Adrian Belew

Musician

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King Crimson is never easy; it's challenging. That's why I like it.

Yes, but don't forget I also have the luxury of the worlds finest band when it gets lonely.

Currently I'm working with Parker Fly on a new Midi guitar to arrive next year.

I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

For example, after developing a sound similar to an elephant trumpeting, I wrote the song Elephant Talk which gave my elephant sound an appropriate place to live.

I borrowed a guitar at age 16 and taught myself to play because I wanted to write songs.

DUST includes rarities, demos, unreleased songs and instrumentals, live recordings, and more.

I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder.

I thought I might be a band instructor, someone who plays all the instruments and teaches others.

The only drawback is once the work is done you rarely see each other.

Age 10. I joined the school marching band as a drummer.

I prefer a quartet, it makes everyone work harder.

I love drums and still play frequently.

I have enjoyed all the artists I've worked with.

My favorite puzzle is trying to work out the parts myself, after all it is a solo effort.

I was left with an urge to make the guitar sound like things it shouldn't be able to sound like.

King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.

I didn't make my first solo record until 1981 so I don't have any 60's or 70's recordings but I am working on a large boxed set called DUST to be released next year, the 20th anniversary of my first solo record.

As you can appreciate over my lifetime I've developed a large vocabulary of sounds each requiring certain physical techniques often combined with a specific effect box.

King Crimson will soon be touring parts of Europe.

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