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A Chat with Mr. Fripp
Interview by Cynthia Rose, Viz, 1980
ROBERT FRIPP is a musician, theoretician, theologian and, as his colleague David Bowie (referred by Fripp as "Mr. B") points out, "probably the man with the ...

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King Crimson: In the Court of the Crimson King
Review by John Morthland, Rolling Stone, December 1969
THERE ARE CERTAIN problems to be encountered by any band that is consciously avant-garde. In attempting to sound "farout" the musicians inevitably impose on themselves restrictions ...

Mcdonald & Giles (Cotillion)
Review by John Mendelsohn, Rolling Stone, March 1971
IGNORING THE TINY VOICE from within that insisted that, having cared for King Crimson not one iota, I would probably not find the work of two ...

King Crimson Take To The Road!
Interview by Caroline Boucher, Disc and Music Echo, May 1971
IT'S HARDLY surprising that King Crimson are scared stiff at the prospect of their first British gig, for it will be the first time they've set ...

King Crimson/Roy Harper/Jack Bruce: Hyde Park, London
Live Review by Chris Charlesworth, Melody Maker, September 1971
JUDGING BY THE weather this week, the title of Saturday's free concert in Hyde Park – "Farewell To Summer" – was a little premature. And that's ...

King Crimson
Profile and Interview by Steve Turner, Beat Instrumental, January 1972
Pete Sinfield is, of course the Bernie Taupin... the Keith Reid... of King Crimson. Together with Robert Fripp he forms the lowest common denominator of the ...

King Crimson: Reshuffle At The Court Of The King
Interview by Andrew Tyler, Disc and Music Echo, January 1972
"WE'VE ALL gone through our various changes and Peter and I came out at different places." ...

King Crimson: Rainbow Theatre, London
Live Review by Ian MacDonald, NME, 1973
IT'S A ROCK concert evening and the stalls are filling to the accompaniment of music played over the public address system. A review-functionary takes his seat. ...

Pete Sinfield Has A Nose For Success
Interview by Chris Welch, Melody Maker, May 1973
PETE SINFIELD is a poet, and such men do not abound on the music scene. There is Pete Brown of course, and many a lyricist who ...

King Crimson: Latest Shade of Crimson
Interview by Ian MacDonald, NME, August 1973
SOME REPORTS from America suggested that King Crimson's recent tour had bombed completely. Others maintained that everything had gone according to plot and that audience reactions ...

King Crimson: Robert Fripp…Super Stud?
Interview by Richard Williams, Melody Maker, August 1973
"I AM," MUSES Robert Fripp, "already a living legend."

The light breeze ruffles his curly locks. He settles back in the plastic garden chair, sips his lukewarm ...

Robert Fripp: Head, Heart and Hips
Interview by Ian MacDonald, NME, August 1973
ROBERT FRIPP doesn't give many interviews – which is silly because he's a shrewd, witty, and engrossing man who, when he's not sitting on a stool ...

In the Court of the Crimson King
Profile by Chris Salewicz, Let It Rock, September 1973
KING CRIMSON’S launch in 1969 was a classic case of subliminal hype. From every musical corner that summer, with Teutonic fanfares, new super-groups appeared almost ...

King Crimson’s Robert Fripp
Interview by Steven Rosen, Guitar Player, May 1974
ROBERT FRIPP, lead guitarist with English rock King Crimson, conspicuous personality by appearing inconspicuous. Rather than stand when performing, he perches himself on a stool, and ...

Greg Lake
Interview by Steven Rosen, Guitar Player, September 1974
GREG LAKE IS the surrounded L in ELP, the British trio which has brought to the forefront the power of classical music in a rock format. ...

Robert Fripp: Why I Killed the King
Interview by Rob Partridge, Melody Maker, October 1974
King Crimson finally abdicated last week. But the end came with a whimper, an official statement merely commented that the band had "ceased to exist". ...

Uriah Heep: Ex-Crimson Bass Man Seduced
Report and Interview by Chris Salewicz, NME, March 1975
JOHN WETTON JOINS HUMBLE WEALTHY HEEP ...

A Small Mobile Intelligent Independent Double Album???
Review by Chris Salewicz, NME, March 1976
King Crimson: A Young Person's Guide To King Crimson (Island) ...

King Crimson: Robert Fripp's Chocolate Cake Discipline
Interview by Richard Grabel, Creem, February 1982
In The Court Of The Crimson King, Phase II ...

King Crimson
Interview by Sylvie Simmons, Rolling Stone, 1995
"KING CRIMSON," says Adrian Belew, "does a brand of music that no-one else does, a sound that no-one else makes." Robert Fripp calls it "the sound ...

see also Asia

see also Robert Fripp

see also McDonald and Giles

see also Pete Sinfield