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Robert Fripp endorses new Adrian Belew Crimson project Beat

Adrian Belew has teamed up with Tony Levin, Danny Carey and Steve Vai as Beat to perform King Crimson's 80s reportoire

“Am I a good bassist? I’m a f**king good bassist!” Sting on bass playing, Cream and his “battered looking” P-Bass

“Am I a good bassist? I’m a f**king good bassist!” Sting on bass playing, Cream and his “battered looking” P-Bass

From the Bass Player Archive: An interview with Sting

“We did two days recording… he fired the whole band on the first day”: Tony Levin recalls the “really evil” bandleader who was more challenging than Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp

“We did two days recording… he fired the whole band on the first day”: Tony Levin recalls the “really evil” bandleader who was more challenging than Peter Gabriel and Robert Fripp

Despite a huge range of experience, bassist easily identifies the person he found most difficult to work with

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"Not many bands have played Summer’s End, ArcTanGent and with Hawkwind!" Welcome to the world of The Fierce And The Dead

Rushden quartet The Fierce And The Dead are prog's unlikely heroes who's latest album The Euphoric draws from a diverse selection of influences and sounds great

"There was something about that picture of Marilyn that resonated with how I feel when I’m trying to get something right on the bass": Why Gail Ann Dorsey named her bass after Marilyn Monroe

The story behind the Bowie bassist’s iconic Music Man StingRay

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

Why David Rhodes is using a Helix for most of his live guitar tones with Peter Gabriel – with the exception of two pedals

Tony Levin is using a modeller too

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Guy Pratt: “I always thought that the second I walked out the studio, the producer would be on the phone to Pino Palladino”

Guy Pratt: “I always thought that the second I walked out the studio, the producer would be on the phone to Pino Palladino”

The session stalwart discusses his career as a sideman, gigging with Pink Floyd, and chatting to Noel Gallagher and Suzi Quatro for his music podcast, The Rockonteurs

Remembering the late Alan White

Remembering the late Alan White

Prog writer Sid Smith pays tribute to the former John Lennon and Yes drummer Alan White, who sadly died in 2022

Primus's Les Claypool names 7 bassists who shaped his sound

Primus's Les Claypool names 7 bassists who shaped his sound

The alt-rock innovator on "one of the most underrated bass players ever", who he sees as the instrument's Jimi Hendrix and that time a low-end hero "f**king kicked my ass" in a jam

Peter Gabriel review – haunted new songs have fans punching the air

Peter Gabriel review – haunted new songs have fans punching the air

It’s not just the dependable hits that delight the audience as the venerable prog-popper rolls out his first set of fresh material for 21 years

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Tony Levin: “D’Angelo’s Voodoo made me want to go back to school as a bassist”

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

The return of Liquid Tension Experiment

The return of Liquid Tension Experiment

After Mike Portnoy left Dream Theater few people thought they'd see prog supergroup Liquid Tension Experiment again. But in 2021 that's exactly what happened!

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