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“He would probably look at my guitar playing and think, ‘You’re a moron!’” Dave Matthews explains how Robert Fripp inspired his unconventional fretboard approach
By Phil Weller published
The American songwriter and producer confesses his love for King Crimson to Howard Stern, and reveals how Fripp’s hand positioning and approach to the guitar has hugely influenced his own playing
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Tony Levin: “D’Angelo’s Voodoo made me want to go back to school as a bassist”
By Joel McIver published
The King Crimson bassist names four albums that shaped his sound
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Watch Tony Levin demonstrate his signature ‘funk fingers’
By Nick Wells published
Tony Levin: “Peter Gabriel said, ‘Why don’t you attach two drum sticks to your fingers?’"
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The 20 heaviest songs before Black Sabbath
By Richard Bienstock last updated
Behold, gentle reader, a sizzlin’ slew of down and dirty tracks that helped forge heavy metal
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Robert Fripp’s 20 greatest guitar moments
By Ryan Reed last updated
No style was off limits for Fripp, who gave shape and form to progressive music with King Crimson and beyond
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Robert Fripp in-depth: his quest to combine Hendrix and Bartók, what made King Crimson “problematic” and why he has “no interest in gear at all”
By David Mead last updated
In this exclusive interview, we sit down with the brilliant and divisive progressive guitar icon to discuss the art of Guitar Craft and the highs and lows of King Crimson – and get an intimate look at his guitar collection
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Author Anthony Garone on his epic journey to master Robert Fripp's most challenging King Crimson track, Fracture
By Ryan Reed published
It took 22 years but Garone has wrapped his head around the the “moto perpetuo” techniques and documented the arduous journey in a new memoir-cum-instructional book
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King Crimson and Foreigner multi-instrumentalist Ian McDonald dies aged 75
By Matt Parker published
The talented saxophonist, guitarist and multi-instrumentalist has passed away following a cancer diagnosis
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