Latest about Robert Fripp
The King Crimson mastermind is best known for his ’59 Les Paul Custom, and there’s a reason most of his key instruments have been Gibsons – but he has a few “honorable mentions” too, like the '57 Strat Robin Trower gave him...
Fripp proves he’s Gibson (and Fernandes) through and through...
The prog rock icon underwent two lots of emergency surgery in Italy, revealing there were “complex moments” along the way
As Summers’ and Fripp’s avant-garde albums of the 80s are reissued, we hear all about how the side-project came to be – and whether it could happen again
The worlds of stadium rock and prog came together for a time in the early 1980s, when The Police and King Crimson guitarists teamed up for a handful of avant-garde records
Incredibly, Doug MacArthur sourced a full live rig in just four hours so the show could go on
After watching clips of one of the early BEAT shows, the King Crimson guitarist had some words of wisdom for his stand-in regarding an especially tricky track
We delve into the mad, brilliant lead phrasing and fearsome alternate picking of one of guitar's true masters
It was the ’80s and Andy Summers was living the dream as guitar culture grew, and his side-project with King Crimson's mad-genius Fripp gave him the opportunity to work his art-house cinema influences into music
