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Robert Fripp and King Crimson album announcement was premature says manager
By Christopher Scapelliti published
Jakko Jaszyk's comments last week about a new King Crimson album were premature says the band's manager

“I don't think Jimi Hendrix was a guitarist. Eric Clapton is excessively tedious.” Robert Fripp on his 1960s contemporaries — and the one guitarist he thought was fun
By Phil Weller published
With news that a new King Crimson album is in the works, Fripp's past comments highlight the left-field ideas that make him an original

Jakko Jakszyk confirms he's working on a new King Crimson album with Robert Fripp
By Phil Weller published
The record will be the first King Crimson album in 22 years, but there is no timeline for its release

Andy Summers isn’t a fan of King Crimson — but his collaboration with Robert Fripp came at just the right time
By Phil Weller published
He’d made his name in the mainstream, but after several albums with the Police, Andy Summers was looking for another guitarist to get weird with

Steven Wilson reveals what King Crimson's music taught him about Robert Fripp's genius
By Phil Weller published
Reworking Crimson's iconic debut helped the modern prog guitarist understand what made the group so innovative in the first place

Steve Vai says he underestimated Adrian Belew’s “brilliance” ahead of the Beat tour
By Phil Weller published
The two guitarists have had the punishing job of performing King Crimson's 1980s output live onstage

Steve Vai says Robert Fripp saw something in his playing he didn't like. So he told him how to fix it
By Phil Weller published
It was a song that had proved troublesome in the build-up and after scouring clips online, the guitarist received a valuable lesson from the man himself

It's ugly and beat to hell, but Adrian Belew's Stratocaster is behind landmark albums
By Andrew Daly published
The guitarist told us the history of his Strat, which he bought off the wall after his previous axe disappeared
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