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From King Crimson to A-list hired gun with Talking Heads, Frank Zappa and David Bowie, Adrian Belew created his own language on the guitar – here are his 10 greatest guitar moments
With King Crimson, Talking Heads, as a solo artist, it didn't matter: Adrian Belew manipulated the guitar like no-one else, bending sound into new shapes
“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
The star-studded lineup will perform tracks from King Crimson's ’80s albums – and it was Fripp who suggested the group's name
“The process with Robert was so intense – I feel like I helped create almost a new genre with King Crimson with each piece of music we made”: Trey Gunn on what he learned from Robert Fripp – and how to tame the Warr Guitar
The 10-string instrument isn’t actually a guitar, says the former King Crimson member – and he doesn’t plan to ever stop exploring it in improv groups like Tu-Ner
“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
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
Tony Levin: “D’Angelo’s Voodoo made me want to go back to school as a bassist”
The King Crimson bassist names four albums that shaped his sound
Watch Tony Levin demonstrate his signature ‘funk fingers’
Tony Levin: “Peter Gabriel said, ‘Why don’t you attach two drum sticks to your fingers?’"
The 20 heaviest songs before Black Sabbath
Behold, gentle reader, a sizzlin’ slew of down and dirty tracks that helped forge heavy metal
Robert Fripp’s 20 greatest guitar moments
No style was off limits for Fripp, who gave shape and form to progressive music with King Crimson and beyond
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”
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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