Robert Fripp (born 16 May 1946) is an English guitarist, composer and record producer.As a guitarist for the progressive rock band King Crimson, Fripp has been the only member to have played in all of King Crimson's line-ups from the late 1960s to the early 2000s. He has also worked extensively as a studio musician, notably with singer David Bowie on the albums "Heroes" and Scary Monsters, and contributed sounds to the Windows Vista operating system. His complete discography lists more than seven hundred releases over four decades.He is ranked 62nd on Rolling Stone magazine's 2011 list of the "100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time" after having been ranked by David Fricke 42nd on its 2003 list. Tied with Andrés Segovia, he also is ranked 47th on Gibson.com's "Top 50 guitarists of all time".His compositions often feature unusual time signatures, which have been influenced by classical and folk traditions. His innovations have included Frippertronics, soundscapes, and New standard tuning.
Epitaph, Starless, 21st Century Schizoid Man, King Crimson, Fripp & Eno, Giles, Giles and Fripp, ProjeKct Two, ProjeKct One, ProjeKct Four, Sunday All Over the World, Centipede, The Flying Lizards, Globus, ProjeKcts, ProjeKct X
Nominations
Grammy Award for Best Rock Instrumental Performance
Movies
Brian Eno - 1971-1977: The Man Who Fell to Earth
Star Sign
Taurus
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Unusual time signatures; changing the musical key of a song while playing it.
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I'm not really interested in music. Music is just a means of creating a magical state.
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Is left-handed, but plays the guitar right-handed.
Of the five musicians who played on King Crimson's first album ("In the Court of the Crimson King", 1969), Fripp was that only remaining player by the release of their third album ("Lizards", 1970).
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