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"In the mid-1970s, Berlin was a terrifying place to be. At Hansa Studio, you looked out the window and there was an East German machine gun turret": King Crimson's Robert Fripp looks back on recording "Heroes" with David Bowie and Brian Eno

"If the machine gunner wasn't a Bowie fan, he could've sprayed us!" Robert Fripp on working with David Bowie in Berlin

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Watch Robert Fripp and Daryl Hall play King Crimson's classic Red without rehearsing together first

Robert Fripp guests on Daryl Hall's Live From Daryl's House, says grace before dinner, and reveals that the pair once attended a Ramones show together

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Louise Patricia Crane releases 'love letter' cover of King Crimson's Ladies Of The Road

Prog singer singwriter Louise Patricia Crane will release her new solo album next Spring

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“Whenever King Crimson is in active mode there is nothing else I can do with my life… to be able to focus on being more of a guitarist is the right place for me”: Robert Fripp’s new lease of life

Now Toyah & Robert’s Sunday Lunch has moved from the kitchen to the stage, he enjoys ”giving a heavy kicking to received opinion”

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“I was interested in being on stage with people who are not only comfortable with not knowing what’s going to happen next, but would rather not know”: Bill Bruford’s journey through jazz and prog

The groundbreaking drummer’s bid to find a balance between Yes, King Crimson and Genesis on one hand, and his Earthworks project on the other

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"We could have been bigger had we had an amazing manager. We’re our own worst enemies": How Roxy Music got it together despite themselves

They looked like they were from “Planet Zog” and sneaked through a gap created by drug addiction - but the members accept they could have made it easier for themselves

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10 bands who peaked with the first song on their first album

Some bands just get it right first time

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“If they had the flares and beards and the record was from 1971 or 1972, that was what I wanted… records that looked odd and I could afford”: How Opeth’s Mikael Åkerfeldt discovered prog

From extreme metal to Camel and Genesis to collaboration with Steven Wilson, the Swedish musician's career is surely one of the most progressive

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King Crimson announce 50th anniversary issue of Larks Tongues In Aspic

The new Larks Tongues In Aspic reissue features new 2023 Steven Wilson remixes and will be released in October

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“I shrugged off advice and instead went headlong into experimenting with different musical ideas. Not my best ever move”: Greg Lake’s faltering reboot after ELP split

He later described his disappointing debut solo album as “actually about who I’m not, rather than who I am”

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Bill Bruford surprises fans with live performance at John Wetton Tribute show

Bruford appeared alongside Roger Chapman, Rick Wakeman, Annie Haslam, Steve Hackett and more

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I got shot down many times: ‘Oh, it’s pop. Oh, it’s bubblegum… the logo is ugly and we don’t hear a single!’” How John Wetton and Asia dialled up their debut album

The fleeting moment when a prog supergroup hijacked the US pop charts, becoming 1982's band of the summer

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“Without naming names, I have spent time onstage playing music I hate, wishing it was over”: King Crimson, Porcupine Tree and Pineapple Thief’s Gavin Harrison on being a pro

The eclectic drummer has been the jokey one in some bands and the serious, grown-up one in others - but it all comes down to the same approach

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John Lennon: “Willie Weeks was supposed to do it, but he was doing a George Harrison session”: In August 1980 John Lennon could have called just about any bass player on Earth. He went with Tony Levin

The King Crimson bassist recalls the making of Double Fantasy and why he laughed at The Beatle’s first ever words to him

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“I’ve always had a knack for emulating sounds or creating new ones”: Adrian Belew on the weird, wonderful and utterly unique tones behind his new solo album, Elevator

The former Frank Zappa and King Crimson guitarist keeps putting his decades-old knack for sonic invention to good use

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“David Bowie’s Lodger was supposed to be called Planned Accidents… I was the accident!” Adrian Belew on being poached from Frank Zappa’s band

King Crimson and Talking Heads veteran recalls having to record for Bowie without hearing the songs first

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Watch Adrian Belew and Les Claypool tackle King Crimson's Thela Hun Ginjeet live

Former Crimson musician Adrian Belew jams with Les Claypool’s Fearless Flying Frog Brigade on their Summer Of Green tour package

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"I played a blues scale as fast as I could and he said, 'That's not fast, you're not a good guitarist'" – John Frusciante on his depressing encounter with a guitar teacher, and his teenage heroes Steve Vai and Adrian Belew

A new extensive interview with bandmate Flea reveals the iconic Red Hot Chili Peppers guitarist's roots

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A beginner's guide to progressive rock in five essential albums

50 years on from its arrival, arguments still rage about what exactly constitutes progressive rock - but there's no quibbling about these five essential albums, surely?

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Aylesbury Friars: the story of a venue

The Buckinghamshire venue was instrumental in furthering the careers of David Bowie, Genesis, VdGG, King Crimson, Marillion and more

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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

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The story of prog record label InsideOut Music

German record label InsideOut is home to such names as Spock’s Beard, Steve Hackett and most recently Dream Theater. Prog meets its founder to discuss the label’s journey, and its future.

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How Haken took their love of 80s prog and made Affinity

Yes' 90125, the Transformers cartoon soundtrack and Toto were just some of the influences for Haken's 2016 album Infinty

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Watch Tool and Queens Of The Stone Age members perform Led Zeppelin and AC/DC songs with Primus

Members of Tool and QOTSA joined Primus on stage to perform Led Zeppelin and AC/DC classics at a recent benefit concert in Los Angeles

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Robert Fripp: "Why didn’t I become a blues guitarist? Probably because I wasn’t a very good blues guitarist"

King Crimson co-founder Robert Fripp on choosing guitar, musical influences, band principles and heartbreaking departures

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