<![CDATA[ Latest from Guitar World in Robert-fripp ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/tag/robert-fripp Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:10:00 +0000 en <![CDATA[ “I asked for a cash discount. The shop assistant said, ‘I could phone up Eric Clapton and he’d come and buy it’”: Robert Fripp’s life in three guitars ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robert-fripp-three-favorite-guitars d45qu6gkc44L85xpgEm8JT Mon, 09 Feb 2026 11:10:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Here’s a diary entry from July 24, 1974: ‘Argument with Bill Bruford. Bill says, ‘They might as well get a session guitarist’”: The making of Red, the album that pushed King Crimson to the brink ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robert-fripp-on-the-making-of-king-crimson-red uFk8U6GGVfmiL4Vjc7vciC Fri, 16 Jan 2026 16:53:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I saw a recent video on YouTube on the 10 precursors to heavy metal, and Schizoid Man wasn’t among them. That’s absurd”: Robert Fripp explains how King Crimson paved the way for heavy metal ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-king-crimson-paved-the-way-for-heavy-metal mnY7Xr7cSDUay2DCXEEkyV Tue, 30 Dec 2025 14:20:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Robert said, ‘Would you be prepared to play bass?’ And I thought, ‘Four strings, six strings... what could be the problem?’”: Greg Lake started out as a guitarist – before being convinced by Robert Fripp to switch to bass when joining King Crimson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/bassists/how-greg-lake-switched-from-guitar-to-bass-thanks-to-robert-fripp pzjvtmzbzn3eLb6Bg5J8QQ Sat, 13 Dec 2025 17:05:00 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Every working player knows a day will come when something goes wrong with their financial affairs. They’ll need an instrument for that day”: Robert Fripp on the guitars he’s kept, and the one he bought with no intention of playing ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robert-fripp-favorite-guitars Zgy42iuru9edKsSZcDV5zW Thu, 23 Oct 2025 14:34:14 +0000 Thu, 30 Oct 2025 15:20:32 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Robin opened up the case, and there was a 1957 Fender Stratocaster. He said, ‘Do you like it?’ I said, ‘Yes.’ And he said, ‘Take it’”: Robert Fripp on that one time Robin Trower gave him a highly coveted Strat – and why he never ended up using it ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robert-fripp-on-that-one-time-robin-trower-gave-him-a-strat VvKZXMozmyzmRPdd3ZAxGW Sat, 13 Sep 2025 11:30:00 +0000 Thu, 18 Sep 2025 15:59:13 +0000 <![CDATA[ “My upbeat moment is, I'm alive”: Robert Fripp reveals he’s recovering from a heart attack ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/robert-fripp-heart-attack-recovery MfPFkV8uvyxXtDMqzv4BQ Mon, 12 May 2025 16:04:07 +0000 Wed, 21 May 2025 09:58:06 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I subsequently became the world’s most famous guitarist with The Police. I wanted to play with somebody else to see how I’d do, like an experiment on myself”: At the height of his ’80s success, Andy Summers needed a challenge – he found Robert Fripp ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-summers-looks-back-on-his-80s-collaboration-with-robert-fripp JUPWS4GqcDLsYDgkGWoXij Thu, 01 May 2025 15:50:47 +0000 Wed, 07 May 2025 10:44:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I wasn’t into King Crimson at all. Definitely not my kind of music”: How Andy Summers formed one of the 1980s’ most unlikely guitar partnerships with Robert Fripp – despite not being especially keen on some of his work ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-summers-robert-fripp-collaboration-origins PVpMuHySRtiaGyMLzzi62b Wed, 02 Apr 2025 09:41:48 +0000 Mon, 07 Apr 2025 15:37:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ “There was no way we would cancel the gig, but there were no guitars, amps, pedals, or anything. How am I going to make the show work for Steve Vai?” When Steve Vai’s gear got lost in transit, his tech stepped in to save the day ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/how-steve-vai-tech-saved-show-when-gear-didnt-turn-up MmjYsEDWEQ4qpcqSRNNmAo Mon, 03 Feb 2025 13:11:14 +0000 Tue, 25 Feb 2025 12:39:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We get past our second show and I get an email from Robert. At the end, he said, ‘Can I make a suggestion?’” How Robert Fripp helped Steve Vai tailor his King Crimson playing on the BEAT tour with one piece of advice ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/steve-vai-beat-advice-from-robert-fripp bwYYRegc3bZCBjXCPmiaQj Wed, 15 Jan 2025 13:31:55 +0000 Mon, 17 Feb 2025 17:04:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ He's one of the most technically proficient of all prog rock guitarists, and his guitar parts would take several lifetimes to fully comprehend. Dare you enter the court of the Crimson King, Robert Fripp? ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/lessons/artist-lessons/king-crimson-robert-fripp 9SmJp2cPq8mCYGAe8T8rWj Fri, 29 Nov 2024 15:17:00 +0000 Wed, 18 Dec 2024 11:40:16 +0000 <![CDATA[ “I’ve never played a barre chord in my life. I hate them. You don’t need more than two or three notes to express a chord”: Andy Summers on his “abstracted instrumental” collabs with Robert Fripp, his dream pedalboard, and what he learned from Béla Bartók ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/artists/guitarists/andy-summers-robert-fripp-collaborations FvhoZnSc3Zj8xkjSrYfivW Fri, 01 Nov 2024 10:12:38 +0000 Mon, 25 Nov 2024 15:46:30 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Pete Townshend said, ‘I wish I could play like you.’ I thought, ‘I wish I could come up with the three chords you take to the bank!’” How Caleb Quaye became Elton John’s go-to guitarist – and took over Jimmy Page’s session work ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/caleb-quaye-pete-townshend-elton-john-robert-fripp uwHokM8BqT8x6RaMFvQSFa Wed, 16 Oct 2024 15:53:47 +0000 Mon, 28 Oct 2024 17:11:26 +0000 <![CDATA[ “You can rehearse until you're blue in the face, but once you hit the stage and the lights go out, all bets are off”: Steve Vai and Adrian Belew tackle King Crimson classics as their much-anticipated Beat tour kicks off ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-vai-beat-tour-opening-night KGF4EbvQnNz3kBUKzTQhuU Mon, 16 Sep 2024 15:23:24 +0000 Wed, 02 Oct 2024 15:27:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We got together in someone's apartment in the Village and were jamming, trying to see what we could come up with”: Andy Summers on his longstanding relationship with Robert Fripp – and their surprise new collab album ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/andy-summers-robert-fripp-new-album nSGSGLYjxpooawMQMEsHQ Wed, 04 Sep 2024 09:05:51 +0000 Fri, 20 Sep 2024 15:38:19 +0000 <![CDATA[ “David Bowie and Brian Eno used to laugh at me, saying: ‘You’re not supposed to be able to play that!’” Adrian Belew on Frank Zappa’s lessons, Robert Fripp’s synth guitar, and what’s coming up with Steve Vai ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/adrian-belew-beat Gt8kbAY8s8k5gT96D5vAsR Tue, 14 May 2024 11:56:02 +0000 Thu, 13 Jun 2024 09:58:23 +0000 <![CDATA[ “This Blink-182 classic is a belter!” Robert Fripp and Toyah take a pop-punk detour with mad “elderly edition” of Blink-182’s Dammit (aka Growing Up) ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-blink-182-dammit jh8iUowsfQrkey4zhh7YsN Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:56:34 +0000 <![CDATA[ “His style is so specific and refined. It's not something I could just jump into”: Steve Vai explains the hardest part of replicating Robert Fripp’s playing style ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-vai-robert-fripp-hardest-parts-guitar-style SSXSK6jKYacTgaHzrsTawN Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:19:27 +0000 Mon, 22 Apr 2024 12:19:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Jimi Hendrix came down to see us – he came up to me and said, ‘Shake my left hand, man, it’s closer to my heart’”: King Crimson’s Robert Fripp on the time he met Jimi Hendrix ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/king-crimson-robert-fripp-jimi-hendrix S9xH7RpFib6XErEg92VxyR Thu, 18 Apr 2024 16:15:30 +0000 Tue, 30 Apr 2024 10:06:29 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We started thinking, ‘Well, who could possibly be in the band?’ The only person I could think of was Steve”: Adrian Belew on how he and Steve Vai are forming a new guitar partnership ahead of a King Crimson supergroup tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/adrian-belew-discusses-beat-steve-vai NuhGt99GGDZcSzVtFsS2Qc Fri, 12 Apr 2024 15:30:20 +0000 Wed, 22 May 2024 14:28:46 +0000 <![CDATA[ “Steve Vai is the only guitarist who could play my parts. I’m totally psyched for this”: Robert Fripp gives his blessing for a new King Crimson supergroup, featuring Steve Vai, Adrian Belew, Tony Levin and Danny Carey ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/steve-vai-king-crimson-beat JMUNAwXMHsKXKsg3C5HoCX Fri, 22 Mar 2024 13:34:32 +0000 Wed, 10 Apr 2024 11:10:24 +0000 <![CDATA[ “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 ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/dave-matthews-robert-fripp-influence bT5WyR3Y9EaACZVdxy9CEe Tue, 02 Jan 2024 15:31:00 +0000 Wed, 28 Aug 2024 13:50:47 +0000 <![CDATA[ “We’re not taking the p***, playing silly rock riffs. I work hard to honor the original players”: How prog icon Robert Fripp ended up covering – and loving – Megadeth, Metallica and Slipknot ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/robert-fripp-sunday-lunch MR6tFG9JPYnueWgpk35aJo Thu, 31 Aug 2023 08:51:47 +0000 Mon, 29 Apr 2024 11:54:10 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Cream – as they get covered in cream ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-willcox-cream-sunshine-of-your-love JTEK7hB8rg9NhxLnfguwuf Mon, 26 Jun 2023 11:05:08 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah put a wild spin on Mötley Crüe’s Shout at the Devil ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/toyah-wilcox-robert-fripp-motley-crue-shout-at-the-devil fyWQG7hbeGgjqeZWnfkUFc Mon, 30 Jan 2023 12:58:01 +0000 Mon, 30 Jan 2023 20:44:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah are on their usual ridiculous form in this bizarre cover of Kiss's I Was Made For Lovin' You ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-kiss-i-was-made-for-lovin-you 89rdqNfYfdxRE5aHNFd7ya Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:05:54 +0000 Mon, 23 Jan 2023 16:06:02 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah get in the festive spirit with this oh-so-ridiculous cover of Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fripp-toyah-rockin-around-the-christmas-tree aE7A4SgEjG5XKRxKcTkG7D Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:17:36 +0000 Mon, 12 Dec 2022 11:29:53 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah tackle Megadeth's Holy Wars in latest Sunday Lunch installment ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-megadeth-holy-wars 8Std2k27netCbJwDEfor8G Wed, 30 Nov 2022 11:37:39 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Metallica’s Seek & Destroy on guitar… and squeaky Santa toys ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-metallica-seek-and-destroy N5etvbtpXU2KeN65H4HHdi Mon, 21 Nov 2022 15:16:55 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah celebrate Halloween with a spine-tingling take on Black Sabbath's Children of the Grave ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-black-sabbath-children-of-the-grave aVHEsQxJYLoHruWCGRrSvQ Mon, 31 Oct 2022 15:17:43 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp doesn't care what King Crimson fans think of his YouTube covers: “At age 76, why should I give a f**k?” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-doesnt-care-what-people-think-of-sunday-lunch zGbwzB2q9zkj6hP3WY8ybh Tue, 25 Oct 2022 12:04:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Are you ready? Robert Fripp and Toyah have covered Korn's Blind ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-korn-blind Bj5icGzkcVe8N5PHZa8vdX Mon, 24 Oct 2022 11:16:22 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah celebrate Chesney Hawkes' swansong Sunday Lunch appearance with a hilarious cover of Stacy's Mom ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fripp-toyah-hawkes-stacys-mom 5aiStyU3mgc7CqjYKRi3A9 Mon, 17 Oct 2022 10:14:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah recruit Chesney Hawkes for his second Sunday Lunch guest spot – for a hilarious performance of The Killers' Mr. Brightside ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fripp-toyah-mr-brightside QCDhu6QLERiGJESNWbU26W Mon, 03 Oct 2022 11:18:14 +0000 Mon, 03 Oct 2022 16:04:25 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah recruit Chesney Hawkes for the latest ridiculous installment of Sunday Lunch ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fripp-toyah-chesney-hawkes-sunday-lunch Y3WN53LcvLiXh3VEuAkzaX Mon, 26 Sep 2022 13:19:14 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah take on Pantera's 5 Minutes Alone ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-willcox-pantera-5-minutes-alone 9SNToAfzoG8boYTz6Gabtm Mon, 05 Sep 2022 14:26:58 +0000 Wed, 07 Sep 2022 08:45:31 +0000 <![CDATA[ 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” ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/robert-fripp-exposures-king-crimson 42Q95LukpUoxudqrhdJ95 Thu, 25 Aug 2022 09:40:18 +0000 Tue, 26 Mar 2024 16:33:54 +0000 <![CDATA[ Yep, Robert Fripp and Toyah have covered Limp Bizkit’s Nookie ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-limp-bizkit-nookie pvwqdZWtVV5zrUJmmN5QES Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:03:10 +0000 Tue, 23 Aug 2022 16:04:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Killing in the Name ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-willcox-ratm-killing-in-the-name YDX8F2LunLhY6hDrGh6STM Mon, 13 Jun 2022 13:34:38 +0000 Mon, 13 Jun 2022 14:49:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Radiohead’s Creep on Sunday Lunch ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-willcox-radiohead-creep bvd2uMXfHwyrmrgqURBTmJ Mon, 23 May 2022 12:33:35 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Queens of the Stone Age's No One Knows ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-wilcox-no-one-knows J3M8fS2RMfe5e7qktH6mUH Mon, 02 May 2022 21:37:18 +0000 <![CDATA[ Joe Satriani reveals Robert Fripp’s bizarre stage demands for 2004 G3 tour ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/joe-satriani-robert-fripp-g3-stage-demands 29u8jF5Xw3HcywZfMGLpsb Fri, 29 Apr 2022 15:00:04 +0000 Wed, 14 Dec 2022 12:40:52 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover The Who’s Won’t Get Fooled Again ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-willcox-wont-get-fooled-again HcXgFC7az7DqCSYn5Smdv4 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 15:57:26 +0000 Mon, 25 Apr 2022 16:01:05 +0000 <![CDATA[ Author Anthony Garone on his epic journey to master Robert Fripp's most challenging King Crimson track, Fracture ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/anthony-garone-king-crimson-fracture-book 8XVnJxwSdwwfhRqAMwCgdV Tue, 19 Apr 2022 11:04:38 +0000 Tue, 19 Apr 2022 11:04:42 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp’s 20 greatest guitar moments ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/features/robert-fripp-greatest-guitar-moments Bf3wF5XjJiSY428ovdkU2E Mon, 11 Apr 2022 13:45:29 +0000 Fri, 21 Mar 2025 15:19:01 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox perform Green Day’s Basket Case while hitting a drum with eggplants ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/robert-fripp-toyah-green-day-basket-case WWbXxRnMv575kiysA7MRZR Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:04:53 +0000 Mon, 14 Mar 2022 15:06:48 +0000 <![CDATA[ Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox play Rockin’ in the Free World in solidarity with Ukraine ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fripp-willcox-neil-young-rockin-in-the-free-world zCcMuMF986fBccUiRx2KFc Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:49:07 +0000 Mon, 07 Mar 2022 14:51:57 +0000 <![CDATA[ Watch the trailer for In the Court of the Crimson King, a new documentary on the history of King Crimson ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/in-the-court-of-crimson-king-trailer xPitjCiua7uRwyCsDqSaN5 Thu, 03 Feb 2022 20:39:36 +0000 <![CDATA[ Toyah Willcox and Robert Fripp share unseen Sunday Lunch clips – and a new guitar jam ]]> https://www.guitarworld.com/news/fripp-wilcox-guitar-jam wynACrzV27Vf7PQn5xgg86 Mon, 13 Dec 2021 14:51:00 +0000 Mon, 07 Mar 2022 13:53:40 +0000