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30 guitarists on the guitar heroes who changed their life

Slash, Angus Young, Paul Stanley, Billy Gibbons reveal the guitarists who made them want to play in the first place

Louder

“Joe Perry had hit a block, so I was called in to play on Train Kept a Rollin’. They said, ‘Don't tell anyone – no-one can know’”: From Alice Cooper to Peter Gabriel and Aerosmith, Steve Hunter has led one of session guitar’s most remarkable careers

The session veteran tells his greatest war stories: how he wrote the epic intro to Lou Reed’s Sweet Jane, what he taught Jason Becker for his stint with David Lee Roth, and why he believes losing his sight made him a better guitar player

Guitar World

“We’ve had a few Floyd moments… we got a giant ghetto blaster on a boat and parked it in the harbour… we closed down an airport for six hours!” The Orb were prog all along

Accidental albums with David Gilmour and Robert Fripp aren’t the only connections Alex Paterson’s psychedelic electronic group have with the progressive genre

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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

Louder

Heroes: The 6 best covers of David Bowie's classic (and three that are not quite so heroic)

Many have tried and many have failed, but here are six artists that nailed one of the best songs of our time

MusicRadar

“This is what I can’t bear about fans: they assume songwriters are writing about themselves all the time” - Brian Eno’s quest to deliver “interleaved stories”

Music as movement, speakers in teapots and laughing with Robert Fripp are all part of the great experimenter’s process

Louder

"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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Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox cover Cream – as they get covered in cream

The couple take on Sunshine of Your Love with the help of dairy products

Guitar World

Toyah and Robert Fripp perform Cream cover, cover themselves in cream

Things get extremely literal in the Fripp-Willcox kitchen, with a cream-enhanced cover of Cream's Sunshine Of Your Love

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“We realised during lockdown that classic rock changes people's lives…” Toyah and Robert Fripp on why they do what they do

Toyah and Robert Fripp on the healing powers of music: “We should live every year of our lives as if it's the best year of our lives”

Louder

If you were wondering what Robert Fripp and Toyah are like on tour, wonder no more

Much to humanity's delight, pro-shot footage of Robert Fripp and Toyah performing Billy Idol's Rebel Yell at the Isle Of Wight festival has emerged

Louder

Crown Lands: the duo ushering prog’s illustrious past into a magisterial future

Canadian hopefuls Crown Lands on the "mathiness" of modern prog, world building, indigenous rights, and sounding a LOT like Rush

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Dave Matthews explains how Robert Fripp inspired his hit song Satellite and developed the guitar's role in his writing

"It taught me I can separate my voice from my guitar"

MusicRadar

Robert Fripp and Toyah announce Rock Party tour

Toyah Wilcox promises "an uplifting party of a show" with husband Robert Fripp on September and October live dates

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Sweden’s winner, Sunak’s losers and Toyah’s guitar hero – take the Thursday quiz

Fifteen questions on general knowledge and topical trivia, plus a few jokes every Thursday. How will you fare?

Louder

This week's Toyah and Robert Fripp video was brought to you by sadomasochism, bondage and submission

Watch in wonder as Toyah sings The Velvet Underground's S&M anthem Venus In Furs while Robert Fripp provides an awestruck running commentary

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Toyah and Robert Fripp are back after month-long hiatus

We are saved!

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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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"I’ve been booted out of King Crimson about three times": Bill Bruford on a life in music

From Yes and King Crimson to UK and Earthworks, the highly respected drummer with an extremely distinctive sound talks developing a thick skin, suffering for his art and why he doesn’t like looking backwards.

Louder

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

Louder

Normal service resumes as Robert Fripp and Toyah Willcox perform frisky cover of Centerfold

Toyah brandishes a copy of Prog magazine as the Fripp-Willcox kitchen reverberates to the sound of a J. Geils Band classic

The Guardian - UK

‘Brian Eno left a note in my zither case’: how fate intervened for ambient music pioneer Laraaji

The US musician has spellbound generations with his improvisational sound. He explains how chance encounters and listening to an ‘inner guidance’ has changed the course of his life

The Independent UK

Toyah Willcox says she was ‘negotiating’ monogamy during marriage to Robert Fripp

‘When we first got together there was a tsunami of women trying to claim him,’ Willcox said

Tribune News Service

Elton John's 'Farewell Yellow Brick Road' world tour is nearing its end, but is he really going to retire?

Is it the end of the yellow brick road for Elton John?

The Guardian - UK

In the Court of the Crimson King: King Crimson at 50 review – a rollicking workplace comedy

This unflinching portrait of the prog rock band is like an episode of The Office but with huge drum kits, grizzled roadies and rapturous fans

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