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"All of a sudden we play at blinding speed and unbearable intensity, and everyone starts to take notice and stand up": How King Crimson got started

Recorded in just 10 days in 1969, King Crimson’s iconic In The Court Of The Crimson King has been called “the true point at which progressive rock was born”. We look at the making of a landmark album

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King Crimson outfit Beat add 21 more dates to North American tour

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

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Robert Fripp and Toyah announce Christmas 2024 party and you're all invited

King Crimson guitarist Robert Fripp and wife Toyah Willcox will play five live shows this Christmas

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“He would probably look at my guitar playing and think, ‘You’re a moron!’” Dave Matthews explains how Robert Fripp inspired his unconventional fretboard approach

The American songwriter and producer confesses his love for King Crimson to Howard Stern, and reveals how Fripp’s hand positioning and approach to the guitar has hugely influenced his own playing

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Prog's ultimate Christmas Tracks Of The Week

It's your chance to choose your favourite prog Christmas song in this week's seasonal poll

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“I was seven months pregnant. The doctor said I couldn’t travel but I explained that I was going to be playing with John McLaughlin… she said, ‘Okay, well you have to go!’” Hedvig Mollestad started out feeling like a failure

From a challenging start where she couldn’t play be-bop to delivering improv music that’s favourably compared with King Crimson, she’s taken every opportunity to progress

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"Full of memorable songs, hooks, vocals, instrumentation; a complete package": Harder... Faster by April Wine - Album Of The Week Club review

Harder... Faster was the eighth studio album by Canuck rockers April Wine, and spent the best part of a year on the US album chart

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"Undeniably brilliant but unlistenable": Pawn Hearts by Van der Graaf Generator - Album Of The Week Club review

Van der Graaf Generator's fourth album Pawn Hearts sums up all that is glorious and bewildering about the band: unconventional vocals, confrontational music, and the unruly spectre of jazz

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“I’ve never considered myself a guitarist, and I’ve never liked the guitar”: Omar Rodríguez-López is one of electric guitar’s most reluctant heroes – here are his 10 greatest Mars Volta guitar moments

The last thing Omar Rodríguez-López wants is to be called a guitar hero, but sorry Omar, it’s true – and here are 10 reasons why...

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"So Jaco Pastorius and Joni Mitchell walk past and ask, ‘Hey, is there a party here?’." The story of Italian prog legends PFM

Newly signed to InsideOut Music, Italin prog legends Premiata Forneria Marconi return with new album Emotional Tattoos in both English and Italian

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King Crimson: Music Is Our Friend album review

King Crimson's final US show, now available as a triple vinyl set

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“Whenever I got accosted on the street by a crazy maniac, the best thing to do was walk away. I always felt threatened. We had to leave by the back door at a lot of places”: Devo’s battle for survival

They’re the coneheaded “alien” stars whose controversial anthems and madcap behaviour wound up the masses – but how prog were Devo?

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Nice moves, Robert! Watch Fripp and Toyah's backstage dance-off

Robert Fripp's a 21st-century dancing man in new footage shared ahead of his autumn live dates with Toyah

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"It allows me to have a much broader palette": Watch Bill Bruford introduce TV viewers to electronic drums back in 1985

Presenter Lesley Judd gets up close and personal with then-King Crimson drummer Bill Bruford as he introduces the drum kit of the future

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Loving the new Avenged Sevenfold album? Here are the 10 records you need to listen to next

From glitching electronics to unpredictable prog and heavy metal theatrics, ...Life Is But A Dream is an absolute trip. If you're enjoying it, here's where to go next

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Watch King Crimson play blistering versions of Larks Tongues In Aspic Part Two and Easy Money

The latest footage to emerge from the Midnight Special archive features King Crimson in 1973 at their most fierce

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The 50 best rock bands of all time

A definitive guide to the very best rock bands to ever have bothered polite society

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