“As a term, ‘prog’ only evolved in the 1990s. And I loathe it. As soon as someone sticks a label on to you, they stop listening”: How Robert Fripp brought King Crimson back for their final resurrection

King Crimson posing for a photograph in 2016.

As founder, guitarist and de factor leader of King Crimson Robert Fripp can lay claim to being one of the founding fathers of progressive – even if it’s a label he dislikes. In 2014, years before he became an unlikely internet star, Fripp brought Crimson out of deep storage following one of their lengthy hiatuses – and he was ready to make “a joyous racket” once again.