kurt-cobain-was-underrated-and-points-out-the-one-thing-few-have-noticed-about-the-nirvana-guitarist ztcb2vYWnHcWSqtzNbpgiV Mon, 06 Jan 2025 13:32:59 +0000 Tue, 07 Jan 2025 14:56:31 +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[ Three Sure-Fire Ways to Break out of That Old Minor-Pentatonic Deadlock ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/minor-pentatonic-scale-guitar-solo-variations JaamYRvLjQDN9T44vafSfL Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:27:58 +0000 Fri, 11 Aug 2023 12:32:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ 50 Years Ago, Rock and Roll Experienced One of Its Greatest Years: Here’s Why ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/1973-albums nnhgLe7PfkoTKcQx2JjeYG Thu, 06 Jul 2023 17:59:44 +0000 <![CDATA[ Sick of Playing the Same Old Lead Lines? Here’s How Guitar Players Like Robert Fripp, Bill Frisell and Frank Zappa Broke the Mold ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/lessons/sick-of-playing-the-same-old-lead-lines-heres-how-guitar-players-like-robert-fripp-bill-frisell-and-frank-zappa-broke-the-mold T7FsoHDM4CzYBjZSjvXKGj Thu, 09 Mar 2023 14:32:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ The 40 Most Important Guitar Solos of the 20th Century ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/the-40-most-important-guitar-solos-of-the-20th-century RGtTzStEoDw26KeEmWJ7tW Wed, 28 Dec 2022 12:00:15 +0000 Tue, 03 Jan 2023 18:13:40 +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[ “Virtuosity on the Guitar Comes in Many Forms”: We Go Behind the Scenes of the Inaugural G3 Tour with Dream Team Joe Satriani, Steve Vai and Eric Johnson ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/virtuosity-on-the-guitar-comes-in-many-forms-we-go-behind-the-scenes-of-the-inaugural-g3-tour-with-dream-team-joe-satriani-steve-vai-and-eric-johnson pfPA6zLr6eN7dJQzyP9VU4 Fri, 22 Apr 2022 11:44:59 +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[ Progressive Rock's Most Pioneering Guitarists – In Their Own Words ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/players/progressive-rocks-most-pioneering-guitarists-in-their-own-words 432M4CFXwq2Lyx8UQGxhon Wed, 28 Apr 2021 20:09:00 +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 <![CDATA[ Watch Robert Fripp Cover Black Sabbath’s "Paranoid" in a Prison Cell ]]> https://www.guitarplayer.com/news/watch-robert-fripp-cover-black-sabbaths-paranoid-in-a-prison-cell f44ffJMm7K73sFiM7HAxLJ Thu, 05 Nov 2020 18:11:50 +0000