Robert Fripp
English guitarist, composer and record producer · United Kingdom · Musicians · Born 1946 · age 80
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Something wrong?The only man to stay in King Crimson through every incarnation since 1968, holding the center while the band dissolved and reformed around him like a prog-rock Heraclitus river. His guitar work - odd meters, tape loops he called Frippertronics, a re-tuned fretboard - became the template for art-rock precision.
A life in dates
Starless StarlightAlbum2011
A Scarcity of MiraclesAlbum2008
ThreadAlbum2002Trance SpiritsAlbum2000
A Temple in the CloudsAlbum1997The Gates of ParadiseAlbum1995Unreleased Tracks From the Sidi Mansour AlbumAlbum1993
The First DayAlbum1991Show of HandsAlbum1988“Creative work is serious play.”In their words27 October 1988Guitar Craft Monograph III: Aphorisms, Oct. 27 1988“The musician is as rich as the music they give away.”In their words27 October 1988Guitar Craft Monograph III: Aphorisms, Oct. 27 1988“Act with courtesy - Otherwise, be polite, but always be kind.”In their words27 October 1988Guitar Craft Monograph III: Aphorisms, Oct. 27 1988“If we don’t know where we’re going, we’ll probably get there; if where we are going is how we get there, we are already where we are going.”In their words27 October 1988Guitar Craft Monograph III: Aphorisms, Oct. 27 1988“It is difficult to exaggerate the power of habit.”In their words27 October 1988Guitar Craft Monograph III: Aphorisms, Oct. 27 1988“A mistake is always forgivable, rarely excusable, and never acceptable.”In their words27 October 1988Guitar Craft Monograph III: Aphorisms, Oct. 27 19881985God Save the KingAlbum1984
BewitchedAlbum1981
Let The Power FallAlbum1946Born16 May 1946Also in Deutsch
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In their own words 10
, Creative work is serious play.
The musician is as rich as the music they give away.
Act with courtesy - Otherwise, be polite, but always be kind.
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LELeviathan
SSStarless Starlight
FOFollow
TSThe Wine of Silence
DIDiscretion
AMA Scarcity of Miracles
THThread
ACA Temple in the Clouds
TDThe First Day
BEBewitched
IMI Advance Masked
LFLet The Power FallIn their orbit
Spouse: Toyah WillcoxAbout this person
Born 16 May 1946 in England, Fripp founded King Crimson and became its lone constant as lineups cycled for decades. His compositions leaned on asymmetric rhythms drawn from classical and folk traditions, and he built a tape delay system called Frippertronics, later replaced by a digital rig he named Soundscapes. He invented New Standard Tuning and played sessions for David Bowie, Brian Eno, Peter Gabriel, Talking Heads, Blondie, Daryl Hall, and others - his discography now spans more than 700 official releases. He also composed the Windows Vista startup sound with Tucker Martine and Steve Ball. He's married to English singer and actress Toyah Willcox.
In common with Robert
Gavin HarrisonAlso in King Crimson: Meltdown - Live In Mexico City (2018)
Adrian BelewAlso in King Crimson: Live in Argentina, 1994 (2012)
Tony LevinAlso in King Crimson: Live In Japan (1995)
Pat MastelottoAlso in King Crimson: Eyes Wide Open (2003)
Mel CollinsAlso in King Crimson: Radical Action to Unseat the Hold of Monkey Mind (2016)
Bill BrufordAlso in King Crimson: Live in Argentina, 1994 (2012)Fame.am measures public visibility signals. It does not measure human value, talent, morality, or credibility.