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How King Crimson was reborn at the hands of Steve Vai and Adrian Belew
2024 Year in Review: The all-star Beat tour brought King Crimson’s music to thousands of eager prog fans
Why Steve Vai dropped his anti-supergroup stance to help revive some of King Crimson’s most celebrated work
BEAT has been celebrating King Crimson’s 1980s albums, with Adrian Belew and Steve Vai’s new guitar partnership at its core
When cult guitar hero Rob Fetters went to pick Adrian Belew up from a Zappa rehearsal – and ended up giving his idol a lift
In the late 1970s, Fetters swung by the studio to pick up Belew, but ended up picking up a rather famous plus one for the journey home
Adrian Belew, Steve Vai and Tony Levin on how they made Beat – with Robert Fripp’s blessing
Performing material from King Crimson's trailblazing '80s oeuvre, Beat finds three kings of the strings with the peerless Danny Carey pushing the envelope and Steve Vai doing Robert Fripp proud
Adrian Belew on how he persuaded famed luthier Ken Parker to create his boundary-pushing signature Parker Fly
Belew is using his signature Parker Fly as his go-to guitar on the 65-date Beat Tour with Steve Vai, Tool drummer Danny Carey, and King Crimson alumnus Tony Levin
Steve Vai and Adrian Belew tackle King Crimson classics as the Beat tour kicks off
The pair have joined forces with Tony Levin and Danny Carey to perform King Crimson’s 1980s albums across a sprawling 65-date tour
“Somebody handed me Mariah Carey’s record and said, ‘Would you sign this?’” How Adrian Belew ended up on a number one single without even knowing
Belew’s playing on Tom Tom Club’s Genius of Love has been sampled 166 times by a host of artists, including Mariah Carey
From Frank Zappa to Mariah Carey and the first relic job, Adrian Belew’s go-to Strat has lived a life
Is this the first relic'ed guitar? Belew says so, and it's graced records by Zappa, Talking Heads, David Bowie and King Crimson. It has been on the cover of GW. It is still in service
That time Adrian Belew DIY aged his Strat with a screwdriver, spray paint and motor oil
Belew bought a brown sunburst Strat to take on tour with Frank Zappa – but it wasn't deemed fit for purpose until going through a drastic cosmetic overhaul
Adrian Belew on Frank Zappa’s lessons, Robert Fripp’s synth guitar, and Beat with Steve Vai
Still amazed that he managed to gather Vai, Tony Levin and Danny Carey into new band Beat, Belew reflects on his light-speed journey from 1977 to 1982, and how he plans to reactivate King Crimson’s ‘80s albums on stage
